I admit that I did not recognize one actor in this film before renting it. I saw the review on a movie show and I was intrigued by a movie which was a comedy based entirely on a funeral. I have heard of the director FranK Oz so I gave it a go. That plus the movie starts with the mortuary delivering the wrong body to the mansion for the funeral. Big ugly coffins, wrong pale bodies and incompetentfuneral directors get my vote everytime.
The entire move is shot on the grounds of a dearly depared gent who had nice English estate, and afew tantalizing boudoir secrets. With two sons squabbling over who would pay for the funeral and a mourner who took some hallucinoginic pills thinking they were valium, the movie had a great start. He had to be removed when he screamed that there were people moving in the coffin. Later in the movie he sat naked on he roof refusing to come down once he realized that he had been fed the wrong pills. The funeral is held in three acts as it stops and starts like an AMC Gremlin with a defective motor.
Investing In Innovation To Create The Jobs Of The Future
Right now, in labs and companies across our province from Windsor to Wawa -- and the many places in between – bright Ontarians are inventing our future.
They are discovering solutions to climate change, cleaner ways to generate the power we need, and better ways to treat and prevent disease.
They are breaking new ground, developing next generation technologies that will change the way people do business, share information and communicate online.
MPP London Fanshawe Khalil Ramal
And with support from the Ontario government, these people are turning great ideas into our next generation of jobs and a better quality of life for Ontario families.
From Insulin, to IMAX, to the Blackberry -- to the science and technology that helped put a man on the moon and robots on Mars – Ontario ideas and inventions are revolutionizing the world.
Students from the Thames Valley District School Board will use the power of the Internet to break down borders and join in face-to-face videoconferences and email chats next week with thousands of students around the world.
During a 24-hour learning marathon, dubbed the Time Project, schools from all time zones and both hemispheres will be simultaneously online. It’s estimated that, in all, 15,000 students from almost 300 schools in 72 countries will take part.
And one of the key organizers of this United Nations sponsored initiatives is principal at London’s Lord ElginPublic School, Joe Sheik.
James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing Award
To commemorate he Honourable James K. Bartleman's term as Ontario's Lieutenant Governor, the Government of Ontario has created the James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing Award.
Each year, the program the will recognize up to six (6) Aboriginal students for their creative writing talent. Creative pieces may include, but are not limited to short stories, essays, plays or songs and must be original work created by the student.
The award will have three (3) categories: fly-in community, on-reserve and off-reserve. For each category, there will be an 'up to 12 years of age' and '13 to 18 years of age' recipient.
Each recipient will receive a certificate and a cash award of $2500.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE
To be eligible for the award you must:
1. Be 18 years of age or under
2. Submit an original creative writing piece that has not in any part been copied from any source.
3. Self identify as being Aboriginal.
4. Be a student enrolled in a school in Ontario.
5. Be a permanent resident of Ontario.
What is the Selection Procedure?
An independent selection committee will review the submissions and select the awards and select the award recipients.
When are the Awards Presented?
The awards will be presented at a ceremony in the Legislative Building in Toronto. Award recipients will be notified by telephone before the awards ceremony. All other candidates will be notified of the outcome by mail.
When is the Deadline?
Completed submissions must be received no later than May 31 of each year.
Each Submission Must Include:
1. The Completed Submission Form
2. Your original creative writing piece - this may be a short story, poem, essay, play or song.
3. A brief description about your creative writing piece, which may include what inspired you and what it means to you.
Please Note:
All materials must be submitted unbound (no staples), single sided and in 8.5" x 11" (letter size) format. Fax copies will not be accepted.
Send materials to:
Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat
Ministry of Citizen and Immigration
400 University Avenue 4th Floor
Toronto ON , M7A 2R9
For More Information, contact the Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat at 416-314-7526 or visit
London's Other Newstand - Online and in Print - It looks good on the outside but deep problems lie within.
While it certainly is a diverse offering most of these publications and sites are vulnerable to the same problems which put other community print publications and on-line sites out of business recently.
They are: the scarcity of ad revenue and the dominance of the major media players in London, lack of revenue forces many sites and publications to exist with few staff and few resources. Those who ask media to attend events fail to see smaller media as businesses. Someone must pay for the stories and write-ups of good news.
On-line Only
www.LondonTopic.ca For Local, Provincial, National and International News - Created and Edited by London's Ross McDermott. Fresh from the Dragon's Den Ross is ready to keep slugging away at the Free Press and other old line news distributors in London. His coverage of the PCB Disposal Issue this Spring topped all media players.
www.altlondon.org - Barry Wells is without doubt the one to go to at Altlondon if you want to know what is going on at City Hall or around town. He covers news wherever it happens but he has a nose for news around City Hall. He served nearly a decade as Scene Magazine's editor when it was London's edgiest print magazine. He has broken more than a few stories around City Hall in the last few years before the Free Press even began covering them. If you like getting the skinny on City Hall watch this site. You'll get a few laughs and you'll get a leg up on a few stories developing at 300 Dufferin.
www.northeastender.ca This is my baby. I don't pretend to cover all of London, Ontario or Canada. The site was built to help Northeast London. It was never built as a commercial enterprise. With the various news media sources which contribute regularly to the site and others which are coming on stream regularly the site has recently passed it's 200,000th hit. The site gives me and anyone else in Northeast London and London a venue to showcase their writing, art, photography and other submissions.
The news source which changes daily is the life blood of the site but the many other features such as the photo journal, local links, favourites and opportunities to post submissions are gaining in popularity. Links to media releases at the LPS, City of London, Thames Valley District School Board and others have given the site a reason for readers to come back daily. The area I live in on Kipps Lane is like a black hole for communication and it is still my hope that this site will help change that.
The format of the site could be copied in various areas around the City by community groups at low cost. Nothing would please me more.
PRINT AND WEB SITES - ENGLISH AND NON-ENGLISH
SNAP LONDON NORTH - This publication is in it's first year. You can reach the on-line edition at www.snaplondonnorth.com . Print editions are found in businesses around North London and Northeast London. Distribution in North London
THE INSIDER (COMMUNITY PASS)
The Insider (Community pass) is in its second year. It covers stories relevant to the African and Carribean communities in London. Some of its articles are written in scripts of languages other than English but the paper is largely written in English. The web address is www.insiderlondon.ca
