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Late Article #2, May 15, 2011

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Late Article #1, May 15, 2011

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Group #7, May 1, 2011

Source The Vancouver Sun May,1 2011 Posted by Keshav M

=One worker dead after hydrogen sulphide leak at Alberta job site=

They had a big truck, a steaming truck, and they use a big wand ... and apply it to the outside of the line. A while after, it released the H2S gas. Three workers were overcome by H2S. It was told that a man who worked for Celtic Exploration Ltd., a Calgary-based oil and gas exploration company, died at the scene. Another man working for EnerMax and a third employee working for Vencor were taken to hospital after the incident that happened at 9:45 p.m. Saturday. Occupational Health and Safety investigators were at the work site Sunday south of Fox Creek, located about 260 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. “OH&S has shut down the site, they’ve secured it and they’re completing their investigation right now.
 * Summary:** One man is dead and two workers are in hospital after poisonous hydrogen sulphide leaked Saturday night from a gas production line at a northern Alberta job site. Three workers were using a wand steamer on the gas production line south of Fox Creek to rid the line of “ice fog” — essentially a chunk of ice — when the toxic H2S gas was released.


 * Reaction:** Reading this article made me feel bad about that man that died because he maybe has a family that he had to take care of but now he won/t be able to.

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Record Crowd At Vaisakhi Parade

Source The Province April 24 2011 Posted by Samantha M

There was a record crowd at the well know celebration Vaisakhi, an amount of 150,00 people. Everyone enjoyed the well-made food of Vaisakhi. It is Surrey’s 11th annual Vaisakhi Parade. People think it might be the biggest celebration outside of India. Everyone had the chance to enjoy the wonders of Vaisakhi. The Vaisakhi Parade took place on April 23rd 2011, mostly in Newton, many streets were closed off. Vaisakhi is celebrated to rejoice in freedom. More than 2,500 volunteers helped set it up, with activities all the way to food.

Vaisakhi Parade [Online image] Available [] April, 24 2011

In my reaction to the article “record crowd at Vaisakhi Parade” I felt astonished at how many people went to this Parade. It made an impact on our culture today, because people like me, who are not of there culture, are allowed to go and see what it is like and enjoy it. I am sad I was not able to go, it would have been a wonderful experience for anyone. This celebration made a good impact on our world today instead of a bad one, because it goes to show how diverse the country we live in is. I am proud to call myself a Canadian. Here everyone excepts each other, I hope I will be able to see this wonderful celebration for myself next year.

Group #6, April 17, 2011

EXPERTS FIND BIG CLUES IN VIDEO GAMERS

THE PROVINCE

APRIL 20/11

POSTED BY BRANDON LANPHIER The teenage subjects of the Canadian-Danish study -published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition -spent an hour simply sitting in a comfortable chair and, on another occasion, an hour playing a video game. After the gaming, they consumed an average of 80 calories more pasta at lunch. The increase is more significant than it may sound, given that eating only 50 additional calories a day -an apple, for instance -could potentially pack on 28 extra kilograms over 10 years, said Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput, the lead author. It all happend when kids played too much video games a day for 8 or more hours rather than going out with their friends.

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Group#4, March 13, 2011

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[|FP Tech Desk]
=GCA: UBC students opt to hack on and off campus in early hours= the National Post and sponsored by Telus Corp., Microsoft Corp. and KPMG – gives students across Canada 48 hours to code a mobile video game that runs on Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Phone 7 operating system. Up for grabs: $45,000 in cash and prizes, including the possibility of snagging a job with Toronto-based video game developers XMG. The Appathon got off to a quiet start at the University of British Columbia hub on Friday evening, with only a handful of coders opting to work on-location during the early hours of the competition. UBC hub coordinator – XMG vice-president and game developer Adam Telfer – wasn’t surprised. “You can hack anywhere,” he said. The event kicked off at 5 p.m. local time at UBC. Across Canada, students at six other college and university sites were already busy hacking together their creations. Less than 10 of the 27 registered participants came out to the official opening of the competition at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student Lounge on the UBC campus. Kendall Walters Ben Sheftel, Mahdi Tayarani, Melissa Rossi, Alana Aquilini. It seems the rest chose to avoid distractions and work from home. Ten teams of up to four people each registered for the event. Most of the participants are UBC engineering students. Mr. Telfer gave the gathered contestants some advice on developing successful mobile games. “You have to stay simple and you have to focus on the fun,” he said. When he queried the room, a show of hands indicated only one participant had actually used the Microsoft coding software before. Microsoft launched the Windows Phone 7 platform in November. Mr. Telfer recommended the participants aim to put together the first version of their games in six hours, adding that it would likely take at least twice that. The rest of the weekend, he said, would best be spent on polishing the game, and getting some much-needed sleep. “You’ll find your first idea of what a game should be sucks,” he joked. Producing that first iteration of the game quickly would allow teams time to test and change their creation until settling on something they’re happy with, he said. The group broke up shortly after the pep talk, off to plan their games and learn the ins and outs of the Microsoft software. Kendall Walters Dusan Jovanovic, one of the Great Canadian Appathon participants. SJ, Sheldon and Indeed Indubitably were among the teams who worked from the hub the competition’s first night. Some of the coders said they were hoping to use the competition to hack their way into the video game business, while others are just gamers who thought they’d try their hand at game-creation. All are working for their shot at cash, prizes and the chance to get their game into the Windows Phone Marketplace app store. Around the building, participants could be identified by empty Doritos packets and drained cans of Red Bull. Each student scored a swag bag with stuff from sponsors XMG, Telus and the //National Post.// The bags contained Doritos, a //National Post// stress-reliever, an XMG screen-cleaner, a Windows Phone 7 sticker, a plush dolphin and an Appathon T-shirt. Soon after the goodies were handed out, the competition noise dwindled to feverish clicking and whispered game plans as contestants raced to make the best mobile game possible in only two days.

Students from UBC get two days to make and show a game for a windows 7 phone. Microsoft started this competition. The winners get $45.000 cash, a chance to be employed by XMG and the possibillity of having your game put on the windows seven app store. They also were given goody bags from the sponsors to help them stay awake.
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I thought its a great idea to have younger people making games. It will give companies ideas of what people want and maybe even provide the rest of us with great games. I dont know about you but im interseted in a game made by a student wired on red bull.
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Group#5, March 6, 2011

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