History of Nova Scotia
with special attention given to
Communications and Transportation

Chapter 63
2000 July 19-31

2000 July 19

Gasoline Prices Hover Around 80¢ a Litre

Gas retailers are now required to post their gasoline prices for the passing motorist to see, and almost all retailers have complied with the new law. The lowest gasoline prices in Inverness County are still in Waycobah and Whycocomagh. Recent prices across Inverness County:

72.8¢ — Waycobah at Rod's
74.8¢ — Whycocomagh at Irving
74.8¢ — Whycocomagh at Ultramar
77.8¢ — Whycocomagh at Esso
77.9¢ — Mabou
78.9¢ — Delaney's
79.9¢ — Port Hastings
79.9¢ — Port Hawkesbury
80.9¢ — Cheticamp
80.9¢ — Inverness
80.9¢ — Judique
80.9¢ — Margaree Forks
80.9¢ — North East Margaree
80.9¢ — Port Hood Ultramar
81.9¢ — Belle Cote
83.9¢ — MacDonald Gas Bar

[Inverness Oran, 19 July 2000]

2000 July 19

Connect Time Poll

This week, the Nova Scotia Power website is asking its visitors to participate in a poll: "How many hours a week do you spend on the Internet?" There were three choices: "0-5", "6-10", or "more than 10". At 5:30am on Saturday, July 22nd, the report was: Thank you for taking the time to answer our survey. The results so far are:
Question: How many hours a week do you spend on the Internet?
Total votes cast: 70
Result so far:
23% have chosen "0-5"
27% have chosen "6-10"
50% have chosen "more than 10"
Source:
NS Power website http://www.nspower.ca/YourHome/

2000 July 19-24

Tall Ships at Halifax

List of 83 Sailing Ships in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia 19-24 July 2000

Ship's Name	Home Port	Class, Rigging	Launched
Akogare	Osaka Japan	class B topsail schooner 3 masts	1992
http://www.akogare.or.jp/ http://www.sailboston.com/ships/akogare.shtml
Alice Wragg	Bristol England	class C cutter	1999 Petite Riviere Nova Scotia
http://www.coveyisland.com/wragg.html http://www.coveyisland.com/news2.html http://www.coveyisland.com/AWaccomm.html
Amerigo Vespucci	La Spezia Italy	class A full rigged	1931 Castellamare di Stalia Italy
http://www.portocv.etruria.net/mare_vivo/vespucci.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/amerigo_vespucci.shtml
Arethusa	Lower Upnor Kent England	class CII ketch	1982 Ipswich England
http://www.asto.org.uk/arethusa.htm http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/arethusa/ http://www.sailboston.com/ships/arethusa.shtml http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/arethusa.htm http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page131c.html#Arethusa
Arung Samudera	Jakarta Indonesia	class B schooner 3 masts	1991 New Zealand
http://www.sailboston.com/ships/arung_samudera.shtml http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/arungsamudera.htm
Asgard II	Dublin Ireland	class AII brigantine	1981 County Wexford Ireland
http://www.asgard2.i-p.com/ http://www.sailboston.com/ships/asgard_ii.shtml
Bat'kivshchyna	Kiev Ukraine	class B schooner
http://discover-ukraine.kiev.ua/eng/batkivshchina.htm http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page132a.html#Batkivshchyna
Bel Espoir	Brest France	class A topsail schooner 3 masts	1944 Svendborg Denmark
http://www.dbay.com/Tall/bel.html http://www.concar.net/Belespoir/be.shtml http://www.sailboston.com/ships/bel_espoir_ii.shtml http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/belespoir.htm http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page132b.html#Bel_Espoir
Blitz	Genoa Italy	class CIII sloop	1998
http://www.sailboston.com/ships/blitz.shtml http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/blitz.htm
Bluenose II	Canada	class B schooner	1963 Smith & Rhuland Lunenburg Nova Scotia
http://www.bluenose2.ns.ca/ http://www.sailboston.com/ships/bluenose_ii.shtml http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/bluenose.htm
Bowdoin	Castine Maine U.S.A.	class C schooner	1921 Boothbay Maine, U.S.A.
http://209.222.220.16/mma/Bowdoin/TheArcticSchooner.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/bowdoin.shtml
Brilliant	Mystic Connecticut U.S.A.	class C schooner	1932 New York U.S.A.
http://www.mysticseaport.org/visiting/exhibits/ships.boats/brilliant.html http://www.classicschooner.com/vessels/brillian.html http://www.sailboston.com/ships/brilliant.shtml
Californian	Long Beach California U.S.A.	class B topsail schooner	1984 San Diego California
http://www.californian.org/htm/shipinfo.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/californian.shtml http://www.classicschooner.com/vessels/calfschn.html http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page133a.html#Californian
Capitan Miranda	Montevideo Uruguay	class A schooner	1930 Spain
http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page133a.html#Capitan_Miranda
Chance	Bermuda	class C cutter	May 2000 Petite Riviere Nova Scotia
http://www.coveyisland.com/chance.html
Chessie Racing	Baltimore Maryland U.S.A.	class CII ketch
http://www.charm.net/~madisonw/ http://www.digigate.net/whitbread/chessie.htm
Concordia	Nassau Bahamas or Quebec	class A barquentine	1992 Szczecin Poland
http://www.classafloat.com/g.html http://www.sailboston.com/ships/concordia.shtml http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page133b.html#Concordia
Concordia	Oslo Norway	class CI ketch	1985 Rostock Germany
http://www.sailboston.com/ships/concordia1.shtml
Danmark	Copenhagen Denmark	full rigged 3 masts	1933 Nakskov Shipyard Denmark
http://www.sofartsstyrelsen.dk/skoleskibet/index.html http://www.denmarkemb.org/ship.html http://www.sailboston.com/ships/danmark.shtml http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page134a.html#Danmark
Dar Mlodziezy	Gdynia Poland	class A full rigged	1981 Gdansk Poland
http://home.t-online.de/home/rolf.joachim.scheu/homepage.htm http://www.wsm.gdynia.pl/statki/index-e.html (English) http://www.wsm.gdynia.pl/statki/daropise.htm (Dar Mlodziezy specs) http://www.sailboston.com/ships/dar_mlodziezy.shtml http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page134a.html#Dar_Mlodziezy
Dasher	Gosport England	class CIII cutter	1977 Gosport England
http://www.rafsail.org.uk/offshore/tall_ships_2000.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/dasher.shtml http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/dasher.htm
Dewa Ruci	Surabaya Indonesia	class A barquentine	1952 Hamburg Germany
Eagle	New London Connecticut U.S.A.	class A barque 3 masts	1936 Hamburg Germany
http://www.cga.edu/eagle/default.htm http://www.maritimeheritage.org/tallships/eagle.html http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/wixtrain.htm http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page135a.html#Eagle_1
East Wind	Poland	class CII ketch
Eendracht	Netherlands	class A schooner	1974 Amsterdam Netherlands
http://www.eendracht.nl/ http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page135a.html#Eendracht
Eleanor Mary	Cowes Isle of Wight England	class CI cutter	1998 Petite Riviere Nova Scotia
http://www.coveyisland.com/wn51.html http://www.sailboston.com/ships/eleanor_mary.shtml
Elsie	Baddeck Nova Scotia Canada	class C yawl	1917 Baddeck Nova Scotia
http://www.elsiecharters.com/ http://www.nicholsonyachts.com/yacht/Elsie/nav.htm http://www.nicholsonyachts.com/yacht/Elsie/brochure.htm http://dundeeresort.com/articles.html http://www.atosea.com/atlantic.html
Ernestina	New Bedford Massachusetts U.S.A.	class B schooner	1894 Essex Massachusetts
http://www.ernestina.org/ http://www.umassd.edu/specialprograms/caboverde/ernestina.html http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/nhl/ernest.htm http://www.classicschooner.com/vessels/ernestin.html http://www.sailboston.com/ships/ernestina.shtml
Esmeralda	Valparaiso Chile	class A barquentine	1952 Cadiz Spain
http://www.mcall.com/html/special/opsail/esmerelda.htm http://www.icon.co.za/~glenpurdon/other/esmeralda/history.htm http://www.newzeal.com/steve/Ships/esmeralda.htm http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/chile.htm http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw0615arr.html http://www.tni.org/history/letelier/tnidocs/180600.htm http://search.boston.com/dailyglobe2/187/ oped/A_Tall_Ship_with_a_long_bloody_past+.shtml
Esprit	Bremen Germany	class CII schooner	1996 Bremen Germany
http://www.sailboston.com/ships/esprit.shtml
Europa	Amsterdam Netherlands	class A barque	1911 Hamburg Germany
http://www.barkeuropa.com/english/english.htm http://www.tallship-friends.de/ships.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/europa.shtml
Eye of the Wind	Penzance Cornwall England	class AII brigantine	1911 Brake Unterveser Germany
http://www.sailboston.com/ships/eye_of_the_wind.shtml http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/eyeofthewind.htm http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page135c.html#Eye_of_the_Wind
Fair Jeanne	Kingston Ontario Canada	class AII brigantine 2 masts	1982 Ottawa Ontario
http://www.sailboston.com/ships/fair_jeanne.shtml
Gloria	Cartegna Colombia	class A barque 3 masts	1968 Bilbao Spain
http://www.osakawtc.or.jp/sailosaka/shipdata/gloria/gloria.html http://www.sailboston.com/ships/gloria.shtml
Grand Nellie	St. Thomas Virgin Islands U.S.A.	class C schooner	1999
http://www.grandnellie.com/ http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page137b.html#Grand_Nellie
Gringo	La Plata Argentina	class B brigantine	1886 Roncallo Shipyard Italy
http://www.sailboston.com/ships/gringo.shtml
Gulliver of Southampton	Hamble England	class CIII yawl	1978
http://www.sailboston.com/ships/gulliver_of_southampton.shtml http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/gulliverofsouthampton.htm
Harvey Gamage	Islesboro Maine U.S.A.	class CI schooner	1973 South Bristol Maine, U.S.A.
http://www.sailgamage.org/ http://www.sailboston.com/ships/harvey_gamage.shtml http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/harveygamage.htm http://www.classicschooner.com/vessels/harveyga.html http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page138a.html#Harvey_Gamage
Hayseed IV	Chester Nova Scotia Canada	class C sloop	1912 New York
http://www.nationalpost.com/content/features/festivals/081399a.html
Hebe III	Mediterranean Czech Republic	class CIII sloop	1999 Les Herbiers France
http://www.yachting.cz/hebe/ http://www.sailboston.com/ships/hebe_iii.shtml http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/hebe3.htm
Highlander Sea	Halifax Nova Scotia Canada	class B schooner	1924 Essex Massachusetts
http://www.sailboston.com/ships/highlander_sea.shtml
Ice Maiden	U.K.	class CII sloop	1997 Southampton England
http://www.sailboston.com/ships/ice_maiden.shtml
Idea Due	Gallipoli Italy	class CI schooner	1986 Fano Italy
http://www.sailboston.com/ships/idea_due.shtml
Ikar	Nikolaev Ukraine	class CI sloop
http://www.invest.mk.ua/nikolaev.htm
Jens Krogh	Aalborg Denmark	class CI ketch	1899 Frederikshavn Denmark
http://www.jenskrogh.dk/ http://www.vision.auc.dk/~oka/jenskrog.htm http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page140a.html#Jens_Krogh http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/jenskrogh.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/jens_krough.shtml
John Laing	Portsmouth England	class CIII ketch	1990
http://www.asto.org.uk/ocean.htm http://www.oyc.org.uk/ http://www.oyc.org.uk/OYTSouth.htm http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/johnlaing.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/john_laing.shtml
Jolie Brise	Hamble England	class CI cutter	1913 LeHavre France
http://www.joliebrise.com/ http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/joliebrise.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/jolie_brise.shtml
Kaiwo Maru	Tokyo Japan	class A barque 4 masts	1989 Yokosuka Japan
http://www.osakawtc.or.jp/sailosaka/shipdata/kaiwomaru/kaiwomaru.html http://www.maritimeheritage.org/tallships/kaiwo.html http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page141a.html#Kaiwo_Maru_II http://www.sailboston.com/ships/kaiwo_maru_ii.shtml
Kruzenshtern	Kaliningrad Russia	class A barque 4 masts	1926 Bremerhaven Germany
http://www.tallship-friends.de/ships.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/kruzenshtern.shtml
Kukri	Gosport England	class CIII sloop	1975 Gosport England
http://www.rafsail.org.uk/offshore/tall_ships_2000.htm http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/kukri.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/kukri.shtml
Lettie G. Howard	New York U.S.A.	class B gaff topsail schooner	1893 Essex Massachusetts
http://www.southstseaport.org/shiphow.htm http://home.infi.net/~kredden/ships/lghoward.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/lettie_g_howard.shtml
Libertad	Buenos Aires Argentina	class A full rigged	1960 Rio Santaigo Argentina
http://www.ara.mil.ar/informacion/fragata_libertad/index.htm http://www.osakawtc.or.jp/sailosaka/shipdata/libertad/libertad.html http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page142b.html#Libertad http://www.cibernautica.com.ar/fragatalibertad/ http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/libertad.htm
Lord Nelson	Southampton England	class A barque 3 masts	1986 Southampton England
http://www.jst.org.uk/lord_nel/index.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/lord_nelson.shtml http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page142c.html#Lord_Nelson
Maiden	Hamble England	class CIII sloop	1980
http://www.maiden-international.com/about.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/maiden.shtml
Mir	St. Petersburg Russia	class A full rigged	1987 Gdansk Poland
http://www.tallship-friends.de/ships.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/mir.shtml
Mist of Avalon	Halifax Nova Scotia Canada	class C gaff rigged schooner	1967 Mahone Bay Nova Scotia
http://www.schoonerman.com/mist-avn.htm http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/mistofavalon.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/mist_of_avalon.shtml
Mistral	U.S.A.	class C schooner
Misty Isles	U.S.A.	class C ketch
Morning Star of Revelation	Chatham Kent England	class CI gaff rigged ketch	1981
http://www.morningstar.org.uk/mst.html http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/morningstarofrevelation.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/morning_star_of_revelation.shtml
Niagara	Erie Pennsylvania U.S.A.	class A brig	1988 Erie Pennsylvania
http://www.brigniagara.org/ http://moose.erie.net/~chamber/niagara.html http://www.sailboston.com/ships/niagara.shtml
Noble Dream	Canada	class C
Norfolk Rebel	Norfolk Virginia U.S.A.	class C gaff rigged schooner tugatine	1980
http://www.schoonerman.com/rebel.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/norfolk_rebel.shtml
NV Hamburg	Germany	class C
Ocean Spirit of Moray	Elgin Scotland	class CII ketch	1995 Ipswich England
http://www.gordonstoun.org.uk/grdnstn/seaman.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/ocean_spirit_of_moray.shtml http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/oceanspiritofmoray.htm
Oostershelde	Rotterdam Netherlands	class B topsail schooner 3 masts	1917 Netherlands
http://www.oosterschelde.nl/ http://www.sailboston.com/ships/oosterschelde.shtml http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page145a.html#Oosterschelde
Ouais Ouais	Canada	class C cutter	1976 British Columbia
Picton Castle	Avatiu, Rarotonga Cook Islands	class A barque	1928 Selby England
http://www.picton-castle.com/index.html http://www.brigantineinn.com/tall_ships.html http://www.sailboston.com/ships/picton_castle.shtml http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page146c.html#Picton_Castle
Pogoria	Gdynia Poland	class A barquentine 3 masts	1980 Gdansk Poland
http://www.oceanmasters.com/pogoria.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/pogoria.shtml http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page146c.html#Pogoria
Pride of Baltimore II	Baltimore Maryland U.S.A.	class B topsail schooner 2 masts	1988 Baltimore Maryland
http://www.intandem.com/NewPrideSite/ http://www.classicschooner.com/vessels/pride2.html http://www.sailboston.com/ships/pride_of_baltimore_ii.shtml
Road to the Isles	Canada	class C schooner
Roald Amundsen	Wolgast Germany	class A brig	1952 Rorlau East Germany
http://www.sailtraining.de/roald.html http://www.c@llas.de/e_index.html http://www.c@llas.de/e_roald.html http://www.tallship-friends.de/ships.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/roald_amundsen.shtml http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page148c.html#Roald_Amundsen
Rona II	London England	class CIII ketch	1991 London England
http://www.lsp.org.uk/ http://www.sailboston.com/ships/rona_ii.shtml http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/rona.htm
Rose	Bridgeport Connecticut U.S.A.	class A full rigged 3 masts	1970 Smith & Rhuland Lunenburg Nova Scotia
http://www.hmsrose.org/ http://www.tallshiprose.org/ http://www.brigantineinn.com/tall_ships.html http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/hmsrose.htm http://www.tallship-friends.de/ships.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/hms_rose.shtml
St. Lawrence II	Kingston Ontario Canada	class C brigantine	1955 Kingston Ontario
http://web.ctsolutions.com/brigantine/ http://www.sailboston.com/ships/st_lawrence_ii.shtml
Sarie Marais of Plymouth	Plymouth England	class CIII sloop	1993
http://www.sailboston.com/ships/sarie_marais_of_plymouth.shtml
Sherman Zwicker	Boothbay Harbor Maine, U.S.A.	class B schooner	1942 Smith & Rhuland Lunenburg Nova Scotia
http://www.schoonermuseum.org/ http://www.sailboston.com/ships/sherman_zwicker.shtml
Soren Larsen	Auckland New Zealand	class AII brigantine	1949 Nykobing Mors Denmark
http://www.sorenlarsen.co.nz/ http://www.tallshipnewswire.com/page149c.html#Soren_Larsen http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/sorenlarsen.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/soren_larsen.shtml
Spirit of Massachusetts	Boston Massachusetts U.S.A.	class B schooner	1984 Boston Massachusetts
http://www.sfcinc.org/spirit/ http://www.sailboston.com/ships/spirit_of_massachusetts.shtml http://www.classicschooner.com/vessels/spiritmas.html
Spray	U.S.A.	class C ketch
Stella Polare	Livorno Italy	class CIII yawl	1965 Chiavari Italy
http://www.marina.difesa.it/navi/stellapol.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/stella_polare.shtml
Walross III	Berlin Germany	class CIII ketch	1971 Nautor Finland
http://www.asv-berlin.de/ http://www.sailboston.com/ships/walross_iii.shtml
Zenobe Gramme	Zeebrugge Belgium	class CII ketch	1961 Temse Belgium
http://www.mil.be/marine/eng/700gr.htm http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/zenobegramme.htm http://www.sailboston.com/ships/zenobe_gramme.shtml
Zjawa IV	Gdynia Poland	class CII ketch	1949
http://www.sailboston.com/ships/zjawa_iv.shtml

Sources:
The Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 17 July 2000,
extensive use of the Google search engine, and
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic's Tall Ships Information File
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/tallnotes.htm

All of the above URLs were valid in July 2000.
They have been reproduced here by Copy and Paste.
There are no typing errors in the URLs, because no typing was involved.

Note: The sailboat El Siest Mares was planned to be at Halifax for the Tall Ships 2000, but on the way there ran aground on a reef near Liscomb Harbour, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, about 120km east of Halifax. The hull, made of "Ferro-cement" (reinforced concrete?), was seriously damaged by striking repeatedly (wave action) on rocks, and the vessel was detained at the wharf at Little Liscomb for several days for repairs, and did not reach Halifax during the main event. Captain Gerald Stoddard, of Kingston, Ontario, left his home port in Ontario on June 17th and was close to his destination when the grounding occurred.
[Guysborough Journal, 26 July 2000]

2000 July 20

New Holographic Coin Honours Bluenose

First coin with holograph

LUNENBURG — One of the most storied ships to sail out of Nova Scotia has been given yet another honour. A special hologram collector coin was unveiled in Halifax July 20th at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic,

The Royal Canadian Mint honoured
the original Bluenose on July 20th
in Halifax with the release of this
special hologram collector's coin.

bearing the image of the beloved Bluenose. The coin, issued by the Royal Canadian Mint, has a face value of $20, though it's selling for almost $60. It's the first in a special three-coin transportation series. The design was created by renowned Cape Breton artist J. Franklin Wright, whose work specializes in marine composition.

The new coins mark the first time a hologram has been used on change. On hand to tribute Bluenose were Premier John Hamm, Lieutenant-Governor Myra Freeman and six members of Bluenose's crew. The ceremony took place just steps away from Bluenose II. Danielle Wetherup, president of the Royal Canadian Mint, congratulated the people who work to keep the fishing schooner's memories alive. "The pride inspired by Bluenose is shared by all Canadians from coast to coast," she said. Senator Wilfred Moore, chairman of Bluenose II Preservation Trust gave a brief history of Bluenose's legacy at the ceremony. "We commend the Royal Canadian Mint in its decision to depict the original Bluenose in the design of this new collector's coin," he said.

There are only 15,000 copies of each coin being minted for worldwide distribution, and are available at the dealers and distributors such as local post office bureaus, although they are quickly selling out. Coins later to be released will honour Toronto, the first locomotive to be built in Canada, and the H.S. Taylor Steam Buggy, which is considered to be Canada's first automobile.

[Lunenburg Progress-Enterprise, 26 July 2000]

2000 July 21

Tall Ships 2000 on Internet from Halifax

Extensive coverage of the Tall Ships 2000 from Halifax, in the form of both audio and video clips, is available on the Internet from the CBC.

CBC Tall Ships 2000 website
http://halifax.cbc.ca/tallships2000/main.html

Tall Ships story archive — Programs aired on the CBC: The CBC is producing lots of Tall Ships-related reports and interviews. "In this page so you can find information you may have missed or would like to see/hear again. Content will be updated daily."
http://halifax.cbc.ca/tallships2000/archive.html

Numerous CBC audio clips are available online. Here are a few:

(Audio) Information Morning interview about what it takes to organize the Tall Ships visit to Halifax
Making it work - The Plan and The Planner, July 19th (running time 10:25)
http://radio.cbc.ca/regional/halifax/realaudio/interviews/14.ram

(Audio) Information Morning interviews 89 year-old Clem Hiltz about his memories of surviving one of the biggest storms of the century and his days on the original Bluenose (running time 11:51)
Tall Ships Memories - A Whale of a Tale from the Days of Sail July 18th
http://radio.cbc.ca/regional/halifax/realaudio/interviews/13.ram

(Audio) Information Morning interview: The August Gales of of 1926 and 1927 are legendary in Lunenburg County. In fact, people there still talk about the ferocity of the storms and the lives that were tragically taken (running time 8:21)
http://radio.cbc.ca/regional/halifax/realaudio/interviews/12.ram

Numerous CBC News video clips are available online.
Tall Ships story archive — First Edition (CBC supperhour news)
http://halifax.cbc.ca/tallships2000/archives/tv_archives.html

(Video) Montage of Tall Ships in Halifax Harbour, July 20th (running time 3:22)
http://halifax.cbc.ca/tallships2000/media/000720_montage.ram

(Video) The Race, July 20th, commentary by Rob Gordon (running time 1:45)
http://halifax.cbc.ca/tallships2000/media/000720_race_gordon.ram

(Video) The Arrival, July 19th, commentary by Phonse Jessome (running time 2:06)
http://halifax.cbc.ca/tallships2000/media/000719_jessome.ram

(Video) The Preparations, July 18th, commentary by Cynthia Kent (running time 2:01)
http://halifax.cbc.ca/tallships2000/media/000718_kent.ram

2000 July 21

Winners of Tall Ships 2000 Race
Boston to Halifax
16-19 July 2000

The American Sail Training Association has announced the final results of the Tall Ships 2000 race from Boston to Halifax. The results on corrected time are:

FIRST: Kaiwo Maru, Japan
http://www.osakawtc.or.jp/sailosaka/shipdata/kaiwomaru/kaiwomaru.html
http://www.inr2000.navy.mil/Japan.html
SECOND: Kruzenshtern, Russia
http://www.opsail2000ct.org/kruzenshtern.htm
http://www.inakoys.de/ships/kruzen.html
THIRD: Jolie Brise, UK
http://www.joliebrise.com/
http://www.tallshipscharleston.com/joliebrise.htm

Kaiwo Maru
The winners for each class are:

Class A Kaiwo Maru, Japan
Class AII Asgard II, Ireland
Class B Arung Samudera, Indonesia
Class CI Jolie Brise, UK
Class CII Sarie Marais of Plym, UK
Class CIII Hebe III, Czech Republic

The overall race results are calculated on a Time Correction Factor (TCF). Prior to the race, each vessel submits measurements on length of hull, beam (width of hull), sail area, rig type, age of vessel and other factors. A computer program, maintained by the International Sail Training Association, computes a TCF based on the above factors.

For this race, the TCFs range from 0.51 to 0.94. To calculate results, the vessel's actual time is multiplied by the TCF to provide the corrected time used for race results. The winning vessels are then grouped by class and given their position overall in the race.

The sailing distance from the starting line at Boston to the finish line at Halifax was 350 nautical miles 650 kilometres. The first ship to arrive, Mir, arrived 3 days, 44 minutes and 52 seconds after the start. The last to finish, Asgard II, arrived 3 days, 12 hours and 28 minutes after the start.

The race started in limited visibility conditions off Boston on 16 July and the vessels had very little wind and visibility for the first 18 hours of the race. The race committee considered advancing the time limit to ensure the vessels' arrival in Halifax on time but maintained the original schedule when the wind picked up from the southwest 10 to 20 knots about 15 to 35 km/h, providing ideal sailing conditions for the remainder of the race to Halifax.

"After a slow start, the race was very exciting for the young trainees as they reached speeds of 9 to 14 knots 16 to 26 km/h on the various vessels," said Steve Baker, Race Director, American Sail Training Association.

Source:
Tall Ships 2000 News website
http://www.tallships2000.com/news_show.asp?id=205

2000 July 22

New Glasgow Drive-In Movie

[New Glasgow Evening News, 22 July 2000]

2000 July 22

The Bulletin Named the Best in Canada

Lighthouse Staff Awarded for Work, Community Service

For the first time in its 113-year history, the Bridgewater Bulletin has been named Canada's best weekly newspaper in its circulation class.

Taking top marks in a field of twenty entrants from across the country, The Bulletin was singled out for best front page, community news, presentation (page design), advertising design and production quality. The paper also took second place for best editorial page.

The awards were presented last week in Magog, Quebec, at the 81st annual convention of the Canadian Community Newspapers Association.

In order to compete for the national general excellence awards, papers must place first, second or third in their regional competitions. In June, both The Bulletin and The Progress Enterprise were named best papers in Atlantic Canada in their respective circulation classes.

Nationally, The Bulletin is in circulation class 6,500 to 12,499. Judges in this competition said "while several publications provided a complete package, none were as appealing as The Bulletin. This is a delightful newspaper from cover to cover, providing everything from well-written quality news to sharp, crisp photographs.

"The effective use of colour and white space in the advertisements conveyed their message quickly and showed character and humour. The classified section was easy to read. Of all the newspapers entered in this category, The Bulletin was an easy overall winner."

The Carillon from Steinbach, Manitoba placed second, while The Representative from Leduc, Alberta, earned third place honours. The Progress Enterprise received a blue ribbon award for finishing in the top third of its circulation class.

In special competitions, Lighthouse reporter Lisa Brown won first place in the best feature story competition for her two-page article on Amy Thornton. Judges said, "Lisa Brown's interview with a young woman whose brother killed her family is riveting, emotional and an incredible tale. A very sensitive subject handled in a very professional manner."

Also in special competitions, The Bulletin won second place for best Car Care Section. "The section had a great cover, good theme and a strong balance between editorial content and ads," the judges said.

Lighthouse Publishing's millennium calendar project won third place in the best newspaper promotions category. Judges said "it was a great idea that promoted community participation, a subscription drive and kept the newspaper in the mind and sight for 12 months. A very original idea."

The Bulletin picked up another third place award in outstanding community service with its Earth Day Challenge. "The idea for an Earth Day Challenge came from seeing how much garbage accumulated after the snow melted," judges said. "First by issuing a challenge to the local radio station, the ball started to roll. The Bulletin ran various ads asking for help to clean up the area. Local business stepped in to offer everything from coffee, bottled water to non-latex gloves and garbage removal.

"The day was a resounding success due to The Bulletin. This is true community involvement for a community newspaper. A job well done above and beyond the day-to-day work at a community news-paper."

[Bridgewater Bulletin, 26 July 2000]

Reference:
Lighthouse Publishing Limited
http://www.lighthouse.ns.ca/

2000 July 22

CCNA grants highest honour to Hennigars

Awards recognize their 32-year newspaper odyssey

MAGOG, QUEBEC — A Mahone Bay couple has been granted the Canadian Community Newspapers Association's (CCNA) highest honour. Ralph and Marg Hennigar, of Lighthouse Publishing Limited, were named CCNA honorary life members July 22nd at the association's 81st National Convention in Magog, Quebec.

It was at the same convention, that their newspaper The Bridgewater Bulletin was named the best all-round Canadian newspaper with a circulation of between 6,500 and 12,499.

Ralph Hennigar, a graduate electrical engineer and lawyer, and Marg Hennigar began their newspaper odyssey in 1968. Together they parlayed their purchase of a printing plant and a small weekly newspaper into an award-winning, high-technology community newspaper group.

They bought a printing plant from one of Ralph's clients. It just happened to have a small weekly paper, The Progress Enterprise "that would help pay the overhead. "With loans from several banks and $100 cash, they purchased what was supposed to be a hobby that would run itself," said their daughter Lynn Hennigar, who made the presentations to her parents. She now serves as company president.

In 1972, they bought a competing newspaper The Bridgewater Bulletin, and a little later, changed their company name to Lighthouse Publishing Limited. Since that time, the firm's employment level has grown from about a dozen to 48 employees who work at the company's three offices and web printing plant. Newspaper production has gone from hot lead methods to state-of-the-art technology.

Today, The Bulletin and The Progress Enterprise have a combined circulation of 11,871 and the total market coverage publication The Lighthouse Log has a circulation of 26,000.

Over the years, the Hennigars have built up a team that has captured an impressive list of awards including first-place finishes for both The Bulletin and The Progress Enterprise in Atlantic Community Newspapers competitions.

As for "the hobby that would run itself," Marg found herself pressed into an editing post at The Progress Enterprise, soon after the couple bought the publication. After the previous editor left, Marg "walked into the paper's office in Lunenburg and sat behind the desk, giving new meaning to on-the-job training," Lynn Hennigar said. One of her first achievements was in creating the lighthearted family column Egbert and I, which gave humorous glimpses of Hennigar family life and provided amusing anecdotes about food and travel. The column ran for twenty years.

But it is her editorials that are undoubtedly Marg's greatest contribution to the community newspaper field.

Since 1989, she has won a total of eighteen regional, national and international awards for her editorial writing.

In a nomination letter for the prestigious Eugene Cervi Award, veteran Prince Edward Island newspaperman Paul McNeil describes her writing as "critical but fair. She is tough but not prone to overblown rhetoric. Her writing style is elegant in its simplicity," Mr. McNeil wrote in recommending her for this award offered by the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors.

Although involved in all aspects of these newspapers over the years, perhaps Ralph's greatest effort and contribution has been on the legal and technical side. After he began retiring in 1985 from the one-man law practice that grew to be the respected firm of Hennigar, Wells, Lamey and Baker, Ralph put his legal and engineering talents to work for Lighthouse Publishing.

Having built his first computer in 1978, he wrote a number of computer programs for the company. His interest and expertise in computers keeps Lighthouse at the leading edge of technology. "He's our in-house technical and business consultant," said Lynn Hennigar. "Business expertise and tax planning skills are his trade mark."

Ralph has been an untiring worker and staunch supporter of the newspaper associations and was instrumental in designing the bylaws for the ACNA and CCNA. He is a past director, secretary, treasurer and president of ACNA and a former director and past president of the CCNA. Marg also served as a director, secretary and president of ACNA and is a former board member of CCNA.

[Bridgewater Bulletin, 2 August 2000]
[Lunenburg Progress-Enterprise, 2 August 2000]

2000 July 25

John Bragg Had a Good Year

Wealthiest Nova Scotian

For cable magnate John Bragg, 1999 was a very good year. According to Canadian Business magazine's profile of the nation's 100 wealthiest people, the 60-year-old blueberry king of Collingwood, Cumberland County, rose seven places in the ranking from last year's survey to reach 60th place, the top ranking for any Nova Scotian. And likely more importantly from his perspective, Bragg increased his net worth from about $350,000,000 to about $500,000,000. The magazine credits some of the growth to the 4,000 customers who have signed on for local phone services courtesy of his cable company, EastLink. There were two other Nova Scotians in the list of Canada's richest people, which was topped by media mogul Ken Thomson, who had a net worth estimated at $23,500,000,000. Halifax industrialist Ken Rowe also had a good year according to Canadian Business. The IMP Group owner rose from 86th place to 80th while adding almost $100,000,000 to his new worth to hit $380,000,000. The Stellarton-based Sobeys family fell to 80th place, down from 64 last year. The family added only $5,000,000 to its net worth in 1999, the magazine said. Annapolis Valley titans, the Jodrey family, stood at 78th place with $305,000,000 in last year's survey, but fell out of the rankings after the magazine adjusted its estimates of the secrective family's holdings.
[Halifax Daily News, 25 July 2000]

References:
Oxford Frozen Foods Limited
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume1/chapter17/Oxford.htm
Nova Scotia's lowbush blueberry marketing system
http://agri.gov.ns.ca/nsbi/wbic/hist/kinsman5090/chap16.htm
"The Rich 100," Canadian Business, 13 August 1999
John Bragg: Net worth: $350 million (1999) — cable television, frozen berries, real estate, building supplies — "little-known Maritime entrepreneur"
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/special_lists/july30_99_rich1003.html

As of 25 July 2000, the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies records showed John Bragg as a director of the following companies (this list is incomplete):

[RJSC ID#1064143] Able Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#1078266] Antigonish Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#1666181] Avonport Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#3003977] Bay Cable Holdings Limited
[RJSC ID#2022573] Bragg Communications Incorporated
[RJSC ID#1007877] Bragg Lumber Company Limited
[RJSC ID#2204777] J.L. Bragg Holdings Limited
[RJSC ID#1061202] Central Cable Television Limited
[RJSC ID#1759794] Collingwood Cablevision
[RJSC ID#2488786] Collingwood Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#2392467] Eastern Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#2507514] Eastern Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#1031409] Eastern Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#2273613] E & O Cable Holdings Limited
[RJSC ID#1040556] Halifax Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#3043810] Island Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#1065348] Mid-Valley Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#1569984] New Germany Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#2512427] New Glasgow Cable Limited
[RJSC ID#3016243] Oxford Communications Inc.
[RJSC ID#1032868] Oxford Frozen Foods Limited
[RJSC ID#2035737] Oxford Transport Limited
[RJSC ID#1822650] Oxford Ventures Limited
[RJSC ID#2411139] Portage Community Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#1724663] Port Bickerton Cable Limited
[RJSC ID#1536880] Prince County Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#1526927] Prospect Bay Cable Company Limited
[RJSC ID#2048560] Sackville Cable TV Limited
[RJSC ID#1514857] St. Margaret's Bay Cable Company Limited
[RJSC ID#1444681] Scotia Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#1119429] Seabreeze Cablevision Limited
[RJSC ID#1757450] Sheet Harbour Cable Limited
[RJSC ID#1114355] Springhill Cable TV Limited
[RJSC ID#1097985] Viking Cable T. V. Limited
Source: Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies [RJSC]
http://www.gov.ns.ca/bacs/rjsc/
Note: In August 2000 the RJSC database was moved to
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/rjsc/

As of 18 January 2000, SEDAR records showed John Bragg as a director (since 1994) of Shaw Communications Incorporated, Calgary, Alberta
Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications company with core cable television, Internet and satellite businesses. Shaw provides broadband cable television and Internet services to approximately 1.8 million customers, representing about 22% of the Canadian cable television market. Shaw's interest in the satellite industry is through an approximate 62% equity interest in Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. (Cancom), a provider of satellite communications and broadcasting services including digital direct to home (DTH) television services. Shaw also holds a portfolio of investments in Internet, interactive television, e-commerce and telecommunications companies. Shaw's total revenue for the year ended August 31, 1999 and for the six months ended February 29, 2000 was approximately $709,400,000 and $441,300,000 respectively. As at February 29, 2000, Shaw had assets of approximately $4,100,000,000.

March 23, 2000 — Rogers Communications Incorporated (Rogers) and Shaw Communications Incorporated (Shaw) today announced a wide-ranging series of agreements pursuant to which they have agreed to a major swap of cable assets and the creation of strategic Internet alliances. These agreements included the following:

As part of a strategy of building a national Internet backbone company, Shaw announced earlier this week a transaction with 360networks (formerly Worldwide Fiber Inc.) that would see Shaw invest US$100 million in 360networks, acquire a national dark fibre network for $225 million, and commit to purchase approximately $25 million of OC-48 capacity over a 3 to 4 year period. Rogers has agreed to invest $125 million in the new Internet backbone company and receive a 49% interest in the new company. Shaw and Rogers will commit all of their Internet backbone traffic to this new company.

Source: SEDAR — System for Electronic Document Archiving and Retrieval, operated by the Canadian Repository for Securities
http://www.sedar.com/

Video Servers in Strategic Clusters
from Victoria to Halifax

On March 20, 2000, Shaw and 360networks (formerly Worldwide Fiber Inc.) announced a strategic relationship that will see Shaw make an equity investment of U.S.$100 million in 360networks and enter into a capacity lease arrangement and purchase of a national fibre optic network. The combined value of the capacity lease and fibre network is estimated at Cdn $250 million. This investment will take place over a 3-year period and replaces a portion of the capital expenditure program previously contemplated to meet Shaw's growing demand for broadband Internet backbone capacity. The network will serve as the national platform for Shaw's broadband Internet services and an interconnection for high capacity video servers that will be situated in strategic clusters from Victoria to Halifax.
Source: Shaw news release, 27 March 2000
http://www.shaw.ca/investor_relations/press/quarters/000327_qtr2.htm

Reference:
Shaw Communications Incorporated website http://www.shaw.ca/ BR>

2000 July 25

Fibre Optic Mega-Project
Brings Temporary Economic Boom to Sheet Harbour

Trans-Atlantic Cables Again Important in Nova Scotia

It's the Internet

Local stevedores are busy transferring about 2,500 kilometres of high-speed fibre optic cable from a freighter to an adjacent cable-laying vessel docked at the North Atlantic Marine Terminal, at Sheet Harbour in eastern Halifax County.

"In a 24-hour period, we have two gangs of 32 stevedores each out on two 12-hour shifts," said Malcolm Swinemar, vice-president of marketing for Ceres, the terminal operator. The cable transfer is expected to be completed this week.

"It certainly creates a lot of man hours of work," Mr. Swinemar said. "Transferring fibre optic cable from one ship to another is a very labour-intensive program."

Besides jobs, the project has provided a boost to business in the Eastern Shore community.

"It's been a mini-boom," said Ralph LeBlanc, owner of Fairwinds Motel in Sheet Harbour. Seven of his motel's ten units will be occupied by project workers until the end of the month. "Normally this time of year, 95 per cent of the units are occupied by tourists and 5 per cent by workers," he said. "But this year it has flipped, with 60 per cent of the units occupied by workers and 40 per cent by tourists."

Down the road at the Sheet Harbour Motel, the story is much the same — workers are staying in seven of the motel's twelve units.

The Bahamian-registered freighter CEC Westoe arrived in Sheet Harbour on July 17th, with its hold filled with huge coils of the Japanese-made cable.

Two days later, the vessel met up with the Japanese cable-layer Subaru, which had just finished laying a section of the cable in the Atlantic and had come to Sheet Harbour to be resupplied.

Lowell Moser, a stevedore, stands atop a huge coil
of fibre optic cable being transferred from a freighter
to Japanese cable-laying vessel Subaru at the
marine terminal at Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia.

The cable is part of TAT (Trans-Atlantic) 14, the latest in a series of fibre optic cables that a European-American consortium is having installed.

The 2,500 kilometres of cable being loaded aboard Subaru represents about 20 per cent of the 12,000-kilometre system, said a spokesman close to the project who declined to be identified.

TAT 14 is a loop that starts and ends in New Jersey. When completed, it will link the United States to Norway, Germany, Holland, France and England.

If one side of the loop fails, the spokesman said information can still flow back and forth on the other side.

He said ten ships are involved in the project, which is about 70 per cent complete. The cable is expected to be ready for service early next year.

"The cable can carry hundreds of thousands of high-speed digital data channels," the spokesman said. The project is all Internet-driven, which demands high-speed capacity.

"Satellites can't come close to the speed of fibre optic cables," he said.

The spokesman said that before installation, the route was pre-measured to determine the exact distance. The ocean floor was also mapped to ensure the cable goes around undersea obstructions.

In coastal waters, where there is a need to protect the cable from fishing activity, he said Subaru is equipped to dig-in and bury the cable in a trench five metres deep. It's the first Japanese system ever to be used in laying cable in the Atlantic, he added.

Cable Ship Subaru
Home port: Yokohama
Registry: Japan

Global Marine is project leader in partnership with NTT-WEN, the Japanese firm installing the cable.

Sheet Harbour is not the only Nova Scotia community benefiting from fibre optic technology.

Herring Cove — a Halifax suburb — is the Canadian landfall for a competing high-speed transatlantic fibre optic network. Vancouver-based 360networks is putting the finishing touches on a 2,700-square-metre cable landfall station just outside Halifax, which will be part of an $80-million investment in the province. The $1,200,000,000 Hibernia fibre optic network is a high-capacity system designed to satisfy increasing demand for telecommunications capability between North America and Europe.

That 12,200-kilometre system will link cable landing stations in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Dublin, Ireland; Liverpool, England; and Boston, Massachusetts. The Halifax station, on 16 hectares at Hospital Point in Herring Cove, will handle three undersea cables — two transatlantic legs and one to Boston.

[Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 25 July 2000]

2000 July 25

Summer Schedule Extended Four Weeks
for Ferry Service to Newfoundland

Heavy traffic this year

The summer ferry service between North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Argentia, Newfoundland, will be extended by four weeks this season, the operator announced yesterday. The service, which was supposed to end September 16th, will offer departures from North Sydney every Monday at 8:00am local time until October 16th. The ferry will depart Argentia every Tuesday at 8:00am local time until October 17th. Marine Atlantic, the Crown corporation that operates the service, said the extension was needed to handle heavier tourist traffic. "More and more tourists are travelling on the shoulders of the traditional tourist peak season in summer these days," said Roger Jamieson, president of Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador. Ferry service between North Sydney and Port aux Basques, which is a much shorter route, continues year round. The longer route is shut down during the winter months when the rougher weather moves in. About 500,000 people are expected to use the service this year.
[Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 25 July 2000]
[Halifax Daily News, 25 July 2000]

2000 July 26

Internet Much Bigger Than We Thought

Vast resources invisible to conventional searches

Existing search engines can't reach the Deep Web

The Internet has become so large so fast that sophisticated search engines are just scratching the surface of the Web's vast information reservoir, according to a new study released Wednesday, July 26th.

The 41-page research paper, prepared by a South Dakota company that has developed new software to plumb the Internet's depths, estimates the World Wide Web is 500 times larger than the maps provided by popular search engines like Yahoo!, AltaVista and Google.com.

These hidden information coves, well-known to the Net savvy, have become a tremendous source of frustration for researchers who can't find the information they need with a few simple keystrokes. "These days it seems like search engines are a little like the weather: Everyone likes to complain about them," said Danny Sullivan, editor of SearchEngineWatch.com, which analyzes search engines.

For years, the uncharted territory of the Internet's World Wide Web sector has been dubbed the "invisible Web." BrightPlanet, the Sioux Falls start-up behind Wednesday's report, describes the terrain as the "deep Web" to distinguish from the surface information captured by Internet search engines. "It's not an invisible Web anymore. That's what so cool about we are doing," said Thane Paulsen, BrightPlanet's general manager. Many researchers suspected that these underutilized outposts of cyberspace represented a substantial chunk of the Internet, but no one seems to have explored the Web's back roads as extensively as BrightPlanet.

Deploying new software developed over the past six months, BrightPlanet estimates there are now about 550 billion documents stored on the Web.

Deep Web now contains about 7,500 terabytes of information

Public information on the Deep Web is currently 400 to 550 times larger than the commonly defined World Wide Web. The Deep Web contains 7,500 terabytes of information, compared to 19 terabytes of information in the surface Web. The Deep Web contains nearly 550 billion individual documents compared to the 1 billion of the surface Web. More than an estimated 100,000 Deep Web sites presently exist. Sixty of the largest Deep Web sites collectively contain about 750 terabytes of information — sufficient by themselves to exceed the size of the surface Web by 40 times.

Combined, Internet search engines index about one billion pages. One of the first Web search engines, Lycos, had an index of 54,000 pages in mid-1994.

While search engines obviously have come a long way since 1994, they aren't indexing even more pages because an increasing amount of information is stored in evolving, giant databases set up by government agencies, universities and corporations.

Search engines rely on technology that generally identifies "static" pages, rather than the "dynamic" information stored in databases.

This means that general-purpose search engines will guide users to the home site that houses a huge database, but finding out what's in them requires additional queries.

BrightPlanet believes it has developed a solution with software called "LexiBot." With a single search request, the technology not only searches the pages indexed by traditional search engines, but delves into the databases on the Internet and fishes out the information in them.

The LexiBot isn't for everyone, BrightPlanet executives concede. For one thing, the software costs money — US$89.95 after a free 30-day trial. For another, a LexiBot search isn't fast. Typical searches will take 10 to 25 minutes to complete, but could require up to 90 minutes for the most complex requests. "This isn't for grandma when she is looking for chocolate chip recipes on the Internet," Paulsen said.

The privately held company expects LexiBot to be particularly popular in academic and scientific circles. It also plans to sell its technology and services to businesses.

About 95 percent of the information stored in the deep Web is free, according to BrightPlanet.

Several Internet veterans who reviewed BrightPlanet's research Wednesday were intrigued, but warned that the company's software could be too overwhelming.

"The World Wide Web is getting to be so humongous that you need specialized engines. A centralized approach like this isn't going to be successful," predicted Carl Malamud, co-founder of Petaluma-based Invisible Worlds.

Like BrightPlanet, Invisible Worlds is trying to extract more data hidden from search engines, but is customizing the information.

Malamud calls this process "giving context to the content." Sullivan agreed that BrightPlanet's greatest challenge will be showing businesses and individuals how to effectively deploy the company's breakthrough.

"No one else has come up with something like this yet, so when they fetch people all this information on the deep Web, they are going to have to show people where to dive in. Otherwise, people will just drown."

Sources:
Associated Press story, 26 July 2000
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2568446616-9d8
and Deep Web FAQs
http://www.completeplanet.com/help/help_deepwebFAQs.asp

"BrightPlanet.com LLC is a privately held company founded in 1999 and is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. BrightPlanet's Internet content services are based on the first and only search technology capable of mining the combined 'surface' and 'deep' content from the World Wide Web. The deep Web is a vast reservoir of Internet content that is 500 times larger than the known World Wide Web. There are literally hundreds of billions of highly valuable documents hidden in an estimated 100,000 searchable databases applicable to every market and domain. Content from these searchable databases can not be identified using existing search engines. Only BrightPlanet can harvest this deep content and integrate it with standard Web content."
http://www.brightplanet.com/

References:
BrightPlanet's Deep Web white paper is available at
http://www.completeplanet.com/Tutorials/DeepWeb/index.asp

Deep Web FAQs http://www.completeplanet.com/help/help_deepwebFAQs.asp

What is the "deep" Web?
How does the "deep" Web differ from the "surface" Web?
Why haven't I heard before about the "deep" Web?
Is the "deep" Web the same thing as the "invisible" Web?
How large is the "deep" Web?
How does the content and quality of the "deep" Web differ from the "surface" Web?
Is the "deep" Web growing faster or slower than the "surface" Web?
Why can't I search the "deep" Web using standard search engines?
I occasionally see "deep" Web content using search engines. Why is that?
I often miss "surface" Web content using search engines. Why is that?
...

Search Engine Watch — comprehensive and current coverage of search engines
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/
InvisibleWorlds
http://invisible.net/

"Drowning in Data" Scientific American, October 1999
http://www.sciam.com/explorations/1999/100499data/

Extensive Deep Web Resources in Nova Scotia

There is a lot of "Deep Web" information — not indexed and not reported by the usual search engines we all use — right here in Nova Scotia. Much of it has been placed on the Net by the Nova Scotia Government, and the invisibility of this information is highlighted by the simple fact that it is not reported even by the Government's own search service, let alone the biggies like Google and AltaVista and Yahoo and Inktomi.

The local Deep Web resource I use most often nowadays is the database maintained (updated daily) by the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies (RJSC), at http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/rjsc/. This database — the legal record of all incorporated companies, non-profit societies, and similar business organizations — provides convenient examples of what is meant by the "Deep Web". RJSC operates a search service built into this database, but this search service barely scratches the surface. You can search for information only by keywords that appear in the legal name of the company.

You cannot do a search for the name of a person who is a Director of any company. For example, if you want to find which companies (or societies, etc.) have John C. Trail as a director, the RJSC search service won't work. Neither will any other search engine perform this search within the RJSC database.

All companies have an official Registered Agent, but you cannot do a search for companies whose Registered Agent is Bobby Klobber, or Ralph Kramden, or any other name. (The Registered Agent is an interesting category — companies which have the same person as Registered Agent often are closely related.)

The RJSC database has a record of the name of the President of many companies, but you cannot do a search on this information.

You cannot do a search for telecom companies. If the word "telecom" appears in the company's legal name, the RJSC search service will report it, otherwise not. For each company, the database includes a field "Nature of Business" but this field is invisible to the RJSC search service (and to all other search engines). You cannot do a search for service stations, or for paving companies, or for building contractors, or for any other line of business. This information exists within the database, but is invisible to all search services, including that operated by the RJSC itself.

You may want to search for companies with offices in a certain location. For example, you may want to obtain a list of companies with offices in Yarmouth, or in Springhill, or in Inverness, or in postal code B0P 1H0, or in telephone exchange 234. The RJSC database contains this information, but the RJSC search service does not report it. Neither does any other search engine. All this is part of the Deep Web.

There are certain special legal categories recorded in the database but invisible to searches. For example, in Nova Scotia there is a special category known as "Unlimited Liability" companies, but you can't do a search for such companies as a type of corporation — only for those which have "Unlimited Liability" as part of the company name (and many do not).

Remember, none of this is secret. All of it is public information. These details are posted on the Internet and — in principle — are available to anyone with an Internet connection and a browser, and lots of time and perseverance and savvy. The catch is — how do you find this stuff?

There are many other Nova Scotia "Deep Web" information sources. For example, three newspaper archives, operated by:

The Halifax Herald Limited http://www.herald.ns.ca/
Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star
current issues and five back issues (one week)
Lighthouse Publishing Limited http://www.lighthouse.ns.ca/
Bridgewater Bulletin and Lunenburg Progress-Enterprise
current issues and nine back issues (nine weeks)
The Cape Breton Post http://www.capebretonpost.com/
current issue and 500+ back issues (from October 1998)

Internet Now Has About 20,000 Search Engines

There may be on the order of 20,000 to 25,000 total search engines currently on the Web.
Source:
BrightPlanet's 41-page white paper on the Deep Web
§ "Thousands of Conventional Search Engines Remain Undiscovered"
http://www.completeplanet.com/Tutorials/DeepWeb/results_500times15.asp#_Toc481504052

2000 July 26

Projection Equipment Upgrade for Liverpool Movie Theatre

Only movie theatre between Halifax and Shelburne

The Region of Queens is buying new projection equipment for the Astor Theatre's movie operations. The regional council decided to purchase the equipment from a theatre which recently closed in the Annapolis Valley. Getting the new system into working order will require upgrading the theatre's electrical wiring. CAO David Clattenburg said renovations had to be made to the electrical room, including fire-rated walls and ceiling. The total cost for the improvements is budgeted at $26,500, which includes the installation of a 400-ampere electrical panel. The money will come from the general operating accumulated surplus account. Mayor Christopher Clarke said the new machinery replaces projection equipment from the 1950s.
[Liverpool Advance, 26 July 2000]

2000 July 26

Time Runs Out for Liverpool's Parking Meters

The Municipality of the Region of Queens has decided to remove the parking meters in downtown Liverpool. The decision came after the South Queens Chamber of Commerce encouraged the regional council to remove the meters believing it would help stimulate business. The eighty existing meters have been generating about $25,000 a year in parking revenue and fines. The issue surfaced when Senior Constable John Croft reported that nine outdated meters are in need of repair and parts are no longer available. Last week, another five meters were reported to be not working. Replacing the entire fleet of eighty meters has been estimated to cost about $25,000. The removal of the meters has been under consideration for some time. In its 2000-2001 budget, approved several months ago, the regional council eliminated the line item which indicates revenue from parking meters and fines.
[Liverpool Advance, 26 July 2000]

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History of Nova Scotia with special attention given to Communications and Transportation

2000 July 19

Gasoline Prices Hover Around 80¢ a Litre

2000 July 19

Connect Time Poll

2000 July 19-24

Tall Ships at Halifax

2000 July 20

New Holographic Coin Honours Bluenose

First coin with holograph

2000 July 21

Tall Ships 2000 on Internet from Halifax

2000 July 21

Winners of Tall Ships 2000 Race Boston to Halifax16-19 July 2000

2000 July 22

New Glasgow Drive-In Movie

2000 July 22

The Bulletin Named the Best in Canada

Lighthouse Staff Awarded for Work, Community Service

2000 July 22

CCNA grants highest honour to Hennigars

Awards recognize their 32-year newspaper odyssey

2000 July 25

John Bragg Had a Good Year

Wealthiest Nova Scotian

Video Servers in Strategic Clusters from Victoria to Halifax

2000 July 25

Fibre Optic Mega-Project Brings Temporary Economic Boom to Sheet Harbour

Trans-Atlantic Cables Again Important in Nova Scotia

It's the Internet

2000 July 25

Summer Schedule Extended Four Weeks for Ferry Service to Newfoundland

Heavy traffic this year

2000 July 26

Internet Much Bigger Than We Thought

Vast resources invisible to conventional searches

Existing search engines can't reach the Deep Web

Deep Web now contains about 7,500 terabytes of information

Extensive Deep Web Resources in Nova Scotia

Internet Now Has About 20,000 Search Engines

2000 July 26

Projection Equipment Upgrade for Liverpool Movie Theatre

Only movie theatre between Halifax and Shelburne

2000 July 26

Time Runs Out for Liverpool's Parking Meters

History of Nova Scotia
with special attention given to
Communications and Transportation

Winners of Tall Ships 2000 Race
Boston to Halifax
16-19 July 2000

Video Servers in Strategic Clusters
from Victoria to Halifax

Fibre Optic Mega-Project
Brings Temporary Economic Boom to Sheet Harbour

Summer Schedule Extended Four Weeks
for Ferry Service to Newfoundland