World Poetry Celebrates 7th Gala, Feb.29th!

worldpoetry — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:00:02 -0800

World Poetry Gala Program 2008.
Feb. 29 at the Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC 350 West Georgia St,Vancouver , BC.
Hostas, Ariadne Sawyer, MA and Alejandro Mujica-Olea (the Peoples Poet)
Admission free!
6:30Pm Doors open for displays and light refreshments. Background music Rene Hugo y Sus Amigos. 7:pm Program starts.
Greetings from the library.
Presentation of World Poetry City Poets and Library Award.
Greetings from the City of Vancouver, Councilwoman Elizabeth Ball.
Short Blessings: Godwin Barton, First Nations, Dr. Douglas Bacon, Rene Hugo Sanchez, Spanish and Quechwa.

Welcome by Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea.
Thanks to volunteers, World Poetry Committee and sponsors.
Shout to World Poetry Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Madge Kimball who passed on in 2008.

Welcome to the Lifetime achievement Award Winners by the winners of 2007, Victoria
Pascha and Jan Furst.
Presentation of the Lifetime Award to Bernice Lever.
Diego Bastianutti, poem and presentation of World Poetry Award.
Song by Jude Neal with guitar by Andrew Cameron.
Poems by Bernice Lever .

Welcome Music by Rene Hugo y Sus Amigos.
Intro by Ida Bhargava
Poem by Ahn Bong Ja
Presentation of World Poetry Lifetime Award for Ashok Bhargava
by Mrs. Sabrina Noorani from the Canadian Immigrant Magazine.
Poems by Ashok Bhargava.

Welcoming music by Pancho and Sal

Tribute to African Heritage Month
Addena Sumter Freitag .
Ola Tawose.

Welcoming songs by Andy Vine for the Enviro-poetry project.
Poem Reading from the display by Danielle Arcand.
Two environmental suggestions from the Enviro-Suggestion box read by Anita Aguirre Nieveras.

Awards:
Dr. Douglas Bacon, World Poetry Volunteer of the Year Award.
Cora Salvador, World Poetry Fundraising Award
Barbara Mumford, Unsung Hero Award
Dr. Diego Bastianutti, World Poetry Guest Host Award of excellence.
Dr. Lucia Gorea, World Poetry Group Excellence Award.
Mehdi Latifi, Technician Award of Excellence.

Ending,
Happy Birthday to Ariadne Sawyer, Margaret, Aaron and Katrina by Pancho and Sal. If you have a feb. birthday, let me know and you will be included at ariadnes@uniserve.com.
9 pm Group dance by Pancho and Sal , Rene Hugo Sanchez and Andy Vine.

Fido Sucks

MisterLips — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:27:06 -0700

I live in Toronto, and switched from Rogers AT&T after nine years of great service, to Fido, for their $25 unlimited incoming package.

What a big mistake, had I known that FIDO SUCKS, I would not have done this.

After they claim they switched to the Rogers network, I no longer get reception in my home. And dealing with their reps at the 1-800 number is a complete waste of time. I have never spoken to anyone there who did what they said they would do.

All I can say is DON'T DEAL WITH FIDO! THEY ARE THE WORST COMPANY I HAVE EVER DEALT WITH!!!

Telus customer service

wselent — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:24:03 -0700

I have just moved and had some adventures with Telus.

We had arranged ahead of time with Telus to setup our phone service at
the new location. Frustration number one: I was not able to keep my
old phone number, yet I was given the option almost 3 years ago when I
moved from Richmond to Burnaby. But I was not allowed to keep it now
when moving from Burnaby to Burnaby. Frustration number two: Telus
needed to visit our place in person to setup the phone as this is
a brand new place and the first time a phone has been setup for
it. They don't work on Sundays which was when we moved in. So we
setup a time at noon on Monday. My wife was busy with other tasks
so I took a day off work to unpack and wait for Telus to arrive.

Monday, 3:15 PM and Telus still had not showed up and we still
didn't have any dial tone. I used a cell phone and called into
Telus' customer service and had to deal with an annoying "Voice
Recognition System" designed for maximum customer hostility. Rather than
a touch tone menu system where you are prompted press 1 for this, 2 for
that, a recorded voice asks you to say what your problem is. And then
letting you know that it can't understand what you are saying.
The call quality on the cell may not have been the best but the system
was fouling itself up. It interrupted itself before finishing giving
its spiel to say that it didn't understand what I was saying. After
the usual delays managed to talk to an actual live human who was helpful and
after being put on hold for ~ 10 minutes while they consulted with service dispatch.
Then promised someone should be there in an hour.

A Telus installer arrived shortly and put a tone generator
on my phone jack so that he can find the right line at the phone room. Their record
keeping isn't the best so they have to make sure they find the right one. He
goes back and forth to the phone room a few times using the tone generator and
then a probe on the phone outlet to make sure he's got the right line and shortly
I have dial tone.

Telus charges $45 for their setup service.

We considered going with Rogers (nee Sprint) for local phone service
when we moved in but they don't yet support our area.

In comparison Shaw is giving us a first month of their full cable service
for free, even though we're not a new customer and had been using just
basic cable at our old location. They are clued in enough to not need to
visit our place.

Quite a difference in customer service approaches between Shaw and Telus.

I had considered going with Shaw for phone service as but I stuck with Telus
because I have a good ADSL provider (not Telus) who gives me a static IP address
and lets me run services on my connection for a reasonable price.

Ode to a Vancouver Trolley Bus

samanthaorwell — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:16:52 -0800

Ode to a Vancouver trolley bus,
With your seats so blue.
You once were so orange,
So strong, and so true.

I rode you down Oak street,
Down Cambie and Main.
I rode you up main corridors,
Finding your stops? Never a pain.

You’ve changed over the years,
But I will always love thee.
From high seats to low seats,
Your views still impress me.

My favourite bus,
Is almost long gone.
It remains on a single line
The #4, orange like dawn.

But alas, the orange trolley allowed
Little access for most.
Replaced, indeed it was.
Dual tiered it did boast.

The next model to come,
Had blue and soft seats.
But it was the pleathery smell,
That lessened its feats.

Newer even still,
Is the plush simple design,
With lean solid frames,
A new favourite of mine.

For although people complain,
Of the fewer number of seats.
If one were to count,
You would see that these busses still meet

Almost the same amount of people,
Of course less by two,
Than the beloved old orange
With the advantage of new

Wheelchair accessible,
Even strollers too!
They bend and they bow,
And create opportunity in lieu.

But the creeping change,
Of the transit system is failing.
The construction has left me,
Questioning and bailing.

For many changed routes,
And the new “Montreal-style” busses
Are leaving me wary,
And confused through my cusses.

I no longer know the routes,
As they change so frequently.
I’d almost rather drive,
If I didn’t love public transit so vehemently.

I’ll still take the bus,
But I must also solemnly add,
I do not enjoy
My daily commute, its sad.

My ode has become bitter,
Like many residents will say,
Translink’s consultation
Needs to find a more open way.

Read more delights at http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/

The Curse

VancouverTVNEWS — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:27:32 -0700

Omer Pasha has released his debut music single and video The Curse. The single has two video versions The Curse (The Forebodings and The Curse Unveiled follow a theme and story Unveiled of thrill, horror, love based on a strange haunting in Surrey, Vancouver.

The Curse Unveiled Video is derived by Pasha from non-fictional events that he actually did experience in Surrey which is an actual city in Vancouver,BC,Canada.Living there was very lonely and Pasha had seem to experience phenomena's like the presence of extraterrestrial forces constantly around him when he walked alone on the streets of Surrey, especially his school ground,at night at day.Thats the reason he uses a witch in his video of The Curse Forebodings and The Curse Unveiled to represent this strange presence of something constantly around him, looking at him,deliberately irritating him, in his time in Surrey.

The reason why he gives the prologue of everything you do comes back in time to you is because he wants to state that love is like energy , when you love some one you throw the energy towards him or her, if this energy is reciprocated, thats well and good, but if this same energy is just thrown away or , if the person does not love you in return,the energy is made ,forced to leave it will go in some limbo area of matter and time and thus will return in an opposite direction + or - to that same person and will make him or her feel the pain of how it feels when love is not reciprocated,and how you should not just carelessly ditch some one's love, if its true, you are bound to suffer.

The Curse the video is based on it, Pasha thinks he suffered the same thing ,he recalls that not knowingly he may have ditched someone's love in time and thats why was made to fall terribly in love with someone he did not even know and yet had to suffer the agony .

Thus Pasha used his talent to express it in the form of The Curse, The witch being a symbol of that haunting and that energy of wasted true love, yet does not die in the end because the reality of suffering and mystery is still there.

The witch in the video has engraved , with make up, the sign of some hindu culture that represents black magic on her forehead. On the contrary Omer Pasha explains that this is just a video and not actually true, people should take it as thrilling entertainment and something new.

Pasha later on added that actually this video is more about Surrey ,in Vancouver, British Columbia.He also said that he would want to promote The Curse the video in the UK , since the video is shot on the location of old British ruins in Pakistan , before the sub-continent was partitioned . Those British ruins in the video are actually a memento when there was British rule in those areas in that time.

Omer Pasha has released his second single "Who Are You" - the part 2 to The Curse". The haunting is continuing." Who Are You" is a techno based pop/rock track with a theme of the want to get rid of the curse and the eerie cry of the witch following him, the boy questions the witch Who Are You Why Do You Haunt My Soul". Who Are You" is followed by a similar theme oriented track Come to Me" the song of the dead calling each other to their rescue and graves. "Come to Me" is a blend of violent whispers and eerie cries of the witch that explode into emotional torture and turmoil that makes the track vividly haunted and mysterious. It is the communication of the witch asking the young boy to help her and free her soul to a peaceful existence as she remains dammed. This is the key theme " Come to Me"

The Curse" stills make graphic quality exquisite. Jazzy, Spooky, Lively and Starry." What makes it even more cooler and spooky is the whispers of The Curse" calling out from behind and even some of the verses. The Curse Forebodings follows a series of highly cosmic science fiction like images from with excellent background animation. More stills from The Curse Unveiled show the movie like version of The Curse with all the characters in motion, the screams, the horror, the failure of murder, the witch on an unidentified planet, all look even more classic in motion , especially the ruins in which the witch dwells that causes the color of the sky to change and alter when ever she wishes to cause distress or happiness.

The song The Curse" is a narration of a dreadful sadness being told in anger and suffering through stanzas of lyrics. The lyrics do not give much reason to the question of why this is happening (the demons are coming alive") and what will happen next , the lyrics are telling the present situation, only at some parts its hinted something about a haunted past (haunted haunted, those days those days in Surrey Surrey…").

The reason why Pasha has given ambiguity to his lyrics is so that the song remains open to interpretation, the audience can interpret it in any way they prefer. Also the constant stylish sigh of woman's voice throughout the track in the background adds to the mystery of the song and makes it more interesting and highly melodious.

The Curse the video is a portrayal of a young boy being haunted by a strange melody in the streets of Surrey. This strange call takes the form of a witch, an anti life like creature that thwarts his attempts at living a normal life. So he has to trace back his past in surrey , where he had casually ditched a young girls adoration for him, but had actually awakened a strange force in the form of a woman who hates men who spurn true love.

1)The Curse;

2)Who Are You (Curse Part 2);

3)Come to Me;

4)We Are One

Hot tracks can now be downloaded and listened to. Come and listen to absolutely hot and new original pop/rock/ spiritual dance club music.

Musical Shorts may be considered as compressed feature films with brevity and series of quick, professionally edited sequences. The emotion and success of a musical is the music and vocals of its soundtrack.

The idea of musical shorts comes from the fact that we live in the 21st century and how time passes like lightning , people have work , dont even have time for paper, even though people might have time for movies and entertainment, a musical short is like a pill in a space craft", everything in something small, thats what the conception of a musical short is. A musical short is a conception, which is up to date with the world of today, so fast, and advancing."

Further on Pasha takes on that A musical short requires excellent story writing and editing skills, since everything has to go in a flow, scenes of minutes have to be turned into scenes of seconds, so it grasps the attention of the audience , till the end of the video thus making a hit, as long as the flow does not break"

Omer Pashas production of The Curse" is the same as his conception of a musical short.
The Curse (Unveiled Version) he says I also call it the story version of the curse in which the actual story is revealed that the witch is haunting the young boy, when he tries to kill her, nothing happens , because of her super natural existence, Unveiled is a word derived from the word Revealed", the curse is revealed in this version but the Forebodings version of the curse is an extended form of a musical short, the opposite of being revealed . The word foreboding it self means premonition of something is coming, the video and scenes , I have purposely made them mysterious , a bit unconnected, yet a bit revealing the gist of the story of the curse, that something is coming, "The Curse," a confrontation , revealed in the end of the Unveiled version. The curse forebodings is stylish, thrilling, something not really western nor very eastern, something new and unique , something the people today have not seen before, it may be considered weird and strange but thats the monopoly of an artist, his or her uniqueness can beat any thrusting competition of today.
A Combination of Sexuality, Spirituality, Meditation Music, Rock and Pop Genres Reaching New Definitions with Pasha's Creations of Spiritual Music.
"Who Are You"
portrays the same cursed effect and style of Pasha", with a highly sophisticated expensive hair do and the Kali Chaddar-Black Cape- Pasha pulls it off again. This video shows Pasha as a bronze and mixed oriented model juxtaposing his personality. Where as the videos reveal his rich hair and sharp face cuts. Some of the images are again derived from the unseen footage of The Curse", in fact from the Making of The Curse .

Pasha in an interview has said that he would continue to Model on the side line, even though he is working on his debut album. He has hinted to be a more daring model, with more expression and nudity. He comments Good Talent is About Being Sexually Confident", Its What Madonna Did in 1992, when she released SEX" the book or the performance of Like a Virgin, at the Blond Ambition, Banned in Toronto, but its all about confidence, where does the spark comes from that makes the human art?" he further explains his theory that talent and confidence comes from inspiration from emotional upheaval, mostly love related issues and thats how most stars explain it in their lyrics, music and videos.

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Currently both the versions of the "Curse" have been accepted for New York's Independent Film/Video Festival (www.nyfilmvideo.com) ."The Curse" will be screened at the Miami Festival. Come and See the violent outbursts of Pasha in Florida.

"Who Are You" The Video This is The Curse Part 2!"Who Are You" As seen in part one the curse, the strange witch like woman followed Pasha but now with the power of spiritualism, Pasha gains power, with The Torah and The Cross, and combines the powers of Judaism and Christianity he defeats the witch. Yet he discovers that the witch is also cursed, so he undoes her curse and his own curse of not be with any woman gets undone after the exorcism of the burning cross and the flowing splashes of blood on the witch's face , appearing and the thrust and commotion of emotion, Pasha turns to spiritualism to defeat black magic and to live a normal life and free torn souls and so The Curse Ends!

The hot videos of " the curse" have just recently been premiered in Florida at " New York's Independent Film and Video Festival.

New York's Independent Film and Video Festival Gives You "The Curse!" in New York City at Village East Cinema at 181 2nd Avenue at 12th Street New York, NY .

The Curse takes place in a Small Town Called "Surrey" in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. A young boy's lust and his reach out to love is denied through the satanic curse of a lusty witch's spell, a curse of true love that jeopardizes Pasha's life and his trial begins and his efforts to murder the immortal evil lusty witch prove futile till he discovers the power of Christianity. Yet he finds out the witch is cursed herself as her own abandoned her , she seeks for Pasha's faith, and that her haunting was her way to gain attention and communication, thus with the cross , blood is produced to flow on the face of the witch.

The Curse (Musical Short) by Omer Pasha is a compilation of three music videos into one musical short featuring "The Curse (Forebodings Version), The Curse (Unveiled Version) and "Who Are You" The New York Film and Video Festival, will now take "The Curse (Forebodings versions,Unveiled version, Who Are You The Video) To Cannes Film Festival (www.cannesmarket.com) .

The Curse Documentary is Of Omer Pasha's exclusive video shots, the making, the behind the scenes, unseen footage, coverage of the music videos, pop rock genre.

Excellent streaming speed clips involves showing scenes introducing the power of faith, the power of Christianity , the cross that weakens the witch's black magichood, and the black and white scene of pasha, shows his cursedness will now go in the past for good as now he has shown the power of faith that defeats all evil.The fast paced spectacular music, the final scenes of the cross, the witch is now free and so is pasha, the last scene shows galaxies of hell in the music video and pasha's eyes gone orange with suffering, as if fire.It all had been as if he had been to hell, fighting the curse in hell and thus returning. In 'Who Are You' The Cloak sequence of The Curse was shot on the road to show normal life and the cursedness of Pasha in Surrey,a representation, the following scene was shot to represent the devilishness and extreme coldness of the soul just as the lyrics go of "The Curse" fighting the witch from the curse she changes faces shes a demon,pasha is fighting her with the sword of faith and also shows the cross the power of faith to defeat this evil creature. His hair have become cursed with so much magic and is completely cursed in this video. The horses in the video are representation of death and unhappiness in the video as they are of no motion, they are motionless, life is motionless for Pasha. Models like Nikki who have a remarkable resemblance with Madonna, is the main model from The Curse , the haunted girlfriend of pasha,whom he remembers in the past. The Curse Forebodings Version is from the making of the music video,spectacular dance movements reach an excellent level of professionalism in the media culture of today. The clips show that Omer Pasha does not neglect the element of posh sexuality in his music videos. Rich and Sophisticated .The models give the curse a highly exquisite look. Both are from Surrey, as the story of the Curse follows. Both, after the curse is broken, end up being lifelong faithful eternal friends of Pasha, in life and eternity. Nikki and Pasha-The exclusive scenes of Pasha and Nikki from The Curse , the making follow, Nikki wears a rich attire while Pasha in his Princely fantasy dances to her not knowing of the witch's spell.

This is The Curse Part 2! As seen in part one the curse, the strange witch like woman followed Pasha but now with the power of spiritualism, Pasha gains power, with The Torah and The Cross, and combines the powers of Judaism and Christianity and defeats the witch. Yet he discovers that the with is also cursed.

The video of "Come to Me" is the last part of Omer Pasha's curse. The video is a cry to Jesus Christ to come back to Earth, as we all know that it's going to happen, through the holy books. "Come to Me" the song is an eerie cry to Christ and mystic whispering performed by Omer Pasha and Farhat Pasha. The video based on Surrey, Vancouver, BC Canada. The video will feature symbols of the coming of Jesus back to Earth as all mankind knows that he is not dead. The Video will feature the eye of the Dajjal, the anti-Christ; the eye will be shown burning as a symbol of defeat to evil and like a reminder that when the Anti-Christ someday will land on Earth to cause extreme destruction, he will be destroyed by Christ." Come to me" the video is the fourth part of "The Curse", "The Curse Forebodings Version"," The Curse Unveiled Version" and "Who Are You the Video." Farah is not evil anymore. Yet she and Pasha are preparing to call Christ back to Earth to bring end to all suffering. Farah's blood splattered dance and Pasha's dance is a cult that is an actual spiritual worship to God to send Jesus down from the Heavens. Blood is produced on Farah as her suffering is so grave. Yet these scenes are a few glimpses from the footage of "Come to Me." Most of the video is yet to be shot in Surrey . Farah's sirens and echoes of cries are intolerable by Jesus, and so he comes down to save her and Pasha, from further loneliness and agony of the soul. The yellow dress is special as the color yellow is significance of triumph in Egyptian Mythology. She dances in a haunted area of Surrey. Christ comes with the command of God and returns Pasha the two loved women he lost, Nikki and Naheed.

This second video documentary is about the direct combat between "Christ and The Devil". The portrayal is through Farah (Farhat Pasha) calling Christ back to Earth through her magical candle to take her agony away and so Christ lands, his presence is shown. Pasha dances in a trance also inviting the presence and the power of Jesus to come and resolve his suffering. The verses of the Bible are now being shown to the Devil . The Devil is shown wandering in the mountains and fighting with Pasha and now the Devil knows he cannot combat Christ, because Christ is the chosen one from God. And so Christ comes to save Pasha and Farah. Christ hates suffering and so he reunites Pasha with his lost girl and smashes the Devil and saves Farah as well. And so The Curse finally ends.
Come To Me (Internet Version)

web video.This video by Omer Pasha is only designed for the internet as a web version. The actual video for television is yet to be to be shot. The video is about a truth of Islamic element, The coming of Jesus, the cursed Jerusalem , true predictions about disbelievers , the fight between Jesus and the Dajjal , the anti-Christ which is yet to come on Earth , the suffering of Shiahs over the extreme bloody unjust Karbala, a glimpse of Vancouver where the curse began from , the defeat of the Devil through Faith in God, the power of Islam and Muslims, how they do not easily waiver from their faith but put up a fight with the Devil's temptation. The Coming of Christ , how he will turn Muslim and break the cross , the cross that represented his suffering throughout the time after his crucifixion till the day he comes…

It is emotionally burdening because of the truth. Farah in extreme concentration over a candle prays in a trance of spirituality.

Shiahs relive the pain Hussain suffered and thus express their sorrow.

Other religions and non-Muslims must know about this painful incident that took place around 1300 hundred years ago, still lives , and the pain still burns in the hearts of Muslims, whether Shiah or Sunni .

The video shows Farah representing the pain of Muslims (especially Shiah) as that even to this day the shattering hurt of Karbala lives and will live forever and ' The Hurt of Karbala Will Be Undone' only when Resurrection will come , the end of time and when everything will be judged and settled . Farah goes in insanity of pain , in blood , showing the grief.

The video at the starting shows a place , a tomb where the crucifixion of Jesus took place and the video has symbols about the anti-Christ , Dajjal who is yet to come on Earth to cause chaos and destruction , the person with the one eye , monstrous, destructive and powerful and then how soon Jesus would land and defeat him and embrace Islam.
Come To Me (Docudrama)

The documentary explains how God does exist. It features talks, documentaries and videos, such as "God Exists Atheists Are In Error," "Come Into My World," "The Curse Videos," "The Calling Of Jesus," "How Jesus Will Come Back to Earth," "The Signs of the End of Time," "Christ vs Devil," and "Freemason Worship," found at YouTube. The documentary provides unanswerable questions for atheists that how the natural law of science is a test of God and naturalism is mankind's test in faith in the unseen. All Holy books are true.

The videos are entertaining to subject how atheists argue with the existence of God and serious in concern with religious content.

"The Curse Videos" premiere will now take place at MTVU Networks at 'Fresh Produce.' "The Curse Videos" have just been premiered at the New York Independent Film and Video Festival in New York and Miami .

"The Curse" (anti-atheist) video versions such as 'Who Are You,' 'The Curse Unveiled,' 'The Calling of Jesus,' 'Come Into My World' and the rest of the videos by Omer Pasha and Latif Sheikh turn into a epic saga.

The video shows that atheists are in error and that God exists. When atheists mock believers that there is no Hell or Heaven, believers remind them of their fate, but they don't listen. The video shows what is the fate of a non-believer/atheist after death, which is just a gist of life after death for an atheist compared to the actual truth. It also provides atheists reasons not to argue with God after death. The video shows the blessed fate of believers who spend and enjoy their lives but remember God in the back of their minds.

This video shows the predictions and signs of Jesus will come back to rule and what teaching methodology he will apply to the world then. The video tells the story of 'The Curse' video of a boy who used to be an atheist and enjoy life as it is. He falls into a bad time in life and does not know what to do. But God did not want him to go to hell and wanted to teach him the meaning of His existence. Finally, the boy becomes a believer and abandons atheism because God explains to him in his visions why he causes a person hurt and then takes him out of it and why atheists argue that 'What's the point in being tested when He knows all.' And so the boy abandons the idea of atheism and embraces belief in one God and warns other atheists to know the fate of a non-believer.

'Come Into My World -- The Video' states the natural laws of science are controlled by God. What an atheist believes freedom from God is abolition of human slavery to religion is the devil's deception of making atheists see a journey of light and freedom, which is the path to the demon's darkness fire and hell and away from God. The devil's first attack on atheists is not making them believe that a force like it is real. A journey of freedom can also be experienced into believing into God and his attributes of forgiveness. The video sides with Freemasonry to the extent that Lucifer does exist, that swirls around with atheists and they know not.

The video is about how atheists will go to hell and features 'screams from hell,' the devil howling in victory at the people who did not believe in God and that believers who have faith in the unseen will dwell in paradise forever.

The videos send out a sharp message of God's Eternal existence, how He tests mankind and rewards through His mercy, how He exists and loves His creations and the ones who deny Him are in error. The video talks about the predictions, the end of time, the Prophets, polytheism, atheism, monotheism and freemason worship.
Farhat Pasha Productions Videos ((www.omerpasha.tk)) a fresh Canadian based production company in Toronto makes it to the Cannes Market (www.cannesmarket.com) with its brand new fresh release of the 86 minute feature film 'Come To Me'. produced by Omer Pasha and Farhat Pasha. 'Come To Me' features a story of a young boy cursed in his love life by the magic of an evil sorceress. The boy is non-religious and has to discover the power of faith to get the girls he once loved, back. Yet he finds out the witch is cursed herself.

'Come To Me' features its jewel like sequences such as 'French Curses' and 'Egyptian Curses'. The haunting taking place in France and Egypt . The witch (Farah) swirling voodoo dolls on the Eiffel Tower causing Pasha to get cursed and similarly into Cairo, the Sphinx, and the witch changing from a French sorceress into an Arabian witch causing spells, curses and demons. The film also shows the vivid entry of Satan into 'Pasha's' life through black magic and how the theme of 'Good Vs Evil' follows. The film takes its Climax as the boy gains powers through the discovery of faith and asks God in reverse speech 'Where Is My Savior?'

Two sequences in the film feature 'reverse speech' with subtitles. Reverse speech is used to show the language of the devil . It presents the theory of how black magic is practiced through the recital of verses of holy books (i.e Torah, Bible, Quran) in reverse. And thus how the power of faith and religion defeats this evil and saves a person from getting hurt in life.

The film concludes with the victory of the Pasha (Pasha).
Omer Pasha's short film venture 'Come To Me (Ashura-Festival Edit)' features symbolism and portraits from the story of Karbala and the martyrdom of Hussain. Most of the film has been filmed in Vancouver; an excerpt from a live performance at one of the local community shows at the Dufferin Hotel. The film has partially been filmed in Pakistan and its post-production succession achieved in Toronto. This unique Canadian venture will be also given European exposure. The video narrates the story in form of pictures and displays the shrines of these warriors today. Retreat is the only light of happiness left today for the American troops, their families, loved ones and those who support them.
The approaching world phenomena Festival De Cannes 2007 in May this year will exhibiting over 1,900 films at its Short Film Corner. First time in history of Festival De Cannes, an Iraqi film will presented at the festival.

"Come To Me (Karbala Edition)"

The solo film, out of the selection of 1900 films will be at premiere at "Palais des Festivals" (screening arena) May 16, 2007 to May 26, 2007. The film is in concern with the history of Karbala and of course, the war today.The film by Omer Pasha is also followed by the sagas , "Come To Me" ( Short Film Corner Edition) and "Come To Me (Docudrama)
The "Come To Me" Saga includes a film and documentary. It covers the themes of Love, relationships, witches, curses and spells. Moreover Atheist vs. Theist arguments, the final days Hitler, the mysteries of Freemasonry, Devil vs. God and concluding with the "Iraq War."
Omer Pasha Releases Hit Documentary 'God Exists Atheists Are In Error' (Come To Me -Trilogy) a New Series Climbing its Way to the Top on the Web and Film Festivals Around the World

After the success for "The Curse" and "Come To Me" at The Cannes Film Festival & New York Film and Video Festival , Omer Pasha's new documentary, "God Exists Atheists Are In Error," is making its way to the top. Now being presented by hot and new film festivals in Paris and the USA. Filmed and produced in Canada, Omer Pasha portrays this docu-drama in a trendy and stylish form so that it may appeal to viewers of all ages and ethnicities all around the world.The documentary tells how atheists are in error and God obviously exists, with all his proofs and signs. Parts of documentary rebuttal Richard Dawkins book "The God's Delusion."

Moreover, "God Exists Atheists Are in Error" shows the story of a young boy who turns to atheism and converts back to theism and learns the truth of life after death. The documentary also favours the three great Holy Books: the Bible, the Torah and the Quran, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. And shows the greatness and remembrance of the Prophets Christ, Moses, their sayings and teachings are from the heart and the truth.

Reviews of the documentary tell it is quite a slap on humiliation given to God by the introduction of Richard Dawkins book. The documentary follows 11 episodes on the web and are considered a typical midnight spooky short film series on youtube , veoh and Google video. You may always watch these films in the middle of the night and always get entertained with the special effects, witches, gowls, demons, screams and music, but making one message clear, that no matter what, God exists, and atheists are destined species of humans. The film features the hit soundtracks of "The Curse" and "Who Are You." The film has a certain Middle Eastern touch to it involving touches of Egypt, Iraq, Iran, UAE and Saudi Arabia and the finale honoring the return of Imam Mehdi (Mahdi) bringing near the end of days. It argues certain questions asked by atheists for what God has made man from "water" "sound clay"? Episode 6 of God Exists Atheists Are In Error has the left the atheist community on youtube very silent.

The documentary features the same cast from "The Curse," Omer Pasha, Farhat Pasha, Nikki and Naheed. These typical midnight movies will also be dubbed and subtitled in French and German for further audience exposure and the spreading of the message "God Exists Atheists Are In Error"-(Come To Me-Trilogy). The documentary series is now being prepared for presentation in major film festivals such as the Cannes Film Festival .

Omer Pasha's film "Come To Me" is formally recognized as Canadian Content under the logging category 8A: "performances of music and/or dance, including opera, operetta, ballet, and musicals."

9/10 points on Canadian Content. CRTC number C27561 for "Come To Me."

The 86-minute feature is a compilation of musicals based on the story of a young boy who is cursed by the evil witch Farah. The film contains several musical sequences including the videos of "The Curse" and "Who Are You", followed by sequences such as "French Curses, The Haunting, Egyptian Curses" and much more. Gowls, demons, witches, spells, curses, planets, skulls and goblins blend in the film. Political twist follows, invoking the power of Nazism and Hitler, a dedication to atheists. Film previously screened at Marche Du Film and Short Film Corner at Cannes and New York events.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)

Officially known as Ohio Tv. "Ohionights" has been recently established on youtube with a set of 200 videos. A great variety from all genres possible, crazy, fresh, brand new music videos, documentaries, shorts, features, interviews, funny, weird, live shows, night life, night clubs, men as women, drag queens, funny exotic escort services to anti-atheist videos. The new youtube channel is based on the adventures of "Ohio," a demon that changes form.

Officially known as Ohio Tv. "Ohionights" has been recently established on youtube with a set of 200 videos. A great variety from all genres possible, crazy , fresh, brand new music videos, documentaries, shorts, features, interviews, funny, weird, live shows, night life, night clubs, men as women, drag queens, funny exotic escort services to anti-atheist videos. The new youtube channel is based on the adventures of "Ohio," a demon that changes form.

Films include upcoming Halloween shows, videos, and crazy party madness. Documentaries of Omer Pasha are also included in the wide variety of films. Live events such as the New York and Cannes Film Festivals-uncut. Uncut videos of "The Curse".

....
Omer Pasha Releases Debut Album 'The Curse'

The 13 track pop/rock enigma style compilation comes with 13 professionally done music videos made available on the web. The 13 videos will premiere at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival in New York, China Club February 2008. The most wanted and downloaded track "Who Are You (Rock Remix)" from the album has rising demand from French audiences. . "The Haunting" from the short "The Ontario Haunting" will also premiere at the New York Film Festival.

Local Canadian critics have called the album a modern replica of Enigma. Some tracks follow reverse speech; to understand, viewers have to watch the short. Tracks such as "Reverse Curses" and "Egyptian Curses" are a chant voodoo spells and curses. "The Voices Of The Devil" is from the controversial atheist shorts Omer Pasha compiled to argue with youtube's atheist community. Omer Pasha's French editions of his music videos to premiere at the Cannes Market 2008, some include "Long Live Germany," " Does Iraq Know Richard Dawkins" and "Who Are You (Blue Bottles Edit.) Omer Pasha will hold a DVD release party of Omer Pasha Films in Manhattan, NYC at the New York Festival that will include his recently compiled videos aimed at American society today telling them about the psyche of extremists and terrorists that are after them today.

The Curse (Album)

1. The Curse
2. Who Are You
3. Come To Me
4. The Haunting
5. The Voices Of The Devil
6. Reverse Curses
7. Egyptian Curses (Saragmug)
8. Come To Me (Rock Remix)
9. Happy Times (Instrumental)
10. Anti-Atheist Music
11. The Curse (Hitler Version)
12. Who Are You (Rock Remix)
13. The Curse (Electric Remix)

....

A Hollywood DVD Store aka "Hollywood Entertainment DVD", a newly launched Ebay store that specializes in short media. Films receiving successful accreditation from Festival De Cannes 2007 & 2008 and The New York International Film Festival 2007 & 2008 in Manhattan and Hollywood are now out on High Quality DVD. A collection of six DVD's , feature long,35mm retouched styled films produced by Omer Pasha portray a general theme of Love, Religion, the Godloving and the Godless.

The entire DVD collection revolves around 3 music videos of The Curse; "Forebodings", "Unveiled" and "Who Are You,"the tussle of a witch and boy over true love with women. The theme thrusts into detailed videos of the witch, the boy, suffering, atheists, theists Resurrection, Satan, Bible,Torah, Jesus, Moses,dance,style,evil,magic, war and endless clash of supernatural battles,demons, gowls, follow with a vivid element of glamor. The entire DVD collection gives out the message that only faith can save today's crumbling world.

The Collection Follows:

1.The Curse DVD
2.Who Are You DVD
3.Come To Me DVD
4.My Iraq DVD
5.God Exists Atheists Are In Error DVD
6.Long Live Germany DVD

Extra DVD features follow bonus films, New York City parties, festivals, shows and Festival De Cannes exclusive footage from Short Film Corner.

Free DVD's will be circulated at the Opening Night Party of the New York Film Festival in Hollywood. "Hollywood Entertainment DVD". Accredited film directors;

1.Omer Pasha
2.Farhat Pasha
3.Latef Shek (Latif Sheikh)

Following the aftermath of Festival de Cannes, film makers are now taking their work to premiere at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival (NYIIFVF ) in Los Angeles. Official Selection of Festival De Cannes-Short Film Corner (SFC 2008)- "Who Are You-Blue Bottles Of Suffering" as now the Official Selection of the NYIIFVF will premiere at Laemmle Sunset 5 at Sunset Boulevard , West Hollywood. Omer Pasha Short Films "The Curse", "Who Are You" and "Come To Me" will make their Hollywood debut at the opening night gala of the NYIIFVF at The Cabana Club.

Omer Pasha's new series "The Knights of Manhattan" have already made their debut in New York City and will now follow up in Hollywood. The series, hosted by Farhat Pasha and Sabina Pasha, showcase interviews and trailers from upcoming American films.

Omer Pasha Opening Night Showcase @ Cabana Club:

1.The Curse Unveiled
2.The Curse Forebodings
3.Disco Curse
4.Who Are You-Blue Bottles of Suffering
5.The Ontario Haunting
6.French Curses

"I Should Have Touched The Cross and Opened The Torah Long Time Back"

Vancouver Kerrisdale Camera Show & Swap Meet

Richard Eriksson — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:09:10 -0700

Start: Aug 28 2005 - 10:00am

From the camera show announcement page:

An excellent swap mart where camera collectors, photographers, sellers of new, used and collectable camera and equipments meet in the heart of Vancouver.

The show is open to collectors at 8:30 AM.

Burberry top 5 Fall Winter entry level

bijouliving — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:08:31 -0700

I've already touted Burberry Prorsum's Mens' FW 2008 line and with their first quarter total revenue already up by 22% I'm sure we're going to see even a larger increase for the duration of 2008. I'd argue that their accessory line is motivating this increase.

Strategically, Burberry is on the right path. Entry level luxury brand consumers can approach the line through its accessories and become loyal followers as their income grows.

Here are my picks for Burberry's entry level consumer:
http://bijouliving.blogspot.com/2008/07/burberry-top-5-fall-winter-entry...

Social Media Round-up from the Vancouver Green Living Show

uncleweed — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:17:19 -0700

A squad of environmentally conscious bloggers, podcasters, and video-makers joined the other sustainability-minded visitors at the inaugural Vancouver Green Living show. The resulting collection provides deep coverage of a variety of interesting businesses, unique products, and people effectuating positive change by creating and marketing sustainable alternatives to polluting products.

The crew of grassroots media makers expressed a variety of point of views and focused on their particular interests while finding surprising products under the BC Place dome from February 29th ~ March 2nd. Here's a brief recap from the frogsquad's work:

Lisa Tilson discovered some natural toys, questioned the role of big corporations at a green show, and made her podcasting debut discussing city bikes and hemp clothing.

GregEh brought his bachelor perspective while writing about eco snow melter plus bikes of all kinds, hemp milk, and yerba matte, and pitched in heap of great shots for the photo pool.

Rebecca "Miss 604" and Keira-Anne covered the show in their savvy manner ~ sampling products from soybean candles to organic beer. The prolific bloggers also visited the Vancouver Aquarium booth and K-A offered this sage advice for visitors:

One final piece of very important advice I leave you with:

Though you will be tempted to try samples of all the foods and beverages you see, once your tummy is full of no less than organic chocolate, organic beer, coconut oil, hemp butter, organic wine and hemp milk, that same tummy will be very, very angry with you.

Joe Solomon offered discourse on green cleaning services and addressed the social issues of traditionally low-wage jobs. hint: Check out Joe's Netsquared blog for info on finding web geeks to help your social change project.

Alexa Booth shot a heap of great Green Living Show photos and contributed to the happyfrog Flickr pool. The smart shopper likely found a few businesses to review to add to her happyfrog-leading total, and even tested the In-Bed Organics mattresses (see also: Organic Latex Mattresses Seek Insomniacs.

happyfrog's own ChristyS and her personal cameraman created the first batch of FrogWalking videos with interviews with green entrepreneurs. Christy talks to a recycled clothing designer, a green wedding planner,artsy eco t-shirts.

Finally, I'm (happyfrog Community Manger Dave O) rolling out a new podcast series. The first batch of the "happyfrog Pondcast" podcasts features Rain City Bikes, Dancing Bear Hemp Clothing, Me to We T-shirts, and the Emily Carr communications design art exhibit. The shows are rolling out so subscribe to the happyfrog Pondcast feed to catch the conversations as they post.

Next up for the frogsquad? The EPIC - The Sustainability Expo at Canada Place on April 18-20. This is EPIC's second year and the last one was a busy hive of eco-edutainment so be sure to join the throng. Have something to say to the world? Join the band of social media makers for a fun weekend of creating documentary evidence of ecological efforts. Contact happyfrog to express interest and check the green event calendar to find ways to share knowledge.

Google Chrome: If you haven't tried it yet, you really should...

Ray — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:05:03 -0700

It's early yet for beating the drum and singing praises, but so far, I like what I'm seeing. This little program seems to be designed to simplify our lives, rather than make them more complicated. I hope they show Microsoft how it's done! And they don't insist that everything should be 'Google' - and I suspected they might - and I was wrong.

They give you a choice of using any of the major (or minor) search engines currently known to mankind, and all you have to do to get one of them going is open Chrome, select Tools (look for the little wrench in the upper right), then find the button marked 'Manage', click it, and choose your favorite search engine from a l-o-n-g list, which also has a second list below it in case you didn't find your choice in the first 14... - See how easy it is? Browsing can be fun. Try it...

A little tip for Windows XP users...

Ray — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:45:49 -0800

If you happen to have the Belarc Advisor (which reports literally everything that's on your computer, including updates, hotfixes, key codes, programs, etc., etc) or if you have PC Wizard 2007, which does something similar, but also reports real-time events such as the temperatures and fan speed of the computer's internals - and if that information seems to be out of date, or is reporting programs you have removed then this means that a file in your Windows Management Instrumentation has become corrupted, and needs to be replaced.

So here's how:- Go into Windows Management in Control Panel, go onto Services, scroll down to
the line for WMI Service, and stop that.

Then, go into C:\Windows\System32\WBEM, and delete the folder named 'Repository'.
And don't worry - it is automatically recreated when you re-start the WMI Service....

Now, restart the WMI Service in the Services list where you stopped it earlier.
Reboot the computer, and you will have a newly created Repository folder in the WBEM which
will now report up-to-date information for your other programs.

If you would like PC Wizard 2008, it's a freebie from this website.

If you would like the Belarc Advisor, also a freebie, it's here.

VCON 33: Greater Vancouver's Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention

keithlim — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:39:49 -0700

Start: Oct 3 2008 - 12:00pm

End: Oct 5 2008 - 6:00pm

VCON is Greater Vancouver's annual science fiction & fantasy convention.

Guests of Honour are Kelley Armstrong (Author), Patrick Rothfuss (Author), Lisa Snellings (Artist), James Ernest (Gaming), and Dr. Jaymie Matthews (Science), with Michael Walsh (Toastmaster). Also Attending: Don DeBrandt, Lynne Fahnestalk, Eileen Kernaghan, Jeanne Robinson, Spider Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, Lisa Smedman.

Three days of programming, plus Art Show, Book Launch, Breakfast Buffet, Dance, Dealers Room, Elron Awards, Fan Club Tables, Filk Music, Games Room, Hospitality Suite, Kidcon, Masquerade, Parties & Meetups, Turkey Readings, Voodoo Board.

Pre-registration rates (till 15 Sep) are Adult: $50, Student: $38, Child 7-12 years: $25, and Gamer-only: $40. Children 6 years and under are free. Payment in US$ accepted at par. After 15 Sep, on-site registration only at $60/$45/$30. One-day memberships available on-site.

Venue: Compass Point Inn, 9850 King George Highway, Surrey, BC, Canada V3T 4Y3

Website: http://www.vcon.ca/
Phone: (778)230-1605

Kick Start - Best mens boots for Fall

bijouliving — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:23:14 -0700

Pull yourself up by your boot straps because this season is all about boots.

Whether you're grabbing the ubiquitous Beatle boot, the vintage combat or the city overboot you can't go wrong.

Here are my eight picks for Fall: photos are here:
http://bijouliving.blogspot.com/2008/09/kick-start-best-mens-boots-for-f...

1. John Varvatos - anything by Mr. Varvatos looks hot for fall. You've gotta rock when your boutique is in the old CBGB's space.

2. Ann Demeulemeester - Ms. Demeulemeester has made a name for herself with her womens' boots, now it's the guys turn! Go to her site for pics.

http://bijouliving.blogspot.com/2008/09/kick-start-best-mens-boots-for-f...

Gay education

samanthaorwell — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:08:08 -0700

Read full post here: http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/03/gay-education.html

I love reading the opinion letters in newspapers. I love how they show incredible intelligence AND incredible ignorance in such a small space that, hopefully the latter doesn't, represent Vancovouver citizens.
I've been published a few times in the letters pages, and I must say it IS kind of hard to get a letter published there- it has to be some sort of sensational, of course and once I got the hang of knowing how to be sensational wriing letters to newspapers got old.

Anyhow, two letters in particular got me interested enough to dicuss here.

I read this one first:

Gay taxpayers tired of subsidizng their critics:
It is bad enough that we gay British Columbians subsidize private Catholic schools with our tax dollars, but they now object to gays being included in diversity programs in public schools. Our thousands of dollars are gleefully accepted, but we are considered inferior and unworthy. I don't think so. It's time all taxpayers took a close look at private schools that inevitably teach that they are the only ones worthy of anything.
Hugh (Bart) Vincelette, Vancouver

I had a "huh..that's interesting" moment.
Ad at first I agreed whole heartely- WHY do we as taxpayers pay for things that will demoralize our community and/or bash and/or potentially spread hate?

But also at the same time a taxpayers we fund a lot of public programming that we may not personally believe is morally justifiable (help me out here..I can't hink of any at the moment). I think it is safe to say though that we should respect other people's thoughts and opinions even though they may be against our own. Isn't that what Canada is all about? We're a mosaic right? meaning that there is a lot of diversity but we still exist in segregated "tiles" and retain our uniqueness within a broader picture (unlike the below 49th parallel melting pot).

BUT this is different because education is PUBLIC, and yes, even though private schools can teach with different philosophies or different curiculum even private schools are supported by public tax dollars to some extent- if you want me to explain the reason why I can, but for now that discussion is best saved for if you really give a damn.

So if education is PUBLIC, then we should be giving children content that will make our society more cohesive, supportive and tolerant- no?
That being said I don't believe Catholic schools are teaching HATE or anti-gay messages per se, I think they may just be staying quiet on the issue- (I'm not sure..I'll have to ask my Cath teacher friend)- but even if they do stay quiet on the issue that may be spreading ignorance.

But what if some segments of Catholicism DO believe that homosexuality gets in the way of cohesiveness in a functional society? There's an argument to be made there, one that I can make, but I don't believe in so I won't make it.

(Ok, that's a lot of thinking out loud). I totally understand these points raised by Vincelette (what a name, by the way..).

But say he is right, how would it be feasible to NOT have gay people, or any minority, special rights groups, not pay towards a public program? First you would have to justify why you should not pay, and then you would have to uh...check off "gay- don't want my money in Catholic schools" box on you tax form? yeah...and that would begin to breed MAJOR inequalities in funding in ANY publicprogram if minority groups were able to do that.

...i don't think the word "minority" is quite correct..I'm beginning to think we should be inclusive of any group n o matter what size..but then stakeholder models...ok.. NEXT

SO, I THEN read this:

Powerful minorities shouldn't influence school courses:
Diversity? Nothing could be farther from the truth of what the guide Making Space, Giving Voice suggests. The "guide," which is the result of the Corren agreement with the ministry of education that gave two homosexuals the special privilege of reviewing the K-12 curriculum, is focused on advancing an agenda including approval of homosexual lifestyles, using "social justice" as a convenient publicly accepted concurrence. No other group, "diverse" or conventional, has been given the licence to promote their beliefs within the curriculum as has been accorded to the Correns.
Of course, homosexuals are entitled to the same rights as all other Canadians, but it should not be at the expense of an already time-challenging curriculum, nor should a curriculum be so powerfully influenced by a special minority. The guide advances the ethics of homosexuals at variance with the ethics of other majority and minority groups, be they Christians, Jews, Muslims, atheists, agnostics or Canuck fans. Having carefully read Catholic Civil Rights League director Sean Murphy's Making Sense of Making Space, Giving Voice, noting the misinformation and exclusion of facts not in harmony with the Corren Creed, and all its negative consequences, I believe it is imperative that parents take action to prevent the creed from becoming the "guide" for the education of their children.
Walter Szetela, Delta

Now I get this person's point- there are SO many groups that can influence or curriculum so when does it get so far that we're being TOO inclusive such that we have a horribly broad curriculum?

I agree it may get TOO much, but it's not right to close the doors and say no minority group can TRY to influence the curriculum. We have to be able to at least give groups a process where they can show grievance and go through a process inclusion in curriculum. It is our right to be able to influence the curriculum- any taxpayer ad citizen has a right to say what we teach our yout and we should not take away that process of expressing disapproval and subsequent revision of the curriculum.

The curriculum IS time consuming, but good teachers will figure out a way to hear minority voices- remember that teaching has gone FAR since the days of old person lecturing in front of rows of kids- Kids can pick minority groups that they are interested in, do group projects on it and present them to the class much like we do with different cultures/countries, and even different systems in the body.

I dunno, just an issue I thought was interesting- what do you think? who's right? and is it even feasible to be inclusive of ALL minority groups?

KEEP READING:
http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/

Moderne Burger - Vancouver, BC

shokutsu — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:47:14 -0700

It appears that Moderne Burger’s traditional popularity with Vancouverites has not abated at all, as seen by the plethora of people visible inside as well as in lineups stretching outside their front entrance on West Broadway. A as a first timer to this place, it sure seemed to me that this is a tribute to the loyalty of their fans, forgiving nature and hungry desire to have their favorite burger joint back up and running after what I understand has been a long period of downtime. I wanted to figure out for myself if I’d enjoy the product offering as much as these diehards, and this review is based on a recent takeout order that I had.

Continued w/ pictures...
http://foodosophy.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/moderne-burger-vancouver-bc/

"More later"..... so, this is later...Google Chrome in action.

Ray — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:43:41 -0700

Here it is in action, folks....First Impression = "Winner!" Go get your own :)

So - what happened to the Google browser launch???

Ray — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:03:35 -0700

Welcome to 'Browser Wars' everyone. So far, Google's entry in the dozen-or-so browsers line is a 'no show', and they've removed links to its previously-leaked download site. Mozilla has also said there will be a 3-week or so delay in its next release of Firefox 3's upgrade, and that will also get another session in beta before going 'prime time'.

Looks like everybody's looking over everyone else's shoulders, and revamping their own stuff in hopes of getting the jump on the competition. For whatever it's worth, I don't see anything terribly wrong with Firefox 3, that a little twiddling with the Bookmarks code couldn't cure. So what's all the excitement about? (Yawn...) What excitement? This is about as exciting as three-day-old cow pies, Kiddies. I wouldn't lie to you about that.

Update: -
The squeaking wheel gets the grease - and a download of Google's Chrome Beta, if you want one. Just checked again, and there's an announcement on their main page just now for it. So they did get it dragged out the door and onto the launch-pad, but they missed their intended timing for its release on the east coast by two or three hours. I guess that's OK - those New Yorkers are too busy today watching the markets sinking after that hurricane failed to demolish all those oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.... but the season ain't over yet, Kids. And now, to see what the hell all the shouting at Google was all about....more later, maybe.

Steve Moore Is Sitting Pretty

Richard Eriksson — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 03:23:20 -0800

Tom at the Canucks Corner weblog thinks that Steve Moore is sitting pretty right now and agrees that Moore (he of the sucker punch to Vancouver Canucks centre Todd Bertuzzi a month ago) will sue both Bertuzzi and the NHL, and that both stand to lose out, both in terms of cash and public relations, especially the NHL.

It's a boy

Roland Tanglao — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 13:57:57 -0800

This is the reason for our very, very soft launch of UrbanVancouver. Once I get back to work on the 12th, expect tons of posts and pictures

It's a boy - Healthy. 1:50a.m. Saturday. More soon at www.barbandroland.com. Won'be much blogging here until about April 12th. [Van Eats]

A Studio for Caterina

Boris Mann — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 15:34:07 -0800

My studio mates and I have been evicted from our studio on Water Street. After 15 years the City's building inspectors decided to pay a visit, and not surprisingly, our space is zoned for warehouse, not for artist studio. We have to leave in a month or so. So we're looking for a space, if you have any leads, we'd appreciate it.
Caterina.net

Caterina of Flickr fame is looking for a studio. Psst...pass it on!

Lunch with Soup etc.

Boris Mann — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 16:25:47 -0800

Short answer: skip the soup and the etc. as well.

Kate and I went walking along Broadway, looking for a likely lunch spot. We both like soup, so we decided to try out Soup etc..

The etc. consists manually of sandwiches, although there are some sweet treats as well. I decided to go for a small Wild about Shrooms! with a roast beef sandwich. Kate had a small Canadian Split Pea with a piece of bread on the side.

Well, I really like wild mushrooms. So that's what I saw, missing the crucial "about" part of the phrase. What I got was Campbells-esque: a thick, starchey mushroom soup that could have come out of a can anywhere. Ditto for Kate's pea soup.

The sandwich was OK. The whole thing was pre-made, and wasn't very flavourful. The bread was a piece of baguette, and not that big. The price only came to $10 for both of us, but we left feeling hungry.

It's a neat idea, but the food simply isn't very tasty. I still love soup, but not the Soup etc. kind.

Darren Barefoot: Cycling in Lotusland

Boris Mann — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 16:35:02 -0800

Check out the weather. I couldn't ignore such a fine spring day, so I blew off work for a couple of hours, rented a bike and went on a 20km ride.Darren Barefoot: Cycling in Lotusland

Darren's full post includes the distances for some routes that he regularly rides. The weather really is fantastic in Vancouver right now -- who knew we're known for rain!

Darren Barefoot: Fundraiser du Semaine

Boris Mann — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 23:41:37 -0800

For the locals, friends of a friend are having a fundraiser tomorrow night. The most compelling feature seems to be that each table that you sit at is named after a Vancouver Canuck. If that Canuck scores during Saturday night's game, then your table gets a free pitcher of beer. Given my non-drinking status, I will no doubt be remanded to the Momesso table.
Darren Barefoot: Fundraiser du Semaine

Tomorrow being Saturday, April 3, 2004. We will turn on our event calendar as part of our expanded features.

Looks like there is a bunch of stuff happening at the Cotton Club, not just hockey: some films, a band, etc. -- check out the full post at Darren's site.

Dosanjh Leaves NDP, Runs in Federal Election for Liberals

Richard Eriksson — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 00:13:05 -0800

CTV has the story that's been flashed on the front of The Province yesterday: former B.C. premier Ujjal Dosanjh is going to run in the Vancouver South riding [PDF] as a Liberal in the next federal election. Critics--from the NDP--called the move opportunistic, but many NDPers never forgave him anyway for dealing the death blow to then-premier Glen Clark's political career while Dosanjh was attorney general. Opportunistic, maybe, but that's because he wants to win.

Nomination processes aren't very democratic in this country--basically sign up as many members as you can and either get them to show up at the convention or make sure they mail in their ballots. The best organized candidates win nominations, and not necessarily the best candidates. I'm also willing to bet that despite organizationally being the same party, in B.C., members of the NDP who support the provincial party don't necessarily fully support the national party, and vice versa.

Penmachine (Derek K. Miller): Unglamorous interfaces

Roland Tanglao — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 09:38:00 -0800

Derek does a terrific job of summarizing for non-technical people why we have so much powerful software that is hard to use: it's developed by programmers who don't mind needless and gratuitious complexity and who start from what the software does rather than how the software can help meet the needs of the user. Software that's hard to use won't be used by anybody. Now that we have fast hardware, the emphasis of coming decades will be on making things that are simple and easy to use.

Let's follow up from one of yesterday's links of interest. In the world of computer programming, user interfaces—more specifically, graphical user interfaces (GUIs) such as the kind most people use, with a mouse pointer and icons and text fields and buttons and widgets—have traditionally received little respect. Some hard-core software engineers consider GUIs mere window dressing, something to be added after the real work (i.e. the back-end logic of a program) is done.

Here, in chronological order, is a series of weblog posts describing why that's totally wrong:

"...the vast majority of open-source projects are also volunteer projects; and it seems that the use of volunteers to drive development inevitably leads the interface design to suck."

"...the developers of CUPS [Common Unix Printing System] have obviously tried hard to produce an accessible system—but the best intentions and effort have led to a system which despite its superficial pseudo-friendliness is so undiscoverable that it might as well have been written in ancient Sanskrit."

"Linux geeks [are] frustrated by open source software's terrible usability. [...] the problem is that even Linux geeks have trouble figuring it out."

"Creating a bad GUI is really, really easy. Creating a 'good' GUI is really, really hard. [...] How do you quantify good GUI design skills? I do not know. A great GUI is a work of art."

"I spent most of the last decade honing my ability to absorb complexity and detail and translate that complexity into working programs. I'm spending this decade trying to make that premise seem ridiculous..."

"When you're working on end-user software, and it doesn't matter if you're working on a web app, adding a feature to an existing application, or working on a plug-in for some other application, you need to design the UI first."

Penmachine (Derek K. Miller): Unglamorous interfaces

Kitsilano is one of the haunts for Love Savvy Young Women aka 'Pop Tarts'

Roland Tanglao — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 10:23:59 -0800

Edgy independence is her hallmark. In the office, she’s a player: she knows her stuff, but is not afraid to bend the rules to get the required results. And she doesn’t follow trends, but sets them. The reputation of any new nightspot is made when she makes it her hangout. To stay ahead of the pack, fashion designers’ spies snoop around her haunts – LA’s Melrose Avenue, San Francisco’s Mission District, the Kitsilano area of Vancouver, or New York’s Chelsea and SOHO districts – taking their copious notes on how she mixes and matches her attire depending on her mood or whim.

DrWeb's Domain - Pop Tarts and Broken Hearts: For Love-Savvy Young Women, Life Is Both Sweet and Bittersweet - By Josie Brown and Martin Brown

Kitsilano definitely is full of love savvy women or 'Pop Tarts' who definitely wouldn't be out of place in Sex and the City.

Sending the Fans Into a Tizzy

Richard Eriksson — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 12:02:25 -0800

Tom says the Canucks are on a mission:

The Division banner in the rafters. Breaking the Avalanche streak. Putting Bertuzzi and the collapse last year behind them. Sending the fans into a tizzy. It's one more game.

Vancouver Blogger Conference

Richard Eriksson — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 01:42:55 -0800

Darren Barefoot has put together a Vancouver blogger conference idea and is asking people who are interested to fill out a survey, email him or write public comments. (He has cross-posted his idea to Vancouver Webloggers, a site I host and administer). A blogging conference in Vancouver would kill three birds with one stone: it could be the West Coast equivalent of BloggerCon, it would be the Canadian equivalent of BloggerCon, and, as a direct result of the previous two, I'd attend!

It's a boy

Boris Mann — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 00:47:19 -0800

Simon Lewis Tanglao (Chinese name forthcoming as soon as we figure out the transliteration!) was born 1:50a.m. Saturday March 27, 2004. He weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces and measured 49 cm.
Barb and Roland's Journal

Congratulations, Barb and Roland!

5 Denim Selections for my man

bijouliving — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:08:59 -0700

The time had come for my husband to buy some new denim. He loves fashion but hates to shop, nothing a few double shots of espresso and a maverick of a wife couldn't fix!

To the fitting room he went with Diesel, Dior Homme, Filippa K, Nudie, and APC.

Review:

Dior Homme 19cm - his favourite. They looked amazing but he didn't like the wash - he wants the dark.
Filippa K - not a good cut. He's a 29 or 30 waist and the hip area looked like riding pants.
Diesel Darron - very nice price, very nice fit. They fit larger so go down a size.
Nudie Long John - looked pretty sexy to me but he felt like he was wearing leotards.
APC NS - didn't have the right size but definitely potential!

photos at
www.bijouliving.blogspot.com
Nudie Long John - I said hot, he said not

http://www.bijouliving.blogspot.com/
Filippa K - not an attractive cut

http://www.bijouliving.blogspot.com/
Dior Homme 19cm
The ones that were the best but they didn't have right wash in stock

http://www.bijouliving.blogspot.com/
Diesel Darron - the winner - until we find those Dior's in the dark wash!

'Dear Editor'.....

Ray — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:34:41 -0700

My latest to 'Dear Editor' can be found here or in today's Vancouver Sun. My thanks to Cheryl, our Letters Editor, for printing it.

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