China bans foreign cartoons from TV prime-time schedule
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- China bans foreign cartoons from TV prime-time schedule
- Allen Quip Provokes Outrage, Apology
- Xcel Ponders $500M Clean-Coal Plant
- The District Fails Its Most Vulnerable
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- Beautiful Badlands – Arts Reviews – Arts – Entertainment – theage.com….
China bans foreign cartoons from TV prime-time schedule
The Independent – Independent – Aug 15, 2006
The Chinese government is keen to boost the local production of Mandarin-language cartoons and cut the amount of foreign animated programming appearing on Chinese TV. But thechildren can’t get enough of characters like SpongeBob, and Western animated programmes dominate the schedules. Making cartoons is a labour-intensive business and Chinese studios have taken advantage of low labour costs to try to develop a home-grown industry. National and provincial children’s channels are struggling to acquire enough content to meet demand or even fill their own programming schedules. Coming up with the brands has been a problem and there are few Chinese-made cartoons, aside from a handful of traditional tales such as Pilgrimage to the West and some government-financed titles. The first foreign cartoon introduced to China was a Japanese cartoon called Astro Boy in 1981. Since 2004, Sarft has a quota on foreign cartoons, which requires that at least 60 per cent of animated programmes on Chinese television be domestic.
Allen Quip Provokes Outrage, Apology
Washington Post – Aug 15, 2006
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Xcel Ponders $500M Clean-Coal Plant
Forbes – Aug 15, 2006
5 million through 2007, devoted to planning the development of a $500 million “clean coal” plant in Colorado. Home-grown, cheaper than oil and commonly viewed as safer than nuclear power, coal’s drawback is of course its emissions. The plant proposed by Xcel would utilize Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) technology to capture carbon dioxide and inject it underground, sparing lungs and atmosphere alike. Kelly, president, chairman and chief executive of Xcel, declared in a statement that “the development and commercial operation of clean-coal technology is needed in Colorado and throughout our nation. ” He added: “We want to lead the effort to demonstrate that this technology works using western coal at high altitude.
The District Fails Its Most Vulnerable
Washington Post – Aug 15, 2006
Armory until suddenly there appeared massive chillers. As the world watched, the District got it right. Milloy compared the District’s compassion toward Katrina’s victims with its neglect of the home-grown homeless. There’s no comfort now in knowing that the homeless are not the only victims of official neglect, especially when these newest victims are our precious future. Desiree and Kenya may not be able to learn in their sweltering classrooms, but they are getting one serious life lesson from District leaders, a lesson our clients for years have learned all too well. PATRICIA MULLAHY FUGEREExecutive DirectorWashington Legal Clinic for the HomelessWashington.
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About…
Chosun Ilbo – Aug 15, 2006
The Triple Play Service is a convergence of multimedia, broadband and voice services; the landline version is already common around the world. Industry sources say Korea will likely become a pioneer in the wireless TPS sector as it has already commercialized home-grown mobile TV via terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting, and wireless broadband services. They add since wireless broadband is already offered in many cell phones, local manufacturers just need to add the DMB service on to the devices.
Beautiful Badlands – Arts Reviews – Arts – Entertainment – theage.com….
The Age – Aug 15, 2006
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