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But as interesting is the debate that it has caused in the wild frontier of the American blogosphere. The story in The Huffington Post has been moving around the internet, picked up by a variety of different blogs and creating an intriguing debate — and historical race lesson — about what this all means, and what the word "Canadian" truly represents to Americans. My, oh my. It is sobering and mystifying reading for a Canadian who thought the word "Canadian" was, well, fairly easy to understand — perhaps even boringly so. How naive of me. On one blog, a contributor — called "McSnarky" — challenged anyone who was skeptical of the story: "Believe it. I lived in Houston throughout the '80s and I used to party for a while with a guy who called blacks Canadians.
Kylie lights up G'day red carpet
Australia's pop princess watched her idol Olivia Newton-John perform songs from the Grease and Xanadu movies and then John Travolta presented her an award. "Tell me this isn't happening," Minogue told the 1200 guests inside Hollywood's Renaissance Hotel for the G'Day USA black tie ball. "John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John! I'm eight years old again and back in Melbourne." Minogue was the star attraction at the event, with Travolta, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Terri and Bindi Irwin, and Australian sports stars including former cricketers Steve Waugh and Mike Whitney in attendance. Minogue wore a Grecian-inspired, purple chiffon dress with a gold braided belt from Melbourne fashion house J'Aton, while the Irwins gave her a run for her money.
NIST Senior Economist Gregory Tassey: U.S. Economic Prosperity Is ...
U.S. Economic Prosperity Is Being Hijacked By 'Apostles Of Denial'
BY RICHARD McCORMACK
richard@manufacturingnews.com
U.S. policy makers are beholden to "apostles of denial," and are not addressing the realities of a U.S. economy that is in long-term decline due to the loss of leadership in technology, according to the chief economist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. "Unfortunately, while trends indicating declining competitive positions have been identified and proclaimed by an increasing number of analysts, they nevertheless continue to be rejected or minimized by an even larger number of other analysts or policy makers," writes NIST senior economist Gregory Tassey in a book entitled, "The Technology Imperative." The apostles of denial are "befuddling" the debate and are blocking an effective U.S.
Phillies - Admiration is mutual for Mike Schmidt, new Phillies third ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Truth be told, Pedro Feliz didn't recognize the sandy-haired man when he approached him earlier this week. But after he introduced himself - Pedro, Mike Schmidt; Mike Schmidt, Pedro - he was more than willing to listen. "From the best, you are always going to get something," said Feliz, the Phillies' new third baseman. What Feliz got was a ringing endorsement from the greatest player ever to play his position. Schmidt, in town for his annual 2-week instructional stint, said he has always been impressed with the way Feliz plays, dating back to the San Francisco Giants games Schmidt would catch on national television during Barry Bonds' heyday. "[He has] tremendously impressive hands - wow," said Schmidt, the Phillies' all-time leader in career home runs (548), RBI (1,595), walks (1,507) and runs (1,506).
Class of '07: Stand Out Musical Acts
2007 marked a year of stellar and refreshing music acts, in all genres, to hit the music scene. Here, we present the Class of '07 stand out acts: Amy Winehouse Though we do not know what the future may hold for this U.K. based chanteuse, but GRAMMY winning Winehouse, has certainly already created a legacy for herself with the release of Back To Black. The Soul inspired album, brings back a modernized sound that was sorely needed in the music industry last year. Though public antics worked well to keep her in the press much of last year, in the end it is her music that we honor most. Lil' Mama What would '07 be without the remix of Avril Lavigne's bratty "Girlfriend" single plus the rap interlude provided by Lil' Mama? It introduced, and put this seventeen year old's expertise on the map as a rapper.
Gary Beach is New King Arthur in 'Spamalot' Tour
Directed by Mike Nichols, Monty Python's Spamalot features a book by Eric Idle, based on the screenplay of Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Monty Python creators Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, with music and lyrics by the Grammy Awardwinning team of Mr. Idle and John Du Prez. Casey Nicholaw is the choreographer. Along side Gary Beach as King Arthur, the national tour of Monty Python's Spamalot will star Esther Stilwell as The Lady of The Lake, James Beaman as Sir Robin, Christopher Sutton as Prince Herbert, Ben Davis as Sir Dennis Galahad, Brad Bradley as Patsy, Christopher Gurr as Sir Bedevere and Patrick Heusinger as Sir Lancelot. The cast will also feature Matt Allen, Piper Lindsay Arpan, Julie Barnes, Graham Bowen, Jonathan Brody, Nigel Columbus, Timothy Connell, Cara Cooper, Erik Hayden, Jennifer Mathie, Angelina Mullins, Brian O'Brien, Lyn Philistine, TeraLee Pollin, Jennifer Rias, Darryl Semira and Paula Wise.
Parties signal axe over spare channel
So I think it would be appropriate for me to look at it as a part of a re-elected government ... to ensure it's not going to be more broadly defined than the legislation intended," she said. "We don't want to eliminate things that are interesting, but I do reiterate our original view that it's not going to be a look-alike fourth channel by stealth." Senator Conroy agreed. "If ACMA has a broader definition than parliament intended itwould be a matter of concern," he said. ACMA spokesman Donald Robertson said the legislation prevented him from revealing how many section 21 applications had been received. He said ACMA's opinion would be published only "when the service about which the opinion has been sought has commenced".
Gilly's 100 in fairytale win
A FAIRYTALE, farewell century from Adam Gilchrist has seen Australia mark thier keeper's last game in Perth with a 63-run win in the tri-series. A sensible and at-times sparkling 118 from the 36-year-old Gilchrist was the perfect goodbye to more than 17,000 Perth fans, who booed him on debut for Western Australia 14 years ago, but afforded his curtain call the kind of reception reserved for the very special few. And while his batting colleagues failed to back Gilchrist up, resulting in a below-par total of 236, Hogg's two wickets in two balls and excellent spells from Nathan Bracken (3-21) and Mitchell Johnson (3-29) rendered Kumar Sangakkara's 80 meaningless. Gilchrist posted his 16th one-day ton, and the first since the World Cup final against Sri Lanka last year.
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