Public space is more like a verb than a noun, meaning it must be continually created and recreated. Without public space there can be no democracy. Currently, public space is in crisis!

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News outlets risk being charged with contempt of court if they reveal any details of Pickton's preliminary hearing. Pickton's defence says revealing the facts would make it difficult to find an impartial jury.

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Technonerds go to movies strictly for entertainment, and of course, the most entertaining part comes after the movie when they can dissect, criticize, and argue the merits of every detail. However, when supposedly serious scenes totally disregard the laws of physics in blatantly obvious ways it's enough to make us retch. The motion picture industry has failed to police itself against the evils of bad physics. This page is provided as a public service in hopes of improving this deplorable matter. The minds of our children and their ability to master vectors are (shudder) at stake.

Posted by GeeTee at December 11, 2002 07:30 PM | TrackBack 0

Titled "Ottawa 20-20: Building A Creative City", the discussion paper has been well received by local artists. It calls for more money, space, promotion and educational programs for the arts. The paper also recommends more local governments and businesses partner up to sponsor the arts.

Posted by GeeTee at December 11, 2002 06:25 PM | TrackBack 0

Over the last year, the department has quietly expunged information on how using condoms protects against AIDS, how abortion does not increase the risk of breast cancer and how to run programs proven to reduce teenage sexual activity. The posting that found no link between abortion and breast cancer was removed from the department's Web site last June, after Representative Christopher H. Smith, a New Jersey Republican who is co-chairman of the House Pro-Life Caucus, wrote a letter of protest to Secretary Tommy Thompson calling the research cited by the National Cancer Institute "scientifically inaccurate and misleading to the public."

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Scraba also concluded that teachers in New Brunswick don't demand enough of students, embracing the philosophy that it's better not to push them too hard or to raise standards too high.

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So it's notable that the all-news networks have begun to recite their leads to a new participial rhythm: "In North Dakota, high winds making life difficult; the gusts reaching 60 m.p.h." . . . "A Big Apple accident, two taxicabs plowing into crowds of shoppers" -- call the new style ing-lish. Fox News Channel and CNN have adopted it wholesale, and it's increasingly audible on network news programs as well.

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The museum will instead use the religiously-neutral "CE" (common era) or "BCE" (before the common era). It's a system common in the academic community.

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There are a couple of theories for why Sony Betamax, the superior video technology, lost the battle against the VHS format developed by JVC. For one thing, Sony was slow to license its technology, but perhaps just as important. pornographers preferred the cheaper, more convenient VHS format which drove the market for tapes and players.

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MRIs have proved to be more accurate in detecting the subconscious of the consumer -- whether he really prefers Pepsi-Cola to Coca-Cola, or Chevrolets to Fords.

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"I believe our inmates that I know of are all heterosexual people and I haven't heard of any same-sex relations to date, so if we did see any, I think condoms could be readily available," said Okalik, who also serves as the territory's justice minister.

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Ouimette said the reports show that the inspection program is a success and said Canada's sperm supply is the safest in the world.

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Taxes, shelter, transportation, food. In that order, that's where your household budget went last year, says Statistics Canada.

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MOOREWATCH is dedicated to unearthing the truth behind the doublespeak and falsehood that spews from the mouth (and keyboard) of Michael Moore on a regular basis. Moore is a disingenuous danger to this country, and his assumptions and assertions should not go unchallenged. The collective expertise and research abilities of the entire Internet are more than enough to debunk most of the nonsense Moore regularly puts forth as fact, and we at MOOREWATCH hope to be the clearinghouse for this information.

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As long as researchers are not using human eggs to create and destroy human embryos, "there is no new pro-life issue here," said Richard Doerflinger, a spokesman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. "It looks like you're just modifying an existing stem cell line."

Posted by GeeTee at December 11, 2002 06:35 AM | TrackBack 0

Events are unfolding exactly as Canadians feared they would. Romanow has delivered a report that reflects their values and priorities and now the nation's political leaders are balking, haggling and ignoring the people's message.

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Taking the stand for several hours, Sklyarov explained that he got the idea for writing the program while working on a doctoral degree in information security at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Sklyarov said he wanted to demonstrate flaws in currently available security schemes to fulfill a dissertation requirement and to enable people to use legally obtained e-books any way they wanted.

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The filtering programs tend to block references to sex and sex-related terms, like "safe sex," "condoms," "abortion," "jock itch," "gay" and "lesbian." Although the software can be adjusted to allow most health-related Web sites to get through, many schools and libraries ratchet up the software's barriers to the highest settings, the report said.

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Meanwhile, the recording industry has shut down the Internet's most comprehensive source of CD covers, which enabled consumers and bootleggers to obtain free, digital copies of CD artwork and liner notes.

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The CCFDA is working with Industry and Heritage Canada to stop the newly purposed levy that would see the cost of a pack of 100 blank CD soar 181 per cent. Currently, a pack of 100 blank CDs includes a levy of $21 on a retail price that averages $50. If the Canadian Private Copying Collective's (CPCC) proposal is approved, this levy could average $59 per pack at an average retail price of $88 plus tax, said Diane Brisebois, president and CEO of the Retail Council of Canada.

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An artist who embarked on a 100-mile walk across one of the remotest areas of Scotland to experience "what it is like to be alone" has died after being found cold and starving.

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