Amy Goodman grilled at Canada border crossing
U.S. journalist grilled at Canada border crossingOfficials demanded to know what she would say publicly about 2010 Olympics..U.S. journalist Amy Goodman said she was stopped at a Canadian border crossing south of Vancouver on Wednesday and questioned for 90 minutes by authorities concerned she was coming to Canada to speak against the Olympics.Goodman says Canadian Border Services Agency officials ultimately allowed her to enter Canada but returned her passport with a document demanding she leave the country within 48 hours.Goodman, 52, known for her views opposing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, told CBC News on T

IFEX members call for protection for women journalists and activists to mark day against violence
IFEX members call for protection for women journalists and activists tomark day against violencehttp://www.ifex.org/international/2009/11/25/women_journalists/[excerpt]The massacre and rape of at least four women journalists in thePhilippines this week is emblematic of the additional risks womenjournalists face. That is why 40 IFEX members are marking theInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women today, 25November, with a joint call for action.Spearheaded by the IFEX Gender Working Group, which is chaired by theInternational Federation of Journalists (IFJ),

BBC braced for return to 'pre-digital' age as technology fails, MACs available for backup
Major phone and computer problems could cause havoc to BBC's breakfastprogrammesJohn Plunkettguardian.co.uk, Wednesday 25 November 2009 18.58 GMTThe BBC has been hit by a major technological breakdown affecting itsphone and computer networks that could cause chaos for the corporation'snews output and leave it marooned in a "pre-digital age".Serious technical issues have caused problems across the corporationtoday. One BBC insider described the situation as "absolutely chaotic" andsaid there had been "major phone and computing problems over the past 72hours or so".[...]In an em

Your Brain on Books
Your Brain on BooksNeuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene explains his quest to understand how themind makes sense of written language By Stanislas DehaeneScientific AmericanNovember 17, 2009[excerpt]http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=your-brain-on-booksStanislas Dehaene holds the chair of Experimental Cognitive Psychology atthe Collège de France, and he is also the director of the INSERM-CEACognitive Neuroimaging Unit at NeuroSpin, France's most advancedneuroimaging research center. He is best known for his research into thebrain basis of numbers, popu

Ubuntu Studio. A multimedia creation flavor of Ubuntu.
Ubuntu Studio. A multimedia creation flavor of Ubuntu.Ubuntu Studio is aimed at the GNU/Linux audio, video and graphicenthusiast as well as professional.We provide a suite of the best open-source applications available formultimedia creation. Completely free to use, modify and redistribute. Youronly limitation is your imagination.http://ubuntustudio.org/