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Current News for July 01, 2008

Marketing Lessons From A Star Trek Fan Film

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:00:46 PDT
Way back in May, I mentioned an article where Trey Stokes, writer / director of the Pink Five fan film series, gave advice on how to take what you’ve learned in the real world and apply it to creating a fan production. Taking things in the opposite direction, now there’s an article where Mark Hildebrand, producer ...]

Future food trends (The New Straits Times)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:57:14 PDT
WHAT’S the future eating patterns going to be like? Mindshare Malaysia’s Ng Tze Lian cited a research from Euromonitor which said globally, eight key consumer trends are expected to shape the food industry:

Experience Affordable WOrld Class Plastic Surgery with GoScu

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:43:08 PDT
GoSculptura, a leading medical tourism agency that promotes world class affordable plastic surgery has set the medical tourism trend into a higher level. The rapid development of plastic surgery in Argentina is clearly visible.

The folly of waiting for the office of the future to boil

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:30:10 PDT
A number of factors are driving interest in virtual meetings and teaming at the moment - from the price of fuel to the carbon footprint of business travel. However, an alternative view point is the office of the future is driving us towards a more mobile and transient workforce anyway, so why not talk about the benefits that technology can provide regardless of the immediate trends - Capital One is a good well documented example and in this interview they explain the return on investment in ter

Global community long way from meeting HIV targets says UN chief

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:25:37 PDT
Global community long way from meeting HIV targets says UN chief The United Nations Secretary General has warned the number of people being diagnosed with HIV is outpacing those who are currently receiving treatment for the disease. No date set for Irish civil partnerships legislation Despite delays in bringing forward a bill to legalise civil unions in the Republic of Ireland, a draft version has been circulated to government departments. Fancy a trip to New York? Go to Barcelona

Purchase of Theme Song, a Staple of Canadian Culture, Upsets Hockey Fans (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:36:49 PDT
Canada’s CTV network purchased the exclusive rights to a beloved hockey theme song associated with a program on a rival broadcaster.

Celebrity & Entertainment News

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:49:40 PDT
Entertainment News, Celebrity News, Movie News, Music News, TV News - AOL News,World News

Yet Another (Very Profitable) Way to Deliver Your Content (Message)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:01:49 PDT
Yet Another (Very Profitable) Way to Deliver Your Content (Message) July 1st, 2008 If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Here’s a pop quiz for you: How many ways can you think of to make your content (message) available to others? (If you know the brainstorming technique I taught a few weeks ago, you can pull out a piece of paper and “cluster” your answers now. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out the Writing Secrets Revealed clas


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June 30, 2008 Hot Trends

Deal still possible for Hockey Night song (CBC Ottawa)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:58:55 PDT
Scott Moore, the executive director of CBC Sports, is playing down earlier published reports Thursday that fans have heard the Hockey Night in Canada theme song for a final time.

Study on the internet and consumer behavior

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:24:41 PDT
The good folks from Fleishmann-Hillard sent me some information about their European offices’ recent work on understanding how the Internet affects consumer behavior in Europe. Key findings: The Internet beat TV two to one on influence, and eight to one over print. People ask other people for personal purchase advice, but for airline tickets and bigger ticket items, they prefer the corporate sites. Only 28% of people trust the information they read online, and yet 66% say the web helps

Lesbian parents get new rights in New South Wales

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:00:53 PDT
Lesbian parents get new rights in New South Wales The rights of lesbian parents in New South Wales, Australia have been expanded under laws passed by the state government. Your job is to protect all citizens, Gambian leader told A New York-based human rights group has said that the President of the Gambia is failing in his responsibility to ensure respect for the rights of all. Equal treatment bill stalls in Lithuanian parliament Not enough MPs turned up to vote for a new equalit

Good Always Comes Out of Bad

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:30:14 PDT
In the past couple of days, reports have surfaced on the hijacking of the domains for ICANN and IANA attributed to the group NetDevilz. According to news articles, an ICANN spokesman stated they were unaware of the events. The total time for the redirection before the entry was corrected was about twenty minutes. However it will take 24 to 4

Local VoicePrint volunteers awarded (St. Catharines Standard)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:39:38 PDT
Local VoicePrint volunteers, who make print media including the St. Catharines Standard, accessible to residents, were honoured Thursday at Lakeside Park. In conjunction with National Access Awareness Week, the St. Catharines volunteers were awarded the Ontario March of Dimes’ Breaking the Barrier Award at a ceremony. ...]

Defender of the seeds: Q&A with Claire Hope Cummings, author of “Uncertain Peril”

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:05:52 PDT
An environmental lawyer for 20 years, including four spent with the USDA, Claire Hope Cummings reports regularly on agriculture and the environment; she has also farmed in California and in Vietnam. We chatted recently about her new book, Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds, for the current issue of Edible San Francisco. This is an extended version of that interview. (Cummings photo by Bart Nagel) What motivated you to write this argument against the use of genetic t

Here We Go Again

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:15:23 PDT
Ok, I have several videos coming down the pike here. All pretty funny stuff, but I had a busy weekend and just haven’t had the time to do all the fun, fancy stuff to them yet. In other news, two more second-hand pets have found us. Two lovely bunnies. A black and white girl (Kate named her Oreo) and a white Cadbury like bunny that Maggie has named Twelby. Oreo is pretty bitchy and she’s the little one! Twelby is doll. Super sweet and he loves to be scratched and loved on.

20 Pride marchers hurt in Czech attacks

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:53:31 PDT
Nick Clegg calls on Heinz to reinstate same-sex kiss advert The leader of the Liberal Democrats has become the first party leader to comment on the decision of food manufacturer Heinz to withdraw an advert from TV because it depicted two men kissing. You will go to hell, preacher tells "gay" CNN presenter Is Anderson Cooper going to hell? Rev. Al Sharpton seems to think so, and while appearing on Anderson Cooper 360 to discuss Rev. James Dobson. opinionuk-newsworld-newspolitics

Liveblogging my attempt to watch the Bernier hearings - Globe and Mail


Liveblogging my attempt to watch the Bernier hearings
Globe and Mail, Canada - Jun 10, 2008
Over to Newsworld, then, and... Oh, wait. Newsworld is busy talking about Ron Wilson's chances of turning around the Leafs. Suhana Marchand doubts Wilson's ...


Mexican Guest Lying on Fox News About Terrorists Crossing Bo

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:10:48 PDT
FBI Director Robert Mueller has mentioned on several occasions that there have been Iranian, Iraqi, "former" Russian Special forces and Chinese Nationals linked to Al Qaeda caught crossing the USA/Mexican border. WAKE UP FOOLS


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