One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Wednesday, 22 October 2003

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Child's abduction wasn't random act, say Toronto...

Child's abduction wasn't random act, say Toronto police
As Toronto police and volunteers continue to search for nine-year-old Cecilia Zhang, who vanished from her home earlier this week, questions are being asked about whether the girl's disappearance might be a kidnapping. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

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They only learned that this fall. Until then, many had been told they would be rotated out by the end of November. And now many of them believe that one year in Iraq may only be the beginning; they may be kept longer. But no one is saying officially. As one quite senior officer put it: "even prisoners get more information about their sentences than we do."

Add to that the resentment of those soldiers and officers on the ground who say openly that their bosses in the palaces and in Washington haven't a clue about how to deal with the situation they face and it's clear that the atmosphere in the first city is, to put it mildly, unsettled.

This is a report from 13 October. I watched Don Murray's report on The National this evening. The situation in Baghdad is appalling for the citizens and their police, many of whom are being killed daily by fellow citizens and jumpy American soldiers. This is W's legacy. He will be vilified for all time.

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'58,333,333,300 Timbits'

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CBC News: War hero's medals to be shared with all Canadians
The family of one of Newfoundland's most respected war heroes is donating his medals to the Canadian War Museum so all Canadians can share in his memory.

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The Globe and Mail-The CBC is worth fighting for
More cuts are destroying CBC/Radio-Canada's ability to portray this country's victories, concerns, and history, warns CBC chair CAROLE TAYLOR

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Haddad: iPod becoming a 'whole new platform'

Apple's iPod is "becoming a whole new platform, independent of Macs or Windows" and is "giving Jobs & Co. new life," Charles Haddad writes in his latest Byte of the Apple column for Business Week Online. [MacCentral]

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'Spinney then quotes Nazi Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goering, who explained at his Nuremberg trial how easy it is for leaders to get the people to do their bidding. "All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger," Goering said. "It works the same way in any country.'

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Rumsfeld doubts on terror war

A leaked memo by US Defence Secretary Rumsfeld says the US faces a "long, hard slog" in Iraq and Afghanistan. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

Duh.

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Miller surges ahead into narrow lead in mayoral race In a stunning surge, David Miller has elbowed Barbara Hall out of the lead in the race for mayor of Toronto, according to an independent poll released yesterday, setting the stage for a furious..[GAM-National]

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John Newhouse says the Bush administration has done more to imperil the United States than to enhance its security. [New York Times: Arts]

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To this problem, the Bush administration has found a simple solution: It has ended the public dissemination of such images by banning news coverage and photography of dead soldiers' homecomings on all military bases.

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Redhead : "I saw Condoleezza Rice on...

Redhead: "I saw Condoleezza Rice on Oprah. She seemed like a lovely person. It kills me to see her following Dubya around. It kills me." Why? Because she's a beautiful soft-spoken intelligent successful woman? More. [Scripting News]

Poor Dave. He just doesn't get it. It has nothing to do with her 'beauty'. It has to do with her obvious intelligence and education.

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The rssWeather.com weather feed is being tested and is a trial service. It should not be used as either your primary or only means of weather information, check with your local weather service before going outdoors.

Cute.

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Updated: 1100 AM EDT WED OCT 22 2003

4 °C
Mostly Cloudy

Humidity: 75%
Wind Speed: NNW 13 MPH G 18
Barometer: 1009 mb
Dewpoint: °C
Heat Index: 4°C
Wind Chill: -0°C

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Updated: 920 AM GMT-6 WED OCT 22 2003

15 °C
Hazy

Humidity: 67%
Wind Speed: NNE 5 MPH
Barometer: 1030 mb
Dewpoint: 9°C
Heat Index: 15°C
Wind Chill: 15°C

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RSSWeather forecast for tonight: "Showers changing to snow showers near midnight." [Scripting News]

And it's not just U.S. Right on! Toronto . . . Mexico City . . .

< 11:46:24 AM >

At long last, Apple has excised the G3 processor from its consumer laptop line. On Wednesday the company announced its revamped line of G4 iBooks, featuring the same type of central processing unit (CPU) that's found in its iMac and eMac systems. [MacCentral]

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Since the current President Bush veered away from the real war against terrorism in Afghanistan and went a'venturing in Iraq, much to his father's dismay, just about everybody close to Washington politics has known of the policy schism between father and son.'

Too delicious. A fine op-ed.

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Jeff Jarvis lists ways weblogs can be useful to professional reporters. [Scripting News]

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Microsoft is introducing the latest version of its office software suite with a $150 million marketing campaign. [New York Times: Technology] The MS cash cow. The monopoly is not just Windows. Mac users often feel they need to buy Office because, for example, idiots send out memos as Word email attachments.

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A Windows XP feature forces consumers to use Internet Explorer to purchase music online, even if they specify that they prefer a competitor's browser. The feature also steers users to a Microsoft-owned website. The DOJ and 19 attorneys general are not amused. [Wired News]

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Apple crosses over to the PC world with an iTunes music-sharing program for Windows. Katie Dean gives the new software an audition. [Wired News]

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Now that it is open to Windows customers, Apple's iTunes Music Store will spell doom for file-sharing networks -- at least, that's how Apple tells it. Others are more skeptical. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]

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New York City (October 22, 2003)--Sony Electronics has teamed with Rolling Stone magazine in an effort to increase public awareness about Super Audio CD (SACD). The SACD promotion, which is supported by Circuit City and Clear Channel Entertainment's Premiere Radio Networks, is set to begin on November 21 to coincide with the publication of Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Albums of All Time," the largest issue of the year. [ProSound News]

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Inventor Receives Award for Audio Spotlight Directional Sound Technology
WATERTOWN, Mass., Oct. 21, 2003 -- Dr. Joseph Pompei, former MIT researcher and founder of Holosonics, of Watertown, Mass., was named as one of the "World's Top Young Innovators" by Technology Review for his invention of the Audio Spotlight directional sound technology.
Read more [Digital Pro Sound News]

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The Vietnamese Government given a muted response to reports of a massacre by US forces in the Vietnam War. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly demands Israel stop work on its West Bank security barrier. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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[GAM-Arts] 'This here is what you do with your money, he says about the Banff Centre, and we take ours and blow the hell out of Iraq.

Earle is right about the Banff Centre, it's a pretty decent way to spend government money. This place is nothing short of magnificent. Since I've been here, a little over two weeks, there have been concerts, readings and art shows every day: Steve Earle, Annie Proulx, Fred Stenson, Lorne Elliot. Classical pianists practise all day and the music spills out into the parking lots, kilns are firing, you can take a Janet Cardiff tour through the forest, or lie on your back in the giant pool and watch your reflection in the glass ceiling, floating amid the stars.

The Banff Centre is a great big jewel somehow left intact after the dismantling of the welfare state. It's the only arts centre of its kind in Canada, bringing together, as it does, artists of all disciplines and nationalities. Artists are treated as if they matter. It's partly subsidized by visiting business conferences and something called "mountain culture."

A magic place.

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America has had psychotic extremists like this in power before -- McCarthy, Nixon and others -- but these were people who were bent on changing the law for their own deranged purposes, not ignoring and circumventing the law as Ashcroft is doing.

[How to Save the World]