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View Article  Hit Me Baby, One More Time
Okay, from the useless celebrity gossip world (of which we are all guilty adherents, I'm sure), the car crash that was Britney Spears' "performance" at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this week is grabbing a lot of attention.

If I had a bit more time, I'd do this mash-up properly but for now, you can enjoy a fairly funny juxtaposition - an MP3 of a Travis cover of the song that launched Brit's career against a video of the VMA meltdown.

For this to work properly,
1. click "play" on the video below and pause at 45 seconds, muting the sound in the YouTube player (note: it is very likely the clip be removed from YouTube soon since all other earlier versions of the same clip have been so if you're going to try this, don't wait.)

2. open this link in a new tab and let it play past the introductory remarks, clicking back to the YouTube tab before the singing starts.

3. click play on the YouTube video so the video clip and the performance of the song  start at roughly the same time.

4. Enjoy.

It's not quite The Wizard of Oz synched with Dark Side of the Moon but it has its moments.

View Article  The Partnership Job Board Launches
I think this has been active for awhile but has just officially launched.  It's a comprehensive, cross-Canada library job board sponsored by The Partnership, which is a coalition of provincial library associations who work together on a variety of joint projects.  The job board allows you to search for postings, or, if you're an employer, post them. 

You can sign up to receive jobs as they're posted but this doesn't make up for the site's most glaring weakness - the lack of an RSS feed which is all but inexcusable in this day and age. 

Still, when I was looking for work earlier this year, I was monitoring about four different job boards (and that's when I was just looking for positions in Saskatchewan!) including the Sask Library Association's, the CLA's, the Foothills Library Association and the Regina Public Library Careers page.  So having a central spot where (hopefully) all positions that are available will be posted is a great step forward.
My web site dedicated to four great Canadian singer-songwriters (but currently only featuring guitar tab for two of them - Fred Eaglesmith and Hawksley Workman.)

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