As we do every week, we’ve collected the top news stories and compiled them on one page. Digital Journalists this week reported on national incidents, new scientific discoveries, quirky international stories and more..
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Hot topics on Digital Journal
• Canada news
• Ebola news
Top Digital Journal Reports
Op-Ed: Next generation will carry on tradition of Dickens Fair (Includes interview and first-hand account) by Jonathan Farrell
Early Bird ticket sales began in October for the annual Great Dickens Christmas Fair held at the Cow Palace in San Francisco’s Excelsior District. And, while economic forecasts lately have been “Scrooge-like,”
Interview: Jo Weil talks acting, music, cooking and New York (Includes interview) by Markos Papadatos
Multi-talented German actor Jo Weil took some time from his schedule to talk about his acting career, as well as his love for music and cooking.
Review: BBC’s Human Universe asks the question: Why are we here? (Includes first-hand account) by Kev Hedges
Each one of us is made from matter, so what unites every person living on our planet and how did we get to be here and exist. Professor Brian Cox attempts to explain in his BBC documentary, the Human Planet.
Photo Essay: Indian Summer in Dalmatian capital of Split, Croatia (Includes first-hand account) by Paul Bradbury
The Dalmatian capital of Split is undergoing a tourism boom. Digital Journal spent the day discovering why in the October sunshine.
Review: Chasin’ Crazy fantastic at Patchogue Theater in New York (Includes first-hand account) by Markos Papadatos
On October 17, country band Chasin’ Crazy played an awesome show at the Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts in Long Island, New York.
Top Images
This photo of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo (on left) guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National Memorial in Ottawa, was taken on October 22, 2014, moments before he was shot and killed by a man who later attacked the Parliament buildings
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A woman gives mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a fallen soldier at the War Memorial after a terrorist attack in Ottawa.
Canadian Forces
Police and medical personnel move a wounded person into an ambulance at the scene of a shooting at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada, on October 22, 2014
AFP / Michel Comte
Police officers search the streets near the Canadian parliament in Ottawa following an attack on October 22, 2014
Lars Hagberg, AFP
Ottawa police direct traffic near the National War Memorial where a soldier was shot this morning, October 22, 2014 in Ottawa, Canada
Mike Carroccetto, Getty/AFP
Gerry Byrne, PC, MP, a Canadian politician took this photo from his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, showing significant police presence outside of his office where he in lock down
Photo taken by Gerry Byrne
Police guard the scene of a shooting at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada
Michel Comte, AFP
Canadian security forces guard the parliament on October 23, 2014, in Ottawa
Peter McCabe, AFP/File
House of Commons Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers was praised by members of Parliament for his “selfless act” after he reportedly shot an assailant who killed a Canadian Forces member in Ottawa. Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper (R) shakes hands with Kevin Vickers, in Ottawa on October 23, 2014
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In this still image from House of Commons video, Canadian House of Commons Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers watches as parliament gives him a standing ovation on October 23, 2014, in Ottawa. Vickers was praised by members of Parliament for his “selfless act” after he reportedly shot an assailant who killed a Canadian Forces member in Ottawa
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Canadian House of Commons Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers (C) watches as parliament gives him a standing ovation on October 23, 2014, in Ottawa. Vickers was praised by members of Parliament for his “selfless act” after he reportedly shot an assailant who killed a Canadian Forces member in Ottawa
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People pay their respects at National War Memorial on October 23, 2014, in Ottawa, the day after multiple shootings in the capital city and parliament buildings
Peter McCabe, AFP/File
The Canadian Parliament is seen on October 23, 2014, in Ottawa
Peter McCabe, AFP/File
A child looks on as Indian United Hindu Front activists participate in a protest against the alleged 'Love Jihad' movement in New Delhi on September 23, 2014
Chandan Khanna, AFP/File
Indian United Hindu Front activists participate in a protest against the alleged 'Love Jihad' movement in New Delhi on September 23, 2014
Chandan Khanna, AFP/File
An elderly Indian supporter of the United Hindu Front walks backstage after protesting against the alleged 'Love Jihad' movement in New Delhi on September 23, 2014
Chandan Khanna, AFP/File
A student embraces a family member after being evacuated from Marysville-Pilchuck High School in the aftermath of a shooting on the high school's campus on October 24, 2014 in Marysville, Washington
David Ryder, Getty Images/AFP
The mother (2L) and other family members of Palestinian Abdelrahman Shaludi, who killed a baby in a car attack, hold his portrait at their family home in east Jerusalem on October 23, 2014
Ahmad Gharabli, AFP
Sultan Muslim (C) poses with her newborn son, Muhammed Obama Muslim, at Suruc Rojava refugee camp in Sanliurfa on October 22, 2014
Ilyas Akengin, AFP
Children walk past tents on October 22, 2014 at Suruc Rojava refugee camp in Sanliurfa, where Sultan Muslim lives with her family, including newborn son Muhammed Obama Muslim
Ilyas Akengin, AFP
A woman sits on a bench painted in the colours of the Ukrainian national flag in Slavyansk, eastern Ukraine, on October 22, 2014
Dominique Faget, AFP
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci (2nd L) hugs Nina Pham (5th L), the nurse who was infected with Ebola from treating a patient
Alex Wong, Getty/AFP
US President Barack Obama hugs nurse Nina Pham, who was declared free of the Ebola virus after contracting the disease while caring for a Liberian patient in Texas, during a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, October 24, 2014
Saul Loeb, AFP
Women make protective suits for use in handling people infected with the Ebola virus, in a sewing room of Lakeland Industries Inc. on October 23, 2014 in Anqiu, China
Johannes Eisele, AFP
Health workers from the Liberian Red Cross wear protective gear as they shovel sand that will be used to absorb fluids emitted by Ebola patients at the ELWA 2 Ebola management center in Monrovia, October 23, 2014
Zoom Dosso, AFP
March Against Monsanto Edmonton, October 18, 2014.
March Against Monsanto 2014 in Edmonton
March Against Monsanto 2014 in Edmonton
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum – East Court art exhibition
A view from The Shard. London is lit with a blaze of autumn sunshine. In this picture, The Tower of London and the former battleship HMS Belfast (now a floating museum) are the stand-outs.
San Francisco’s Chinatown
View of one of the pro-democracy protest camps in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, on October 24, 2014
Nicolas Asfouri, AFP
A United Nations rights watchdog has urged Hong Kong to enact democratic reforms
Xaume Olleros, AFP
A pro-democracy protester sits in a tent in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong on October 22, 2014
Nicolas Asfouri, AFP
A woman walks past a tank made out of an umbrella, a tent and used plastic bottles in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong on October 24, 2014
Nicolas Asfouri, AFP
Pro-democracy protesters stand their ground in front of riot police in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on October 22, 2014
Nicolas Asfouri, AFP
Actor Martin Sheen at the christening of Sea Shepherd's newest vessel named after him during a ceremony in Marina del Rey, California on October 18, 2014
Mark Ralston, AFP/File
Actor Martin Sheen during the christening of Sea Shepherd's newest vessel named after the actor at a ceremony in Marina del Rey, California on October 18, 2014
Mark Ralston, AFP
A South Korean warship sails from the island of Yeonpyeong near the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea
Kim Jae-Hwan, AFP/File
Barry and June Steenkamp, parents of Reeva Steenkamp, arrive at the high court for the sentencing of South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria on October 21, 2014
Herman Verwey, Pool/AFP
South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius (centre) arrives at the High Court in Pretoria on October 21, 2014
Gianluigi Guercia, AFP
Judge Thokozile Masipa passed sentenced on South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius at the High Court in Pretoria, on October 21, 2014
Themba Hadebe, Pool/AFP
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is led away to the cells after being sentenced at the High Court in Pretoria, on October 21, 2014
Themba Hadebe, Pool/AFP
In the Media
Study: Shape of person’s face indication of aggression, dominance by Greta McClain
Researchers in the United Kingdom have found that the shape of a person’s face can determine how domineering and aggressive they are.
Downtown Halifax on alert, rifle found, man taken into custody by Marcus Hondro
While the Canadian city of Halifax did not experience the tragedy the city of Ottawa did yesterday, there was a disturbing incident there this morning. A man was seen with a rifle in the downtown area and police went on high alert.
Ebola riot in S. Leone kills two as WHO to launch vaccine trials by AFP
Tensions surrounding the Ebola epidemic raging in west Africa sparked a deadly riot in Sierra Leone as the World Health Organization prepared Wednesday to coordinate clinical trials of an experimental vaccine against the killer virus.
Canada Parliament attacks: Live Report by AFP
15:55 GMT – The attack comes just one day after Canada raised its national “terrorism” alert. One man has been shot dead inside Parliament, after a man with a rifle shot a soldier standing guard at the War Memorial in downtown Ottawa.
Not just sci-fi, long-range tractor beam now a reality by Greta McClain
Two Australian laser physicists have developed the world’s first first long-distance optical tractor beam, capable of not only attracting objects, but repelling them as well.
Settlers cheer as IDF soldiers brutalize disabled Palestinian boy by Brett Wilkins
Disturbing video has emerged showing Israel Defense Forces soldiers violently detaining a mentally disabled Palestinian child while nearby Jewish settlers cheer and shout racist abuse.
Footballer dies after goal celebration goes terribly wrong by Daryl Hammond
What was supposed to be a moment of elation quickly turned into one of great sadness, as an Indian footballer died after his acrobatic goal celebration went terribly wrong.
World’s deadliest spider shows up in family’s groceries by Karen Graham
A family in South London has been “deeply traumatized” after the father discovered a deadly spider while unpacking the family’s groceries. The spider, called the Brazilian wandering spider, or Banana spider is the world’s most venomous arachnid.
Space station ‘same day delivery’ service operational by 2016 by Greta McClain
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will soon have their own same day delivery service, courtesy of the soon to be developed Terrestrial Return Vehicle.
NASA discovers tiny galaxy some 13 billion lightyears from Earth by Greta McClain
With the help of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered one of the farthest and smallest galaxies ever seen.
To die on Mars is not an option despite MIT’s study by Karen Graham
There has been a lot of media attention over the Mars One mission to colonize Mars in 2025 using known and available technology. That very technology may very well prove to be the undoing of the project.
Fall is the time for foliage tours and raptor counts in Virginia by Karen Graham
When autumn comes to Virginia, the mountains and valleys don their coat of many colors, giving the countryside a patchwork quilt appearance. This is also the time of year for the annual raptor watch when birds-of-prey are counted as they migrate south .
Super batteries charge in two minutes and last 20 years by Tim Sandle
A group of technologists have created a remarkable new battery: the battery can be charged up within two minutes and, once fully charged, power on for up to 20 years.
Death of comic Joan Rivers blamed on anesthesia drug propofol by Nathan Salant
Acerbic comedian Joan Rivers died after suffering cardiac arrest during an outpatient medical procedure, a known potential side effect of the anesthesia drug propofol — the same drug implicated in the death of Michael Jackson.
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