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The Intouchables

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February 21, 2013

The Nicola Valley film Society is having the film ,The Intouchables ,2011 on March 11. Called a biography, drams and a comedy the film runs 112 minutes. Francois Cluzet ,Omar Sy and Anne Le Ny have the top billing as performers. “sometimes you have to reach into someone elses world to find whats missing in yours”

The film documents the accommodation of a person who is a totally invalid and a care provider from another race.

The film includes a product placement of blackberry phones.

Today in history: February,21 1952

The British government ” sets the people free by abolishing the identity card! Winston Churchill.

Product placement in pictures: Intouchables (brandsandfilms.com)
The Omar Sy Phenomena: The Intouchables!!! (frenchalacarteblog.com)
Movie Review – The Intouchables (thesalonierresapartments.com)

Tags: Arts, British Government, Francois Cluzet, Government of the United Kingdom, Identity document, Intouchables, Movie, Omar Sy, Product placement, Winston Churchill

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Consumer knowledge

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February 20, 2013

We talked to a young man this week who was driving a 16 passenger Van. When asked why not an electric or hybrid he said he researched it and the cost of the battery replacement was prohibitive. We said 5 years and the battery at 2 figures would need to be replaced.

When we talked to a person driving a pick-up that was electric with a 1.6 liter charging motor the fellow said 12 years , the former fellow admitted that 5 years was low-end when asked to comment on that. When asked if there was a residual value to used batteries he was not able to comment.

A charging station is in Merritt and has yet to be seen being used other then by official electric vehicles , the announcement of Tim Hortons and free retail outlets is not a subject on the minds of people here today.

Today in history: February, 20 1942

Phil Esposito Canadian hockey star is born.

Tags: Batteries, Battery, Charging station, Electric car, Electric vehicle, Energy, February, Technology

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The lady

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February 19, 2013

About a hundred people of this small south central interior British Columbia community watched The Lady last evening at the local college lecture theater. A powerful storytelling of the the fight for democracy in Burma, the film seemed to hush the people as they left the building.”That was a good film” was one of the comments, I saw that 2 years ago at the coast another. However an overall mood of some reverence was very clear.

Red scarfed soldiers selected and given licence to arbitrary kill seemed to be one of the key elements in a muting of unsolicited opinion. The fact that the Military allowed a free election May 1 and only won 10 seats of the 400 some also raised a sence of wonder about delusion and arrogance of unrestrained power.

The president of the group was heard to say that the film was attended by 87 members. Ron Brown was in the group, he was an election official here and supported mandatory voting. The group according to the president all voted in the tear off people’s choice with a unanimous excellent.

Today in history: February 19,1861

Serfdom is abolished in Russia

Burma’s Rights Violations Continue despite Reforms: UN Envoy (irrawaddy.org)
Paramus Sunrise Rotary Hears Charlotte Bennett Schoen Speak About Her Upcoming Trip To Burma/Myanmar (paramuspost.com)
The Lady, Luc Besson (kevingriffiths.wordpress.com)
Four ladies from Burma, navigating freedom where democracy is tentative: Kathleen Parker (oregonlive.com)
Burma: Students Taken By Kachin Army (eurasiareview.com)
The Burmese brides trafficked into China to marry total strangers (metro.co.uk)
VIDEO: ‘Serious rights abuses’ in Burma (bbc.co.uk)

Tags: British Columbia, Burma, Ron Brown, Russia

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Gas prices

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February 18, 2013

The shell station at the top of the hill on Voght street is showing a gasoline price of a dollar and 21.9 cents a liter that s up 10 cents from a week ago down town. An employee from the neighbouring Petro Canada in an interview said she was walking over to check the price of the competitor. implying that was her directed job.

The summer driving season usually sees a spike in retail gas prices. These increases are a little early for the May trough September demand period.

Today in history: February 18,1229

The Holy Roman empire signs a ten-year truce putting the 6th crusade on hold.

Gas Prices Rise 2 Cents this past week in PA (gantdaily.com)
Gas prices up every day for a month in Alabama — and they might keep rising (al.com)
Calgary drivers welcome pump price reprieve (calgaryherald.com)
Gas price rise may slow U.S. economy (wwlp.com)
$5 Gas Returns To Southland (losangeles.cbslocal.com)

Tags: Gallon, GasBuddy, Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing, History, Los Angeles, New York, Petro Canada, United States

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The week in pictures 1/16/13

Gallery

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February 16, 2013

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TGIF

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February 15, 2013

Its good that it is friday….

Barnstar impression on a red maple leaf This maple leaf was found under a barnstar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The local public library has made a recipe available on the counter for edible worms:

Today in history:February 15th 1965

Canada gets a new national flag the Maple leaf on white and two red bars.

Tags: Canada, Flags, History, India, James Cook, Oceania, On This Day in History, tgif

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Happy Valentines Day

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February 14, 2013

HHHHHHappy Valentines Day!

Today in history: February 14,1859

Oregon becomes the 33 state in the US union.

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Broken window

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February 12, 2013

The local public library suffered another broken window causing an opening delay till 10:45 this morning. The library has had numbers of broken windows over time and a few years ago there was a work bee of volunteers organized to remove the landscaping rocks from about the Garcia street building.

Some might ask isn”t that freedom of expression, isn’t that fair comment?

We say that glass is a reasonable restraint on freedom of expression and that the perpetrators should take up letters to the Editors.

Today in history: February 12,1909

New Zealand worst maritime disaster as the ship Peguin sinks in Wellington harbour

Tags: New Zealand, Wellington harbour

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The week in pictures 2/9/13

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February 10, 2013

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Today in History: February 9, 1969

The first test flight of the Boeing 747 airliner.

Tags: Boeing, Boeing 747, Chicago, Flight test, FlightAware, Lithium-ion battery, Seattle, Tracking (commercial airline flight)

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TGIF

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February 8, 2013

yes

Today in History: February 8,1952

Elizabeth 11 is proclaimed as the constitutional monarch of Great Britain.

Tags: Birmingham, Corporate social responsibility, Glasgow, Great Britain, Leeds, T.G.I. Friday's, Triumph Group, United States

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The Lady, Luc Besson

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February 7, 2013

Monday February 18, 2013 The Nicola Valley Film Society will present The Lady. At 7:30 in the Lecture Theater. Free parking and no food or drinks in the theater.

The film is rated 14A.

Set in Burma in 1947, it cases political struggle and Aung San Suu K and her travail to be the first women in Asia to get a Nobel peace prize.

Editors Note : Burma has been noted as being very repressive for the individual and is a bell weather for struggle for electronic freedom.

A French English film

Today in history: February 7 ,1940

The second full length Disney animation is released: Pinocchio

Four brave ladies from Burma (seattletimes.com)
Women and Hollywood Weekly Update December 2nd (binsidetv.net)
The Magic and Folly of Burma (irrawaddy.org)
Taken 2 fights it way onto blu-ray (review) (moviejunkieto.com)
Cartoonist refuses French honour (bbc.co.uk)
Parker: 4 ladies from Burma (denverpost.com)
Burma writers test limits of new freedom (sfgate.com)

Tags: Asia, Aung San, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Lady, Nobel Peace Prize, Pinocchio, The Lady: Aung San Suu Kyi: Nobel Laureate and Burma's Prisoner

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Blind is a progression.

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February 6, 2013

There was a scale card at the local library for White cane week that had 6 eye conditions simulated through lens. What was surprising to me was blind is not like when you close your eyes it is a soupy white. One condition is like looking through bridal lace, and macular degeneration just fuzz’s the letters some, on a card.

A number of people suffered some sort of blindness including the retired radio personality Al Clark. Al had a marvelous voice on the local Q101 giving no inclination of any disability, however he was not able to secure a driving licence and was years ahead of bicycle and helmet usage.

Editors note: The channel 888 here is looking for 1000 sight challanged people for a consultation group to recommend services for the blind. the channel narrates programs for people to enjoy that would have to guess at visuals in shows. They are also applying to renew their licence with the CRTC.

Check them out at AMI.ca

The Accessible Channel or AMI promotes media access for 6.6 million Canadians who are blind, deaf,,vision impaired or hard at hearing.It was launched in 2008, and goes by TAC for short.

Today in History: February 6,1918

Women in Britain over 30 get the vote.

Today in History: February 7, 1976

Darryl Sittler gets 10 points in a single NHL game