Friday, 20 December 2002
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Endangered right whale will be given right-of-way in Canada's Bay of Fundy (CP) - One of the marine world's most endangered mammals has won a major protection with the creation of new Canadian shipping lanes that will force vessels to steer clear of known whale habitats. The International Maritime Organization approved a unique proposal by Ottawa to amend traffic routes in the Bay of Fundy, where the rare North Atlantic right whale wages a seasonal fight to avoid deadly collisions with massive ships and tankers. The new shipping lanes will force ships to divert several kilometres around the zone in a bid to reduce the number of ship strikes, one of the leading causes of death for the slow-moving mammals. [Janet's Radio Weblog]
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Scriptable Applications: GUI Scripting: "Scripters have often requested the ability to control, via AppleScript, applications which either do not have AppleScript support or are only partially scriptable. The new Developer Tools release contains a beta version of the System Events application incorporating support for scripting the GUI (Graphic User Interface) of applications."Ooh la la! Guess I'm going to have to dig into Applescript. I was hoping I could keep going with what I'd learned of UserTalk. But this is just getting to be too cool.
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Cynthia Webb: "Blogs were the hot story of 2002, the year when blogging caught the eye of the mainstream press in a big way and pundits began to recognize blogs as useful tools for everything from venting about politics to raving about a favorite band." [Scripting News]
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US agrees to share Iraq intelligence. Washington responds to a UN request for information, as President Bush says Iraq has disappointed those who "long for peace". [BBC News | World | UK Edition]Nobody is fooled by this double-speak.
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Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.2.3 Update (20-Dec-2002; 1K) [TidBITS]
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Bush's drive for global abstinence. At a United Nations conference in Bangkok, the U.S. shocks more than 30 Asian countries with a condemnation of premarital sex, contraception and abortion. [Salon.com]
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Freud painting takes top spot in Tate postcard stakes. Arts: Lucian Freud painting topples a pre-Raphaelite heroine from the No 1 slot in Tate's postcard bestseller list. [Guardian Unlimited]
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Newfoundland bans cellphones while driving
Newfoundland and Labrador has become the first province to officially
ban talking on a cellphone while driving.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]Well done.
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Final Cut Pro's first notable switcher: Walter Murch. [PlaybackTime]
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ProSoundNews Online Daily - Cedar Award Winners Named: "*CD Remastering from a Vintage Recording--Pre 1950
Gilles St. Laurent--National Library of Canada
"La Chanson du Bavard," Madam Edouard Bolduc (1931)"Félécitations Gilles!
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[22:45 ET]
Apple's Mac OS 10.2.3 updates address a slew of bugs too numerous to list here:
[Macintouch]
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White House to Propose System for Wide Monitoring of Internet. The Bush administration wants Internet service providers to help build a centralized system to enable monitoring and, potentially, surveillance of its users. By John Markoff and John Schwartz. [New York Times: Technology]
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