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THE COLOUR THAT CHANGED THE WORLD (January 2001) |
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Air force,azure, beard, bell, bice, black and, blood, bluff, bonnet, book, bottle, bush,
Cambridge, cerulean, cheese, chip, coat boy, cobalt, cod, cold, collar,
cornflower, cyan, Danube, dark, deep, eggshell, electric, -eyed boy, feeling,
forget-me-not, flyer, French, gentian, grass, gum, hyacinthine, indigo, jacket,
jay, john, joke, kingfisher, lapis lazuli, laws, light, midnight, mood, moon,
mould, Mountains, musician, navy, Nile, Oxford, pale, peacock, pencil, perse,
Peter, point, print, Prussian, reflex, ribbon, royal, sea, sky, smalt, steely,
stocking, stone, streak, tongue, turquoise, Wedgewood, woad, zaffre.
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FILM, MONEY, FILM (January 2001) |
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by Robyn
Allan
You have
your hands on the greatest script ever written, and you’re a Canadian producer.
You’re committed to making a Canadian film and you want it shown in Canadian
theatres. What do you do?
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FORUM: NEW MEDIA--CONNTECTING WITH KIDS (November 2000) |
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The
following discussion took place at the last Banff Television Festival. The moderators
were University of Calgary Dean of Continuing Education Tom Keenan,
and Sara Diamond, Artistic Director, Media & Visual Arts, the Banff Centre. The
presenters were Frank Boyd, Co-Director European Multimedia Labs, UK (currently working with the BBC); Cort
Lane, VP Creative Services, iXL Los Angeles
and Elizabeth Vander Zaag of Vancouver’s
Front Media.
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LITTLE BIG TOP (November 2000) |
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For ages,
circuses were the prime—or only—form of entertainment for entire communities,
particularly those in rural areas. In Ancient Rome, chariot races took place in
oval arenas (anything to do with horses takes place in oval or circular
structures, and the word circus stems from the Latin for circle or oval). In
Medieval times, clowns, musicians, trick riders and acrobats began to travel
with the horse acts; also at this time, tents were erected over the ovals.
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IS YOUR PHONE SYSTEM HURTING YOUR BUSINESS? (November 2000) |
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by
Jeffrey Rotin
All
I wanted to do was remind Aeroplan to fax me my ticket confirmation. I called
the 800 number, and a recording on its automated system noted recent changes to
the menu, presumably to provide better service. I keyed in my account number,
then struggled through a labyrinth of menu options, trying to zero in on the
right department. None of the options applied to my request, none indicated how
to reach a person. I pressed ‘O’ for an operator, whereupon a recording said my
‘selection was invalid’. I hung up.
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Top Ten List November 2000: HOW TO BECOME ROAD KILL |
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by Paul Sullivan
Vancouver’s self-proclaimed web strategy
guru has compiled this list in recognition of corporate sites created by
friends and relatives, and hopes that offenders will stop offending. You can
find Sullivan at www.sullivanmedia.com .
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SAFE TEXT (November 2000) |
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by
Kyle Bailey
Has
computer security been on your mind lately? It should be, especially if you
have access to the Internet—and I’m not just talking about owning a Web server
or using E-mail. I’m also talking about those of you who use dial-up and
direct-connect methods such as cable or DSL. Those of you who own a copy of PC
Anywhere, or some other machine-sharing technology, are also at risk.
The
best part of computer technology is also the basis of the problem: the sharing
of your data, and the access that must be granted for it.
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THE LIGHT FANTASTIC (November 2000) |
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by Louise Aird
It’s Man’s most natural instinct: if you don’t understand it, fear
it. And since the beginning of time, residents of the Earth’s far north have
been tormented by one of nature’s most glorious displays: Aurora Borealis, or
the Northern Lights.
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Not Worried, Being Happy: |
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HAPPY PLANET FOODS MAKE A BIG SPLASH IN THE BEVERAGE BUSINESS (September 2000)
by Louise
Aird
‘Wouldn’t it
be nice if we could produce and sell the world’s best juice while promoting
sustainable farming and environmental responsibility?’ ‘Actually, we can.’
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Tech Page September 2000: FOLLOWING THE APPLE CART |
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by Regan
Hayes
It’s been
two years since I last wrote about Apple. If you remember, Steve Jobs had
stepped in as interim CEO and had bet the whole Apple cart on that little iMac.
Now, iMac is two years old and Steve Jobs is in complete control as CEO. And it
shows. This summer, he managed to surprise us by coming out with a new
computer—the G4 Cube, and improving Apple’s existing models. While other
high-tech companies’ stock has fallen, Apple’s has split. This has to do with
Apple’s aggressive product development and strict adherence to the marketing
strategies that Jobs laid out three years ago. Like any great marketing master,
he stuck with his plan, refining it and promoting it as he went. Now he has a
clear, solid focus for Apple.
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