The event sponsored by Yasmin Ratansi, Member of Parliament can be viewed on CPAC on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010.
03:00 PM Public Record
“Inspiration on the Hill” Canada’s national celebration of Martin Luther King Day (January 18th, 2010).
Inspiration on the Hill
Kinetic Elements - Kitchener's Snow Ball 2009
Get ready to launch!
Kinetic Elements is in the Toronto Fringe Festival this year. Come on out for fun, drinks and see some of our current works in progress and finished pieces.
When: Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Where: 805 Dovercourt Penthouse 3rd Floor. Toronto, On
Admission is $10.00.
Doors open at 6:30pm where Kendra Hughes will give an introduction to the pieces that will be performed that night and the process of creation. Performances will start at 8pm.
Drinks, dancing and mingling afterwards. As well, there will be a 50-50 draw
We appreciate your support!
For more information contact kendra@kendrahughes.com
No time for feeling overworked and down in the dumps. No time for having a dose of the wintertime blues, nor feeling out of sorts. Ed started off the show with a great anthem by the Diodes. And by the third track, an instrumental by Nash The Slash, if you weren’t up off your duff and dancing up a frenzy, you probably didn’t have a pulse.
Be sure to tune in to Ed and his “bet you haven’t heard this one in a while” 80’s Retrospect show on CFRC-FM from 8 pm until 10 pm on Tuesday nights. Ed takes requests by phone: (613) 533-CFRC (2372) or email: retrospectcfrc at yahoo dot ca. Indulge yourself in some “80’s Music that doesn’t suck.” I guarantee die-hard 80’s New Wave/post-punk fans will not be disappointed.
CFRC-FM Playlist January 12, 2010
Basement of Carruthers Hall in Queens University, Kingston, Ontario
ED-FM ~ Retrospect
80’s Music That Doesn’t Suck
If the “Listen Live” link on the CFRC Website doesn’t work, copy and paste this URL into your Windows Media Player: http://sunsite.queensu.ca:8000/
Join us in the Chat Room during the show – either click the link on the right menu under the Rave and Roll graphic, or here.
To listen to any shows that you may have missed, go to the CFRC website and look up the archives under the “Programming” drop-down menu. You can enjoy Ed’s previous shows in one-hour increments.
1. Diodes – Tired Of Waking Up Tired
2. The Nails – Hotel for Women
3. Nash The Slash – the Hypnotist
4. Wide Boy Awake – Slang Teacher
5. Vital Sines – Rhythm Of Dark
6. Spoons – Symmetry (extended)
7. Violent Femmes – Fool In The Full Moon
8. Screaming Blue Messiahs – I Wanna Be A Flintstone
9. Vicious Pink – Cccan’t You See (en Francais extended)
10. Victims of Pleasure – Jack & Jill
11. Pete Wylie – Sinful (wickedest mix)
12. DiMaggios – True Home Of The Brave (extended)
13. Divine – You Think You’re A Man
14. Yello – The Evening’s Young
15. Kinetic Idea – Angular Sky
16. Blue Peter – Don’t Walk Past (f version)
17. Visage – Again We Love
18. Yellow Magic Orchestra – Computer Games
19. Living Room – London Rain
20. Howard Jones – Look Mama (mega mama mix)
by Robert Charles Wilson
320 pages
Orb Books
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It’s the start of the twentieth century, the age of large ocean-crossing ships and the telegraph, when an event occurs that shakes everyone’s understanding of reality, and radically transforms the course of history from the path it followed in our world. Overnight a light is seen in the sky, communication is cut off from Europe, and then when people finally investigate in-person, they find that all of Europe has been replaced with an untouched wilderness with bizarre alien plant and animal life, and the land following only the general lines of what had existed before.
So far we have an excellent adventure story, as the main protagonist is a child when this happens, and in his twenties is part of an expedition that tries to explore and document the interior of the new Europe for the first time. Exiles and adventurers have tried to reclaim parts of the wilderness, either for their vanished nations or their own self-interest, and so the expedition has to deal with social and political hurdles as well as the bizarre new lifeforms. The informal name for this transformed Europe becomes ‘Darwinia’, a mocking reference, since events have obviously invalidated the slow-and-steady evolution theories of Darwin.
This had the potential to be an engaging novel full of adventure and mysteries, but unfortunately, about a third of the way through, there are several pages of flat exposition in which the author clues you in on what is really going on, and the twist in the plot is both unnecessary and extremely damaging to the drama of the story. From this point forward, nothing that happens really matters, and things start to get more bizarre, but it doesn’t mean anything to the reader because we’re in a world without rules. If Wilson was trying to make some kind of sense with what is going on with plot twist, he fell well short.
Without giving too much away, the story falls into a similar trap as many stories set in dreams or computer simulations–because anything can happen, to the reader it doesn’t matter what happens. If an author creates a world like Middle Earth, and lets the reader know of the rules and limitations, then it can be a stage for effective drama, even if it’s a very different kind than takes place in our world. However, in a story like Tad Williams’s Otherland, which was mostly set in a computer gone mad, it’s as possible for all the characters to be killed off in a page, as for them to pull something out of a pocket and be victorious, or for the narrative to go on for another thousand pages.
The full cover art by Jim Burns, the best part of the book.
For our first family trip, I combined it with a business trip mainly because the location was an amazingly beautiful spot. Lake Louise, Canada is set in the middle of the Rockies. We stayed at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise hotel right at the foot of the glacier, where as you can see in this video, you can rent canoes. We purchased the 30 minute canoe ride, but wish we had done the 60 minute. It was peaceful even among all the other people out on the lake. If you’re looking for a honeymoon location with beauty, adventure, hiking AND pampering with great restaurants, the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise cannot be beat. We can’t wait for our ten year anniversary because I think we may find ourselves here again. Click the link below to watch my silly video (I was a little afraid to turn around and tip the canoe):
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Concerned Canadians: Please join the anti-prorogation Facebook group which has 200,000+ members.
Canadians _DO_ care, Mr. Harper!
Calgary rally: Please also join Calgarians Against Proroguing Parliament where Calgarians will have a rally on Jan 23rd, 2010 1pm – 2:30pm, at Mr. Harper’s riding office (join us at the FB event for latest info and be kept informed) together with Canadians from across the country.
Links to rallies in other Canadian cities: See this Facebook event
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The first thing I bought up was the issue of whether Wildrose Alliance will receive official party status and be allowed a daily spot in the Question Period lineup when the Legislature starts on February 8? I am very adamant and think that Assembly Speaker Mr. Ken Kowalski really has no choice and should give Wildrose the official party status! Paul was more pragmatic and reminded me that it is still up to the Speaker.
I told Paul and promised again here: If the Speaker choose to use technicalities to play dirty party politics and ignore the precedence set by giving the 2-seat NDP party the official party status, then I will personally call Speaker Ken Kowalski’s office and complain as a Calgarian and Albertan. (see this detailed commentary about wildrose official party status at daveberta)
We also talked about my concern of Bill 44 (currently suspended for a year, I think) and I asked Paul to pay close attention to it when it come up for discussions again in the Legislature. I told Paul about my two encounters with Minister Lindsay Blackett re Bill 44 (where I interviewed him on camera) and my deep concerns with the bill tying the hands of teachers in classes.
Paul and I also talked about a few other issues including a chat about human caused environmental change (aka global warming) which Paul and I are in almost total disagreement.
Finally, I would like to say Paul is nice and very easy to talk to and other Calgarians in Calgary-Glenmore should feel free to arrange to meet Paul and tell him your concerns.
Now, I want to make a general observation. It doesn’t matter whether you agree or disagree with your three levels of elected representatives (city, provincial, and federal). Ask to meet them, talk to them, call them, email them, etc to tell them what you think about issues close to your heart.
After all, these politicians work for us. And remember to vote in every single election as every vote is important!
