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Houlton museum gets historic donation
HOULTON, Maine — A 200-year-old corner cabinet is now part of the collection in the Aroostook Historical and Art Museum thanks to a donation by a descendant of the town’s founding family. …
Africa: Do African Producers Save Copies of Their Video Work?
The recent fire damage to Ultima Studios’ in Nigeria (see Broadcast News below) and the 2008 fire in Universal Studios’ video vault underline the importance of holding a back-up and making a proper archive of work. Balancing Act’s Sylvain Beletre looks at what the practice in Africa has been so far and suggests some easy ways to overcome the problem.
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From driving a lumbering Bookmobile around Nash County in 1994 to directing operations at Braswell Memorial Library today, Jane Blackburn has invested the past 16 years of her life in books.
SkyMall catalog: Admit it — you’re fascinated too
We’ve all perused it while high in the sky and then probably forgotten it. But down on terra firma, well, who couldn’t sometimes use an Ultrasonic Barking Dog Deterrent ($69.95)? I wish I could say I spent my week off sunning on an exotic beach, sipping mango margaritas.
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