Press Review (2013-06-09)

After one of the most disastrous vacations in memory (cancellation of a trip, being sick most of the time and rainy weather all over) I had to return to work. A guy must win his bread after all. The end of May and early June was marked by a heat wave, followed again by unseasonably cold weather and more rain! Twelve degree celsius in June? No wonder my cold doesn't want to let go (although I am feeling better, I still have ears' problem). I've been busy reading... hopefully I'll have the energy and time to write about it. It was a quiet couple of weeks in the news and you'll find my collection of links after the jump:


Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Robotech: 2-Movie Collection Dvd (The Shadow Chronicles & Love Live Alive) available on Amazon (link)
• Au Japon, des cyber-cafés pour foyers (Le Monde)

Apple, apps and mobile devices news

• Apple Trying To Get iRadio In Time For WWDC Next Week [Report] (Cult of Mac)
• Mise jour ultime de Mountain Lion ? (MacQuébec)
• Apple's WWDC 2013: Rumors and expectations (CNET)
• Apple expected to unveil new iPhone, iPad software (USA Today)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Book Criticism Ethics Panel (Time)
• Fantasy Author Jack Vance Dies (The Daily Beast)
• Self-publishing has become a cult (Salon)
• Jack Vance obituary (The Guardian)
• Jack Vance tributes pour in after his death (The Guardian)
• Booking a profit: The authors who can make you money (BBC)
• Les libraires français face à la révolution numérique (Le Monde)

Economy, Environment & International/U.S. Politics

• Public Atheist Monument Going Up Near Courthouse In Starke, Florida, Is Country's First (Huffington Post)
• Why Does the American Media Get Big Stories Wrong? (The Atlantic)
• Un chat faisant de la contrebande de portables attrapé (La Presse)

Health, home & garden

• Half of UK population 'will get cancer in lifetime' (BBC)

Humour

Local News & National Politics

• Henry Morgentaler 1923-2013: Un féministe s’éteint (Le Devoir)
• Why can’t Montreal have a bilingual radio station? (The Gazette)
• Montréal: la poule pas de tête ! (La Presse)
• Le Tournesol, Bulletin de l'arrondissement VSP (Été 2013) (PDF)
• Médaille obligatoire pour les chats dans VSP (PNG)

Media, Culture, & Society

• Georges Moustaki 1934-2013: Le métèque a quitté son jardin (Le Devoir)
• Doctor Who Fans Scratch Their Heads About Meaning Of John Hurt's Character In 50th Anniversary Show (Huffington Post)
• How to speak Franglais (BBC)
• La vie d’Adèle triomphe à Cannes: Trois Palmes plutôt qu’une (Le Devoir)
• Le poster de Fantasia 2013! (link)
• JC Penney Removes 'Hitler' Billboard In Tempest Over A Teapot (NPR)
• 10 Things George R.R. Martin Is Doing Instead of Writing the Next Game of Thrones Book (Flavorwire)
• Grown-Up Calvin And Hobbes: Craig Mahoney's Painting Will Bring A Tear To Your Eye (Huffington Post)
• Matt Smith Leaving Doctor Who! (GeekTyrant)
• Blade Runner 2 Moving Forward With Heroes and Green Lantern Writer (Screen Crush)
• Matt Smith to leave Doctor Who at the end of year (BBC)
• Matt Smith exit prompts Doctor Who speculation (BBC)
• Matt Smith Exiting Doctor Who (ICv2)
• BD-based Palme d'Or Winner Spawns Controversy (ICv2)

Sciences & History

• Mars: what we've learnt in five years (BBC)
• Premières images de la découverte de la mythique Heracleion (Etat du Monde)
• Report Of Liquid Woolly Mammoth Blood Prompts Clone Talk (again) (NPR)
• Italy professor says he has found world’s oldest complete Torah (The Globe & Mail)
• Mars pebbles prove that rivers altered the planet's surface (Engadget)
• Des traces d'eau propice au développement de la vie sur Mars (La Presse)
• Découverte du plus ancien primate connu (La Presse)
• Ancient Irish texts show volcanic link to cold weather (BBC)
• Neanderthal clues to cancer origins (BBC)
• Archéologie: la clé de Paris cachée sous la préfecture de police ? (Le Monde)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• The History of the Weird Keyboard Symbols You Never Knew You Needed (Gizmodo)
• Change Agents: Daniel Kim lights up Lit Motors (USA Today)

Union stuff & Montreal's libraries

• Sneak peek: New Saint-Laurent library set to open (CTV)

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