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Today in History March 16 ,637
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Caligula becomes Emperor of Rome.
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Tonight the Nicola Naturalists have invited the local bylaw officer to speak. Bob Davis was an instructor at the local college in another life and now operates an organic garden on his property on highway 8 to Spence’s Bridge.
Bob has also been an auxiliary police officer and a official for taking tests for firearms licences.
Bob will be speaking on mosquitoes and he has some experience in the West Nile virus concern of a few years ago. His presentation is entitled “What we don”t know about Mosquitoes.”
Update the presentation was in the comfort of the lecture theater and bob Davies presented his work as a biologist , mapping degree days for mosquito incubation in Canada. He also documented West Nile cases in a timeline apologised some to warmer weather. He subjectively suggested that West Nile is not a problem on a large scales most the greater percentage of people who get this type of encephalitis will have no symptoms and humans are a dead-end and cannot communicate the virus. Some deaths will occur for people disposed to it.
Bobs presentation was upbeat and informative al lot of information given and not all may have been heard in the sence of appreciation as he said that ht British Columbia government was stockpiling a know carcinogen for dealing with the WNV threat, he also said they had regulated away the consent need to apply it.
2012 has seen the end of funding for this research here, it remains to be seen were BoB will publish his works or if his funders have the copy right. He commented that he is indispensable to the research.
Bob Davis was announced as a biologist with 25 years experience and still has tenure At NVIT. Bob is a fisheries biologist by his admission.
7:00 PM room 0001 upstairs at NVIT .
Today in History, March 15th 2011
The Syrian uprising begins.
Today in history: March 16th 1942
The first V2 rocket test is a failure with an explosion on lift off.
There was an artisan type fellow with a trailer behind pick up with four square bales of hay yesterday. He was parked on Voght coming away from the window of a do it your self realty assist. He said he was from the lower mainland and he paid $150.00 a ton for it .The four bales came to 4 tons a 600 dollar buy. He was happy with it and said it was cheap. He had purchased it from a local ranch to the north-east of town. The hay was for horses that he raised for raising at Cloverdale.
Today in history, March 14 1900
The Gold Standard Act is ratified placing the United States on the Gold Standard.
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The city is delivering new serial numbered garbage cans about town to-day. they belong to the city but you are to put your address on them and keep them up. Also record the serial number in case of problems.
A bigger can is coming next year for clean recycle all in one truck and automated loading. A source at the city says that They had in mind the comfort of the handlers and WCB liability when choosing the system.
Today in history: March 13th 1936
The Boulder Dam is completed at a cost in excess of one hundred million dollars it is two years a head of schedule.
There is always hope someone will get it right
Today in History, March 9, 632
The last sermon of the prophet Mohammed is given. ( The Farewell Sermon)
Three days of strike is being accomplished by the British Columbia Teachers Union. Bus trips from the interior to the legislature and balloons. Coffee at the public library, placards and horn honking.
The right to strike in a limited way was given by the labour relations board, the other side of that is the employers right to lock out, this is not talked about. As it would be a whole new context to this public sector union that has a huge disposition to essential services. For those that have struck factories and plants in the past, some have felt the sting of long lock outs; and plant closings.
Opinion: Nobody should borrow trouble, life is too short.
Today in History, March 7, 1985
We are the world song is released internationally.
A report is out about child safety and protection,in the province. Focusing on one event that was heinous; it looks at the welfare system and not employment standards of semi skilled labour. And the conditions that brought a man to kill his children. By the by the public school system is on a 3 day strike , for in part class size.
The best that can come out of this is another venting for the communities loss, however shifting blame may be counter productive.
Opinion:
The police and the teacher that had no sensitivity or emotional intelligence to deal with the father of some children can not be undone.
Or perhaps this is where the saying entertained angels unawares is best applied.
more later.
Today in History, March 6,1991
Born Nicole Fox American model.
Today in history, March 2 1953
The academy awards are first broadcast.
The local theater society is putting on a production ,Last Rites. They are planning for Circa May 17th. A cast of eight players are working in the local community college to produce the event. A source says some roles will be doubled up.
The group is under the leadership of Mil Jurusic the new president; a teacher at NVIT. Mil has been involved in the Say so Society; an open mike improv group that frequent a night spot here called Iron Mountain Music. That group is planning a function for St Patrick’s Day.
Opinion:
The local group had a successful play done on historical figures for the 100 year centennial of the city. They will be building on that.
Today in History, February 29,1972
Hank Aron becomes the first ball player to contract over 200 thousand dollars a year.
Quip : remember a leap year is not the same as a leap second as the second has to do with the speed of the earths rotation. what ever makes the earth move for you….
Yesterday there were about 29 ,teachers mustering in the parking lot of the Coldwater Hotel. The teachers had placards saying money for this and that but none for education.
A source tells me that they are applying to strike, as essential service the same source says they can strike for 2 weeks at a time then go back to work in the interim. A report says that the province is reading legislation to order them back to work.
There is a possible school closure for want of 25 students here that would mean teacher job loss.
Opinion: They are getting their views known, but it seems silly and political. The province apparently has a zero net increase policy that means to get a raise somethings got to go.
Today in history, February 28, 1993
The ATF agency serves a warrant to arrest David Koresh, at Waco Texas resulting in four agents deaths and the start of a 51 day stand off.
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