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Globe and Mail television critic John Doyle writes an elegy for the original Citytv. From the Globe and Mail: Loved and loathed (and CITY's self-regard became irritatingly immense) the style and personality of CITY-TV's news was part of the unique fabric of Toronto. Maybe you have to be of a certain age to grasp this, [...]
Thu, January 21 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
The IPCC has admitted to an embarrassing error about when glaciers in the Himalayas might disappear. Seems they got it wrong by a few centuries. From the BBC: (posted Jan. 19) The vice-chairman of the UN's climate science panel has admitted it made a mistake in asserting that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035. The [...]
Thu, January 21 2010 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page » 2 Comments
The New York Times confirmed the speculation Wednesday, saying it will be moving to a metered model for reading news at its website in 2011. From the NYT: Starting in January 2011, a visitor to NYTimes.com will be allowed to view a certain number of articles free each month; to read more, the reader must [...]