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[TIME's Top Stories] 'Has John Ashcroft fallen out of favor at the White House? The question may not be whether but how far.' .< 11:47:53 PM  >930 saxophonists play Hockey Night in Canada... Performers possibly set a world record [The Globe and Mail: Arts] 'Fergus Hambleton, a 54-year-old Toronto musician who was among the participants, said he's been playing saxophone for four decades and has never witnessed such camaraderie among lovers of the instrument.'.< 11:45:28 PM >A beaver and an eagle walk into...
Canadian identity is an endlessly variable sort of thing, so why shouldn't our national ditty occasionally stretch its wings too? [The Globe and Mail: Arts] 'Living in New York City tends to transform people into more acute versions of themselves. Whalley has become a fiercer Canadian.
"Being Canadian is the money I have in my creative bank account," she said. "Coming to New York has made me really conscious of that, so when I go back in the summers, I have confidence in that. I feel my personal reality I draw on has value."' .< 11:41:18 PM >The personal, the public, and the Polaroid...
If privately developed insta-porn is not the Polaroid's only virtue, I am hard-pressed to think of other reasons to use these cameras [The Globe and Mail: Arts].< 11:24:50 PM >frontline: the way the music died: interviews:... frontline: the way the music died: interviews: david crosby | PBS [Daypop Top 40] 'Some administration officials also complained yesterday that Justice Department or FBI officials in private conversations with reporters may have suggested that the latest evidence of a terrorist attack is new, when it is about six weeks old, officials said.' .< 10:51:40 PM >Ashcroft Assailed on Terror Warning (washingtonpost.com)... Ashcroft Assailed on Terror Warning (washingtonpost.com) [Daypop Top 40] 'Some administration officials also complained yesterday that Justice Department or FBI officials in private conversations with reporters may have suggested that the latest evidence of a terrorist attack is new, when it is about six weeks old, officials said.' .< 10:44:33 PM >John Robb : "I noticed that Yahoo... John Robb: "I noticed that Yahoo is now including an RSS 2.0 feed with every Yahoo Group. Nice. It even includes an orange XML icon." [Scripting News] Cool. There's one mailing list I am very active in but several others I don't bother with because I don't want to deal with the extra mail. Having these as RSS feeds would make it a lot less painful. .< 3:20:02 AM >In Canada, Tourism Is Easing Its Way Back Tourism in Canada is recovering only gradually after a difficult 2003, but travel experts say it could take another year or so to rebound fully. [New York Times: Travel] 'Americans, by far the biggest group that comes here, made 35.5 million trips to Canada in 2003 - from one-day excursions to Niagara Falls to longer hiking trips through the Canadian Rockies - about a 13 percent drop from the year before.' .< 3:10:51 AM >Highly recommend the latest Frontline... Highly recommend the latest Frontline on how the music industry fell apart during the 80s and 90s. Why? Stopped loving the product. [Scripting News] .< 3:09:21 AM >Riots mar end of Mexico summit Violent clashes erupt between student protesters and police at the end of the EU-Latin American summit. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 3:04:34 AM >Scant Evidence Cited in Long Detention of Iraqis Hundreds of Iraqis were held in Abu Ghraib for long periods despite a lack of evidence that they posed a threat to U.S. forces. [New York Times: International] .< 3:03:32 AM >Rumsfeld Tells West Point Class U.S. Needs Help to Prevail in Iraq For the United States to prevail in Iraq and the wider campaign against terrorism, it must convince other nations to join in the struggle, the secretary of defense said. [New York Times: International] Screw you Rumsfeld. We told you to stay out of there, you sent the world off into disaster, you deal with it. .< 2:59:19 AM >An Aria for Post-Apartheid Africa "Princess Magogo KaDinuzulu," an opera in Zulu, mixes European-style opera singing and traditional African praise song. [New York Times: International] .< 2:58:27 AM >Discipline Takes a Break at the White House The same administration whose members once prided themselves on never contradicting one another in public has been riven by conflicting pronouncements on Iraq. [New York Times: International] .< 2:46:38 AM >Globetechnology - iPod mini straddles form-function divide Fashionistas love the iPod mini because it looks great. Tech-heads love it because it works so well. Once again, Apple straddles the form-function divide .< 2:44:19 AM >Garment workers slam NAFTA Toronto [~] Mexican garment workers told an unusual labour hearing in Toronto yesterday that despite safeguards in the 10-year-old North American free-trade agreement, they work in dirty, unsafe conditions and are harassed when they try to enforce their rights. [snip] "Many of the issues we raised six years ago are the same ones you're hearing this morning, and they clearly have not been addressed," Mr. Rowlinson said. .< 2:41:28 AM >EU, Latin American nations seek stronger U.N. role Guadalajara, Mexico [~] European and Latin leaders declared Friday that the United Nations should remain the world's chief conflict solver, indirectly urging the United States not to act alone.
Although it didn't specifically mention the United States, it was clear the summit's final statement was critical of Washington's foreign policy and of allegations of abuse of prisoners in Iraq. |
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