Channel 4, Australia
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- Channel 4, Australia
- Knowing What’s in Store
- India tests Trishul missile
- Of drawing and the deity
Channel 4, Australia
abc.net.au – Jan 20, 2005
Now were talking about serious media players here, specifically, advertising boss John Singleton, former television executive and PBL board member, Sam Chisholm, and the man who directed the movie, Crocodile Dundee, Peter Faiman, all of them exploring the options of a fourth network, committed, indeed mandated, to screen only local content. In these days of free trade agreement conditions and tight regulatory control, its tantalising to speculate what such a network might be like. KOOKABURRA SOUNDS: Announcer: Coming up tonight on Channel 4, the Channel for and By Aussies, weve got a great line-up of home-grown TV delights. Straight after the News, be sure to catch The Yard Goes On Forever, where this week well show you how to build your own barbie. Then following our new series of local home videos, dont miss our Movie of the Week, The Man From Snowy River. And for you night owls, Australia Uncovered brings you the stories those foreign programs seem to always forget, plenty more reasons to stay in and enjoy a great night, here on Channel 4, The Network that Never Goes Offshore. KOOKABURRA SOUNDS: Mick ORegan: Now all jokes aside, what is the prospect of another free-to-air network, specifically one that features only local content? The reality for those proposing such a network is that nothing is going to happen until 2006, when the current regulatory framework for free-to-air TV will be reviewed.
Knowing What’s in Store
Washington Post – Jan 20, 2005
These folks raise bushels of potatoes, wheelbarrow loads of cabbages, giant sacks of onions. They dig for buried treasure as cold weather sets in. They like having muddy fingers, and plenty of home-grown produce. The rest ask, “What would I do with all that food?” For most people, extensive vegetable storage means having two crisper drawers in their fridge. Wonderful as it might be to feast on root crops all winter, keeping them is a challenge.
India tests Trishul missile
Pakistan Dawn – Jan 20, 2005
pl”–>India tests Trishul missileNEW DELHI, Jan 19; India test-fired on Wednesday a short-range surface-to-air missile that can target aircraft and intercept sea-skimming missiles, the PTI said. The home grown Trishul (Trident) missile was successfully tested from a mobile launcher at 12:53 pm (0723 GMT) in Chandipur, 200 kilometres north east of Bhubaneshwar, capital of eastern Orissa state, the report said. The report further said that an unmanned micro light aircraft was used as the support system for target acquisition of the missile. Trishul, one of five missiles developed by India since 1983, is powered by solid fuel and can deliver a 15-kilogramme warhead up to nine kilometres away. com Banner Code ————– –>.
Of drawing and the deity
Al-Ahram Weekly – Jan 20, 2005
"Or else produces anachronistic works," he says. "There is a difference between art and ibdaa (the process of being creative, literally "creation"). The ability to draw is one thing, real art quite another. As a generation of artists we all know how to draw," he laughs, "but this is hardly the point.