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WAG's Hybrid Human Dance Performance Selling Out Fast
The climax of the exhibition Wanda Koop…On the Edge of Experience, on at the Winnipeg Art Gallery until November 21, is the installation piece Hybrid Human, a dance performance exploring the constructed notion of robots and ideas around the disembodied experience, consciousness, creativity,...
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Artist Talk—Wanda Koop and Jolene Bailie—at the WAG
Have you ever wondered what makes an artist tick? What inspires them? How do they funnel all those creative ideas into the finished product? At 2pm on Sunday, November 7, you'll have the chance to find out as visual artist Wanda Koop and choreographer Jolene Bailie discuss their recent...
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Wanda Koop Exhibition and Hybrid Human Dance Performance Featured at WAG's Art After Dark
End your week—or start your weekend—at the Winnipeg Art Gallery's Art After Dark from 8 to 11pm on Friday, October 22. Meet your friends for drinks, munchies, and the music of DJ Dlo. Tickets are $25 at the door or through Ticketmaster.
When you've unwound a bit, head up to the galleries where...
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In a city famous for its murals, The World's Best Mural will be unveiled at 5:30pm on Thursday, October 14 on the west wall of the Winnipeg Art Gallery Studio Building. The project is a collaboration between the WAG and Art City, West Broadway's drop-in art-making centre. The unveiling will be...
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Noted homer Jack Edwards probably couldn't sleep last night after his beloved Bruins came back to oust the Canadiens in 7 games. But before tossing and turning with visions of Jozef Stümpel dancing in his head, he had some parting words on the NESN postgame show.
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At nearly 7-feet tall Samuel Dalembert is used to standing out in crowd but Friday night he was standing out for another reason.
The Sixers center donated $100,000 to UNICEF's relief efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
Dalembert is the only Haitian born player in the NBA and his father still lives there. Luckily Dalembert's dad is OK but he still was worried about other family members as well as his country as a whole.
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Dalembert would also match any money raised by UNICEF at the Sixers game Friday night.
He also planned to play again Friday night with a heavy heart. He played Wednesday just a day after Tuesday's quake and responded with a 21-rebound performance.
"I couldn't let my guys down," explained Dalembert.
One place he has tried to never let down is his native land. Giving to Haiti is nothing new for the nearly 7-footer he already contributed more than $70,000 to Haiti through his foundation. He continued to ask for donations through the Samuel Dalembert Foundation Web site.
To make sure the message of help needed made it to the masses, Dalembert also taped a public service announcement for UNICEF encouraging fans to contribute anything they could.
The league wanted to make sure that Dalembert's contributions wouldn't be the only money coming from pro basketball. The NBA and its players' association would contribute $1 million to support the relief efforts in Haiti.
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You don't really think "Like a Rock" when you think Chevrolet Corsica, but who would've thought Chevy's little '90s compact would hold its own in a street brawl?
A Philadelphia man here was caught on video apparently enraged about unemployment. Who isn't? The latest stats show that 7.3 percent of the nation is out of work.
To take out his aggressions, our guy wails on this hapless GM runabout haphazardly. A few half-hearted punches lead up to a flying kick — which turns out to be a bad idea, because our guy bounces back and lands head first on the concrete, apparently falling unconscious.
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Tropfest happened in Australia this past weekend. It's the biggest short film festival in the world. On the judges panel this year: three Oscar winners - Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, and Geoffrey Rush - and Toni Collette, Oscar nominee and Emmy and Golden Globe Awards recipient. Total amateurs, right? God I love it so much that Cate and Geoffrey especially give back so often and so happily to their local arts community. Full Story
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Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush attended the tribute Gala for The King's Speech at the AFI Fest on Friday night, marking perhaps the official kickoff of the film's campaign for Oscar. Many predict it'll be George VI vs Mark Zuckerberg at the Kodak next year as The King's Speech and The Social Network are said to be, at the moment, the two strongest candidates for Best Picture. Full Story
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Nearly one year after suffering a serious knee injury, 2010 world all-around champion Aliya Mustafina was back on top with a victory Wednesday at the Russian championships in Penza.
Mustafina, who tore her left ACL in April 2011, scored 59.533 to reclaim the Russian all-around title. World floor exercise champion Ksenia Afanasyeva (58.387) was second over Junior European champion Anastasia Grishina (57.699).
Mustafina had the top score on both vault and uneven bars (click for video), and was third on both balance beam (new double tuck dismount) and floor exercise. Grishina had the top mark on floor exercise (video) but fell on bars (video) and beam (video).
Several notable gymnasts were sidelined, including world uneven bars champion Viktoria Komova, world medalist Tatiana Nabiyeva and first-year senior Anastasia Sidorova. Additionally, defending champion Anna Dementyeva is suffering from a sore throat, Russian coach Valentina Rodionenko explained.
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Bring pen and touch input to your Metro style apps with ink
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I don't see any API to detect if I use my pen to "write" or "erase" strokes, at least for Metro apps. Can anyone from Microsoft comment on this issue? It's a big problem for any notetaking application...
Ok, I did find the answer to my question in the sample app : You can't now from the Device if he's in eraser mode, but you have that information from the "point" :
var pt = evt.currentPoint;
if (pt.properties.isEraser) { ... }
What kind of devices support ink?
Because on the ipad the ink experience is very bad. Used different pen's for ipad, but it's all the same as just writing with your finger on the screen. It simply doesn't work like the old tablet PC's used to work, which was way more closer to writing on paper.
The pen point is also this weird 0.5 cm thick thing, which feels more like using a crayon on the device.
Is there a sort of list of devices somewhere?
Can I use these Inking APIs in C# and XAML?
I have trouble programming because there is no controls to be bound by InkManager etc.
You can indeed use the inking API with C# and XAML, however be aware that the performant rendering of live Ink in XAML is still being investigated. You collect live ink by processing pointer events and calling the InkManager's ProcessPointer* APIs, but you must do the rendering yourself as the inking API does not provide the functionality for rendering. The (current) concern with live rendering is that the latency introduced by WPF's retained-mode graphics causes lagging between the input device and the rendering. The lagging is far more apparent with pen than it is with mouse, due to the proximity of the pen to the actual rendering on the screen.
The InkManager doesn't need to be bound to any control, you just create it from code:
var inkManager = new Windows.UI.Input.Inking.InkManager();
Here's the example for offline rendering of stored ink on a XAML panel (eg. a canvas):
public static class RenderingHelpers { // Offline Bezier rendering. // Renders the ink saved within inkManager on panel. public static void RenderInk(Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Panel panel, Windows.UI.Input.Inking.InkManager inkManager) { foreach (Windows.UI.Input.Inking.IInkStroke stroke in inkManager.GetStrokes()) { if (stroke.GetRenderingSegments().Count > 0) { panel.Children.Add(CreatePathForStroke(stroke)); } } } // Creates the data structure that renders the stroke. static Windows.UI.Xaml.Shapes.Path CreatePathForStroke(Windows.UI.Input.Inking.IInkStroke stroke) { var figure = new Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.PathFigure(); Windows.UI.Xaml.Shapes.Path path = null; // First segment is degenerate and corresponds to initial position var segments = stroke.GetRenderingSegments().GetEnumerator(); if (segments.MoveNext()) { figure.StartPoint = segments.Current.Position; while (segments.MoveNext()) { var bs = new Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.BezierSegment(); bs.Point1 = segments.Current.BezierControlPoint1; bs.Point2 = segments.Current.BezierControlPoint2; bs.Point3 = segments.Current.Position; figure.Segments.Add(bs); } var geometry = new Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.PathGeometry(); geometry.Figures.Add(figure); path = new Windows.UI.Xaml.Shapes.Path(); path.Data = geometry; path.Stroke = new Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.SolidColorBrush(int2color(stroke.DrawingAttributes.Color)); path.StrokeThickness = stroke.DrawingAttributes.Size.Width; } return path; } static Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.Color int2Color(int iColor) { byte alpha = (byte) (0xff); byte red = (byte) (iColor & 0x0000ff); byte green = (byte) ((iColor & 0x00ff00) >> 8); byte blue = (byte) ((iColor & 0xff0000) >> 16); return Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.ColorHelper.FromArgb(alpha, red, green, blue); } }


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Two health care clinic owners pleaded guilty today in connection with an $8 million health care fraud scheme involving the now-defunct home health care company Flores Home Health Care Inc.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department's Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida; Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Steinbach of the FBI's Miami Field Office; and Special Agent in Charge Christopher B. Dennis of the Miami office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) Office of Investigations made the announcement.
Miguel Jimenez, 43, and Marina Sanchez Pajon, 29, of Miami, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro in the Southern District of Florida, each to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. At sentencing, scheduled for Oct. 30, 2013, Jimenez and Pajon each face a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
Jimenez and Pajon, who are married, were owners and operators of Flores Home Health, a Miami home health care agency that purported to provide home health and physical therapy services to Medicare beneficiaries.
According to court documents, Jimenez and Pajon operated Flores Home Health for the purpose of billing Medicare for, among other things, expensive physical therapy and home health care services that were not medically necessary and/or were not provided. Jimenez's primary role at Flores Home Health involved controlling the company and running and overseeing the schemes conducted through Flores Home Health. Both Jimenez and Pajon were responsible for negotiating and paying kickbacks and bribes, interacting with patient recruiters, and coordinating and overseeing the submission of fraudulent claims submitted to the Medicare program.
Jimenez, Pajon and their co-conspirators paid kickbacks and bribes to patient recruiters in return for the recruiters providing patients to Flores Home Health for home health and therapy services that were medically unnecessary and/or not provided. They also paid kickbacks and bribes to co-conspirators in doctors' offices and clinics in exchange for home health and therapy prescriptions, medical certifications, and other documentation. Jimenez, Pajon, and their co-conspirators used the prescriptions, medical certifications, and other documentation to fraudulently bill Medicare for home health care services that Jimenez and Pajon knew were in violation of federal criminal laws.
From approximately October 2009 through approximately June 2012, Flores Home Health was paid approximately $8 million by Medicare for fraudulent claims for home health services that were not medically necessary and/or not provided.
The case was investigated by the FBI and HHS-OIG and was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, under the supervision of the Criminal Division's Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida. This case was prosecuted by Trial Attorney A. Brendan Stewart of the Criminal Division's Fraud Section.
Since its inception in March 2007, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, now operating in nine cities across the country, has charged more than 1,500 defendants who have collectively billed the Medicare program for more than $5 billion. In addition, HHS's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, working in conjunction with HHS-OIG, is taking steps to increase accountability and decrease the presence of fraudulent providers.
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Have you ever sat down at a restaurant, reviewed the menu, wanted to leave but stayed anyway? Did you stay because you didn't want anybody to think you were a cheap tight-wad?
Did you ever go shopping with a friend and bought clothes that were too expensive? Did you do this because you didn't want your friends to think less of you?
Did you buy the wrong car because you felt pressure to make an impression on the friend who went shopping with you?
Do you avoid going shopping or dining with other people specifically because you hate being in these situations?
If so you aren't alone. I struggle with these problems too.
Several years ago I went clothes shopping with some buddies and found myself in that situation exactly. I wanted to upgrade my wardrobe, and since these guys were pretty smart dressers, I asked them to take me out for a shopping man-date.
They are great guys so of course they were only too happy to help me out. They took me to all the stores that they shop at and we found some really neat items. I tried the suits on. I have to admit it…..I liked the way I looked in them. I tried on one particular Zegna suit that was especially snappy. I felt like a million bucks in it. But then when I saw the price tag, I just about had an aneurism.
I was scared and frustrated. I wanted to run for the nearest Ross Dress for Less I could find but when I saw my buddies giving me the thumbs up, I felt trapped. I worked up the best fake smile I could, unleashed my credit card, and took the suit home.
As it turns out, I'm glad I bought the suit and I still love it to this day. But the point is, I was definitely out of my comfort zone. And rather than say anything, I spent money I didn't want to spend because I didn't want my buddies to think less of me.
That suit cost me a lot of money and self-esteem. I felt weak because I didn't have the grit to tell my friends I didn't want to spend that much money. What could I have done differently?
- I could have been honest with my friends when I first asked for their help. I should have communicated what my comfort level was before we went shopping. When I think about the money these guys make and the professions they are in (both are actors) I should have realized that we define "expensive" differently. (Actually, these guys don't really have a definition of expensive). I should have thought about the kind of money they spend on clothes and I should have told them what my limits were.
- I should have been honest with myself. Part of the reason I wanted these guys to take me shopping was to show them what a big spender I was. I didn't realize this at the time, but thinking back, it's very clear to me what my real motives were. Had I spent a few moments to think about it, I would have understood this immediately and possibly done it differently.
Trying to impress somebody is a lie. It's inauthentic and it's dumb. Why should I try so hard to get other people to like a person that isn't really me? It makes no sense.
I believe that if I take these steps in the future, I won't find myself in this kind of awkward and dishonest situation again. But even if I blow it and wind up back in that clothing store (or equivalent thereof), the solution is still the same — honesty.
I think it's better to admit that I made a little mistake quickly than continue to lie and make a bigger one.
I'm a bit of a people pleaser by nature. The process I described above is sometimes difficult for me. I'm getting better at it even though I haven't mastered it yet.
Do you struggle with this issue? Do you spend money differently when you are around certain people? How have you dealt with this?
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Oh happy day! "Downton Abbey" finally made it's way across the pond and onto our U.S. TV screens. The supersized two-hour episode brought back all our favorites--upstairs and down--plus some brand new members of the family to obsess over. Including Cora's (Elizabeth McGovern) American mother, played by Shirley MacLaine.
Between weddings, scandal, heartbreak and the possibility of losing Downton forever, season three promises some big drama--and that's just in the first episode!
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Cold Feet: Praise the TV Gods! Mary (Michelle Dockery) and Matthew (Dan Stevens) are finally married! After two seasons of will-they-wont-they drama--including a world war--those two crazy kids finally make it official. But of course it wouldn't be Downton if there weren't a few pre-wedding jitters. This time their arguments are about money. Matthew might have the possibility of saving Downton from financial ruin, but still feels the guilt of Lavinia's death and refuses to accept her father's money. We are still waiting for our one ridiculous inheritance, let alone two.
Irish Rebels: Sybil (Jessica Brown Findlay) has always been the revolutionary in the Crawley family, but the scandal she has caused by running off with the chauffeur is bigger than harem pants. Robert (Hugh Bonneville) is relieved at first that a pregnant Sybil and her husband won't be making the trip back to Downton, but that relief is short-lived when an anonymous benefactor sends them the fare. Thanks to the Dowager Countess' generosity, Tom Branson (Allen Leech) can fight the good fight against oppressive morning coats, but most importantly he manages to save Mary and Matthew's wedding day.
Frenemies: Once BFF's, Thomas (Rob James-Collier) and O'Brien (Siobhan Finneran) are now waging war below stairs. Trust us, no good can come from these former friends at odds. O'Brien is all about helping her nephew, Alfred, rise in the ranks, but Thomas doesn't like that much. Of course war is declared between them. We'd bet that stealing shirts and burning tails will look like child's play in comparison to what happens this season.
The Other Big House: Mr. Bates (Brendan Coyle) continues to waste away in jail while his devoted wife Anna (Joanne Froggatt) searches for a way to get him out. First step is to track down all of the first Mrs. Bates' "friends" and see if she was actually suicidal. Let's not be too judgmental, Anna needs to have a hobby too.
Strapped for Cash: Remember that fortune of Cora's that played such an important role in season one? Well it's a non-issue now, because of some bad investments (let's blame Robert), most of it's gone. Wah-wah. But really it could be very bad if Downton has to be sold. Perhaps the show shouldn't have been named after the house.
The Middle Sister: Poor Edith (Laura Carmichael), always a bridesmaid, never a bride. Her father almost ruined her chances to marry Sir Anthony Strallan (Robert Bathurst) when he ran him out of the house for being old with a bum arm. But Edith is determined to marry him and brings up some good points about him being more suitable than Sybil's choice in husband.
American Revolution: Highly anticipated guest star, Shirley MacLaine, blew into Downton like a Nor'easter. With her radical American ideas, like an impromptu picnic, Mary and the Dowager Countess have their work cut out for them to try to convince her to hand over some cash to save the estate. Alas, the rest of her money is tied up and she can only offer a place to crash in Newport.
"I shall make sure he behaves normally because I shall hold his hand on the radiator until he does." --Dowager Countess "You're too tall to be a footman." --Carson "Oh dear, have you swallowed a dictionary?" --Mrs. Patmore "I don't agree. It's feeble. He should will himself not to be ill and then collapse the next day." --Mary "You wont be happy with anyone else while Lady Mary walks the earth." --Tom to Matthew "Do you think I might have a drink? Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were a waiter." --Violet to Robert
Are you so happy Mary and Matthew are finally married? Can there be a Downton Abbey without the big house? Will Edith get her happily ever after? Tell us what you thought of the season premiere in the comments!


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Nov. 21, 2003
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"I thought we played with a lot of heart and courage. It was a difficult game being on the road. The game was very physical with all the fouls in the first half, 15-4. I thought the officiating was very good but I would have liked to see some cards in the first half. As a coach ,I look back on the game wishing there weren't as many fouls, that the field was in better shape and see how a minor slippage made a huge impact on the game. I thought the guys played very well for as physical of a game it was.
"SCU is an impressive team. They come out and put everything on the field. That can take a lot out of a team and these guys are not professional players.They can get out of rhythm very easily."
SMU Senior Midfielder Kevin Hudson
"It's nfortunate that we had to lose in penalty kicks because no one likes to do that. We didn't play as well as we could; we gave it all away. It has kind of been the theme throughout the season is that we've been a little unlucky; we trip over our own feet and it just doesn't work out for us. I can't say that I'm upset with how we played because everyone seemed to give it all they had."
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SCU Head Coach Cameron Rast
"SMU is a great team with a great tradition. This is a team we have already faced this year which makes it equally difficult that we had to match up again. There were no secrets in tonight's game, which is probably why it played out so close through regulation. Early on I think both teams were just trying to get their feet wet in a play-off match and I think that explains some of the tentativeness on both sides. They did a little better job coming out and getting a hold of the ball, but as the game wore on, I thought we got more control and starting doing what we wanted to do. Our goal is to be able to create an opportunity to score and to keep the opponent under pressure and I think we did a good job of that throughout the game. It was a tough, well-played match for both teams. It is a little unfortunate that two highly-rated teams in the coaches' polls had to meet so early."
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Last week, former congressman, Jesse Jackson Jr., was charged with conspiracy, making false statements, and mail and wire fraud. This is serious stuff, requiring a serious statement. Fortunately, Jackson has a brilliant lawyer, who issued the following apology on his client's behalf:
Over the course of my life I have come to realize that none of us are immune from our share of shortcomings and human frailties. Still I offer no excuses for my conduct and I fully accept my responsibility for the improper decisions and mistakes I have made. To that end I want to offer my sincerest apologies to my family, my friends and all of my supporters for my errors in judgment and while my journey is not yet complete, it my hope that I am remembered for things that I did right.
Leave aside the grammatical error ("none of us are" should be "none of us is"), as well as the semantic sloppiness ("all of my supporters" should be "all my supporters") and lack of commas. The statement is succinct, thoughtful, and shrewd—especially when compared with how Jackson blundered his last spin in the crisis chair. This time around, the congressman nails it. Here's how Jackson succeeded this time:
1. He begins with a Big Picture reflection that paints himself as an everyman. He says, in effect, "We all make mistakes." Who could disagree with that?
2. He doesn't point fingers or refer to extenuating circumstances. Instead, he embraces his culpability without qualification.
3. He doesn't dance around the elephant. Instead, he walks straight up to it and apologizes, directly and earnestly.
4. He doesn't rely on adjectives to make his point. Instead, he writes with nouns.
5. He closes by asking people to remember him for the good he's done, and refrains from self-indulgently citing examples. This understated, upbeat note thus effectively shifts our final focus.
My only disagreement: Jackson's misdeeds aren't mere "errors of judgment," as he claims. Self-dealing and theft are crimes.
Anyone can apologize. Indeed, we all do from time to time. But to do it well—to extinguish the fire rather than re-ignite it—ultimately requires the one thing that PR pros can't fake: sincerity.
For example, in the past month alone, the Atlantic has apologized with frankness, humor, and transparency for its Scientology advertorial. Maker's Mark has apologized with heart, brio, and class for almost diluting its bourbon. And a leading environmental activist has apologized with honesty and courage for spearheading the movement against genetically modified foods.
Study these examples, together with Jackson's. Even if you're not Larry David, chances are, you're going to need to say "sorry" sooner or later.
Jonathan Rick is the president of the Jonathan Rick Group, a digital communications firm in Washington, DC. Follow him on Twitter @jrick.
A version of this blog post appeared in PR Daily.


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text: Travel Facts First time coming to Canada? Here is a collection of handy facts and useful information to help you plan your holiday. Entering Canada Emergencies Currency and Costs Health Other Visa and Passport Requirements Change To Canadian Immigration Rules effective March 15, 2016 The Government of Canada has introduced a new entry requirement, known as an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA). Effective March 15, all visa-exempt foreign nationals must obtain an eTA before boarding a flight to Canada. More Information International Visitors Persons visiting from countries other than the United States should carry their passport and may require a visitor visa or Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) to enter Canada. Other regulations apply if an extended stay, work or certain types of business activity are contemplated. Check with your nearest Canadian Consulate for current requirements well in advance of travel. 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Would a cut and paste coder ever get past a job interview?
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As a long time cut and paste coder I never committed much of the syntax of a language to memory. Even worse, I now use google to solve many of the coding problems which are of the type typically used in job interviews. This has greatly increased my productivity, the quality of the end result and stops me perpetuating the same bugs across all my code. However it means I don't actually remember the detail of the solution. For some reason in a job interview "I would look that up on google" does not seem to be the right answer. Am I better off in the interview to pass no comment on my coding style and simply pull out an iPad and produce the solution?


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"On The Front Lines of A Global Struggle."
For today's Ottawa Citizen I've written a review essay about the world as we know it that touches on three splendid books. They are particularly important books for Canadians to read because, among other things, they provide a portal out from under the suffocating weight of the consensus Canada's cultural establishment expects us to adopt on the subject of the Middle East and on the Afghan struggle.
About the latter, long story short: You'll notice it in the way perfectly progressive Canadians will talk themselves into such tight corners on the subject of Afghanistan that they sound as though they actually believe that the only reason all those Afghan girls risk their lives to walk to school every day is so that Don Cherry will say nice things about them on Coach's Corner.
I know, I'm insufferably unfashionable. It's just my nature.
Anyway, the first of the books is Michael Petrou's Is This Your First War? Travels Through the Post 9-11 Islamic World. The book chronicles Petrou's time during the Darfur genocide on the Sudan-Chad frontier, his clandestine travels in Iran with that country's diverse and far-flung underground of brave democrats, intellectuals and dissidents, his sojourns in Pakistan and on the streets of New York following the atrocity of Sept. 11, 2001, and his time in Israel and Palestine. But it's Petrou's dispatches from the front lines of the "first war" of the book's title, the freedom struggle that Canadians usually call the "war in Afghanistan," that gives the book its most useful gravitas.
Petrou's previous book, Renegades: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War, is far and away the best book on that subject. I reviewed that book in Vancouver Review (here's a synopsis), and I mention it in passing because readers may pick up something of Catalonia in the northern Afghanistan of Petrou's new book. When Petrou first arrived at Afghanistan's front lines, he showed up on horseback, a 27-year-old cub reporter for the Ottawa Citizen. It gets better from there.
Michael Totten, meanwhile, is part Paul Theroux and part Hunter S. Thompson, but he is also very much his own bloke. He covers a heck of a lot of turf in Where the West Ends: Stories from the Middle East, the Black Sea, the Balkans and the Caucasus. What you get is exactly what it says on the tin, and I was not exaggerating when I wrote that it's as good as travel writing gets. Totten's been around. His previous books are The Road to Fatima Gate, written during Totten's time in Lebanon during the Cedar Revolution and the Israeli-Hezbollah war, and In the Wake of the Surge, a synthesis of his seven extended visits to Iraq during the command of General David Petraeus.
Totten's Where the West Ends is that rare kind of book that you begin reading and the next thing you know you've been swept along to the last page. But take your time with it. It's worth paying close attention if only because the people you'll meet aren't caricatures of any fashionable gender-ethnicity identity pantomimes.
For an even closer and at the same time a more kaleidoscopic view of the writers, liberals, dissidents and otherwise perfectly ordinary young women and men on the far side of the East-West divide, you need to get your hands on a copy of Sohrab Ahmari and Nasser Weddady's Arab Spring Dreams: The Next Generation Speaks Out for Freedom and Justice from North Africa to Iran. Because it's a collection of essays, it allows the people to speak for themselves. It's more than just refreshing to hear from the very people who live in the unfree parts of the Middle East. The thing to notice is the way they take such risks in their lives on behalf of the very "values" that so many privileged and pompous Canadians absurdly and arrogantly arrogate as those exclusively "Canadian" values that "we" are incessantly hectored by the Canadian establishment to take care not to "impose" on "them."
I was especially moved by "S.D.", in Iran, a young comrade who takes the opportunity in "Living Inside 1984" to speak directly to those of us who live the West: "While you are fighting for the rights of pandas over there, people are still being stoned to death here in my country."
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My pond isn't frozen yet, but I can't see my fish. Are they okay?
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Fish are survivors. And when the water starts getting cold, they head for deeper waters, where the chilling effects of winter air are less pronounced. Provided there's adequate aeration, your fish will likely linger at the bottom throughout the colder months. As a result, they'll be much less visible – but the odds are extremely good they're doing just fine.
In order to ensure there's sufficient oxygen for the winter, some people opt to keep their aeration systems active all year 'round. At the very least, though, it's important to maintain a vent hole when – or if – your pond ices over. The vent hole allows harmful decomposition gases to escape, allowing fish to winter safely. And because their metabolism slows during the winter months, a properly vented pond will likely have sufficient oxygen to ensure the survival of your fish until springtime.
Fish, it turns out, are extremely resilient. After wintering in the lower reaches of your pond, your fish will gradually return to the upper levels once water temperatures start to rise. In general, it's probably a good sign when fish become less visible. If they're struggling, it's far more likely you'd see them at the edges of your pond. So while you might miss them, your invisible fish are probably doing just fine.
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The End of a Long Beginning
Whenever Armenians and Turks discuss the Armenian genocide in the German public arena, the clash is pre-programmed. Turkish representatives attempt to silence their opposite numbers with the same old arguments, while Armenian representatives insist on Turkish recognition of the genocide as a pre-condition for any dialogue. But there is another way of approaching the matter.
In early April, researchers working on the Armenian genocide met for a workshop at Boston's Clark University in the US. Among them were – as usual – the most well-informed Armenians and – a first in recent times – the most well-informed Turks.
Organisers of the event were Taner Akçam, holder of the Clark University Kaloosdian/Mugar Chair, the only professorship in Armenian Genocide Studies in the US, as well as the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Co-sponsors were the "National Association for Armenian Studies and Research" with Marc Mamigonian, as well as the US specialist on genocide and modern German history at the University of Minnesota, Eric Weitz.
The workshop focused on the Armenian genocide, and paid special attention to its documentation in archives scattered across the world, but also the question of how further research into the genocide should be conducted.
On the way to normalisation
The event was a display of academic diversity; the lectures, the discussion and even – in fact perhaps primarily – the diverging views were highly informative. The Turkish academics made an excellent contribution to the debate. One became witness to a process of normalisation.
"We have a long road behind us, and an even longer road ahead of us," said Taner Akçam in summary. All participants had "experienced the end of the beginning," he added.
This genocide is now no longer first and foremost the domain of Armenian researchers, he said. European, American and Turkish researchers in various disciplines also attended the workshop as a way of integrating the subject into their own deliberations and comparative studies of genocide, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. "This development will lead to higher standards in the field of genocide research," said Akçam.
The genocide of Armenians is not portrayed globally from a unilateral point of view, as many Turks maintain, but completely unambiguously – and Turks who are interested in knowing the truth are making an ever greater contribution to this presentation.
Shortly before the workshop, my wife and I released a new edition of some 350 German Foreign Ministry files titled "Deportation Plans" on our Internet portal www.armenocide.net, which focuses on the publication of official documents.
These documents are hand-written, barely legible and therefore largely unknown files on Armenians working for Germany. In addition to a lack of civil courage on the part of the Germans, they primarily show what Turkish officialdom disputes energetically to this day: the power that enabled the Young Turk movement to decide on the fate of each and every Armenian.
Only rudimentary details can be gleaned from the German files on what role provincial authorities and local committees of Young Turks played in this process. But just exactly what their role was in the genocide was described by Ayhan Aktar, Turkish professor of sociology at Istanbul's Bilgi University, in his workshop lecture. Documents from the Foreign Office of Germany and Aktar's analysis of the Ottoman administration provide very valuable insights into what was actually happening on the ground at the time.
Academic cloak for sham version
Instead, the US genocide denier Professor Justin McCarthy, whose views have long been disputed, was sent by Turkey to travel the length and breadth of the country in a bid to drape an academic cloak over the official Turkish sham version of events.
But many Turks now view the issue quite differently – thanks to recent events in Turkey itself: increasing numbers of Turkish grandmothers who reveal themselves as Armenians to their shocked grandchildren shortly before they die, a Nobel prize winner who hauls the state before the courts for refusing to concede that this was genocide, an Armenian-Turkish intellectual murdered by the nationalist Hydra and whose coffin was followed by vast crowds of mourners chanting: "We are all Hrant Dink!" Turkey is waking up.
Over the past five years, the Turkish world as I perceive it has undergone significant change. While my audience consisted almost exclusively of Armenians, after I published my first book on the genocide in the year 1993, now the majority are Turkish. They want to know what really happened back then.
Three years ago, a Turkish spectator asked me after a public conference in Berlin how he could verify my claims, which he doubted were true. I referred him to my previously published book containing hundreds of German Foreign Ministry documents on the genocide.
A few weeks ago, I heard back from this man, a Turkish national in his mid-50s. We met up, and he told me his story: whenever possible, once a week, he had been going to the political archive at the foreign ministry to compare the files.
He told me that he had then realised that it was all true. He went on to study further documents and made almost 800 pages of notes – in Turkish. Many of the additional files that he had read were unknown to me.
My interlocutor had almost outstripped me in his understanding of the German documents. And of course, he was no longer the slightest bit doubtful that the events of 1915/16 represented a classic case of genocide.
Tentative dialogue
A grassroots movement has formed in the US and in Istanbul, which is pursuing a clearly-defined goal: to meet up with Armenians, drink tea together and to talk – to dispel all awkwardness and seek out the truth about those years during World War One.
These people call themselves "Friends of Hrant Dink". In Germany, the name "Projekt 2015" is under consideration. Ahead of the 100th anniversary of the start of the genocide, the children and grandchildren of the victims and perpetrators want to have fathomed one of the most terrible chapters in Ottoman history. And get to know each other again.
For the first time, Turks, Kurds and Armenians have joined together this year to remember the events of 24 April 1915, when members of the Armenian elite in the Ottoman Empire were arrested and for the most part killed. It is the beginning of a period of joint remembrance – and, as recognised in Boston, the end of a long road for Turks in particular.
Will the Armenians go with them? At the Clark Workshop Ron Suny, Director of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Michigan, complained that the Armenians have thus far been too nationalistic.
This agitated the doyen of research into Armenia, Richard Hovannisian, who said that even as a convinced Armenian patriot, he was also obliged to find the truth. A dialogue would be possible with this approach.
Turkish ultras are in the process of losing their decades-long dominance. Some two hundred Turks and several Armenians attended an event in Frankfurt, Germany, to which a Turkish association had invited Taner Akçam and myself.
Then half a dozen neatly dressed young men appeared. "There they are," a Turkish man said to me and pointed to the group. These were the Turks who still dominated the scene a decade ago, and who now appeared as almost stigmatised outsiders: Kemalists, once courted by the Soviets, now representatives of an antiquated nationalism.
They are still trying to avert their failure, and are now even cozying up to Armenian hardliners who are also not interested in dialogue.
The next few years will show whether the Turks, Kurds and Armenians who are ready for dialogue can take the decisive step that researchers of both nations have already sealed in Boston.
Wolfgang Gust
© Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Qantara.de 2010
Translated from the German by Nina Coon
Editor: Lewis Gropp/Qantara.de
Wolfgang Gust worked as an editor at "Der Spiegel" until 1993. His book "Der Völkermord an den Armeniern 1915/16. Dokumente aus dem Politischen Archiv des deutschen Auswärtigen Amts" (The Genocide against the Armenians 1915/16. Documents from the Political Archive at the German Foreign Ministry) was published in 2005 by Klampen Verlag.
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Armenia and Turkey have a history steeped in conflicts. Now the two countries' governments are on the brink of reconciliation – but peace will be impossible without the involvement of other players, writes Ömer Erzeren from Istanbul
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The two main public fitness club companies in the industry, Life Time Fitness and Town Sports International, are operating on two completely different levels.
That much was clear after each company recently posted their first quarter 2010 earnings. Life Time is enjoying stable leadership, strong revenues and lower attrition while TSI is still adjusting to a change in CEOs, accompanied by lower revenues and an attrition rate that has remained stagnant.
Keep in mind that both companies had to adjust to the same economic difficulties of the past couple of years, and both saw their stock prices plummet. Today, Life Time has a stock price hovering around $40 while TSI's stock price is around $4.
Life Time CEO Bahram Akradi was front and center during his company's earnings call with analysts, most of whom praised him and his company for its first quarter results. A total of nine analysts asked questions during Life Time's call.
In contrast, only three analysts asked questions during TSI's first quarter call. Aside from a couple "it's good to be back" statements, CEO Robert Giardina, who in March replaced Alex Alimanestianu (who had replaced Giardina when he left the company in 2007), stayed mostly in the background during the call, instead opting to disclose more about the company's plans for the future during its second quarter call later in the year.
Giardina did say he hopes the company can right the ship and emerge as an industry leader. For now, that industry leader appears to be Life Time Fitness.


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The Children's Heart Institute is a pediatric cardiology facility that provides comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services for children with or are suspected of having heart disease. At the Children's Heart Institute, we take a family approach to medical care. In addition to the attending pediatric cardiologist, the practice also utilizes the expert medical services of pediatric sub-specialists for non-cardiac problems. We are open from 8:30 to 5:00pm.


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100 days to go until IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
Alana Nichols, a gold medalist at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, is one of the athletes hoping to compete at the 2013 International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing World Championships in La Molina, Spain. It is the last major competition before the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
Today marks 100 days to go until the 2013 International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing World Championships in La Molina, Spain, and to celebrate the IPC has launched the official event website at www.ipcalpineskiingworlds.org.
Around 150 of the world's best skiers representing 40 countries are set to compete in La Molina from 20-27 February 2013 in what will be the last major international event before the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
This will be the first time the ski resort in northeast Spain has held an IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships and according to Sylvana Mestre, Sport Technical Committee Chairperson for IPC Alpine Skiing, it is thoroughly deserved.
Sylvana Mestre said: "Since 2003 La Molina has invested a lot of resources into staging alpine skiing events for athletes with an impairment.
"They started hosting national races followed by national championships and have gradually built from there. Within a number of years they were staging IPC Alpine Skiing Europa and World Cup events and we were delighted when they said they wanted to host our World Championships in 2013.
"La Molina will provide the perfect setting for what is a championships with extra significance in 2013.
"The last major championships before any Paralympic Games is always important and spectators will see the world's best skiers all determined to win a medal and secure a podium spot ahead of Sochi. It will be spectacular."
Development and challenges ahead
Two of the countries taking part in La Molina are South Africa and Mongolia, nations not normally associated with winter sport. Mestre says their participation is important for the continued development of IPC Alpine Skiing.
"This is the first time a Mongolian athlete has taken part in a major international alpine skiing competition," said Mestre. "It is vital for the growth of the sport that we continue to cast the net wide and get more countries taking part.
"The challenge for the development of the sport is not just getting more countries involved, however. We need countries to develop athletes covering all impairment groups and importantly we need more women competing.
"At grassroots level there are plenty of women taking part in the sport, yet not many compete at the top level. It is important that we look to change this trend over the coming years."
Full details about the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships can be found at the newly launched website www.ipcalpineskiingworlds.org. The site features details about La Molina and a full schedule of events.


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PRESS RELEASES BY PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEES lead to content that functions like press releases but are paid-for in so-called NATIVE ADVERTISING. Here are some vital questions to consider:
Is a brand's PR's use of mobile media a sign of authenticity?
Will media have explicit editorial surveillance for a press release content that is paid for?
Will editorial content now be dominated by press releases in omni-media and omnicon?
Also, if Native Advertising consists of paid-for deals made between PR committees and a variety of media, how will reward advertising affect authenticity? Will the significant audience care – as long as they are rewarded? (see our July 2013 blog on Native Advertising.) (reward-based advertising rewards consumers for interacting with branded-content in their favorite mobile apps.)
Considering these new forms of PR content, what will editorial content become? Will it lead to an erosion of inconvenient factual positioning found in Brand Marketing Communications?
Will the PR factions of Brand Management actually create "contracts" between Brands and Media? Will the media be receptive to this idea as it changes the role of gatekeeper — to what exactly?
Now that we have omni-tweets and facebook updates and e-mail blasts, what will the consumer believe is the real story of the brand's positioning, its image and meaning? A significant answer to this question is in the changes in marketing communications. We now have so many more methods of messaging and outlets for those messages: e-books, infographics; blogs, social media, email newsletters, webinars, … , not to mention, the traditional media that still exist.
These can be effective especially when they are a creative part of a brand's PR and marketing campaign strategy. News outlets still need connections with the people and stories behind the brand.
The press release that was, is still useful. However, it is so much changed. What is needed now is relevant content that truly involves the receiver. The receivers of press releases used to be the media gatekeepers – reporters and editors… but this has changed due to the advent of social and mobile media, company websites and blogs. And a serious reality in this new age of PR is that the receivers of press releases are now almost any audience … and the harsh reality that content providers must face is that their press release content might never be read!
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