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The Woman Who Plays the Pipa

Anya Wassenberg | Posted 09.13.2012 | Canada
Read More: Central Asia, Chinese Musical Instruments, Stringed Instruments, Pipa, Central Asian Culture, Wu Man and the Master Musicians of the Silk Route on the Smithsonian Folkways, Borderlands, Video, Canada News
Anya Wassenberg

Borderlands: Wu Man and the Master Musicians of the Silk Route on the Smithsonian Folkways label is the 10th and final CD/DVD set in the award-winning "Music of Central Asia" series, co-produced with the Aga Khan Music Initiative. It follows the journey of musician Wu Man in finding the future of her instrument, the pipa, in its past.

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What U.S. Web Piracy Bills Mean For You

CBC | Posted 03.19.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Stop Online Piracy Act, C-11, Protect Ip Act, Sopa Piracy, Bill C-11, Cbc, Bill C11, Pipa, C11, Pipa Piracy, Pipa Torrents, Sopa Torrent, Sopa, Dark Wednesday, Canada Politics News

Some of the best-known sites on the internet, including Wikipedia, are going offline today in a "Dark Wednesday" protest against legislati...

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Black Wednesday: In Protest of SOPA, Darken the Web

Michael Geist | Posted 03.19.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Mozilla, Pipa, WikiLeaks Cables, Wikipedia, Reddit, Sopa Protest, Bill C-11, Sopa, Protest SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act, Trans Pacific Partnership, Wordpress, Slidepollajax, Canada Politics News
Michael Geist

Some of the Internet's leading websites, including Wikipedia and Mozilla, will go dark today to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The U.S. bills have generated massive public protest over proposed provisions that could cause enormous harm to the Internet and freedom of speech.

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