Google says it loses $1 billion a year to false ad clicks: "Google Inc. loses about $1 billion US a year to 'click fraud' or other invalid click-throughs on its ad service, the company says.
Advertisers have been asking Google for a clearer picture of the reach and effectiveness of their ads"
Microsoft blasts Google for book-scanning plan: "Software giant Microsoft Corp. lashed out at Google Inc.'s rival book-scanning project, saying the internet company's plan 'systematically violates copyright.'
In prepared remarks he is scheduled to deliver Tuesday to a publishing industry group, a Microsoft lawyer said Google is cutting into the profits of authors and publishers in its rush to grab content.
'Companies that create no content of their own, and make money solely on the backs of other people's content, are raking in billions through advertising revenue,' wrote Thomas C. Rubin, an associate general counsel at Microsoft, in the speech he was scheduled to give at the annual meeting of the Association of American Publishers in New York."
Free Internet Chess Server (FICS): "The Free Internet Chess Server, with over 150000 registered users, is one of the oldest and one of the largest internet chess servers. Whether serious with your chess or just looking for the occasional game, whether looking for another player or eager to challenge a strong computer, whether you like a blitz chess or you are fond of one of the many variants, here you can play chess over the internet for free. "
Project Constellation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Project Constellation is NASA's current plan for space exploration as of August 2006. It consists of a family of new spacecraft, launchers and associated hardware that allow for a variety of missions, from Space Station resupply, to lunar landings. Most of the Constellation hardware is based on systems originally developed for the Space Shuttle, although the key hardware, the Orion Spacecraft (formerly known as the 'Crew Exploration Vehicle' or CEV), is heavily influenced by the earlier Apollo Spacecraft, using a two-part crew and service module system. Proposed Constellation missions may employ both Earth Orbit Rendezvous and Lunar Orbit Rendezvous techniques.
The program's vehicle concept can be broken down into three parts: The Orion Crew & Service Modules, the Lunar Surface Access Module, and the launch vehicles (LV). The launch vehicles proposed for use in the program include the unmanned Ares V (for launch of the Earth Departure Stage and either the LSAM or cargo), the manned Ares I LV (for launch of the Orion spacecraft), and the Ares IV, which combines the functions of the two."
Facebook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Facebook is an English-language social networking website, popular among college students. It was originally developed for university students, faculty and staff, but has since expanded to include everyone, including high school, corporate and geographic communities.
As of February 2007, the website had the largest number of registered users among college-focused sites with over 17 million members worldwide(also from non-college networks). [1] [2]
It is the number one site for photos, ahead of public sites such as Flickr, with 2.3 million photos uploaded daily[3], and is the seventh most visited site in the United States, according to comScore's Media Metrix.
The name of the site is based on the paper facebooks that colleges give to incoming students, faculty, and staff depicting members of the campus community"
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79th Academy Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the best in film for 2006, took place on February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. Ellen DeGeneres hosted the ceremony for the first time.[1] This was the sixth time that the Kodak Theatre has hosted the ceremonies since its construction. It was also the 32nd time that the ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, which is under contract through 2014.[2] The producer was Laura Ziskin.[3] The announcers were Don LaFontaine and Gina Tuttle."
Academy Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. Awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1929[1] in Los Angeles, it recognizes excellence in many aspects of motion picture making, such as acting, directing and screenwriting.
Academy Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional honorary organization, which as of 2007 had a voting membership of 5,830. Actors (with a membership of 1,311) make up the largest voting bloc. The votes have been tabulated and certified by the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and its predecessor Price Waterhouse for 72 years, since close to the awards' inception.[2] They are intended for the films and persons the Academy believes have the top achievements of the year."
Harlem Globetrotters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The Harlem Globetrotters are a basketball team that combines athleticism and comedy to create one of the best-known sports entertainment franchises in the world. Created by Abe Saperstein in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, the team adopted the name Harlem because of its connotations as a leading African-American community. Over the years it has toured over 118 countries, playing more than 20,000 exhibition games, mostly against deliberately ineffective opposition like the Washington Generals (1953–1995) and the New York Nationals (1995–present)."
Play films - Focus on Animation - ONF: "Bestselling author Roch Carrier narrates a mortifying boyhood experience in this animated adaptation of his beloved story, 'The Hockey Sweater.'
In the 1940s, in the rural village of Saint Justine, Quebec, listening to the hockey game on the radio was a Saturday night tradition... and so was rooting for the Montreal Canadiens. All the boys worshipped the star player, Maurice 'Rocket' Richard, and proudly wore the number 9 emblazoned on their sweaters.
The boy in the story outgrows his hockey sweater, so his mother writes to 'Mr. Eaton' for a new one. But instead of the coveted red, white and blue of Les Canadiens, the company sends a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey! Imagine the young player's chagrin when he shows up at the neighbourhood rink in the blue and white colours of the arch-enemy!
The Sweater has universal appeal for children and adults alike."
Transit Toronto - Content: The Truth Behind the Interlining Trial: "Many railfans with an interest in Toronto's subway operations will know that when the Bloor-Danforth subway first opened, it was operated as an extension of the Yonge-University subway. This 'interlining', which had alternate trains from the Keele and Woodbine terminals travelling either across town to the other Bloor-Danforth terminal, or downtown via the University subway and then north to Eglinton, was a trial operation that lasted for six months following the Bloor-Danforth subway's opening"
Bay (TTC) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Below the main platform for Bay station is an abandoned platform, which was used for only six months in 1966 when the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) experimentally ran trains whose routes included portions of both the Yonge-University and Bloor-Danforth lines. This abandoned platform is sometimes referred to as Lower Bay."
Transit Toronto: "TTC patrons will have a unique opportunity to see a piece of subway history that has been out of the public eye for over forty years. To allow construction crews to perform maintenance on the tunnel between Bay and St. George stations, the TTC is routing Bloor-Danforth trains through Museum. Trains running west from Kennedy will pass through Lower Bay station, which neatly allows the TTC to continue to operate subway service along the whole of the Bloor-Danforth line without the complications of shuttle buses. The diversion will affect all weekend service throughout the subway on February 24 and 25, March 3 and 4, 10 and 11, 17 and 18, 24 and 25 and March 31. Normal service will resume on April 1st."
National Public Radio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "National Public Radio (NPR) is an independent, private, non-profit membershi organization of public radio stations in the United States.[1] NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, which established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and also led to the creation of the Public Broadcasting Service. The network was founded on February 26, 1970, headed by founder Robert Conley with a partnership of journalists, with 30 employees and 90 public radio stations as charter members.
Like its fellow public radio networks American Public Media and Public Radio International, NPR produces and distributes news and cultural programming. Its member stations are not required to broadcast all of these programs and most public radio stations broadcast programs from all three providers. Its flagship programs are two drive time news broadcasts, Morning Edition and the afternoon All Things Considered; both are carried by nearly all NPR affiliates and in 2002 were the second- and third-most popular radio programs in the country. Morning Edition has been the network's most popular program since 1979, but recently it has been overtaken by the automotive Q & A show Car Talk.[citation needed] In a Harris poll conducted in 2005, NPR was voted the most trusted news source in the US"
Voice of America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Voice of America, VOA began broadcasting on February 24, 1942. (VOA) is the official international radio and television broadcasting service of the United States federal government. It is vaguely similar to other international broadcasters such as the BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle, Radio Netherlands, Radio France Internationale, Voice of Russia and Radio Canada International, although these other agencies are not fully government-controlled. Its oversight bureau is the International Broadcasting Bureau, which is committed to 'public diplomacy.'
There are also many affiliate and contracted radio stations which carry VOA programs. VOA programs in many of its broadcast languages are also available on the World Wide Web in both streaming media and downloadable formats. VOA formerly was based on a 625-acre site in Union Township (now West Chester Township) in Butler County, Ohio, near Cincinnati. The Bethany Relay Station operated from 1944 to 1994. Other former sites include California (Dixon), Hawaii, Okinawa, Liberia, Costa Rica, and Belize."
1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed from movable type
Gutenberg Bible - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, and as the Mazarin Bible) is a print of the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible that was printed by Johannes Gutenberg, in Mainz, Germany in the fifteenth century. The printed bible is a possible imitation of a Mainz illuminated manuscript, the so called Giant Bible of Mainz (Biblia latina), whose 1300 pages were written in two years, 1452-53"
AEA Silver Dart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The Silver Dart (or Aerodrome #4) was an early aircraft which was flown off the ice at Baddeck, Nova Scotia on February 23, 1909. This was the first controlled powered flight in Canada and the British Empire. The plane was piloted by one of its designers, John McCurdy. The original Silver Dart was the fruit of the Aerial Experiment Association formed under the guidance of Alexander Graham Bell.
The frame and structure of the Silver Dart was made of steel tube, bamboo, friction tape, wire, and wood. The wings were covered with rubberized silk balloon-cloth. Its engine was a reliable V-8 that developed 40 hp (26 kW) at 1000 rpm supplied by Glenn Curtiss. The aircraft had no brakes. "
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a historic photograph taken on February 23, 1945 by Joe Rosenthal. It depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. The photograph was extremely popular, being reprinted in hundreds of publications. Later, it became the only photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in the same year as its publication, and ultimately came to be regarded as one of the most significant and recognizable images of the war, and possibly the most reproduced photograph of all time.[1] Of the six men depicted in the picture, three (Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block, and Michael Strank) did not survive the battle; the three survivors (John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, and Ira Hayes) became celebrities upon the publication of the photo. The picture was later used by Felix de Weldon to sculpt the USMC War Memorial, located adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C.
Lee Petty, patriarch of a famous racing family whose most renowned member was his son Richard, won the first Daytona 500 on February 22, 1959 defeating Johnny Beauchamp in a highly unusual manner. Petty and Beauchamp were lapping Joe Weatherly at the finish, when officials initially called Beauchamp the winner as the three cars crossed the line. After reviewing photographs and film of the finish for three days, the call was reversed, and Petty was awarded the win
CF-105 Arrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The Avro CF-105 Arrow was a delta-wing interceptor aircraft, designed and built by Avro Aircraft Ltd. in Malton, Ontario, Canada, as the culmination of a design study that began in 1953. Emerging in 1957 in the shadow of the Sputnik launch and a government reappraisal of air defense needs, the Avro Arrow faced an uncertain future. After beginning its flight test program in 1958, the first five examples were undergoing proving and service evaluation trials when the CF-105 Arrow, and its accompanying Orenda Iroquois jet engine program, was abruptly cancelled in 1959, sparking a long and bitter political debate."
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the NEXTEL Cup, the Busch Series and the Craftsman Truck Series. It also oversees NASCAR Regional Racing, the Whelen Modified Tour, and the Whelen All-American Series. NASCAR sanctions over 1,500 races at over 100 tracks in 38 states, Canada, and Mexico. From 1996 to 1998, NASCAR held exhibition races in Japan, and an exhibition race in Australia in 1988.
NASCAR - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "NASCAR was founded by William France Sr. on February 21, 1948 with the help of several other drivers at the time. The points system was written on a barroom napkin. The sanctioning body hosted their first event at the Daytona beach on February 15, 1948. Red Byron beat Marshall Teague in the Modified division race. NASCAR had several divisions in its early years."
DNA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "In 1953, based on X-ray diffraction images[122] taken by Rosalind Franklin and the information that the bases were paired, James D. Watson and Francis Crick suggested[122] what is now accepted as the first accurate model of DNA structure in the journal Nature.[5] Experimental evidence for Watson and Crick's model were published in a series of five articles in the same issue of Nature [123]. Of these, Franklin and Raymond Gosling's paper[124] saw the publication of the X-ray diffraction image which was key in Watson and Crick interpretation, as well as another article, co-authored by Maurice Wilkins and his colleagues.[125] Franklin and Gosling's subsequent paper identified the distinctions between the A and B structures of the double helix in DNA.[126] In 1962 Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins jointly received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine."
Steam locomotive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "
A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a 'road locomotive' such as a traction engine or steamroller.
Steam locomotives were the dominant form of rail traction from the mid 19th century until the mid 20th century, after which they were superseded by diesel and electric locomotives."
In 1802 Trevithick built one of his high pressure steam engines to drive an automatic hammer at the Pen-y-Daren iron works near Merthyr in South Wales. With the assistance of Rees Jones, an employee of the iron works and under the supervision of Samuel Homfray, the proprietor, he mounted the engine on a wagon chassis and turned it into a locomotive. In 1803 Trevithick sold the patents for his railway locomotives to Samuel Homfray.
Homfray was so impressed with Trevithick's locomotive that he made a bet with another ironmaster, Richard Crawshay, for 500 guineas that Trevithick's steam locomotive could haul 10 tons of iron along the Merthyr Tramroad from Penydarren to Abercynon, a distance of 9.75 miles (16 km). Amid great interest from the public, on 21 February 1804 it successfully carried 10 tons of iron, 5 wagons and 70 men the full distance in 4 hours and 5 minutes, an average speed of nearly 5 mph. As well as Homfray, Crawshay and the passengers, other witnesses included Mr. Giddy, a respected patron of Trevithick and an engineer from the Government'[7]. The engineer from the Government was probably a safety inspector and particularly interested in the boiler's ability to withstand high steam pressures.
Ash Wednesday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "In the Western Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs forty-six days before Easter. It falls on different dates from year to year, according to the date of Easter; it can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10. Ash Wednesday can fall on Leap Day only during a leap year for which April 15 is Easter Sunday. The next time Ash Wednesday will fall on Leap Day will be in 2096, the first such year since the 1582 adoption of the Gregorian Calendar.
At Masses and services of worship on this day, worshippers are blessed with ashes by the celebrating priest or minister. The priest or minister marks the forehead of each participant with black ashes, in the shape of a cross, which the worshipper traditionally retains until washing it off after sundown. In many Christian churches, the minister of ashes may also be a layperson or non-clergyman. The symbolism echoes the ancient Near Eastern tradition of throwing ash over one's head signifying repentance before God"
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Ministry of Community and Social Services - Good Parents Pay: "GOOD PARENTS PAY
The purpose of this section is to ask for the public’s help in locating missing defaulting payors. The individuals posted on this website are registered with the Family Responsibility Office (FRO), have not made their court-ordered support payments and cannot be found. Postings are made under the authority of the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996 and the Regulations"
Mardi Gras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Mardi Gras (French for 'Fat Tuesday') is the day before Ash Wednesday, and is also called 'Shrove Tuesday' or 'Pancake Day'. It is the final day of Carnival (English:IPA: [kaː(ɹ)nɨvəl]). It is a celebration that is held just before the beginning of the Christian liturgical season of Lent."
Shrove Tuesday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Shrove Tuesday is the term used in the English-speaking countries of the United Kingdom[1], Ireland[2], and Australia[3] to refer to the day after Collop Monday and before Ash Wednesday (the liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday). In these countries, and amongst Anglicans in Canada, this day is also known as Pancake Day, because it is customary to eat pancakes on this day.[4][5][6] In other parts of the world—for example, in historically Catholic and French-speaking parts of the United States and elsewhere—this day is called Mardi Gras, and in areas with large Polish-immigrant populations (for example, Chicago and Detroit) it is known as Paczki Day.
The French also have a festival associated with pancakes (Crêpes) which is held on February 2 each year. This festival is called Chandeleur and is a celebration of light (the name is derived from the word 'chandelle' which also gave the English word 'candle'. The festival is known as Candlemas in English). It is thought that pancakes are associated to this celebration because of the solar symbolic of their shape and colour. The traditional food for Mardi Gras are sweet fried dumplings usually served in the shape of a loose knot or a 5cm wide, 20cm long strip of dough one extremity of which is passed through a slit in its middle.
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Rocket blasts off on mission to study northern lights: "A rocket launched from Florida on Saturday, carrying five satellites that Canadian and U.S. scientists hope will help them unveil the science behind the substorms that cause the northern lights.
The rocket — part of the THEMIS project, a joint venture of NASA and the Canadian Space Agency"
Watches lose ground to cellphones: "The way we track time is changing with the times.
Market researchers say wristwatches are no longer a must-have accessory, as more people are carrying electronic devices that also tell time, whether a cellphone, an iPod or a BlackBerry.
In a late 2006 survey, for example, investment bank Piper Jaffray & Co. found that nearly two-thirds of teens never wear a watch — and only about one in 10 wears one every day."
$13B U.S. deal aims for satellite radio monopoly: "Betting that regulators will let it go ahead, the two players in satellite radio have signed an all-stock merger valued at $13 billion US.
The combination of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio would create a monopoly in the business of beaming commercial-free music and other programming from earth orbit to people willing to buy a special radio and pay fees of about $15 Cdn a month."
Flaw in Firefox browser evades security fix: "A flaw in the Firefox web browser could let an attacker open a window and display a fake site, bypassing a vulnerability fix thought to be repaired, security researchers say.
The new vulnerability lets an attacker open a blank window or tab in the browser and add code or content to it if the user opens a specially crafted web page or is led there from a link in an e-mail or document."
NYC students attempt to revive stoop culture - Wikinews: "A trio of freshmen at a New York design school say that residents aren't taking advantage of a valuable and countless resource found all around the world: stoops.
In Sit Here, a campaign inspired by a recent class project, Sarah Feldman, Chelsea Briganti and Essence Rodriguez are using fliers placed around New York to encourage residents and visitors to get to know one another on their stoops."
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Elm Farm Ollie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Elm Farm Ollie (known as 'Nellie Jay' and post-flight as 'Sky Queen') was the first cow to fly in an airplane, doing so on 18 February 1930, as part of the International Air Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. On the same trip, which covered 72 miles from Bismarck, Missouri, to St. Louis, she also became the first cow milked in flight. This was done ostensibly to allow scientists to observe midair effects on animals, as well as for publicity purposes. A St. Louis newspaper trumpeted her mission as being 'to blaze a trail for the transportation of livestock by air.'"
Pause to remember the man behind the remote, Robert Adler, dead at 93: "Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote has died.
Robert Adler, who won an Emmy Award along with fellow engineer Eugene Polley for the device that made couch potatoship possible, died Thursday of heart failure at a Boise nursing home at 93, Zenith Electronics Corp. said Friday."
CBC.ca Arts - Canadian animator Ryan Larkin dies:
Renowned Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, a one-time rising star in the National Film Board and more recently the subject of an Oscar-winning short, has died at the age of 63.
"Larkin was just 19 when he began working at the NFB in 1963, and six years later received an Academy Award nomination for his animated short Walking.
Larkin also made Street Musique, considered a masterpiece of animated movement, and won dozens of awards during his 14 years with the film board"
List of historical anniversaries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Condensed list of historical anniversaries."
Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "This set of pages serve as a queue of selected anniversaries in history taken from each day of the year's events and holidays/ observances section and from current Jewish, Islamic, and other lunar-based calendars. The selected anniversaries queue is used to help facilitate and coordinate updates to the 'Selected anniversaries' section on the Main Page. Be bold while improving this queue but please make sure you follow the guidelines. Also please note, although anniversary listings on individual date articles are written in the present tense, please write each 'selected anniversary listing' in the past tense. The tense change is due to the fact that the Main Page has current events and past ones on the same page."
Flag Day in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Flag Day is celebrated on February 15 in Canada, commemorating the adoption of the Maple Leaf flag on that date in 1965. The day is marked by flying the flag, occasional public ceremonies (especially in 2005, its 40th anniversary), and educational programs in schools.
The banner replaced the Red Ensign which had been in use, if not officially, in one form or another since 1868. The new distinctive Canadian Flag first flew on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Feb. 15, 1965."
These Words - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "(also known as 'These Words (I Love You, I Love You)' and 'These Words (I Love You)') is a song by Natasha Bedingfield, and is the second European single (the first North American) from her debut album Unwritten. It was released in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2004, and reached number one for two weeks, getting nominated in ITV1's annual Record Of The Year contest. It was Bedingfield's debut North American single, and peaked at number seventeen on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number nine on the Pop 100. It reached the top twenty in Canada, where it peaked at number fifteen"
Smile (Lily Allen song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "'Smile' is Lily Allen's first mainstream single release, and was penned by Lily Allen, Iyola Babalola and Darren Lewis (the duo who produced the track as Future Cut). The Organ riff is a sample of Jackie Mittoo playing keyboards on Free Soul by The Soul Brothers, written by Jackie Mittoo and Clement Dodd."
Valentine's Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day is on February 14. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other; sending Valentine's cards or candy. It is very common to present flowers on Valentine's Day. The holiday is named after two men, both Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of 'valentines.' Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards. The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas. The association estimates that women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines"
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Community first radio means you not only hear the local hockey and soccer scores, but you hear the names of the kids who scored the goals and got the assists. It's the little things that amount to a complete community package. The Coast and the community will grow and prosper together. Here's to years of charity work, fundraising, promotion and fun!
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CBC Radio Two to revamp evening schedule; Radio One adds more drama/comedy • CBC Radio 1 • Inside the CBC: "CBC introduced on Wednesday a slate of arts and culture programming changes to its two main radio services, largely driven by the decision to expand CBC Radio Two as a Canadian music service and broaden the musical genres featured on air."
CBC.ca Arts - CBC Radio to broaden Radio Two, add arts magazine: "CBC introduced on Wednesday a slate of arts and culture programming changes to its two main radio services, largely driven by the decision to expand CBC Radio Two as a flag-waving Canadian music service and broaden the musical genres featured on air."
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Community first radio means you not only hear the local hockey and soccer scores, but you hear the names of the kids who scored the goals and got the assists. It's the little things that amount to a complete community package. The Coast and the community will grow and prosper together. Here's to years of charity work, fundraising, promotion and fun!
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A place for people with disabilities, living in Ontario to gather online to share their photographs and discuss photographic topics."
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USATODAY.com - The Christmas classic that almost wasn't: "When CBS bigwigs saw a rough cut of A Charlie Brown Christmas in November 1965, they hated it.
Charlie and Linus: The Peanuts gang explains the meaning of Christmas again Tuesday, 40 years after the show's TV debut. Charlie and Linus: The Peanuts gang explains the meaning of Christmas again Tuesday, 40 years after the show's TV debut.
1965 photo by United Feature Syndicate
'They said it was slow,' executive producer Lee Mendelson remembers with a laugh. There were concerns that the show was almost defiantly different: There was no laugh track, real children provided the voices, and there was a swinging score by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi."
Days to Remember - CBC Archives: "CBC: Days to Remember recreates what it would have been like to watch or listen to a typical CBC broadcast day through the decades. From the earliest years of radio in the 1930s to the dawn of the internet age in the 1990s, these radio and TV clips, photos and text recall days in the life of the CBC and Canada. We've plumbed the archives to bring you the programs and personalities, daily news and diversions that shaped CBC's radio and TV schedules. "
Direct Access: "Helen Henderson, columnist on disability issues, comments weekly about attitudes, barriers, breakthroughs -- what’s good, what’s bad, what’s ugly and how to deal with it."
TheStar.com - Life/Disabilities: "Helen Henderson, columnist on disability issues, writes weekly about attitudes, barriers, breakthroughs - what's good, what's bad, what's ugly and how to deal with it. This page is your source for news, opinions, resources and links to other websites - and your chance to add your two-cents' worth."
Glenn Gould - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Glenn Herbert Gould (September 25, 1932 – October 4, 1982) was a celebrated Canadian pianist, noted especially for his recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's keyboard music. He gave up live performance in 1964, dedicating himself to the recording studio for the rest of his career."
Rhapsody in Blue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and orchestra or band written in 1924 which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. The piece received its premi�re in a concert entitled An Experiment in Modern Music, which was held on 12 February 1924 in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band with Gershwin playing the piano. It has since become one of the most popular American concert works.
As the most famous classical composition by Gershwin, it established his reputation as a serious composer"
George Gershwin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer. George wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works together with his elder brother lyricist Ira Gershwin. Gershwin composed both for Broadway and for the classical concert hall. He also wrote popular songs with success."
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NPR : Music by the 'Numbers Stations': "All Things Considered, November 12, 2004 � Akin Fernandez's obsession with 'numbers stations' -- broadcasts of seemingly random numbers sequences that still remain officially a mystery -- led to a CD set compiling off-air recordings. It's become a cult hit. Matt Cowan reports."
CityNews: Man Tear Gassed Into Submission After Standoff Closes Bloor & St. George During Afternoon Rush: "It was the last thing shoppers, strollers and motorists expected to see in one of the busiest spots in the downtown core - heavily armed Emergency Task Force officers standing with guns drawn, aimed at a stopped cab.
It began at Bloor and St. George around 2:40pm, when a man hailed a taxi, got in and then told the driver he was carrying a bomb. The cabbie quickly departed the vehicle and alerted authorities, who took no chances and brought out the heavy artillery."
NPR : The Art of the Interview, ESPN-Style:
All Things Considered, August 14, 2006 · The old saying goes, "There's no such thing as a stupid question." But in the opinion of at least one major television network, there is such a thing, and some of the least effective questions are coming from top broadcast journalists.
ESPN's John Sawatsky is tearing down icons such as Larry King and Mike Wallace as he preaches his guiding principles about how to properly conduct an interview.
NPR : Seeing in Beautiful, Precise Pictures: "Morning Edition, August 14, 2006 � Because I have autism, I live by concrete rules instead of abstract beliefs. And because I have autism, I think in pictures and sounds. I don't have the ability to process abstract thought the way that you do. Here's how my brain works: It's like the search engine Google for images. If you say the word 'love' to me, I'll surf the Internet inside my brain. Then, a series of images pops into my head. What I'll see, for example, is a picture of a mother horse with a foal, or I think of 'Herbie the Lovebug,' scenes from the movie Love Story or the Beatles song, 'Love, love, love...'"J
NPR : Does Age Quash Our Spirit of Adventure?: "All Things Considered, August 15, 2006 � Robert Sapolsky, a distinguished neuroscientist in his 40s, had a young assistant who played different music every day, from Sonic Youth to Minnie Pearl. That made Sapolsky crazy -- and curious about why his aging ears still crave the music he loved in college. Is there a certain age when the typical American passes from the novelty stage to utter predictability?"
NPR : 'My Lobotomy': Howard Dully's Journey: "On Jan. 17, 1946, a psychiatrist named Walter Freeman launched a radical new era in the treatment of mental illness in this country. On that day, he performed the first-ever transorbital or 'ice-pick' lobotomy in his Washington, D.C., office. Freeman believed that mental illness was related to overactive emotions, and that by cutting the brain he cut away these feelings.
Freeman, equal parts physician and showman, became a barnstorming crusader for the procedure. Before his death in 1972, he performed transorbital lobotomies on some 2,500 patients in 23 states."
BBC World Service | Programmes | World Today | World Today Select: "The World Today Select
From Monday to Friday, we produce a fifteen-minute programme which looks back over our most important and informative stories of the day."
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NPR 100: "The 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century
Throughout the year 2000, NPR presented the stories behind 100 of the most important American musical works of the 20th century. These special features cover music from a wide variety of genres -- classical, jazz, rock'n'roll, country, R&B, musical theatre and film scores. NPR 100 stories aired on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and NPR's weekend news magazine programs. "
NPR'S Most Emailed Stories -25 Most E-Mailed Stories for the Past 24 Hours
The stories NPR.org visitors are recommending the most. The best of Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other award-winning NPR programs."
NPR: Most E-Mailed Stories - XML file: "NPR: Most E-Mailed Stories Podcast
The stories NPR.org visitors are recommending the most. The best of Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other award-winning NPR programs."
NPR Shuffle mixes it up every day, offering an unpredictable sampler from 'Morning Edition', 'All Things Considered' and other award-winning NPR programs. Enjoy listening to this podcast just as you would enjoy listening to NPR - ready to be surprised by the next great story!
NPR: Story of the Day - XML file: "Funny, moving, exceptional, or just offbeat -- the NPR story people will be talking about tomorrow. The best of Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other award-winning NPR programs."
NPR: Pop Culture - XML file: "Perspectives on the cultural landscape: stories, interviews and reviews from Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other award-winning NPR programs."
NPR : Present at the Creation: "Monopoly. The Hollywood Sign. 'The Raven.' The Lincoln Memorial. Overalls. 'New York, New York.' Those and dozens of other uniquely American icons will be the subject of a year-long NPR series called Present at the Creation.
Present at the Creation grew out of the success of the Peabody Award-winning NPR 100 series featuring the most important American musical works of the 20th century. The new series will examine the creative process behind the designs, sounds, images and writings that helped shape American culture.
Initially, members of the NPR News and Cultural Programming staffs compiled a long list of creative works that included visual arts, film, television, music, photography, games, advertising, literature, fictional characters, places and monuments. Nominations had to meet two of the following three criteria: 1) The work had to be widely recognized. 2) It had to have been created in order to express an idea or value. 3) It had to have moved people or inspired awe. "
NPR : Driveway Moments: "What is a Driveway Moment?
You're driving along, listening to a story on NPR. Suddenly, you find yourself at your destination, so riveted to a piece that you sit in your idling car to hear it all the way through. That's a Driveway Moment."
NPR: Driveway Moments - XML file: "Listeners' NPR favorites. Riveting stories from Morning Edition, All Things Considered and other award-winning NPR programs"
You're driving along, listening to a story on NPR. Suddenly, you find yourself at your destination, so riveted to a piece that you sit in your idling car to hear it all the way through. That's a Driveway Moment.
NPR: Present at the Creation[ podcast ] - XML file: "Present at the Creation explores the creative process behind unique icons of American culture, from 'American Gothic' and Gumby to 'Perry Mason' and Scrabble. The year-long series originally aired on NPR's 'Morning Edition' throughout 2002."
CBC Radio Editor's Choice: "The Editor's Choice Podcast
Editor's Choice is our daily podcast of the highlight of our broadcast day. A special treat for the ears plucked from the airwaves for your listening pleasure"
A Prairie Home Companion (2006): "A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren (Streep), and a host of others hold court."
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BBC - Radio 4 - India's Route 66: [listen online] "The chronicle of Sir Mark Tully's once-in-a-lifetime journey along the Grand Trunk Road, one of the oldest of all trade routes. It's more than just a physical journey: the journey starts in Calcutta, where he was born and from where the British ruled India. It ends at Delhi, where he now lives, the country's modern capital"
CBC Arts: Mr. Dressup to go off the air: "
The tickle trunk will be closed for the last time in September, as CBC officially retires Mr. Dressup.
Ernie Coombs with Casey and Finnegan — no more reruns for the much-loved show.
As of July 3, the show moves from every weekday at 11 a.m. to Sunday morning only and the last broadcast of the much-loved children's show takes place Sept. 3.
The late Ernie Coombs began the show in 1967, delighting children with puppets Casey and Finnegan and a tickle trunk full of costumes and intriguing objects.
The last episode of the show was made in 1996 and it has been rerun ever since. Coombs died in 2001 of a stroke."
CTV.ca | CBC's 'The National' to be bumped by U.S. show: "CBC's flagship television news show, The National, will be bumped on the main network in some markets by an American reality TV series over the summer.
The show is The One: Making A Music Star, produced for ABC by Endomol USA, which also makes Fear Factor.
The new show is scheduled to debut on Tuesday, July 18. The 16-part series runs through to Sept. 6 and will air from 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET."
Pedestrian crossing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A pedestrian crossing or crosswalk is a designated point on a road at which some means are employed to assist pedestrians wishing to cross. They are designed to keep pedestrians together where they can be seen by motorists, and where they can cross most safely with the flow of vehicular traffic. Pedestrian crossings are often at intersections, but may also be at other points on busy roads that would otherwise be perilous to attempt to cross. They are common near schools or in other areas where there are a large number of children. Crosswalks can be considered a traffic calming technique."
List of media outlets in Toronto "Radio -Toronto stations
* CJCL 590 - The Fan - formerly at 1430 (now Chinese Fairchild Radio); this station was formerly CKEY
* CFMJ 640 - AM 640
* CFTR 680 - 680 News
* CJBC 860 - Radio-Canada La Premire Chane
* CFRB 1010 - Newstalk CFRB
* CHUM 1050 - 1050 Chum
* CHKT 1430 - Fairchild Radio, multicultural
* CHIN 1540 - multicultural station created by the late Johnny Lombardi
* CHSL 1610 - Spanish community station
* CHEV 1610 - former special-events station, now defunct
* CKLN 88.1 - Ryerson University
* CIRV 88.9 - multicultural
* CIUT 89.5 - University of Toronto
* CKRG 89.9 - Glendon College
* CJBC 90.3 - Radio-Canada Espace Musique
* CKHC 90.71 - Humber College
* CJRT 91.1 - Jazz FM
* CHIN-1 91.9 - FM rebroadcaster of CHIN (AM), not to be confused with CHIN-FM
* CJAQ 92.5 - Jack FM
* CFXJ 93.5 - Flow 93-5
* CBL 94.1 - CBC Radio Two
* CJEZ 97.3 - EZ Rock
* CHFI 98.1 - adult contemporary
* CBLA 99.1 - CBC Radio One
* CKFM 99.9 - Mix 99.9
* CHIN 100.7 - multicultural
* CJSA 101.3 - Canadian Multicultural Radio
* Rainbow Radio 103.9 - LGBT community station
* CHUM 104.5 - hot adult contemporary
* CHOQ 105.1 - franco-ontarian community station
* CHRY 105.5 - York University
* CFIE 106.5 - Aboriginal Voices Radio
* CILQ 107.1 - Q107"
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