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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Tuesday, September 21
What will the Fed do?
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 21 Sep 2004 03:19 PM EDT
When I have to answer that question, I turn to the experts, like the trained
economists who work for some of Canada's biggest banks. Now we know that the
U.S. Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest today by one quarter of
one percentage point. But is this it? Are interest ... more »
Monday, September 20
CBS, forged documents, the Blogosphere and journalism
by
DavidAkin
on Mon 20 Sep 2004 09:15 PM EDT
CBS and Dan Rather apologized today for broadcasting information about George W. Bush's record while in the national guard when, as it turns out, they could not verify the authenticity of that information. CBS purported to have documented evidence that Bush ignored some orders and shirked some duties. Turns out ... more »
Thunder Bay airport gets wi-fi
by
DavidAkin
on Mon 20 Sep 2004 02:16 PM EDT
Thunder Bay's airport is the third busiest in the province - right after
Toronto and Ottawa. I knew that because I spent two years as a reporter for
the paper there. Met my wife
there, too. That means we're back to Thunder Bay from time to time to visit
... more »
Where in the World
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DavidAkin
on Mon 20 Sep 2004 12:50 PM EDT
Andrew at This Magazine's blog has a link that you will find addictive: A world geography quiz:
Think you know your countries? Take this quiz. I scored a pathetic 40%, though I think I deserve half marks for getting Haiti/Dominican Republic backward.... [BLOG.THISMAGAZINE.CA] I scored only slightly ... more »
Guyana drops off the Net
by
DavidAkin
on Mon 20 Sep 2004 11:12 AM EDT
Thousands of
Guyanese were without Internet access last week after a submarine broke
a cable in French Guiana. The country's telecommunications provider has
blocked ISPs from establishing satellite links, claiming a monopoly on voice
and data services. [Clipped from BNA's Internet Law News] more »
Thursday, September 16
Canadian communications policy: Is it in the public interest?
by
DavidAkin
on Thu 16 Sep 2004 10:33 PM EDT
A new book looks at recent developments in Canadian public policy when it comes to information and communications technologies. Here's a promotional blurb being circulated by one of the book's editors:
Seeking Convergence in Policy and Practice: Communications in the Public Interest, Volume 2 Edited by Marita Moll and Leslie ... more »
McGill workshops science writers
by
DavidAkin
on Thu 16 Sep 2004 08:24 PM EDT
Here's a good idea:
"....Students Promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge program
(SPARK), a writing workshop for students to teach them the skills for
communicating scientific research through the media to an intelligent
readership.
[It is run by Linda] Cooper [who] believes it's crucial for writers and
academics to be able ... more »
Tuesday, September 14
Wanna make money? Forget about blogging
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 14 Sep 2004 09:21 PM EDT
For this blog, I signed up last March with Google's AdSense campaign (). You give up a part of your blog (or Web site, for that matter) to Google and Google will constantly crawl your site and, based on the content there, serve up some ads that Google's ad bots believe would be interesting to your blog's readers. more »
Wednesday, September 8
Bank of Canada raises interest rates
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 08 Sep 2004 09:19 AM EDT
The Bank of Canada raised its overnight rate by 1/4 of a percentage point to 2.25 per cent. The rate hike was widely expected and likely marks the beginning of a cycle of tightening, in which the key benchmark rate could rise to close to 4 per cent over the ... more »
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