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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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The week in pictures 4/13/13

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April 13, 2013

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TGIF

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April 12, 2013

English: Union Flag, Flag of the United Kingdom (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Its good that it is friday….

Today in History: April, 12 1606

The Union flag is adopted in the UK.

Our editoral view on the need to break winter and sympathy to those in England that have not survived it. ( old and sick)

Tags: Email address, England, Friday, History, On This Day in History, Reasonable doubt, tgif, United States

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Frost

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April 10, 2013

This morning there was heavy frost on the ground, after snow on the weekend that did not stick.

Crocus , tulips and daffodils are seen in yards that have sheltered areas and warmth of soil conditions.

A consultation with Henry a participant at the farmers market and a serious friend of the with in a hundred miles thought said that he planted 80 odd romaine lettuce in side this week in anticipation of planting outside. He said they are frost hardy and lots of green vegetables are, common wisdom for less frost hardy plants is the end of May. Henry intends to have produce at the farmers market when it opens May 18th.

Today in History: April 10th, 1710

The statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright in the UK is made.

Farmers Prepare for Spring Frost (krextv.com)
GardenToolBox Sprays Even More Pressure Washers On To Their Site (prweb.com)

Tags: Agriculture, Evesham, History, Pressure washer, Recreation, Robert Frost, Sullivan Frost, United States

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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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Underground warmth

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April 8, 2013

The hill side to the south-west in Merritt is green. It’s the one that’s visible just under some large condos that Claude Lelievre of Merritt Mountain Entertainment built and were abandoned some years ago. The warmth coming from underground workings that burned for many years is still apparent. The developer Claude Lelievre was said to be making a pond or lake behind the area when he lost all the water to underground workings. The hill-side also had billowed a small column of smoke. The smoke has not been seen for years and the story of the water loss was talked about as its cause.

The area is shown on the Active Mountain Resort http://www.freespiritmedia.com/AMRNew/realestateintro.html‘s web page . However the abnormal greening is only apparent in early spring when the surrounding area has not germinated yet.

http://wp.me/pAoul-2Qp

The Web page has not updated its calender of activities since 2005.

There are unconfirmed reports of new owners and development plans.

Today in History: April 8th 1954

Thirty seven people die as a Canadian Air force trainer collides with an airliner over Moosejaw Sask.

Two Children Trapped Underground in Stanley (wccbcharlotte.com)

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Calfs and lambs

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April 2, 2013

A trip out highway 5A saw many spring calf’s and new born lambs along the road and in the ranches fields that are intersected by the highway.

Once asked a local rancher Gloria Capp what the difference between a spring calf and a winter calf she replied ” one is born later”.

Nicola Ranch, Quilchena ,Cattle Company and others along the lower road to Kamloops are quite pleasant to view from a car as it takes its way along the ” 70 percent load restriction ” road . These restrictions concern transports and commercial trucks and have made the route free of them at this time ,preferring 5 the divided highway with out load restrictions.

Today in History: April 2,1912

The ill fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.