To the seasons of life
Editors Note: That would be inert and not innate, no nature over nurture here, Peace out.
Today is the birthday of the Swedish Chemist Alfred Nobel. Nobel is the man behind the famous Nobel Peace Prize. He put up money for the prize from the his invention of dynamite. He was able to stabilize nitro in a stick of innate material making it far safer to store or use.
Nobel was born in 1833, he lived 63 years and died in Italy.
File Photo KDG
The most expensive year was 1986, 700 billion dollars USD for the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
The number of natural disasters globally was 416 in 2020. The range for the last 20 years go’s from 320 (2001) as a low to 430 (2006) as a high.
The Nobel peace prize in Literature goes Alex Solzhenitsyn.
Nelson Mandela (Photo credit: Festival Karsh Ottawa)
With respect to the family, friends , colleagues of Nelson Mandela we offer our condolences to the one who according to US President and guardian of democratic freedom Barack Obama ” has joined the ages”.
A quiet spirit and a pragmatic soul has left us to our own ends we hope that the world will build on his legacy as it is far from perfect and a lesson in starting and allowing others to have a part in liberty. KDG
Today in history: December 10th 1906
Teddy Roosevelt wins the Nobel peace prize, becoming the first American to accomplish it.
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.
Today in history: February 7 ,1940
The second full length Disney animation is released: Pinocchio
have a great weekend
A heritage home was burned while the owners were in Kamloops. The Coldwater avenue home of the Robertson family had a restored mine car from the Bralore mine where Jon Robertson works and was designated a heritage home by its age .
A contractor Nick Beers noticed the fire and helped by using a garden hose till the fire trucks responded.
Today in history, September 7, 1985
Desmond Tutu becomes the first black to lead the Anglican church in Africa.
Hey Merit what do you say?
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