One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Thursday, 20 September 2001

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Thestar.com/Canada sends $1 million in aid to refugee Afghanis Canada sent an extra $1 million in aid to Afghan refugees yesterday, even as this country prepares to join an American anti-terrorism attack expected to rain down on Afghanistan.

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Mapquest aerial picture of the WTC site.  [Scripting News]

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Canadians Debate Laws on Refugees Prime Minister Jean Chretien: "Let there be no doubt: We will allow no one to force us to sacrifice our values or traditions under the pressure of urgent circumstances," he said. "We will continue to welcome people from the whole world. We will continue to offer refuge to the persecuted."

Good on you Jean. Stick to it. A good article discussing the differences between Canadian and US policies . . . from the LA Times.

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Mercer says that while he is honoured by the nominations, he feels this isn't the time to poke fun at the differences between Canada and the United States.

This show could be pretty scathing. CBC has also delayed the season premier of the show. Actually the best way to counter this is to have a "Talking to Canadians" take-off. We'll quickly see how ridiculous we can be made to look.

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37-year-old Graham Berkeley - who studied music before becoming an IT consultant and settling in Boston five years ago - was en route to a computer software conference in Los Angeles when his flight was hijacked.

Bravo

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Initially, it could not be played, being so poorly tensioned on its spool. It was also starting to disintegrate, shedding metal oxide particles from its recording surface.

The tape frequently adhered to itself as it was played. Nasa technicians said they were lucky to get the tape to play at all.

Yikes. Even NASA has trouble archiving their audio tapes. It's odd that a tape from this time period would have these problems. The tape must really have been abused. Tapes from the 1980's are much more likely to have problems.