One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Tuesday, 18 November 2003

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Who can resist a ringing telephone?
In the 1960s, a very simple idea was born for a CBC radio show. And the rest is As It Happens history, writes co-host BARBARA BUDD on the phenomenon's 35th anniversary

I grew up listening to Barbara Frum and Alan Maitland almost every night on As It Happens.

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Gay rights: Massachusetts could become first to allow same-sex union. [Guardian Unlimited]

Blame Canada? Listening to some of the negative comments to this story on the news tonight I felt embarrassed for the people uttering them.

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Bush isolated from British protests
U.S. President George W. Bush was met by royalty and hundreds of security personnel in London on Tuesday evening as he arrived for a state visit to Britain. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

The circus continues

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World: Afghanistan and Iraq deflect funds from 21 countries ruined by conflict and disaster. [Guardian Unlimited]

An extraordinary bargain compared to the $87 billion the US Americans have decided to spend to clean up the unholy mess they created.

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World: John Allen Muhammad, a Gulf war veteran and drifter, was found guilty yesterday of the "Washington sniper" killing spree. [Guardian Unlimited]

Another casualty of war: training people to be killers.

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Unsterilized equipment sends 861 men for blood test
Ontario has ordered all hospitals in the province to review the way they disinfect medical equipment and report back by Jan. 9, Health Minister George Smitherman said Monday. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

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Italy prepares for the state funeral of 19 policemen and soldiers killed in an Iraq suicide attack. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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Interesting. Hard to imagine the hyper kid I saw on stage at the Junos a couple of years ago as a mom but good on her. And she was smart enough to be turned off by all the possibilities endless editing (and crushing of the music) provides.

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Prism Sound Helps Out on Sting's Latest Surround Release
Cambridge, UK (November 18, 2003)--Sting and his full-time sound engineer Simon Osborne have joined forces once again for Sting's lastest release, Sacred Love. For this project, Osborne used Prism Sound ADA-8 converters in conjunction with a Pro Tools rig and an SSL 4000 G+ Series console at both the singer's rustic English retreat in Wiltshire and on location at his plush villa in Tuscany. [ProSound News]