One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Friday, 5 March 2004

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CBC News Indepth: Khadr
Al-Qaeda Family: The firefight at Waziristan

Terence McKenna's doc is getting a lot of attention. This is the web site in support of that doc.

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CIA paid me to spy: Abdurahman Khadr
A Canadian man who says his family was connected to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda says he spent months working for the CIA as an informant. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

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Arts: Covent Garden's long-serving former music director takes the musical world by surprise by announcing he is turning his back on the world of opera. [Guardian Unlimited] 'Mr Haitink stressed he was in good health but said that he had to recognise the demands of opera conducting were becoming too great at his age. "To stand for up to four and a half hours and have all that physical exertion makes me nervous now, and I said no, I will not do it," Mr Haitink said. "No, no, no, I'm afraid not."'

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US elections: Democrats battle to cut Bush's lead in election dollar race. [Guardian Unlimited]

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Loretta Lux, a 34-year-old German artist, has realized that a light touch is sometimes the most effective technique for digital enhancement. [New York Times: Technology] 'Ms. Lux has carefully costumed and photographed her subjects and, after scanning the image, dropped the figures into a separately scanned background, often taken from one of her paintings. She erases irrelevant details — fireplaces, cats, toys — until the children are settled in a neutral, dreamlike space.

An eerie result is children who seem willed into existence by Ms. Lux.'

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The Borders Group is the latest traditional bookseller or publisher to branch into self-publishing using print-on-demand technology. [New York Times: Technology]

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[GAM-Technology] Customers of Sympatico High Speed and High Speed Ultra services must replace their modems with a wireless modem-and-router combination for a one-time fee of $69.95 (or for free when bundled with access if they sign a 12-month agreement).

Good idea.

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Because the nature of the insurgency in Iraq is to blend in, the military occupation is searching for new ways to disperse a hostile crowd without resorting to lethal force. The current weapon of choice: noise. [Wired News]