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Martian red pines stand tallagainst the backdrop of a burntsienna sky flecked with stars. Theimage looks like it was shot onanother planet, but its actuallya photo taken in Manitoba by 14-year-old Evan Krosney.

The Oak Park School teensphoto, Beauties of the Milky Way,was the only Manitoba submis-sion to win a place in the top 40for the National Capital Com-missions environmentallythemed EcoArt contest.

Im definitely honoured,Krosney said. Out of all the peo-ple (who submitted their photos)in Canada, they liked my photoenough to be a part of it.

The photo was taken duringan astronomy trip with hisfather, Bill, last summer at

Sprucewoods Provincial Park. Originally, the trees were

meant to be silhouettes, but adriver draped red cellophaneover his beaming headlights,which resulted in red pines, Kros-ney explained.

It came out with a niceresult, he said.

Evan has been studying pho-tography for about a year and ahalf and has had his images pub-lished in a calendar and broad-cast on TV.

The artists will have theirwork exhibited this winter at theDows Gallery on the RideauCanal Skateway in Ottawa. Thefirst-place winners will receivephotography equipment valuedat $1,800; second and third prizesare valued at $1,100.

A snapshot ofa rising star

Teen beat out more than 3,700 other entries from young photographersaged 14-24 Love of photography is a hobby, wants to be a physicist

This photo taken at Sprucewoods Provincial Park is a nalist in the contest. More of his photos can be viewed at ickr.com/photos/evankr/

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EVAN KROSNEY/CONTRIBUTED

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The nature that lies above us,The mysteries it can retain.

From earth, we gaze to the heavens,

To the environment we must retain.

Evan wrote a poem to gowith his submission:

Want to see more great photos?Check out the winners of Metrosnational photo contest {page 12}

Evan Krosney

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02 metronews.caMONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011news: winnipeg

Ribbon cut at youth centre

Youth will soon have accessto a gleaming new recre-ation centre in downtownWinnipeg.

On Friday, a ribbon wascut to signify completion ofYouth for Christs Centrefor Youth Excellence a$13.6-million, 53,000-square-foot facility at MainStreet and Higgins Avenue.

As far as Im concernedthis could be one of thebest recreational facilitiesin the country, said MayorSam Katz, one of severalpoliticians and dignitarieson hand.

Katz was credited byPublic Safety Minister VicToews as being instrumen-tal in the projects success.

I dont think that wedsee this building here todayif it wasnt for his push andhis commitment, Toewssaid.

Amenities at the centre,which will open Jan. 7 toyouth aged 12 to 18, in-clude an indoor skateboardpark, 50-foot climbing wall,dance studios, regulation-sized gym, theatre, pool ta-bles and a lounge/caf.

Dozens of youth, tryingout the centre for the first

time, were climbing andskating noisily as speecheswent on.

Austin Thomas, 18, saidthe skateboard park is in-sane. This place is, like,ground-breaking on somany levels. Its incredi-ble.

At the end of the day,this is not about a build-ing, said YFC board chair-man Robert Reimer.

This is about givinghope, purpose, self-worth,values and the opportunityto transform youth intowhat their potential mightbe.

Concerns

Proselytizing. Even before ashovel hit dirt last year, crit-ics of the new YFC centreexpressed concern it will beused to proselytize Christi-anity to youth.Bible study. YFC executivedirector John Courtney saidfaith will be broached veryrespectfully.... We wouldgive them the opportunity invite them, for instance,to a Bible study. If theychoose to go (it would be)

with their parents permis-sion.Faith journey. Its a partof what we believe in,Courtney said. If a youngperson does embrace afaith journey, that plays avery critical role in terms ofbringing added value totheir life.Play in our gym. But ifthey dont want to partici-pate in that, they can stillclimb our walls, skate in ourskate park, play in ourgym. YFC volunteer Joel Unruh scales the 50-foot climbing wall.

SEAN LEDWICH/FOR METROCentre will have drop-in, counselling and job-training facilities

The insane bowl is the only

indoor skate bowl in Canada.

SEAN LEDWICH/FOR METRO

From left, YFC executive

director John Courtney, Minister

Vic Toews, YFC board chairman

Robert Reimer and Mayor Sam

Katz cut the ribbon.


This is absolutelyspectacular.There comes atime, as anelected official,(when) youve gotto standtall, youve got totake criticism,youve got to takethreats and youve got todo whats right.And, baby, thiswas right.MAYOR SAM KATZ

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03metronews.caMONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011news:winnipeg

A natural resource officershowed up at OccupyWinnipeg yesterday andgave a passing grade to allfive tents remaining, in-cluding a wooden yurt.

On Thursday, theprovince placed 72-hourremoval notices on 13tents they deemed to bevacant, and asked occu-piers to get rid of garbageat the Memorial Parkcamp.

The notices warned of are-inspection yesterday

at 10 a.m.At about noon, eight

occupiers greeted a loneofficer there for the re-in-spection.

He came by and wegot a very positive re-view, occupier Ken Ha-rasym said.

He was concernedmainly with safety andthe clearance of the emp-ty tents. He was very im-pressed, from hisreaction, that we cleanedup well and that werelooking after each other.

The officer confirmedall the tents were occu-pied, Harasym said.

Terry Weaymouth,whose military-style tenthad received a removalnotice, pointed out thatthe notices had checkboxes related to evictionand trespassing that wereunmarked.

All it said was, To beremoved, inspection onSunday at 10. Thats all itsaid. I knew it wasnt abig deal.

They got a job to do,and it was in disarray inthe past week. It lookedlike a freakin mess downhere. Im just glad every-one was able to come yes-terday to clean.

Just five tents leftat Occupy camp

Activists spent Saturday removing piles of garbage and paring down camp at Memorial Park

Occupier Ken Harasym walks with a natural resource Ocer inspecting

the Occupy Winnipeg camp yesterday.



Police investigate deadly accident

Fatal. Crash

Police inspect the front of a vehicle at the scene of a car-pedestrian accident at Portage

Avenue and Maryland Street yesterday. A 65-year-old man was taken to hospital just after

11 a.m. in critical condition. He died shortly afterward.

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Dust-up turnsinto melee FREE-FOR-ALL. Policeresponded to an alterca-tion on the 200 block ofQueen Street Saturdaynight after reports of abreak-and-enter and stab-bing. Officers found a 16-year-old male with stabwounds to his upper bodythat occurred during afight with a 37-year-oldwoman and two femaleyouth. The male was visit-ing a female resident ofthe home.

The suspects fled andtried to board a bus onPortage Avenue, but weredenied entry. All threewere arrested, but onlythe woman faces charges,

including two counts ofmischief under $5,000due to damages incurredat the house and to thecity bus. METRO

Shotgun usedin break-inSUSPECTS SOUGHT. Policeare looking for two menwho forced their way intoa home on the 300 blockof Alfred Avenue afterone of the residents, an18-year old male,answered the door.

Another male resident,43, tried to help the teenwhen one of the suspectsproduced a shotgun andfired a shot. The residentswere able to take thefirearm away from the in-truders, who fled thescene.

Police have recoveredthe shotgun, though the

motive for the home inva-sion is unclear becausenothing was stolen andno injuries were reported.

Police are asking any-one with information tocall investigators at 986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at786-8477.

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Kids escapehouse fire TORONTO STREET BLAZE.Winnipeg firefighters re-sponded to a kitchen fireat 4 p.m. on Saturday atthe 300 block of TorontoStreet. Five children inthe house at the time,aged two, eight, 10, 12,and 14, escaped withoutinjury. Damages are esti-mated at $250,000. Noother homes were affect-ed.

METRO

News in brief

metronews.caMONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011

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The Conservatives are final-ly putting the social intotheir use of social media.

Treasury Board PresidentTony Clement will host thegovernments inauguralTwitter town hall thisThursday, taking questionsfor 90 minutes on the sub-ject of developing an opengovernment strategy forCanada.

While many MPs, as well

as government depart-ments and agencies, use so-cial media tools likeFacebook, Twitter andYouTube, theyve all facedcriticism for only usingthem as ways to push outinformation rather that in-teract in real-time with citi-zens.

That Clement is hostingthe first live social mediaevent isnt an accident.

His nickname in govern-ment circles is the Minis-ter for Twitter. He has over19,000 followers and hasused social media to makepronouncements of gov-ernment policy as well asto speak directly to Opposi-tion MPs, the media andCanadians, sometimesmuch to the chagrin of theprime ministers office.THE CANADIAN PRESS

NDP MP riled

While the Opposition

commended the idea ofthe consultations, NDP MPCharlie Angus scoffed atthe idea that it representsa commitment to opengovernment.Angus was particularly

riled that it is Clementheading up the initiative,given the NDPs assertionthat Clement has misledCanadians on the handlingof funds allocated for theG8/G20 summits.Because he goes on Twit-

ter and uses words likecrowdsourcing, people aregoing to be fooled, Angussaid.Open and accountable

government is knowinghow decisions are made.

Digital public affairsstrategist Mark Blevis saidTony Clement is taking arisk with holding the for-mal Twitter event.

There will be inevitable

criticism of whichquestions are and arentanswered and theres thepossibility that manywont be on topic.

But Blevis cautioned

against undue criticism,noting the governmenthas to be given the chanceto make mistakes in figur-ing out how to use socialmedia. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Social media

RISKY MOVE FOR CLEMENT?

Treasury Board President Tony Clement reads

from an iPad as he responds to a question during

a question period in the House of Commons

on Oct. 27.

SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Tories take to TwitterStaffers will respond to questions submitted in English and French

at Treasury Boards town hall Clement to provide answers

A Canadian woman de-tained by Mexican authori-ties in connection with analleged plot involving ason of former Libyanleader Moammar Gadhafiis devastated by her or-deal, says one of herlawyers.

Paul Copeland hasnt ac-tually been able to speakwith Cynthia Vanier, buthas been in touch withfamily members and herMexican lawyer, who havehad contact.

Shes very upset andshes actually having somehealth difficulties in thejail, said Copeland.

Mexican authoritieshave also seized a condonear Puerto Vallarta thatVanier and her husbandowned, something thathas added to her anxiety,said Copeland, a well-known Canadian human-rights lawyer.

Vanier, who runs a busi-ness based in Mount For-est, Ont., that specializes

in mediating disputes, isaccused by Mexican au-thorities of leading a plotto illegally smuggle al-Saa-di Gadhafi into Mexico.

Vanier denies the allega-tion and never had anycontact with Gadhafi,Copeland said.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canadian held inGadhafi plot illin jail: Lawyer

Ottawa toenforcehelmets forkids on ice A new rule will force kidsand novice skaters to strapon helmets before ventur-ing out on the ice atOttawas indoor rinks.

Mayor Jim Watson wasexpected to announce thenew policy yesterday.

Currently, only peoplein wheelchairs or strollersare required to wearhelmets.

But a city reportshowed boys between 10and 14 years old accountfor the most skating-relat-ed hospital visits.

Coun. Maria McRae saysthe rule could be amendedat a later date to include abroader age group. THE CANADIAN PRESS

10The new rule takes ef-fect Jan. 1 and appliesto children under 10years old as well asweak or beginnerskaters.

PAULO DUARTE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Santa record-breaking attemptThousands staged a parade in an attempt to break the Guinness World Recordfor most people dressed as Santa Claus.

Portugal. Parade

Performers dressed as Santa Claus participate in the

annual Santa Claus parade in Porto, Portugal, yesterday.

Accusation

Last week Mexicos interi-or minister accusedCynthia Vanier of beingthe leader of a plot.Alejandro Poire said the

plan to bring Gadhafi toMexico allegedly involvedVanier, two Mexicans anda Danish suspect, all ofwhom have beendetained.Gadhafi denied last week

he was trying to enterMexico. He fled Libya earli-er this year after the fall ofhis fathers regime andwas given refugee statusin Niger.


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Russian President DmitryMedvedev announced onhis Facebook page yester-day that he has ordered aprobe into the allegationsof electoral fraud duringthe countrys Dec. 4 parlia-mentary vote.

Many Facebook usersasked Medvedev whetherhe really disagrees with theprotests main slogan,Were for fair elections.Some wrote thatMedvedevs message madethem even more deter-mined to take part in thenext planned rally againstelectoral fraud on Dec.24.

Tens of thousands of Rus-sians rallied in Moscow andother cities on Saturday in

the largest anti-governmentprotest in the nations post-Soviet history to protest al-leged fraud in theparliamentary election andto demand the departure ofPrime Minister VladimirPutin.

Medvedev yesterdaybroke two days of silence by

posting a comment on hisFacebook page.

I disagree with the slo-gans as well as with thespeeches that were made atthe rallies, he said, butadded that he gave instruc-tion for a check of the re-ports of fraud. He did notmention who would carryout the probe.

Unlike Putin, the tech-savvy Medvedev, Russiaspresident since 2008, hasenjoyed some supportamong an educated urbanelite. But an announcementin September that he willstep aside to let his mentorPutin run for a third termas president has angeredmany Medvedev support-ers. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Medvedev promiseselection-fraud probe

Russian president makes announcement on FacebookTens of thousands turn out for protests on Saturday

Russian nationalists shout while holding old Russian imperial ags

during their rally yesterday in St. Petersburg. Russian nationalists

are demanding a bigger say for ethnic Russians in the countrys politics.

DMITRY LOVETSKY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

2,200Medvedevs post gen-erated over 2,200mostly angrycomments within anhour. Shame! andWe dont believeyou! were the mostcommon.


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Canadas special forces areturning to the private sec-tor for help in early warn-ing of possible terrorthreats coming from thesea.

The ultra-secret organi-zation is tapping into anexisting fisheries-surveil-lance contract with Provin-cial Airlines Ltd., asubsidiary of ProvincialAerospace Ltd. of St. Johnsto monitor the movementsof vessels of interest offthe countrys coastline.

A briefing note, pre-pared for the former com-mander of the elite forces,says there are lots of gov-ernment aircraft, includ-ing military and RCMP

helicopters for land-basedemergencies, but optionsare significantly reducedwhen it comes to maritimethreats. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Last battle of Red River Rebellion to take placeMore than 140 years afterthe guns were put away,the last battle in the rebel-lion that brought Manitobainto Confederation is aboutto be fought.

Lawyers are to argue infront of the Supreme Courttomorrow that the federalgovernment never lived upto the 1870 deal thatsettled the Red River Rebel-lion, fought by Metis strug-gling to hold on to theirland in the face of growingwhite settlement.

Its important for us toget right with our history,said Tom Berger, thelegendary aboriginal-rightslawyer who will representthe Manitoba Metis Federa-tion. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Private sectorto help keepeye on seas

Special forces want help in earlywarning of possible terror threats

Paille to leadBloc Quebecois MONTREAL Former MPand provincial cabinetminister Daniel Paille isthe new leader of theBloc Quebecois.

Paille, who lost hisseat in the last election,beat out current MPsMaria Mourani and Jean-Francois Fortin.

Paille faces the daunt-ing job of trying to bringback the party that wasall but decimated in a dis-astrous showing in lastMays election.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Wanted U.S.man arrested MONTREAL. Montreal po-lice arrested a 51-year-oldAmerican man yesterdaywho the FBI calls armedand dangerous.

James Whittlesey waswanted in connectionwith a series of crimes,including robbing a bankin Virginia last Octoberand shooting at policewho responded to therobbery. No officers were

injured in the incident.Whittlesey was also

sought in connectionwith four armedrobberies inPennsylvania andDelaware.

He was arrested on adowntown Montrealstreet corner early yester-day morning.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Earthquakerocks MexicoMEXICO CITY. Amagnitude-6.5earthquake struck inMexicos westernGuerrero state, shakingbuildings and causingpanic in the nations cap-ital and the Pacific resortof Acapulco. Officials saidat least three peopledied, but there were noreports of widespreaddamage.

The U.S. GeologicalService initially estimat-ed the quake atmagnitude at 6.8, butdowngraded it to 6.7 andthen 6.5. A quake of thatmagnitude is capable ofcausing severe damage.

Mexicos Interior De-partment said the quakewas felt in parts of ninestates.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

News in brief

Project Neptune

The special forces have al-

so embarked on a more so-

phisticated, little-known

$4.5-million program

known as Project Neptune.

The plan is to take commer-cially available technologyand, with the help defenceresearchers, roll it into oneeasy-to-use package for thespecial forces.

The federal governmenthas agreed to a demandfrom Attawapiskat for 22modular homes to bringsome relief to the isolatednative community that hasbecome a symbol of thebrutal plight facing manyof Canadas first peoples.

Aboriginal Affairs Minis-ter John Duncan yesterdaysaid that Ottawa has pur-chased an additional sevenhomes on top of the 15previously announced,bringing the cost of thepre-fabricated structuresto $1.8 million

He added that ChiefTheresa Spence alsoagreed to renovations tothe communitys healingcentre to temporarilyhouse vulnerable residentsuntil the homes arrive.

An official with the min-isters office said theyhoped winter roads wouldquickly freeze so that theshipment of the pre-assem-bled homes can start some-time in January.

In a statement releasedyesterday morning, Dun-can said wood stoves, com-posting toilets, plastic

sheeting and other sup-plies were flown into theisolated Northern Ontariocommunity Saturday.

Our government isworking to ensure the peo-ple of Attawapiskat haveaccess to safe and warmshelter for the comingmonths, he said.

Spence could not bereached for comment, butNDP critic Charlie Angus,whose riding includes thenative community on thecoast of James Bay, said thecritical issue is who willwind up footing the bill.

If the government iscovering the cost, then thecommunity can start deal-ing with the other massiveinfrastructure problems,but if the community endsup paying for it throughthe third-party manager,then they will not be anyfurther ahead, he said.

Angus said he is hope-ful that governmentsmost recent concessioncan be the beginning ofbringing relief to the im-poverished community ofabout 1,800.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Ottawa to send 22homes to Attawapiskat

A resident walks down the long hallway of a dorm-style

trailer oering temporary shelter to those without homes

in Attawapiskat, Ont., on Nov. 29.

ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS

BIKAS DAS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Marking amilitary victory

The day that will be celebrated on Dec. 16 marks the birth ofBangladesh. Victory Day is a national holiday in Bangladesh tocommemorate the surrender of Pakistani forces to allied Indianand Bangladeshi forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.In India, the day is primarily of military significance.

India. CelebrationAn Indian army soldier jumps over 20 of his team

members as he performs during celebrations ahead

of Victory Day in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta)

yesterday.

We have toremember ourhistory and wehave to rememberthat the Metisdidnt go away.Theyre still here.TOM BERGER,ABORIGINAL-RIGHTS LAWYER

07metronews.caMONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011news

Iran says it will not returnU.S. surveillance drone

Hundreds of thousands ofYemenis are demonstrat-ing to demand PresidentAli Abdullah Saleh facetrial for his regimesdeadly crackdown onmonths of protests.

Yesterdays rallies tookplace in the capital,Sanaa, and other citiesacross the country.

After months ofpressure, Saleh signed adeal last month to stepdown as president in ex-change for immunityfrom prosecution.

New presidential elec-tions are set for Feb. 21.

The deal has failed toend the protests, whichbegan last February withcalls for his ouster.

Protesters also rejecteda unity governmentformed over the weekendthat includes some minis-ters from Salehs admin-istration.

In part of the capitalwhere armed tribesmenhave battled Salehsforces, five explosionswere heard early Sunday.

A medic said two peo-ple were injured.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ProtestsacrossYemencall forSaleh toface trial SEPAHNEWS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Iran will not return a U.S.surveillance drone cap-tured by its armed forces,a senior commander ofthe countrys elite Revolu-tionary Guard said yester-day.

Gen. Hossein Salami,deputy head of the Guard,said in remarks broadcaston state television thatthe violation of Irans air-space by the U.S. dronewas a hostile act and warned of a bigger re-

sponse. He did not elaborate on

what Tehran might do.Iranian television

broadcast video Thursdayof Iranian military offi-cials inspecting what itidentified as the RQ-170Sentinel drone.

Iranian state mediahave said the unmannedspy aircraft was detectedover the eastern town ofKashmar, some 225 kilo-

metres from the borderwith Afghanistan.

U.S. officials have ac-knowledged losing thedrone.

Salami called its cap-ture a victory for Iran anda defeat for the U.S. in acomplicated intelligenceand technological battle.

Iran is among the fewcountries that possessesthe most modern technol-ogy in the field of pilot-less drones.

The technology gapbetween Iran and the U.S.

is not much, he said.Officers in the Guard,

Irans most powerful mili-tary force, had previouslyclaimed that the coun-trys armed forcesbrought down the surveil-lance aircraft with anelectronic ambush, caus-ing minimum damage tothe drone.

But Salami refused toprovide more details ofIrans claim to have cap-tured the CIA-operatedaircraft.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. officials contend their intelligence indicates that the RQ-170 simply malfunctioned

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No one returnsthe symbol ofaggression to theparty that soughtsecret and vitalintelligencerelated to thenational securityof a country. IRAN'S GEN. HOSSEIN SALAMI

This photo released last Thursday by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards claims to show a

U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel drone, which Tehran says its forces downed last week.


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Arab Leagueflays GingrichcommentsA senior Arab League offi-cial yesterday condemned astatement by Republicanpresidential hopeful NewtGingrich claimingPalestinians are an invent-ed people, calling it racistand a cheap stunt to get

votes.However Israeli cabinet

minister Uzi Landau saidGingrich was right. Heclaimed the Palestinians donot have their ownlanguage or culture, andare instead part of thebroader Arab world.

Gingrich also calledPalestinians terrorists.The comments struck atthe heart of Palestinian sen-sitivities. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Boy escapes captors

In this photo taken on Saturday, Kevin Lunsmann, a

kidnapped American teenage boy, talks to Filipino soldiers

in Zamboanga city, southern Philippines, following his

escape from suspected al-Qaida-linked militants.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A kidnapped Americanteenage boy escaped fromsuspected al-Qaida-linkedmilitants and wanderedwithout shoes for two daysin a southern Philippinejungle before villagersfound him, ending his five-month captivity, officialssaid yesterday.

Kevin Lunsmann, 14,told his four armed captorsthat he would take a bathin a stream and then madea dash for freedom Fridayin Basilan province, policeSenior Supt. Edwin deOcampo said. He followeda river down a mountainuntil villagers found himlate the next day, de Ocam-po said.

Exhausted, hungry andstill stunned, the boy ini-tially fled from the vil-lagers, de Ocampo said.

He was in fear so therewas a bit of a chase beforethe villagers convincedhim that they werefriends, de Ocampo toldThe Associated Press. Hesaid the boy was fine, butwas exhausted and hadbruises on his arms andfeet. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Teenager to be reunited withfamily after five-month abduction

GOP PRIMARIES

Romneytreatment of dog goesunpunishedIts not come up in anyof the Republican presi-dential debates as hestruggles to keep hiscampaign on course. Heisnt faced withquestions about the inci-dent on the campaigntrail. Animal-rightsactivists havent been

heckling him in Iowa.But its a true story

with a Canadian angle:Mitt Romney once madethe 12-hour drive fromBoston to Grand Bend,Ont., with the familydog strapped to the roofof his car.

New York Timescolumnist Gail Collinshas refused to let thelargely forgotten storydie, mentioning the inci-dent as many as twodozen times since Rom-ney entered the Republi-can race for president,both in 2007 and in2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Timeline

The boy, his mother and acousin were snatched July12 on an island near Zam-boanga City when theywere vacationing.The mother was freed twomonths ago.The cousin escaped fromthe captors last monthwhen Filipino army forcesmanaged to get near anAbu Sayyaf camp.

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Suncor pulls out of SyriaCanadian oil giant SuncorEnergy Inc. says it is pullingout of Syria in order tocomply with new interna-tional sanctions aimed atfurther isolating theregime of President BasharAssad.

The current situation inSyria is very concerning,and our thoughts are withthe Syrian people as wehope for a return to peaceas soon as possible, SuncorCEO Rick George said in astatement.

Pressure has beenmounting on Suncor topull out of the countrysince the sanctions took ef-fect earlier this month.

The Calgary-based com-pany had previously said itwould continue its opera-tions in Syria despite earli-er international sanctionstargeting the countrys oiland gas exports, saying the

natural gas it producedjointly with the state-owned General PetroleumCorp., was for domesticconsumption only.

But after a careful re-view of the latest economic

sanctions announced bythe European Union onDec. 2, the company con-cluded they applied to Sun-cor, said companyspokeswoman KelliStevens.

Suncor says it is workingthrough a plan to safelywithdraw its foreign staffand determine how it canbest support Syrian em-ployees. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Unknown when the oil giant will resume operations in the country Calgary-based company downplays impact of decision on revenues

A pedestrian is reected in a Suncor Energy

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Egypts new interim primeminister broke into tears infront of journalists yester-day as he spoke about thestate of the country's econo-my, saying it was worsethan anyone imagines.

Egypts transition sinceHosni Mubaraks fall hasbeen rocky, with protestsagainst the military council,increased crime and thebattering of the tourism in-dustry that was once a pillarof the economy.

Kamal el-Ganzouri, thethird temporary prime min-

ister since Mubaraks ousterin February, said his priori-ties were the restoration ofsecurity and economicprogress.

At one point in his newsconference, el-Ganzouriteared up as he recalled see-ing an Egyptian man onTV saying, I want security,not bread.

He said austerity meas-ures were needed to startreducing the deficit butthat no new taxes will beimposed.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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mocking the ruling military council in Cairo yesterday.

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Snapping, sharingfor top prize

The Metro Global Photo Challenge is over The general public and our local judges have chosen the top Canadian finalists, who will now go on to compete against other international entries for a chance to

win the global grand prize a trip to any city where Metro is published

Sharp Mind by AdhiKusumawardana

What was your inspiration?I was inspired by a good friendwho is a successful photogra-pher and also an art director.He is a smart, talented and wit-ty artist his ideas arebrilliant but, as a person,very humble and down-to-earth.

What were you trying to saywith your picture?I was trying to show how suc-cess and prosperity will cometo people who are sharp, virtu-ous and bold.

What do you hope people takeaway from your picture? I hope that people enjoy the

image as much as I enjoyedtaking it.

Froggy Froggy by Laura Makaltses

What was your inspiration?I caught this photograph whenI was hiking with my friend.We were walking by a pondwhen we heard the sound ofthe frogs croaking. The soundwas so tranquil. I wanted tosee where it was coming from.My friend and I found the frogand I took this shot. I was trulyinspired by the sounds of na-ture.

What were you trying to saywith your picture?I am capturing the personalityof the frog and itsenvironment.

What do you hope people take

away from your picture?I hope people will understandthe beauty of frogs and all ani-mals. Many species all over theworld become endangeredevery day. I hope that. afterseeing my photograph, peoplewill realize that we need tohelp keep our worlds biodiver-sity alive.

Ghost House by Mauricio Correa

What was your inspiration?This is an old andabandoned house nearQuebecs Lac-Mgantic.This decaying housestands alone in the middleof a verdant landscape.

What were you trying to saywith this picture?I meant to capture the co-exis-tence of decay and fertility. Innature, there is a cycle frombirth to death. Here the land-scape represents the eternal,the house, all that is transient.This old house epitomizesemptiness, solitude, decay. It isa ghostly testimony of better

times, something that criesout for care and attention. Thegreen landscape and the treein full foliage symbolize thehope of life everlasting.

What do you hope people takeaway from your picture?Nothing lasts like an image oftransient nature frozen in timeby the photographers lens.Theres still time to rebuild thisplanet.

Environment ImaginationEnvironmentMAURICIO CORREA ADHI KUSUMAWARDANALAURA MAKALTSES

Business Shower by Felix Renaud

What was your inspiration?A friend came up with the ideaof taking a picture of himwearing his old jacket. Weasked ourselves: How can abusinessman be out ofcontext? In a shower, ofcourse!

What were you trying to saywith your picture?It's a funny way to describe aguys normal morning in 2011.Everything is so fast andmechanical.

What do you hope people takeaway from your picture?Whatever you do, there areonly 24 hours in a day.

Silhouette Heart by Emma Haidar

What was your inspiration?Taken on my birthday, my in-spiration was to get a uniquephoto that shows love andthe waterfront two beauti-ful things in one, captured ar-tistically.

What were you trying to saywith your picture?A silhouette is a perfect way

to express some-thing latently. Thecontrast makesthe messagestronger, in myopinion, and itshowcases myhusband and me,tells our love sto-ry.

What do you hope peopletake away from your picture?I hope they appreciate the

artistic elements, and are in-spired to take photos that telltheir story without being theonly subject of the image.

Best Friend Four LeafHunters by Sarah Forbes

What was your inspiration?I was inspired by the relation-ship that my daughter and petwere developing.

What were you trying to saywith your picture?I was trying to capture the un-spoken understandingbetween my daughter and pet.This photo captures the earlystages of their relationship andthe joy they both shared beingoutdoors.

What do you hope people willtake away from your picture?I am hoping people see the in-nocence of a young child andthe love and protection our petbrings to our family.

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Christmas Spirit at Niagara Falls by Ling-fai Leung

What was your inspiration?Photography is an amazingform of art to let people visu-alize the internal feeling of asubject from its surroundings.There is beauty around all ofus. One needs to be able to vi-sualize this and record it tophotos.

What were you trying to saywith your picture?I am always drawn to NiagaraFalls Evening Illumination,when different colours of lightshine on the falls. This picture

was taken at thebalcony ofFallsview CasinoDec. 18, 2008. Itwas a quietevening, snowcould still beseen on thestreets androoftop andsmoke comingfrom thechimney stack ofthe highrise building. I usedslowest exposure to capturethe water movement. Itshowed a very warm, romanticfeeling of Christmas spirit.

What do you hope people

take away from your picture?I hope from this picture wecan sense the peace and har-mony of Christmas and feelhow lucky we are to share thisfeeling with friends and fami-ly.

Splash by Laura Makaltses

What was your inspiration?It was the very last day of sum-mer. The sun was setting andmy friends and I were still en-joying our last moments by thelake. I wanted to capture themoment.

2. What were you trying to saywith your picture?Summer doesnt last foreverand we have to live every mo-ment ... to its full potential.

What do you hope people takeaway from your picture?I hope ... people will remem-ber some of their own holidayand summer moments. I wantmy photo to bring a smile totheir faces.

Relationships

Moments of my life

Imagination

Relationships

Moments of my lifeFELIX RENAUD

EMMA HAIDAR

LING-FAI LEUNG SARAH FORBES

LAURA MAKALTSES

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CITY SERVICESARE NOBARGAIN

Winnipeggers have a reputa-tion for driving a hardbargain, but when it comes tothe services we get from thecity, a new poll suggests wemay be getting a raw deal.

During the last two weeks of November,Forum Research Inc. asked residents ofCanadas 30 largest cities for their opinionon various municipal services. While only25 per cent of Canadians reported having ahigh level of satisfaction with city services,the feedback in Winnipeg was even worse.

At just 11 per cent, we had the lowest grade in thecountry.

The results dont get any better when looking atindividual services, as Winnipeg had bottom-of-the-barrelrankings for most major categories, including fire servic-es, libraries, garbage and recycling, public health and so-

cial services.Not surprisingly, the

biggest complaints came forroad maintenance andrepair, as only five per centof Winnipeggers saidtheyre very happycompared to 16 per cent ofall Canadians. Despite thisdamning assessment, citycouncil is poised to pass anew capital budget thismonth that actually reducesthe amount of money it willspend on road repairs.

And rather than pursuinga fix it first approach to in-frastructure renewal, coun-cil is charging ahead with

plans to build new overpasses and widen existingroadways. How it hopes to maintain these new facilities inthe future remains a mystery.

The same could be said for our recreationinfrastructure. While all three levels of government havecommitted funds to building new recreational projectsthroughout the city, only 16 per cent of residents saidtheyre very satisfied with the current condition of ourcommunity centres, and just 23 per cent are happy withparks services. This compares poorly to the national aver-ages of 34 per cent and 39 per cent respectively.

And despite a police budget thats gone up by $49 mil-lion in the past five years, only 25 per cent ofWinnipeggers feel very good about our police services,compared to 39 per cent of all Canadians. Of course,setting a new record for murders doesnt help with publicopinion on this issue.

With such low satisfaction levels for such a broad rangeof services, its little wonder that only 12 per cent of Win-nipeggers said they were very satisfied with what they payin property tax and municipal fees. Every Winnipeggerunderstands the concept of value for money, and werejust not getting that from city hall these days.

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Colin Fast is a corporate communicator who blogs about life inWinnipeg at policyfrog.com.

Despite thisdamning

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Crane carriesmoon in illusionSWITZERLAND. Theyre goodat banking, making cuckooclocks and chocolates, andit looks like the Swiss arealso handy at getting ahook onto the moon. Intruth, this is just an opticalillusion, an amazing exam-ple of forced-perspectivephotography. Bruno Gerbertook this shot from hisfriends roof terrace inBern. METRO WORLD NEWS

I waited sevenminutes for themoon to rise andget hooked ontothe crane.BRUNO GERBER, AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER

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360,000 children are annually

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More than 50% of young offenders

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9000 phone calls a year

5000/yr use our shelter

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he signicant role of Osborne House in the community is not well-known to Winnipeg-gers whose lives have not been touched by domestic violence. But the importance of the provinces largest and longest serv-

ing womens shelter comes front and centre pretty quickly when a crisis touches on their families or friends, says CEO Barbara Judt.

That support is often only sought after years in an abusive relationship. There is plenty of overwhelm-ing evidence that shows us that children who grow up in abusive environments often repeat the same pattern in their lives. This violence is what they have grown up knowing it becomes their norm.

Prior to becoming involved with the shelter, I admit I used to think, If your partner hits you, leave. Now, instead of passing judgment, I offer support and compassion to women and children needing our services. I have learned that it is not easy to leave your home and the life you know, regardless of how bad things are.

Judts involvement with Osborne House began in 2004, when she was asked to join a newly formed Board of Directors to lend her business expertise and knowledge to the shelter. In January of 2010, the Board of Directors appointed Judt as the CEO of Osborne House Inc. Within six months of being at the helm, Judt had covered the decit. Though Osborne House Inc. is a registered charity (Charitable Tax No. 89916 4487 RR0001), the organization is run as a business.

We have a business plan along with a long term strategy that we follow. As I told the Board when I rst came here, running a year-end decit on my watch is not an option not going to happen. Every cost incurred by the agency was put under the micro-scope, recognizing needs are different than wants. Life is denitely different in the not-for-prot world. Every day brings something new. In the corporate world, there is more cash at your disposal, so we have become pros at learning to do more with less.

As the CEO, Judt wears many hats. Negotiating pric-ing with new vendors, being in the public eye, taking care of plumbing issues its all in a days work. The best part of the job is meeting clients and their children.

They all make my heart smile and I always take time to meet and speak with them. My ofce is very popular spot it likely has something to do with the fact that I have the worlds biggest candy bowl on my table! We work really hard to try and instill a sense of normalcy into the lives of our clients. We celebrate birthdays, all holidays, we go on eld trips, have movie nights and we have Santa Claus making his annual appearance every Dec. 25.

I also go out into the community and deliver

presentations. I still encounter situations where our request to speak gets declined because people feel the subject is too unpleasant to talk about. To which I respond, Well of course it is. Getting pummelled and abused on every level is highly unpleasant. If we keep turning our heads away, nothing will ever change. This tells me we still have a lot of work to do and I will keep doing it. Though the statistics have dropped, one women dying at the hand of her part-ner is too much, so we need to continue persevering on working past any obstacles.

In addition to emergency shelter services for women and children escaping domestic violence, Osborne House offers a variety of other support services for their clients. Referrals to the appropriate community resources, safety planning, assisting clients with their Protection Order Applications, advocacy, working with The Winnipeg Police Service, the RCMP and other out-of-province law enforcement groups are just a few of the many roles the staff take on. The OH Crisis Line is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. One-on-one and group counselling sessions are avail-able for women and their children. Judt explains that kids also get educated within the facility. We partnered with the Winnipeg School Division #1 a few years ago, and have a tutoring program each morning for the children in shelter who are unable to attend their own school. The difference this has made for our kids is incredible. It takes a very special kind of teacher to work in our facility and Ms. Denise Smith, WSD Principal, has done a phenomenal job making sure the t is right.

At the time this story was written, the Government of Manitoba announced a review of all shelters includ-ing the funding/operating models currently utilized. Judt welcomes this review as their current premises (owned by the province) are in dire need of an up-grade.

Twenty-one years ago, our building was state of the art. It was beautiful. Times have changed, she says. We need to do a better job of accommodat-ing women and their children. The bed bug invasion has completely changed the landscape in how we do intakes. Our costs in relation to this issue have increased 100 per cent. Storage is a huge issue, and the hallways are being used to house belongings. Every inch of ofce space is used for donation stor-age. Osborne House is so very fortunate to have the support of Winnipeggers.

Judt is currently in discussions with a few local groups with the end goal of obtaining additional long-term sustainable funding for the agency.

Though cash donations have dropped, we have many groups and individuals that have donated to us for years. Its become painfully aware to me that people in Winnipeg are experiencing donor fatigue, Judt says. Charities are competing for donations. Donations of goods means that I dont need to pur-

chase those items, which frees money up for some-thing else.

STAFFING PROFILE It is hard to imagine a more challenging intake envi-ronment than the desk at Osborne House.

Many clients are victims of social circumstance, the targets of behaviours rooted in substance and alcohol abuse, and may themselves be addicted, and some are lacking in basic skill sets. We cant expect the average person to know what to do, says Osborne House CEO Barb Judt.

Mothers need help with their kids settling in, single women need private space, some clients dont know how to use a computer or complete government or court forms, or the women might be withdrawn because of their plight, Judt says. The fastest-growing segment of women seeking shelter is under 30. Our staff has to listen to them and evaluate the functionality of the clients to work with them to map out things like protection plans.

There are 38 employed positions at OH, including 16 full-time positions, residential support workers, a childrens counsellor, social workers, administration, nutrition and cleaning personnel.

For 21 years, the front line of the shelter has been staffed by Remy, or as she is known, The Informa-tion Centre. As she has contact with all the different program areas, Remy is called upon to keep track of the com-ings and goings of the clients and staff.

Ever since moving over from the Employment Ser-vices Unit at the Y in October 1990, she has been the friendly face seen by thousands of women and children in their most tumultuous hour.

With the new intakes, you can feel their sadness, and stress and anger, she says. Personally, its kind of sad to see them with no belongings and badly injured. Why does this need to happen, I will think.

A calming presence dispensing hugs and joking around with toddlers and school-agers, the front desk is a hub of activity and discussion, and clients and fellow staff have condence knowing that Remy is watching out for them with a true heart and a warm smile.

During their stay here, being safe helps them get organized, she says. Clients in the 90s werent as willing to seek help. But now, when its time to move on, Id say 90 per cent of the women leave here happy they can start again. And they know we are always here to help.

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Fuhr-ious: Grant Fuhr wore this late model form-fit-ting mask while playing with the Edmonton Oliersin the early 1980s before switching to a modernmask and cage setup.

The Golden Goal: Sidney Crosby ofCole Harbour, N.S., scored 7:40 intoovertime of the mens gold-medal fi-nal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympicswith this puck. Canada defeated theU.S. 3-2, claiming Olympic gold forthe second time since 2002. Thegame was the most-viewed hockeygame in history, and Crosbys markergave Team Canada the most goldmedals by any nation in one WinterOlympic Games.

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Lord Stanleys Cup: The origi-nal Stanley Cup bowl, profes-sionally engraved with thenames of championshipteams and amateurishlyscrawled with the scratchingsof championship-team mem-bers, including Fred W. Taylor

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Canadas First Gold: Win-nipeg Falcons Team Cana-da sweater worn byKonrad Johannesson at the1920 Summer Olympics inAntwerp, Belgium, whichwas the first Olympics tofeature hockey. Canadawon gold.

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Calgary Flames jerseyworn by Sergei Priakin,the first Soviet to begiven permission toplay in the NHL, duringthe 1988-89 season.

The holiday spirit iseluding Hollywood.Overall domesticrevenues are expect-ed to come in belowthe dismal $81 mil-lion haul a weekago, which had beenthe low weekend sofar this year. Thislooks likeHollywoods worsttotal in more thanthree years, goingback to the weekendafter Labour Day in2008, when overallgrosses finished be-low $70 million.The star-filledromance New YearsEve led this weekendwith a weak $13.7million debut. JonahHills comedy TheSitter opened at No.2 with just $10 mil-lion.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Ewing in Dallas, which aired from 1978 to 1991.

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Return of the mackJ.R. deals again as original cast members filming reboot to popular series

J.R. Ewing has returned toDallas.

With Larry Hagmanreprising his role as theconniving Texas oilman,filming is underway at lo-cations all over the city forTNTs new television se-ries Dallas, which will alsosee the return of PatrickDuffy as J.R.s brother Bob-by and Linda Gray as J.R.sex-wife Sue Ellen, alongwith a new generation ofEwings.

And, of course, the spot-light also returns to thecity itself, with its distinc-tive skyline rising from theprairie.

Were trying to givethe show a real sense ofplace and Dallas has a realpersonality, said locationmanager John Patterson,adding, Its a city thatdoes things in a big way.

Thats part of J.R. and partof what we try to give theshow a sense of the city,which is big, very welldone, shiny, new and look-ing toward the future.

TNT has ordered 10episodes of the series, setto air in summer 2012.Filming for the series, en-tirely shot in Dallas, beganmid-October and is expect-ed to wrap in late January.

There was just no waywe were going to film any-where else, said executiveproducer Cynthia Cidre,who also wrote the pilotfor the new series, a mixof the old world and thenew world.

The original series,which aired from 1978 to1991, enjoyed popularityaround the world as view-ers tuned in to watch thescheming Ewing family. As

the plot twisted andturned season after season,the series contributed tosome of TVs most memo-rable moments. After Bob-by died in a seasoncliffhanger in 1985 afterbeing hit by a car, the en-tire next season was re-vealed to have been aprolonged dream sequence

when his former wife,with whom he had recon-ciled, wakes up to find himalive, taking a shower. The1986-87 season thenmarks Duffys return tothe cast after a year-longabsence.

And, of course, therewas the cliffhanger in 1980that left the whole worldin suspense. The catch-phrase Who shot J.R.?became part of the com-mon vernacular as viewerswaited to find out who hadfired on J.R. When viewerstuned in for the answer onNov. 21, 1980, the shooterwas revealed to be J.R.svengeful mistress, whowas also his sister-in-law.That episode was seen bymore people than any TVprogram in history up un-til that time.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Put on for the city

The cast of Dallas are film-ing at plenty of classic Dal-las locations includingdowntowns Neiman Mar-cus, the luxury chains flag-ship store, and the StateFair of Texas. And, ofcourse, theyre shooting atthe famed SouthforkRanch, an events centrethat houses the EwingMansion.

Success beyond anyones wildest dreamsArcade Fire coming off monumental year Triumphs continue to bring attention to Montreal music scene

It was a year in which Ar-cade Fire burned brightly.

The coveted GrammyAward for Album of theYear, honouring their lat-est release The Suburbs,kicked off a slew of hon-ours won by the Montreal-based indie band in 2011.

By the end of the year,they had also swept thesame categories at theJuno, Polaris and Britawards, and taken homeanglophone album of theyear from QuebecsLAutre Gala de LADISQ.

After giving an interna-tional shout-out to theirMontreal hometown atthe Grammys, they alsofound time to say thanksto their local fans in Sep-tember with a free out-door show downtown,which packed in around100,000 people.

And that gratitude isabout to continue into thenew year as the band saysits going to invest in help-ing young artists while al-so working on their nextundisclosed recordingproject.

Their success has gonebeyond anyones wildestdreams even them, I be-lieve, says Dan Seligman,the creative director andco-founder of the PopMontreal indie music festi-val, which hosted the out-door concert.

Seligman, who hasbooked the band oftenduring the 10 years of hisfestival and in other gigs,says any attention ArcadeFire gets benefits the localmusic scene.

The hope is that itllcontinue to help otherbands get attention andbecome successful, tour-ing musicians and have ca-reers.

Leah Greenblatt, a sen-ior editor at New York-based EntertainmentWeekly magazine, saidthat even though they hadbeen around for a while,Arcade Fires Grammy wincaused jaws to drop. Eventhe band looked stunnedas TV cameras caughttheir reaction.

I was shocked, Green-blatt said, explaining that

as a longtime writer onthe indie music scene shehad often seen herfavourite artists ghet-

toized into indie or alter-native music categories.

I just assumed that Ar-cade would get the alter-

native album of the year,she said, speculating thatbesides the quality of thealbum, the Grammys were

trying to appeal to ayounger audience thisyear. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Also on the carpet beforeJingle Ball was New YearsEve star Abigail Breslin,who looked all grown upin a Rag & Bone dress andsmoky eye makeup.

But the movie star andbudding songstress(Jingle Ball was her firstappearance as a singer inthe band CABB) tells usthat going throughpuberty in the public eyehasnt been weird for her.

When Im home, I dothe same things all myfriends do clean myroom, feed the dog.

There are definitelypressures, but I thinkthat keeping perspective

is really important, saysBreslin.

But that doesnt meanshe doesnt have hercringe-worthy moments.

2008 was just a reallybig fashion mistake, shetells us, with the armwarmers, the neon, andzebra-print Converse.

And since Abigailscharacter in New YearsEve is hoping to get herfirst kiss on the big night,we wanted to know whather first kiss was like but she wouldnt spill.

Ill keep the off-screenkisses off-screen, shetold us.

DOROTHY ROBINSON

While Demi Lo-vato whizzedby the pressline at Z100sJingle Ball Fri-day night anannual NewYork City con-

cert featuring a number ofTop 40 acts we were

happy to chat with RedFooof LMFAO, whose partnerSkyBlu was noticeably ab-sent for the big show.

SkyBlu hurt his back,Foo told Metro before theconcert started.

He has some herniateddiscs. Hes been performingfor a while injured, becausehes a true champ, but thedoctor said [hes] gotta takea break. That shuffle movewe do, when he does it, I al-ways tell him you gottabend [at the knee]. Andthen with the wiggle, youcant wiggle too hard, evenif theres sexy ladies in theaudience screaming at you you gotta keep it con-fined.

So we dont know exact-ly what has happened, butwe think its combined[with] the shuffle, the wig-gle and the ladies.

But SkyBlus injury isntholding the group back forthe new year. On their to-do list for 2012?

Films, Foo says. Tak-ing the whole LMFAO partyrock lifestyle and putting iton the big screen.

Abigail Breslin

The perils ofparty-rocking

SkyBlu of LMFAO takes some time off to deal with herniated discsRedFoo says injury caused by the shuffle, the wiggle and the ladies

Abigails lips are sealed

RedFoo of LMFAO attends Z100s Jingle Ball on Friday.

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Mens Health hasdubbed JenniferAniston theSexiest Womanof All Time, butwhile shesflattered bytheir decision,Aniston insiststhe titlewouldve gone tosomeone else ifshe had any sayin it.

Its a tie be-tween BrigitteBardot and Glo-ria Steinem,

she tells the maga-zine. But if I had tochoose one, Id sayGloria because,well, shes the fullpackage. Thatssexy.

Raquel Welch,Marilyn Monroe,Britney Spearsand Madonnaround out thetop five on themagazines list,while AngelinaJolie comes inat No. 10.

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Angie getslost online shoppingWhile Angelina Jolieprefers to get a jump onChristmas shopping, shewont be doing it online, ad-mitting that retail websitesmake her head spin.

I always Christmas shopearly in case we have totravel somewhere, Jolietells USA Today.

Brad [Pitt] and I were onAmazon.com for the firsttime a week ago. But we gotlost. After an hour, we justshut it off. My brain is tooscattered and the wires goin different directions. Illstick to catalogues. METRO

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In the wake of his beingkicked off a plane for notturning off his iPhone, AlecBaldwin took to the Huffin-gton Post to simultaneous-ly apologize and defendhimself.

I would like to apolo-gize to the other passen-gers onboard the AmericanAirlines flight that I wasthrown off of yesterday. Itwas never my intention toinconvenience anyone withmy issue with a certainflight attendant, he writes,though he insists part ofthe blame should go to thechanges in airline serviceover the last 10 years.

September 11 was ahorrific day in the airlineindustry, yet in the wake of

that event, I believe carri-ers and airports have usedthat as an excuse to makethe air travel experience asinelegant as possible, hesays.

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Researchers who inves-tigated a 2009 U.S. out-break of foodborneillness are proving thatraw cookie doughcould make you sick.

Concerns about rawdough have centred onraw eggs possibly con-taining bacteria such assalmonella. Here, inves-tigators looked intoShiga toxin-producingEscherichia coli (STEC).

The outbreak saw 35people admitted tohospital. It was shownthat 33 of the 35 ateraw cookie dough.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Sticker-mad kids will lovecreating their owngreetings cards with thesepacks. These ingenious kitsinclude blank cards andsets of stickers so your kidcan create his or her ownscenes including SantaClaus, snowmen, reindeerand cute kids throwingsnowballs.

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Holiday hazards revealedProtect your kids against these eight potential dangers that are common during this festive time of the year

It may be a time of joy, butmany familiar and promi-nent holiday staples couldpose potential risks to thesafety of children.

BC Childrens Hospitaland BC Ambulance Serviceare teaming up in their ef-forts to encourage parentsand caregivers alike to helpensure the festive season isa safe one.

Between Dec. 23, 2010,and Jan. 5, 2011, BC Ambu-lance Service responded to194 calls across theprovince involving patientsages 10 and under.

With all the excitementof the holidays, some poten-tial safety hazards can causeserious injury, said Dr. She-lina Babul, associate direc-tor and sports injuryspecialist at the BC Injuryand Research PreventionUnit at BC Childrens Hospi-tal. THE CANADIAN PRESS

3Candles

Even school-age kids aredrawn to flames, so keeplighted candles well outof reach. Dont put light-ed candles on atablecloth or anywhereelse that a child couldpull down or knock over.Place menorahs on a highsurface and not too closeto the edge of a table.

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5Visiting family and

friendsThe homes you visit maynot be child-proofed.Each year, curioustoddlers choke or get poi-soned by exploring andgetting their hands onitems not meant for chil-dren such as pills,vitamins, cosmetics andcleaning products.

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4Christmas tree

locationPlace your Christmas treea good distance from anyheat sources such as fire-places, radiators orportable heaters. Cut afew centimetres off thetrunk to expose freshwood. This allows for bet-ter water absorption andwill help keep your treefrom becoming a hazard.

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1Toys

Choose items that matchyour childs age, skillsand interest level. Smallpieces that can easilycome off and small bat-teries and magnets cancause choking and/or in-ternal chemical burns.Toys with strings longerthan 30 cm could stranglebabies and toddlers.

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2Strings of electric

lights Strings of electric lightsare hazardous as they areattractive to young chil-dren. They run the risk ofbeing strangled, burnedor electrocuted if theyget wrapped up in thewires or put lights intheir mouths.

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7Food

Children may be eatingunfamiliar foods for thefirst time this holiday season. Its common tosee more injuries in theemergency room as a result of children gettinglarge pieces of nuts, car-rots or apples stuck intheir airways. Cut foodsinto small pieces and encourage children to sitquietly while eating, andto chew slowly. Childrenare less likely to choke if they chew foodthoroughly before swal-lowing.

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6Fireplaces

A childs skin is four timesthinner than an adultsand can burn four timesfaster. The glass of a gasfireplace heats up to 200C (400 F) in just six min-utes and takes 45minutes to cool down.The pilot light of a gasfireplace may also heatthe glass enough tocause a burn. Stay closeto your child when in aroom with a fireplacethat is on or has recentlybeen turned off. Blockthe fireplace with ahearth gate or screenthat bolts into or aroundyour fireplace, or put asafety gate in thedoorway to the roomwith a fireplace.

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8Tinsel, ornaments and

gift wrapWhile tinsel can make atree sparkle, its also achoking hazard for youngchildren. Hang strandshigh and out of yourchilds reach. Also, placeornaments higher up onthe tree as they can breakeasily and cause cuts orharm if swallowed. Becareful of holiday gift-wrapping like bags,paper, ribbons and bows.These items can strangle,suffocate or choke smallchildren.

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Sir Richard Branson has amessage: we can save ourEarth from nuclear Ar-mageddon and environ-mental meltdown alike.

With Cutnukes.org,Branson pushes for feweratomic bombs. His airlinersuse waste as fuel, and hehas created a sanctuary forMalagasy lemurs displacedby deforestation. Now heplans to monitor global de-forestation with satellites,he tells Metro.

Youre about to open areserve for ringtailed lemursthat have been displaced bydeforestation in Madagascar.Are you planning to help oth-er species that have been dis-placed by deforestation?

The lemur is such abeautiful species. We sim-ply have to save the lemurs,and Im trying to help otherspecies as well.

For the past severalmonths Ive travelledaround the world to savesharks, and soon Ill be trav-elling to India to try to savethe blue tiger.

When it comes to defor-estation, of course humanswho have been displaced

are very im portant, but ani-mal species are equally im-portant. More important,actually.

Deforestation is often causedby local subsistence farmers.Whats the solution?

One thing we can do

about illegal logging is dis-cover it before its too late.Thats why Ive justlaunched a new initiativebased at my spaceport.Well run have satellitesthat will monitor forests tosee where forests are beingcut down.

Youre in favour of eliminat-ing nuclear weapons. Whyshould good countries get ridof their nuclear weaponswhen bad countries still havethem?

They shouldnt com-pletely eliminate them.Were suggesting that nu-clear weapons states get ridof their nuclear weapons insteps. From a deterrentpoint of view, a country on-ly needs 300 nuclearweapons. Getting rid of nu-clear weapons would save alot of money and wouldsolve many of the worldscurrent deficit problems.

In other words, is the globalrecession a good thing for nu-clear disarmament?

Definitely. For example,one of the easiest thingsPresident Obama could doto solve the U.S. budget cri-sis is getting rid of 1,000 nu-clear warheads.

Is your interest in nuclearweapons an extension of yourgreen involvement?

Yes. Ive been visited Hi-roshima and Nagasaki tosee the effects of nuclearweapons.

And its an extension ofmy interest in solving glob-al conflicts.

Thats why I fund TheElders, an organizationfounded by Nelson Mandelathat works to solve globalconflicts.

The world has been talkingabout environmentalproblems for so long. Do yousee any reasons for optimism?

Absolutely. We have todeal with environmentalproblems in an entrepre-neurial spirit.

For example, Virginsnew aviation fuel useswaste from steel mills. Mil-lions of jobs could be creat-ed worldwide by greeningour cities.

The environment wouldbenefit, the cities wouldbenefit, regular peoplewould benefit, and it wouldstop money pouring out tothe Middle East.

Monitoring future deforestationRichard Branson promises to use his satellites to keep an eye on forests Speaks to Metro about nuclear war

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Sir Richard Branson is working

to change the way we look at the

world.

Vegetarian cubes of yumPotato and red pepper are combined in this dish that works well as a

tasty appetizer or a meatless meal Offer it at your next holiday party

into greased 2.5 L (9-inch) square bakingdish. Bake in 180 C (350F) oven for 25 minutesor until set. Let cool. Cutinto cubes. THE CANADIANPRESS/ FOODLAND ONTARIO/ADAPTED BY EMILY RICHARDS,A PROFESSIONAL HOME ECON-OMIST, COOKBOOK AUTHORAND A TV CELEBRITY CHEF. (EMILYRICHARDSCOOKS.CA)

Ingredients: 250 ml (1 cup) each dicedpeeled Yukon Gold potatoand sweet potato 25 ml (2 tbsp) olive oil 125 ml (1/2 cup) dicedsweet red pepper 175 ml (3/4 cup) dicedonion salt and pepper 4 eggs 50 ml (1/4 cup) 18 per centcream

Preparation:

1 On greased bakingsheet, toss Yukon Goldand sweet potato with10 ml (2 tsp) of oil. Bake in 180 C (350 F) oven 15mins or until tender. Letcool.

2 In skillet, heat 10 ml (2tsp) of oil over highheat; saut red pepper 4mins. Remove from pan.In same skillet, heat 10ml (2 tsp) of remainingoil over medium-highheat; cook onion untiltender and golden, 2

mins. Let cool. Combineall cooked vegetables;season with salt andpepper to taste.

3 In bowl with electricmixer, beat eggs withcream. Add cooked veg-etables and mix. Pour

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22 work & education metronews.caMONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011

From couch to class actSusan Sly, an entrepreneur, author, professional speaker, trainer and athlete, carries a message of motivation

Susan Sly is aHave it AllWoman andshes evenwritten abest-sellingbook aboutthe subject.

No one would guess that11 years ago her life com-pletely collapsed whenshe was diagnosed withMultiple Sclerosis.

She lost everything;her health, marriage andbusiness. She was$100,000 in debt with athree-year-old child andsleeping on a family

members couch.I wanted to die but it

was at that point where Ihad to make a decision.Do I want to fight or sur-render?

Susan began to healher body and got intomulti-level marketing. To-day, the mother of fourchildren is a millionaire,has written five books, is

married to her highschool sweetheart and isstill competing intriathlons and marathons.

I was supposed to bein a wheelchair but Imstill running. I get veryemotional because Imjust so grateful and appre-ciative.

Susans next goal is toempower one million

women around the world.I know what its like tolive in desperation andnot know what tomor-rows going to bring. I re-ally believe that we cantranscend anything ifwere open. I really do.

Have it all too!

Susan Slys advice:

Take time every day forgratitude.Keep an open mindbecause some of the bestideas may come throughthe most unlikely sources.If you want to make a mil-lion a year, adopt million-dollar habits. Be daring

and willing to makechanges happen and de-velop good professionalinstincts.Take time every day toread or listen tosomething empowering Be kind to yourself. It maynot happen at the speedyou want it to so be kindand compassionate.Visit

stepintoyourpower.com. First business at age11 Has generated over$60 million in multi-level marketing sales Six-time Team Cana-da athlete in Track andField and Duathlon Competed in twoworld championships Sponsor of 20 chil-dren with World Vi-sion

Susans stats

Susan Sly is the author of The Have it All Woman along

with four other books.

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A new study suggests thatfeeling powerful reallydoes go to peoples heads and thats a good thing.

The study was co-au-thored by Li-Jun Ji, a pro-fessor at QueensUniversity and a social psy-chologist who specializesin relationships betweenculture and thinking.

Power defined as theability to influence others makes people think dif-ferently, says Ji.

In North America, afeeling of power leads tothinking in a focused andanalytical way, and Ji saysthat thats a good way tothink when pursuing per-sonal goals in this society.

Thinking analytically al-lows you to focus on a goaland how to achieve it with-out being distracted by thesurroundings or context,she says.

Whats most interest-ing about this study is theidea that thinking is flexi-ble, not rigid or innatelypre-programmed, says Ji.

We are able to attune ourstyle of thinking to theneeds of the situation.

However, the specificways we might attune ourthinking seems to dependon our cultural back-ground.

The lead author on thestudy, Yuri Miyamoto atthe University of Wiscon-sin-Madison, has also

looked at Japanese partici-pants and found that ingeneral, East Asians aremore holistic in their rea-soning than European-North Americans.

Holistic thinking, incontrast to analyticalthinking, is more relation-ship and context-focused,Ji explains.

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Let it go to your headResearch indicates that feelings of social power can

bring about a positive change in ones thought process

Focus on the ght.

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