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The week in pictures 12/1/12

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December 1, 2012

Nicola Ave in Christmas lighting

City council member and transit principal Alastair Murdoch cuts anniversary cake. Former council member Alistair Murdock Ran and won a seat… File Photo KDG

Steve Harwood an offical from Victoria gives information speech! Merritt Mayor Susan Roline looks on.

Merritt chief admin officer Matt Nobel. speaks on impact of transit.

Dave Macauly of Nicola Valley search and rescue talk about search and rescue, with RCMP. File Photo KDG

Job office finally posts sign after reorg.

Steel ball on Highway Five A; do not follow trucks closely!

A random picture of truck traffic.

Eagle starved to death, a source says its worth 2000 dollars on black market. now in hands of CO

Polldaddy will soon start using WordPress.com logins (polldaddy.com)

Tags: Christmas, Form Data Polls and Surveys, Hosted Components and Services, Hosts, Polls and Surveys, Steel Ball, Twitter, VaultPress, Web Design and Development

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New snack

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November 8, 2012

The local A and W fast food outlet has a new snack! Chubby Chicken piece in a roll. It has a very tasty sauce.

The restaurant has free coffee refills to 11 am and a special on apple turnovers.

The Chicken piece is attractive and stimulates taste buds in a pleasurable way!

Rates : **** good

Today in History: November 8 1973

The right ear of J. Paul Getty the third is delivered with a ransom note that caused the payment of a 2.9 million dollars ransom.

Tags: Apartment, Crime, J. Paul Getty, murder, Raghu, Ransom note effect, Shiva, Upper Merion Township Montgomery County Pennsylvania

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Work a day

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November 7, 2012

Little excitment about here today after the US Election but a sence that it means that the agenda continues and work a day style will also continue as well.

A college teacher was talking about high standards of completion of assignments being required by schools.

Some talk of the dynamics of the Republican controlled house on the agenda but no expectation of dysfunction from the US by regular people.

Today in History: November 7,2002

Iran bans the advertising of American products.

Tags: Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Mitt Romney, Nuclear program of Iran, Persian Gulf, Politics, Tehran, United States

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Pipeline application

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October 31, 2012

There was an information public meeting last night at the Civic Center here. Kinder Morgan was displaying the wares of its pipeline Company Trans Mountain Pipeline Company. The operation is in a process to get permits from the NEP The National Energy Board, that’s the regulator that recommends to The Federal Cabinet on energy matters. The open house was about its activities to twin its 61 year old line from Edmonton to Burnaby. An upgrade its dock facility as well.

The purpose of the evening was for discussions and they say that all statements will be in consideration for its final application for permits.

Editors Note:

Trans Mountain has operated out of Merritt one pumping station with no significant trouble in the 60 years of its delivering oil to the major population center of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.

A timeline was in the publication material showing where they are now and when construction would start. A full year of discussion remains before the application is submitted and then 2 years of scrutiny with it being in the hands of the regulators.

A pair of consultants also had meetings with city officials and the board of Community Futures Development a high risk lender for economic development and an arms length facilitator of the Federal Government.

The company also delivers refined gasoline products to central BC. PP

Today in history: October 31 1997

A British person au pair Louise Woodward is sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of second degree murder the day before by a Massachusetts jury.

Thousands expected at anti-pipeline protest in B.C. (ctvnews.ca)
Oil pipelines, tankers ‘most pressing’ issue in B.C.: poll (o.canada.com)
Burnaby mayor slams Kinder Morgan and Harper government at town hall (vancouverobserver.com)
Labour, Environmentalists And First Nations ‘Diametrically Opposed’ To Tankers And Pipelines by David P. Ball (zcommunications.org)
B.C. government rethinks pipeline-approval process (theglobeandmail.com)
Burnaby residents pack meeting on pipeline expansion (theprovince.com)
What you need to know about Kinder Morgan and its proposed pipeline expansion (vancouverobserver.com)
Burnaby residents oppose pipeline expansion (cbc.ca)
First Nations aim to stop proposed pipeline expansion (ctvnews.ca)
Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh paddle to protest Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion (theprovince.com)

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Visit

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October 24, 2012

The Area Governor and delegation visited Merritt Toastmasters club last evening.Shirley Boxrud is area 35 district 21 of Toastmasters International. It was her official fall visit.

The delegation participated in the meeting and gave the general evaluation.

After completing a report on the distinguished club program goals the delegation left for home in Kamloops with a recommendation for a good restaurant.

Today in history: October 24, 1929

The stock market crashes on Black Thursday

The Next Stock Market Crash Will Be Bigger Than “Black Monday” (etfdailynews.com)
October 24 – National Bologna Day (foodimentary.com)

Tags: Club, Communication, Organization, Public speaking, Self Improvement, Toastmaster, Toastmasters International, United States

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Zombie walk

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October 10, 2012

The local public library is talking about another Zombie walk this year. The Halloween season brings a dress up appetite to all the excentrics and not so excentric in the world. When asked if the local Librarian had enough brains left to host another Zombie walk this year she motioned in the affirmative.

Today in history: October 10th,1973

The United States Vice President Agnew resigns after being charged with Income Tax Evasion.

Zombie Walk returns despite complaints (nzherald.co.nz)
Annual zombie walk gets ghoulish (whas11.com)
Zombie Walk (jeanhutterdigital.blogspot.com)
Most popular stories on NJ.com: Westfield man charged in wedding brawl; New Jersey Zombie Walk (nj.com)
10,000 zombies take over Asbury Park (upi.com)
Zombie Walks a Growing Phenomenon in the UK (prweb.com)
Ottawa Zombie Walk undead as CHEZ 106 agrees to pay for police detail (metronews.ca)
Zombie Walk ‘Organizer’ Charged With Disrupting Public Order (rferl.org)
Zombie Walk (thebloodyblogger.wordpress.com)
The Walking Dead. (sarahviveca.wordpress.com)

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Demonstration

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October 4, 2012

There is a couple of people on Voght Street with signs against the Smart Meters that Hydro is installing. One a women about 45 is saying her motivation is because of burying a relative with many brain tumors in the head area around the ear , she says that her relation used cell phones with regularity.

In the 10 odd minutes we talked to her there were no honks from passing traffic.

Today in history: October 4 1957

The Arrow Jet Fighter’s rolled out in ceremony at the Avro plant in Ontario Canada.

Flights of Fancy – Canada and the Avro Arrow (ifiwantedyouropinion.com)
The gynecological case for the Avro Arrow (macleans.ca)
Did Cell Phone Use Call Sheryl Crow’s Brain Tumor? (celebs.gather.com)
Smart meter complaint to be heard by B.C. Human Rights Tribunal (theprovince.com)
The Immune System And Brain Tumors – Potential Breakthrough (medicalnewstoday.com)
Barrow researchers make breakthrough on immune system and brain tumors (esciencenews.com)
How secure are smart meters? (mkronline.com)
Smart meters too toxic to touch (stopsmartmeters.com.au)
Privacy Expert: All Protesters Are Routinely Scanned and ‘Skimmed’ By Drones (musicians4freedom.com)

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TGIF

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September 28, 2012

English: A Reva i/G-Wiz charging in London, between Covent Garden and the Strand. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

yes try as you might…..

Charging station in use: The charging station to accommodate electric vehicle quick charges was seen to be in use this week, here in Merritt BC

A car with BC Hydro markings was using the single outlet on Voght street.

The out let allows for a 4 hour charge that may get the user up to about 85 kilometers of driving. An overnight charge on regular 120 volt at home will produce the same thing.

The station has been noticeably not in use for the months it has been here.There is talk of other being added soon, this may make it more attractive for use. The stations are GPS enabled for smart billing technologies.

Today in history: September 28,2008

The Falcon 1 is the first private space craft in space.

Flyout of KSC, Farewell Endeavour! (ireport.cnn.com)
NASA injects $1.1bn into private space craft companies (slashgear.com)
EV charging station recharges without wires (reviews.cnet.com)
Study: Almost 5 million charging stations by 2015 (reviews.cnet.com)
Are all-electric vehicles practical? (shopautoweek.com)
Quebec, Ontario creating electric vehicle charging stations (ctvnews.ca)
New site helps, educates California EV owners (reviews.cnet.com)
Station Square adds electric car charging station (triblive.com)
ComEd Wants To Know Where You’re Charging Your Car (forbes.com)
Sharing the plug: the evolving etiquette of charging stations (csmonitor.com)

Tags: BC Hydro, Charging station, Colonization, Dead Space, Electric car, Electric vehicle, Energy, Essays and Manifestos, Falcon, Global Positioning System, GPS, Nissan Leaf, Spacecraft, Technology, Transportation, United States

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More benchs

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September 25, 2012

There are three more benches going in on Voght going up the hill and in front of the RCMP building.

A source with in the city says that council voted recently to install them.The benches are an attractive design with steel wagon wheels for protection and hand rails at each end. The first prototype was build locally and complement the bus shelters about town.

However the first bench installed after this vote is without the wheels and has a stenciled relief of Merritt Inc 1911. the city incorporated to undertake an electricity generation scheme that after supplying power caused the towns insolvency by a relief act of the provincial legislature.

A councilor H. Kroeker was a former building supply owner and a recent emphasis on trades in the high school and college seems to indicate a bent toward the construction of unwanted housing. A home was build for a private owner on Garcia Street using the high schools students and equipment a couple of years ago and they placed a beam and rock center to mark the completion of the trades and transition project.

Today in history: September 25,303

On a trip to preach the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens France.

The Uniqueness of Saint Fermin Festival (d105294857364281100.typepad.com)
Amiens: tough autumn for France? (english.ruvr.ru)
The Oldest Running of the Bulls (outsideonline.com)
My Beautiful Garden Bench (gardeningnirvana.wordpress.com)
Man sitting at bus shelter critically injured by car (ocregister.com)

Tags: Amiens, Bench (furniture), Bus stop, Fermin, France, Gospel, Pamplona, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Saint Fermin, San Diego

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TGIF-AGM Nicola Naturalists

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September 21, 2012

Have a great weekend, and visit merit and malice and rate them

Alan Burger and the Naturalists presented their AGM. Last evening at the local college room 001,financial statements ,and newsletters as well as reports all clear and concise.:Opinion

The society bought two Kyac boots last year and acquired 3 GPS mapping units. They accounted for the work and cost of their amphibian mapping count and after adjourning the business meeting went to a members picture contest, where 29 blind slides were shown as each member in the voting bar had three votes to pick a winner. And the winner was Jack Madrigas with a capture of a Great Grey Owl.Jack is the secretary and his wife the treasurer.

The society added two directors to bring the count to 7 and they will decide the executive roles at the first directors meeting. The group have a website.

http://www.nicolanaturalists.ca/

The next event is October the 10th at NVIT. The provincial naturalist president will be showing at the lecture theater.

Today in history: September 21 1991

Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the United States first Female Supreme Court Justice

Preparing for your AGM- a checklist (zzeem.com)
Another year…another AGM… (mandyevebarnett.com)
AGMs could be scrapped (news.smh.com.au)
10 ways to make your local party AGM better (libdemvoice.org)
Week ahead in business and economics: Sep 17-Sep 21 (telegraph.co.uk)
Sandra Day O’Connor Confirmed By U.S.Senate Becomes First Female Supreme Court Justice (shafiqah1.wordpress.com)
Thirty-One Years Ago Today, The First Woman Joined The Supreme Court (thinkprogress.org)
Sandra Day O’Connor defends Roberts’ ruling (cbsnews.com)
Sandra Day O’Connor: Conservatives show ‘lack of understanding’ of court system (rawstory.com)
Sandra Day O’Connor Wants You To Be Educated Before You Speak (webpronews.com)

Tags: Barack Obama, Government, Judicial Branch, Nicola Naturalists, Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court, United States, United States Supreme Court

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Funding non Profits

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September 20, 2012

There is a seminar today at the Merritt Civic Center, its called enterprising non profits . A n employee of the United way in Kamloops said they are discussing ways of finding income for non profits. such as selling memberships, thrift shops gift shops etc.

A van from the Kamloops Widlife Park is the most predominate in the parking lot , it lists a number of corporate sponsors on the side and the united way person said they have a gift shop.

opinion: the Kamloops wildlife park has an advantage as they charge an admission and have something worth seeing and is in demand. Including a scale train that rides through some of the exhibits.

Today in history: September 20, 1920

The founding of the Spanish Legion.