Thursday, 26 February 2004
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Luckily, we're brilliant at performing-arts TV...
As even the dogs in the street know by now, Canadian TV drama is in bad shape [The Globe and Mail: Arts] 'There are complicated reasons for this, partly rooted in the CBC's role in the Canadian culture. So many performers depend on the CBC for employment that the arts have become interwoven with the TV world.'
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MSO: Nagano in 2006
Le Devoir has news that Kent Nagano is coming here after all to run the MSO - but only in 2006. [montreal city weblog]
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Blair calls spying allegations 'deeply irresponsible'...
Blair calls spying allegations 'deeply irresponsible'
Allegations that British agents spied on United Nations officials,
including Secretary General Kofi Annan, are "deeply irresponsible," and
undermine the security of the country, Prime Minister Tony Blair said
Thursday.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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Seafaring clue to first Americans
People in North America were voyaging by sea 8,000 years ago, boosting a theory that some of the continent's first settlers arrived there by boat. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]
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Mac OS X: Troubleshooting printing issues
Use the strategies in this document to troubleshoot printing issues in Mac OS X. [Apple Computer Knowledge Base Changes for 2004-01-30]
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Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Now...
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us [Daypop Top 40] 'A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world.'
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New co. Audiofile Engineering debuts Sample Manager
There's a new kid on the Mac audio engineering block: Audiofile Engineering, who recently announced their existence to the world. They kicked off their nascent product line with the introduction of Sample Manager, a full-featured batch audio processor for Mac OS X. [MacCentral]
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DVD's? I Don't Rent. I Own.
With some DVD collectors building libraries of 1,000 titles or more, Web sites to help them manage their collections are starting to appear. [New York Times: Technology]
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Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music Built...
Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music Built at NYU'S Tisch School
NEW YORK, NY, Feb. 24, 2004
-- Recently, Troy Germano of the Studio Design Group was approached by old friend Clive Davis, chairman and CEO of BMG North America, regarding the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at New York Universitys Tisch School of Arts. Davis wanted Germano to design and build a studio for a university course that would provide students with a well-rounded background in the inner workings of the recording industry.
Read more [Digital Pro Sound News]
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CBC News:Stolen violin found in Ottawa pawn shop
The 1881 Vincenzo Gagliano violin - which, along with its three bows, is worth more than $100,000 - was stolen from arts centre violinist Edvard Skerjanc Friday. Again!? I was in Ottawa for a recording session just after Amanda's cello was stolen.
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Life after Trinic: Webnames.ca
[snip] [I]f you want to register a domain name yourself, early indications are that Webnames.ca is a good destination. [Reinvented News]
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Case casts doubt on war legality
Evidence of doubts about legality of war passed to government lawyers before case against whistleblower was dropped. [Guardian Unlimited] 'Dramatic new evidence pointing to serious doubts in the government about the legality of the war in Iraq was passed to government lawyers shortly before they abandoned the prosecution of the GCHQ whistleblower Katharine Gun.'
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