Toronto mayor sorry for cop jibe (Reuters)

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"Shrek" castration jibe doesn't cut it
(Reuters)

"Shrek" castration jibe doesn't cut it
(Reuters) 07/12/2004 07:40 AM
Reuters - An Israeli singer famed for his falsetto has won a court case against the Hebrew version of "Shrek 2" for implying he had been castrated.

Israeli Court Tells 'Shrek' to Cut
Castration Jibe (Reuters)

Israeli Court Tells 'Shrek' to Cut
Castration Jibe (Reuters) 07/12/2004 07:40 AM
Reuters - An Israeli singer famed for his falsetto won a court case against the Hebrew version of "Shrek 2" on Monday for implying he had been castrated.

Radio Station Rapped for Muslim Terror
Jibe (Reuters)

Radio Station Rapped for Muslim Terror
Jibe (Reuters) 01/27/2004 12:37 PM
Reuters - A Canadian radio station was reprimanded on Tuesday for saying Muslims only traveled to the holy city of Mecca because they wanted to fund suicide attacks such as the one that hit New York on Sept. 11, 2001.

Hot potatoes for Toronto homeless
(Reuters)

Hot potatoes for Toronto homeless
(Reuters) 01/17/2004 10:48 PM
Reuters - In the face of flesh-freezing temperatures, Toronto's homeless community now has an alternative to crowded shelters -- a hot, cooked potato in a sock.

Mayor says don't air your pants in
public (Reuters)

Mayor says don't air your pants in
public (Reuters) 07/27/2004 04:06 AM
Reuters - Drying wet laundry in public will earn residents of Cyprus' capital Nicosia a fine later this year as authorities launch a drive to clean up the city's image, its mayor has said.

Thieves steal mayor's car ...and the
mayor (Reuters)

Thieves steal mayor's car ...and the
mayor (Reuters) 08/02/2004 11:55 AM
Reuters - Three men who stole a jeep in the heart of Siberia got away with an unintended trophy -- the mayor of Russia's top oil town, Russian radio has reported.

Don't Air Wet Linen in Public, Mayor
Warns (Reuters)

Don't Air Wet Linen in Public, Mayor
Warns (Reuters) 07/27/2004 09:06 AM
Reuters - Drying wet laundry in public will earn residents of Cyprus' capital Nicosia a fine later this year as authorities launch a drive to clean up the city's image, its mayor said Tuesday.

Mayor Apologizes for Making Light of
Police (Reuters)

Mayor Apologizes for Making Light of
Police (Reuters) 04/30/2004 02:56 PM
Reuters - Toronto's mayor apologized on Friday for offhand remarks committing his entire police force to jail, comments that enraged his embattled police chief who is fighting several corruption probes against his corps.

Angry Atkins widow wants NY mayor to
apologise (Reuters)

Angry Atkins widow wants NY mayor to
apologise (Reuters) 01/23/2004 07:39 PM
Reuters - The widow of diet guru Robert Atkins has demanded that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologise for making disparaging comments about her late husband.

Thieves Steal Russian Mayor's Car ...and
the Mayor (Reuters)

Thieves Steal Russian Mayor's Car ...and
the Mayor (Reuters) 08/03/2004 09:23 AM
Reuters - Three men who stole a jeep in the heart of Siberia got away with an unintended trophy -- the mayor of Russia's top oil town, Russian radio reported on Monday.

Drunken Priest Shoots Mayor Dead
(Reuters)

Drunken Priest Shoots Mayor Dead
(Reuters) 05/13/2004 09:30 AM
Reuters - A Catholic priest shot to death the mayor of a town in western Mexico early on Wednesday after the pair got drunk and began punching each other during a religious festival, state officials said.

Spray-Painting Mayor Tries His Hand at
Vandalism (Reuters)

Spray-Painting Mayor Tries His Hand at
Vandalism (Reuters) 01/28/2004 11:25 AM
Reuters - The mayor of an Athens suburb has sprayed black paint over road-side cameras as a protest against tight security measures being installed for the Olympic Games.

Mayor Tells Sorcerers to Banish Evil
Spirits (Reuters)

Mayor Tells Sorcerers to Banish Evil
Spirits (Reuters) 05/24/2004 09:13 AM
Reuters - The mayor of Niger's capital has ordered "qualified" sorcerers to chase away evil spirits reported to be making terrifying appearances at night.

Sympathetic Mayor Helps Free Elderly
Farmer (Reuters)

Sympathetic Mayor Helps Free Elderly
Farmer (Reuters) 07/06/2004 08:28 AM
Reuters - An elderly, impoverished Turkish woman jailed for nearly a month after planting potatoes on state land has been freed after a sympathetic mayor paid her fine, a television station said on Sunday.

Detroit Mayor Blames 'Fat City' Ranking
on Autos (Reuters)

Detroit Mayor Blames 'Fat City' Ranking
on Autos (Reuters) 01/03/2004 10:46 AM
Reuters - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick committed something of a cardinal sin in the Motor City on Friday by blaming cars and trucks for Detroiters' bulging waistlines.

Apple makes copycat jibe at Microsoft

Apple makes copycat jibe at Microsoft 06/28/2004 10:07 AM
Posters on display at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference are taking an undisguied swipe at Microsoft's Longhorn, the next version of Windows. MacMinute reports that the banners make less-than-subtle suggestions that Redmond-based Microsoft might copy one or two things from Mac OS X 10.4 'Tiger', which will be previewed for the first time this evening.

Chill, Toronto

Chill, Toronto 08/17/2004 07:26 PM
Cool! Toronto's Deep Lake Water Cooling System was launched today. The system cuts electricity consumption in commercial buildings by 75 per cent by drawing near-freezing water through pipes extending five kilometres out into Lake Ontario. According to the city, the system will save enough power to service more than 100 Toronto office towers or 4,200 homes per year, and it will eliminate 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Here's a public television segment explaining the process. Seems like it makes a nice complement to the lakeshore wi ndmill.

Is It Against The Law To Put The Name Of
The Toronto Airport On The Web?

Is It Against The Law To Put The Name Of
The Toronto Airport On The Web? 11/13/2003 05:16 PM
Sometimes you have to wonder about folks who are very quick to dash off legal threats to websites that happen to mention their name. The site Urinal.net is a (surprisingly) popular website posting pictures of urinals from around the world. They were recently profiled in the Wall Street Journal and on BBC radio among others. The site has hundreds of fans who regularly submit pictures of urinals they take from locations all over the world. Basically, it's the sort of bizarre, but amusing, site that makes the internet fun. Not everyone seems to get the fun part, though. Someone from the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (the GTAA) happened to find a page on the site that includes two completely normal photos of urinals from the Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport, and decided that this must be illegal. They've sent an email threatening legal action against the site if they did not remove the name of the airport from the site. The site's owners complied, but were clear to mention that the GTAA had muted them. In response, the GTAA has also told them they cannot even mention the GTAA. Again, the site has complied in very amusing fashion. The description of the airport now reads: "The [facility in question] - covering 1,792 hectares (4,430 acres) - has been [Canada's largest city's] main international [aircraft take-off and landing facility] since 1939 when it was first known as Malton [facility]." They also note that the "Gee-Tee-Aye-Aye" forbids them from naming the actual airport. It makes you wonder, on what legal authority the GTAA is claiming you cannot name their organization or their airports. It's not likely that anyone is going to be confused into believing that urinal.net is the official website of the Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport. These days, people seem very quick to pull out legal threats any time anyone so much as mentions their name on a website.

LWCE Toronto: Day 1

LWCE Toronto: Day 1 04/19/2005 09:08 AM
The first day of Toronto's LinuxWorld Conference and Expo was made up of a pair of 3-hour long tutorial sessions on various networking and Linux related topics. I selected from among the list of available sessions System & Network Monitoring with Open Source Tools for the morning and Applying Open Source Software Practices to Government Software for the afternoon. Unfortunately, the latter was cancelled at the last minute and I went to Moving to the Linux Business Desktop instead.

Toronto falls; U.S. rallies

Toronto falls; U.S. rallies 06/02/2004 08:14 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 3 2004 0:33AM GMT

Star Wars DVD Ads From Toronto

Star Wars DVD Ads From Toronto 09/20/2004 01:07 PM
These are the Current Retail DVD Events/Features for the Toronto, Canada area. Best Buy is offering up a collectible gift card. Future Shop has a free t-shirt with pre-order (that's pretty cool), and a book and keychain. HMV will have a wood-mounted poster for the first 100 people, and will have a special screening tonight. Thanks to 'captainsithpark' for the scans.

Secret Swing in Toronto

Secret Swing in Toronto 07/21/2004 01:14 AM
Joey's posted some info on Toronto's "Secret Swing," a mysterious art installation that consists of a playground swing hanging in a downtown grafitti alley. He also points to some of Rannie's pix (L ink, Link) that show it off in all its glory. Link

Toronto copyright conference, Feb 11

Toronto copyright conference, Feb 11 02/01/2005 08:37 PM
Cory Doctorow: If you're in Toronto on Feb 11, you should really check out this copyright and technology conference at the University of Toronto -- it looks wonderful.

The student-run Technology and Intellectual Property Group of the University of Toronto will present a one-day academic conference called "Sound Bytes/Sound Rights: Canada at the Crossroads of Copyright Law." In 2004, the Standing Committee for Canadian Heritage issued recommendations for changes to the Copyright Act broadening copyright protections. In the same year, the Canadian courts headed in the opposite direction by handing down important judgments recognizing user rights. The conference will be a forum for law students and academics as well as practicing lawyers, policy makers and those in the music industry to hear about and discuss the emerging legal framework for copyright law in Canada with a particular emphasis on music and entertainment law.

Speakers will include musicians Paul Hoffert and Neil Leyton, Michael Geist (Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa and author of the "Law Bytes" column in the Toronto Star), Bob Young (co-founder of Red Hat Software), Sarmite Bulte, MP (the chair of the 2004 standing committee), lawyers Ron Dimock and Barry Sookman, Casey Chisick (professor of intellectual property law at the University of Toronto), and Graham Henderson (president of the Canadian Recording Industry Association). Also speaking will be William W. Fisher III, director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and author of the new and important book "Promises to Keep: Law, Technology and the Future of Entertainment".

The conference will be held in Flavelle House, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, 78 Queen's Park, Toronto, on Friday, February 11, 2005 from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Lunch will be provided and a wine reception is planned. Admission is $30.00 for pre-registration, $40.00 at the door. Admission is free for college and university students but registration beforehand is essential.

Link (Thanks, Ted!)

Toronto-set Bollywood movie

Toronto-set Bollywood movie 05/27/2004 06:25 PM
Ouchless sez, "My mother found this Bollywood-esque film "poster" completely by accident. The movie is titled 'Coxwell and Gerrard', which is the main intersection in Toronto's Little India." Link (Thanks, Ouchless!)

World Transhumanist con in Toronto, Aug
5-8

World Transhumanist con in Toronto, Aug
5-8 07/19/2004 02:52 AM
The World Transhumanist conference is coming to Toronto, Aug 5-8, with free keynotes from Steve Mann and Stelarc.

The theme of this year's conference is "Art and Life in the Posthuman Era," featuring such presenters as cyborg Steve Mann, Australian performance artist Stelarc, Extropy Institute founder Max More, leading biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey, and transhumanist philosopher Nick Bostrom, among many others.

Link (Thanks, sentdev!)

TECH SUPPORT in TORONTO

TECH SUPPORT in TORONTO 05/14/2004 12:20 PM
Skymarx - Canada, Ontario, Toronto (2004-05-14)

Portland's Mayor of Wi-Fi

Portland's Mayor of Wi-Fi 06/09/2004 03:25 PM
Local paper covers Portland's Personal Telco community wireless project, focusing on its lead booster, Nigel Ballard: The article in Willamette Week presents a comprehensive look at Personal Telco's efforts to date. It examines Nigel's work on the Box, an education-consortium-funded pastiche of back-haul, front-haul, and mesh that could be a tool for free wireless in urban cities as well as Internet access in remote reaches of the world. The article looks into how municipal Wi-Fi in Portland might challenge entrenched commercial interests, as well. Two coffeeshop businesses that offer free Wi-Fi with Personal Telco's help clearly see an effect. Both report a new audience of regulars who spend money. Nigel is a frequent correspondent to this site, always providing interesting insight into the what's coming next. The article doesn't even mention that his past and current day job has been to build commercial Wi-Fi networks at hotels and elsewhere. There's too much to say about the public efforts....

Toronto man charged with luring U.S.
girl, 12

Toronto man charged with luring U.S.
girl, 12 04/16/2005 05:47 AM
globetechnology.com Apr 16 2005 10:19AM GMT

Daimnation!: Welcome, Toronto Star
readers!

Daimnation!: Welcome, Toronto Star
readers! 05/17/2004 06:04 AM
Damian Penny .. Damian

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Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival 09/05/2004 12:57 AM
The Toronto International Film Festival begins Thursday. The 2004 program is one of the best they've had in years (certainly the best since the 90s). Planning on attending? If so, you may appreciate TIFF Reviews - "the online meeting place for fans of TIFF 2004". Since TIFF is the the largest film festival in the world, most attendees (myself included) find it very difficult to pick their films. Once the fest starts, members of the TIFF Reviews forum are encouraged to leave reviews of what they've been watching in the hopes that it'll help other people plan their 10 days in the dark.

Toronto media and bl0g workshop

Toronto media and bl0g workshop 07/14/2004 09:54 AM
David Akin of the Globe and Mail is moderating a workshop at next month's Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference in Toronto. Dan Gillmor, the Berkman's Rebecca MacKinnon and Jeff Jarvis will be paneling. With that crew - and Jay Rosen in attendance - how could you go wrong? PS: You know who I'd like to see on more panels on blogging and journalism? Ethan Zuckerman (another Berkperson). As his blog's tagline says: "My blog is in Cambridge but my heart is in Accra."...

UHN and Toronto CCAC share data

UHN and Toronto CCAC share data 08/12/2004 03:02 PM
Canadian Healthcare Technology Aug 12 2004 6:33PM GMT

Cooling Toronto Using Lake Ontario

Cooling Toronto Using Lake Ontario 08/18/2004 06:56 AM

Toronto skyline at high speed

Toronto skyline at high speed 12/06/2003 09:48 AM
This is a breathtaking 24h time-lapse film of the Toronto skyline. The sunrise, in particular, is spectacular. 5.07M B Quicktime Link (Thanks, homerj!)

Toronto Sun Columnist: Coren - It's
religion gone mad

Toronto Sun Columnist: Coren - It's
religion gone mad 04/18/2004 01:41 AM
This is something deeper, darker, than an imagined fight against a foreign foe .. Toronto Sun Columnist: Coren - It's religion gone mad .. the truth

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Wireless & Mobile WorldExpo this May in
Toronto

Wireless & Mobile WorldExpo this May in
Toronto 03/14/2005 06:28 PM
Programmers' Heaven Mar 13 2005 12:46PM GMT

Crap auction this Sunday in Toronto

Crap auction this Sunday in Toronto 09/14/2004 02:49 PM
Cory Doctorow: Mark Taaffe is the funniest, most engaging auctioneer I've ever met (he appears in thin veneer in my story Crapho und). His old weekly junk auctions in Toronto were a high-point in my life there -- the bargains were incredible, matched only by Mark's florid description of his wares. Now he's back at it, with a really promising-looking estate auction in Toronto next Sunday (dig those lists of lots!):

Saturday, September 18, 11 A.M.

26 Bernice Ave., Sunnylea

(off Prince Edward Dr., south of Bloor, Etobicoke)

Large contents/estate auction for Mr. Eric Belzar, 50 year resident at this address. Antique furniture, numerous collectibles, vintage tools, taxidermy items, etc.

Furniture to include 9 pc. walnut dining room set c. 1930, incl. china cabinet and buffet, in good cond.; Stanley upright quarter sawn oak piano, good cond.; nice old tea trolley w. glass insert tray; waterfall/classic glazed china cabinet; 9 well maple filing cabinet; armoire door; grain painted organ stool; rock maple platform rocker; 1960s moderne black vinyl and zebra stripe couch and chair w. end tables; cloverleaf walnut occasional table and other small occasional tables; kitchen table and chairs, orig. vinyl, formica top; mission style desk; oak bureau w. mirror and harp; oak lamp table; beveled hall mirror w. cast iron hooks; lg. oak beveled mirror, old; 2 refinished 9 pane mirrors, pine frames; 1920s wall clock; pr. Spanish revival table lamps w. lustres; deco area rug; also double garage packed w. complete and partial furniture items, legs, tops, chairs, and handyman specials.

Collectibles to include vintage Scot. canvas hip waders; German military helmet; Kilman's Red tricolour neon bar sign; vintage scrap books 1945; rustic oil by Etobicoke artist D. Staffin; spelter elk statue; moose hoof ashtray; 2 sets antelope horns; stuffed baby crocodile; powder horn; veterinary syringe; some vintage fishing lures and bow hunting accessories; cheese barrel; a few vintage radios; lg. 10 gallon glass lab quality carboyle; brass printers rule w. agate points; Vict. ornate sheaf clip; vintage tins, cigar boxes, bottle, crates, etc.; beer steins; asst. glass, china, serving pieces incl. iris and herringbone bowl; some cutlery; 2 Vict. ewers, terra cotta w. enamel transfers and the other pewter mounted lid; 2 nice log cabin quilts, other linens, textiles, drapings; carved animals and wildlife themed décor; household and kitchen items, box lots of knick-knacks and great flea market stuff.

Tools to include 14" General band saw; 2 bench vices, 1 XL; hand held electric grinder and reciprocal sander; 6 vintage block and steel planes; Stanley USA line level and #71 ½ plane (partial?); tons of hand tools, all sorts; crate of natural burls; asst. vintage hardware. Tons more still to be sorted and pulled out of shadowy corners! Also free kittens to good homes!

A full contents sale, high end stuff and tons of box lots too! House sold, no agents please. Terms: cash only. Auctioneer: Mark Taaffe. Inquiries 416-998-5992.

Toronto Star 1945 online

Toronto Star 1945 online 07/31/2004 01:47 AM
The Toronto Star has put its searchable 1945 archive online for free. Link (via Waxy)

Voters say 'No' to mayor

Voters say 'No' to mayor 05/20/2004 07:07 PM
Ceredigion rejects plans for Wales' first directly-elected mayor.
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