| Channel 4’s Kevin Lygo
Back in 1982, long before British viewers even knew what a remote control was, Channel 4 hit the British TV scene with a fresh, sometimes irreverent, often innovative alternative to the more traditional program offerings of the BBC and ITV. As Channel 4 celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, its director of television, Kevin Lygo, looks back at the channels major accomplishments and the challenges it faces in the future. TV EUROPE: What impact has Channel 4 left on the television landscape in the U.K.? LYGO: We initiated an independent production sector. Before Channel 4 started, there really werent any independent producers in the U.K., and 25 years on you look at the U.K. and its independent production sector is incredibly strong. Today across the world you see British formats.
Elise Finch
Prior to NBC, Finch served as weekend weather anchor/reporter at KPHO CBS 5 in Phoenix, Arizona. Before that she served as a reporter and anchor for WKBN/WYFX in Youngstown, Ohio. Finch started her career in television behind the scenes at E! Entertainment Television where she served as a production coordinator for live events. She then went on to her first on-air position in news as a nightside reporter for KAAL TV6, the ABC affiliate in Austin, Minn.Active in the community, Finch is a member of the American Meteorological Society, the National Weather Association, and the National Association of Black Journalists.Finch is the recipient of the prestigious "President's Award" from Georgetown University where she graduated with a B.S. in business administration. She went on to earn a Master of Science degree in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University.
Domestic Spying
Cenk Uygur: Why Do You Need Immunity If You Haven't Broken the Law? (1 comments) The Bush administration is desperately trying to get immunity for the telecom companies inserted into the next wiretapping bill. But let me ask a simple question - why would the telecom companies need immunity if they didn't break the law? I'm not trying to be clever here. I'm asking a literal question. Isn't this an obvious admission that the administration did ask the large telecommunication companies to break the law ? Tuesday, October 9: Dave Lindorff: What are Progressives Waiting For? (8 comments) The Democrats have made it clear: They're not going to end the war, and they're not going to impeach. They're not even going to stop the spying on Americans. How much more abuse do progressives plan to stand for? Dean Powers: On Wiretapping, Democrats Ask Bush: "Would You Like it Gift-Wrapped?" (6 comments) Rooting for the Democrats is like rooting for the Chicago Cubs...
The Clinton cabal
When he repeatedly complains that the press has given Mr. Obama a free ride and over-investigated the Clintons, he seems to be tempting the fates, given all the reporting still to be done on his post-presidential business. When he says, as he did on Monday, that “whatever I do should be totally transparent," it's almost as if he's setting himself up for a fall. There's little more transparency at “Little Rock's Fort Knox" than there is at Giuliani Partners. Giving the Clintons another term of free rent at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue will not solve the excesses of the past eight years of George W. Bush. Clinton supporters like to trumpet the economic prosperity that existed during his two terms but they ignore the fact that the economic rebound started a month before Bill Clinton took office.
Disney to recruit interns at UNLV
Though these jobs may not seem like typical internship work, Bolivar said that it is the “Disney difference" that makes it worthwhile. “It doesn't matter what you did there, it matters that you were there," Bolivar said. Wellington works at the gift shops at the All Star Resorts and agrees that the experience in polishing her communication skills and learning to better serve customers is what sets the internship apart from the rest. To motivate interns, positions are even given different names to help workers remember that they are there to entertain. Employees are called cast members, customers are called guests, uniforms are refereed to as costumes and when at work interns are on-stage. During the internship, students live in apartments with anywhere from three to five roommates.
LG sets the benchmark with launch of features-rich 'Viewty' mobile
L-R: Andrew Song, General Manager of LG Gulf, K.W. Kim, President of LG Electronics - Middle East and Africa, and Y. D. Park, Regional Executive Product Manager, along with Jini Kim, GSM Marketing Manager, during the launch of the LG Viewty phone in Dubai. .
Pat McKee: High School Q&A
At our school, the fall sports have a nice glossy book that is handed out at the football games. That includes nice team pictures of all the fall sports (boys and girls). Same happens with basketball and the other winter sports. Nothing is done for spring and the kids who play baseball, softball, track, etc., never get there picture distributed to the community. They work just as hard but do not get the recognition that the fall and winter sports get. How can this be changed? (Garry from Indianapolis)
Answer: Most fall sports programs and winter sports programs that schools produce are paid for -- and actually produce positive revenue -- for the schools' athletic departments by all the ads they contain. Generally, football and basketball teams have the kind of community support that allows for schools to use these books as a form of fund-raising for their athletic departments.
Photoshop 6 through CS2 on Linux with Wine
Over this past week end I have posted four Adobe Photoshop on Linux with Wine articles, versions 6 through CS2 are covered.
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iTALC promotes learning on a classroom network
iTALC, or Intelligent Teaching and Learning with Computers, is a didactical tool designed to assist teachers. Despite its name, the tool itself isn't a learning environment. It's meant to let teachers control their students' computers in a computer-driven classroom setting. Thanks to its powerful remote desktop control features, simple setup, and lack of cost, it's a potential remote assistance tool for any type of network.
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Strike One Against Microsoft
In our last blog posted on February 21, I proposed three test pitches for Microsoft to help judge the meaningfulness of its latest efforts to turn over a new leaf on interoperability.
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