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The week in review in pictures 14/1/12

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January 14, 2012

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TGIF

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January 13, 2012

its cold out there today, only 6 months to summer beachs again....

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Accident

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January 12, 2012

Sources say that there was a major truck accident on the freeway north of here Tuesdays morning at 2 am. Including a fatality it is believed to have been a multi truck accident.

We say that small cars in general should avoid large trucks for vortex or wind dynamic concerns. there is no indication that passenger vehicles were involved in Tuesdays wreak.

The Kamloops paper is also reporting that the local detachment commander of the local RCMP police has been charged with taking evidence from a locker. Its not clear what the charge is but more are pending. The man had a good record in the Clearwater detachment and a good record of  drug enforcement. “Kamloops daily news”

Today in History,January 13, 2010

Three hundred thousand plus people killed by an earthquake in Hati.

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Electronic check out

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January 10, 2012

Today the Merritt public library started using their automatic check out machine. The librarian is busy coaching the patrons on the self activated system.Scan your card , check your account, scan out your books of films and your away.

A source says that they will have a posted instruction eventually.

Today in history, January 10, 1870

John D. Rockefeller incorporates standard oil

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Soy bean oil

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January 9, 2012
efficiency of bio-fuels for cars

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There were 5 tour buses out of Victoria parked this week across form the Canadian tire outlet.  They buses touted Bio fuels on their sides. When asked a driver said that they operate on bio fuels made from soybeans. They have a supplier in Victoria that produces it from beans that he thinks are grown in the US.

Where ever they come from the buses run on a mixture of 90 percent bio and 10 percent diesel fuel.

Today in history, January 9,1880

The great gale of 1880 devastates Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.

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The week in review pictures 7/1/12

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January 7, 2012

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TGIF, THE GUARD

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January 6, 2012

The Guard,the Nicola Valley Film society presents on Monday, January 16th,2012 ,7:30pm. at the NVIT Lecture Theater; The Guard rated 14 a .k comedy on rural police corruption.

It is also out locally at the retail outlet on DVD release January 3rd.
Free parking at NVIT.
 

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Today in history, January 6 1994

Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the US Figure skating championships in Detroit.

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Bird count

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January 5, 2012
Merritt, British Columbia

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No not a character from Sesame Street but on the weekend the local Naturalists were out counting birds. A couple of reports say that there was a successful count of  many hundreds of mallard ducks by counters in the area of the Chutter ranch east of Merritt a couple of miles. My self, I counted 97 mallards in town from the Nicola Street bridge to the old CPR train bridge a distance of about 1/2 mile . At the bridge were a pair of golden eye ducks  at a healthy distance from the last mallard.

Jerry Sanford a member of the naturalist society and a retired geologist said he speculates that a motel owner may be feeding them at the Nicola bridge. The January 2 date should not be confused as it is the “Christmas Bird Count”

There is a coördinated bird count about the province on that day.

Today in history, January 5th 1972

The United States begins the space shuttle program.

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Hydro billing

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January 4, 2012

No one has  reported any thing but some people we talked to were not aware that they did not have to pay for the smart meter that the utility is supplying in British Columbia. This in our view opens the door to  some scurrilous  people that sell things associated with hydro metering or micro waves in general.

Opinion we think that this is a good time to be cautious about any one coming tot your door selling things. caveat emptor has been balanced in Canadian Law by fiduciary responsiblity but if you can’t find them when something goes wrong its mute.

Today in history, January 4 1999

A former wrestler Jessie Ventura becomes Governor of California

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2011 in review

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January 3, 2012

Wishing you the best in 2012 KDG

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,600 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 60 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

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Happy Holidays

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December 24, 2011

 

Merry christmas to all my Flickr Friends

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Merry Christmas and Happy

Holidays from: us to you:

The Propreitor review

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Transistor

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December 23, 2011
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The integrated circuit now is the dominant thing what next?

Today in history,December 23,1947

The transistor is demonstrated in Bell labs for the first time.

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