tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66293142011-12-13T22:54:52.412-05:00Not many answers but lots and lots of questions!!!Patrick Boakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16704735841036137475noreply@blogger.comBlogger1061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629314.post-32941377725416930332010-12-17T11:54:00.001-05:002010-12-17T11:54:59.200-05:00

Why is it that Canada (and Linux users) continually gets the short end of the stick from Google?in reference to: Supported mobile operators - Gmail Help (view on Google Sidewiki)

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Freelance Journalism being what it is, we don't get many breaks so it's nice when we do.I got mail from Access Copyright and even with "Pay to the Order of" showing clearly in the window of the envelope my expectations were not very high.Those expectations were stratospherically surpassed when I openeded it. The amount represents the 2nd largest payment I have received for my work as a freelancer

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If articles are soapboxes then headlines are the guy standing on top of them and yelling to the world. I'd bet headline scanning forms more of our world view than we might like to admit.I had already read the Wikipedia malware story when I came across the careless headline wording in this November 6, 2006 08:31 AM posting by Caroline Craig which seems to imply that Wikipedia intentionally spread

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I received another email petition today. This one is in support of a Nobel nomination for Stephen Lewis for his humanitarian work.If the web response is any indicator this one has a broad base of support.I have nothing against Stephen Lewis (I'm sure he'll be glad to know ;>)but journalists shouldn't sign petitions if you ask me. Objectivity is a enough difficult thing to maintain. Backing causes

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Sounds like more fun than it really is. What a lot of newcomers to HTML don't realize if they want to figure out how others handle web page layout they can either;- in Mozilla Firefox - hit Ctrl-u (hold down control key and hit 'u') or click View>Page Source on the menu bar. That will bring up another window with the HTML for the page you're looking at.- in IE - click View>Source (there's no

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I like books and I love free. here's the best of both.Welcome to Free Book Zone - Engineering, Technical, Medical, Maths, Physics eBooks: "Welcome to FreeBookZone, your one stop solution for free eBooksWhat's InsideFreeBookZone lists free computer science, engineering books, programming manuals, lecture notes and coursewares, all of which are freely available over the internet. Most of the

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I'm sure neither Google nor the Globe and Mail intended this to happen (and hopefully both will take steps to ensure it won't again) and I'm quite sure the advertiser doesn't want to be placed here but it's an excellent case in point for the inherent problems with tools like Google's AdSense that "read" the site they're working on and generate ads related to the text on the page.The following

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"Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others."No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets."One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.""These three

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I know I'm probably really late to this party but the best -of-craigslist is some of the best writing I've seen in a while.Personal favourites include;M.C. with a boyfriend...or someone to kill a cockroach.I love Your Baby and Toddler, BUT....and last but not least;Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian--PB--

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Aaaaahhhh the dream work-at-home job. All I have to do is find you. Thankfully there's a service that will find me all the work I need. Unfortunately the work seems to be digging myself out from under all the hype.After signing up for Freelance Work Exchange (FWE) I was automatically put on a newsletter subscription. I'm careful about looking for those things and opting out so I'm pretty sure

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Is it still cynicism if you're right?I was working on the blog was actually reading the ads from Google's Adsense program because I had done some work with the template and was making sure everything was working as it should.One of the ads offered $300 (presumably U.S.) for 15 minutes work.Now in the agreement I have with the Adsense program I agreed not to click on my own ads. Clicks are what I

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I click on e-mail support in the help menu thinking it would actually allow me to, well, e-mail support. I realize now the problem is my expectations and not the fact the e-mail support menu item does not actually allow you to e-mail support. It brings up a whole other window that has one lonely e-mail address that disappears (!!!) when I hover over it.I won't even mention the fact the address is

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It seems neither the lawmakers nor anyone else involved in the debate around lawful access laws - the proposed legislation to force ISP's to build wiretap capabilities into the Internet - is standing far enough back to see the big picture. This is not new. For whatever reason, people see the Internet communications as fundamentally different from other forms of communication. Take the dot.com

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This site is incredible. There are links to more journalism resources than I could reasonably check out on Karl Tonella's University of Iowa Reference Sources & Tools for Journalists. I picked the "Working Journalist's" page to launch you into because it contains; Almanacs, Maps, Atlases & Geopolitical Resources (16 links), 5 online Dictionaries, 4 Encyclopedias and 8 entries under Converters,

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It occurs to me that most journalists probably don't realize the domain names they type into their browsers all day long may actually be sources of information in and of themselves.The DNS is a map and a rosetta stone for the Internet. It translates from human-readable domain names we use (e.g. www.gc.ca - the main Government of Canada web site) to numeric Internet Protocol (IP) addresses (

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I received yet another chain message from someone who is bright enough to know better but, in this case, let their good nature trump their good sense.=====Begin Message=========Really sorry to do this to you, but I have hand picked 10 friends in my life who I think I can count on to help a friend of mine's son with a school project.If you could do this I would appreciate it! It's quick to do and

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As if Google wasn't incredible enough the anti-Microsoft has a video archive search in beta. "Our mission is to organize the world's information, and that includes the thousands of programs that play on our TVs every day. Google Video enables you to search a growing archive of televised content – everything from sports to dinosaur documentaries to news shows.Just type in your search term (for

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Google Blog: "Insight into the news, technology, and culture of Google. Get the latest word direct from the Googleplex about new technology, hot issues, and the wide world of search."===30===Google maps, video and more. Google is the Microsoft of search except Google has a conscience.PB

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I was considering writing my own anti-Betmann diatribe when I came across this. Mr. Ozanian not only gets the sport he gets the business. I'm biased because I agree with him but Mr. Ozanian has hit the nail one the head here. Blame Bettman Sports Feature Blame Bettman Michael K. Ozanian, 02.17.05, 3:00 PM ET "NEW YORK - Hockey is a sport whose lifeblood has always been the arena. Unlike

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This story makes me wonder what goes on in the minds of those who were in the meeting where they decided to go ahead with this. Apple (as do many high-tech companies) depend on their symbiotic relationship with the media to get the word out about their products. EFF Asks Court to Protect Online Journalists "February 14, 2005 - Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked a California

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Reuters AlertNet - SOMALIA: Journalist's killing widely condemned: ........ "Kate Peyton, 39, who was working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), was shot on Wednesday in front of her hotel as she was getting into a car. She was rushed to a local hospital and died there later, a local journalist who was at the scene at the time told IRIN. "I don't want to speculate about who killed

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USATODAY.com - U.S. journalists fare well on test of ethics, study finds: Recent opinion polls show declining respect for the news media and a growing belief among many Americans that reporters have little regard for ethics. High-profile journalism scandals involving ethical lapses at CBS News, The New York Times, USA TODAY and other media outlets have fed the public's distrust of reporters.

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Ethics Cookbook Readers must know that the newspaper that arrives on their doorstep every morning is there to serve them — not politicians of a certain stripe, not special interest groups. That puts the burden on us — editors, reporters, copy editors, news researchers, photographers, designers, graphic artists and support personnel — to avoid conflicts of interest or even the appearance of such

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Preamble"Informed, sensitive and professional journalism is a key element in any media strategy for improving the quality of reporting concerning human rights and society. The daily challenge to journalists and media organisations is particularly felt in coverage of children and their rights.Although the human rights of children have only recently been defined in international law, the United

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NOW Toronto has long traded on it's virulent pseudo-rebel stance using passionately purple prose to paint every authority figure it covers as the prime suspect in an ongoing world-wide conspiracy. In this story "Force makes bold bid to keep records on the innocent" they've gone over some limit in my brain where I have to speak up. There's so much wrong with this story I barley know where to begin

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A free anti-spam tool that's easy to use "Anti spam fights spam bots The purpose of this page is to make it so spammers who attempt to collect email addresses off the web, via programs, will not have real email addresses in their database. Anti-Spam causes problems because they will have to clean out their list. It also makes their database worthless for reselling purposes because the company

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United Nations opens Official Document System to general public "NEW YORK, 23 December -- The United Nations today announced the availability of its Official Document System (ODS) the premier full-text web resource for official United Nations documentation, to the general public as of 31 December 2004. The ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation originating from duty

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It's a sad state of affairs when hockey journalists are reduced to covering each other. All these stories have two attributes in common: they're about the lockout and are based on coverage by another publication. But, so is this entry and, actually, much of this blog. Then again, blogs aren't news. Alfredsson: No union offer coming TSN.ca Staff - 1/6/2005 The NHLPA is not preparing another

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I try as much as possible to avoid speaking in the first person and writing blog entries about this blog is usually a bit too narcissistic for me but there's a phenomenon that, to me, requires comment. Like any conscientious and technically capable web site owner I track the traffic to and from this site. Site Meterprovides a free counter (scroll to the bottom to see it) and keeps stats. One of

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Google News today had 853 stories related to one attack by Iraqi insurgents (see three examples below) and 427 more linked to a suicide bomber's attempt to assinate interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Evidently there were no operations by Iraqi security forces or American troops worth covering. If there's a conspiracy to skew reporting of events in Iraq virtually every news outlet in the

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VidLit has set out to prove Thomas Wolfe wrong in some unspecified way. I think Liz Dubelman et al may disagree with Wolfe's assertion that "You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity." While giving Vidlit money would violate journalistic objectivity and this blog won't give it much publicity, I can offer some compliments. As

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Among the Google tools, RSS newsfeed software, and blog and news search engines in JNet'sTop Ten of Picks 2004 are some off-the-beaten-path news collections. Included in the yearly round-up of top news providers and useful Web sites are: "Columbia University's Newsblaster. This news spider crawls a series of Web sites every night, downloads articles, groups them together into "clusters" about

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Still wondering why the U.S. invaded Iraq? This story is much more balanced than I made it appear here but doesn't shy away from objectively pointing out the economic controls being put in place. CHALLENGES 2004-2005: U.S. to Take Bigger Bite of Iraq's Economic Pie by Emad Mekay "WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (IPS) - The United States is helping the interim Iraqi government continue to make major

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Journalists read a lot of press releases and most of them are terrible. Some PR people seem to think they should write our stories for us. If you read the blog entry on rip n' read, you'll know why they think that. Personally, I would be happier if they just stated their facts and gave a contact. Unfortunately I spend a lot of wading through a page of verbose bumph trying to glean the few things

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'Rip n' read' is a broadcast journalism term for when an announcer grabs a wire service story or press release and reads it without fact-checking, analysis or changes of any sort. While there may be situations where the news is so huge and the reporter has independent confirmation or prior knowledge of the event that justifies ripping and reading. Some of the more horrific events of the 20th

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The worst a lot of North-American journalists have to contend with is low pay (read: slow pay or even getting stiffed if you're a freelancer), office politics and having to fly economy class. What if, instead of having to defend covering a certain story in a meeting with traffic-stressed under-caffeinated coworkers, you were put in jail as a witness for the prosecution? What if Judge Crane, after

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I stumbled across this treasure trove of films and clips on the web because I'm a Daily Show fan and wanted to watch Jon Stewart's interview on CNN's Crossfire. IFilm is ad-supported but you can buy a subscription that has no ads, faster streaming and premium content. However the free content is so diverse and intriguing you will end up seeing a lot of (mercifully short) ads. My only beef is the

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If you're walking down the street in most democracies you have protection against unwarranted search and seizure. Apparently it doesn't extend to the classroom. Somebody swiped something from the teacher who decided to search everyone's personal belongings resulting in this story. Girl, 10, Cuffed for Scissors in School "Sat Dec 11, 4:03 PM ET Strange News - AP PHILADELPHIA - A 10-year-old

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School officials in the U.S. are a pretty powerful bunch. Canadian elementary school teachers and staff that I've dealt with while raising three kids are generally a fairly competent and caring bunch but I'm not sure that extends to forensics. They not only suspend this child but are testing her hair for drug use. CNEWS - Weird News: Girl suspended over 'Jell-O shots': " By DOUG SIMPSON -

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Imagine if you could be arrested for something you did at work months or years ago even if you had changed employers. This report from Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders) details the stories of one U.S. journalist who is being prosecuted, fined, jailed etc. for doing his job. "Reporter sentenced to 6 months of home confinement for refusing to reveal his source": Reporters

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Reporters Trail Badly (Again) in Annual Poll on Honesty and Ethics: "NEW YORK Once again, newspaper reporters score poorly in the annual Gallup Poll, released today, on honesty and ethical standards in various professions, as judged by the American public. They rank even lower than bankers, auto mechanics, elected officials, and nursing-home operators."

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The previous entry got me wondering about other health issues associated with chocolate. My search quickly brought me to this article which is part of a collection of articles about chocolate on the Exploratorium site. The article says chocolate has a gotten a bad rap. Not only does it not cause some of the health risks it is alleged to create, it may have beneficial effects. The Exploratorium

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I couldn't be happier. This entry should be longer but I feel a little tickle in my throat and have to get to the store. =======Begin Excerpt========== Persistent coughs melt away with chocolate - New Scientist: "An ingredient in chocolate may actually be a more effective cough medicine than traditional remedies, a new study suggests. And not only that, the UK-based research showed that the

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My heart goes out to this child's family and friends. Mainichi Interactive - Top News: "HEGURI, Nara -- A photograph of a murdered girl sent along with a chilling e-mail message to the girl's mother appears to have been taken inside an enclosed space, such as a car or room, police investigators said Friday. The photograph of murdered 7-year-old girl Kaede Ariyama, was sent to her mother on

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"[Microsoft] Chairman Bill Gates gets up to 4 million e-mails a day and most of them are spam, one of his associates says." In Technology News: Security: Bill Gates Inundated with Spam: "Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said in Singapore the 4 million e-mails are really just a fraction of what's sent to his boss, since he has an entire department charged with filtering out the junk, the

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The Globe & Mail was on our breakfast table every day when I grew up. For a while that was because I had delivered it and 100 or so others on our street. I took to reading the paper while going from house to house and somebody ended up wondering why their paper wasn't mint that morning. That started a life-long habit of looking over the days papers wherever I happened to be and reading the most

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The NHL lockout now has its own radio show. I take this as a sign that some fresh input is needed to help end the lockout so here are some of my thoughts on a solution. Comments and additions welcome. The 'free market' system is the major cause of the current impasse. Teams bought into a dysfunctional business model (mainly the holy grail of US TV contracts) and there's no formal way to put the

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N.B. This was sent to me via e-mail with no attribution. I wish I'd thought of it. Dear Friend: Since September 11, 2001, Americans and Canadians have come together as never before in our generation. We have banded together to overcome tremendous adversity. We have weathered direct attacks on our own soil, wars overseas, corporate/government scandal, layoffs,unemployment, stock price plunges,

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"Introduction to the Hague war crimes process, both regarding the law and history of the court and also practical information for visitors."

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I don't normally just repeat news but this was too good to pass up. ====begin newsclip==== BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iranian woman 'gives birth to frog' "Iranian woman 'gives birth to frog' An Iranian newspaper has reported the controversial story of a woman who claims to have given birth to a frog. The Iranian daily Etemaad says the creature is believed to have grown from larva to an adult

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is "a communications for development consultancy and Media Support Partnership, an NGO with charitable status registered in Scotland, are the two organisations which make up Media Support. Both companies work to harness the power of communications to benefit the information-poor in the world. Media Support brings together a world-wide group of specialists who have pioneered the use of mass

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"Internews Network "is an international non-profit organization that supports open media worldwide. The organization fosters independent media in emerging democracies, produces innovative television and radio programming and Internet content, and uses the media to reduce conflict within and between countries." This is a purely U.S. NGO. Searching for Canada even in the North American region

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8/5/04 6:01 am EDT The sun is rising behind me like it wants to chase me out of Toronto as I head west to the airport. My sidebrain chatters about pre-trip issues. Have I got everything? Is customs going to give me a hard time? I'm keeping the speed down even though the side chatter is getting neurotic and niggly. Will I be able to park close to check-in? What if I miss Keiko and can't given

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Being relatively new to journalism I posted the following note to the Canadian Association of Journalists freelance discussion list. "I have been offered a 5-day trip to South Korea by a major electronics manufacturer to tour their plants, meet their researchers and product people etc. I was referred by an editor for whom I freelance. Never having been on one of these. I am turning to the list

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That's the sign that Ken Shido and Patty Chung were holding up as I exited from the arrivals area at Incheon International Airport but I'm getting ahead of myself. A month or so ago Ian Johnson, my editor from the Globe & Mail mentioned that he had referred me for something but didn't say what. Around the 26th of April, Robert Manne, a rep from Edleman, Samsung's PR company, called me and asked

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"Tod Maffin's 100% Unofficial CBC Resources For Freelancers and Producers":

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Producers' Guidelines: "We at Soundprint seek documentaries of substance. We call Soundprint the aural equivalent of photojournalism. We like stories which engage the listener's mind, imagination and heart. We encourage the creative and inventive use of sound to develop a contemporary art of story telling."

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Where to freelance within the CBC

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The Web Design Group: " was founded to promote the creation of non-browser specific, non-resolution specific, creative and informative sites that are accessible to all users worldwide. To this end, the WDG offers material on a wide range of HTML related topics. We hope that with this site as a reference, you will be able to create Web sites that can be used by every person on the Internet,

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Well done Linwood Barclay TheStar.com - Pre-Times, Jayson Blair honed skills at Daily Planet: "Pre-Times, Jayson Blair honed skills at Daily Planet"

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A couple of people from one discussion list I am on, myself included, were opining the other day that given the maintenance headaches of some anti-spamware, it's just easier to eyeball and delete. I had so many start-up problems with the last program I tried (the name of which escapes me at this second) I uninstalled it after a few days. Your average user shouldn't be asked to spell bayesian

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Gebbie Press: PR Media Directory: Newspapers Radio TV Magazines Press releases, faxes, e-mail, publicity, freelance, journalism, marketing: "All listings include phone, fax, mailing address, city, state and 9-digit zip code. Newspapers have circulation figures. Magazines have editor name, readership profile and circulation. Radio stations have programming format and metro market ranking (ranking

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The question 'Do you believe prostitution, when it involves consenting adults, should be decriminalized?' got some interesting results: on Globe and Mail web site; Yes 11294 votes (80 %) No 2892 votes (20 %) Total Votes: 14186

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A Burger King Promotion worth a mention. Subservient Chicken does what you want so can 'have chicken the way you like'. No sound though. too bad

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Invest - Press Release: "TORONTO, Dec. 23 /CNW/ - Loblaw Companies Limited announced today that after extensive study of its conditional offer to purchase Maple Leaf Gardens from Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSEL), the company will not be proceeding with closing the transaction."

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Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.'s (MLSEL) own web site makes one of the best arguments for preserving Maple Leaf Gardens. According to their corporate info page MLSEL () owns the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Toronto Raptors, Air Canada Centre, Leafs TV and Raptors NBA TV. The page goes on to say Toronto Maple Leafs is the number one hockey brand in the world averaging 19,242 fans per game and

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Ottawa's Hightech Who's Who Directory - canada.com: "Who's Who in High Tech provides a concise 'corporate snapshot' of manufacturers or developers of computer related equipment - hardware or software, consultants and trainers included, in 100 words."

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NameBase: "has information on over 127,000 proper names. These are names of prominent people, corporations, and groups from all over the world. Almost all of these names are from books and clippings that are not available elsewhere on the Internet. It took us 20 years to compile this information" I haven't begun to use this site but blogged it so i would remember to come back to it. The most

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Note: Since I haven't had any time to write something new this week I thought would post something from my past. I wrote this as a rant in May 2002 So many people send me so many forwarded bits of wisdom, thoughts for the day and virus warnings that I became over-saturated long ago and gave up even trying to respond. Still, I want to tell them if you care about me enough to send me (blessings,

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The World Privacy Forum in conjunction with 27 other privacy and civil liberty organisations wrote a letter (dated April 6, 2004) outlining their concerns and calling on Google to 'suspend Gmail service' citing major privacy concerns even though Google's Gmail press release announced on April 1 that "a handful of users will begin testing the preview version of Gmail." I admit I'm a Google fan,

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I was listening to a 'View from Space' on Mojo Radio (AM 640) hosted by local conspiracy theorist Spaceman (AKA Gary Bell (sic?)) and he started talking about how the U.S. government is planning on tagging the homeless with Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) chips to track their movements in real time. I called him and talked with him on the air about how it probably wasn't practical because

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The press release makes no mention of the ads built in to your 'free' e-mail messages: while detailing some of the capabilities; Search: Built on Google search technology, Gmail enables people to quickly search every email they've ever sent or received. Using keywords or advanced search features, Gmail users can find what they need, when they need it. Storage: Google believes people should be

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It depends on who you ask but there are some good points on either side of the discussion. The author of 'How to Build a Democratic Iraq' think they are fair. The Foreign Policy Research Institute says history favours a democratic federation in Iraq. Retired journalist Anthony Westell disagrees

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The Americans have disappeared Saddam. There has been a virtual nnews blackout on him since the 'arrest' except for news of another Saddam being found. I have questions. Saddam was rumoured to have run off into the desert with truckloads (literally) of Iraqi and U.S. cash. Now, since nobody has mentioned find a stash in that hidey-hole they pulled him out of, where is it? How were all his

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SMTP+SPF: Executive Summary Feb 29 2004 How SMTP+SPF Helps You ask SPF: "I have someone coming from a certain IP address. They claim to be a certain sender. Are they for real?" SPF will tell you one of four things: The sender is good, the sender has previously announced that they do send mail from that IP address. The sender is bad, the purported sender has published a list of IP

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"The International Journalists' Network (IJNet): is an online service for journalists, media managers, media assistance professionals, journalism trainers and educators and anyone else with an interest in the state of the media around the world. IJNet is meant to connect journalists and media assistance professionals around the world by sharing information." "IJNet can help you: track media

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Your Media: Preserve Freedom, Diversity, Independence: "The authoritative web site on cross-media ownership, convergence and integration"

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PB - The Temple Of The Screaming Electron: is a great site that details all kinds of fun activities. I especially like the bad ideas section: Bad Ideas for Bad People. Guns & Weapons A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Irresponsible Activities How to be a real pain in the

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Do politicians have a code of ethics? Journalist do and so do a lot of other disciplines. The question occurred to me while I was reading the paper today and I thought how strange it was that the terms 'code of ethics' and 'politicians' just didn't link up in my head. I figured Google would tell me (good old google) but nothing jumps out at me even after tweaking the search a few times. I

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"The International Journalists' Network (IJNet): is an online service for journalists, media managers, media assistance professionals, journalism trainers and educators and anyone else with an interest in the state of the media around the world. IJNet is meant to connect journalists and media assistance professionals around the world by sharing information." "IJNet can help you: track media

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CyberJournalist.net focuses on how the Internet, media convergence and new technologies are changing journalism. The site offers tips, news and commentary about online journalism, digital storytelling, converged news operations and using the Internet as a reporting tool.

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CyberJournalist.net J-Blog list claims to be the most complete list of journalists blogs on the 'net.

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News University: Training for Journalists. Anytime. Anywhere.: "News University, which was announced in April 2003 by The Poynter Institute and the Knight Foundation, is in its start-up phase. Our current focus is the development of the technology to support interactive learning and the creation of prototype courses. Our next step will be to build a custom technology platform for NewsU -- one

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The war on terrorism touches so many aspects of our lives and our beats -- from local stories to business issues to international diplomacy -- that it's hard to stay on top of everything. The ANSER Homeland Security Bulletin is a big help. The ANSER Institute for Homeland Security, a not-for-profit research organization, has been sending out Homeland Security Bulletins since July 2000. The

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I'm writing this so I'll remember how hard it is to quit smoking. It's been over a week now. I've had three cigarettes. I've chewed my way through 30 pieces of the 4mg. nicotine gum. By itself nicotine gum is horrid. I mix it with regular gum. That doesn't make it good, just less horrid. Unless you try to get some nicotine with the morning coffee then the mix of coffee (which I drink black, no

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The Journalist's Toolbox features more than 20,000 Web resources helpful to the media and anyone else doing research."

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I am considering get a firearms license so I can work at an armoured security company. Canada Firearms Centre is the federal government site that sets out the laws about gun ownership in Canada and the regulations for obtaining a permit. With certain exceptions permit applicants have to prove they have successfully taken the Canadian Firearms Safety Course from a Certified CFSC Instructors.

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The Journalist's Toolbox: "The Journalist's Toolbox features more than 20,000 Web resources helpful to the media and anyone else doing research."

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orkut: is an online community that connects people through a network of trusted friends. We are committed to providing an online meeting place where people can socialize, make new acquaintances and find others who share their interests. PB You can only join by invitation or as they say on the join Orkut page orkut is unique, because it's an organically growing network of trusted friends. That

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URLwire - News of Useful and Unique Web Launches Since 1994 URLwire is aservice that sends alerts of new web content and launches

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Mr. Pournelle, I was just writing a cover letter for some clippings I was sending to someone offering editing work. This is part of what I said: ============= Before graduating from the Centennial College journalism program I was a computer techie for 20 years... I started freelancing well before I finished school because I knew I was not interested in getting a job. I am going to live or die

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The Shinolas are given to the 10 best and worst product names in various categories. The Shinola Awards are produced by A Hundred Monkeys, a naming and branding company in Sausalito, California. We created the Shinola Awards as a way to start a conversation out in the real world about names, brands, and the naming process. And besides, if we internalized this nonsense any longer our heads would

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RFC 1855 (rfc1855) - Netiquette Guidelines This almost 10 years old and still worth reading.

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Bare Bones Guide to HTML Version 4.0 Formatted -- February 1999 The Bare Bones Guide to HTML lists all the tags that current browsers are likely to recognize. I have included all the elements in the official HTML 4.0 recommendation with common attributes, as well as Netscape and Microsoft extensions. The Guide is designed to be as concise as possible, and therefore it doesn't go into any

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Editorial Photographers (EP) Editorial Photographers (EP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the business of editorial photography. We maintain an internet discussion forum on business issues with more than 3000 subscribers participating from over 30 countries around the globe where photographers exchange information on business practices, copyright and contract concerns. On EP's web

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All materials Copyright © CBC 2003 Excerpt:These are the stories that weren’t told by the media during the Iraq war. CBC NEWS goes straight to the source, to journalists, camera operators and photographers from news organizations around the world, who reveal the lethal risks they faced, as well as the untold horrors they witnessed. Excerpt: INTRODUCTION There were two wars in Iraq. One

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I worked my way through J(ournalism)-school as a private security officer. Now that school is over, I am trying to build a freelance business but I am still doing security. At the moment I am a mobile supervisor for a smallish Toronto company. I drive 150 - 200 kilometres a night all over the Greater Toronto Area and come across all kinds of weird behaviour by both the drivers and the cops that

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Cell Phone Recycling Donation - Donate Old Used Cellular phone to Recycle

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PITCH-IN CANADA - Litter control, recycling, reduce, reuse, beautification

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The two pubs I write for regularly (but not often enough) both pay better than $0.30/word but since the rate complaints seem to centre around much lower rates I arbitrarily calculated at a rate of $0.25/word and stuck the results at the end of each line. ======================== "Shannon Lee Mannion" wrote; Here are weekly rates for the editorial department at the Citizen as stated in the

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