24Mar 2009 by R&O No Comments

A tossed Russian

People
The Queensland Tourism 'Best Job In The World' contest has tossed one of the 50 finalists. Ms. Julia Yalovitsyna has been disqualified from the contest because of her ties to the online porn industry. She, of course, denies this and maintains she's completely innocent of the charges which leaves 49 participants left to compete for the all expense paid 6 month stay on the Australian island. Although her submission video has been removed from youtube you can still view it HERE. I note that she mentions that "I have a great experience in team work". I think that's probably obvious to everyone at this point. Good luck to the remaining 49 including Erik Rolfsen of Vancouver, 10 of whom will be shortlisted later this month.
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04Mar 2009 by R&O No Comments

Island bound with your help

People
Erik Rolfsen is vying for a chance to inhabit Hamilton Island, located off Australia's great barrier reef and you can help him achieve his goal. Over 34,000 people from around the world submitted video entries to an Australian travel promoter for a chance to win The Best Job In The World which includes a $124,000 contract, 3 bedroom villa, pool, spa and golf cart to meander around the island. Not bad work if you can find it. You can help Erik by voting for him on the the official web site. I've worked with Erik on a few projects and can attest that he's a good guy, intelligent, armed with a dry wit and would be an excellent candidate to represent Canada and, more importantly, Greater Vancouver in this global…
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20Feb 2009 by R&O 6 Comments

When they don’t get it

Internet, People, Politics, Rants
During the last municipal election there was a significant amount of chatter on the aprilroad.com discussion forum (no longer available) and a few incumbents were targeted for ridicule. All's fair in love and war, right? Wrong, according to one of our city councillors. I sent emails to the election winners and losers inviting them to participate in the aprilroad.com podcast to discuss their experiences and their thoughts on our city. Most replied, and a few agreed to participate (some of which you can hear on the aprilroad.com Podcast page (no longer available). A few others, including Shane Kennedy and Mayor Trasolini, will be interviewed soon and will be posted on aprilroad.com in the coming weeks. But one city council incumbent was incensed that some residents had the audacity to disagree…
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