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TINY DANCER: Squamish First Nation dancers performed as part of Family Fun at the Arch during StanleyParks 125th birthday celebration this past Saturday. Performers from Musqueam and Tsleil-Wauthuth Nations alsoperformed as Stanley Park is part of their traditional territory. See related story on page 14.For more photos, go to vancourier.com or scan this page using the Layar app.

SANDRA THOMASStaff writer

The Vancouver park board says it will defend itsnew OneCard system in court in connection witha lawsuit led against the board by six commu-nity centre associations last week.The suit alleges breaches of both the standing and pro-

posed joint operating agreement between the board andcommunity centre associations.In a ve-page statement released last week, Vision Van-

couver park board chair Sarah Blyth described the allega-tions from the associations as serious and said the parkboard will be defending itself in court.Over the last months, there have been a number of state-

ments made by representatives of the six dissenting CCAsthat need to be claried, Blyth said in part. The parkboard is not centralizing revenue. All facility generatedrevenue on an annual basis including registration and userfees from all community centre programs ow to the CCAs.This totals over $19Mper year and constitutes nearly 90 percent of their total association revenues. There has been nochange to this practice.As part of the lawsuit led against the park board Aug. 20

inB.C. SupremeCourt, the associations are asking for a short-term injunction to stop the use of theOneCard. TheOneCardis a system-wide card introduced by the park board in June toreplace the Flexipass and virtually eliminate the need for in-dividual memberships to 22 of the citys community centres.The cardwas initially accepted at just some of the citys com-munity centres with a plan to go system-wide in Septemberso long as the proposed joint-operating agreement betweenthe park board and those centres associationswas ratied bythat date. The six associations Hillcrest, Killarney, Hast-ings, Kerrisdale, Sunset and Kensington did not ratify theagreement so have continued to charge formemberships at atypical cost of under $10 a year.Dean Davison, the lawyer for the six associations, hopes

the injunction will be approved in early September in antic-ipation of an October court date to hear the 45-page suit.

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Parkboardprepares forcourt battleASSOCIATIONSASKINGFORSHORT-TERM INJUNCTIONTOSTOPUSEOFONECARD

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N E W SCENTRALPARK:LAUGHIN BYSANDRATHOMASTheA-Maze-ing Laughter statues get a national contest, the PNEroller coaster gets a plaque, Burrard andCornwall get a trafficmess.

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Its complicated and I think thepark boarduses that to their advan-tage when they say the OneCard isall good, saidDavison. But therestoomuch history and toomuch go-ing on for that to be the case.The six community centres are

concerned because the OneCardeliminates the need for commu-nity centre association member-ships. According to the provincialSocieties Act, the associationsmust have a membership list toqualify as a non-prot society. Theassociations say non-prot statusis vital to their ability in obtaining

government funding or grants.Davison noted the park board

has promised to repay the asso-ciations for revenues from lostmemberships for one year, buthas made no mention of what willhappen after that.And theyve said nothing about

the consequences of losing mem-bers, said Davison. I dont knowwhy they dont think thats a con-cern,but ifyoureanon-protsocietywithoutmembers youre in trouble.In the statement, Blyth noted:

Over 40,000 people have nowacquired OneCard, which is de-signed to enable access for all Van-

couver residents to the entire parkboard network of rinks, pools, t-ness centres and community cen-tres, just as a library card providesaccess for everyone to all publiclibraries across the cityAs previously reported in the

Courier, while the park board de-scribes the OneCard as free, usersmust still pay for programs, swim-ming, skating and other recreationuses at community centres.To read the entire park board

statement, see the web version ofthis story at vancourier.com.

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CHERYL ROSSIStaff writer

More than 200 people crowdeda sweltering church in theDowntown Eastside Fridayto remember Sister ElizabethKelliher, who died in Graymoor, New York,Aug. 16 of cancer at age 89.They remembered the Catholic nun as a

feisty, passionate and compassionate wom-an who brought people of all beliefs togeth-er to help create a Vancouver that treats itspoor with care, and as someone who lovedmusic and worked to preserve the environ-ment.One of the sisters told me recently that

of our history of the Franciscan Sisters andFriars of the Atonement, she was the onlyone that was arrested, said SisterMarianneRohrer at the memorial at St. Pauls Catho-lic Church. And she was arrested for work-ing for the poor.Kelliher came to Vancouver in 1998 from

New York where she had served poverty-stricken families for decades and demon-strated for peace and against injustices thereand abroad. In Vancouver, she was a tirelessadvocate for social housing, a livingwage andservices for children in the neighbourhood.Eight years ago I was homeless and liv-

ing in addiction and Sister Elizabeth wasone of the people who helped me at thevery beginning of my healing, said bluessinger Dalannah Gail Bowen, choking up.I cant tell you how important her kindnessand her words were when I needed them sobad.Mourners included a former senior city

planner, representatives of a society thatsupports sex trade workers, another thathelps people in need of shelter and onethat offers children in the Downtown East-side free music lessons, men who used theFranciscan Sisters food service until thenuns left Vancouver in 2011 and membersof Jewish, Baptist and Japanese-Canadiancommunities.Social activist and Courier contributor

Tom Sandborn said after the service that hesort of fell in love with Kelliher after shegave a rousing speech at a rally in support ofMuslim Syrian-Canadian Maher Arar.At his 60th birthday party, Sandborns sis-

ter spotted Kelliher leaning on her cane andasked whether she could bring her a chair.No. You can get me a glass of wine, Im

busy working the room, she told him.Karen OShannacery, executive director

of the Lookout Emergency Aid Society, saidshe saw Kelliher lose her cool only once,when Kelliher believed then new mayorSam Sullivan was dodging commitmentsto support welfare rates raised and housingimproved in the Downtown Eastside.Pastor Bob Swann of First Baptist Church

met Kelliher after he helped open a shelternear St. Pauls Hospital. He learned fromKelliher how to truly treat everyone withdignity.You couldnt tell who she was talking

to whether theyre homeless or not, orwealthy and have a business, it doesnt mat-ter. The words are the same, the demeanoris the same, he said.During the Woodwards protest for more

affordable housing, many in the encamp-ment caught scabies and those who helpedthem did, too.They live with this stuff. We encounter

this stuff maybe once or twice in our life-time, serving, Swann said Kelliher remind-ed everyone.Swann said the Tuesday night shelter the

First Baptist Church started more than 14years ago near St. Pauls Hospital has beenable to reduce its beds from 36 to 26.The numbers on the street who are truly

homeless are thatmuch less, he said. [But]just as many as ever come for meals.Rohrer saidat the service that reportershad

asked her if Kellihers death had left a void.There will be no void because we have

heard her speak, we know what she saidand we are old enough and ugly enough todo it ourselves, Rohrer said.

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Sister Elizabeth Kelliher, who died Aug. 16, is remembered for her feistiness andcompassion towards those living on the Downtown Eastside.

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Some community centres are concerned the new OneCard eliminatesthe need for community centre association memberships.


newsStatues laughingall theway tonational contest

The A-Maze-ing Laughter art in-stallation at English Bay has beennominated as one of the best pub-lic spaces in Canada.This installation, made up of 14 large

bronze gures, all self-portraits of Chineseartist Yue Minjun, qualied for a place in thethird annual Great Places in Canada contestsponsored by the Canadian Institute of Plan-ners. The laughing giants are up against somepretty toughcompetition in the PublicSpacecategory from several other B.C. locations,including Pacic Rim National Park betweenTono and Ucluelet, Granville Island, RockyPoint Park in Port Moody, the InternationalSummer Night Market in Richmond andVictorias Inner Harbour. Other public spacesacross Canada nominated this year includethe Distillery District in Toronto, the RideauCanal in Ottawa and Parlee Beach ProvincialPark in Pointe-du-Chene, NewBrunswick.Nominations will be accepted online until

Sept. 2. The voting period ends Sept. 23 andthe winners will be announced on WorldTown Planning Day Nov. 8. For more infor-

mation, visit GreatPlacesInCanada.com.

MORE IMPORTANT PLACESThereare two interestingpresentations takingplace thisweek as part of the Places ThatMat-ter Plaque Project, an initiative of the Vancou-ver 125th Anniversary celebrations in 2011.The Vancouver Heritage Foundation

asked the public to nominate a place, per-son or event important to the city, whichhad yet to be properly acknowledged. An in-

dependent committee of historians, artists,students, heritage consultants, writers andeducators reviewed the nominations andeventually 125 Vancouver stories were se-lected to be celebrated with a blue plaque.On Wednesday, Aug. 28, its the historic

woodenroller coasterat thePacicNationalEx-hibition being celebrated at a special ceremonyduring theSuperdogsShowat11:30a.m. (Freewithadmission to thePNE.)AndonAug.29, itsScotiabankFieldatNatBaileyStadiumthatsbe-

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BURRARD BOONDOGGLEThe city is asking motorists to avoid thesouth end of the Burrard Street Bridge atthe corner of Burrard Street and CornwallAvenue due to the construction of a sepa-rated bike lane, which began this week.And its not just the bike lane construction

causing trafc havoc in the area, but also acomplete overhaul of that awkward inter-section, originally designed in the 1930s.The goal is to improve pedestrian and traf-

c safety by making the intersection easier tonavigate, by reducing the number of pedes-trian crossings across Burrard from ve to twoand reducing the speedandvolumeof vehiclescomingoff thebridge andenteringCornwall.The intersectionwill remain open tomotor-

ists, cyclists and pedestrians throughout con-struction. Businesses along Cornwall will alsobe accessible and efforts are being made tomaintain vehicle ow, especially during peakhours. But, the city warns, motorists will ex-perience trafc changes, lane restrictions anddelays during construction, and are encour-aged to use theGranville Street Bridge.Construction includes the removal ofmedi-

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English Bays A-Maze-ing Laughter art installation is a nominee in the third annual GreatPlaces in Canada contest.


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newsElections reformwont tackle spending limits for 2014 campaign

JONNYWAKEFIELDContributing writer

Aproposed overhaul of campaign nance rules forcivic elections wont take the big money out ofVancouver politics, critics say.Minister of Community, Sport and CulturalDevelopment Coralee Oakes issued a press release Aug.

21 announcing a modernization of campaign financerules for civic elections. The government plans to pursuechanges that would ban anonymous campaign contri-butions, require registration for third party advertisers,and move up the filing period for financial disclosureby 30 days. The updated legislation will be introducedin the spring and is aimed at improving accountabilityahead of province-wide municipal elections in Novem-ber 2014.Limiting how much candidates and parties can spend on

campaigns, though, will have to wait.The Local Government Elections Task Force, struck in

2009 by then-premier Gordon Campbell to investigate therole ofmoney in civic elections, recommended expense lim-its as a way of leveling the playing eld in Vancouver poli-tics. The governments plan is based on many of the task

forces recommendations which were boiled down frommore than 10,000 public submissions. But it will hold offon capping campaign spending until at least after the 2014elections.Expense limits will require more consultation, the min-

istry said.Dermod Travis, executive director of the watchdog group

Integrity B.C., said its another case ofmoving the goal postson real reform.[The government] indicated that spending limits would

be in place by the 2014 municipal elections, and [beforethat] the 2011 elections, he said. There may be a desireto see one more round of civic elections in the Lower Main-land that are a free for all.Now, he said, theres no guarantee that campaign spend-

ing will be reigned in for elections in 2017.Civic elections in B.C. are some of the least regulated in

Canada. Unlike provincial and federal elections, there areno limits on howmuch candidates and parties can spend. In2011, Vision Vancouver raised $2.2 million, while the Non-Partisan Association netted around $2.5 million. For com-parison: the B.C. NewDemocrats raised $9.7million duringlast Mays election to campaign across the entire province.The ministry could not be reached for comment by the

Couriers press time.

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In the 2011 civic election, Vision Vancouver raised $2.2million.

TRAFFIC MAPMotorists looking to avoidgetting stuck in a trafc jamcan get help online with anew online map that trackstrafc levels in real timeacrossMetro Vancouver.The free map, available at

translink.ca, uses a colour-coding system on majorhighways and roads to indi-cate real-time trafc condi-tions. Green means trafc ismoving well, orange meanstrafc is slow and redmeansit is very slow.Data for the map is

gleaned from anonymoustracking of cellphone signalsusing GPS technology. Allpersonal information is re-moved before locations areuploaded into the system,according to a governmentpress release announcingthe service.The project, which cost

$1.2 million, was paidfor by Transport Canada($490,000), the B.C. gov-ernment ($335,000) andTransLink ($375,000).The map covers Highway

1 from Chilliwack to Whis-

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AMNESTY CONCERTWintercoast, the SamarOriental Dance Ensem-ble and punk legend JoeKeithley will share thestage for an end-of-sum-mer fundraiser for Am-nesty International. Thepress release for the eventnotes theres a long historyof musicians and other art-ists supporting AmnestyInternational, particularlywhen it comes to its workto defend freedom of ex-pression and dissent. Theconcert will happen at Fan-Club, 1050 Granville St.,Aug. 28 with doors at 6:30p.m., music starting at 7.Admission is $20 with allproceeds going to AmnestyInterationals global workto promote and protecthuman rights. Advancedtickets are available at au-gust28.eventbrite.ca.


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NORTHERN EXPOSUREChloe Ellis is studying at theUniversity of Northern B.C.while staying in Vancouver.She is enrolled in UNBCs

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maintain the network I haveand bring business back toLangara, Ellis said.Nineteen students started

the MBA program at LangaraAug. 19. They started witha ve-day session and thenswitch to studying on three-and four-day-long weekendsonce a month, with anotherve-day session inMay so stu-dentscanwork full-timewhilecompleting their studies. Wepump them with beverages,coffee, food, to keep themawake, because its a longweekend, said RaymondCox,MBAdirector forUNBCsschool of business. Longas inthreedays, but very long.UNBC students at Langara

wont have to visit theuniver-sitys main campus in PrinceGeorge during their studies,which last 21months.The 10-year-old program in

Prince George typically servedthree students who ew upfrom Vancouver and otherswho ew through Vancouver,sospreadingtheprogramsouthmadesense,according toCox.The students enrolled

at Langara all reside in theLower Mainland, he said.They hail from various sec-tors and average a dozen to14 years of work experience.Cox believes the students

wereattractedtotheprogramsschedule, its face-to-face expe-rience with the same group ofstudents, and its relatively lowcost. At $36,500, he said itscomparable toMBA programsatSimonFraserUniversityandconsiderably less than those attheUniversityofB.C.Cox chose to offer the pro-

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newsStudyingEnglish inVancouver,ona sheiks dime

JONNYWAKEFIELDContributingWriter

Amran Naser Alzaidi has photos ofthermometers sitting at 54 de-grees Celsius, taken in his home-town of Abu Dhabi. So when helearned earlier this year the he had thechance to study English in Canada, hepacked his winter coat.We thought there would be snow, he

said, sharing a laughwith his friends AhmedMohammed Almarzooqi and A.J. Moham-med. When we came here we werent dis-appointed, but it was summer.Alzadi, 17, is one of 35 students from

the United Arab Emirates who will spendfour weeks studying English in Vancouver,thanks to a gift from the countrys ruler,Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.Tamwood Language Centres, a for-protEnglish language college based in Vancou-ver, won a bid from the royal family of AbuDhabi to host the boys, all of whom grew upspeaking Arabic. The annual program aimsto expose top emirati students all of themselected from public schools to Englishlanguage and western cultures. So far, thestudents have taken to more than just Van-couvers mild climate.Its like an easy town, said Mohammed,

15. Its not very complicated.The students days are split between class-

room time and cultural events includinguniversity tours, museum trips and excur-sions into the city. All of the students are bil-leted with a homestay family. All travel and

education expenses are covered by the royalfamily of Abu Dhabi the largest emiratein the UAE and the capital city.The students in the Vancouver program

are boys, as emirati high schools are gender-segregated. A program for girls is runningin Halifax. The students in Vancouver areaccompanied by several employees fromthe Abu Dhabi Education Council, the statedepartments in charge of schools.The program is a unique exchange, said

Tamwood CEO Matt Collingwood. Despite

Vancouvers large international population,its not every day you meet some one fromAbuDhabiwalking down the street, he said.At home, Mohammed is one of ve chil-

dren. Both his parents work for the AbuDhabi National Oil Company, a state-ownedrm that is among the worlds largest oil ex-porters. Beyond theweather, he said, he hasbeen struck by the diversity of people livingacross Vancouver.In the UAE, we have many cultures,

but theyre all in one place. Theyre all in

Dubai, he said. If you want to see speciccultures, you go to specic neighbourhoods.If you want to see all people, you cant seethem. You can see emiratis and Indians andthats it.Other students have noticed more day-

to-day issues. Everyday, I go to the wrongbus, or the wrong train. But I got home lasttime, said Almarzooqi with a laugh.At the end of the program, the students

will return to the UAE for a brief break be-fore their studies resume.

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Students at Vancouvers Tamwood Language Centre will spend four weeks studying English thanks to a gift from the countrys ruler,Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The annual program aims to expose top students from United Arab Emirates to Englishlanguage and western cultures.


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As every kid who ever wentthrough a mythology phase cantell you, Theseus is the Greekhero who was smart and toughenough to defeat the minotaur.Hes also lent his name to the Ship of

Theseus Paradox, an idea that has keptplenty of philosophers employed sincearound 400 BC.By the time the Greeks got around to

writing things down after their long darkage, they noted that the ship Theseus had(allegedly) sailed to Crete, was still kick-ing around. It was a kind of religious ar-tifact for the Athenians, and they had to keep it seaworthy. This meantreplacing old and worn out planks, sails, oars, masts... eventually peoplestarted to ask, is it still the same ship? When we replaced the last piece,did it cease to be the same ship? This is an interesting question for philoso-phers, but an even more interesting question if we apply it to politics.Is Canada (to pick an example completely at random) the same country

it was when Sir John A. Macdonald drunkenly stitched it together froma handful of British colonies? The obvious answer is no. Geographicallyand politically, Canada has added a heck of a lot of territory, people, andpolitical institutions.But politicians are always trying to draw a link between Canada-as-it-

exists-today and Canada-as-Sir-John-A-threw-up-on. Witness last yearsgovernment movie-trailer-style commercials for the War of 1812 anniver-sary. There is seldom a politician alive who wont at one point get up on astump and pine for the good ol days of some past or other. Note that forthe Conservatives this probably means the 1950s, for the NDP it probablymeans the 1960s and 1970s, and for the Liberals it means any time whenthey were in charge.

For a lot of people, thereis a denitive version ofCanada, and all changesshould be made with thisversion in mind, i.e. toreturn to that state or beguided by its values.This mindset is much,

much worse in the UnitedStates, where arguingabout whether the con-stitution should be in-terpreted as its original(slave-owning) framersintended.

This is clearly stupid.In terms of the Ship of Theseus Paradox, most people recognize that the

ship is not the samematerially, butmany believe that democracy consists ofreplacing the old boards and planks (replacing doddering old fools of politi-cians with bright young fools of politicians) which keeps it seaworthy.There is another opinion, which I hope is more rmly based in reality.In the days when Theseus sailed to Crete, his ship was top of the line.

Today it would be considered a curiosity. Canada, asmost other successfulcountries, has not survived by simply replacing the old with the identical,but with supercially new.Since this country was founded, we have extended the vote from land-

owning white males to women, First Nations peoples, and visible minori-ties. We have stopped hanging people. We created the RCMP, made themwear pillbox hats, and then stopped doing that. Most of us now acknowl-edge that letting adults marry whomever they love does not cause chaos.We have learned that lead paint and chrysotile asbestos are not the bestmaterials for building a baby nursery.We have added so many laws, customs, and institutions over the years

that Canada today would be unrecognizable to the founders of this coun-try. Its as if we started with the ship of Theseus, and kept upgrading ituntil it turned out to be a 300-metre high-speed catamaran.Is Canada the same country? No, no its not, and thank Zeus for that.

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COURIER STORY: Marpole residents protest plan, Aug. 21.Vancouver Insider @InsiderDoug: Unbelievable. Thelack of trust, paranoia, waste and nano-managing byBallem reaches another level.

COURIER OPINION: Powerex pay out doesnt add up,Aug. 23.Balirand @trivcap: Possibly b/c there was collusion w/Enron manipulation.

COURIER STORY: Rebel hoods meet to fight cityhall, Aug. 14.Michael Geller @michaelgeller: As I read in@VanCourierNews about community plan protests,I think we need to include independent 3rd partyplanning intervenor to assist!CityHallWatchVAN @CityHallWchVAN: Biggestdivergence from previous plans is lack of a CommunityLiaison Group. Too many surprises from Planning.

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SPENDCACCASHONCOMMUNITYNEEDSTo the editor:Re: Rizes $4.5million CAC

could go to artist space, Aug. 14.Allocatinganyportionof the

RizedevelopmentsCAC[commu-nityamenity contribution] toartistspace isan insult toother residentsofMountPleasantwhohavebeenwaitingdecades for lostparkspaceandparkamenities tobereturnedtoourpartofMountPleasant, along-suffering Inner-Cityneigh-bourhoodcontinuing to losemoun-tain views fromongoingrezoningofindustrial land toCD-1coupledwithsteadily increasingnon-residentparking/ trafc impacts.

In 1979, theCity of Vancouverduring a secretmeeting andwith-out neighbourhood consultationunanimously voted to sell off 4.15acres (30 per cent) of ChinaCreekParkNorth (CCPN), a reprehensi-ble deal theVancouverParkBoardalsounanimously approvedonthe condition itwouldNOThave tore-invest themonies back into theneighbourhood to address longstanding area resident needs.Over 34 years later not a single

citymanager,mayor, city council-lor, park board commissioner orparkboardmanager has steppedup to demand that lost park spaceandamenities be returned locallythroughneighbourhood or city-wideCAC/DCLcontributions.Decadesof sweetheart rezon-

ings for businesses and institu-tions throughoutMountPleasantNorth east ofMainStreet haveyet to return apenny in benetsfor our area residentswhile theawedCACsystemallows citystaff and councillors to basedeci-sions onCACallocationwithoutconsultationwhile allowing thoseinvolved to onlymakeCACsback to

their ownbusiness or institutions.Rezoning industrial landallowsdevelopers to avoidmeaningfulCACs thatwould improveMountPleasant not unlike temporarycommunity gardens to reducemunicipal taxes, CityHall has yetto take ameaningful step to closethesedecades-long loopholes.

Sobeforewastingmoremoniesonasinglegroupthatalwayshas itshandoutandis increasinglysubsi-dizedbyallCitizensofVancouver,theVisioNastiesshouldbelookingatallMountPleasantneighbourhooddeficienciesandstartdealingwiththegenerationof lostopportunitiesthathaveensuredthatMountPleas-antNorthwillcontinueto lagfarebehindthecrmedelacrmeareasofMountPleasant.George Brissette,Vancouver

DEVELOPERBLAMEDFORLACKOFPLAQUETo the editor:Re: Animal sculptures polar-

ize tastes, Aug. 16.Its a shame that the public

couldnt have been referred tothe City of Vancouvers websiteand public art registry in yourarticle so that theymight accessthe virtual plaques for public artin the City of Vancouver. Its also ashame that the City of Vancouvercouldnt refer you to the publicart consultant responsible for thepublic artwork at King EdwardVillage. I might have been able togive youmore information.A reason that plaques may not

exist on many of the works inthe City of Vancouver is that art-ists, and/or the developers, areexpected to provide them as partof their scope of work. The fact

of the matter is that the publiccontribution made by the de-veloper as part of their densitylift is the maximum a developerhas to spend to cover the cost ofinstalling an artwork .If there is money left over

the artist or developer mightbe required by the City to writeand produce information/y-ers for the city about work andmay hold an unveiling event.The public art process has tooccur concurrently with thedesign development and build-ing construction processes toproperly integrate the artworkwhich occur typically well beforeresidents exist.In the case of the Peaceable

Kingdom Imet at least twice withcommunity groups in additionto regular presentations to theCitys Public Art Committeeduring the planning process. Theselection panel included threelong-time community membersout of the panel of ve. TomDeanchose to over-deliver the numberof artworks fromwhat he hadcommitted to in his proposal.He hoped that the value of hiscontribution would be recognizedby the developer and he would bereimbursed for the extra cost. Hewasnt. No plaque was installedthough the wording had beenagreed to.I was very pleased to learn

from your article that the Cityof Vancouver will be installingmissing plaques. It would beappropriate to celebrate this out-standing work and Deans contri-bution to the citys public realmand the community. PeaceableKingdom is a signicant piece inthe Citys public art collection.Lynne Werker, Architect AIBCand Public Art Consultant,Vancouver

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Hollywood flopsfollow formulasDuring the making of the 1980lm, The Return of the BluesBrothers, it wasnt just the bud-get that exploded in size. In theearly stages of production a mysteriouscaller told the lms producer, Bob Weiss,to be at home later in the evening. Weissreceived a thick manuscript wrapped inthe cover of a phone book. The 324-pagedocument, almost three times the size ofregular screenplay, bore the writing creditBy Scriptatron GL-9000.No such screenwriting machine ever exist-

ed,of course.Back in theearly 80s, the ideaofautomated authoringwas as comically improbable as anything else in the BluesBrothers screenplay, conceivedbymeatbotsDanAykroydandJohnLandis.Even though the lm wildly overshot its budget and schedule (thanks

largely to actor John Belushis fondness for Bolivian marching powder),it remained somewhat watchable. But if youve been wondering latelywhy todays Hollywood blockbusters have a been-there, seen-that feel, itsbecause they are literally formulaic. These megaplex spectacles might aswell be written by, for, and about robots.Someobservers blameone source inparticular: screenwriterBlakeSnyder,

whopenned the 1992lm Stop!OrMyMomWill Shoot! and the 2005how-tobook Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting Youll Ever Need. Althoughhis Stallone vehicle stiffedwith the critics, andSnyderhimself passedaway in2009, the book survived him as amust-have addition to scriptwriter shelves.The title comes from the Snyders idea that a lms protagonist needs

to do something to win the audiences sympathy in the rst 10 minutesof a lm, like save a cat. The plot should follow 15 touchstone beats, orevents, determined right down to the page number of a script.Peter Suderman, lm critic for The Washington Times, claims in an arti-

cle for Slate that a surprising number of Hollywood lms tightly follow thebooks precepts, including such recent stinkers as The Great and MightyOz, Jack the Giant Slayer and Fast Furious 6.When a superhero ghts one villain only to discover he is actually ght-

ing another, this accords with one of Snyders signature beats, which oc-curs around the midpoint of the lm. He also emphasizes male heroesover female heroines not surprising since the largest demographic forHollywood action lms is represented by young men.Save the Cat! software and apps are now available for wannabe Taran-

tinos. In fact, computer-aided screenwriting has a long pedigree. A writerfriend paid $400 in 1994 for software that performed like Snyders paper-back bible, she tells me. Her screenwriting teacher at UBC brought the guyin who sold StoryPro after telling the class the programwas fantastic.The software mentoring doesnt necessarily stop at the screenwriter.

Epagogix, an entertainment consulting rm, offers studios a robots-eye view of pitched screenplays. The company analysts tabulate the plotpoints and scores them according to predetermined values. A computeralgorithm then breaks down the scores to determine the box ofce valueof a projected lm, with a 10 percent margin of error.Does it work? Richard Furlin, a movie nancier with MovieArb, says

hell back a lm only if its been vetted by Epagogix, notes Marketplace.org. Yet even though the company name conjures up some kind of futuris-tic superglue, many lmgoers are failing to go with the program. A num-ber of recent blockbusters-to-be, such as The Lone Ranger and After Earth,failed to return the expected numbers, leaving the lms backers and beancounters scratching their heads.Is this software-channelled creativity turning Tinseltown into an assem-

bly line for blockbuster bombs, just as high-frequency trading by com-puter algorithms has turnedWall Street into a cyber-casino threatened byunpredictable ash crashes? Not quite yet, it seems. According to Varietymagazine, the 2013 summer box ofce is set to break a record, in spite ofa string of formulaic ops.At least theres still television which may be the ve least likely words

Ive ever strung together in this space. Dramatic series like Breaking Bad andMadMen far outshine the juvenilia regurgitatedby todays popcorn-computa-tional complex. With their unpredictable plots, complex characters and pen-etrating dialogue, these cable productions seem somehowmorehuman.

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Thursday, Sept. 12 for Laughs on Tap, butthe eveningwill be co-hosted by actor JacksonDavies, best known for his role asRCMPConst.John Constable in the television series TheBeachcombersafavourite ofCourier staffers.The evening will feature a silent auction,

beer from Granville Island Brewing, tastycanaps, and an improv comedy show fea-turing a segment titled, Times of Your Lifewhere improvisers will re-enact Lenarduzzistrue life stories while accepting audiencemembers suggestions. Tickets for Laughs onTap are on sale now by visiting vtsl.com.

UNIVERSITY OF B.C.I tell you, that Will Stroet and His BackyardBand really get around.Straight from his appearances in Stanley

Park this past weekend, Stroet will also beperforming at the Third Annual WestbrookVillage Festival, which takes place Sept. 7from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This free, family-friendly festival offerssomething for everyone, including bouncycastles, facepainting, crafts, a rock climb-ing wall, barbecue and performances by Dr.Strangelove, the Mozart School of Music,UBC Opera and the UBC Dance Team. Park-ing is free. For more information and direc-tions visit DiscoverWesbrook.com.

MARPOLEAunt Leahs Place is hosting an evening ofteam trivia, prizes, a silent auction andmoreSaturday, Sept. 14th at the Scottish CulturalCentre, 8886 Hudson St.Proceeds will benet programs for fos-

ter youth and at-risk moms and babies. Forticket information call 604-525-1204 ext224 or email [email protected].

ATHLETES VILLAGEA special reception and viewing of the OneWorld - One Hope and the NAMES Project- Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt will takeplace at the Creekside Community CentreSept. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m.Deborra Hope of Global B.C. will host RE-

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upofmore than600 three-foot by six-foot pan-els, each created in lovingmemoryof someonewhohas diedofAIDS. Several of those originalpanels, sewntogether into12-foot sections,willbe on display alongside the quilt, a 350-poundmasterpiece created by artist Joe Average. TheOneWorldOne Hope quilt measures 29 by32-feet andwas adapted from the painting Av-erage used as the central image for the 1996International AIDS Conference held in Van-couver. Proceeds from REINSPiRE will benetPositive Living B.C.s Complementary Health

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SUNRISEThe First Annual Vancouver Fireghters Bik-ers For Burns Ride takes place at Trev DeeleyMotorcycle, 1875 Boundary Rd., SaturdaySept. 7, with registration from 9 to 11 a.m.In exchange for $25 donation to the Vancou-ver Fireghters Charitable Society, riderswillenjoy prizes, a rafes, bar and barbecue. Thewrap-up party takes place in Harrison HotSprings.Motorcycles, scooters, cars and non-riders are all welcome. Formore information

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BIRTHDAY PARTY

Thousands dropped by Stanley Park thisweekend to help celebrate the iconic parks125th birthday. Photographer Rebecca Blissetttook in the birthday bash and captured someof the dozens of festivies, including concerts,sporting events and creepy horse gures onstilts.

1 . Caitlin Bailie shows off some of her dancingmoves during the Live at Second Beach musicalperformances.

2 . Members of the Vancouver Rowers RugbyClub played a friendly at the Brockton Ovalin Stanley Park as part of the weekendsSportsapalooza sports showcase to mark theparks 125th anniversary.

3 . Mortal Coil performance artists LindseyShepek, left, and Bonnie Davis, entertain as partof Family Fun at the Arch during Stanley Parks125th birthday celebration this past Saturday.

4 . Drawing comics was the order of the day for awide range of ages during Family Fun at the Archat Stanley Park this past Saturday.

5 . Second Beach was the busiest spot of thepark on Saturday, lled with music and plenty ofroom to colour.

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The best strategy is to be prepared, says Jill Swift,a Vancouver mom of two girls.

She is talking about getting back into the schoolroutine. I admit, by the time early August rollsaround, Im feeling pretty ready for summer to endand school to start. But at the same time, a lot ofpreparation goes into making that transition smooth.

To help her manage the transition for her elementaryschool-aged kids, Swift says its important to involve hergirls in as many aspects of returning to school as possible.

Label everythingInevitably, kids will lose things throughout the year.Swift mitigates the loss by ensuring she labelsall items of value, including water bottles, lunchcontainers, and pens. I always order my labelsfrom Mabels Labels, she says. Theyre easy,customizable, and super cute!

Shop smartI use the dollar store for school supplies as muchas possible, says Swift on school supplies, whichinclude a lunch kit, water bottles, and reusable lunchcontainers. And to save on back-to-school fashions,she says she saves by hitting Superstore for Joe Freshor Old Navy. For a few good items, Ill go to ZaraKids or the Gap, she adds.

Plan lunchesWe do stress about lunches around here, says Swift.I have the kids make a list of 10 lunches that willcover two weeks. We work on them to make surethey are things I feel are healthy and have variety, and

then I make schedule. I also go to Costco and buybulk spanakopitas, spring rolls, etc. and freeze themin mini-bunches.

Janine Black, a mom of two boys, ages 15 and 17,says getting back into the school routine is moreabout enabling her children do things for themselves.

They can do a lot for themselves, which is fantastic,says Black. I see my job as giving them the tools tokeep things on track.

Keep a central calendarSchool schedules can get hectic with extra-curricularactivities like band and sports for both kids. Blacksays she uses a central family calendar posted in thekitchen, which is their hub of activity to keep trackof everyones activities. Once we get the schoolscalendar, including professional days and holidays, itall gets plunked into the calendar ASAP, she says.At any given time, we can just look at the day to seewhats up for everyone.

Assign tasksWhile not directly related to school, Black saysassigning chores is key to keeping everything runningsmoothly. Before school begins, I always talk tomy kids about what is expected of them during theyear, she says. They have to do their homeworkimmediately after they get home from school andbefore they turn on the TV.

They also have to do their own laundry, so if theyknow they need that specific uniform for a big game,its their job to ensure its clean and ready to go.

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Many parents of school-age children grew up in the70s and 80s when, lets face it, a sweater was a much-despised wardrobe item foisted upon them by moms

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Besides being mis-fitting, said sweaterswere often hand-knittedin garish patterns, andwere itchy and nerdybeyond comparison.Its no wonder that thecomfy hoodie a.k.a.kangaroo-jacket for usold-timers became afashion staple.

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seniorsFall spells a changing of the winds, and anopportunity to do more things indoors, in a warmand cozy environ. Seniors can enjoy a wide numberof activities, seminars and socially enriching pursuitsall around the City. Here are some neat opportunitiescoming up next month:

Have you ever thought of joining Brock HouseSociety for Seniors? Its been Vancouvers best keptsecret since 1978. From art to music, chess, movies,lectures, discussion groups, and woodworkingshop, theres something for everyone at BrockHouse. Enjoy courses on art, genealogy, history,using the iPad and social networking, languages,yoga and zumba, all in a magnificent heritagebuilding with gorgeous year-round views of JerichoBeach and the North Shore mountains.

And best of all, anyone 55 or older can join BrockHouse Society for just $35 a year. Seniors are invitedto come down to Brock House on Wednesday, Sept.4 at 2 pm and find out more about their wide rangeof programming for the young at heart, take a tourof the house and enjoy light refreshments. Reserveyour spot by phoning 604-228-1416 or [email protected] by Sept. 3, 3 pm. Go tobrockhousesociety.com to find out more.

Tapestry Foundation for Health Care is holding aseries of public presentations Dialogue on Aging -that appeal to seniors and their families. All sessionsare free and take place at the BMO Great Hall at

VanDusen Botanical Garden 5251 Oak St. Comingup on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 2 pm, its DodgingDelirium: Recognition, Prevention and Treatmentwith registered nurse and education consultant LoriAmdam. And on Sept. 18 at 7 pm, Katherine Paton,a clinical professor in ophthalmology at UBC/VGHspeaks on Vision as We Age. Reserve online attapestryfoundation.ca or call 604-877-8335. Doorsopen 45 minutes in advance, and there is freeparking too!

Fractures and breaks become more common as weage and bone loss occurs. It can be very debilitatingto live with, so prevention is the key. Vancouver/Kerrisdale Osteoporosis Branch will host a lecture:A Broken Bone may be the Only Warning Sign of

Osteoporosis, hosted by Shelley Abercromby, ClinicalResearch Coordinator, Prohealth Clinical ResearchCentre, on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 7 pm in the SeniorsCentre, Kerrisdale Community Centre, 5851 WestBlvd. Admission is free, no registration required. Info:604-731-4755 or call Pat at 604-224-5063.

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Rock Solid!Meet new people, get active, get healthyand get involved at Vancouver Senior MensCurling League, at Hillcrest Centre, locatedright across from Nat Bailey Stadium.

Recreational curling is starting up soon, and isopen to men aged 55-plus. (Senior womensleague is also available.) Learn the basics ofdeliver, sweeping and scoring, and have a greatdeal of fun while doing it.

Practises take place Tuesdays or Thursdays from12:45 to 3:30 pm, and the 45-game seasonruns Oct. 1 to Apr. 10. Plus, they offer freecurling instruction, before or after games. Tojoin, contact John Reid at 604-224-1127 or visitvancurl.com/leagues/senior-men.


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