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JANUARY 2004 CANADA / NOVA SCOTIA SPECIAL FEATURE . Seismic Oil & Gas Testing: The People's Opposition to the Plunder of the Gulf Of St. Lawrence After a four year battle, Cape Breton joined the Deep South of the U.S. and some Third World countries when the government opened the Gulf to become one of the few places on the globe where oil and gas exploration is allowed close to shore ... A very dangerous potential exists to silently annex the entire St. Lawrence Basin to the continental United States, from the open Atlantic through the St. Lawrence Seaway more than 1,000 miles inland to the Great Lakes. ATLANTIC CANADA Voices of a nation - occupied & stateless Shunpiking's intrepid war correspondent, Jon Elmer, and his partner, Valerie Zink, will present residents' stories and share their experiences "from Occupied Palestine" ... MEDIA CULPA Martin Luther King Day (19/1/04) What's missing from TV coverage of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday? It's the last several years of his life, "as if flushed down a memory hole." Sustaining a space for alternate radio (1/21/04) CKDU -- a vibrant alternative to monochromatic media. CULTURE & LIFE Dirt in the fiddle (12/13/03) Gaelic community explores Féisean potential -- community-based festivals that offer instruction in Gaelic language, song, dance, music, storytelling and drama. By FRANK MACDONALD Movie review: Hollywood embraces Tolkien's "feudal socialism" We're dragged back to Middle Earth -- once again. By JOHN NEBAUER SERENDIPITY Discovering Winter: Ice Diving We are snowed in! Working on informative articles, natural history, shunpiking, our winter resource guide, stunning photography and much more. Check in at this space as our special online feature grows over the coming weeks. DIED THIS DAY John Maclean, January 16, 1848 Gaelic poet born at Caolas, Tiree, Scotland on January 8, 1787; 1819 emigrated to Canada; settled first at Barney's River, Nova Scotia; 1831 moved to Antigonish County; incorporated hardships of pioneer life in such poems as A' Choille Ghruamah (The Gloomy Forest); also known as Am Bard MacGilleathain (The Bard Maclean). Imagine seeing this in Canada's leading mass-circulation daily newspaper! Mhothaich mi na leanas anns an Globe and Mail sa mhadainn: Comments to : shunpike@shunpiking.com   Comments to : shunpike@shunpiking.com Copyright © 2004 New Media Services Inc. The views expressed herein are the writers' own and do not necessarily reflect those of shunpiking magazine or New Media Publications. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content. Copyright of written and photographic and art work remains with the creators. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The New Media Services IncYou may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content. Copyright of written, photographic and design work remains with the creators