{"id":324,"date":"2014-10-31T19:07:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T22:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/news\/?p=324"},"modified":"2014-10-31T19:13:53","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T22:13:53","slug":"fri-31-oct-2014-tricks-treats-news-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aerendel.ca\/news\/?p=324","title":{"rendered":"Fri., 31 Oct., 2014 &#8211; Tricks, Treats, &#038; News Headlines:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Friday, 31 October, 2014\u00a0 -( 49\u02daF \/ 9\u02daC &#8211;\u00a0 Grey &amp; cloudy\u00a0 @ 3:15 pm near Ithaca )-\u00a0\u00a0-( 46\u02daF \/ 8\u02daC &#8211;\u00a0 The weather applet says &#8216;scattered clouds&#8217; but the sky is solid grey here\u00a0 @ 4:15 pm Closer to Halifax &#8212;jda&#8212;)-\u00a0 -( &amp; Snow is still in the forecast for Sunday &#8212;jim w&#8212; }\u00a0 { Headlines compiled by douglas j otterson &amp; jim wellington, with help from &#8212;jda&#8212; }<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> &#8212; Other Media: &#8212;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ This is from the &#8216;Tweet-Us-Sphere&#8217; : }<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_495\" style=\"width: 559px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/MontrealAntiAusterityDemonstration.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-495\" class=\" wp-image-495\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/MontrealAntiAusterityDemonstration.jpg\" alt=\"Montreal Anit Austerity Demonstrations\" width=\"549\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Loads of Montrealers came out to demonstrate against Austerity measures. Great costumes- Budgets ministers with chain saws &#8211; covered in blood. Above is one of the least gruesome.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_496\" style=\"width: 559px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/MinisterPuppets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-496\" class=\" wp-image-496\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/MinisterPuppets.jpg\" alt=\"Bloody Puppets\" width=\"549\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">This one is titled &#8220;PLQ puppets at the anti-austerity demo&#8221;.\u00a0 The puppet with the chainsaw is supposed to be Premier Couillard. &amp; @davidrankin says, &#8220;Premier Couillard himself is here with the very chainsaw with which he slashes our public services. #31octobre. &#8220;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>{ Tweets from Montreal include &#8220;19 cops protecting elite private club. Tells you pretty much everything you need to know about society.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 &amp; &gt;&gt;&#8212;&#8211;&gt;\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_477\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BenFranklin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-477\" class=\" wp-image-477\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BenFranklin.jpg\" alt=\"quote\" width=\"550\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Conspiracy Watch&#8221; was busy yesterday. This is one of a dozen similar quotes they posted. I&#8217;m not sure whether this was the original word for word phrase that may have been edited since Ben Franklin uttered it, or not. Wouldnt it be weird if we learned that many nuggets of wisdom we cherish were uttered in a drunken stupor? -djo-<br \/><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">{ &#8211;<\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/business\/renewables\/\">Renewable energy<\/a> may currently make up only a small percentage of U.S. energy generation capacity, but it\u2019s one of the fastest growing sectors. &#8211; Renewable energy generation\u2014primarily wind and solar power\u2014provided more than 40 percent of the new energy capacity in the U.S. in the first three quarters of this year, according to the latest U.S. Federation Energy Regulation Commission (FERC) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ferc.gov\/legal\/staff-reports\/2014\/sep-infrastructure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Energy Infrastructure Update<\/a>. Oil, <a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/news\/energy-news\/nuclear-energy-energy\/\">nuclear<\/a> and especially <a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/news\/energy-news\/coal-mining-pollution\/\">coal<\/a> provided little new capacity, with renewables outstripping them more than 35 times. Only natural gas, driven by the growth of <a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/news\/energy-news\/fracking-2\/\">fracking<\/a>, showed more growth, and many <a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2014\/10\/27\/fracking-forecast-post-carbon\/\">industry observers think its growth potential is finite<\/a>. &#8211; The new installed capacity of natural gas declined compared to the first three quarters of 2013, from 6,643 megawatt (MW) to 5,153. Wind was the big winner, upping its installed capacity from 965 MW to 1,614 in that period. In September, new wind capacity led the way with 367 MW, followed by natural gas with 114. Coal showed no increase in existing capacity so far this year. Overall, new capacity from all forms of energy declined from 11,452 in the first three quarters of last year to 8,860 this year. &#8211; Among FERC\u2019s project updates is that Kern County, California\u2019s Techachapi Wind Energy Storage project is now up and running.\u00a0The South California Edison Project, FERC says, \u201cconsists of an 8 MW-four-hour (32 MWh) lithium-ion battery and a smart inverter system, [and] will help\u00a0store energy from the existing 5,000 wind turbines and any future additions in the Techachapi Wind Resource Area.\u00a0Housed inside a 6,300 square foot facility, it is the largest battery energy storage in North America.\u201d Such projects bode well for the continued growth of wind power. &#8211; Natural gas still leads overall energy generation capacity in the U.S. by a long shot. It currently provides more than 42 percent of the total. But fracked natural gas and oil production is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2014\/10\/27\/fracking-forecast-post-carbon\/\">expected to fall off sharply<\/a>,\u00a0as extraction companies hit the most productive \u201csweet spots\u201d first and then move on to areas with less accessible oil and gas that\u2019s more expensive to reach. &#8211; Despite its precipitous decline, coal hangs onto the second place spot for now, generating more than 28 percent of U.S. installed capacity. Nuclear comes in next with 9.3 percent, followed by water at 8.4 percent and wind at 5.3 percent. All other forms of energy generation capacity are far behind. Solar currently provides less than one percent. But PV Magazine, which serves the photovoltaic industry, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pv-magazine.com\/news\/details\/beitrag\/us--renewables-accounted-for-40-of-all-new-power-capacity-in-first-three-quarters_100016961\/#axzz3HM4UBBPh\" target=\"_blank\">points out<\/a> that FERC\u2019s figures only include utility-scale solar, leaving out residential and business installations, which it says are among the fastest growing sources of renewable energy. &#8211; \u201cThe steady and rapid growth of renewable energy is unlikely to abate as prices continue to drop and the technologies continue to improve,\u201d said Ken Bossong, executive director of \u00a0the nonprofit research group the SUN DAY Campaign. \u201cThe era of coal, oil and nuclear is drawing to a close; the age of renewable energy is now upon us.\u201d &#8211;\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>=======================<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0{ We\u2019ve been doing this because we believe the CBC may be more honest and more respectable than Media in the U.S.A., &amp; not a lot of people in the U.S. may know that or have access to anyone who might point them toward the CBC &amp; their web site. }<\/h6>\n<h6>{ &amp; again, these are not links. If you want to read these stories, listen to sound clips, or see any video -if there is any video- go to <a title=\"CBC dot CA \/ News\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\" target=\"_parent\">CBC dot CA\/news.<\/a>\u2014 &amp; You can also find a link to the web cast of the most recent broadcast of &#8220;The National&#8221; the CBC&#8217;s &#8216;flagship nightly newscast&#8217; under the &#8220;Must Watch&#8221; heading on their main page. &#8212; Thanks. &#8212; &amp; Jim W convinced me to take credit for this, above.\u00a0 \u2014\u2014\u2014djo\u2014\u2014\u2014 }<\/h6>\n<p>=======================<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0Other Sources: <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_485\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ComcastHorrorStory.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-485\" class=\"size-full wp-image-485\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ComcastHorrorStory.jpg\" alt=\"Comcast Horror Stories\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Comcast Horror Stories<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">{\u00a0 Um, most of the people I know would have told you to ignore Comcast if they were trying to double bill you. Don&#8217;t cave in to ice holes &#8211; when you do, they win, when they win they come down harder on their next victim. You aided and abetted their extortion operations.\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_486\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/WarIsTerrorism.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486\" class=\" wp-image-486\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/WarIsTerrorism.jpg\" alt=\"War Is Terrorism\" width=\"550\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">War Is Terrorism<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">{\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Anyone who would give up a little liberty for a little security will deserve neither and lose both.&#8221; &#8212;Benjamin Franklin\u00a0\u00a0 }<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">{ &#8220;Any politician, police, military, or would be authoritarian of any stripe, who would capitalize on an event like yesterday&#8217;s in Ottawa: clearly does not deserve any respect at all, let alone the authority they demand.&#8221; &#8212; douglas j otterson }<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0{ Here&#8217;s a quote for you, not about yesterday and Ottawa but the philosophy applies: &#8220;The critical studies about #Ferguson in a decade will be fascinating. Because we are building this plane as we fly.&#8221; &#8212;deray mckesson }<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_465\" style=\"width: 559px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-oct-27-RothschildBanks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-465\" class=\" wp-image-465\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-oct-27-RothschildBanks.jpg\" alt=\"Banksters\" width=\"549\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Banksters?<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">{ &#8220;Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies&#8221; &#8212;Thomas Jefferson }<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_446\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FearOfTerrorism.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-446\" class=\"size-full wp-image-446\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FearOfTerrorism.jpg\" alt=\"French Cartoon.\" width=\"480\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;What can one do to reduce the fear of terrorism?&#8221; \/ &#8220;Click!&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">{ &#8220;On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Where the foe&#8217;s haughty host in dread silence reposes,<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What is that which the breeze, o&#8217;er the towering steep,<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Now it catches the gleam of the morning&#8217;s first beam,<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8216;Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> 2nd verse of\u00a0 &#8220;Defence of Fort M&#8217;Henry&#8221; By Francis Scott Key }<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_447\" style=\"width: 556px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FrackingSpill.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-447\" class=\" wp-image-447\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FrackingSpill.png\" alt=\"70,000 dead fish in Ohio.\" width=\"546\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Tweeted, &#8220;It is the legeslators who should go to Jail for this-&#8221; 70,000 dead fish in Ohio? &#8212;Frack Halliburton?&#8212;<br \/><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">======================================================<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">{ &amp; Below this begins our usual CBC News Headlines }<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>=====<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lead Articles: Today&#8217;s Theme?: Life&#8217;s little surprises explode on the launchpad?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_479\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/space-station-antares.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-479\" class=\"size-full wp-image-479\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/space-station-antares.jpg\" alt=\"Ka-Boom\" width=\"220\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;The company behind the dramatic launch explosion of a space station supply mission promises to find the cause of the failure and is warning residents to avoid any potentially hazardous wreckage.&#8221; -djo-\u00a0 Thursday: Will this set back the commercialization of space?<br \/><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">-Updated- Justin Bourque gets 75 years with no chance of parole for Mountie murders<\/span>\u00a0 { * &#8220;Justin Bourque has been sentenced to 75 years in prison with no chance of parole for killing three RCMP officers and wounding two others, a New Brunswick judge has ruled.&#8221; *\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212;\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">-Updated- 1 dead after Virgin Galactic spaceship crashes \u00a0<\/span> { * &#8220;One person is dead and one is injured after Virgin Galactic&#8217;s suborbital passenger spaceship crashed during a test flight on Friday in California.&#8221; *\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">-Breaking- Canada won&#8217;t issue travel visas to residents of Ebola outbreak countries<\/span> \u00a0 { * &#8220;Canada is following in Australia&#8217;s footsteps and is suspending visa applications for residents and nationals of the West African countries battling Ebola.&#8221; *\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">-Updated- Future of Trinity Western law school in doubt after law society ratifies rejection<\/span> \u00a0 { *\u00a0 &#8220;The president of Trinity Western University says he is uncertain if the new law school will open as scheduled in 2016 following a vote by the B.C. Law Society to reject the faith-based institution.&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0 *\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/p>\n<p>===== &gt;&gt;&#8212;-&gt; Begin &#8216;Developing&#8217; flash queue &gt;&gt;&#8212;-&gt;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_481\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hl-snowblower-storm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-481\" class=\"size-full wp-image-481\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hl-snowblower-storm.jpg\" alt=\"eeep\" width=\"140\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Radio-Canada meteorologist Bill Bourque says up to 30 cm of snow may hit New Brunswick this coming Sunday.&#8221; &#8212;jimw&#8211;<\/span>&#8211;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Friday: 31 October, 2014 &#8211; &#8220;Developing News&#8221; Flashing Headlines:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">MP Dean Del Mastro guilty of campaign overspending in 2008<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Canada&#8217;s CF-18s complete 1st operational flights over Iraq\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Canadian Milos Raonic notches 1st career win over Federer\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Mountie killer Justin Bourque gets life; can seek parole in 2089\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Public visitation today for soldier slain near Montreal<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cda suspends visa bids from residents of Ebola-hit nations<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p>===== &gt;&gt;&#8212;-&gt;\u00a0 End of Flashing headlines &lt;&#8212;-&lt;&lt;<\/p>\n<p>=====<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_489\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/WastingTimeOnTheInternet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-489\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-489\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/WastingTimeOnTheInternet-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"kids with' smart phones'\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">University Of Pennsylvania&#8217;s course is entitled &#8220;Wasting Time On The Internet&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Offbeat&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Dentist offers to by back Halloween candy, but will kids bite \u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Esprit de corpse? Canadian puts French village through Halloween bootcamp \u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Vine star Jerome Jarre detained at airport after making speedo video mid-flight \u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Record breaking unicyclist wheels into B.C. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">-Yeserday- Ivy League school offers &#8216;wasting time on the internet&#8217; course \u00a0<\/span> { * I kept this one up, even if the CBC didn&#8217;t.\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212;\u00a0 &#8220;UPenn is certainly generating a lot of buzz this week with its new English department course &#8220;Wasting time on the Internet,&#8221; but it&#8217;s not the title of the class that has academics excited \u2014 it&#8217;s the content of the syllabus, and the views of its professor (world-renowned poet<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenneth_Goldsmith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kenneth Goldsmith<\/a>.) &#8211; &#8220;We spend our lives in front of screens, mostly wasting time: checking social media, watching cat videos, chatting, and shopping,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.upenn.edu\/Courses\/Undergraduate\/2015\/Spring\/ENGL111.301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">wrote Goldsmith in the course&#8217;s syllabus<\/a>, which is live on UPenn&#8217;s website. &#8220;What if these activities \u2014 clicking, SMSing, status-updating, and random surfing \u2014 were used as raw material for creating compelling and emotional works of literature?&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0 &#8220;Could we reconstruct our autobiography using only Facebook? Could we write a great novella by plundering our Twitter feed? Could we reframe the internet as the greatest poem ever written?&#8221; the syllabus continues. &#8220;Distraction, multi-tasking, and aimless drifting is mandatory.&#8221; * &amp; maybe they shouldn&#8217;t forget to eat GMO food and drink GMO soft drinks and reak havoc on their brains w sugar. &amp;&amp; make sur haf th wrds r sp3lld rong.\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>=====<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_498\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-oct-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-498\" class=\"size-full wp-image-498\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-oct-31.jpg\" alt=\"wreckage\" width=\"220\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">SpaceShip Wreckage in the Mojave Desert in Southern California.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;Most Viewed&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two crashes, killing 1 <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Justin Bourque gets 75 years with no chance of parole for Mountie murders <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Luka Magnotta trial: Father says Magnotta grew up isolated <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Jian Ghomeshi allegedly choked, beat N.B. woman with belt \u00a0<\/span> {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Dean Del Mastro found guilty in election spending case<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Air Canada service agents call carry-on crackdown too unpleasant<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Edmonton&#8217;s homeless piano man reveals rough life behind his music <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Stephen Colbert praises Kevin Vickers: &#8216;To hell with Bruce Willis&#8217;<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Brockville murder-suicide suspected after woman, child found dead <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">John Forzani, ex-Stampeder and business tycoon, dead at 67\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">-13 photo slide show- Burkina Faso protesters force president to step down <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">-Blog- Send us your stories of racism\u00a0<\/span> {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=====<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_497\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DaylightSavingsTimeEndsThisWeekend.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-497\" class=\"size-full wp-image-497\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DaylightSavingsTimeEndsThisWeekend.jpg\" alt=\"photo of man changing clocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Daylight saving time 2014 ends this weekend. Clocks fall back at 2 a.m. on Sunday in most of the country.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Other:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">-Updated- MP Dean Del Mastro guilty in election spending case, could lose seat\u00a0<\/span> {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Public says goodbye to Patrice Vincent, slain warrant officer <\/span>\u00a0 { \u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">To legalize pot or not? More states hold marijuana midterms \u00a0<\/span> {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Double-gloving, better face protection added in new guidance on Ebola\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Football star and business tycoon John Forzani dead at 67\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Foreign caregiver reforms impose cap, make live-in requirement optional\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Milos Raonic beats Roger Federer for 1st time <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Jian Ghomeshi allegedly choked, beat N.B, woman with belt\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">-Analysis- Was Ottawa attacker Michael Zehaf-Bibeau a terrorist?\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Some Air Canada staff hate the new carry-on bag policy as much as you do <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">2 rounds of chemfail to shring Rob Ford&#8217;s tumour <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">-Photos- Halloween celebrations around the world <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">NHL star Vanek linked to gambling, money laundering case: report <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">-Must Watch- Veteran pays respects at Ottawa war memorial\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 { * &#8220;Canadian Viet Nam War veteran attends the National War Memorial to pay respects to fallen soldier Nathan Cirillo.&#8221; *\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">-Must Watch-\u00a0 CF-18 refueling videos<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">-Must Watch-\u00a0 Edmonton&#8217;s piano man performs again\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 { * &#8220;After a three-day search, a CBC News crew finally caught up with Ryan Arcand, whose beautiful music has turned the homeless man into a viral star.&#8221; * \u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212;\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">-Editor&#8217;s Pick-\u00a0 Daylight Saing Time 2014 ends this weekenn\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 { \u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">-Editor&#8217;s Pick-\u00a0 Antares rocket explosion: will it set back the commercialization of space?<\/span> \u00a0 { * The Antares Rocket exploded a couple days ago\u00a0 &amp; today the Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two &#8211;\u00a0 it hasn&#8217;t been a good week for privatization of outer space. *\u00a0 &#8211;djo&#8212;\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">-Editor&#8217;s Pick-\u00a0 In Tunisia, democracy triumphs but troubles remain\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 { * &#8220;Poster child for Arab democracy, Tunisia is also big source of recuits for ISIS. *\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212;\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>=====<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8220;Local \/ New Bruswick&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Brace for up to 30 cm of snow on Sunday, meteorologist says<\/span>\u00a0 { * That&#8217;s about twelve U.S. inches. *\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Justin Bourque gets 75 years with no chance of parole for Mountie murders<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Stephen Colbert praises Kevin Vickers: &#8216;To hell with Bruce Willis&#8217;<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">New Brunswick donates medical supplies to Ebola fight in West Africa<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Snow still heading for New Brunswick, Bill Bourque says<\/span> \u00a0 { * &#8211; &#8220;New Brunswickers should brace for a significant amount of rain or snow on Sunday, according to Radio-Canada meteorologist Bill Bourque. &#8211; Environment Canada has already issued a special weather statement across New Brunswick as a low pressure system heads toward the province. &#8211; Bourque, who had warned earlier this week that as much as 30 centimetres of snow could blanket the province on Sunday, said people should be prepared for the first winter blast of the season. &#8211; \u201cIt is likely to produce the first significant snowfall,\u201d he said. &#8211; \u201cSignificant, well we don\u2019t start talking about significant snowfalls until we see about 15 cm of snow. Could it be more? Easily, it could be more. Could it be less? Well yes, it could be rain as well.\u201d &#8211; There will likely be flurries on Saturday, Bourque said, but the larger amounts of precipitation will be coming on Sunday. &#8211; The meteorologist said he expects people living in eastern New Brunswick will need an umbrella, while those in central and western parts of the province will need snow shovels. &#8211; He said the exact amount of snow or rain will depend on how the low pressure\u00a0system moves through the province. &#8211; &#8220;Certainly there is going to be some snow fall there in central and western New Brunswick. Now of course it is difficult to put values on snowfall amounts with this type of system because it could be mixed with rain,&#8221; he said. &#8211; Bourque said the flurries could hang around until Monday.&#8221; &#8211; *\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>=====<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/seattle-totem-2014-oct-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309\" src=\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/aarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/seattle-totem-2014-oct-07.jpg\" alt=\"seattle totem\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Seattle Totem&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">&#8220;First Nations&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Onigaming First Nation suicides prompt state of emergency <\/span>\u00a0 { * &#8220;Onigaming First Nation has declared a state of emergency following the community&#8217;s fourth suicide in a year.&#8221; *\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Truth is hard but residential school reconciliation harder: Murray Sinclair <\/span>\u00a0 { * &#8220;Justice Murray Sinclair, head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, says reconciliation for survivors of residential school abuse starts in today&#8217;s school system.&#8221; *\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Feds negotiating residential school credits extension <\/span>\u00a0 { * &#8220;Today\u2019s the deadline to apply for the $3,000 residential school personal education credits, but the federal government is considering an extension, and Dene Nation Chief Bill Erasmus is encouraging people who still want to apply to do so&#8221; *\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">$100 million Alton gas project delayed over Mi&#8217;kmaq concerns\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0 { * &#8220;The Nova Scotia government has halted part of the construction work on the $100-million Alton Natural Gas Storage Project until Calgary-based AltaGas carries out further consultation with the Mi&#8217;kmaq, CBC News has learned.&#8221; *\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Paranormal team investigates Saskatoon&#8217;s Park Town Hotel <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Shawn Atleo defends his actions over the aboriginal education bill <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Hockey Night in Peguis returns with opening of new arena<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Prentice to reopen land claim negotiations with Lubicon First Nation <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Nunavut actor, Natar Ungalaaq, begins work on feature film <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Shawn Atleo appointed to lead new round of talks with B.C. First Nations <\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">-Photos- Whitehorse man caught up in &#8217;60s Scoop seeks peace<\/span>\u00a0 { *\u00a0 &#8220;David Moroz and his twin brother were just babies when they were caught up in the so-called 60s Scoop, which saw aboriginal children placed in non-aboriginal homes in the 1960s. Now, Moroz is trying to seek peace for him and his mother in Whitehorse.&#8221; *\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Edmund Metatawabin visits Winnipeg to discuss his life, book \u00a0<\/span> { * Residential school survivor Edmund Metatawabin\u2019s Governor General&#8217;s Literary Award-nominated book Up Ghost River: A Chief\u2019s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History is a horrific account of residential school life but it includes a call for action and a hopeful message. * \u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212;\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">-Photos- Rescue dog with Behchoko RCMP breaks down barriers<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">-7 Photos- Arviat youth use art workshops to discuss difficult topics<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">{ The &#8216;First Nations Page&#8217; is actually called &#8216;Aboriginal&#8217; on the CBC web site, but some First Nations object to that title, so we renamed it here.\u00a0 &#8212;djo&#8212; }<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=======================<\/p>\n<p>{ Almost 5:45 pm EDT &#8212;Ready to Rock and Roll&#8212; &amp; Thanks for your help again, Jim W, &amp; especially since he is working today with a bruised rib, ouch!\u00a0 &#8212; And also thanks for help from <em>&#8220;&#8212;jda&#8212;&#8220;<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;djo&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; }\u00a0 { &amp; We&#8217;ve had to slow down as cute little goblins and zombies and princesses and frogs came trick-or-treating here- and there, in two time zones already &#8212;jim w&#8212; }<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, 31 October, 2014\u00a0 -( 49\u02daF \/ 9\u02daC &#8211;\u00a0 Grey &amp; cloudy\u00a0 @ 3:15 pm near Ithaca )-\u00a0\u00a0-( 46\u02daF \/ 8\u02daC &#8211;\u00a0 The weather applet says &#8216;scattered clouds&#8217; but the sky is solid grey here\u00a0 @ 4:15 pm Closer to Halifax &#8212;jda&#8212;)-\u00a0 -( &amp; Snow is still in the forecast for Sunday &#8212;jim w&#8212; }\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[142,9,33],"tags":[101,50,171,173,66,108,76,65,82],"class_list":["post-324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-always-question-authority","category-canada","category-news","tag-we-dont-want-to-be-allowed-to-vote-for-someone-elses-agenda","tag-banksters","tag-canada","tag-economic-warfare","tag-fairness-in-reporting","tag-first-nations-issues","tag-new-brunswick","tag-offbeat-news","tag-propaganda"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerendel.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerendel.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerendel.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerendel.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerendel.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/aerendel.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/aerendel.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerendel.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerendel.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerendel.ca\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}