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Media representation

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April 22, 2013

Tomorrow night at 7PM, April 23rd, at the local community college NVIT a film on the representation of women in the media will be presented. In the auditorium at 4155 Belshaw avenue Misrepresentation will be played.
doors open at 6:30 seating is limited to 145 and no food or drinks in the theater: admission 2 dollars ( proceeds to the local women’s shelter.)
A film by Jennifer Siebe Newsom.

Today in History: April 22 1977

Fiber optics is first used to carry phone calls.

Miss Representation (mediathinking003.wordpress.com)
Pacific women political representation not good enough, says Fiame (pacific.scoop.co.nz)
TURLOCK NOW: Women’s representation gets film focus (modbee.com)
Women journalists in Jordan bring women’s rights to the forefront. Representation of women in Indian police force first step towards equality. (psawomenpolitics.wordpress.com)

Tags: Colleges and Universities, Community college, Education, Misrepresentation, NVIT, Pacific Media Centre, Two-Year Colleges, United States

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The week in pictures 4/20/13

Gallery

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April 21, 2013

Next Nicola Naturlists meeting

Save the dog adoption out side local pet store

up for adoption

Sunday snow at 2500 feet

Not up for adoption

First drum made at local school.

Tags: Drum making, Pets, Public library, Snow

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TGIF – rafting

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April 19, 2013

Its good that it is friday….

Next meeting of the Nicola naturalists Thursday, May 23 7 pm at the Merritt Civic Center , Downtown. The meeting is a joint meeting with the Nicola Valley Explorers. “The Majestic Thompson River” with Bernie Fandrich. (Kumsheen Raft Adventures )

Today in history: April 19th 1927

Mae west is given 10 days in jail for your part in the play SEX.

My hero: Mae West by Kathy Lette (guardian.co.uk)

Tags: Advice, History, Mae, Mae West, Politics of Sexuality, Sex, Sexuality, United States

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Rafe Mair

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April 18, 2013

A voice from the past or current personality , Rafe Mair will be speaking here on April 24th. ” hear about rivers, PPs, oil tankers ,salmon and democracy all this in a conclusion of why are hydro bills are going through the roof.

Rafe’s picture on his promo poster shows a grey bearded cane wielding lively moving person, with the cane raised and the left elbow high and ready.

Admission by donation , at the Merritt civic center starting at 7 o’clock. The event also features film maker Damien Gillis.

Today in history: April 18th 1906

Fire and earthquakes destroy San Fransisco

Tags: BBC, Merritt British Columbia, Politics, Rafe, Rafe Mair, San Fransisco

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Two laptops

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April 17, 2013

The local library in Merritt has two laptops to use in the study carousels at the Garcia street facility. The laptops are two of ten that were dispersed from a program called literacy Merritt.

The librarian said it was a program to help seniors stay in contact with grand children that may be living elsewhere.

The lap tops are available for use without log in or a library card, the library has wi-fi service.

Today in history: April 17th 1897

The Aurora UFO incident.

We don’t need laptops; GIBA tells gov’t (modernghana.com)
Teachers Scramble For RLG Laptops (modernghana.com)
Borrow a Laptop @ Kirk Library (elearningcentralia.wordpress.com)

Tags: Education, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Laptop, Notebooks and Laptops, United States, Vendors

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Drumming and drum making

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April 16, 2013

About a dozen people were in a traditional drum making class at room 069 today ant NVIT the first nations administrated public , community college at 4155 Belshaw Avenue here in Merritt , starting with a bannock lunch the process takes about 2 hours to stretch raw hide over wooden rings. Deer skin is also used to make rattles of raw hide to go with drummers.

A drum stick is also made from a willow stick , ” medicine” ” willow has healing ” and a sowed skin covered foam pad. A participant said also that sand was used before balloons were available to stitch wet rawhide over for the rattle.

When asked Amy Strayer said it was her first one and tradition holds that she give it away. Her drum was drying and she had not yet decided who to give it to.

First nations people often sing ad drum their introductions to a meeting.

Today in history: April 16th 1881

Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle in Dodge city.

Spirit of the Drum – March 20th, 2013 (idlenomoremanitoba.wordpress.com)

Tags: Arts, Bat Masterson, Colleges and Universities, Community college, Dodge city, Drum, Drum kit, Education, First Nations, Merritt, Merritt British Columbia, Music, Percussion, Shopping, United States

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60 jobs gone

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April 15, 2013

The people at Ardew were informed at 5 o’clock this morning Saturday 13/13 that they were all laid off. The mill was being taken over by Aspen Planners after being acquired by them. The Ardew Mill is old tech without J bar sorter.:*

* Opinion: There will be a net job loss in that sector as Aspen Planners have two mills here before acquiring Ardew. One saw mill one planner mill .

The consolidation sees AP in control of the Weyerhaeuser operation and the Ardew operation , leaving one other lumber producer here; Tolko Industries a private company that also had its start as a family business.

Other small mills include NMV and pine Ideas as specialty lumber manufacturers.

Today in history: April 15th 1923

Insulin becomes generally available for people with diabetes.

Tags: Business, Construction and Maintenance, HTML element, Lumber, Materials and Supplies, Mills, Tolko, Weyerhaeuser, Wood and Plastics, Wood Products

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Spade foot

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April 11, 2013

The local naturalists are having a presentation on the Spade foot on the 18th of April.

The northern limit of the great basin Spadefoot is the subject of the evening.

The naturalists also enjoy a presentation of members wildlife pictures before the main presentation as well. Gerry Sanford and freelance published author Murphy Shewchuck are some of the members that regularly share unique captures at the pre presentation.

The event begins at 7:00 at the local community college lecture theater NVIT, 4155 Belshaw Avenue in Merritt.

Today in History: April 11,1976

The apple 1 is created.

Apple Pop-Up Museum preview posted (tuaw.com)
The Sad Tale of a Forgotten Apple Co-Founder and His Lost Billions (dailyfinance.com)

Tags: Deadliest Catch, Dorothy Parker, History, Mark Twain, Robert Frost, United States, William Shakespear

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500 kilometer range

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April 9, 2013

Off Voght Street in Merritt and next to the Merritt Desert Inn is an electric car recharging station. I talked to a man recharging his car and he said his car a Tesia model S has a 500 kilometer range. He had come from Vancouver and took on 130 kilometers worth of free power from the charging station.

The man said that he spends 6 dollars a month on power for his 100 thousand dollar luxury electic car. There three models below it with less range and according to him it takes more than over night to fully charge his car with the 110 service at home.

The car drove off with no noise and a happy driver on his way to Kamloops.

The charging station is in the same parking lot that the farmers market occupy starting May 18th.

A report in the Merritt Herald here said that more stations are coming.

An update:
Another Tesia driver charging up here on 4/15/13 said his range is more like 300 KMs because of going up hill and he agreed that the return trip should have better results as that would be downhill . Merritt is 2000 feet above sea level that the coast drivers come from.

Today in History: April 9, 1867

Alaska is purchased from the Russians by a vote of one.

An Electric Car Charger On Every Corner? (autoinsurancecenter.com)
Fry’s to install electric car charging stations ()
Mercedes-Benz puts new electric car into production (reviews.cnet.com)
The world’s first nationwide EV charging network (smartplanet.com)
How Better Place plans to revive the electric car (reviews.cnet.com)
Game Changer for Tesla (forbes.com)

Tags: Charging station, Electric car, Electric vehicle, Kamloops, Russians, Technology, Tesia, Vancouver

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TGIF

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April 5, 2013

yes

A weekend workshop for Yoga is going on this weekend. A Chakra Yoga workshop says that it involves personal discovery. The work shop is 30 kilometers west of Merritt off hyway 8 ,5320 Mannning Creek road.

Info: scottandcarol@ymail.com

Today in History: April 5, 1975

The Peoples Republic of China has its April 5th movement start that leads to the Tiananmen incident.

Tags: Android, Asia, Balki Bartokomous, China, Email address, Embassies and Consulates, Friday, Government, History, Largemouth bass, Perfect Strangers, Reasonable doubt, T.G.I. Friday's, tgif, Twitter

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Elders luncheon, Easter celebration.

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March 26, 2013

There is an invitation posted to attend an elders luncheon on Thursday April forth at 12:00 PM , at the Merritt Civic Center. Elders are people over 50 years of age.
Registration starts at 9:30 am and you can rsvp at the journeys into tomorrow transition house, at 250-378-6170.
The host is the Coldwater Indian Band.

Today in history:March 26 ,1997

Thirty some bodies are found in a suicide pack with the Heavens gate cult.