| Norwegian broadcaster: P2P experiment "extremely positive"
Solheim said in an interview (republished on NRK's blog in English) that the experience will likely "clear the rights for this kind of distribution of more content." Since the experiment's inception just over a month ago, Nordkalotten 365 has been downloaded over 90,000 times—shocking to NRK, since Norway is a small country of only 4.6 million. Not only that, but the people downloading have been good torrenters too. The files have had ratios close to 95 percent, which Solheim said saved license fee payers 95 percent of all distribution costs. "People are happily seeding the files," Solheim said. There was also less resistance to the project than he thought, once the network was able to get the message across that BitTorrent isn't "illegal." Solheim said that the managers of Nordkalotten 365 were surprisingly open to the idea, even composing their own music to avoid dealing with licensing fees.
Proclamation splits council
He likened the move to what would happen if a conservative pushed a proclamation honoring conservative talk radio host Mike Rosen "for all he does for the taxpayers of the city." Lopez acknowledged that the proclamation hadn't been universally embraced by his colleagues and that Brown and Faatz had asked him not to push it. "I respect their opinion," Lopez said. "But there should be no controversy about the need for a living wage or access to health care or affordable housing." Council President Michael Hancock and councilwoman Carol Boigon were absent for the entire meeting. Usually proclamations are feel-good measures that draw universal support. But in December, Brown chastised Councilmen Chris Nevitt and Doug Linkhart for talking about labor strife when a proclamation was issued to National Hirschfeld, which has been in business for 100 years.
Close call at Steamboat airport
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Steamboat Springs airport officials say a United Express flight aborted a landing attempt on Saturday after the pilots spotted a small plane on their runway. Yampa Valley Regional Airport Manager Dave Ruppel says traffic controllers in Denver had cleared the small plane for takeoff after the United Express pilots apparently reported they were already on the ground before they had actually landed. No injuries were reported. United officials did not immediately return a call. It's not clear how many people were on the United Express CRJ-700, which can carry 66 passengers, or the smaller King Air, which can carry nine or 12. Federal officials said Monday they had no report of the incident. .
LENT: Ten ways to grow in holiness
Lenten customs are designed to help us enter into this holy season and grow in discipline and service. The word Lent means springtime, a time of new life. Here are ten common Lenten practices by which we can draw closer to God, experience interior conversion and renew our spiritual lives. .
Lawton, Koe win Canada Cup
Scott could have automatically qualified for next year's Olympic trials with a win on Sunday. She struggled in a bid for a third consecutive Tournament of Hearts last week, finishing 5-6. 4th straight final for Martin On the men's side, Koe won his first major curling championship by edging fellow Edmontonian Martin. Koe's team includes fourth Blake MacDonald, second Carter Rycroft and lead Nolan Thiessen. "We played really good and Blake played great this game," Koe told Karin Larsen of CBC Sports. "We made the big shots again today and finally in a final we played a really good game and that's something we haven't been able to do." Martin scored two points in the ninth end to pull even before Koe and his rink secured the winning point in the 10th.
Maynard Family Gets Home Makeover
The area is buzzing with activity and hundreds of people are descending on the area in just to take a look. Local Family Gets Extreme Home Makeover It's lights, camera, action on Elm Court as the ABC reality program "Extreme Makeover, Home Edition," is taping there this week. .
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