Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Knut Evicted
Knut bears brunt of financial crisis
They're cute when they're little. But....
They're cute when they're little. But....
The world's most famous polar bear is to be banished from Berlin zoo because of lack of cash – the first ursine victim of the credit crunch.
Knut the polar bear, who now weighs 210kg, turns two on Friday. But Berlin zoo will not be holding a party for its famous inmate, who has lived there since birth, announcing plans for his imminent eviction instead.
'He should go sooner rather than later,' Heiner Klös, the chief bear keeper, said. 'Knut must finally find a new home.' He is set to leave by early 2010.
More than 21,000 Berliners have signed a petition demanding that Knut be allowed to remain.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Images du monde visionnaire (1964)
Film & Henri Michaux - Images du monde visionnaire (1964):
It’s indeed not an experimental but an educational film which was produced in 1963 by the film department of Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz (best known for synthesizing LSD in 1938) in order to demonstrate the hallucinogenic effects of mescaline and hashish. Still it shares many traits with some of the more interesting efforts in avant-garde film making of its time.
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I love the Shaw Festival Film Series. The Festival Theatre is 2 blocks away from my house, the films are very good and I don't have to drive to Niagara Falls or St. Catharines to see them. Which ones do you recommend?
Monday, December 01, 2008
Final Round
I made it to Round 2 of the Canadian Blog Awards in the Culture and Entertainment category!
You can vote for me here if you like.
You can vote for me here if you like.
The 12 Days of Christmas
Given the economic downturn, even the most romantic might balk at the price tag for the items in the carol. Maybe they'll have to cut back to 10 days of Christmas or fewer pipers piping?
One Velociraptor per Child
A parody of the One Laptop Per Child initiative.
One Velociraptor per Child (OVPC), a low-cost, connected velociraptor for the world's children's survival
(It's not just gratuitous humour. There are links to real nonprofits that are helping children around the world.)
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One Velociraptor per Child (OVPC), a low-cost, connected velociraptor for the world's children's survival
(It's not just gratuitous humour. There are links to real nonprofits that are helping children around the world.)
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World Aids Day
The famous Magnum Photos agency dispatched its photographers around the globe to capture images of people living with HIV/Aids to mark World Aids Day today. Magnum Photos' Access to Life project photographs went on show in Washington DC earlier this year before being displayed in locations around the world.
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