the people from calgary said, it's a kid from the east end. calgary is getting used to seeing new faces. erika rodriguez is a chemical engineer who had experience in bogota, colombia. >> i was looking for better opportunities for my career. >> she lives in calgary now and is a project engineer for a consulting firm in the oil and gas business. an industry that's booming throughout western canada. >> i was looking better quality of life, different quality of life. and being both a multicultural society with equal opportunity for everybody. >> canada may not have the cache the u.s. does. but "the economist" business editor robert guest says it holds great appeal for would-be immigrants. >> canada offers many of the same thing america does. very high standard of living. the rule of law, peace, safety. >> canada is even more appealing to immigrants with something to offer. a hard to find skill or an advanced degree. >> they've decided to cherry pick. they say, you know, we're a rich country. we can attract the best and the brightest from the rest

we just launched in calgary, now about 75 days ago. and in the first 60 days we had 15,000 members signed up for the service. so, it's something that there's a lot of interest and hopefully we'll hear from other members of the public about their enjoyment of the car service. >> thank you very much. >>> thank you. >> okay, next speaker, thomas weber and anyone else who would like to speak, come on up. use the one in the center aisle, that's fine. the next person come up. >>> my name is thomas weber and i have experienced using car to go in san diego. initially i was going to come to talk about how car share programs in general are needed in the city as i am a biker and i need cars. not very often, but every now and then i do need them and i do need them very spontaneously. so, car to go is very useful for that. i find a car, i get in, i use it wherever i need it, i get out, and i pay for exactly only the minutes that i use it for. san diego is an all-electric station so i guess that would be really useful up here. everyone likes the ide

the people that literally the death toll is still going up and the crisis in fullwing although the calgary is here, we still need a lot, is just now the resources e here and have to be allocated correctly. still a lot of people suffering and we have to do whatever we can to stop the suffering. a marathon would not have helped with that. gerri: the mayor made the comparison to 9/11 and said we did the marathon after that. that was six weeks, this is less than six days this time around. can you compare the two? it is different, right? speaker you cannot compare them, it is apples and oranges, the reality is we are still in reality mode. i am fearing in basements we haven't been to yet, it will still be bodies to recover, they haven't even had a chance to start morning. we're in the heart of a crisis here. gei: thank you. the battle over who is better able to handle a crisis like hurricane sandy, some say proof big government is the only soluon, but is that true? ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the mercedes-benzinter event is back, no matter which list you're on. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho

tanks replaced the calgary and the element was introduced on the war plane. the style of offensive warfare practiced down through the years by generations of american leaders. theodore roosevelt presided at the dedication of sheridan's 14 feet high statue in washington, november, 1908. president roosevelt told him besides being a calvary leader and a great commander, sheridan also as he put it, speed shared his greatness which we call genius. [applause] be happy to take any questions. i am sure there are some. you mentioned at the beginning the historical focus has been placed on him. why is that? pretty amazing. >> there's a good reason for that. all of the papers were burned in the chicago fire of 1871. the commander of division he had moved the district to chicago because of the railroads going through, and the great chicago fire wiped out the headquarters so we don't have that much to go on and rely heavily on people that served with them as the biographies are the official record of the course and then he rode his personal memoir and he had papers after.

i live in calgary. >> i think you just made news. [laughter] >> i will be happy with either. [laughter] [applause] >> i have to say an aside on y our like of hockey. for me interviewing you for my point of view is like when he went to went -- to interview wayne gretzky. acrylate. this is cool. -- i can relate. this is cool. you have been very gracious. i want to give people an opportunity to ask questions. i would ask you to raise your hand and identify yourself. jeniifer sloane. >> good afternoon. loan fromifer saon target canada. better known as tarjet. >> en francais, s'il-vous plait. [laughter] >> there are others like warren buffett who said he does not think it is a cliff but a slope and we have more time. regardless, no doubt the government is looking at this. what does canada need to do and what is it doing to prepare should the americans go off that cliff? >> the first thing i would say, obviously whatever happens in the united states, especially something that could happen that would significantly slow the american economy, would be of great concern to us. notwithst

now researchers at the university of calgary are rethinking that.hey found they little difference in results between those who ate and those who did not. we did screenings here earlier this fall, and i was worried about that because i eat in the morning. >> so do i. >> but they said it's okay. they can adjust, and it's not usually that far off. >> turned out fine. you're in good health? >> i'm okay. better health than you'd expect, than i would expect. >> let's check traffic and weather, first with meteorologist tom kierein. tom, good morning. >> good morning. watch your footing. >>> we had gusty winds overnight. when the cold front came through at midnight, 1:00 this morning, we had gusts to around 35 miles an hour. a lot of leaves came tumbling down, and now they are wet and slippery on sidewalks and side streets and many roadways around the region this morning. all this coming from this rain advancing southwest to northeast across virginia, the district, into maryland. much of eastern pennsylvania, new jersey, up into new england all getting wet.

i live in calgary. >> i think you just made news. [laughter] >> i will be happy with either. [laughter] [applause] >> i have to say an aside on y our like of hockey. for me interviewing you for my point of view is like when he went to went -- to interview wayne gretzky. acrylate. this is cool. -- i can relate. this is cool. you have been very gracious. i want to give people an opportunity to ask questions. i would ask you to raise your hand and identify yourself. jeniifer sloane. >> good afternoon. loan fromifer saon target canada. better known as tarjet. >> en francais, s'il-vous plait. [laughter] >> there are others like warren buffett who said he does not think it is a cliff but a slope and we have more time. regardless, no doubt the government is looking at this. what does canada need to do and what is it doing to prepare should the americans go off that cliff? >> the first thing i would say, obviously whatever happens in the united states, especially something that could happen that would significantly slow the american economy, would be of great concern to us. notwithst

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i live in calgary. >> i think you just made news. [laughter] >> i will be happy with either. [laughter] [applause] >> i have to say an aside on y our like of hockey. for me interviewing you for my point of view is like when he went to went -- to interview wayne gretzky. acrylate. this is cool. -- i can relate. this is cool. you have been very gracious. i want to give people an opportunity to ask questions. i would ask you to raise your hand and identify yourself. jeniifer sloane. >> good afternoon. loan fromifer saon target canada. better known as tarjet. >> en francais, s'il-vous plait. [laughter] >> there are others like warren buffett who said he does not think it is a cliff but a slope and we have more time. regardless, no doubt the government is looking at this. what does canada need to do and what is it doing to prepare should the americans go off that cliff? >> the first thing i would say, obviously whatever happens in the united states, especially something that could happen that would significantly slow the american economy, would be of great concern to us. notwithst

as they say in my beloved nigeria in calgary in making our own a victorious, esi edugyan has held residencies in spain and icelandic and germany it's a writer the global mail says promises to leave black literature and a whole new direction. and i happen to agree with that. for her vacation, for her invocation at the time and place that are entrenched in our imaginations that they use even as they define our imagination and for her elimination of people upon whom too little historical or literary life has been shown, esi edugyan is awarded the anisielf-wolf book award for fiction for her stunning and startling of all "half-blood blues." ♪ i am so honored to be receiving this award tonight to be associated with this long and distinguished list of amazing writers who have won this before it's just incredible, and to be associated with what this award increases and stands for, i am just honor. i will be reading from "half-blood blues" and start at the beginning so as not to give anything away. and dr. gates did a beautiful doll of introducing the themes of the novel so i will start right with it