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January 16th 2013
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SBPS 2nd Annual Networking Dinner
Andy Johnson, Andy Johnson, Editor-In-Chief Editor-In-Chief Hello and welcome back to another The Society of Business Program semester! Hope you all have had time Students’ (SBPS) 2nd annual to relax and get over that nasty bug networking dinner gave students that has been going around. a chance to meet and greet with local business leaders. The Citizen, The CNCSU is pround to announce Northern Health, KPMG were among that the new CNCSU website will the companies to attend the event. The soon be live. As many of you already $15 entrance fee was a small price to know, Taren, our web manager, pay for the advice offered by those has been working diligently on recompanies hiring in the community. vamping the site. She has completed it and it looks great, so keep your eyes open for the new look of cncsu.ca, coming soon.
Shauna Harper
Once the plates were cleared, a questions and answers section was held for students to ask local business leaders, including Neil Godbout and Shauna Harper, questions on how to best approach seeking employment. The evening came to a close with a speed-dating-esque meet and greet for students to network with other business leaders who were present at the event.
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The evening’s event was hosted by Grant Bachand, president of SBPS. CNC President, John Bowman, gave a warm welcome to all attending students and business leaders. Shauna Harper gave an insightful presentation on utilizing social media sites to The Dinner increase chances of employability, followed by dinner provided by Kodiaks. Photographs from CNC SBPS Facebook
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Environment Canada 5-Day Weather Forecast: For Prince George, BC. 21 January-25 January 2013 Monday, January 21: -1°C, -7°C, Partially Cloudy. Tuesday, January 22: -3°C, -9°C Partially Cloudy. Wednesday, January 23: -3°C, -6°C, Cloudy. Thursday, January 24: -1°C, -7°C, Cloudy. Friday, January 25: 2°C, -8°C, Snow. The Confluence is produced biweekly at the CNCSU office on CNC’s Prince George campus by Garett Svensen, Taren Johnson and Andy Johnson. Submissions, inqueries and requests can be made to news.cncsu.ca, in person at the CNCSU office room 1-303, or mailed to “The Confluence c/o CNCSU 3330-22nd Ave. Prince George, BC. V2N 1P8” All submissions are welcome, the authors of edited works used in the confluence receive a $20 cheque upon publication. Advertisement rates are availiable upon request.
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Why I Play Tribes: Ascend Dave Landrey, Contributor The thing about Tribes is that it has been around for a long time. The first game in the Tribes series was called Starsiege: Tribes, and it was released in 1998. It was, in most respects, a typical team-based multiplayer shooter. You got guns, you got three classes of armor (light, medium and heavy) and you got a jetpack, which was good for short bursts of flight. You also got the exploit. The exploit worked like this: if you timed a jump properly, while running downhill, you started to slide. You gained momentum as though your feet were frictionless. Players called the exploit skiing. This glitch in the game has become the trademark of the Tribes series; it is beautiful.
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Tribes: Ascend is the latest in the series. By now, the game developers have seen the potential of the skiing exploit and made it a real mechanic of the game. There is no jump button; you have a jetpack if you want to
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leave the ground. Instead, there is a ski button. The game is still a teambased shooter, but now, the maps you play on are absolutely huge. There are hills and valleys that you can use to propel yourself at Formula One speeds. Speed is the thrill of Tribes, but momentum is the skill. When one plays Tribes one learns about the poetry of momentum. The determined parabola of an attacking light player, or the deadly arc of heavy assault weapon aimed at your base. You will often see a figure in the sky, and not know if it is friendly or hostile. While you zoom in with your scope, the figure might already be opening fire on you, or, it could be opening fire on the hostile player 30 meters behind you. Either way, you had better not stay still. In the time it takes to reach over for a sip of your beverage, you could miss a gamechanging play, or the chance to make the play yourself.
Tribes happens at 200 kph. A lot does, but not everything. There are rarely one-shot frags in a game of Tribes. The weapons you use in Tribes: Ascend are very sci-fi. Most of them fire discs, which are basically Frisbees of hot death. These projectiles take time to get to their target. When they do, they explode, causing damage and altering the momentum of players in the radius of the blast. This changes the flavor of a firefight. Every encounter with a hostile player is a miniature drama. It is a struggle to use your speed, your momentum and your weapon to gain a slight edge over your opponent. These things take time to get right, but the payoff is satisfying. A well fought duel, whether you win or lose, is one of the peak experiences in Tribes: Ascend.
I play Tribes because it has given me some of the most exhilarating “holy shit” moments I have ever had while gaming. The best part is that after the “holy shit” moment normally comes, Now, I don’t mean that everything in “that was beautiful.”
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You’re a pioneer, and others know it. You may find that your energy is better spent on checking out nightspots or scanning for new activities.
1) Who played parents in the same TV series and were both born on June 21, 1947?
This is a great time to stick to the status quo — though quite a few of your people are probably stirring up trouble! You meet someone new who changes the way you see things. It could be at work or at home, but you should find that your perspective is broadened considerably. You need to convince the boss — or maybe your sweetie — to try something new, but you need to go for their head.
Is it time to let go? Maybe that old flame needs to stay in the past, or maybe you need to finally get rid of all that clutter. Your ability to learn is legendary, but right now, you need to experiment and try new things rather than just memorizing.
You can get really creative today and find new ways to brighten your life — and you’re always looking for more of those! You feel a special thrill. You need to make a big change — though it may have to be more sudden than you would like. You may generally prefer going slow.
2) In 1989, Pepsi pulled an ad featuring what Madonna song, after it appeared in a controversial video? 3) In 1995, what Canadian booze company bought Universal Studios from Matsushita for $5.7 billion? 4) A famous set of 1960s ads asked, “Does she or doesn’t she” use what product? 5) As Jubilee, what superpower does mutant mallrat Jubilation Lee from Beverly Hills have? 6) In the standard version of the board game Monopoly, how many properties can you buy without being able to put hotels or houses on them? 7) In the long version of Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First” routine, each position is identified except one. Who is left off the team? 8) In the comics, what is the occupation of Brenda Starr, who was created by Dale Messick? 9) Meryl Streep played the French lieutenant’s woman. What nationality was that woman? 10) Survivor All Stars brought back veterans from the first seven series. Which one gave us Amber, the All Stars winner?
What do you get when you cross a laptop, smart phone, camera and creative applications?
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Horoscopes
Your creative ideas are inspiring today — so either write them down or get to work on them! You should find it easier than usual to move forward.
Expect a big disaster — so when the tiny one comes, you’re relieved instead of disappointed! Things don’t go perfectly today.
Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and Dreamweaver are yours to explore in this two year diploma program. Learn to build websites, animate ads, draw digitally, and design books, packages, logos and more. Unleash your digital creative and begin a career you’ll love!
Your wisdom is much in demand today — at least from one person. Make sure that you’ve got time to help them out, even if you don’t really get what they need.
For more information on a career in digital art and web design email: Sean Siddals, program coordinator at: siddalss@cnc.bc.ca
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You are feeling even more ambitious — though you aren’t exactly power-hungry or combative. You just want to do more than you’ve done.
A two year career-building program at CNC...
1) Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter. 2) Like a Prayer. 3) Seagram. 4) Clairol hair coloring. 5) Can create fireworks. 6) Six. 7) Right fielder. 8) Reporter. 9) English. 10) Australia.
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Welcome To The Board!
Our Land Burton Alexis, CNCSU
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The CNCSU would like to welcome our newest members to the board of Executives:
It’s our pride that will change the tide, push The pressure the other way instead of always Feeling it inside. Together we need to unite, Come together to put up a fight. For us, for our Insanity, and if not for OUR future, or OUR sanity, But for a purpose, for a reason, for our children’s children to be pleasing. So that with each passing
We are pleased to have Roxanne Quock as our Womens’ Representitive. She is determined and dedicated to build a strong Womens’ community at CNC.
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Family, for mother nature we have to fight against
season our land will always give us a reason, to share and not just take, to care for everyone’s sake, so that we do not make unfortunate mistakes. For with this land we share, So for this land We are also ecstatic to have Catherine Munisi as our new External Coordinator. Her game plan is to build a strong student community for the CNC student body.
Finally we would like to welcome Clint Everall as our new Treasurer. He is commited to making sure the books balance and the budget is student oriented.
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ish Columbia. The city’s geographical location is close to the transition between the northern and southern Rocky Mountain trench. Prince George’s population is approximately 71,030—the census including the surrounding area inflates population to approximately 83,225. The population combined with the confluence of both the Fraser and Nechako Rivers and Highways 16 and 97 makes Prince George the largest “hub” in Northern BC. These factors have made Prince George the self-proclaimed “Capital of Northern BC.” The city proper can be divided into three distinct parts, the Hart, the Bowl and College Heights. The Bowl— which is the main hub of Prince George—can be broken down further and includes Central and South Fort George, the residential and light industrial district north of the Nechako River and the downtown core. These divisions are not exclusive to the infrastructure of Prince George, but extend, also, to its citizens. As the histories (as presented on Wikipedia entries) of this northern town seem to map out that this northern hub has been divided since its foundation.
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The reasoning behind providing a brief (and most likely inaccurate) history of Prince George is simple; it is one of many representations of my home town. As the title suggests, the information in this section has been compiled from Wikipedia entries that concern a recorded history of Prince George. There are discrepancies that are interesting and may very well be of great importance to an accurately compiled and comprehensive history of Prince George, but are incongruent with my motivation for writing this book. My investment is not in providing a history, but providing multiple histories of the more notable residents of Prince George, who have either become successful, played a part in shaping, or—which happens more often than not—dividing my home town. Prince George is located in the Fraser-Fort George District in Northern Brit-
Fort George was founded in 1807 by the North West Company as a fur trading post centred in Lheidli T’enneh territory. Unlike the prospering main trading post of Fort St. James, or the mining town of Quesnel, Fort George was isolated. Fort George remained mostly unchanged until 1865-67 when the Collins Overland Telegraph Trail was built. It followed the Blackwater Trail from Quesnel and continued northeast to Hazelton. In 1903, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway announced that it would pass near Fort George, and by 1906, agricultural settlement had begun. In 1909, Nick Clark of the Northern Development Company purchased property along the Fraser River, near Fort George (owned by the Hudson Bay Trading Company after the North West Company had no choice but to enter in a forced merger) from Alexander Hamilton and Joseph Thapage. This community became known as South Fort George. Meanwhile, 3 kilometers (km) northwest, the community of Central Fort George was formed along the Nechako River.
est northern “hub” of British Columbia) has always harboured a cultural divide. To clarify this statement, I am not referring to the divide between First Nations and European settlers, rather in regards to the divide between communal cultures which make up a community. These communal divides have seem to become almost a tradition in Prince George, yet is not by Also during this time in Soda Creek While it is unclear at what point the any means exclusive to this commu(38 km north of Williams Lake) the events of Millar’s settlement with nity, or to the many smaller communiFort George Lumber and Navigation Grand Trunk Pacific Railway unfolded ties that make up the whole. Company (a South Fort George com- in 1914, it is clear that 28 July 1914 pany) built two sternwheeler boats, marked the beginning of World War I. the Chilcotin and the Fort Fraser. And while the four communities that These two sternwheelers were used, made up the Fort George region were along with the Chilco, Charolette and divided, both in trade and by short Quesnel, to deliver passengers and distances, their local economy sufsupplies to Central and South Fort fered mutually due to the new Pacific George. The BC Express Company— Great Eastern Railway project being which had been servicing this area halted due to the enlistment of many since the Cariboo Gold Rush—owner, construction workers, as well as deniCharles Vance Millar, had also dezens of the Fort George region. cided to expand the BC Express route to the Fort George area. George Hammond fought a series of legal battles on behalf of Central Fort Both Central and South Fort George George, with the Railway town site saw a population boom in 1913, due for the right to self-govern. Presumin part to thousands of railway conably Hammond fought these battles struction workers who would come throughout 1914-5. However, on 6 into the communities for supplies and March 1915, nearly one year after entertainment. The new supply and World War I started, the Railway town travel routes facilitated by the Fort site became a self-governed commuGeorge Lumber and Navigation Com- nity known as Prince George. pany, as well as Hammond’s charming descriptions of Central Fort George, Grand Truck Pacific Railway specifialso contributed to this boom in both cally chose the name Prince George communities, as well as Birmingham, to take away claim of the region from Nechako Heights and Willow City. the rival town sites of Central and South Fort George, but there is some Because of this population boom, discourse about where the name was both Central and South Fort George derived. King George V seems like had reason to believe that Grand the most obvious choice since his rule Trunk Pacific Railway would be over the United Kingdoms, the British building the railway and station in Dominions and India began in 1910. their respective communities. DeniYet, King George’s fourth son, Prince zens of both Central and South Fort George was also alive at this time. George would be disappointed, as Grand Trunk Pacific Railway opted to I find the discourse of Prince purchase 1,336 acres from the Lheidli George’s namesake to be quite fasT’enneh Nation instead. Charles cinating, as it lends credence to the Vance Millar, who had been in nego- notion that Prince George (as the largtiations for this same stretch of land, was sold 200 acres by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway for $59,296.
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the Railway town site. A speculation has been raised by Leonard Frank that after the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway reluctantly sold Millar the land for his community (Millar’s Addition), Grand Truck Pacific Railway built a low-rise bridge across the Fraser River to block one of Millar’s sternwheeler routes, although this remains unconfirmed.
By the time the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was completed in 1914, there were four distinct communities around the area formally known as Fort George: Central Fort George, South Fort George, Millar’s Addition, and
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Both Central and South Fort George prospered from George Hammond, a Central Fort George land promoter. Hammond pitched Central Fort George as a future hub of British Columbia. Hammond further described Central Fort George as having mild winters and suitable for any agricultural endeavour, save for peaches.
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see only the occasional patch of snow in a dugout. It was early afternoon, and he stopped at a small restaurant in Warner. He noticed the tin of pop he’d ordered was the equivalent of only 10 ounces, as opposed to the 12-ounce cans sold in the United States. This no doubt reflected the impact of the hidden Manufacturers’ Sales Tax, which made many things in Canada more expensive or smaller in capacity. Terry took a cut-off highway to Coaldale and turned east on the Crowsnest Highway toward Taber, where he had a coffee. Back on the road twenty minutes later, he followed a curve in the road that for a short distance led him north-northeast. He admired the green-and-white Alberta Wheat Pool elevators, and once, on the railway tracks running parallel just north of the highway, a train made up of mostly Alberta grain cars and some SaskPool cars gradually caught up with him and overtook him.
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He turned on the radio: One song he heard a few times was John Lennon’s posthumous new single, “Watching the Wheels,” about the need to take a sabbatical or break from a career to raise children or recharge one’s batteries. After 45- or 46-hour weeks with split shifts at a government office where he had been low on the totem pole, Terry was pleased he was back in Canada where, he thought, labour standards were better enforced. At least they had seemed to be in the Lower Mainland of B.C.
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At Coutts the customs officers examined Terry’s old landed-immigrant visa from 1973 and the form from the Denver consulate that renewed it temporarily He arrived in Palliser Springs till March 31st. He had to return to Canada by that date, only four days away, around 3:30, and, as he descended a hill toward downtown, he viewed or both documents would become permanently invalid. with awe the high brown cutbanks that suddenly appeared to the north, The skeptical customs officers asked a series of set questions about his looming over the city and reflecting background and purpose in moving to Canada, and Terry pointed out these light from the declining sun. He found were roughly the same questions the officer at the consulate had asked a parking space in front of an old him two months ago. Perhaps they wanted to compare answers to look for building which he thought housed discrepancies between what he had said then and the information he was the offices of The Palliser Springs giving them in answer to their questions now. They finally relented and Chronicle, and it still had the paper’s granted him entry. One surly officer told him he’d have to make sure the U-Haul car carrier on his 1976 Ford Mustang II was out of Canada in 30 days. logo painted on a portion of its east wall. However, the building was Terry said he would make every effort to do that. closed and looked empty. A passer-by told him the paper had moved to the Terry drove north, and the highway narrowed from the four lanes of the American Interstate to two. He was glad to be out of the States where Ronald new suburban area in the southeastern quadrangle of the city. Reagan had been inaugurated as president just a couple of months before. It had been a dry winter. Across the grey-brown fields of stubble, he could
In about fifteen minutes Terry
He checked in at the Selkirk where the company put up all new reporters till they could find an apartment or other rental accommodation in Palliser Springs’ tight housing market. The hotel had an early 1950s neon sign with some peeling paint in front over the entrance. Carpet in the rooms seemed to be from that era. Terry ended up in a room over the pub, and didn’t get to sleep until after 2:00 a.m. At the party he was clearly accepted but was the object of a lot of questions. The court reporter asked to look through his car, and found a couple of rolls of toilet paper in the trunk that Terry had put in in case the car broke down in a remote area.
“Oh,” Terry said. On returning to the Selkirk around 1 a.m., Terry was downcast and wondered if he’d made a serious mistake in accepting the job in Palliser Springs. But he couldn’t go back now. His government job in the States was to end by July 1st because of budget cutbacks, and he’d resigned from it to take the job in Palliser Springs anyway. His relatives and friends were highly critical of him because of the number of times in his twenties that he’d been laid off or had only been able to land part-time, temporary contract work. He looked at his car in the hotel’s parking lot across the street near the railway tracks. He’d have to go the U-Haul agency next week to turn in the car carrier and make sure the personnel there had returned it to the United States by April 27th.
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work is done for the day, no matter how late you’re in the office,” she advised.
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found the new one-storey dark-redbrick Chronicle building with high modernistic windows that didn’t open to the outside. Terry entered the foyer and was directed to the newsroom. It turned out both the managing editor and the city editor were gone for the day, but his official start date wasn’t till the 30th anyway. A wire editor and an amiable lifestyles editor were telling off-colour jokes from the UK. They turned to him, looking slightly embarrassed, and welcomed him warmly. Reporters introduced themselves and invited him to a barbecue to be held at the court reporter’s rented 1920s house on First Avenue.
“We have that here, too, you know,” he joked. He also saw Terry’s singleshot .22 rifle and its cleaning kit, asked if it was registered and told him about the local gun club and its location. Later Terry talked about the difficult passage through the mountains of south-central Montana where there had been steady rain sometimes mixed with snow and, here and there, fallen rocks on the travel lanes of the highways he’d taken. “You went through hell to get to hell,” a sports reporter said.
“They’ll really work you over here,” said the lifestyles editor’s assistant. “In this job, you stay until all your
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“What do you mean?” Terry asked.