Government of BC says "Canada Starts Here"

The Victoria Times Colonist newspaper reported on October 8, 2011 that the Government of BC "changed the province's international brand of 'Canada's Pacific Gateway' to 'Canada Starts Here'".... The slogan seems to have been unveiled in late September 2011 as part of a jobs plan announcement by Premier Christy Clark.

I wonder how the East Coast feels about that since they have more of a claim to that slogan than BC does.

A search of Google for "Canada Starts Here" reveals some interesting other uses by other parts of the country:

Canada Starts Here: The Great Waterway, a site promoting Ontario's 1000 Islands region

A Pro-Life Canada Starts Here, the tagline and motto of the Student Life Link site for high school students against abortion.

Your Fly-in Fishing Trip to Canada Starts Here! if you're into fly-in fishing trips in Ontario

And who's going to argue with Fodor's Travel Intelligence which clearly states in its Newfoundland and Labrador Travel Guide section "Canada starts here, from the east, on the island of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic. Known as Mile One, the province's capital of St. John's is North America's most easterly point and its oldest city."

Uploaded "Autumn Elegy No. 1" excerpt to SoundCloud

Here's a one minute or so excerpt from some moody strings backed by some stormy, yowling weather.  It's called "Autumn Elegy No. 1". The whole piece is about three minutes long.

Thanks for the Apple Steve

Another genius who died too young. My first personal computer was an Apple. So thanks for the Apple Steve. You gave a lot to the world, from computers to animated cartoons and all they spun off. I was very excited by your NeXT computer and know you found a way to bring that vision back in the Apple Company you revitalized. We will miss you.

Help me win a prize in the Untz Challenge II electronic musician contest

Update for October 12, 2011:

The Untz has selected the tracks to be voted upon by the public. Mine was not among the finalists. Maybe next year ....

I've another contest for electronic musician called The Untz Challenge II. The contest closes on October 7, 2011. The winners will be chosen by voting and only Americans and Canadians are eligible to enter one original track via SoundCloud.  Funny enough, SoundCloud had come under a denial-of-service (DOS) attack on the evening of October 4. I rushed my piece and uploaded for fear another DOS attack might occur and prevent me from uploading a track. It won't be visible for downloading or listening to on SoundCloud or wherever the voting occurs until the first round of your decision making begins on October 12.

"Terra Nova", is this "Avatar" for TV?

I'm not that impressed with the new TV series that premiered on September 26, 2011 called "Terra Nova". One of the stars is none other than Stephen Lang, who plays a similar character to his role in the movie "Avatar". The compound in the world the lucky citizens of the 22nd century are sent back to 85 million years ago is somewhat reminisicent of the compound on the planet in "Avatar" that's being mined for an energy source that will help an Earth also on the verge of envrionmental collapse as is the 22nd century Earth in "Terra Nova".

Victoria Steam Expo II, Craigdarroch Castle, Sep 24-25, 2011

The second Victoria Steam Expo will be held in and around Craigdarroch Castle on September 24 and 25, 2011. A ticket for the two-day extravaganza will set you back $40. Featured guest are San Francisco's "glam-noir siren" Jill Tracy and Vancouver Island steampunk artistic genius Kyle Miller, whose business is Thin Gypsy Thief Studios.

"Searching for the Stars" (the real ones in the heavens) through Searcher magazine

My most recent article for Searcher magazine, "Searching for the Stars: Cosmic Views and Databases", made the cover of the September 2011 issue as you can see below and is available online (just select the hyperlinked article title in this sentence).

Searcher magazine cover, September 2011