To the seasons of life
According to many sources June has been a great month for blue night clouds. Noctilicent clouds have a stunning visual effect. They are made by ice crystals that are only visible in the twilight. They may be the result of increased methane in the atmosphere. The effect is also visible when the sun is low in the horizon and sunlight is still lighting white clouds.
Trade Unions are legalized in Canada.
The Nicola Valley Aquatic Center and the local A and W have redone their lots in a Zeriscape style here in Merritt.
n some areas, terms as water-conserving landscapes, drought-tolerant landscaping, and smart scaping are used instead. Plants whose natural requirements are appropriate to the local climate are emphasized, and care is taken to avoid losing water to evaporation and run-off. The specific plants used in xeriscaping depend upon the climate. Xeriscaping is different from natural landscaping, because the emphasis in xeriscaping is on selection of plants for water conservation, not necessarily selecting native plants.
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Using greywater ( free of pathogens) is an option for the thrifty and those driven by restrictions.
Greywater (also spelled graywater, grey water and gray water) or sullage is all wastewater generated in households or office buildings from streams without fecal contamination, i.e. all streams except for the wastewater from toilets. Sources of greywater include, sinks, showers, baths, clothes washing machines or dish washers. As greywater contains fewer pathogens than domestic wastewater, it is generally safer to handle and easier to treat and reuse onsite for toilet flushing, landscape or crop irrigation, and other non-potable uses.
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Good luck this summer with you planting.
A fire destroys much of Vancouver BC.
In a world of disasters natural and man made it is hard to envision a carefree childhood. Some one in our culture came up with free universal education to grade 12; real help against the necessity of work. Employment standards free trade agreements World trade organizations have all helped. I would be good for some to see today as a remembrance day instead of a day to look, that will probably never be.
The Globe Theater reopens in London.
The price of gas has dropped to a dollar twenty four a liter here in Merritt. After being at $ 1. 41 for weeks it has made a dramatic drop in recent days.
The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion decision by the federal cabinet is due next week. The expansion goes by Merritt.
Alexander the Great dies.
The Olde Court House Gallery has painter Faye Gustafson this month. Merritt BC is now her home, and is also teaching face drawing skills. Her show goes to June 22nd.
The Douglas DC-4 e is tested.
The National missing and murdered indigenous women inquiry issued it report on the 100 Million dollar effort to determine what has been the reason for the grief and horror suffered by that community above others in Canada.
The two-volume report delivers 231 “Calls for Justice” that are framed as legal imperatives rather than optional recommendations. These include:
The establishment of a National Indigenous and Human Rights Ombudsperson and a National Indigenous and Human Rights Tribunal, and
Developing and implementing a National Action Plan to ensure equitable access to employment, housing, education, safety and health care.
Wide-ranging calls to action are directed to all governments (federal, provincial, territorial, municipal and Indigenous) including calls to:
Fully implement and comply with relevant rights instruments including the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
Prioritize and resource measures to eliminate marginalization of Indigenous women, girls and others when developing budgets and determining government priorities; and, ensure adequate representation of these groups in governance.
Ensure rights to health and wellness of Indigenous peoples, including through programs for survivors of trauma and violence, and accessible holistic wraparound services including mobile trauma and addictions recovery teams.
Provide access to safe housing, clean water and adequate food for Indigenous peoples.
Ensure that non-Indigenous police services have the capacity and resources to serve and protect Indigenous women, girls and others.
Provide sufficient transportation to Indigenous communities, and in towns and cities, with planning and funding that considers ways to increase safe transit and special accommodations for rural and remote communities.
Source UBCM
Kerrie Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros.
The power company has some advice about saving power this summer:
There are Beat the heat signs on many local business place at this time, ask!
BEC is established. (Bose–Einstein condensate)
Cheese is a staple commodity in the world. Cow milk production alone is over 500 million metric tons annually. Cheese is made from milk from a number of sources including goats, Lamas, Yaks and many other. However most non artisan cheese comes form dairy cows milk.
Many cultural and traditional functions are observed at home and made better by food including cheese.
Since cheese-making is a process that predates the written word, nobody really knows exactly when cheese was invented. While historians believe that humans began domesticating milk producing about 10,000 years ago, all that’s really known about early cheese-making is that cheese was made in Egypt and Greece for thousands of years. Some historians believe that cheese-making may have been discovered accidentally when sheep herders stored milk in the stomach of an animal. This would have caused the enzyme found in the stomach of ruminant animals to coagulate the milk. The milk would have then separated into curds and whey. However, this is currently only a theory.
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Tonga gets independence.
June sees the hurricane season in the Atlantic it extends to November. An expected 9 – 15 storms are on for 2019.
Federal US experts are saying that 2019 will be near normal in its output of hurricanes, they warn that one making landfall can cause a significant loss of life.
The El Reno Tornado strikes Oklahoma.
Airbus A300 series jet liner launched. 1974.
The provinces is recognising the efforts of those successful in energy and climate activities.
Is your community implementing actions related to active transportation, electric vehicles, building energy retrofits, energy efficient new buildings, renewable or district energy, organics diversion, or climate change adaptation? Receive recognition for your work by applying for a 2019 Climate & Energy Action Award. Awards are offered in 3 categories: community planning and development, corporate operations, and climate change adaptation.
Source UBSM
A 44 mega watt green energy ” sustainable generator built in Merritt and online a redemption from the past when a coal fired one sat here.
The Climate & Energy Action Awards are co-sponsored by the Community Energy Association, Province of BC, FortisBC, BC Hydro, Union of BC Municipalities, and Real Estate Foundation of BC. Contact at CEA website.UBCM
On this Day: May 29th 2015
The one world observatory opens.
June 22 and 23 2019 there is a Logger Sports Boot camp in Merritt. The training is open to anyone and is a lead into the annual loggers sport show that goes on here in September. Logging sports training is available in a number of events.
A team of four can register for a 100 dollars a day for the two day event. Laughing logger, re Merritt Chamber of Commerce.
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Volks Wagon founded.
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