Weekly notable news (W42)

Not much happened this week. Same old, same old, as we say. Some aberrations at work keep exasperating me (but there's only 552 more weeks to endure). On the way back from a doctor's appointment, my wife and I walked through the mountain to admire the colours of fall. It was superb and I wonder why we don't do this kind of walk more often. We've also spent time watching more of the American presidential insanities, two excellent animated features (Miss Hokusai and Osamu Tezuka's Buddha Movie 1: The Red Desert! It's Beautiful) as well as a new episode of Poldark. For my part, I've also started a promising new series (Westworld) and watched the season finale of Halt and Catch Fire. And I probably did a zillion other things (like updating my anime & manga bibliography) that I can't even remember. But, does it really matter?

However, I do remember that I managed to find some time to stay acquainted with the affairs of the world. I therefore share with you a few notable news & links that I came across lately (in no particular order):

• L'arrondissement de Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension adopte le budget 2017 (link)
• Prêts de tablettes numériques dans les bibliothèques (link)
• Couleur Montréal (link)
• Elegant yet efficient: Hydroponics for the home (The Telegraph)
• A frugal librarian leaves $4 million to his university (Washington Post)
• Antimatter Probe May Do Proxima b Interstellar Flyby (Forbes)
• Britons mark 950th anniversary of Battle of Hastings (AP)
• Japan’s abdicating emperor may ignite row over succession rules (The Telegraph)
• The Universe Has Almost 10 Times More Galaxies Than We Thought (NPR)
• Western contact with China began long before Marco Polo, experts say (BBC)
• JK Rowling plans five Fantastic Beasts films (BBC)
• Is Canada's healthcare system as bad as Donald Trump says? (BBC)
• You may not have heard of Michiyo Yasuda, but you know her work (BBC)
• Dementia link to sudden low blood pressure and dizziness (BBC)
• Viking Music? New CD of Viking age music climbs the charts (Medievalists)
• Piece of carved wood suggests Persian taught maths in Japan 1,000 years ago (The Independent)
• A Most Convenient Relationship: The Rise of the Cat as a Valued Companion Animal (Medievalists)
• A history of punctuation for the internet age (The New Yorker)
• Why Bob Dylan Deserves His Nobel Prize (Rolling Stone)
• Scientists plan to create 'Asgardia' nation state in space (BBC)
• The day we knew that people don’t care about books anymore (Quartz)
• Un premier manteau en asclépiade sur le marché (Ici.Radio-Canada)
• Review: In ‘Miss Hokusai,’ an Apprentice to the Artistic Life (New York Times)
• It Turns Out That ‘The Lion King’ Is A Complete Rip-Off (Hollywood.com)
• Netflix on a budget: The best streaming devices under $50 (USA Today)
• Gillian Anderson and Studio Ghibli Are Teaming Up Again for Amazon's New Anime TV Series (io9)
• Le vieillard fou de cinéma au FNC 2016 (Shomingeki)
• Apple Pay Launches for Desjardins (iPhone in Canada, MacQuebec, Desjardins, TVA, La Presse Affairs)
• BMW's motorcycle of the future doesn't require a helmet (Engadget)
• Studio Ghibli's TV Series Is Coming To Amazon (Kotaku)
• Playing vinyl albums with an Aussie dollar note! (YouTube)
• Joanne Froggatt Stars in Dark Angel (PBS, Youtube)
• Panel on Emperor's abdication convenes (NHK World)
• China's Shenzhou 11 blasts off on space station mission (BBC)
• Film company Toho riding high on hits (NHK World) like Shin Godzilla and Kimi No Na Wa (links)
• Shinkai's 'your name.' Film Surpasses 15 Billion Yen (ANN, Forbes)
• Another popular anime right now, Kyoto Animation's A Silent Voice, sold 1.25 Million Tickets so far (ANN, Wikipedia)

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