Kate Armstrong: GOT CULTURE? Um, actually no

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Kate Armstrong takes on the Provincial Government over their brutal cuts to the arts. 

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B.C. Liberal government has cut funding for arts and cultural organizations by 50 percent this fiscal year, and by 92 percent for 2010–11.
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It’s McEnroe vs. Connors again at US Open

It would have been great to see this in person.

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NEW YORK – Those who say we’ll never see anything like McEnroe-Connors again should have been near Practice Court 4 at the U.S. Open on Friday.

Source: news.yahoo.com

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BC arts supporters to protest against massive cuts

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Ecomonday: A Summary

Ecomonday is the twitter community’s answer to ecological challenges.

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Ecomonday has evolved not only to recommend people to follow, but also recommending specific web-pages and blogs, as well as recommending eco-businesses.
I suggest you check Max Gladwell’s site to check for the Tweets containing the #ecomonday hashtag.  If you use Tweetdeck [...]

California holds garage sale to pay down debt

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at The Commonwealth Club of California
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If there was ever a sign of the times, this is it.

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The cash-strapped state of [...]

PNE still a classic in Vancouver

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Pilgrimage to Burning Man Begins

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Power Tool Drag Races 2008 Time Lapse (Day 1 of 2)
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The Forest
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Texas sized pile of ocean garbage worse than expected

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It’s one of the bigger pieces of trash in a sprawling mass of garbage-littered water, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where most of the plastic looks like snowy confetti against the deep blue of the north Pacific Ocean.

Source: news.yahoo.com

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Gnomedex report from PBS’ Mark Glaser

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I’ve been down to a few Gnomedexes in the last couple of years and they’re worth attending if you want to dig deep into emerging media and technology.  Mark Glaser is there and reports:

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Aspen Institute hosts FOCAS 2009

I’m sorry to be missing this event.  Plenty of good conversation going on.

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he Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program, with Senior Sponsorship from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, present FOCAS 2009 August 16-19 on the theme Of the Press: Models for Preserving American Journalism.  The City University [...]