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— Oooops – I composed a message asking for one of my helpers to put this together for me this morning and then never sent it. It was still waiting to be sent when I got home about five minutes ago. Jim & Jim were apparently also quite busy today- Sorry for the inconvenience —djo—<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n “Scotland turned its back on independence – and with that on a chance to reinvent its economoy and society,” writes Don Pittis.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n =======================<\/p>\n Lead Articles:<\/span><\/p>\n Mohamed Fahmy as he appeared in court, inside a cage.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n Mohamed Fahmy: Egypt’s president won’t interfere with courts in Canadian’s case\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 { Mohamed Fahmy is the Egyptian-Canadian journalist —djo— }<\/p>\n About 60,000 Syrian Kurds flee to Turkey as ISIS\u00a0 advances\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n NATO chief says Ukraine has ceasefire ‘in name only’<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n Doug Ford kicks off his Toronto mayoral campaign<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n Ray Rice jersey swap attracts 7,000 Baltimore Ravens fans<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n Ebola burial team attacked in Sierra Leone amid lockdown<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n -New- Second man arrested in 2 days trying to enter White House<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { The most interesting thing under this article is the related story: “Toddler apprehended by Secret Service at White House” -they caught a toddler somewhere where he or she should not have been?\u00a0 —djo— }<\/p>\n <\/p>\n =====<\/p>\n “Offbeat”<\/span><\/p>\n “Explorer Rob Mark snaps a selfie on top of the world’s largest beaver dam.” – but they don’t show the dam, just the pond behind it.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n Oktoberfest begins in Munich\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 { What is offbeat about this? —djo— }<\/p>\n ‘Nearly empty’ Picasso museum reopens in Paris<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n U.S. explorer first person to reach massiver beaver dam in Alberta<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n Polar bears chew through silicone in Winnipeg zoo’s underwater tunnel<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { “Yum”? -We’ll have to ask them how it tasted, anybody out there speak the polar bear dialect? Are you crazy enough to want to go talk to one of them? —djo— }<\/p>\n <\/p>\n =====<\/p>\n “Most Viewed”<\/span><\/p>\n Why chimps kill other chimps — U.S. study uncovers main reason\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 { Male chimps kill other male chimps in order to increase the probability that they will be the ones who get to father the most baby chimps. -Scientists used to believe that the reason chimps killed each other had a lot more to do with tensions that increased when human communities expanded into chimp territory. Nope, it’s mostly sexual and a little bit territorial with keeping chimp guys away from ‘their’ chimp women.\u00a0 —Sounds like high school and university fraternity attitudes.—\u00a0 —djo— }<\/p>\n Onslow man, 19, facing attempted murder charge\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 { The 19-year-old Nova Scotian ran over a 17-year-old ‘with a car repeatedly’ according to police. \u00a0 —djo— }<\/p>\n B.C. Ferries won’t get more government subsidies: Todd Stone<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 { “The B.C. government is trying to undercut a report that claims rising ferry fares are hurting the economy ahead of the Union of B.C. Municipalities’ annual general meeting next week. – Last week, the UBCM released a report that concludes B.C. missed out on more than $2 billion in economic activity over the past decade because of rising fares on BC Ferries<\/p>\n “- But\u00a0in a letter to the UBCM’s president, B.C. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone said he rejects the conclusions of the report. – B.C. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone rejects the findings in the Union of B.C. Municipalities’ recent report that blames funding cuts to BC Ferries for robbing the B.C. economy of billions of dollars. – “Our sense of this report is it’s highly simplistic in terms of the analysis that’s been done,” he told CBC News on Friday. – “The assumptions that have been made that kind of underpin the findings of this report are so massively overstated that you could drive a ferry through them. – “It’s far too simplistic to suggest that just because someone may not have taken a ferry, they didn’t spend money in B.C. in some other facet.”\u00a0 – ”\u00a0 —djo— }<\/p>\n Jean Chr\u00e9tien says Canada is all in on Iraq mission<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n Phoney cops scam money from tourists in Vancouver<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n Fire destroys St. John the Baptist church in Edmundston<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n ISIS takes over Syria Kurdish villages as thousands flee to Turkey<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n Leonardo DiCaprio film holds open casting call in Yellowknife<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n -11 photo slide show- Scotland tensions rise after referendum<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n -Blog- Scotland referendum: Alex Salmond gave up chance to negotiate, CBC readers say<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n <\/p>\n =====<\/p>\n Other:<\/span><\/p>\n -Analysis- What’s in store for Scotland? Ask Quebec: Don Murray<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { The main British parties in London are now talking about turning huge chunks of tax power over to Scotland’s assembly. \u00a0 —djo— }<\/p>\n ‘We could see palm trees bending in half’: Newlyweds head home after Mexico hurricane\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n ‘The building is lost’: Fire destroys 140-year-old N.B. church\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 { Edmunston is in New Brunswick, Edmonton is in Alberta.\u00a0 —djo— }<\/p>\n -Analysis- Polls suggest Liberals poised for government in N.B., despite PC gains<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { * Liberals are calling for a moratorium on Fracking and Exploring for frackable shale gas and pointing out the track record of the sitting PC party, showing that 3,000 jobs have been lost in the past 4 years – all the while the PC party is claiming that Shale Gas -Fracking- and exploration -Fracking- are the key to New Bunswick’s economic future. So far, it looks like the people of New Brunswick see through the PC party’s propaganda.\u00a0 —djo— }<\/p>\n Car veers off road, rolls over, sending 5 exchange students to hospital<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { * This happened near Truro, Nova Scotia, late Friday night. One student is in an Intensive Care Unit, One was expected to remain in hospital for 48 hours, the remaining 3 were expected to be released within 24 hours. “The people in the car are all between the ages of 20 and 21, and are international exchange students from Asia attending school at St. Francis Xavier in Antigonish.”\u00a0 —djo— }<\/p>\n![\"Man](\"http:\/\/www.aerendel.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/2014-sep-20-scotland-referendum.jpg\")
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