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required completing a half- marathon every day for more than three months through ice and snow, something Turk says was a privilege to experience despite its challenges. “It’s an old recipe to go into the desert and seek enlighten- ment. Is it enjoyable? No, of course not. But you’re into a zone where you’re pushing yourself into a different mental state,” he said. DANIEL PALMER News worth sharing.Newsworthsharing. For more news, visit metronews.ca/vancouver [email protected]
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Jon Turk, left, and Eric Boomer at the end of their 104-day journey around Ellesmere Island in Canada’s arctic.
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Arctic trek earns nodEast Kootenay man nominated for National Geographic award 104-day kayak journey nearly killed Jon Turk
A 66-year-old Fernie man hasbeen selected as one of the final-ists for National Geographic’s2012 Adventurer of the Year aftera 104-day journey around aremote Arctic island.
Jon Turk and Eric Boomer, 25,circumnavigated the punishingterrain of Ellesmere Island —
near Baffin Island in Nunavut —by kayak last summer.
“After Day 1, we did 15 miles.We had 2,400 to go and I went, ‘Ican’t do this. I’m gonna wake upin the morning and tell Boomerwe’ve got to go back. This is justcrazy,’” said Turk.
No stranger to physical feats,Turk kayaked from Japan to Alas-ka and crossed the Gobi Desertby mountain bike.
But the Ellesmere trip
required completing a half-marathon every day for morethan three months through iceand snow, something Turk sayswas a privilege to experiencedespite its challenges.
“It’s an old recipe to go intothe desert and seek enlighten-ment. Is it enjoyable? No, ofcourse not. But you’re into a zonewhere you’re pushing yourselfinto a different mental state,” hesaid.
“I was as happy as I’ve everbeen in my life day after day.Tired, hurting, frustrated — ofcourse. But at the same time, youknew you were in a place you’dnever been before and you’d nev-er be again.”
Upon completing the journey,Turk’s body gave out and hespent weeks recovering in hos-pital. While he admits he pushedhimself too hard, Turk says he isunlikely to give up his passion
for expedition.“Find that thing that makes
you most ecstatic and then pur-sue it,” he said.
People can vote for the 2012Adventurer of the Year until Jan.18 at nationalgeographic.com.
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Four-year-old Luke Feistwas running around bare-foot Monday, thankingeveryone donating at ablood-donor clinic forhelping save his life.
Luke has one of just sixreported cases in Canadaof a deficiency of Factor V,an essential componentfor blood clotting.
His mother, Jennifer,says Luke’s condition is“one in a million.” His
blood doesn’t clot, so hehas to get a blood transfu-sion every time he getsminor injuries like a cutlip or bitten tongue, andas a preventative measurebefore any medical proce-dure.
Darryl Feist, Luke’sdad, says it is always aconstant worry for thefamily since Luke is suchan active boy.
“At times, it’s very
nerve-racking … (even)corners of the tables andjumping off the furni-ture,” he said. “He’s (four)and he wants to play, runand jump.”
Luke’s parents saidthey are grateful to blooddonors for their life-sav-ing gift as their son willneed blood for the rest ofhis life.
“Thank you for donat-ing your blood,” Luke told
Sydney Doberstein, 20,who was at the Oak Streetblood clinic.
Doberstein said she be-came a blood donor lastyear and has contributedfour times already.
“I’ve never met any-body like Luke before,”she said. “It’s pretty spe-cial, and (seeing him)makes me feel really goodfor doing this.”
PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS
Four-year-old relies on blood donors to stay alive Family asking the public to give over the holidays when donations are badly needed
Four-year-old Luke Feist thanks donor Sydney Doberstein at the Oak Street blood-donor clinic on Monday.
Feist has a rare blood deficiency that makes him reliant on blood transfusions for treating minor injuries.
PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS/METRO
Port Moody boy givesthanks for gift of blood
Dictator’sdeathsparkshopeEunice Oh got a round ofapplause when sheannounced the death ofKim Jong Il to a galaevening of Korean Canadi-ans on Sunday night.
“Every single person gotexcited about that news,”said Oh, the president ofthe Korean Society of B.C.,adding that she thinks thevast majority of Metro Van-couver’s 80,000 Koreansare cautiously optimistic af-ter the North Korean dicta-tor’s demise.
Kangil Choe, presidentof the National UnificationAdvisory Council for Kore-ans in the Lower Mainland,said the news came as a“shock.”
That surprise quicklygave way to “what ifs” afterhe and his church grouplearned the news Sundaynight. North Korea can be aviolent, unpredictableneighbour, Choe explained.
“Nobody knows whatthey’re going to do. That’sour biggest concern,” saidChoe.
Other questions swirledin the community aboutKim’s possible successor.
“We are hoping for amore reasonable leader,”Oh said.
The dream scenariowould be a unification ofNorth and South Korea, avision many local Koreansshare, said Oh.
Without help from theinternational community,North and South Korea“cannot be one again,” saidChoe. “Hopefully the deathof Kim Jong Il is a positivesign.” STEPHANIE ORFORD
The public will be in dan-ger if a B.C. SupremeCourt judge doesn’t sus-pend a ruling that struckdown the province’sdrunk-driving law, a gov-ernment lawyer said.
George Copley told Jus-tice Jon Sigurdson onMonday that the regula-tion that allowed for au-tomatic roadsidesuspensions has saveddozens of lives and more
than halved injuries sinceit was implemented overa year ago.
He asked the court tosuspend the declarationthat the law is unconsti-tutional until June nextyear, giving the legisla-ture the opportunity tocreate legislation in re-sponse to the ruling.
“There is a danger tothe public if this legisla-tion is not kept in force,”
Copley said. “The publicinterest requires thatthere be an effectivedrunk-driving law.”
Earlier this month, Sig-urdson ruled that a por-tion of B.C.’s year-old lawsto crack down on drunkdriving violated charterprotections against un-reasonable search andseizure.
Sigurdson concludeddrivers who blew over .08
in a roadside screeningtest were subjected tohaving their vehicles im-pounded and forced topay up to several thou-sand dollars in fines with-out having recourse to ameaningful appealprocess.
Copley also warned of“financial chaos” for theprovincial government ifthe judge ruled that ithad to pay back the thou-
sands caught up in thescheme.
The government hassaid that more than15,400 people eitherfailed a roadside test orrefused to blow.
Each of those driverspaid about $4,000 inpenalties, fees and othercosts, which Copley saidcould add up to about $50 million.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ruling on drunk-driving law dangerous: Lawyer
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What would you pay for abachelor suite the size oftwo parking spaces?
Canada’s smallest rentalsuites were unveiled Mon-day on the Downtown East-side, but some localresidents are upset at whatthey claim is the gentrifica-tion of the neighbourhood.
The microlofts, opensince September at 18 WestHastings St., rent for an av-erage $850 a month withsome units more than$1,000. They range in sizefrom 226 to 291 square feetand are rented mostly bystudents and young singleworkers, said Jon Stovell ofReliance Properties.
“These are around $200 amonth cheaper than a typi-cal new apartment of thisquality,” said Stovell, whoalong with ITC Construc-tion built and subsidizedthe project.
The initial rent estimatewas $700 when the projectwas proposed in 2007, but
the new units are fully fur-nished and include televi-sion and Internet, he said.
“Affordability and livabil-ity is in the eye of the be-holder,” said VancouverCoun. Kerry Jang.
“So what we’re trying todo here is create a range ofhousing options for differ-ent people across the city.”
Outside the building, afew dozen protesters beatdrums and said the pricesare too high for low-incomerenters.
“We’re going to inter-rupt you the same way youinterrupted the lives of low-income people by produc-ing housing that excludesthem,” said one protester.“We need social housing inthe Downtown Eastside,not $850-a-month housing.”
Microloft tenant GlynnisHawe grew up in East Van-couver and said she found itdifficult to find affordablerent even after six years ofpost-secondary studies.
“I think it’s not just alow-income problem; it’s anaverage-income problem aswell.”
Four men have been ar-rested following one ofthe largest counterfeit-money seizures in BritishColumbia’s history, Moun-ties announced Monday inSurrey.
A total of $1.15 millionin uncut $100 bills wasseized, along with creditcards, computers andequipment, during a raid
Dec. 11 at a “counterfeitcurrency factory” inside aRichmond apartment.
Four men in their early20s were arrested and arenow facing charges ofmaking and possessingcounterfeit banknotesand for possessing instru-ments for making coun-terfeit banknotes.
METRO
Fake cash seized
Microlofts offer a tight squeeze
The inside of a microloft at 18 West Hastings St. The Burns Block suites were unveiled Monday.
DANIEL PALMER/METRODespite lack of space, tenants appreciate proximity to downtown
Report prompts BC Hydro to improve meter practices
BC Hydro hasn’t ade-quately informed the pub-lic when it comes toimplementing its newsmart meters, accordingto an independent reviewreleased Monday.
The report, released byElizabeth Denham, B.C.’s
information and privacycommissioner, found BCHydro’s practices meas-ure up to the Freedom ofInformation and Protec-tion of Privacy Act in allmatters but one.
According to the re-port, BC Hydro had notsufficiently informed in-dividuals what personalinformation the smart
meters collect, how BCHydro is using that data,what legal authority theyhave to collect it, and whothe customer can contactwith questions about pri-vacy and security.
Denham investigatedBC Hydro’s implementa-tion of the new technolo-gy after her officereceived more than 600
complaints and pieces ofcorrespondence fromBritish Columbians aboutthe utility’s new electrici-ty meters.
After receiving the re-port on Monday, BC Hy-dro immediately went towork developing an ac-tion plan to address all 14of the report’s recommen-dations, said Cindy Ver-
schoor, manager of com-munications for BC Hy-dro’s Smart Meteringprogram.
“We’ve been communi-cating with the public fora few years now about theSmart Metering pro-gram,” she said, butadded that BC Hydrowould be making a con-certed effort to increase
one-on-one communica-tion with customers.
“I think it’s really im-portant that citizensknow what it is that pub-lic agencies are doingwith their personal infor-mation,” said Denham.
Man arrested inferry scuffleATTACK. A 26-year-oldman is facing charges af-ter attacking several B.C.Ferries workers when hemissed a sailing from De-parture Bay in Nanaimoon Saturday.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Bighorn sheepshot in InteriorOUT OF SEASON. Someoneis killing bighorn sheep— out of season — inthe Interior.
Conservation officerSergeant Steve Wasilyksays a total of five sheep— four rams and a ewe— have been shot in twoseparate incidents sincelast Tuesday.THE CANADIAN PRESS
News in briefClark’spopularitybelowNDP’s DixB.C. Premier ChristyClark has a lowerapproval rating than NewDemocrat Leader AdrianDix, an Angus Reid PublicOpinion poll revealedMonday.
Some 40 per cent of
British Columbianssurveyed said theyapproved of Clark’s job aspremier, a slight dropfrom the 42 per cent ap-proval she received thissummer.
Dix’s approval rating is47 per cent.
The survey, whichranked the popularity ofnine premiers, saw Clarktied in fifth place withNew Brunswick PremierDavid Alward.
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On Oct. 15, the manpulled a knife out and de-manded a driver hand overall his money. The cabbiejumped from his car andthe man ran off.
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Vancouver police have rec-ommended another 52charges against 20 moresuspected Stanley Cup riot-ers.
Insp. Les Yeo, of the inte-grated riot investigationteam (IRIT), announced thesecond round of recom-mendations on Mondaymorning and promisedthere’s more to come.
So far, police have rec-ommended a total of 215charges against 80 sus-pects.
“My message to the riot-ers who think they havegotten away with theircrime spree: ‘We are not
backing off and more ar-rests and more charges arejust around the corner,’”said Yeo, noting that IRIT is“hard at work” preparingfor a third batch early nextyear.
The VPD announced itsfirst round of charges Oct.31, with 163 recommended
charges against 50 menand 10 women. The Crownhas so far approved 69criminal charges against 27people who allegedly tookpart in the June 15 riot.
Of the 20 new suspects,16 are men and four arewomen. The average age is19 and six of the accusedare juveniles — theyoungest is a 15-year-oldmale.
One of the new cases in-volved a 19-year-old manfrom Surrey, who is ac-cused of assaulting a GoodSamaritan who was tryingto stop rioters from smash-ing store windows onGranville Street.
Police allege the manpunched the Samaritan inthe back of the head.
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North Korea prepared to laylongtime ruler Kim Jong Ilto rest while the hermitstate’s official media onTuesday lauded his son andheir apparent as a person“born of heaven” — sug-gesting the transition to anew leadership was underway.
The streets of the NorthKorean capital, Pyongyang,were quiet Tuesday morningas thousands grieved thedeath of their “Dear Leader.”With an 11-day mourningperiod in effect, flags flew athalf-mast, shops were closedand streams of mourners —some wailing — placedflowers at memorialsaround the city.
Kim’s death and the pos-sibility of a power strugglein a country armed with nu-clear weapons and knownfor its unpredictability hasheightened tensions in theregion.
U.S. President BarackObama agreed by phonewith South Korean Presi-dent Lee Myung-bak to
closely monitor develop-ments. Japan’s governmentalso said it was being vigi-lant for any “unexpecteddevelopments.”
South Korea’s militaryhas been put on high alert,and experts warned that thenext few days could be cru-cial.
North Korean state me-dia have given clear indica-tions that Kim’s third sonwill succeed him. The Kore-an Central News Agency onTuesday described Kim JongUn as “a great person bornof heaven,” a propagandaterm only his father KimJong Il and his grandfatherKim Il Sung had enjoyed. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
North Koreans mourn ‘Dear Leader’Kim Jong Il died of a heart attack
on Saturday State media alreadydeclaring his son the new leader
North Korea is no monar-
chy, of course, but one
thing is certain: following
the death of Kim Jong Il,
his son Kim Jong Un,
reportedly 27 or 28 years
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try’s leader.
Kim Jong Il’s death didn’tcome as a surprise forNorth Korea, and therehave been successionplans in place since 2005.Kim Jong Un will take over,but he probably won’t bethe only leader. He may be-come more of afigurehead, with theNational Defense Commis-sion assuming more powerthan it had under his dad.While Kim Jong Un trainsfor his new job, his uncleJang Song Thaek is predict-ed to act as the power be-hind the throne.Kim Jong Un may try toshow his tough-guycredentials through inter-national aggression.North Koreans have reasonto rise up against theregime—but it’s unlikelythey will.
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Prime Minister StephenHarper is urging North Ko-rea to work towardpromoting both the well-being of its people and sta-bility on the Koreanpeninsula.
Harper,commentingon the deathof North Ko-rean leaderKim Jong Il over the week-end, says he hopes Kim’s
passing will bring positivechange to the isolatedcountry.
He says Kim will be re-membered as the leader ofa totalitarian regime whoviolated the basic rights of
the North Korean peoplefor nearly two decades.
He’s urging NorthKorea to close what hecalls a “sad chapter in itshistory” and to work forpeace. THE CANADIAN PRESS
North Korean women cry after learning of the death of their leader Kim Jong Il on Monday, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Flaherty announced Mon-day new health spendinginvestments of $178 billionover five years.He said even whentransfers drop to be tied tothe nominal GDP rate, Ot-tawa is guaranteeingprovinces the funding willnever dip below a three-per-cent increase.
There was little Christmasgoodwill spirit Monday asa meeting between provin-cial and territorial financeministers and their federalcounterpart ended in an-gry words.
Provincial finance min-isters said they were aston-ished after federal FinanceMinister Jim Flaherty “im-posed” a new plan for howhealth money will betransferred to theprovinces.
Flaherty said healthtransfers will continue toflow at the same six-per-cent increase rate theyhave been, but by 2018,the increase will drop to betied to the rate of nominalGDP, which is the measureof economic growth in-cluding inflation.
“It’s no present at all,”said Ontario Finance Min-
ister Dwight Duncan.“It’s a lump of coal.”Duncan said his col-
leagues were all shocked atOttawa’s unilateral deci-
sion.“He put the document
in front of us and said thisis how it’s going to be.”
Flaherty acknowledged
Federal Tories’ new plan to cut back health-transferpayments leaves some provincial ministers visibly angry
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, centre, speaks to
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney prior to a
provincial, territorial and federal finance ministers
meeting in Victoria on Monday.
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Bob Barker footselephant billPRICE IS RIGHT. Formergame show host BobBarker will apparentlycover the full cost oftransporting threeelephants from theToronto Zoo toCalifornia.
In a statement, thePAWS organization saysBarker will pay anunspecified amount tomove Toka, Thika andIringa to their new home.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Parents charged in sibling shootingDELORAINE, MAN. The par-ents of a five-year-oldboy who shot hisyounger sister on a farmin Manitoba are facingseveral charges, includ-ing criminal negligenceand drug possession.
On Nov. 26, policewent to a home andfound a four-year-oldgirl had been shot justbelow the kidney — shehas had surgery and isnow recovering fromher injuries.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Lack of snow has cows thirstyREGINA. The SPCA inSaskatchewan isconcerned about how alack of snow is causing ashortage of drinking wa-ter for cows this winteras it’s not uncommonfor cows to go topasture in winter to eatsnow. THE CANADIAN PRESS
News in brief
Russia bansimport ofseal products:ActivistsAnimal-welfare activists sayRussia has banned import-ing harp-seal products,which they say threatensthe survival of the embat-tled Canadian sealingindustry.
The International Fundfor Animal Welfare says ithas obtained documentsfrom Russia and the WorldTrade Organization show-ing the ban went into effectin August. The group saysRussia represents one ofthe largest buyers of Cana-dian seal products. The EUintroduced its own tradeban in 2009.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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there has “obviously” beensome concern amongprovinces.
He said his provincialand territorial counter-parts were briefed aboutOttawa’s plans at a dinnerlast night.
“We do need to talkabout the way forward interms of being fiscally re-sponsible, not only at thefederal level but across thecountry, all the govern-ments,” said Flaherty.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Students, staff and ordinaryIslanders played catch out-side a Charlottetown highschool Monday in memoryof two former students whowere killed in a roadsideshooting in Alberta lastweek.
Dozens of peopledonned ball gloves andtossed baseballs on a fieldoutside Colonel Gray HighSchool, the alma mater ofTanner Craswell, 22, andhis friend Mitch MacLean,20.
The two promising base-
ball players were killedThursday along withTabitha Stepple of Leth-bridge, Alta.
Police said Stepple’s for-mer boyfriend, DerekJensen, rammed the carthey were in on a highwaysouth of Calgary. He openedfire, killing the trio andwounding a fourth personin the car, 21-year-old Shay-na Conway, also of Charlot-tetown. Jensen then killedhimself.
Colonel Gray principalKevin Whitrow said school
staff and teachers whotaught the two and knewthem well have been deeplyaffected.
He said people were in-vited to play catch and do“whatever they feel like do-ing” during the unusualmemorial to the former stu-dents. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Funerals for the two menare planned for Thursdayand Friday.
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Braving the freezing cold,thousands of Czechs bid apersonal farewell Mondayto former president Va-clav Havel, who led thepeaceful revolution thattoppled the communistregime in 1989.
The mourners waitedpatiently in a long line infront of the Prague Cross-roads at the city’s OldTown, where the coffinwith Havel’s body wenton display Monday. Manywere carrying flowers tohonour Havel, who diedSunday at age 75.
The government an-nounced that a three-dayofficial mourning periodwill start Wednesday andsaid it will hold a state fu-neral, including a Mass,on Friday at the country’sbiggest and most famouschurch, St. Vitus Cathe-dral.
A private funeral forfamily members will fol-low at a crematory,Prague archbishop Do-
minik Duka said.Prime Minister Petr
Necas urged Czech citi-zens to observe a minuteof silence at Friday noonand his government pro-posed a special law recog-nizing Havel’s“contribution to freedomand democracy.”
Havel had turned a for-mer church into a spacewhere he organized inter-national conferences and
met leaders of other coun-tries, dissidents andfriends from all aroundthe globe after his finalterm in office ended in2003.
“He was a hero for mesince my childhood,” saidZuzana Hronova, 32, whotravelled to the capitalfrom the city of Pardu-bice, 100 kilometres eastof Prague.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vaclav Havel was a dissident playwright who peacefully brought downcommunism in homeland Ex-president remembered at home and abroad
A woman lights a candle to
commemorate the death of former
Czech president Vaclav Havel at the
Velvet Revolution memorial in
downtown Prague on Sunday.
PETR DAVID JOSEK/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tributes flow for ‘moralvoice’ of Czech Republic
Around the world
Havel aide Sabina Tancevo-va said U.S. Secretary ofState Hillary Rodham Clin-ton expressed her wish toattend the funeral.UN Secretary-General BanKi-moon called Havel “themoral voice of his countryand his era. His humanity,humility and decency werean example for us all.”
ACCUSED IN DEADLY ATTACKS
ICC rejects bid to haltRwandanrebel’s releaseInternational CriminalCourt judges refusedMonday to block the re-lease of a Rwandan rebelprosecutors accused of in-volvement in deadlyattacks by a Hutu militiaon villages in Congo in2009.
The pre-trial judges or-dered the release of Cal-lixte Mbarushimana onFriday after dismissing all
charges against him forlack of evidence. If he isfreed, Mbarushimanawould be the first suspectreleased from ICCcustody since the court’sinception in 2002.
Prosecutors had saidthey would appeal theruling and asked thecourt to delay Mbarushi-mana’s release pendingthe outcome of theappeal.
But in Monday’s writ-ten decision, judges ruledthat Mbarushimana canno longer be detained be-cause the 11 chargesagainst him have beendismissed.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A report quotes Iran’s for-mer president as predictingpro-reform figures will runin the next election.
The report by the semi-official Mehr news agencyMonday quoted Moham-mad Khatami as saying re-formists will not boycottthe March 2012 parliamen-tary elections. Khatami hasemerged as a leader of the
reform movement.Over the past months,
many reformist leadershave said they will not run,reflecting deep dissatisfac-tion with the results of the2009 election, when Mah-moud Ahmadinejad was re-elected president. Manyopposition figures chargedthe election was rigged.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iran reformists will runin next election: Report
U.S. bloggerreleased afterbeing arrestedin SyriaSyrian authorities have re-leased a U.S.-born bloggerand press-freedomcampaigner who wasarrested at the borderwhile on her way to attenda conference in Jordan.
Razan Ghazzawi was de-tained Dec. 4 and charged
last week with fomentingsectarian strife and spread-ing false informationthrough a secret organiza-tion.
The Syrian Center forMedia and Freedom of Ex-pression, where sheworked, said in a statementMonday that Ghazzawi wasfreed Sunday night on bail.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Egypt’s ruling militaryquestioned the morals ofa female detainee, ac-cused a prominent pub-lisher of incitement andbashed the media for al-legedly working to desta-bilize the country in anew effort Monday tocrush the pro-democracymovement trying to oustthe generals.
The criticism, deliveredby a member of the rulingmilitary council in a na-tionally televised newsconference, came hoursafter troops in riot gearswept through Cairo’sTahrir Square, openingfire on protesters and lob-bing tear gas into the
crowds. At least three peo-ple were killed, pushingthe death toll for fourdays of clashes to 14.
Violence has been rag-ing in Cairo since Friday,when military forcesguarding the Cabinetbuilding near TahrirSquare heavily crackeddown on a three-week-oldsit-in to demand the rul-ing generals immediatelyhand power to a civilianauthority. Tahrir was thecentre of the uprising andremains the base of thedemocracy movement’songoing protests.
The raid early Mondayappeared to be an attemptby the military to keep
protesters away from keygovernment buildingsnear the square, includingparliament, the Cabinetheadquarters and the Inte-rior Ministry, which is incharge of the hated police.
The protesters have de-
cried the military’s heavy-handed crackdown, withactivists flooding socialnetworking sites and oth-er media with photos andvideo of troops beatingand attacking protesters.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Egypt’s ruling militarylashes out at protesters
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U.S. officials have warned aCalifornia man who hasbeen donating cups of hissperm to women who wantchildren.
Trent Arsenault tells theSan Francisco Chroniclenewspaper he’s been donat-ing sperm for five years towomen he meets online.
He says he got threewomen pregnant lastmonth, a record for the 36-year-old father of 14 — andcounting.
Arsenault says he consid-ered donating throughsperm banks, which offermoney and donor anonymi-ty. But he decided to give itaway in sterile cups so hecould meet the future par-ents.
The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration has told Ar-senault he’s facing a$100,000 fine or up to ayear in prison for ignoringregulations requiring bloodtests to screen for commu-nicable diseases.
Arsenault, an engineer
with Hewlett-Packard, start-ed donating sperm in De-cember 2006.
Before donating thesperm, Arsenault and theparents sign contracts thatabsolve him of any father-ing rights or responsibili-ties.
In all, Arsenault has giv-en 348 sperm donations to46 women. But it’s not thenumber of donations thatthe FDA has a problemwith. In a letter to Arse-nault in November 2010,the agency took issue withthe safety of his sperm.
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U.S. panda programgets $4.5M boost
Scientists want to try one more time to breed zoopair before switching for new animals from ChinaThe U.S. National Zoo inWashington received $4.5million US on Monday tofund its giant panda repro-duction program for fivemore years.
Philanthropist David M.Rubenstein visited the pan-das with China’s ambassa-dor to the United States toannounce the gift. Ruben-stein is a co-founder of eq-uity firm the Carlyle Groupand is on the board of re-gents at the SmithsonianInstitution, which overseesthe zoo.
“There are probably 10-million species on the faceof the earth, and I doubtthat any one of thosespecies is more popularand more beloved than thegiant panda,” Rubensteinsaid at a news conference
by the zoo’s giant pandayard. He said the money isa holiday gift to the peopleof Washington and to thecountry because pandasmake people happy.
“Hopefully this will re-sult in more pandas being
born here,” he said.The zoo said male panda
Tian Tian has been show-ing early signs of breedingbehaviour. But the zoo issecuring frozen semenfrom a now-dead panda atthe San Diego zoo to use asa backup next year. Thezoo is also making changesto the panda habitat, suchas eliminating artificiallight at night to encouragenatural breeding cyclesthat have come abnormal-ly early for female pandaMei Xiang in years past.
David Wildt, a reproduc-tive scientist, said chancesof Mei Xiang having anoth-er cub may be slim becausethere have been five yearsof failed attempts to breedthe panda couple. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Tweet deal as Saudi princebuys $300M stake in TwitterSaudi billionaire Prince Al-waleed bin Talal and his in-vestment firm, KingdomHolding Co., are pouring$300 million into Twitter,Alwaleed announced onMonday.
The investment followsmonths of negotiationsand will give the companya “strategic stake” in Twit-ter, though it wasn’t clearhow much the prince willcontrol.
Alwaleed, a nephew ofthe Saudi king, has a histo-
ry of investing in mediaand technology compa-nies. He owns 95 per centof KHC, which has majorstakes in Citigroup Inc.,Apple Inc. and Rupert Mur-doch’s News Corp.
His Twitter investmentcomes as Arab activistsfrom Tunisia to Bahrainhave flocked to Twitter toco-ordinate protests andvoice their opposition tolong-ruling autocraticregimes.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pilots to workthrough theholidays NO STRIKE ... YET. The AirCanada Pilots Associationsays travellers do nothave to worry about astrike over the busyChristmas season. Theunion group issued astatement to that effect.Pilots aren’t in a legalstrike position until mid-February, when they facea potential deadline.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Saab files forbankruptcyTROLLHATTAN, SWEDEN.Saab Automobile filed forbankruptcy on Monday,giving up a desperatestruggle to stay inbusiness after previousowner General MotorsCo. blocked takeover at-tempts by Chineseinvestors.
Saab CEO VictorMuller personally handedin the bankruptcy appli-cation to a court in south-
western Sweden, endinghis two-year effort to re-vive the carmaker.
The Dutchentrepreneur toldreporters he had to pullthe plug after GM, whichstill owns some technolo-gy licences for Saab,rejected a last-ditchfinancing plan with aChinese company.
While experts say Saabis likely to be chopped upand sold in parts, officialsin the town ofTrollhattan, where Saabemploys more than 3,000people, were holding outhope that a new buyerwould emerge to salvagethe brand.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Republicansbalk at payrolltax cut SENATE VS. HOUSE. The U.S.House of Representativesintends to vote down atwo-month extension of apayroll tax cut for millionsof Americans that clearedthe Senate late last week,Speaker John Boehnersaid Monday. Without ac-tion by Congress, both thepayroll tax cut and a pro-gram for long-term unem-ployment benefits willexpire on Jan. 1.
It’s the latest game oflegislative brinksmanshipbetween the Senate andthe House. Economistshave warned that themove could set back an al-ready fragile economic re-covery. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
News in brief
Illegal voicemail intercep-tion and cellphone track-ing was a matter of routineat both The Sun and theNews of the Worldtabloids, the brother of awhistleblower at the cen-tre of Britain’s phone hack-ing scandal said Monday.
Stuart Hoare —brotherof the late journalist SeanHoare — told an inquiry in-to British media ethics thatboth papers, published byRupert Murdoch’s News In-ternational Ltd., broke thelaw as part of their “dailyroutine.”
“The reality was thatphone hacking was endem-ic within the News Interna-tional group,” Hoare saidin a witness statement pub-lished on the inquiry’swebsite.
“I know this to be thecase because Sean and I reg-ularly discussed this andthere are emails in exis-tence which support Sean’sdescription of a practice re-ferred to during such meet-ings as ‘the dark side.’”
Sean Hoare was the firstex-News of the World jour-nalist to publicly accuse hisformer editor Andy Coul-son of being at the hub of aculture of wrongdoing atthe paper, an allegationthat helped ignite the scan-
dal that forced Murdoch toclose the British tabloid.Coulson is one of a dozenformer News of the Worldjournalists arrested in thescandal.
Sean Hoare, who suf-fered from a drinking prob-lem, died in July just as thescandal was exploding. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Phone-hacking routine:Whistleblower’s brother
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Local tweetsYOUR PASTREARS ITS UGLY HEAD ON FACEBOOK
Everybody hates change, espe-cially us over-entitledFacebook users. Whenever thedevelopers at the omnipresentsocial networking site makeeven the slightest tweaks, a
large percentage of the 800 million activeusers become a seriously whiny bunch.And while modifications to privacysettings are a completely legitimateconcern, you have to wonder if the digitaluproar over every little page layoutalteration is really all that necessary.
So when Mark (King of the Internet) Zuckerbergannounced that Facebook would be overhauling theentire site and introducing its new Timeline feature, allkinds of Internet hell broke loose. The angry masses tookto their keyboards to protest about the changes in fumingstatus updates, ironically using the very medium they’recriticizing to complain about it. How very meta right?Somewhere, Marshall McLuhan is smiling.
Once upon a time, Facebook sold itself on connectingpeople, but the new feature (which finally launchedworldwide last week) reveals what the site has really been
about all along: vanity. More visual and
customizable, Timeline letsyou play curator in a muse-um of your own digital his-tory. The scrapbook-likeinterface means users canupload not one but TWOprofile photos, enabling amore two-dimensional formof narcissism. So now youcan post that here-I-am-drunk-at-a-bar-throwing-up-offensive-hand-gesturessnapshot juxtaposed againsta wide-angle photograph
from your trip to Southeast Asia last year. All of which toprove to your friends that you might actually have somesubstance.
More importantly, Timeline’s neatly organized yearlycatalogue makes taking a walk down memory lane thatmuch easier. Us early adopters (I’ve been sharing my ownmundane personal details since November 2005), we can’tresist the temptation to jump back and forth throughoutthe years, reliving our not-so-distant past through old con-versations and tagged photos.
Remember when you signed all your wall posts withyour name at the bottom because it was maybe kind oflike an email? How silly. And remember all those lost pho-tos from your fat years that were once buried in ancientalbums? Well now they’re just a click away!
Yes there’s plenty to discover on Facebook in the age ofTimeline. But before you publish your digital autobiogra-phy, you might want to take a moment to edit those postsfrom the years before you accepted your mom’s friend re-quest. After all, Facebook is the one place where life’smost cringe-worthy moments can be deleted for good.
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Best and worst of 2011Before we get carried away with promising new movies of 2012, let’s take a moment to
remember 2011 in film Here’s Metro’s picks of the best and worst the year had to offer
The Best
1. HugoWhether in 3D or not, Mar-tin Scorsese’s tribute tochildhood and the earlydays of cinema dazzles andenchants — thanks in nosmall part to newcomerAsa Butterfield as the titu-lar orphan keeping theclocks in a Paris train sta-tion running.
2. ShameAll nudity jokes aside,Michael Fassbender turnsin one of the most power-ful performances of theyear as man feeding his sexaddiction while trying tokeep the rest of life atarm’s length. A bummer ofa film, to be sure, but it’s amore honest and unflinch-ing look at life than audi-ences have seen in a longtime.
3. BeginnersA sweet and crafty film,Mike Mills’ semi-autobio-graphical tale about a man(Ewan McGregor) dealingwith his 75-year-old father(Christopher Plummer)coming out of the closet isquite simply a thing ofbeauty.
4. Like CrazyFair warning: This film istrying to break your heart— and it succeeds, thanksto frank and risky impro-
vised performances by Fe-licity Jones and AntonYelchin as young loverswho make stupid butwhole believable decisionsfor the sake of love. Quietlydevastating.
5. WeekendA startling debut fromBritish filmmaker AndrewHaigh that chronicles themeeting and subsequentthree-day romance of twomen in elegant, true-to-lifefrankness.
The Worst
1. J. EdgarThere were arguably worsefilms this year — justcheck further down thislist — but Clint Eastwood’ssimultaneously too subtleand clumsily loud biopicfails more spectacularly
than the rest. Given the Os-car-winning talent in-volved, the artlessmelodrama of J. Edgar isparticularly startling.
2. Waiting for ForeverIt’s not nice to pick onsmaller films, but this in-die gem was so egregious itdemands mention. Itsgreatest offence? Playingstalking and mental illnessoff as cute rom-com behav-iour.
3. New Year’s EveA romantic comedy DeathStar that can’t hide its cyni-cism, the movie did man-age to sneak in SarahJessica Parker being intro-duced by the sound ofhorse hooves, so it’s not atotal loss.
4. Larry CrowneA completely tone-deaf andsexless romantic comedy,featuring Tom Hanks andJulia Roberts doing theirbest approximation of“everyday people” — andshowing just how out oftouch they are.
5. The Twilight Saga:Breaking Dawn — Part 1Criticizing the Twilightfranchise is a futile enter-prise, of course, but thislatest entry — half a bookstretched out far longerthan the story can support— brings something newto the series’ list of of-fences: It’s unbearably bor-ing. Also, no title shouldneed that much punctua-tion.
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Paul McCartney is re-leasing an album ofstandards — plustwo new songs ofhis own. The formerBeatle announcedMonday that hisnew disc will be outon Feb. 7. It doesn’thave a title yet buthe’s already stream-ing one song, MyValentine, on hiswebsite. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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After Oscar nominationsfor the dramas The Hurt
Locker and The Town, actorJeremy Renner did whatany self-respecting Cali-fornian would do: Takeroles where he could blowstuff up in big-time action
movies. Besides this week’sMission: Impossible —Ghost Protocol, oppositeTom Cruise, he’s got nextyear’s Hansel and Gretel:Witch Hunters, plays
Hawkman in The Avengersand takes over for Matt Da-mon (as a new character) inThe Bourne Supremacy.“Suddenly, the offers camestreaming in,” he says of
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Jeremy Renner gets some actionThe actor famous for The Hurt Locker channels his inner action hero in MI4 Too bad he’s scared of heights
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his life, post AcademyAwards. In Mission: Impos-sible 4, he plays Brandt, ananalyst for the Ministry ofDefense who joins TomCruise’s Ethan Hunt in or-der to put a stop to theelaborate plans of a terror-ist. “The action is ongoing,but I wanted my characterto be credible,” insists theactor.
Renner is also full ofpraise for Cruise, his co-starin the movie. “Sometimeshe came across like this su-per experienced guy, pay-
ing attention to every sin-gle thing happening on set.Other times, he would belike a teenager ... ready totake on the craziest ofstunts.”
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The Girl With The Dragon TattooGenre: DramaDirector: David FincherStars: Daniel Craig, RooneyMara, Stellan Skarsgard 81111⁄2
Sweden and director DavidFincher were apparentlymade for each other. In theEnglish-language versionof the Girl with the Drag-on Tattoo, Fincher certain-ly makes the most of hisstark locations, with thewintry scenes almost inblack and white. The man
just knows how to move acamera. The real reason tosee the film, though, isRooney Mara as rough-edged computer hackerand ward of the state Lis-beth Salander. She stalksthe frame, hitting bothself-assured power andself-doubting vulnerabilitynaturally. Her counterpart,Daniel Craig as disgracedjournalist MikaelBlomkvist, impresses aswell as a very un-Bond not-so-super sleuth.
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Midnight in ParisGenre: ComedyDirector: Woody AllenStars: Owen Wilson, RachelMcAdams, Kathy Bates811
In Woody Allen’s Midnightin Paris, the City of Lightsis a leading lady, shot withreverence by cinematogra-phers Darius Khondji andJohanne Debas who depictit with the rapture oflovers. But don’t think thisfilm is merely a delicioustravelogue. Allen is musingon the folly of nostalgia,which seduces us with thethought that life musthave been better in thepast.
It’s an affliction that hasstruck Gil (Owen Wilson)hard. He’s a successful Hol-lywood screenwriter whowould rather pen novels,and yearns for the ro-mance of Paris in the1920s, the Jazz Age, whenhe presumes the wordsflowed as easily as cham-pagne.
Gil finds himself inParis with his fiancée, Inez
(Rachel McAdams), andher wealthy, shallow par-ents. Faced with anotherboring evening with Inezand her pretentiousfriends, Gil begs off to gofor a walk.
Wandering off his in-tended path, Gil finds him-
self somewhat lost just as anearby clock strikes 12and a vintage Peugeot rollsup to the curb. Its passen-gers beckon Gil to jointhem.
Surprisingly, perhaps,Wilson handles the role ofthe adventurous Gil handi-
ly and believably. Magicaland dreamy, Midnight inParis will take you on atrip you didn’t bargain for.
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Margin CallGenre: DramaDirector: J.C. Chandor
Stars: Zachary Quinto, StanleyTucci, Kevin Spacey811⁄2
You don’t have to under-stand the niceties of asset-backed commercial paperto enjoy the boardroomthriller Margin Call, thefast-moving feature debutfrom writer/director J.C.Chandor. Set over twotense days and one verylong night at a Wall Streetinvestment firm very like
the late Lehman Brothers,Margin Call is a realistictake on what happenswhen high-flying moneyspeculators suddenly hitground.
Director Chandor madethe right decision focusinghis lens on the people —not the numbers — of thefinancial crisis. This is aGreek tragedy wearingpinstripes.
PETER HOWELL
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Justin Bieber never be-lieved in Santa Claus.
“My mom al-ways told methere wasn’t aSanta,” thepop startellsAOL Mu-sic.
“Thiswas her log-ic: Shethought if Igrew upknowingabout Santathen find-ingout
he wasn’t real, that itwould be like she was ly-
ing to me. Andthen when she
told me aboutGod, I maybe
wouldn’tbelieve her.”
Luckily, itwas a tidbitthat Bieber
was goodenough tokeep to him-self.
“I didn’t tellmy friends or ru-in it for anyone,”
he says. “I wasa good kid.”
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Brad Pitt didn’t have tolook far to find a buyer forhis Malibu mansion: EllenDeGeneres and Portia deRossi snatched up the $12-million property with pri-vate beach access thismonth, according to Us
Weekly. “It was a quick transac-
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“Ellen and Portia wouldlike to start using thehouse immediately.”
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At least Courtney’s housewas Pretty on the InsideAfter damaging the decorin her $27,000 a monthNew York Citytownhouse, CourtneyLove has been evicted, ac-cording to the New YorkPost.
“I was horrified bywhat she had done. Thewalls that had been hand-painted and glazed wereruined, covered indamask wallpaper andice-blue paint,” the own-er, Donna Lyon, says ofLove, who is reportedlytwo months behind onrent as well.
And that’s afterstarting a fire in the mas-ter bedroom in June.
“I got a call from heraccountant, who said,‘Miss Love is fine,’ which Iwas glad to hear,” Lyonsays. “But I thought,‘What about the house?’”
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For the first time in a longwhile, Lindsay Lohan has abona fide hit on herhands.
Retailers are reportedlyhaving trouble keepingcopies of her issue of Play-boy in stock, according toTMZ.
There also has been asurge of online subscribersto the magazine’s websitesince the release of thetroubled actress’ nakedpictorial.
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Lohan a hot commodity again
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Spice ofthe seasonThe aromas
and flavours of spices signal the holiday season– and they’re good for you. Our senior editorMargaret Nearing round-ed up some of the latest studies for the De-cember issue of BestHealth.
Nutmeg It’s long been known asan aphrodisiac, thoughthe evidence has largelybeen anecdotal.
Now scientists at theUniversity of Guelphhave reviewed the re-search showing nutmegincreased sexual activityin animals.
Why not sprinkle a lit-tle extra on your eggnog?
Cardamom It’s a source of man-ganese, and a U.S. study
found that women whoate high amounts ofmanganese each day hadfewer PMS symptomsthan those who ate theleast. Add a generoussprinkle to your morningcoffee or tea.
Cloves These are one of the bestsources of antioxidants,the compounds that helpfight off disease-causingfree radicals in our bod-ies.
Next time you make
rice, add a few cloves tothe cooking pot.
Cinnamon A study shows that awhiff of cinnamon, orchewing cinnamon gum,stimulated the cognitiveprocess and improvedscores in working memo-ry and visual-motor re-sponse speed.
Sprinkle cinnamon onyour morning cereal.
Ginger It has long been used to
soothe upset stomachs. Now, Toronto re-
searchers recommendginger as a “safe, effec-tive and inexpensive so-lution” for nausea andvomiting due to pregnan-cy. (But check with yourdoctor first.)
Ginger makes a greataddition to any rub forroasted meats.
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There are so many tempta-tions at this time of year.
Whether it’s the treatsthat constantly seem to beon offer at work, the hugefamily dinners, or junkfood to accompany amovie, the holidays are fa-mous for luring us into eat-ing and drinking too much.
Eggnog, shortbread,gravy, and plenty of booze— beware.
The good news, accord-ing to Kim Arrey, a dietitianand nutrition coach inMontreal, is that, with a lit-tle advance planning andcareful choosing, you canindulge without too muchguilt.
She estimates that theaverage weight gain duringthe holidays is three to fivepounds.
“When faced with somany opportunities to con-sume foods that containmore fat, more salt or moresugar, and may be less nu-trient dense than usual,many people are over-whelmed. Since many ofthese goodies are only of-fered up once a year, theoption is clear — eat thegoodies.”
Arrey recommends youaccept that there will betemptations, and choosebetween them. For exam-ple, skip the eggnog buthave one dessert, if dessertis your thing.
The holidays can do some serious damage to your waistline But with some careful plansyou can still enjoy the fun without suffering the New Year’s hangover Read up and dig in
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Here are Arrey’s tips for
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Slow down Enjoy allaspects of your meal —savour the taste andtexture of your food andthe conversation going onaround you. Stay the course Eat yourfavourite foods, and dropthe ones you eat justbecause they are there.“Plum pudding only comesaround once a year, so ifyou enjoy it, leave roomfor it by not eating themashed potatoes. Whywaste calories on foodsyou do not like?” says Ar-rey.Snack Eat a snack betweenmeals. This helps you eatsmaller amounts at meals.Try a source of protein,such as nuts or cheese,along with fruit or vegeta-bles and dip. Rule When putting foodon your plate, rememberthe one-quarter, one-half,one-quarter diagram: Tryto fill half of your platewith vegetables and onlyone-quarter of the platewith grains or potatoesand one-quarter of theplate with meat and alter-natives. “Unless they aredrowning in butter orsauce, vegetables are agreat way to include greattaste, nutrients and nottoo many calories.”
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meat mallet, combineand lightly crush cloves,fennel, cumin, coriander.
2 In large stock pot heat oilover medium-high. Addseeds, onions and garlic.Cook 5 mins. or untilonions begin to brown.Add wine, orange juice,lemon juice, Worcester-shire sauce and oregano.Place ham in pot; fill withwater to cover.
3 Bring to boil, then reduceto a simmer. Cover andsimmer for 2 hours.
4 Line a baking sheet withfoil and place a roastingrack over foil. Removeham from pot and placeon rack.
5 Glaze: In bowl, whiskmustard and apple jelly,then brush over surfaceof ham. Roast in 230 C(450 F) oven 25 mins. oruntil glaze is bubbly. Letham rest in a warm placefor 20 minutes beforeslicing.ADAPTED BY EMILY RICHARDS,PROFESSIONAL HOME ECONO-MIST, COOKBOOK AUTHOR ANDTV CHEF. (EMILYRICHARDSCOOKS.CA)/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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2 In a blender, combineeggs, cream, 5 ml (1tsp) of the ground cin-namon and salt; pureeuntil smooth. Setaside.
3 Cut each cinnamonbun into 2.5- to 5-cm(1- to 2-inch) chunks.Arrange chunks ineven layer in preparedbaking dish. Pour eggmix over pieces of cin-
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• 12 large glazedcinnamon buns• 250 ml (1 cup) icing sug-ar• 22 ml (1 1/2 tbsp) water• 5 ml (1 tsp) vanillaextract
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namon buns. As youpour, use fork to presson bun pieces to helpthem absorb liquid.
4 Bake in 180 C (350 F)oven 25 to 30 mins. oruntil lightly puffed andstarting to brown. Letcool 15 to 20 mins.Meanwhile, in a bowl,whisk together icingsugar, water, vanilla andremaining cinnamon.Drizzle bread puddingwith glaze, then cut itinto 12 squares. THE AS-SOCIATED PRESS/ ADAPTEDBY EMILY RICHARDS
Ensemble Tap, new concept from Canada’s Top Chef, serves upscale bar food
At firstglance, onemight mis-take it for aregular pub.
Wings, nachos, and cala-mari — the usual appy sus-pects — top the menu.
With 15 micro-brews ontap, Dale MacKay’s newsecond concept is, in everyrespect, a sports bar.
To expect the familiarwould be ignorant, howev-er, with Canada’s Top Chefat the reigns. EnsembleTap will no doubt attract
Compliments to the chef: DaleMacKay unites bar & gourmet
ERIN IRELAND
Ensemble Tap990 Smithe St.
604-566-9770
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Reservations: Yes (8+
guests)
Licensed: Yes
Quick solo lunch: Yes
Social lunch: Yes
Client negotiations: Yes
Co-worker lunch: Yes
Price range: $12 - $18
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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Chicken Burger ($14).
throngs of non-sports fanswhen word of its unprece-dented bar food gets out (ifit hasn’t already).
While toiling over themenu, several staff mem-bers suggested the Chick-en Burger — McKay’sgourmet take on his
favourite drive-thru item:the McChicken Sandwich.Immediately intrigued, Iobliged.
Like the mass-producedoriginal, Tap’s includesshredded lettuce andbreaded chicken. Similari-ties end here. Killer smoky
paprika mayo, crushed av-ocado, and crispy bacon —a triple threat — lay be-tween Terra Breads’ densefocaccia.
I was ‘lovin’ it’ so much,that this sandwich landson my Best of 2011 LunchRush list.
Preparation: 1 Using mortar and pestleor resealable bag and
Simmer the meat in a broth that allows the flavours to seep deeper
Ingredients:
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) whole cloves• 5 ml (1 tsp) fennel seeds• 5 ml (1 tsp) cumin seeds• 15 ml (1 tbsp) corianderseeds
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) canola oil• 2 onions, quartered• 2 cloves garlic, crushed• 250 ml (1 cup) white wine• 250 ml (1 cup) orange juice• 50 ml (1/4 cup) lemon juice• 50 ml (1/4 cup) Worcester-shire sauce
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) driedoregano• 1 bone-in ham (3.175 to 3.5kg/7 to 8 lb)• Glaze• 125 ml (1/2 cup) Dijonmustard• 125 ml (1/2 cup) apple jelly
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The Financial ConsumerAgency of Canada(fcac.gc.ca) urges everyoneto be a little extra vigilantduring the holidays, sincewe are often rushed andtrying to do two things atonce.
Justin Hwang, associatevice president of FraudManagement at TD CanadaTrust, says that bogus web-sites can easily snare the
unwary. He notes that web-site addresses beginningwith https:// are usually se-cure. But if you updateyour antivirus software reg-ularly you’ll be alerted tothe phony ones.
With so much shoppinggoing on at this time of yearyou should also take aglance at your credit cardand bank statements moreoften than normal to catchany unauthorized activity.
When you are short oftime it’s tempting to handover your credit or debitcard to a child to make cer-tain purchases for you.
Aside from the fact thatsuch use violates your con-tract with the bank, eventhe most responsible kidsdon’t necessarily under-stand the importance of be-ing vigilant about fraud.
But, of course, manyyoungsters these days havetheir own debit cards andmay be authorized users ona parental card.
Watch them as they use
these cards and coach themabout ensuring their card isalways close at hand.
They shouldn’t put it onthe cashier’s counter whereothers in line can see it.And keeping their PIN onegiant secret is vital. I recom-mend kids change their PINevery six months or so.
Have a wonderful and se-cure holiday. ALISON GRIFFITHS IS THE AUTHOR OFTHE UPCOMING BOOK COUNT ON YOUR-SELF: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR MONEY.REACH HER AT ALISONGRIFFITHS.CAOR [email protected].
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Happy holi-days fun andfrugal read-ers!
Have youbeen avoiding
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Starting now, you need aplan to pay off your creditcard debt as fast as possibleso as to avoid massive inter-est charges in the new year.
The best way to deal withholiday credit card debt isto get organized. Figure outwho you owe money to,how much and the interestrate. Next, scrounge up anextra $10 or $20 per week
and pay a little extra on thehighest interest credit andstore card bills.
By making extra pay-ments as often as you can,you’re tackling the princi-ple portion of the debtmore often which trans-lates into less interest beingaccumulated. If you’restumped on where to findan extra $20; cut back oncellphone plans or coffeesand sell unwanted house-hold items on Kijiji.
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the fastest growing
group of online
consumers.
Don’t shop online usingpublic or unsecured wire-less Internet.Be cautious about sharingtoo much information onsocial networking sites.Be sure you know a site issecure before enteringpersonal information.Use virus or spyware pro-tection software and up-date it regularly.Avoid using the automaticpassword or personal in-formation log in functionon your computer.Don’t use Wi-Fi hotspotsto log into your social net-working pages.
What is appropriate to ex-
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gards to table manners and
etiquette? Myself, I always
taught my children well,
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lack of manners of so many
children these days.
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Dear Sticky for Manners,Well, the world has
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social behaviour. Children should be
taught manners and so-cial skills from a veryyoung age. As soon asthey are able to start toreason and understandverbal language you canstart with a simple pleaseand thank you.
Once children start toget older (five to eight),learning table mannersbecomes important.
Understanding how tocorrectly use a knife andfork at the table, how toleave the table, drinkfrom a glass, etc.
Now for those parentswho think you can do thisthe night before a familyevent, that is where youare going wrong; turningthese skills into everydayhabits is the objective.
Some of the reasonsyou need to practice thisat the family kitchentable every night are be-cause:
1. You must practice anew skill for 21 days to
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this new pattern to be-come automatic.
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Luongo lookingdominant once again
Canucks goalie posts sixth win in seven games after early season struggles
Roberto Luongo earned hisfirst shutout of the seasonas the Vancouver Canucksblanked the MinnesotaWild 4-0 on Monday night.
Henrik Sedin scored agoal and added two assists,and his twin brother Danieladded three helpers as theCanucks (20-11-2) postedtheir second straight winand 11th in 14 games.
The second-overall Wild(20-9-5) are off to their beststart in franchise history,but suffered a fourthstraight loss.
Luongo recorded 33saves, while Henrik Sedinextended his points streakto three games.
Luongo registered hisfirst outright shutout of theseason after sharing a teamshutout Dec. 9 against Col-orado, when he left earlywith a throat injury.
Ryan Kesler, Alex Bur-rows and Jannik Hansen al-
so scored for the Canucks.Despite missing five key
forwards to injury, the Wildcontrolled most of the playin the first period whileoutshooting the Canucks13-9. But Vancouver held a1-0 lead after 20 minutesand then built its lead to 3-0after the second.
Luongo was tested earlyas a Dany Heatley deflec-tion slid just wide of thepost 10:30 into the game
and a Pierre-Marc Bouchardslapshot required a difficultsave.
Henrik Sedin opened thescoring on a power play at18:52 of the first as he firedoff a cross-ice pass from histwin brother Daniel.
Minnesota goaltenderNiklas Backstrom got apiece of the puck, but ittrickled through his legs.The goal came exactly aminute after Wild wingerColton Gillies was penal-ized for hooking.
The goal came after Van-couver defenceman AlexEdler made a great play atthe other end of the ice, rac-ing back to check MattCullen as he rushed alonetoward the Vancouver netwith the puck.
Kesler put the Canucksahead 2-0 on another powerplay midway through thesecond period. He fired inDaniel Sedin’s pass from
behind the net as theSwede waited patiently be-fore sneaking a puckthrough to Kesler on theedge of the crease.
Burrows gave theCanucks a 3-0 advantagewith just over two minutesleft in the second. He put inDaniel Sedin’s pass fromthe side of the net, culmi-nating a three-way passingplay with the twins.
Luongo preserved hisshutout with just underfour minutes left in thegame as he stopped aColton Gillies backhand fol-lowing a giveaway deep inthe Vancouver end. Mo-ments later, Hansen closedout the scoring.
The Wild suffered theirninth straight loss in Van-couver since last winningJan. 31, 2009. Minnesotahas gone 0-7-2 at RogersArena since then.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canucks right-winger Alex Burrows, left, lifts a shot past Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom
as Henrik and Daniel Sedin circle the Minnesota net.
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Rangerswin theDarvishderbyThe Texas Rangers havesubmitted the winning bidfor Yu Darvish, earning theright to negotiate acontract with the Japanesepitcher.
Major League Baseballannounced Monday nightthat the Hokkaido NipponHam Fighters of Japan’s Pa-cific League informed theU.S. commissioner’s officethat they have accepted thetop bid for Darvish.
The Rangers, who havewon the past two ALpennants, now have 30days to sign Darvish to acontract. The 25-year-oldright-hander is consideredthe best pitcher in Japanand several of baseball’sbiggest spenders werethought to be interested inhim.
“The Texas Rangers arepleased and excited to haveacquired the rights to nego-tiate with Yu Darvish. Ourorganization has scoutedMr. Darvish for the last sev-eral years and has beenvery impressed with hisabilities andaccomplishments. We be-lieve he would be a greataddition to the TexasRangers pitching staff,” theRangers said in astatement. “We lookforward to beginning thenext step of this process inthe very near future withMr. Darvish and his repre-sentatives.”
Bidding for the postingfee closed last Wednesday,and the Ham Fighters haduntil 5 p.m. ET on Tuesdayto accept.
The posting fee will bepaid only if an agreement isreached with Darvish’sagents, Arn Tellem andDon Nomura.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yu Darvish
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Sports in brief
Boone Jenner,Mark Stone andBrendan Gallagherscored for theCanadian juniormen’s hockey teamin a 3-1 win overFinland inMonday’sexhibition game.
Finland will beCanada’s firstopponent whenthe 2012 world jun-ior hockey champi-onship opensSunday in Edmon-ton and Calgary.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Aries March 21-April 20 Whystress yourself out when with thesame amount of effort you canhave a great deal of fun?
Taurus April 21-May 21 Youwill be tempted to go to extremesin your personal life today.
Gemini May 22-June 21 Putmoney worries behind you and dosomething that makes you feelgood about yourself. If you feel theneed to get away, just go.
Cancer June 22-July 22 Prom-ise yourself here and now that nomatter what happens over the nextfew days you won’t overreact.
Leo July 23-Aug.23 A few daysfrom now you may look back andfeel guilty about some of thethings you said and did.
Virgo Aug. 24- Sept. 22 Youwon’t hesitate to help someone inneed today.
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23 Some-one you meet while working orpursuing a creative interest will getyour heart racing today.
Scorpio Oct. 24-Nov. 22 Youenjoy doing what others say can-not (or should not) be done, butdon’t get carried away and dosomething that leaves a black mark
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21 Do something different today,something no one would expectyou to do.
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 20You may want to impress someonewho means a lot to you but don’tgo over the top.
Aquarius Jan. 21-Feb. 18You have nothing to worry aboutand everything to look forward to.
Pisces Feb. 19-March 20.Think with your head but feel withyour heart. Listen to what yourheart tells you today — and act onit. SALLY BROMPTON
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