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This odd-looking device could help save the lives of football players. (Courtesy USA Today)

News

"Remember the Alamo! Shoot 'em!" he screamed to applause. "To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers dead. I want rapists dead. I want burglars dead. I want child molesters dead. I want the bad guys dead. No court case. No parole. No early release. I want 'em dead. Get a gun and when they attack you, shoot 'em." (Ted Nugent to Fellow NRAers: Get Hardcore | ABC News)

Film

The League of Gentlemen's Apocolypse

Post (MetaFilter)

People have a problem with me, cause I ain't lazy... | MetaFilter

News

Atlantic Film Festival Media Conference Webcast (Windows Media)

News

25th Atlantic Film Festival Blind-Sided by Festival International de Films de Montréal's Recent Announcement of New Dates

Film

The making of Rise of the Empire Trailer (Lego Version) | Jay Silver

Footwear

Media Advisory

Atlantic Film Festival's Reaction To Festival International De Film de Montreal's Recent Announcement of New Dates | Canada NewsWire Group

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #138 (Apr 11, 2005)
E-voting controversy on campus, space junk over Hibernia and Moncton looking for Stones.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Music

Piercing the peer–to–peer myths: An examination of the Canadian experience | First Monday

Pics

my life as a cloud

Photo

The Stainless
Originally uploaded by boost ventilator.

Crazy Landlord Font: a handwritten typeface characterized by a complete disregard to upper & lower case letters, printing & handwriting, spelling & grammar, symmetry & spacing, punctuation & abbreviations and most importantly, manners. Typically found on the back of pizza boxes poorly taped to a wall in parking garages. Special note: when a printer and computer is used, expect the accompaniment of the comic sans font and excessive use of clip art.

News

Potty-mouth man can't fool science | Toronto Sun
An allegedly drunk driver with a taste for trickery failed to foil a police breathalyzer machine after stuffing his mouth full of feces.

Words

Panel Discussion moderated by Leo Furey, with authors Donna Morrissey, Jonathan Lethem, William Kowalski, and entertainment lawyer Rob Aske.

Are you interested in turning your piece of writing into a screenplay for a film? Do you have questions about the procedure, the possibilities and the pitfalls involved in selling your book for option to the film and television industry? Through the Word and Image panel, you can have these questions and more answered by people who have been through the process and who know the industry ins and outs. Come out on April 9th at 2:00pm and listen to an experienced panel of local authors, screenwriters and producers as they address the opportunities and challenges of selling Atlantic story rights to the International film and television markets.

Words & Image
Radio Room, CBC Radio Building
Saturday, April 9th, 2PM
presented by the Halifax International Writers' Festival & The Atlantic Film Festival in partnership with TradeRoutes.

Free admission, seating is limited. To reserve a seat, please email hgibson@khgmanagement.ca.

For more information please see the poster (pdf).

http://www.halifaxwritersfest.ca

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #137 (Apr 4, 2005)
The CFL in the HRM, leaving before the lottery and parched by PERC.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Music

The Best 90 Minutes of My Life by Thurston Moore | Wired

Film

Hal Hartley's "The Girl From Monday" Trailer

Music

Requiem for a Record Guru | If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats

Film

The Man Who Shot Sin City | Wired