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The first provincial election along federal party lines, i.e. Conservative and Liberal, in British Columbia was the general election of 1903. Before 1903 lines were drawn between Government supporters, grouped around the Premier, and the Opposition, grouped around ONE or MORE Opposition leaders. Candidates declared themselves as one or the other, or as Independents. There was no formal selection process for the most part so it was not uncommon for Government (or Opposition) candidates to be running against another Government (or Opposition) candidate. As well, a candidate's position was not always clear and consistent. The PRESS, which was highly partisan, added to the confusion by giving its own interpretation of a candidate's platform, particularly if declared Independent and perceived to be otherwise. After an election, and not infrequently during the life of a Parliament, the position of Government and Opposition was often reversed. From 1871 to 1903 there were eight Parliaments and fifteen Governments; the seventh and eighth Parliaments accounted for six of these Governments. Allegiances shifted frequently depending on the ISSUE, there was little or no discipline. IN 1886 separate Labour candidates first appeared and in 1900 a Socialist candidate was nominated. The 1900 general election is also significant in that although the traditional division of Government and Opposition was still present, party groupings were beginning to play a role and it foreshadowed the election of 1903 along full party lines.
Political affiliation has been provided for general and by-elections from 1875 to 1903. The 1871 general election obviously had no Government, and hence no clearly formed Opposition either, and in subsequent by-elections a clear affiliation was difficult to determine. It has been necessary to rely largely upon newspapers of the period. An explanation is given in the notes for each election and separate sources are cited if clarification is needed. These affiliations are to be used only as a general guide to the political interests of candidates and to the outcome of the election.
1903 - 1986
Although elections from 1903 onward were fought along party lines it was not until 1921 that there was any requirements to state party affiliation on the nomination papers or ballots - and then only for the Vancouver and Victoria City Electoral Districts. In 1939 the requirement was extended to the remaining Districts. Party affiliation appears in various official sources beginning in 1924. A "List of Candidates" contains affiliations for all Vancouver and Victoria candidates for general elections from 1924 to 1937 and for all candidates from 1941 to 1986. The Statement of votes for 1928 .....
I am sending you a statement of my field work thus far with the Cowichan Indians around Koksilah, Vancouver Island. To date I have spent three months in the field collecting ethnographic data and information on the Cowichan knitting industry.
The ethnographic data are still in unworked field notes. I have written a report of about thirty pages on the knitting industry and submitted it to the competition sponsored by the Seattle Anthropological Society.
The knitting industry is of anthropological interest for several reasons. It is of interest to students of material culture because it involves a combination of aboriginal and European techniques and the invention of new techniques stimulated by this fusion. The patterns knitted in the older sweaters are aboriginal basketry designs, while the actual knitting technique is European. The machines on which the wool is now spun seem to be local inventions based on the aboriginal spindle used in the preparation of mountain goat hair for blankets and on the European sewing machine.
Cowichan knitting further deserve the attention of those who are interested in the practical problems of economic and social adjustments on the party of native peoples living under foreign administration. The knitting industry represents a fairly wide-spread and intensive effort on the part of Coast Salish peoples to make an economic adjustment to the contact situation both in Canada and the United States.
The efforts of this attempt at economic adjustment on the social organization of the Indians, especially as regards the status of women, marriage patterns, and family life, have yet to be thoroughly investigated.
-- Greetings,
wonderful show at the PNE; managed to see a few friends from the past...here is a circle divider from Tim McCreight's Book-Complete Metalsmith-use it to divide up circles into equal parts. love the presentations of our club at the show as well as our Presidents display of jewellery/carving. he has gathered some great talent behind him. I see a group of seven in the far future.
here's a suggestion for a program for the HCR one of these days .. there also is a place (3DSmith) west on Seymour at 518 West Pender on the north side of the street a few stores down that has a range of 3-D printers and he has displays of what it can do ..particularly to jewelry he has a range of pendants/rings n' others that he had cast in silver derived from the 3-d printer...i will get some cards from him to get to our next meeting..see attached letter. enjoy the attached video file.
We've released new products since then, and we have a wide network of resellers in Canada now, and I'd be happy to set up a demo or talk about time and money-saving uses for Creative jewelers Guild. For example, you might like this new video we produced with Lockheed Martin about their satellite telescopic lenses: http://mbot.co/2m88i87
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Cheers
Mike
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April 3, 2017 8:00am
Metalworks-HCR
Enjoy viewing the attached websites...instructional DVD shorts on techniques/tool reviews/tips n' tricks..titanium strip pieces for clamping down your soldering projects (download pics of some clamp configurations)
--Dear all,
here are 2 websites that are both free and paid for service subscription .. some of the free viewing is listed on Andrew Berry's website and on youtube. They are:
www.atthebench.com -over 1000 instructionals available and he is producing 3 DVD shorts each week with techniques/tool reviews/top tricks n tips. he is a definite well versed instructor and covers what we all would like to achieve in jewelry and at a fractional cost of doing a jewelry course in the lower mainland. it might be the way to expand one's experttise in the long run the next website introduces titanium strips for usage as clamps for soldering. you can view the assorted ways they are shaped and view Andrews Berry's use of them on youtube.
www.andrewberry.co.uk/product/knew-concepts-titanium-soldering-strips/# you can download pics of the various shaping of his minicamps on this web page
cheers
Mike
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April 3, 2017 9:30am
Metalworks-HCR
here is a great overview of soldering by Kate Richbourg on youtube-elapsed time 1 hour 39 minutes in length..intensive/thorough...I read through her newest book...love her 1 inch square tester plates. will make up several of them for our future classes
at the central library on 5th floor-Magazine section- Ornament magazine (undergoing a new management)-reference magazine Volume 39 no.3 listing the work of glass bead maker-Kristina Logan ... check out her website- www.kristinalogan.com probably could play with enamels this way...watching how she frames her work might help us play with our bezels too- jazz it up so to speak !
cheers
mike m
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April 13, 2017
Metalworks-HRC Your forging Ebook is right here!
Dear All
Here is a fella that started blacksmithing with singularity &
zeal at the age of 11 years old .. he is on youtube with exercises that can
be incorporated into copper/brass/silver and gold I'm sure ... attached I
have subscribed (freely for) to his ebook. an interesting way to see in
small steps how the metal will move.
My name is Alec Steele, I am a blacksmith! You probably know me through YouTube and know that I film and edit a daily YouTube vlog, forging projects that push the boundaries of my knowledge and entertain you, the viewer!
check out his website as well he is a comedian with a hammer .. you will be smitten .. keep hammering on!
... loves
transforming graceful hands into eye-catching stages. Appropriately, his
hand-made collections feature kinetic jewellery pieces that move and
spin on the wearer's hand. At first glance, his stainless steel or gold
ring sculptures seem to be attractively heavy, clearly shaped pieces. It
is when you put them on and start moving your hands that their full
magic is revealed: the top elements, which nestle closely together,
start to move and rotate.
-this is a beauty of engineering/structure and art...all rolled into one .. savour this !
- hydraulic press excerpts from Ganksin -- see if you can view from the attachment...a nice overview of the hydraulic press with accessorial methods from the past- Devcon plastic metal for die forming-positive/negative space ... other methods using 2 stage epoxy/plaster etc. my email from telusmight be changing and acting strangely- sorry if attachment doesn't work!
decided to print out the web site for your immediate usage-key points to the hydraulic press c/o www.ganoksin.com
Metalworks from HCR Studio Craft as Career-a Guide to Achieving excellence in Art-Making
Dear all,
discovered a nice synoptic book on art as career containing a 45 year career by author Paul J. Stankard's advice and attendant with this is a synopsis of 48 Artist A-Z showing their works and adding a pithy piece of advice to pursuing one's dreams (as well as their websites)...if you know someone who is younger/eager and artistic this might be a book that could be a good mentoring book to use.
Growth-protect time to explore and follow curiosity be fearless (or pretend to be) be obsessive cultivate and embrace your idiosyncrasy be brave, be brave, be brave for Practical concerns: recognize the difference between creating and producing; knowing both are necessary in professional practice and not always in desired proportions explore the varied types of practice in your field-try them-directly or as an employee/assistant knowing yourself is key to understanding what motivates your creative growth and what form of practice will be fulfilling and viable. Motivation must be internal and supported by your personal values or it will be fragile. now add another 47 words of advice from other artist in glass/wood/metal etc and quotes: i.e.
page 150 - Ferne Jacobs Carl Jung said: Pick the hardest thing to do, because if you do that, all your energy comes together to focus on it. If it is too easy, not enough energy gets engaged. I always want to be in a mystery, and learn something new, so I take the risk!
Cheers,
Mike
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April 23, 2017
Metalworks HRC A jig and dance
a nice jig that one can make to cut one's chain links..several other designs which i will be bringing into the next smithing class ... any ideas to improve this design ?... how to secure this jig for usage ?
consider visiting VCC for their annual jewelry show to be held on May 18, 2017 between 6-9 PM it will be held at their downtown campus on Hastings street.
check out what's the latest craze in jewelry and what the school is offering in terms of evening courses. it has come to my attention that at John Oliver high school they are offering in their machine shop at the back of the high school a jewelry course and that these courses are convertible to credits at VCC's downtown jewelry school. So if you are young or old and want to consider training in this direction that might be a way to go and re-invigorate yourself. cheers
The Workbench, Workshop and Tools, a reflection of ourselves, our creativity and our workmanship....the holy grail for every metalsmith.
This is the place where designs are dreamed up and come to fruition, work is done for hours on the finest detail and where we expand our skills, all the while doing what we love doing. There is no getting around it. This is where we spend most of our time.
That is why we must make our space work for us. Set it up to be efficient. Set it up comfortable. Make your tools work for you.
.... a “huge loophole” in British Columbia’s election laws may have allowed
corporations and unions in B.C. to keep their hefty donations out of the
public eye — at least until long after the May 9 election is over.
The reason for the question, he said, is that
under B.C.’s already lax donations rules — which permit unlimited
donations, donors outside Canada, and $3,000 in anonymous gifts per
candidate — individual candidates don’t have to reveal who gave them
money until three months after every election. ....
That
is what the North Vancouver RCMP is asking after they seized a
significant amount of cash and rare coins from a male with no fixed
address. The monies were discovered on April 06, 2017 at approximately
11:00 pm in the Lower Lonsdale area of North Vancouver after the North
Vancouver RCMP Strike Force had observed a male acting suspiciously. The
male was arrested for ‘Trespassing at Night’.
Subsequent to the
arrest police seized from this 21 year-old male a large amount of cash
along with a valuable coin collection of international origins. The male
also had in his possession a pair of bolt/lock cutters. When questioned
by police the suspect could not provide a lawful explanation of how and
where he came to be in possession of the large amount of money.
Investigators are certain that the monies are stolen, perhaps from a break and enter of a residence or business, said Cpl Richard De Jong of the North Vancouver RCMP. Residents,
not only of the North Shore, are encouraged to check the places they
may hide their valuables to see if they are still there!
If
these monies are your property and you can provide accurate and specific
details of the total amount the police would be pleased to return them
to you. Please quote file number 2017-8001. The North Vancouver RCMP can
be contacted at 604-985-1311. By identifying the rightful owner of the
money it will assist the police in charging the suspect criminally with
‘Possession of Stolen Property’.
Released by
Cpl. Richard De Jong
Media Relations
North Vancouver RCMP nvan.bc.rcmp.ca
147 East 14 St, North Vancouver, BC, V7L-2N4
Office: 604-969-7561
Cell: 604-363-5584
Fax: 604-990-7450
Email:
richard.dejong@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
We often hear people say: "Oh, that's some more B. C. Electric propaganda!" Well, what of it? The only thing wrong with the remark is the insinuation put in the word propaganda. If the other fellow says it, it's propaganda; if you say it, it is truth.
Every public utility company has to keep informing the public about its business. That is the only kind of "propaganda" we use. But the criticism is so general that we came across some remarks made the other day by Preston S. Arkwright, president of the National Electric Light Association, which express what we have in mind better than we could do.
Our business is peculiarly subject to public favor or ill-will, and is regulated and controlled everywhere by commissions, city councils, LEGISLATURES and juries. Their attitude is influenced by prejudice which arises largely out of unfamiliarity with the business. We therefore should acquaint them with the business. If we are going to perform our public duty, we have got to expand every year. We have get to GET THE MONEY for EXPANSION from somebody else, and we can't get it if the community is prejudiced against us. so it is our business to see that the industry is understood, for one reason so that we can get the additional finances we need in order that the public may benefit in better service at a smaller cost. That is only one of the benefits from public relations. We want the public constantly to benefit in better treatment, greater consideration, more universal service and economical rates."
Treasury
Board directive 1/15 : settlements of claims and
payments into court proposed to be certified under section 14 of the CrownProceedingAct in amounts greater than $500,000
Settlements of claims and payments into court proposed to be certified under section 14 of the CrownProceedingAct in amounts greater than $500,000
I secured my dog at the spot I normally do, near the area designated for dogs. A gentleman from animal control, who
was exiting the library as I entered, stopped me and said I could no longer tie my dog and leave him alone, no matter it was a two-minute errand into the library to retrieve my book. ..... Snip
North Shore News Editor’s note: In an email response to our query, the district’s chief bylaw officer, Carol Walker, explains: “Not everyone is comfortable around dogs, particularly when they are unattended. This is an issue we receive complaints about. While we support and encourage owners taking their dogs for walks and outings, they should not leave them unattended. It is the law.”
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District of North Vancouver Bylaw 7534 (embedded in DNV Bylaw 5891)
"Under Control" means, in respect of any dog, leashed or unleashed, that the dog:
a) immediately returns when called by the person who owns or has care and control of the dog; and
b) is not annoying, harassing or attacking any person, wildlife or other animal
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Same Capilano Library - two days after North Shore News Letter to the Editor
A docile dog, leashed, tied to the same library exterior wall (fire hydrant is real)
Capilano Library - Edgemont Village
Across the street another docile dog in the Village, leashed, not tied to the bench
Edgemont Village - near the Clock
Back to the Capilano Library
Signage for Dogs - Bottom Left 'No Parking outside' + Top Right 'Special Dogs Permitted inside'
Definitely No Parking
And then there's Payless Towing with all its lights, bells and whistles which allows it to park anywhere when picking up a disabled vehicle in the City and District of North Vancouver.
In this instance last week the Payless driver chose to block pedestrians access to the library ....
The reason?
The driver had to go into Fine Foods to place his order ....
then waited outside to make phone calls ....
and then went back in to pick-up his order ....
When all he had to do was park on a residential street a quarter of a block away, throw on his four way flashers and not block anyone from going about their business...
As to the Dog issue, its understandable about the Animal Enforcement Officer's (AEO) concerns, so too for District Hall, but to state that its the LAW, doesn't go anywhere near to solving the 'problem' of what to do with unattended dogs. Suggestion:
The District provides parking for motorists in Edgemont village.
Motorists have a track record of leaving their pets in the cars.... which would bring the AEO back again with a sledgehammer and a fine... Seats are provided in public spaces .... Why not provide the means by which unattended dogs are not permitted to interact with people by providing a covered (to protect the animals from rain or the SUN) caged area to LOCK the dogs into "separate lodgings" while the owners go about their business in the Village? It should be noted that there are several places in the Village that allow the dog owners to secure their pets to a post or a ring .... which is on PRIVATE property not PUBLIC property such as the Library.
