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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.
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View Article  Getting ready for Mr. Schreiber

Martin: Well, Mr. Schreiber does not have the right to remain silent and that will have to be made known to him and how that's enforced remains to be seen but his rights and his obligations are different as a witness before a parliamentary committee than they are under a court of law.... Martin: Well, I'm having a meeting as soon as I walk away from this mic with the Speaker to on behalf of the committee to urge the Speaker to allow Mr. Schreiber to stay in his own home with access to his own papers and his own clothes.

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View Article  A challenge to professional journalists

Andrew Cline, a journalism school professor at Missouri State University, puts out the challenge to professional journalists: When we get a chance to ask politicians something, we should be asking questions that tend to elicit information that actually matters to somebody:

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View Article  Examining Facebook and other online social networks

This article references those two but takes a closer look at several others and finds: Membership growth: As a rule, the membership of networks will grow at a linear rate.... Relationship dynamics: Users add relationships frequently, and in most of the networks we looked at, the networks grew denser, with relationships growing more quickly than the number of new members.

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The Web team at Foreign Policy magazine lists the world's worst airports. Facilities in France, Senegal, India, and Russia are among the worst, according to the magazine.

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