Francisco Soto: Thanks for posting your plans for a multimedia center in Europe. I couldn't tell what stage this is at. Are you just thinking about it? Have you secured funding? Are you actually building this? America is quite strange in its adamance that everything should result from private enterprise and the free market. I'm an American and have benefitted from the wealth and diversity of this country, so I'm not really putting us down. I am always jealous when I hear about European concern for the arts and cultural heritage. There seems to be much more of a willingness for government investment in such things. Even in post-Thatcher England, the lottery is turning out to be a major source of new investment in culture, art, education, science, and other aspects of life which do not necessarily thrive in the free market. Please let us know how your interesting plans are progressing. Eric Siegel [log in to unmask]