dispatches from the community of readers’ advisors: r.a. in a day 2014
Last week I attended “R.A. in a Day,” an annual one-day mini-conference on readers’ advisory – that is, finding books for readers. It happens that the manager of my own…
November 2014
Visualizing Energy Generated from Wind
Renewable energy debates can suffer obfuscation through abstraction and disingenuous allegations like renewable is limited in it’s generation times. For example, wind power is often argued to be useless because…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, November 10, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, November 10, 2014: Fewer LSAT Test Takers—Down 8.1% Union ‘disappointed’ by comments from CBC boss on Ghomeshi…
Cause of Melting Antarctic Ice Caps Revealed by Robots
Scientists hope to refine ocean and climate models using new data collected by underwater robots deployed under Antarctic ice caps by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the California…
The one in short pants is from Barrie.
This is embarrassing. The Member of Parliament from Barrie is running for the leadership of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party. Or maybe not! If anything, the greedy chap is just seeking…
The F-35 By Any Means
http://leaksource.info/ We learned late last week the the Harper government has ordered four F-35’s. Michael Harris writes: According to a Canadian Press story by Murray Brewster based on a Pentagon…
Canvassing in Whitby-Oshawa with Celina Caesar-Chavannes
This past Saturday, I had the privilege to be part of a small group to travel to Whitby-Oshawa and visit Celina Caesar-Chavannes campaign office (there was a bit of pre-travel…
Carl Wilson writes, Leah McLaren writes
Him, last week: “So what should you have done, back when there were only rumors and snaky vibes? Refused to be a guest on Q? Scowled and been uncivil to…
Clean Energy as an Economic Catalyst for Divestment
This is a guest post by Stacy Clark that originally appeared in The Citizen. Reading Harvard Crimson Staff Writer Matthew Q. Clarida’s headline in September, “School of Public Health Renamed…
Stephen Harper and the Great North Pole Farce
Who can forget how Stephen Harper shocked the world a few months ago by suddenly and loudly declaring that the North Pole belonged to Canada?Even though it actually belongs to…
BC Liberals Get It Wrong on LNG
By John Horgan-Leader BC NDP I support the development of B.C.’s LNG industry — done right. Doing it right means insisting on jobs and training opportunities for B.C. workers. It…
Rodent Intercourse #nlpoli
If you want to see a fine example of the political management of a potentially devastating scandal, take a close look at how Justin Trudeau and the Liberals handled the…
Plus ça change…
Suzanne Methot reviewed Farley Mowat’s Walking on the Land, which was published in 2000. From that review: “Farley Mowat detailed government treatment of the Ihalmiut, First Nations people in Canada’s…
Harper’s War and the ISIS National Anthem
I see the leader of the ISIS Death Cult may have had a bruising encounter with the American Death Machine.Iraqi officials said Sunday that the head of the Islamic State…
Liberal Leader Raj Sherman may have scored ‘own goal’ as Elections Alberta investigates donations to his party by firms he owns
If this is your own goal, there may be something wrong with your game! Below: Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman and Edmonton billionaire Daryl Katz. Call it the Alberta Political…
Renzi seeks to avert labour battlefield – English – ANSA.it
Renzi seeks to avert labour battlefield – English – ANSA.it. Rome, November 7 – Italian Premier Matteo Renzi on Friday reiterated a warning against letting labour-reform issues become a “terrain…
Two Jews
J and The Betrayers are both novels about antisemitism and social violence, both powerful. And yet who would talk about them in the same breath, one a dystopia, the other…
Harper signed trade agreements with China, while Canadian Christians rot in prison
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Can’t say that Stephen Harper doesn’t know the value of a dollar. Over the past few days he has been In…
Thank God I’m Safe
In our household, we don’t ‘hold’ with energy drinks, so I guess our immortal souls are safe. But I’m not quite clear what that Great Deceiver, Satan, gets out of…