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Hot trends for April 13, 2008
CBC to close Calgary unit of Newsworld (Toronto Star)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:44:49 PDT
CALGARY–CBC News will close the Calgary unit of its Newsworld channel as of next month. The public broadcaster announced Thursday that the two hours of Newsworld programming currently being produced from Calgary will shift to Toronto.
Gaming, Real Violence Trends Tracked, Charted
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:16:52 PDT
It's easy to claim that gaming violence has no correlation with real world violence, but those arguments are a bit hollow if you can't provide data to corroborate; or even better, a fancy line graph.
Patrick Cockburn on Muqtada al-Sadr
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:18:26 PDT
Muqtada al-Sadr: the white clothing indicates that he expects martyrdom and is prepared for it Patrick Cockburn, author of a new book on Iraqi Shi'a leader Muqtada al-Sadr, describes him in this article, Warlord: The Rise of Muqtada al-Sadr Independent 04/11/08, which is an excerpt from the book. It's also good to see Cockburn's work appear in the Los Angeles Times, A cleric, a pol, a warrior 04/12/08. Cockburn's Muqtada: Muqtada Al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq was releas
Global Food Fights By Alan Caruba
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:05:04 PDT
It takes a decent respect for the obvious truth to admit that mankind has no control over the climate. What is occurring, however, based on actual and anecdotal information, is a trend toward global cooling. Between rising food costs driven by an environmental agenda and real, not imagined climate change, the word famine is going to heard more ...
Chicago Marathon almost sold out
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:48:28 PDT
The 2008 Chicago Marathon is close to reaching its registration capacity of 45,000 entrants. Never mind how I know...I know. I'm signed up, and for the 19th straight year, when the starting gun goes off, I'll be there. Regular- Marathon Pundit readers will recall that last year's race was canceled after three-and-a-half-hours because of extreme heat, which led to empty water and Gatorade tables at marathon aid stations. As I noted a few days after last year's race, Carey Pinkowksi, the event's
PR: The dark history of spin and its threat to genuine news - Independent
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:44:49 PDT
CALGARY–CBC News will close the Calgary unit of its Newsworld channel as of next month. The public broadcaster announced Thursday that the two hours of Newsworld programming currently being produced from Calgary will shift to Toronto.
Gaming, Real Violence Trends Tracked, Charted
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:16:52 PDT
It's easy to claim that gaming violence has no correlation with real world violence, but those arguments are a bit hollow if you can't provide data to corroborate; or even better, a fancy line graph.
Patrick Cockburn on Muqtada al-Sadr
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:18:26 PDT
Muqtada al-Sadr: the white clothing indicates that he expects martyrdom and is prepared for it Patrick Cockburn, author of a new book on Iraqi Shi'a leader Muqtada al-Sadr, describes him in this article, Warlord: The Rise of Muqtada al-Sadr Independent 04/11/08, which is an excerpt from the book. It's also good to see Cockburn's work appear in the Los Angeles Times, A cleric, a pol, a warrior 04/12/08. Cockburn's Muqtada: Muqtada Al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq was releas
Global Food Fights By Alan Caruba
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:05:04 PDT
It takes a decent respect for the obvious truth to admit that mankind has no control over the climate. What is occurring, however, based on actual and anecdotal information, is a trend toward global cooling. Between rising food costs driven by an environmental agenda and real, not imagined climate change, the word famine is going to heard more ...
Chicago Marathon almost sold out
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:48:28 PDT
The 2008 Chicago Marathon is close to reaching its registration capacity of 45,000 entrants. Never mind how I know...I know. I'm signed up, and for the 19th straight year, when the starting gun goes off, I'll be there. Regular- Marathon Pundit readers will recall that last year's race was canceled after three-and-a-half-hours because of extreme heat, which led to empty water and Gatorade tables at marathon aid stations. As I noted a few days after last year's race, Carey Pinkowksi, the event's
PR: The dark history of spin and its threat to genuine news - Independent
PR: The dark history of spin and its threat to genuine news Independent, UK - 1 hour ago In doing so, PR is bringing about the death of genuine news. The PR industry has even taken over sections of the media. An early example was the 1995 joint ... |
