The Global Village

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Researched, Written, Directed, Edited & Mixed by Jennifer Millenor
narrated by Jennifer Millenor
The Global Village
The World's Suburbia
An UnderStudy2010 Production

The Internet -"a communication system that creates a space for unrestrained conversation & fixes that conversation into a semi-permanent historical record and allows non-commercial cultural production to flourish." ~ The Empire of Mind

We were promised many things about the internet - Increase productivity, Improved Global Dialog, Revolutionize consumer spending patterns, but what do we know about who's online.
Canadians are online, but what about those who aren't.

What do we know about the people online?
Who are the people who aren't online. Those without access.
Does it matter?


Does the Internet enable dialogue?
How important is an opinion if you don't know who's it is.
America's poor and Africa's child soldiers aren't online.

Maybe the internet is the new global memory, but who's memory are they?
Can the Internet be a catalyst for change?

Of course but only if the privileged few who have an address in the global village have the will to make change happen.

Door's Wide Open! House Concert

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My friend Billie shared this with me on Facebook today.

Original song performed at a house concert in 2006. Accompanying are Danna Stevenson on Viola, Richard Smart on Guitar, Nina Zabbia & Isabella Jennings on Vocals, and the audience singing along.

Michelle Vulama

Biography

Michelle Vulama is a Canadian artist, originating from Vancouver, BC. Though her work is diverse in form and content, she is chiefly recognised for her original and distinct style of rock-painting.

To those close to her, Vulama’s artistic potential was evident from an early age. As a child she dabbled in an abundance of artistic forms: everything from shoe-box dollhouses, to delicately crafted sock-puppets, to the sketches of ‘pig-faced people’ which still resonate in her current work. However, it wasn’t until her late teens that Vulama, having acquired a job as an office assistant at Vancouver’s Clochard Gallery, found the inspiration, guidance and encouragement to hone her talents and find her artistic niche.

Despite having received no formal artistic education, Vulama has always been fascinated by the idea that she can use her skills to transform ‘bits of garbage into something people will admire and value’. Consequently, Vulama frequently took to painting on unusual canvases such as jam-jar lids and cereal boxes. Experimentation with a multitude of these atypical mediums enabled Vulama to refine her canvas-preference and ultimately led her to develop her unique penchant for rock-painting.  Read More Here http://www.michellevulama.com/bio.html

Jawbreaker on Rock- 2002

michelle@michellevulama.com

See Michelle's Rock Painting at the District Gallery Jan 26- Mar 23 2011

The Vancouver North District Hall

355W Queens Road, North Vancouver


http://www.nvartscouncil.ca/exhibitions/maureen-coles-and-michelle-vulama

 Vancouver Events Guide - Exhibition - District Foyer Gallery
 http://www.vancouver-bc.com/events/2011-02-20/day/all/

 You have to see what she doing with Thunder Eggs. She's amazing!! We met her at Granville Market today and I couldn't believe her work. It was just fantastic.

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Sal Spirit Bear for BC Premier

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http://salspiritbear.ca/platform

The 6 Claw-Point Plan

If elected Liberal leader and Premier of BC, a Sal Spirit Bear government will move quickly to:

• Wrap up the 2009 Great Bear Rainforest Agreements that the government committed to. This means implementing all the elements required to achieve healthy communities and healthy ecosystems, including the protection of habitat for his pals — the murrelets, goats, frogs, goshawks and his cousins the grizzlies.
• Enter into sincere and progressive negotiations with First Nations and other coastal communities of the Great Bear Rainforest to keep the promise made: social and economic well-being for their people and control over their traditional territories.
• Support sustainable forestry in places that don’t compromise healthy ecosystems.
• Ban oil tanker traffic from our coastal waters. Sal will represent the Great Bear Rainforest and demand that the Federal Government end its support for the Enbridge pipeline that would bring dirty tar sands oil to the coast of the Rainforest. No pipeline, no tankers, no problem!
• Protect wild salmon by implementing a long-term strategy developed by his friends in the environmental community. They have a great strategy; I will give it teeth. Mmmmm salmon.
• Proclaim a province-wide statutory holiday in April: Wild Forests Day. February would be nice – after all, there’s no holiday in February – but too many of his fellow beings are hibernating.

Sal's Story

Sal Spirit Bear was born inside an old hollowed-out red cedar tree. The tree was a huge, old-growth red cedar, big enough for his mamma to give birth in. The red cedar was on Princess Royal Island in the Great Bear Rainforest. Sal has a lot of family there. Many of the spirit bears live on that island and others nearby.

In his early years, Sal was content with catching fish, rubbing his back against massive old trees, chumming around with his brothers and sisters and hanging with his friends the goshawks, the coastal tailed frogs, and the marbled murrelets. Sometimes he went to the mainland to visit extended family and friends like the mountain goats. He also stayed in touch with his cousins the Grizzlies. Life was good. Lots of food, good company, and the local humans were respectful. But one day, while on an extended trip into the Great Bear Rainforest, he saw a hunter shoot one his Grizzly cousins. He also noticed vast scars in the landscape. The big, big old trees were disappearing before his eyes. He was quite upset; his innocence was shattered. He was barely a teenager at this point. His Mom tried to shield him from these dangers to his homeland, but things only got worse. Read More here http://salspiritbear.ca/about-sal-2/

 

Follow Sal on Twitter http://twitter.com/salspiritbear at Tweet @salspiritbear
Like Sal on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/salforbcpremier

Catch the SPIRIT! A Vote for Sal Spirit Bear is a Vote for the Great Bear Rainforest

http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/campaigns/greatbear/Get-involved/salspiritbear/ 

Awakening the Dreamer

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Awakening the Dreamer Symposium Trailer from Pachamama Alliance on Vimeo.

Moving Forward, Inspiring Agents of Change

http://awakeningthedreamer.org/

http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com/2011/02/four-years-go.html Four Years. Go! A Campaign to Change the Course of History

Lynne Twist presents Four Years. Go!

Lynne Twist Presents FOUR YEARS. GO. from FOUR YEARS. GO. on Vimeo.

http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com/2011/02/call-for-our-time.html A Call For Our Time!

A Call For Our Time! Four Years. Go!

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Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011

To Bring Forth An Environmentally Sustainable, Spiritually Fulfilling, Socially Just Human Presence On This Planet.

A Call For Our Time: The Story of The Pachamama Alliance (2010) from Pachamama Alliance on Vimeo.


Motivate Yourself! We have Four Years. Go!

http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com/2011/02/four-years-go.html


Please, Please go to the website and

Declare Your Commitment Now! Do it for your future!

Four Years. Go

http://www.fouryearsgo.org/commit/ 

Four Years.Go Twitter

http://twitter.com/fouryearsgo

Four Years.Go Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/fouryearsgo

Four Years.Go Linkedin

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=2778495
 

Deborah Ledon

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Here is my friend,  the VERY TALENTED AND SPECTACULAR -DEBORAH LEDON
http://www.deborahledon.com/

Captivating… Electrifying… Unforgettable…

Sexy singer-songwriter and seasoned entertainer Deborah Ledon is as extraordinary as her life story. 

A native Cuban, her family pulled off a daring escape to Canada when she was just a two-year-old toddling around her impoverished neighbourhood looking for food. 

That audacious theme seems to have set the stage for her life. 

Deborah frequently draws from her challenging life experiences for lyrical inspiration and earned international acclaim with her raw and edgy album “Spilling Inside Out”.

Deborah has a powerful melodic voice and a spellbinding stage presence. A crowd favorite at jazz festivals, the vocally versatile high-energy dynamo has fronted and toured with a variety of bands, ranging from a 25-piece big jazz/swing band to country, rock, punk, dance and Latin bands. Now backed by some of Vancouver’s most talented musicians, Deborah is boldly reclaiming her Cuban heritage with an exotic, seductive jazzy sound that is captivating an ever-increasing stream of fans.

Career highlights:

• Played two separate shows at the 2010 Cultural Olympiad
• Performed alongside top jazz artists in Jazzilla 2010
• Only Latin act to perform at River Rock Casino – 3 years and counting!
• Performed at the 2009 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
• Grand finale at the 2010 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
• Only artist to perform at Harmony Arts Festival for 4 consecutive years
• Showcased on CBC Radio’s “Hot Air” program
• Voted Best New Jazz & Folk artist in the U.K. in 2004
• Album ranked one of the best on Euro-Americana charts in 2005
• Made history at the Cellar Jazz Club by being the first performer ever to get people up dancing
• Performed at the Vancouver Art Gallery’s prestigious “Black and Orange Ball”
• Shared the stage with Paul Anka at the River Rock Casino
• Sings with the Ultimate Elvis Showband
• Performed for the Marriot Hotel chain
• Fronted the house band at the Parkway Best Western for 8 years 

Photo by Vince at Vision Nouvelle

"Latin, Torch & Sexy Jazz" is this triple-threat Diva's body-moving, smile inducing and soul uplifting offering. "We should live our passion".  Website : http://www.deborahledon.com Twitter:  http://twitter.com/DeborahLedon

 Facebook: 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Deborah-Ledon/157762574246135

Latin-Jazz, Jazz, Dance, World
Members	Deborah Ledon- vocals Graig Robertson- sax, guitar, bkg. vocals Brent Gubbels- bass Chris Haas- drums Nick Apivor- percussion Boris Favre- keyboards. bkg. vocals
Hometown	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Record Label	independant
About	"Latin, Torch & Sexy Jazz" is this triple-threat Diva's body-moving, smile inducing and soul uplifting offering. "We should live our passion".

William Jans - Half Dome Cable- Yosemite

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This is my friend/ former employer/contractor William Jans doing the
HALF DOME CABLES -- YOSEMITE -- Wow!! Too Cool William!

http://www.wrjphoto.com/

William Jans' Live shows about absurd travels started in 1990 as a passion outside of his professional photographic career... now they have been dubbed a "West Coast Phenomenon" and have garnered rave reviews from media and attendees alike. There have been 15 sold out shows (with over 800 people per night sometimes)

William Jans is a Vancouver based corporate photographer creating images for clients in Western Canada, Toronto and Overseas.

He has been commissioned to photograph a variety of famous faces and was fortunate to be one of the three official photographers for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama while he was in Vancouver for three days.

William works mostly in Western Canada (B.C. and Alberta), but is as comfortable working in the US or Overseas. He has learned to communicate reasonably in nine languages.


Though William specializes in people photography, he has done quite a bit of aerial photography and innumerable events ranging from corporate functions to Gala Evenings.

WRJ Photo can work take you from basic ideas to finished final product. The CITY TV bus photography layout and design were concepted by WRJ Photo. Proportionsof 30 foot long by 3 foot high required strategic placement of everything.

http://williamjans.blogspot.com/   Williams Jan's Blog

http://www.facebook.com/pages/William-Jans-Live-Shows/155500946488?v=wall  Facebook
Quote from his Facebook Page-
This new trip (to become show) will hopefully include Swimming with Whale Sharks, Volcanos, Running 21 km on the Great Wall, and a Philippine Crucifixion Festival (they really nail volunteers to crosses!!)last Wednesday

http://www.wrjphoto.com

William Jans is a Vancouver based photographer that hosts LIVE multimedia shows about absurd travels. They have been dubbed "A West Coast Phenomenon" and often sell out (with oer 800 people per night in some cities).You may wish to go to this page http://www.wrjphoto.com/live-shows-about.html and register for show updates to get tickets to shows in your city when they are announced (and before they sell out).

Sending Prayers & an Angel to New Zealand Earthquake Victims

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Our prayers and hearts go out to the people in Christ Church New Zealand.

Christchurch earthquake - live updates
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/feb/22/newzealand-natural-disasters

Major New Zealand earthquake hits Christchurch (VIDEO)
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/new-zealand-earthquake/110221/new-zealand-earthquake-christchurch



6.3 quake rocks New Zealand city; at least 65 are dead
Widespread damage seen as Christchurch gets second big hit in 5 months
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41709359/

Sending prayers and an Angel! We are so sorry! We're praying for you!

The Sound of ...(silence)

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So this is super cool, I used to live in the Kootenays and I always dream about doing something at the Oxygen Art Centre in Nelson. Check out what Deborah Loxam-Kohl created. It's so beautiful!! Not only that she's a super talented inventor and has won awards be sure to read the Articulate Magazine article below.


Deborah Loxam-Kohl: The Sound of… (silence)
by Bill Metcalfe on Thursday, December 30th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

Artist Deborah Loxam-Kohl has set up shop at the Oxygen Art Centre in Nelson for a two-month residency during which she will create ”The Sound of… (silence)”, an installation using felted wool. See the schedule at the bottom of this page for associated events including an artist talk and workshops.

Sandra Hartline has written about this project in Articulate magazine. http://www.wkartscouncil.com/articulate/ARTiculate_Fall10_lowres.pdf

The proposed installation developed out of two areas of interest: exploring the applications of felted wool in making form; and an increasing awareness of, and sensitivity to, noise.

http://arts.inthekoots.com/deborah-loxam-kohl-the-sound-of-silence/


The Sound of…..(silence)
http://arts.inthekoots.com/the-sound-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-2773
by Bill Metcalfe on Monday, February 21st, 2011 at 5:13 pm

“I love wool, it is warm, you can wrap yourself in it, it is like a cocoon, it is a sense of well-being and in those moments there is that sense of silence that comes over you like a shroud.”

Those are the words of Deborah Loxam-Kohl, talking about her favourite artistic medium. I wrote about her plans for the installation The Sound of…..(Silence) in an earlier post. Last week I interviewed her a few days after the opening reception for the finished work. I have included the text of a few of her comments here along with some photos, and you can click here to hear the whole 14-minute interview in a podcast.
http://yellowseedaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/Deborah%20Loxam%20Kohl.mp3

http://arts.inthekoots.com/the-sound-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-2773

And you can check out her upcoming form felting workshop on our events calendar here.

http://arts.inthekoots.com/3-d-form-felting-workshop/

One doesn’t often think inventions when it comes to felting but Deborah Loxam-Kohl is in fact just that. She’s inventor of a technique and machine to felt three-dimensional objects in-the-round and a sculpture artist. Her work has been exhibited around the globe and she recently finished a residency at Oxygen Art Centre , ‘The Sound of… (silence)’ that explores the sound-absorbing qualities of felted wool within a built environment. The body of work resulting in a low-relief sculptural wall of felt wool.

Loxam-Kohl will be offering a not to be missed 3-D FORM FELTING WORKSHOP (Intermediate) at the Slocan Valley Threads Guild. This two-day intensive teaches basic techniques for felting in-the-round, by hand. Participants will produce small samples before continuing onto a project. Felted forms can be applied in the making of hats, handbags, basket-like containers, toys and other items. Examples of finished felted pieces will be displayed at first session. Needs list provided upon registration.

The course runs on Saturday Feb. 26 and Sunday, Feb. 10am to 4pm. Fee: $150 + HST Call Craig at Slocan Valley Recreation for registration at 250.226.0008.

Deborah is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art & Design Fibre program and works as an independent curator and directs DLK Design Lab, a multi-disciplinary studio, from her base camp in the Slocan Valley.

Blind Sculptor Recreates Untouchable Masterpiece

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Blind sculptor recreates untouchable masterpiece

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blind-sculptor-recreates-untouchable-masterpiece-20110221-033101-269.html

SALA BOLOGNESE, Italy (Reuters) - When blind sculptor Felice Tagliaferri was forbidden to touch one of Italy's most famous statues, he decided revenge was best served not just cold but stone cold.

Tagliaferri, 41, spent much of two years creating his marble interpretation of "Cristo Velato," or "Veiled Christ," a 1753 masterpiece that he has neither seen nor touched.

Giuseppe Sanmartino's exquisitely detailed sculpture of the body of Christ lying wrapped in a fine shroud is one of the prime tourist attractions in Naples.

Busloads of blind and disabled people from throughout Italy came to Tagliaferri's studio near Bologna in northern Italy to take symbolic taps on his chisels. The result is a powerfully rendered life-sized Jesus that Tagliaferri punningly calls "Cristo (ri)Velato," or "Christ Revealed."

"There are so many messages. One is that a block of marble isn't ruined when it is lightly touched by expert hands," he said.

"Second, the disabled are sick and tired of waiting for others to decide and tell them what they can and cannot do."

In May 2008, Tagliaferri visited the Sansevero Chapel, eager to experience its famous "Veiled Christ" in the only way a blind person can: by touching it. He was blocked, he said, first by a guard and then by the administration, despite his protests that he was a professional sculptor who would do no damage.

Now, he is savoring a triumphal return to Naples when "Christ Revealed" begins a national tour at the Royal Palace from February 26 to March 13. The pope is expected to see it in Ancona on September 11. The statue will also travel to Messina, Rimini and Siena.

BLIND

Blind since the age of 14, Tagliaferri was studying furniture restoration and working at a switchboard when he joined an experiment to test whether sight is necessary for sculpturing. The answer changed his life.

Read more here!
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blind-sculptor-recreates-untouchable-masterpiece-20110221-033101-269.html

Vancouver Heritage Architecture

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Photography and Video by Tina Winterlik

Thought I would post this, in case you haven't seen it. Vancouver has some pretty incredible architecture. Back in 1999 I had a show of this photos at what was then Gallery Eleven Eleven in the Hydro Building. Hope you enjoy these, I especially love the little cupids on the Dominion Building and the Vancouver Art Gallery photos.

Vancouver Folk Festival 2010

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Here's the Vancouver Jericho Folk Festival. This was a fabulous time. Especially for kids, they have a hoot. It's expensive but if you pack a lunch it's not so bad. Come and spend the entire day, some people spend the whole weekend, it's amazing! Be sure to check out the Nylon Zoo!

100th Anniversary PNE Parade

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If you missed the 100th Anniversary PNE parade here it is again. Hope you like it! Video is pretty long, but then so was the parade! Lots of great floats, balloons and dancers, and entertainers.

Let's take a Walk down Granville Street!

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Granville street has wonderful shops full of amazing furniture and really great galleries, it so nice to get a coffee and just wander up and down looking in all the window at the incredible things.

Alice in Nightmare Land!- Stanley Park

If you missed this, try to see it next year! It was fabulous, great music, great acting and fabulous atmosphere! Great entertainment for family of all ages. An excellent way to get in the Halloween spirit! The video is 7 minutes, I think the train ride is only 15, so watch close, it's over before you know it and you'll want to do it AGAIN!!

Winter Sunsets

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We've had a ton of rain lately and alot of grey days, but the sunset tonight was spectacular. So I made this little video to share some of the lovely photographs I have captured lately. Hope you enjoy them and they brighten your day!

Orange Oil- Excellent Organic Cleaner

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Came across this great video today. This is Howard Garett and he talks about Orange oil is an excellent cleaner, controls pests, and can even be used in the laundry.

http://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_org_research.php?id=38

The Dirt Doctor explains the many uses of orange oil (garden, laundry, insect killer and more). Read more about it here: http://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_org_research.php?id=38

Culture Days

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Culture Days

Join the Culture Days 2011 Movement!

With 2011 well upon us, it’s time to look ahead to the second annual Culture Days event, which will take place September 30 to October 2, 2011 in all 13 provinces and territories. Check these links for more info

http://link.culturedays.ca/v/443/4348f3c1b0818b4e69cd3aca04c4a17aca5f1aa49e5edb96


Did you participate last year? Are you thinking about participating again this year or do you want to participate for the first time?

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A scene from La Marea at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.

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REEL CAUSES- Egyptian Award Winning Comedy "Terrorism and Kabab"

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REEL CAUSES
proudly presents the charity screening
of the Egyptian award winning Comedy Blockbuster

"Terrorism and Kabab"

Winner of Audience Award - Locarno Film Festival and Cairo International Film festival 1993

Followed by a discussion with a group of Canadian-Egyptians to answer questions regarding the current situation in Egypt

Friday February 4th, 6:30 PM

Langara College Theater Room 130A


Langara college is accessible by translink through Canada line or bus services through Main street


Cambie street and 49th. Free parking in the area and paid parking at Langara.



Tickets: A minimum donation of 10 $ at the door.

All proceeds will be directed to victims of current uprisings in Egypt

Plot

Terrorism and Barbecue is a masterpiece that reflects the successful collaboration between actor Adel Imam and screenwriter Wahid Hamed in the early 1990's. The plot is about an honest and decent citizen named Ahmed who works two jobs to support his family, cannot buy meat because it's too expensive for lower middle and working class Egyptians and has to use the over packed public transportation every day. Ahmed accidently takes hostages at a government building. The government treats Ahmed as a terrorist...
Reviews


"This movie is a really great introduction to Egyptian cinema. Many aspects of the movie's humor easily transfer to English audiences. We can all share the frustration with bureaucracy and the humor in stock characters. This movie is an interesting examination of the issues of Egyptian society and modernization. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in contemporary culture in Egypt."--Time Out Magazine

"A complete outstanding Egyptian triumph, which deserves dozens of awards!!! a controversial script from the brave Wahid Hamed. magnificent performances. a classic black political comedy that would make you laugh to tears".-- AL Ahram Weekly




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