To the seasons of life
Moon photo KDG, Beaver Moon due on the 5th. Maybe a blue moon? As this photograph from the 1st of November is telling us, there’s also predictions of lots of snow coming in November so that’s the way it goes sometimes…
Conjunction with Saturn this AM.
The November 2025 sky promises a spectacular display, headlined by the closest and brightest Supermoon of the year!🌕 The November 5 Supermoon in British ColumbiaThe Full Moon in November is traditionally called the Beaver Moon. This year, it’s also a Supermoon, meaning the Full Moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth (perigee), making it appear slightly larger and brighter than an average Full Moon. In fact, this is being called the biggest Supermoon of 2025.| Detail |
Time (PST – Pacific Standard Time) ||—|—|| Exact Peak Illumination | Wednesday, November 5 at 5:19 AM PST || Approximate Moonrise (Vancouver) | Tuesday, November 4 around 4:00 PM PST || Approximate Moonset (Vancouver) | Wednesday, November 5 around 7:37 AM PST |Note on Timing:The Moon is technically “Full” at the exact moment of peak illumination (5:19 AM PST on Nov 5th), but it will appear full to the eye for about three days, from the evening of November 4th through the evening of November 6th.What to Look For 👀The best viewing for the “super” effect is actually when the Moon is low on the horizon on the evenings of November 4th and 5th.
When the Moon is near the horizon, a psychological phenomenon known as the “Moon Illusion” makes it look even larger next to foreground objects like trees and buildings. This will enhance the Supermoon’s effect.
Look for a deep orange or yellow colour as the Moon rises due to the Earth’s atmosphere scattering light. Since the Moon is closer, its features may appear slightly sharper if you’re using binoculars or a telescope.✨ 7 Other Celestial Events in November 2025November offers excellent viewing opportunities for planets and two notable meteor showers.1. Planets in the Evening Sky
The ringed planet is an excellent viewing target throughout November. Look to the southeast after sunset; it will be a bright, yellowish “star” visible well into the night. On November 2nd and again on November 29th, the Moon will pass close by Saturn. * Mercury (Early November): The tiny planet reaches its highest altitude in the evening sky around November 1st–2nd. Look low in the west shortly after sunset. It’s usually difficult to spot, so this is your best chance for the month.2. Planets in the Morning Sky
The largest planet rises in the late evening and is brilliantly visible high in the south before dawn. Its Great Red Spot and four largest moons are great targets for a small telescope. * Venus (Early Morning): This incredibly bright “Morning Star” is visible low in the east just before sunrise in the beginning of the month.3. Meteor Showers
(Peaks Nov 4–5 & Nov 11–12): The Taurids are known for producing slow, bright meteors called fireballs, though their hourly rate is low (around 5 per hour). Look for them after midnight in the region of the constellation Taurus.
(Peak Nov 17–18):
The Leonids are famous for being one of the fastest meteor showers. It peaks on the night of November 17th into the morning of the 18th. With the Moon being a thin crescent, the skies will be dark, allowing for better viewing of its typical rate of 10–15 meteors per hour. The radiant is in the constellation Leo, best viewed after midnight.
* November 21st: The planet Uranus reaches opposition, meaning Earth passes directly between it and the Sun. This is when Uranus is closest to us and at its brightest for the year. Although it will still be too dim to see with the naked eye, it can be spotted with binoculars or a small telescope in the constellation Taurus. Look for its faint, blue-green disk.
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The Merritt team playing at home leads the Kelowna Junior B team 3 to 1 after the first.
☀️ Daylight Saving Time (DST) Overview * DST is the practice of advancing clocks, usually by one hour, during the summer months. * The goal is to extend daylight into the evening, making better use of natural light. * A common mnemonic is “spring forward, fall back” to remember which way to change the clocks.
Hint:set your clocks back this evening when retiring.
The legislation waiting to go to permanent standard time when our large trading partner to the south does maybe coming moot soon or at least doesn’t have the attraction it did.
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Yes, the 30,000 plus British Columbia government employee workers have returned to work and are waiting on a ratification vote that will happen during the second week of November.
.Yes, the majority of the BCGEU (B.C. General Employees’ Union) members who were on strike are back at work as of Monday, October 27, 2025.The strike, which had involved over 25,000 public service workers and lasted eight weeks, was suspended after the BCGEU reached a tentative agreement with the provincial government on October 26, 2025.Here are the key points regarding the return to work:
The BCGEU bargaining committee is recommending members ratify a four-year deal which includes a 3% general wage increase per year, targeted pay adjustments for the lowest-paid workers, and non-monetary improvements like enhanced telework fairness. * Picket Lines Down: All BCGEU picket lines came down after the Professional Employees Association (PEA), which was also on strike, reached a return-to-work agreement to resume bargaining with the government.
The 34,000 public service members will vote on ratifying the tentative agreement between November 6 and 13, 2025.
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Wyatt Young presents his graphic digital work at a local graduation, October 28th 2025
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Wear visible clothing abide by traffic laws. Do what parents and adults say, have a safe Halloween. Don’t be red-faced, for anybody the day after.
Remember you have no right of way in a municipality between intersections that are marked or unmarked. You’re right of way does not include blind starts at the intersections marked and unmarked!
Be defensive in your actions. Engage all drivers in eye contact and wait for yielding.
Perhaps the most memorable trade sanctions for us in Canada or British Columbia. Any time, were the countervailing duties Americans put on us when they began to feel the pressure of the modernization by numbers of sawmills and logging operations in British Columbia in particular.
These innovations cut local workforces down considerably. A milling operations such as one planer in Merritt,was once started in the home of a single entrepreneur; Bud Woodford, in the center of the town; Merritt had grown to being able to have 300 working people there at the birth of free trade . Some just very unskilled labour. All making livelihoods and used to having good jobs and skilled jobs at the height of markets.
The soft wood countervailing taxes Americans put on were mitigated by the fact that value added escaped it. We remember that the Mills here then became complimented by smaller Mills that did value-added, that was anything that wasn’t a 2×4 a 2×6 and other dimensional lumber (good reputation in the US Canadian blue) and had value added in it, including door jambs made of short pieces of cut offs, they were put into finger joints and were marketable in with attitude of value grown contribution rather then exploitation.
Innovation shouldn’t be stifled by heavy taxes it should be discovered in its trail of test.
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SpaceX’s Starship Flight 11 was a significant success, achieving every major objective and marking the final flight of the Version 2 Starship and first-generation Super Heavy booster.Starship Flight 11 SuccessesThe test, which launched on October 13, 2025, from Starbase, Texas, demonstrated critical capabilities for Starship’s future development and reusability: * Flawless Ascent and Staging: The Super Heavy booster successfully ignited all 33 Raptor engines, and a successful hot-staging maneuver separated the booster and the Starship upper stage.
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Super Heavy completed its boostback burn and a new, unique 13-engine landing burn designed for the next generation of the booster. It then successfully hovered above the water before executing a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, providing valuable data for future landing-tower catch attempts. * Starship Milestones: The upper stage achieved its planned velocity and trajectory, successfully deployed eight Starlink simulators, and performed the third in-space relight of a Raptor engine—a crucial capability for deorbit burns.
Starship gathered extensive data on its heatshield performance during atmospheric re-entry, intentionally stressing the vehicle. It then successfully executed a final landing flip, landing burn, and soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean.The complete success of this mission provided crucial data as SpaceX pivots to the next generation of Starship, the Block 3 vehicles.Upcoming Starship Flight 12Starship Flight 12 is highly anticipated as it will debut the new Block 3 vehicle version and is expected to launch from the renovated Pad 1 or the new Pad 2 at Starbase. * Launch Timeline: A precise launch date has not been finalized, but speculation from industry observers and polls suggests a potential window around the end of 2025 or early 2026. * New Vehicle: Flight 12 will feature the first use of the Block 3 Starship and Super Heavy vehicles, which are intended to have enhanced reliability, reusability, and payload capacity.
The flight is expected to repeat the suborbital flight profile of its predecessors, with the ship falling slightly short of reaching a full orbit. It may also pursue more aggressive tests related to reusability, such as further refinement of the landing burn in preparation for the eventual booster “chopsticks” catch. The focus for Block 3 vehicles will be on performing orbital launches and subsequent reusability and recovery.The next flight is a critical step in finalizing the Starship Version 3, the iteration that will be used for orbital launches and ultimately for crewed missions to the Moon and Mars.Here’s an overview of the most recent successful test: SpaceX Starship Stuns With Perfect Splashdown | Musk Celebrates Historic 11th Test Flight Success – YouTube.This video is relevant as it provides coverage of the successful Flight 11 test and its key achievements.
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Three significant historical events that happened on October 27th and their global importance are:
On October 27, 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, an series of 85 essays arguing for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was published in a New York newspaper under the pseudonym “Publius.”
These essays, primarily written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, are among the most important documents in American political history. They provided a persuasive and intellectual defense of the new form of government and remain a crucial primary source for understanding the intent and meaning of the U.S. Constitution, influencing political thought and constitutional law globally.2.
The New York City Subway, the oldest rapid-transit system in the United States, officially began operations on October 27, 1904, with a line running from City Hall to 145th Street.
The opening revolutionized urban transportation in one of the world’s largest cities. It spurred the development of neighborhoods outside of Manhattan, eased congestion, and became a model for other large-scale metropolitan transit systems worldwide, profoundly shaping the economic and social geography of New York City and the modern concept of the metropolis.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their roles in negotiating the Camp David Accords, which led to the 1979 Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty.
This Nobel Prize recognized a pivotal moment in Middle East history—the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab country. The efforts of Sadat and Begin, facilitated by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, provided a framework for future peace negotiations and profoundly altered the geopolitical landscape of the region, demonstrating that peace between long-standing adversaries was possible.
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