Science Journal of the AAAS - Vol. 305 No 5680, 2 July 2004: News Focus: The Slow Deaths of Writing - pp. 30-34 - A diverse group of scholars ponders not just why scripts vanish, but why they sometimes survive so long - by Andrew Lawler [Brief: Four colourful pages of timeline chart and text covering 3500 BC to the present point the reader to a meeting of scholars at the University of Oxford this past Spring.]

Science Journal of the AAAS - Vol. 305 No 5681, 9 July 2004: 1. Immunotherapy receives attention in several articles. (pp. 135, 170)

2. Studies of the Himalayan portions of the earth's crust: (p. 143 & 167, 233-239) - Include suggestions that a portion is being squeezed eastward between two major fault-lines as India pushes into Eurasia; or of a weak lower layer thinned with a complex of faults.

3. Virtual Unwrapping (Random Samples, Edited by Jennifer Couzin) (p. 174) The insides of a 3000-year-old Egyptian mummy are on display at the British Museum in London thanks to swanky three-dimensional visualization techniques. The exhibit... runs through January, uses technology previously applied to oil exploration, medical scanning and cadavers. The mummy, Nesperennub, a priest who lived in Thebes in the 9th century B.C.E. ... was subjected to (non-destructive) tomography scans and 3D laser scans. 1500 images were assembled into a lifelike 3D creation. Observers can spin the image around and examine the mummy's outer casing, the inner flesh, and the skeleton.

Science Journal of the AAAS - Vol. 305 No 5684, 30 July 2004: Archaeology items (pp. 590, 591) -
1. Wisconsin Dig Seeks to confirm Pre-Clovis Americans,
2. Kennewick Man - Court Battle Ends, Bones still Off-Limits. [Brief: Contentious issue behind these is the land-claims of "Original Inhabitants" of the Continent.

Jane's Intelligence Digest 2 July 2004: India's CIA spy scandal [Brief: - 1st paragraph "India's external intelligence service, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has launched a major internal investigation for possible moles following the apparent defection of a senior officer recruited by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). JID's regional intelligence correspondent reports on a scandal the Indian authorities are not keen to air in public."]

Jane's Intelligence Digest 16 July 2004:
1. Israel's plans for Iran strikes [Brief: Concern may prompt a strike at Iran's nuclear installations before completion. (Once installed, atomic materials in the reactor could cause a regional environmental catastrophe.)]
2. Iraq policy divides Australia. ("...a heated debate has surfaced over the government's continuing support for the Bush administration.") - www.janes.com

Time Magazine Vol 164 No 2, 12 July 2004 (Canadian Edition) - Discovery Of The Week - [Brief: "Since 1951, rancher Waldo Wilcox, 74 had kept most outsiders from his 1,700 hectares in a rugged part of eastern Utah. So it was only last week that the public saw... the ruins of an ancient (circa A.D. 900) Freemont Indian civilization ... stone houses, arrowheads, pottery, rock-wall artwork. - p. 8. 3-col. colour-illus.]
Also Weekly Telegraph #676: Rancher reveals a vanished tribe (ancient Indian pit house in North America).

Time Magazine Vol 164 No 3, 19 July 2004 (Canadian Edition) -
"Died, John Cullen Murphy, 85, artist and illustrator who turned the Sunday comic strip Prince Valiant into as much a family saga as a tale of adventure; in Greenwich, Connecticut. In 1970 the former student of Norman Rockwell took over the epic strip, noted for its detailed backgrounds and costumes, from its creator, Hal Foster, and this past March turned it over to another illustrator. [Brief: He upheld Virtue through his art.] Also Globe & Mail 13 July, 2004.

Globe & Mail 1 July, 2004:
Canadian Survey - Graphs examining Current issues through 5 questions:
(a) Diversity,
(b) Same-sex Marriage,
(c) Anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim sentiment,
(d) Religious Dress,
(e) Bias towards leader affecting vote,
Are accompanied by three surrounding headings with comments by 3 commentators:
1. Canadians tolerant - well, mostly - A new survey finds widespread support for multiculturalism, but anti-Muslim sentiment may be on the rise, Michael Valpy writes.
2. Regional animosity lives on - analysis by Drew Fagan, Ottawa Bureau Chief. (Varied approaches in different parts of Canada)
3. Parliament taking on a new face, slowly but surely by Gloria Galloway.

Globe & Mail 2 July, 2004:
1. Can Iraqis conduct a fair trial? By Rory McCarthy, Baghdad and Johathan Steele,
London - [Brief: Complex issues affect the trial of Saddam Hussein. The U.S. continues to guard him, a large team of defence lawyers will participate, fairness seems impossible, those in charge are not neutrals, arbitrary arrest and torture are not excluded, trouble sifting for evidence, the question of what laws will be used, not to mention prior U.S. involvement!]

2. Ottawa told to foot store's legal bill - Vancouver gay bookstore challenged customs' power to seize, censor material - by Kirk Makin -
[Brief: As the issues raised in the case are basic, reaching far beyond the rights of a single bookstore, the Government must bear much of the cost of litigation involved in the trial.]

Globe & Mail 3 July, 2004:
1. Opposition leaders targeted in Zimbabwe
COMMENT: Destruction of rights continues and oppressive actions multiply. No effective outside intervention seems contemplated (It doesn't produce oil).
However, The Weekly Telegraph No 676 July 7-13, 2004 mentions Africa unites to condemn Mugabe regime, and The Weekly Telegraph - No 677 July 14-20, 2004 reports: Mugabe accused of ethnic cleansing' as new exodus of whites gathers pace, while The Weekly Telegraph No. 678 notes "Zimbabwe farmers get new life in Nigeria"

2. Obituary: Albert Fia 1915-2004 - Canada's rocket man -
He developed the Black Brant, probably the most reliable rocket ever built. It is still in use today.

3. Obituary: Naomi Shemer, 74 (1930-2004)
She wrote unofficial Israeli anthem. (A more complete obituary, 2-col., illus., appears in Globe & Mail 9 July 2004)

4. From America to Iraq, 1914 shots still ring -
The handover of Iraq came on the 90th anniversary of the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand, which led to the First World War. Historian Tony Fabijancic explores what that terrorist act might reveal about today's insurgents. [Brief: full page, illus.]

5. A trail of Acadie - [Brief: One and a half pages, col. illus. on Nova Scotia's Evangeline Trail - this summer's gathering marks 400th anniversary.] Also: Globe & Mail 31 July, 2004: 'We're born again!' - Two decades after leaving Canada, BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet discovers that being an Acadian really is something special. It has been 400 years since Champlain landed and as Nova Scotia will soon find out, 'the modern world's first refugees' are more united than ever (11 col. 2-pages, illus.)

Globe & Mail 6 July, 2004:
1. Profs untangle mystery of Frobisher gold scam: A 16th century Bre-X - Gold added by testers in London, professors conclude - by Paul Waldie -
[Brief: Samples brought home by Frobisher were salted with gold, likely without his knowledge.]

2. Milosevic's ill health delays trial. 3 related items:
(a) Globe & Mail 7 July Milosevic fit for trial to continue, judges rule,
(b) The Weekly Telegraph No 676 July 7-13, 2004 - Milosevic war crimes judge dies,
(c) Slobodan Milosevic's trial in the Hague was thrown into doubt on Monday with concerns about his health prompting judges to question whether Europe's biggest war crimes proceedings in more than half a century could continue.

3. Iraqi resistance aided by family of Hussein, U.S. declares -
Ex-leader's cousins smuggling cash, guns, people into Iraq from abroad, officials say; Alleged safe house in Fallujah bombed; at least 10 killed.

Globe & Mail 7 July, 2004: Social Studies, by Michael Kesterton -
Why all the jokes? Purveyors of junk e-mail, thwarted by electronic filters get messages past with innocuous lead sentences.

Pets in heaven - Some dog owners need the reassurance that they will be reunited with their pets in the next life, says Religion News Service. "It gives more than comfort. Until they actually believe their pets are in heaven, they can't have any comfort," adds Mary Buddemeyer-Porter, author of Will I see Fido in Heaven? Several theories have emerged: Some say cats and dogs are immune from both heaven and hell because they do not have the mental capacity to make choices affecting salvation. Others say that, precisely because they are sinless, dogs and other animals will be restored in the new creation. A third theological stream speculates that some animals will go to heaven and others will not; for instance, animals that were caring and gentle in this life could have a place in paradise.

The Weekly Telegraph No 676 July 7-13, 2004:
1. No weapons, admits former envoy - by George Jones and Michael Smith -
SADDAM HUSSEIN did not possess stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction before the war, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Britain's former special envoy to Iraq, has conceded. His admission that it had been wrong to claim that Saddam had large quantities of chemical and biological weapons came as the intelligence services braced themselves for serious criticism from the inquiry into the intelligence used to justify the war... .

2. Habeas corpus triumphs as President is brought to heel - by Joshua Rozenberg -
IN DECIDING that US courts have jurisdiction to hear challenges brought by foreign detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the Supreme court has ruled that President Bush cannot act as if he is above the law. ...

3. Setback for plan to scrap post of Lord Chancellor -
GOVERNMENT plans to abolish the historic post of Lord Chancellor and set up Britain's first supreme court suffered a fresh setback when ministers and peers failed to reach agreement on the legislation, writes George Jones. A special lords committee formed to look at the Constitutional Reform Bill ended in stalemate on the main issues... .

4. China caves hold clue to riddle of three hares motif - Nic Fleming -
A RESEARCH team led by a British archaeologist is to travel to China in search of the origins and meaning of a mysterious ancient symbol identified in sacred sites across Britain, Europe and the Middle and Far East. Striking depictions of three hares joined at the ears have been found in roof bosses of medieval parish churches in Devon, 13th century Mongol metal work from Iran and cave temples from the Chinese Sui dynasty of 589-618. Academics are intrigued at the motif's apparent prominence in Christian, Islamic and Buddhist holy contexts separated by 5,000 miles and almost 1,000 years. The symbol shows the hares chasing each other in a circle. Each ear is shared between two animals so that there are only three ears shown. Four researchers will travel from Britain to Dunhuang in China next month to examine paintings in 16 caves and meet experts in an attempt to shed light on the mystery. Dr. Tom Greeves, a landscape archaeologist, has suggested the motif was brought to the West along the Silk Road. Dr. Greeves, of Tavistock, Devon, said: "It is a very beautiful and stirring image and has an intrinsic power which is quite lovely. "Until recently there has been little awareness of its wide distribution. We are uncovering new examples all the time."

5. Pope says sorry for 1204 Crusade plunder - by Kate Connolly -
THE POPE has delivered an emotional apology to Orthodox Christians for the Catholic plundering of Constantinople eight centuries ago, saying it caused him "pain and disgust." He made his comments during a visit to the Vatican by Bartholomew I. the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and the head of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians... .

6. Samnites' secrets revealed -
THE discovery in Pompeii of a pre-Roman temple is being hailed as evidence that the city was sophisticated and thriving 300 years before Vesuvius erupted. The temple is said to be of Mephitis, a female deity worshipped by the Samnites, a mysterious ancient people who preceded the Romans in Pompeii.

7. Half million demand free vote in Hong Kong [Brief: The heading is the message.]

8. In defence of the indefensible - by Con Coughlin
[Brief: In this article, prompted by Hussein's trial, the biographer of Saddam Hussein brings out some truths often neglected or conveniently forgotten by those in authority. Some samples: "Where the proceedings are likely to become treacherous for Iraq's new leaders is over thorny political issues, such as the decision to invade Kuwait. Though the invasion and occupation of the emirate were illegal under international law and officially condemned by the United Nations, Saddam's insistence that Kuwait is historically part of Iraq has much resonance among the Iraqi public. Iraqis generally resent the fact that the British gave Kuwait separate status during the carve-up of the Middle East that followed the 1914-18 War, when previously it had come under the Ottoman vilayet, or administrative province, of Basra, the rest of which was incorporated into the new Iraq. Similarly, many Iraqis have little sympathy for the fate of the Kurds who died at Halabja. At that time, the Kurds were widely suspected of collaborating with Iran during the bloody, eight-year war, and Saddam, who was vastly outnumbered by the advancing Iranians, believed he had no alternative but to deploy chemical weapons - developed with the help of American and German scientists - to prevent them overrunning Iraq."]

Globe & Mail 8 July, 2004:
High-tech search fails to unravel Avro legend - Miniature replicas of famed 1950s plane remain hidden deep under Lake Ontario. [6-col. illustrated, map, diagram.]

Globe & Mail 9 July, 2004:
1. A holy city carves out its own path - In the shadow of a revered shrine, Patrick Martin discovers Najaf's version of freedom: prosperity and prohibitions [5-columns].

2. Obituary: Robert Burchfield, 81 - New Zealander edited famed English dictionary - London -
Robert Burchfield, a daring and innovative lexicographer who was chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1971 to 1984, has did at age 81. The New Zealand-born Dr. Burchfield died in Oxfordshire, a spokeswoman for the Oxford University Press said. No cause of death was given. From a very young age, Dr. Burchfield loved the English language, which he once described as "a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib." His interest in all brands of English went into the Oxford English Dictionaries, which he broadened to include words from North America, Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan and the Caribbean, as well as his native land. AP;
Also The Weekly Telegraph - No 677 July 14-20, 2004:- "Editor of the OED and of Fowler who discovered that nothing arouses people's passions so much as words."

Globe & Mail 10 July, 2004:
1. Iraq war based on 'flawed' reports - U.S. Senate blames overstated intelligence on Hussein's weapons for Bush decision - 'They had made up their mind that they were going to go to war,' senator says.

2. [Editorial]: A scathing judgment on the CIA's reports.

3. Woe unto trendy Bibles - Rex Murphy (opinion column) - A full column addresses the subject in terms which will have delighted those who value the King James Bible and Shakespeare.

Globe & Mail 12 July, 2004:
1. Hothouse flourishes as rink turns over new leaf - vegatables, flowers - even residents- seem to thrive in Arctic community garden greenhouse by Jill Mahoney,
Inuvik NWT [6-col. illus., map, demonstrate innovative garden lifestyle in the arctic.]

2. [Editorial]: The book monitor -
[Opening paragraphs: The freedom to read what one chooses in public libraries without the state raising an eyebrow is so basic to free societies as to be beyond discussion. Or it was, until Oct. 26 2001, when the U.S. Congress passed the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Last week, an attempt to bar the state from demanding information on library and bookstore users under the Patriot Act lost on a tie vote in the House of Representatives. Section 215 of the Patriot Act gives the Federal Bureau of Investigation the authority to demand the production of "any tangible things" related to a terrorism investigation. These include the records of businesses, hospitals, schools and libraries... .

3. Obituary: Otto Kelland, 99 - policeman wrote unofficial Newfoundland anthem - St. John's.
The former policeman who wrote Newfoundland's unofficial anthem has died at the age of 99 years and 11 months. An expert on Newfoundland fishing culture, Otto Kelland's mournful fishing dirge Let Me Fish off Cape St. Mary's was first heard in 1947 and is probably the most famous song in the province. The song, which tells of the perils of fishing from a dory, has become so widely known that many Newfoundlanders who are unsure of its origins make the mistake of assuming it is another of the islands traditional folk-songs. Mr. Kelland, who was born in 1904 in Lamaline, Nfld., wrote several books on Newfoundland dories and fishing culture and was renowned for crafting wooden boat models. In addition to his years on the city's police force he was once superintendent of H.M. Penitentiary in St. John's. He died on July 8 at his home in Flatrock, Nfld. ... Staff
Also Globe & Mail, 23 July: Obituary: Otto Kelland 1904-2004 -
'Rugged, cultured and tough' - Prison warden and poet wrote Newfoundland's most famous ballad in about 20 minutes
(With the large article, the words of "Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary's are included in a side column. - copied at the bottom of this file.)

Globe & Mail 13 July, 2004:

De Beers to plead guilty in 10-year-old price-fixing case.
[COMMENT: The heading says it all!]
Also The Weekly Telegraph - No 677 July 14-20, 2004 [Business section] says "de Beers admitted its part in criminal conspiracy"

Weekly Telegraph - No 677 July 14-20, 2004:
1. This two-year-old is why abortion law must change
[Brief: Heather Pope is now a happy 2-year old toddler, but when she was born at 23 weeks she weighed just 1 1/4 lb. That's 17 weeks early, so the current abortions limit of 24 weeks is based on incorrect assumptions concerning viability of a foetus.] ... [Excerpt: unease over the upper limit of abortion surfaced again last month when a new type of ultrasound scan revealed vivid pictures of a 12-week-old foetus "walking" in the womb. This, combined with the growing ability of neo-natal specialists to save babies born prematurely, has forced even proponents of the 1967 Abortion Act to call for a further reduction in the upper time limit for abortion, which was first lowered in 1990 from 28 weeks to 24 weeks after medical advances. Among those advocating change is Lord Steel, the former Liberal leader and architect of the abortion legislation, who has suggested that the limit should be halved from 24 weeks to 12 weeks. "I think people will find it very repugnant to think that you are getting close to the point where you are not dealing with a foetus but with the possibility of a baby," he said. - pp. 1 & 2, colour-illus.]

2. Howlers of English usage today -
[Brief: Failure to distinguish words of different spelling and meaning but of similar sound, leads to deplorable yet humorous mistakes.];
related article: You pour thing, if you don't see the point of spelling correctly.

3. Cancer surgeon rebukes Charles - by Celia Hall -
A LEADING breast-cancer surgeon has issued a strong rebuke to the Prince of Wales over his support for alternative therapy for cancer patients... .

4. Peer wants us all-metric -
A CAMPAIGN to turn Britain fully metric by the end of the decade has been launched by Lord Howe, the former Tory chancellor... .

5. Chancellor's 'Britishness' plea -
Gordon Brown claimed last week that Britain would realise its full potential on the world stage only if its people rediscovered a strong sense of national identity. In a speech to the British Council in London the Chancellor said that all the social, economic and security challenges facing Britain could be met only if its citizens were clear about the 'shared values that bind them together". He said rediscovering a sense of national identity would allow the country to face up to complex questions about its relationships with the rest of the world, including Europe.

6. Pupils should learn more about the Empire, says watchdog -
THE HISTORY of the British Empire is being neglected in schools, according to the education standards watchdog body Ofsted, writes John Steele.

7. Blair admits WMD may never be found; But Prime Minister refuses to apologise for the war in Iraq; Former spy boss says blame lies at the top;
Archbishop says PM will answer on Judgment Day; No 10 chief targeted for intelligence failure.

8. Blunkett to outlaw religious hatred -
plans legislation; Evangelical fury at 'slur'; demand that he withdraw "outrageous" comments.

9. Senate report damns CIA - by Alec Russell in Washington -
THE US Senate has delivered a damning report on the case for war against Iraq, savaging the CIA and implicitly blaming British intelligence as well. It concluded that assessments of the threat of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction were wrong, unreasonable and largely unsubstantiated. ...

10. Pentagon policy maker established rogue cell - by Julian Coman in Washington
[First sentence: "A SENIOR Pentagon policy maker created an unofficial "Iraqi intelligence cell" in the summer of 2002 to circumvent the CIA and secretly brief the White House on links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qa'eda. According to the Senate intelligence committee."]

11. 'No show, no tell' nuclear policy stays -
ISRAEL said last week that it would not abandon its "no show, no tell" nuclear policy, because the long-standing strategy of deliberate ambiguity had paid off, writes Ohad Gozani. ...

12. Britain's rebate fear by Duncan Lumsden and Toby Helm -
THE European Commission is mounting another assault on the budgetary rebate won by Margaret Thatcher 20 years ago, threatening a new formula that would send the cost of EU membership soaring for British taxpayers.

13. Metric meddlers put their feet down - by Philip Johnston

14. Column by W. F. Deedes notes that, in a book recently published containing lists by regiment of everyone who has won the Military cross, few regiments exceed The Black Watch, one of those slated to disappear in government plans.
(The Weekly Telegraph No 678 July 21-27, 2004 mentions that Plans are for "Army reform as regiments go into Hoon's melting pot"
[Brief: The Green Howards, the Highlanders and the Black Watch face the axe.]);
Globe & Mail 27 July, 2004: [Editorial]: Undervalued and overburdened
[Brief: Opens with the words "THE AXE has finally fallen on Tommy Atkins and Jack Tar. After fighting three wars in five years in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq; after peacekeeping in Northern Ireland and Sierra Leone; after dealing with foot and mouth and fire strikes, the Armed Forces might have hoped for a little gratitude from Tony Blair. Not a bit of it... .]

15. [Edtorial]: We need Empire lessons -
The Editorial expresses surprise at the general reluctance of teachers to teach British history.
COMMENT: A Question arises: Are they ashamed of the British record? - Or are they programmed to teach towards a Planned One World Government?

16. The Queen honours legacy of the 'remarkable' Diana; Memories of the difficult times have mellowed, says monarch; 'I remember the happiness she gave to my grandsons' [Brief: colour-illus, pp. 28-29 spread.]

Globe & Mail 14 July, 2004:
1. Free-speech fight erupts after CRTC bans station - Top Quebec City radio outlet is ordered to shut down over hosts' offensive antics; Host's show has 80,000 listeners.
Also in Globe & Mail 15 July, 2004: Radio crackdown opens deep divide; Boss of shock-jock station 'straight-arrow' accountant - CEO condemns decision by regulator to cancel Quebec city broadcaster's license; CEO, employees working to overturn CRTC move; Al-Jazeera favoured to win CRTC approval;
[Editorial]: The CRTC's guide to improper speech.
Also: Globe & Mail 27 July, 2004: [Editorial]: The overpowering CRTC.

2. Wreck of German U-boat discovered off N.S. coast -
Halifax. A team of explorers and documentary filmmakers has found the wreck of a rare type of German U-boat 200 kilometres off the southwest coast of Nova Scotia. Mike Fletcher, a Canadian diver who helped find the sunken vessel, said his group, filming a segment for the TV program Sea Hunters asked fishermen if their nets had snagged anything while trawling near the Hague line. "One fisherman in particular said, 'There's a bejeezus big hook up out there,' and it turned out to be our submarine," Mr. Fletcher said. CP;
Also in The Weekly Telegraph No 677 July 14-20, 2004: U-boat found off Canada - "A GERMAN U-boat sunk by a British ship in 1942 has been found off Nova Scotia. Divers say the hatches of the submarine U-215 are still closed and 48 sailors are entombed inside. 'This is the first time the wreckage of [a U-boat] has been discovered in Canadian waters,' one of the divers said."

3. Social Studies by Michael Kesterton - Wrong place -
10-week old kitten rescued swimming and screaming 3 miles offshore in Gulf of Mexico.
& In Tornadoes - It turns out the Safest angle in a basement is not the SW corner, but the NE one.

4. Britain urged to replace public honours system - London.
Britain's system of public honours is archaic and should be reformed, a committee of lawmakers said yesterday. Age-old titles such as Sir and Dame should be phased out completely in the coming years, according to the report from the Commons public-administration committee. It recommended replacing the system with a new Order of British Excellence. Traditionalists condemned the report as a half-baked attempt to meddle with history. The changes proposed would "eventually result in Britain having all the individuality and heritage of the Cayman Islands," opposition Conservative lawmaker Michael Fabricant said.
Also Weekly Telegraph No. 678, July 21-27, 2004:
Viewpoints: MPs recommend Order of the Boot for knighthoods in honours shake-up; The Empire is worthy of honour: MBEs should be worn with pride; Review of honours system says 'don't stop gongs, flaunt them'

Globe & Mail 15 July, 2004:
1. Why Iraq could hurt Bush more than Blair - Analysis by Alan Freeman, Washington - [Brief: Bush has less time before his election date comes up.]

2. Headings: Inquiry slams UK's Iraq intelligence - Data unreliable but not deliberately intended to mislead, report concludes; Unlike British PM, Bush faces fast-approaching election; Car bomb kills 10; governor assassinated.

3. [Editorial]: 'No one lied' on Iraq; [Editorial]: Michael Moore's words

Globe & Mail 16 July, 2004:
1. Toronto second in proportion of foreign-born - by Erin Conway-Smith
Toronto has the second-largest proportion of foreign-born residents of any city in the world, a news UN report says: Almost half of the people who live there were born outside Canada. [Second only to Miami]

2. Al-Jazeera may never air in Canada
[Brief: Imposing responsibility for censorship on stations 24 hours a day under scrutiny by Jewish organizations means constant jeopardy with little return.]
Also Globe & Mail 19 July - Director defends Al-Jazeera - The maker of a documentary about the controversial network says the CRTC's decision 'is just the worst message you could give the Arab world'
Also Globe & Mail 24 July, 2004: Political correctness and the CRTC by Rex Murphy (Comment)

3. Too few natives, Asians, on TV: study - by Chris Lackner -
Asian and aboriginal Canadians are heavily underrepresented on television, according to a report released by the Task Force for Cultural Diversity on Television.

4. Trying to put a lid on Afghanistan's sinful Westerners - Kabul's expatriate community parties hard.
[Brief: Heading says it all - 6-columns, colour illus.]

5. New Zealand suspends contacts with Israel - Auckland, New Zealand.
Prime Minister Helen Clark suspended all high-level contacts with Israel yesterday after two Israelis suspected of being spies for Mossad were convicted for trying to obtain a passport by fraud. "The Israeli government was asked for an explanation and an apology three months ago. Neither has been received," Ms. Clark said in a statement. The country will suspend all high-level diplomatic contacts with Israel, cancel a visit by Israeli President Moshe Katzav and delay the approval and accreditation of a new Israeli ambassador, she said. Reuters

Globe & Mail 17 July, 2004:
1. Chess icon faces grudge match with Uncle Sam - Often hailed as the game's greatest player, Fischer could land in jail for UN violations (6-col. illus.)
Also Globe & Mail 22July, 2004: Ex-chess champ Fischer appeals deportation order; Globe & Mail 24 July, 2004: Death to the U.S. they are the worst liars and bastards" - Bobby Fischer in 1992 quote. [Brief: 6-col. illus.]

2.Technology: Fuel Cells: Ballard's celebrated drive hits a bumpy road;
Field getting crowded in race for cell supremacy. Hydrogen fuel and oxygen from air make electricity to power automobiles. (Full page, illus.)

3. Addiction: The real dangers of virtual gambling - by Mary Nersessian -
On-line gambling through a computer does not filter "hooked" gamblers who need help.

4. Bad Tidings - Every once in a while, normally benign plankton suddenly turns poisonous, killing everything in a vast expanse of ocean. A Florida marine scientist thinks he knows why, William Illsey Atkinson reports -
[Brief: Microscopic floating plankton, basic to the sea's food chain, if desperate for food, can produce toxins in a red tide that can kill and devour the food chain above them. (5-col. illus.).]

5. Moon landing: one small slipup for (a) man - What Neil Armstrong actually said - by Jacob Berkowitz -
[Brief: Neil Armstrong's recollection included "a", which he had intended and rehearsed. Journalists concluded after listening to the unenhanced tape, which was "fuzzy," that their stories should read "for man" in the combined account. Armstrong, on hearing the commemorative 45-rpm recording later said "Damn, I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn't I?"]

Globe & Mail 19 July, 2004: Israel extends controversial residency law
[Brief: Marriage between Israeli citizens and Palestinians doesn't confer Israeli citizenship.]

Globe & Mail 20 July, 2004:
Police use helicopter to chase book thief - Syracuse, N.Y.
A 36-year-old man led police on a brief car chase, driving on sidewalks, through parking lots and even against traffic on a busy boulevard, so he wouldn't get caught with stolen library books, according to police. "The officers were a little taken back when they found out what the deal was...rare books ... (police) did not have the titles or authors of the five stolen books but said they all dealt with Jewish religion. Haynes was not a student. He had tossed a backpack containing the books out the window. The books were recovered.

Weekly Telegraph No. 678, July 21-27, 2004:
1. Global warming 'is Sun's fault' -
GLOBAL warming has finally been explained: the Earth is getting hotter because the Sun is burning more brightly than at any time during the past 1,000 years, according to new research A study by Swiss and German scientists suggests that increasing radiation from the Sun is responsible for recent global climate changes.

2. Ultimatum Tree is burned by vandals - by Christopher Munnion in Johannesburg
- VANDALS have destroyed one of Africa's most historic relics, the Ultimatum Tree. It was under the sycamore fig tree beside the Tugela river in KwaZulu-Natal that the British delivered an ultimatum to the Zulus in the 19th century. The national heritage site and popular tourist attraction was burned to a blackened stump. Beneath the tree's shady branches in the summer of 1878, J W Shepstone, the British secretary of native affairs, handed what was later acknowledged to be an unfairly harsh ultimatum to Zulu delegates sent by King Cetshwayo. The conditions were rejected, leading to the Anglo-Zulu wars. British defeat at Islandlwana, the heroism at Rorke's Drift and British victory at Ulundi ... .

3. Pelicans crash instead of splash
[Brief: with temperatures of 110 degrees, they see mirages on Arizona pavements as water, and some are injured attempting landings.]

4. How teachers killed off our heroes - Few teenagers today learn about the glories of the British Empire, says Andrew Cunningham
[Brief: pictures showing Explorer: Captain James Cook, Hard man: Kitchener of Khartoum, Writer: Rudyard Kipling, Missionary: David Livingstone; Pioneer Robert Clive of India; soldier: Baden-Powell of Mafeking

5. British history inspires Hollywood -
HOLLYWOOD is making up for decades of neglect of British ancient history with a series of films inspired by the stories of Boudica and King Arthur... .

Globe & Mail 22July, 2004:
1. Obituary: Laurance S. Rockefeller 1910-2004 - Apostle of 'conservation ethic' - With political advocacy and gifts of land, the quiet Rockefeller enlarged and established U.S. national parks. [Brief: Full page, illus.]

2. Developing Alzheimer's linked to lifestyle more than genetics - Research with twins offers hope the disease can be delayed, perhaps prevented.

3. Video shows security staff pulling aside 9/11 hijackers - Baggage unchecked despite alarms, lawyer says.

Globe & Mail 23 July, 2004:
- Headings: - 1. Comment by Rick Salutin: Madonna's faith, Lenin's syphilis.
2. [Editorial]: Leading up to 9/11.
3. Army report raises number of prisoners believed abused (Number is 94?).
4. Australia failed in assessment of Iraqi threat, report finds.
5. 9/11 probe calls for spy overhaul and tighter border - Commission advises clampdown at border; Canada needs to heed findings of 9/11 report, victims' families say. (full page)
6. Radio station rally draws 50,000 - CHOI owner aims to pressure cabinet to restore license -
"This march is to put pressure on politicians so they listen to what the population of Quebec City really wants."; CRTC faces backlash in Ottawa - Frulla moving quickly, Heritage official says.

Globe & Mail 24 July, 2004: Obituary: John Carter Callaghan 1923-2004 A Canadian king of hearts -
researcher (including hypothermia) and surgeon, he helped to develop the pacemaker and performed the nation's first successful open-heart operation. (5-col. illus.)

Globe & Mail 26 July, 2004:
1. Elephant leaves tribute to best friend's passing
Vancouver -In the middle of Tina's gravesite in the elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, there sits an old, battered tire. After two days of standing by Tina's grave at the sanctuary, her best friend Sissy finally left, leaving behind her favourite tire as a tribute to her friend... . (2-columns - touching and thought provoking.)

2. Communication breakdown: CDs aren't forever after all - Well-kept records sound better than CDs -
(6-col. colour - maybe 10 year for some CDs, to 50 years plus for others? The "rust" problem explained)

Globe & Mail 27 July, 2004:
1. Israeli court upholds whistle-blower restrictions (Mordechai Vanunu)
2. Ivanhoe Cambridge harnesses the wind -
(Survey of cross-Canada situation regarding use of Wind Power) (6-col. illus by photo, map, graph, statistical listings)

The Weekly Telegraph No 679, July 28-August 3, 2004:
1. Camp plan for races to mix -
MINISTERS were urged to fund summer camps for white teen-agers to mingle with their black and Asian counterparts after a survey showed that nine in 10 white Britons had no or few ethnic minority friends. Trevor Phillips, the chairman of the Commission for racial Equality (CRE), said he believed that US-style summer camp places should be established where 16-year-olds could mix with teenagers they would otherwise not meet. A poll said most or all their friends were of the same race.

2. Zimbabwean cleric urges UK to denounce Mugabe; Mercenary gang goes on trial for revolution plot; Britons are accused of raiding Zulu battlefields. Also: Globe & Mail 29 July,: Commando pleads guilty to weapons possession - Harare

3. "Africa" [Brief: Two-page spread, colour illustrated, various headings on the plight of the continent.

Globe & Mail 29 July, 2004:
Aid group to quit Afghanistan - Medical agency blasts allied forces for linking help to military aims.
(Médecins sans frontières (doctors without Borders) cited danger, and is withdrawing after 25 years.

Globe & Mail 30 July, 2004: Obituary: Francis H. C. Crick 1916-2004 - He uncovered the blueprint for life - Nobel Prize-winner who co-discovered the structure of DNA was leading molecular biologist of his era (5-col. illus.)

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The Ballad Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary's, by Otto Kelland 1904-2004

Take me back to my western boat. . . . . . . . And let me view that ragged shore
Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's . . . . . . . . . .With the beaches all a-glisten
Where the hog-down sail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . With the caplin spawn
And the fog horns wail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Where from dusk till dawn
With my friends the Browns and . . . . . . . . .You bait your trawn, and you listen
. . . the Clearys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To the undertow a-hissin'
Let me fish off Cape St. Mary's . . . . . . . . . .And when I reach that last big shoal
Let me feel my dory lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Where the groundswells break asunder,
To the broad Atlantic combers . . . . . . . . . . .Where the wild sands roll to the
Where the tide rip swirls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . surge's toll
And the wild ducks whirl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Let me be a man and take it
And old Neptune calls the numbers . . . . . . .When my dory fails to make it
'Neath the wild Atlantic combers . . . . . . . . .Oh take me back to that snug
Let me sail up Golden Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . green cove
With my oilskins all a-streaming . . . . . . . . Where the seas roll up their thunder
From the thunder squalls when I . . . . . . . . . There let me rest
. . . hauled my trawls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In the Earth's cool breast
And my old Cape Ann a gleaming . . . . . . . . .Where the stars shine out their wonder
With my oilskins all a-streaming . . . . . . . . And the seas roll up their thunder