Switching barriers

survival or continuous support for any language other than French or English. And with the new multiculturalism policy, there was also no guarantee of survival for any other culture. Instead, the policy focused on assisting all groups to overcome barriers so that they could “share their cultural expression and values with other Canadians.” To that end the government planned to support the promotion of other cultures through festivals and conferences and encourage all newcomers to learn at least

Sometimes, project managers like to be able to say something to clients like, “Analysis is complete, and we’re going into design. Two or three days of design, and we’ll begin coding.” That mentality is fraught with danger. Setting up artificial barriers between stages will ultimately result in a system that doesn’t do exactly what a client wants. The old way fosters another problem: It’s usually the case that adherents of the waterfall method allot the lion’s share of project time to coding. The

there and only there he might need the woman; a brief few seconds when a couple emerged, not a lone man running. There was a series of loud crashes; the killers were trying to force the stage door open, but the locked freight dolly was too heavy a barrier. He yanked the girl along the cement floor; she tried to pull away, kicking again, twisting her body again from one side to the other; she was over the edge of hysteria He had no choice; he gripped her elbow, his thumb on the inner flesh, and pressed