Empty Chair

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pd — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:19:27 +0000

e-readers by Jeffrey Koterba (30 July 2010)

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pd — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:05:08 +0000

The Banjowl by Oliver Lake.

Leveson Inquiry

pd — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:45:48 +0000

Witness Statements and Hearing Transcripts:

31 Jan 2012:

Lord Hunt | Transcripts: Morning Hearing 31 January 2012 (Sir Christopher Meyer: page 1) | Afternoon Hearing 31 January 2012 (Lord Grade: page 32) |

Other witness statements and hearing transcripts

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Hunt sets out plan for new regulator

• Lord Hunt sets out recommendations for new regulatory body
• Says Northern & Shell has agreed to join new regulator
• Northern & Shell says: ‘Things are looking encouraging’
• New body should have power to fine newspapers
• Lord Grade: PCC has no resource to do more
• Former PCC chair denies ‘inaction’ over McCann coverage
• Says he told Express editor he had to resign over libel payout
• Warns against statutory press regulation and against fines

Groundhog Day Explained | C.G.P. Grey

pd — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:49:39 +0000

Groundhog Day Explained. [video link]

Leveson Inquiry

pd — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:34:02 +0000

Witness Statements and Hearing Transcripts:

30 Jan 2012:

Stephen Abell | Tim Toulmin | Transcripts: Morning Hearing 30 January 2012 | Afternoon Hearing 30 January 2012 |

Other witness statements and hearing transcripts

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Leveson inquiry: Stephen Abell and Tim Toulmin

• Ex-PCC director defends not questioning editors on hacking
• Admits PCC is not a regulator; it is a ‘complaints handler’
• Denies PCC was dominated by Dacre, Hinton and Meyer
• Current PCC director says it could have power to fine
• Says new body should have contractual not statutory basis
• ’Not practicable’ to compel news providers to take part

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pd — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:20:26 +0000

Slice Art Print by Teo Zirinis

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pd — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:17:09 +0000

Clothed Descending a Staircase No. 2

In a homage to Marcel Duchamp’s masterpiece Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2, itself inspired by chronophotography and Muybridge, Eliot Elisofon photographed Duchamp performing the act himself in 1952.

No Agenda: 378 – Pooper and Blitzer

pd — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:01:20 +0000

Media assassins Crackpot (Adam Curry) and The Buzzkill (John C. Dvorak) share the latest observations with the slaves of Gitmo Nation… Hey citizen!! … In The Morning!

[No Agenda Show - Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak]

play mp3 | shownotes | show archive |

Background Briefing: Opting Out and Staying Home

pd — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:30:15 +0000

[Radio National- Background Briefing]

As the new school year begins more than 50,000 Australian children will be kept at home, to be taught by their parents. The home-schooling movement is growing rapidly but the majority of the arrangements are illegal, because the parents refuse to register with education departments. The authorities appear reluctant to prosecute and there is a lack of compelling evidence to show that homeschooling offers better (or worse) education outcomes. | play mp3 |

Interview with Hanne Worsoe on the role of the Home Education Unit in Queensland.

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pd — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:03:52 +0000

Syrian Revolution on Angry Birds