Friday, 25 February 2005
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Expert Forums: Surround Professional
”Surround Professional Forum ”
This looks to me to be a new discussion forum. Good news.
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First Canadian Apple Store to open May 21st
Canada's first Apple Store is scheduled to open for business on May 21st, 2005, tipsters have infor...
[Via AppleInsider]
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Spam Killers are Killing email
This is probably the single largest driving force behind the adoption of weblogs and RSS in the corporate environment. (Well, besides the fact that they are fun.) Often, the only way to know whether an e-mail got through is to call. Its also driving the adoption of services like Skype as well.
[Via Scott Young's Radio Weblog]
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Surround Broadcast Conference: Audio for the HD Revolution
”Surround sound is the inevitable future of broadcasting. With home theater creating a more demanding and sophisticated audience, and with the progression to HD broadcast nearing universal adoption, broadcasters are faced with the need to make the transition to surround broadcast and production.
The Surround Broadcast Conference, to be held at the Alexis Park Hotel in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 17, will address the critical issues facing the broadcast facility transitioning to surround”
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N.S. tale slays Atwood giant in Canada Reads
Rockbound, a 1928 novel by little-known author Frank Parker Day, has emerged victorious in CBC's annual Canada Reads book battle.
FULL STORY
[Via CBC News] Just a moment ago I was heating up my lunch in the microwave. "Rockbound is the winning book! Rockbound is the winning book!" It was Marcia who was boiling some water for tea. "What?" "Oh. I've known it for a month and a half but I've had to keep it a secret. Not anymore. Rockbound is the winning book!"
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Man gets frostbite in love-driven trek
A lovestruck American who tried to walk from North Dakota to Winnipeg is recovering from severe frostbite in a Manitoba hospital.
FULL STORY
[Via CBC News]
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The Association of Professionals in Audio Seminar
Aspraudio Symposium 2005
Palais des congrès de Montréal, room 524
From Thursday, March 31 to Saturday, April 2, 2005
An event that all audio professionals should attend!
Many activities are planned for the professionals registered for this seminar, the same as every year. Educational manufacturer seminars, conferences on different topics concerning the latest professional audio trends, in short, many different choices! Several speakers are honouring us with their presence for this 5th edition of the seminar.” Follow the link to see the schedule. The deadline for advance sales pricing is 28 Feb.
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Canada Says It Won't Join Missile Shield With the U.S.
The long-awaited decision from Prime Minister Paul Martin is a symbolic setback for the Bush administration, which is trying to heal rifts with allies.
[Via New York Times: International]
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World briefing: The good luck of traumatised Afghanistan
Comment: More than three years after US and Britain declared victory in Kabul and promised to rebuild the country, a new UNDP report paints a disturbing portrait, writes Simon Tisdall.
[Via Guardian Unlimited World Latest] "One woman dies from pregnancy-related causes approximately every 30 minutes. One in five children dies before the age of five from diseases that are 80% preventable.
An estimated one-third of the population suffers from anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress. Annual per capita income is $190 (£100). Average life expectancy is 44.5 years. Its education system is now "the worst in the world"."
. .< 1:23:24 AM >
Sidney Blumenthal: Lost in Europe
Comment: President Bush has reached a dead end in his foreign policy, but he has failed to recognise his quandary, writes Sidney Blumenthal.
[Via Guardian Unlimited World Latest]
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Canada won't join missile defence plan
Canada has said no to the U.S. missile defence program, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced Thursday.
FULL STORY
[Via CBC News]
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