{"id":93,"date":"2015-02-19T20:24:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T01:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aerendel.org\/CanadianNews\/?p=93"},"modified":"2015-02-19T20:24:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T01:24:55","slug":"thursday-19-february-2015-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/CanadianNews\/thursday-19-february-2015-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, 19 February, 2015 – News?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, 19 February, 2015\u00a0 -( +7\u02daF \/ -14\u02daC\u00a0 w\/’Blowing Snow’ @ 9:30 am near Ithaca )-\u00a0\u00a0-( +16\u02daF \/ -9\u00b0C \u00a0 w\/Light Snow\u00a0 @ 10:30 am Closer to Halifax \u2014jim w\u2014)-\u00a0\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0 { Headlines compiled by douglas j otterson & jim wellington, with help from \u2014jda\u2014 } { Some things change, some articles remain. Do you know where your survival kit is?\u00a0 \u2014djo\u2014 } <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

{ CBC is forecasting 2 – 5 cm\/ less than 2 inches of snow for our area today. The Weather Network is forecasting 10 – 15 cm\/4-6 inches over the next 24 hours. At a little after 10 am I let the boof out to romp in the snow and make some of it yellow. There were two or three flakes per cubic foot in the air. Ten minutes later I had a hungry dog with a wide stripe of wide across his back and it was probably snowing in the ‘moderate’ range. —jim w— }<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

{ & I thought I could get some novel writing done, but when I sat down there were notices of tweets and I made the mistake of checking them out and they are way too ‘interesting’ – I have to get busy here and tell y’all about them. —djo— }<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Autumn<\/a>
Let’s start out with a bit of colour – Very pretty autumn leaves, don’t know where or when, except that parts of the west and northwestern U.S.A. never see red autumn leaves because their trees only turn yellow and brown.\u00a0 —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Encouragement<\/a>
And a little encouragement is always a good thing. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"War<\/a>
And a bit of Nostalgia\/History – & Yoko just had a birthday. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

{ Today\u2019s Birthdays : <\/em>\u2014 You can find all this and more at http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/today\/birthdays.php<\/a>\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

February 17th: 1781- Ren\u00e9-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope). 1837- Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws). 1844- A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward).\u00a0 1874- Thomas J Watson, US, representative\/founder (IBM). 1908 – Walter L “Red” Barber, Miss, sports announcer (Bkln Dodgers, NY Yanks). 1925 –<\/b> Hal Holbrook, actor (All the President’s Men, Mark Twain), born in Cleveland, Ohio. 1929- Chaim Potok, novelist (Promise), born in NYC, New York. 1936- Jim Brown, St. Simons Georgia, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns). 1939 \u2013 Mary Ann Mobley, Biloxi Ms, Miss America-1959\/actress (Diff’rent Strokes). 1941 \u2013 Gene Pitney, Hartford Ct, vocalist\/songwriter (Town Without Pity).\u00a0 1942- Huey Newton, Black Panther leader. 1957 \u2013 Loreena McKennitt, Canadian vocalist & musician. 1962- Lou Diamond Phillips, Philippines, actor (La Bamba, Stand & Deliver). 1963 \u2013 Michael Jordan, NBA guard\/forward (Chicago Bulls) and sports superstar. 1974-Jerry O’Connell, actor (Scream 2, Andrew-My Secret Identity), born in NYC, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n

February 18th: 1374- Saint Jadwiga of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1399). 1486- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer. 1516- Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58).\u00a0 1745- Alessandro Volta, <\/span>Italian physicist and inventor of the 1st [modern] battery, born in Como, Italy (d. 1827). 1836 – Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Hooghly Bengal, Indian mystic\/hindu leader (preached unity of religions). 1887 –<\/b> Nikos Kasandsakis, Heraklion, Crete, Greek writer and philosopher (Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ). 1906-Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (d. 1980). 1920- Jack Palance, [Walter Palanuik], Lattimer Pa, actor (City Slickers). 1922 \u2013 Helen Gurley Brown, Portland Maine, US author\/publisher and editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, (d. 2012). 1925 \u2013 George Kennedy, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight), born in NYC, New York.\u00a0 1927- Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican baseball player. 1930 \u2013 Gahan Wilson, American cartoonist. 1932- Milos Forman, Czech\/US director (Cuckoos Nest, Amadeus). 1933 \u2013Yoko Ono Lennon, [Mrs John Lennon], Tokyo Japan, singer and artist. 1950- Cybill Shepherd, Memphis Tn, actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show). 1952- Juice Newton, [Judy Cohen], Virginia, vocalist (Angel of the Morning). 1953- Robin Bachman, Winnipeg, guitarist (BTO-You Aint Seen Nothing Yet). 1954- John Travolta, Englewood NJ, actor (Welcome Back Kotter, Pulp Fiction). 1957- Vanna White, [Rosich], N Myrtle Beach SC, TV host (Wheel of Fortune). 1964- Matt Dillon, New Rochelle NY, actor (Flamingo Kid, Tex, Kansas). 1968- Molly Ringwald, Roseville California, actress (16 Candles, Pretty in Pink).
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February 19th: 1473- Nicolaus Copernicus, Toru\u0144 Royal Prussia, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543). 1881- Evert Gorter, founder of Dutch medical child care. 1912- Stan Kenton, [Newcomb], Wichita Ks, jazz musician (Music 55).\u00a0 1916- Eddie Arcaro, jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns). 1924 – Lee Marvin, actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou), born in NYC, New York. 1930 –<\/b> John Frankenheimer, director (Birdman of Alcatraz), born in NYC, New York. 1940-\u00a0William “Smokey” Robinson, Det, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter (The Miracles-Tears of a Clown). 1943- “Mama” Cass Elliot, actress (Mamas & Papas-Monday Monday) & Lou Christie [Lugee Sacco], Glenwillard, Pennsylvania, American singer-songwriter (Lightning Striking Again) . 1951 \u2013 Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (Db), Pakistani Islamic Sufi Scholar. 1955 \u2013 Jeff Daniels, GA, actor (Something Wild, Dumb & Dumber, Speed, The News Room).\u00a0 1960- Prince Andrew, Albert Christian Edward, of Britain\/Duke of York. 1930 \u2013 Gahan Wilson, American cartoonist. 1932- Milos Forman, Czech\/US director (Cuckoos Nest, Amadeus). & I’m not sure of the year, a friend and writer\/poet in Vermont- Jeff Bender.\u00a0 }<\/em><\/p>\n

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{ Canadian Headlines : From :\u00a0 http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news<\/a>\u00a0 <\u2014 Link }<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Boy, 3, who left Toronto apartment at 4 a.m., dies after spending hours outside<\/span> \u00a0 { \ud83d\ude41 }<\/p>\n

‘This is not a bomb’: Why school strip searches for drugs are legally troubling<\/span> \u00a0 {* “Police officers and corrections staff across Canada can do strip searches in limited circumstances, but legal experts see little or no justification for school staff strip searching students suspected of carrying drugs, as happened recently with a Quebec teen.” – There is a major controversy brewing over this one. The young woman is 15 years old, was suspended even though no drugs were found. Her parents are suing the school. & I added the linked article to this headline below this section. * \u2014djo\u2014 }<\/p>\n

Mother of 2 says complaining got her kicked off kidney transplant list<\/span> \u00a0 { * The 45 year old mother believes she was kicked off the waiting list because she complained about her hemodialsis. Doctors say they decided she is mentally ill. * \u2014djo\u2014 }<\/p>\n

Niagara Falls a spectacular sight in sub-freezing temperatures<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

\"Niagara<\/a>
Niagara Falls photo taken on February 17th. I don’t see the falls here, do you?<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Strip-searched girl suspended by Quebec City school<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

De la Capitale School Board says it suspects 15-year-old of trafficking drugs<\/h3>\n

CBC News<\/a><\/span> Posted: Feb 19, 2015 9:46 AM ET<\/span> Last Updated: Feb 19, 2015 5:12 PM ET<\/p>\n

\"School<\/a>
“The family of the 15-year-old girl who was strip-searched is now threatening to sue.”<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Quebec City school board says that the 15-year-old girl who was strip-searched by her female high school principal and another female staff member has been suspended and transferred to another school.<\/p>\n

Nadine\u00a0Genest, the principal at\u00a0Neufch\u00e2tel\u00a0High School, said in a statement Thursday the school had reason to believe\u00a0the student “was trafficking drugs in our school for several months.”<\/p>\n

The\u00a0De\u00a0la\u00a0Capitale\u00a0School Board, which released the statement, did not explain the exact reason for her suspension.<\/p>\n