College students will be handed iPads at the beginning of the semester It’s the ‘way of the future,’ proclaims school Tuesday, August 30, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing. ARIANA KAKNEVICIUS Wired in of their studies. “This is the way of the future,” says Lawrenson. “We are hoping to eventually see 100 per cent of pro- grams using this tool.” [email protected] Source: Best Buy mobile survey MATT KIELTYKA/METRO
VANCOUVER Out with the old, in with the shiny, new and high-tech. Students at CDI College and Vancouver Career College will be using iPads as their primary learn- ing tool this year, replacing the enormous cost and weight of text- books that have burdened young scholars for generations. This will be the first and largest rollout of iPads in post-secondary institutions across Canada, with over 1,300 devices being distrib- uted to students starting Thurs- day. Drew Lawrenson, vice-presi- dent of senior council for the schools, says the institutions have been working for two years to develop a complete understand- ing of what the students would benefit from most. “This is a great opportunity for students,” says Lawrenson. “The iPads are user-friendly with exten- sive resources included to learn how to use and get the most out of them.” The iPad only weighs 1.3 pounds and will already be loaded with eTextbooks for students’ enrolled courses, complete with highlighting and book-marking capabilities and an Internet con- nection for research. The tablets are included at a dis- counted price in students’ tuition and are theirs to keep at the end of their studies. “This is the way of the future,” says Lawrenson. “We are hoping to eventually see 100 per cent of pro- grams using this tool.” Tech-savvy schools do away with textbooks College students will be handed iPads at the beginning of the semester It’s the ‘way of the future,’ proclaims school Get used to seeing more students using handheld devices, such as the Apple iPad, as heavy and expensive books are swapped in favour of user-friendly eTextbooks. MATT KIELTYKA/METRO ANCHOR’S AWAY LLOYD ROBERTSON PREPARES FOR HIS FINAL NEWSCAST {page 12} LUNCH RUSH HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DOWNTOWN CAFÉ OPENS UP {page 18} SUPERHERO PITT RESCUES WOMAN ON SET OF NEW FILM {page 14} Tuesday, August 30, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing. Wired in 54 per cent of students use their phone primarily for texting, while 31 per cent mainly use their phones for talking. 44 per cent of smartphone own- ers use Facebook as their primary communication app, while 20 per cent use BlackBerry Messenger and only five per cent use Twitter. Source: Best Buy mobile survey ARIANA KAKNEVICIUS [email protected]
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VANCOUVER
Out with the old, in with theshiny, new and high-tech.
Students at CDI College andVancouver Career College will beusing iPads as their primary learn-ing tool this year, replacing theenormous cost and weight of text-books that have burdened youngscholars for generations.
This will be the first and largestrollout of iPads in post-secondaryinstitutions across Canada, withover 1,300 devices being distrib-uted to students starting Thurs-day.
Drew Lawrenson, vice-presi-dent of senior council for the
schools, says the institutions havebeen working for two years todevelop a complete understand-ing of what the students wouldbenefit from most.
“This is a great opportunity forstudents,” says Lawrenson. “TheiPads are user-friendly with exten-sive resources included to learnhow to use and get the most outof them.”
The iPad only weighs 1.3pounds and will already be loadedwith eTextbooks for students’enrolled courses, complete withhighlighting and book-markingcapabilities and an Internet con-nection for research.
The tablets are included at a dis-counted price in students’ tuitionand are theirs to keep at the end
of their studies.“This is the way of the future,”
says Lawrenson. “We are hoping toeventually see 100 per cent of pro-grams using this tool.”
Tech-savvyschools do awaywith textbooks
College students will be handed iPads at the beginning of the semester It’s the ‘way of the future,’ proclaims school
Get used to seeing more students using handheld devices,
such as the Apple iPad, as heavy and expensive books are
swapped in favour of user-friendly eTextbooks.
MATT KIELTYKA/METRO
ANCHOR’S AWAYLLOYD ROBERTSONPREPARES FOR HIS
FINAL NEWSCAST {page 12}
LUNCH RUSHHIGHLY ANTICIPATED
DOWNTOWN CAFÉOPENS UP {page 18}
SUPERHEROPITT RESCUES WOMAN ON SET OF NEW FILM {page 14}
Tuesday, August 30, 2011www.metronews.ca
News worth sharing.
Wired in
54 per cent of students use theirphone primarily for texting,while 31 per cent mainly use theirphones for talking.44 per cent of smartphone own-ers use Facebook as their primarycommunication app, while 20 percent use BlackBerry Messengerand only five per cent use Twitter.
02 metronews.caTUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2011news: vancouver
New direct cargo service from Vancouver to Shanghai good for B.C.seafood, other Canadian goods: Trade minister B.C. seafood exportedto over 60 countries, featured in two billion meals worldwide per year
Far East connectionfor Canadian exports
China Southern Airlines’ new cargo service from Vancouver to mainland China, which launched in July, has been exporting B.C. seafood such as geoduck, Dungeness crabs and herring to the biggest Asian seafood market.
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Coun. Geoff Meggs sayshe’s been too busy door-knocking for Vision Van-couver to shoot down NPAattacks on his allegiance tocity hall.
“I think the NPA’s mainconcern should be whetherthey’ll get anybody electedat the upcoming election,”
said Meggs, who has beenrumoured to make a switchto provincial politics.
Non-Partisan Associationcity council candidate MikeKlassen said Meggs shouldeither commit soon to a fullterm as councillor or run asa Vancouver-Fairview MLAbecause staging a civic by-
election would cost Vancou-verites roughly $300,000.
PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS
Councillor says he’s focused on city
Geoff Meggs
JEFF HODSON/METRO FILE
B.C. and other Canadianexports are riding first-class straight to Chinathrough a new cargo serv-ice that’s expected toboost the province’sseafood and fruit exportmarket.
China Southern Airlineslaunched in July Canada’sfirst dedicated all-cargoservice from Vancouver tomainland China. The serv-ice has been transportingB.C. seafood, other Canadi-an goods and heavy equip-ment four times a week to
Shanghai, the biggestseafood market in Asia.
The airline is using Boe-ing 777-200F aircraft witha capacity of 110 tonneson each flight.
“Growing our trade andinvestment ties with Chi-na is a key priority because(it) will benefit Canadianbusinesses, workers andtheir families,” said Inter-national Trade Minister EdFast.
“China is now theworld’s second-largesteconomy after the UnitedStates … (and) Canada’ssecond-largest merchan-dise-trading partner.”
The service is part of
Canada’s Asia-Pacific Gate-way initiative, which aimsto bolster trade with Chi-na, South Korea andemerging Asian markets.
Fast added the cargoservice will help transporthigh-value and perishablegoods such as B.C. straw-berries and blueberries toAsian markets.
B.C. exported $80 mil-lion of seafood to Chinaand $313 million ofseafood exports to Asia in2010. Crabs, geoduck,hake and herring were thetop exports.
Fast said he will be trav-elling to China in the fallto work on expanding
trade relations with thebiggest Asian market.
Premier Christy Clark isalso due for a trade mis-sion to China and India inNovember. Dix exults in
HST defeatNew Democrat Leader Adri-an Dix thanked Chinese-Canadian small businessesyesterday for helpingdefeat the HST.
During his anti-HST cam-paigning, Dix often turnedto Chinese business leadersto make his case to thecommunity. “This is a victo-ry for consumers and smallbusiness people,” he said.
ARIANA KAKNEVICIUS
Oppal on thedefensiveThe commissionerconducting an inquiry intomurdered and missingwomen in B.C. denies he’salready prejudged some is-sues in the case involvinga serial killer.
In the letter to then-at-torney general Barry Pen-ner, dated June 27, WallyOppal said that if chargesagainst Robert Picktonhad gone ahead in 1997,the murders of severalwomen would have beenavoided. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Dine anddasher robsgas stationto pay bill,RCMP allegeA Surrey man described byMounties as a “robber witha conscience” is facing mul-tiple charges after allegedlyrobbing a gas station to payhis $38 dinner.
North Vancouver RCMPsaid Corey Henderson, 21,left Browns Social House onLonsdale Avenue withoutpaying his tab. Minutes lat-er, the same man allegedlyheld a screwdriver to anemployee’s neck at a next-door Esso gas station,demanding cash. Police al-lege Henderson returned tothe restaurant to pay hisbill with the stolen money.
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441,000 tonnes of air car-go: Asia-Pacific Gatewayinitiative goal.
China Southern Airlinescargo service transports 80per cent B.C. seafood and20 per cent berries and drygoods to China.
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B.C. shouldn’t be onthe hook for HST: MP
Davies believes $1.6-million reimbursement should be scaled back Provincial, federal governments talking behind closed doors
A worker cuts the grass outside the British Columbia legislature in Victoria.
British Columbians voted 54.73 per cent in favour of abolishing the harmonized sales tax,
potentially putting the province on the hook for $1.6 billion owed to Ottawa.
DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE
With repayment of BritishColumbia’s $1.6-billionHST compensation loom-ing, opinion among theprovince’s federal parlia-mentarians is divided onhow to proceed.
Vancouver-KingswayNew Democratic MP DonDavies argues that B.C.should have to repay only asmall portion — if any — ofthe total.
“I believe that the (HST)was brought in with duplic-ity,” and without a demo-cratic mandate, saidDavies.
“The $1.6 billion thatthe federal governmentgave the province was com-pensation for the economicimpact that, obviously, thefederal and provincial gov-ernments acknowledgedwould happen,” he added.
Davies contends that be-cause the HST will havebeen in effect for nearly
four years by the time of itsrepeal, B.C. shouldn’t besaddled with the full $1.6-billon wallop.
Premier Christy Clarkand Prime MinisterStephen Harper met at anevent in Abbotsford Sundayand briefly discussed theHST, but the two sides haveyet to establish a reim-bursement plan.
Clark said discussionswill take place in private.
“I’m not going to negoti-ate in the media about howwe’re going to get throughthis,” she said.WITH FILES FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS
FamilytragedyPolice confirmedyesterday that the 10-year-old girl killed and the 18-year-old man injuredwhen their jet ski was hitby a boat on OkanaganLake Friday were siblings.The two people in theboat were unharmed inthe incident.
METRO
Scanning forbetter canceroutcomesThe B.C. Cancer Agency un-veiled yesterday a new toolin the fight against cancer.
The PET/CT scanner isthe second at the agencyand will double patient ca-pacity, said the parliamen-tary secretary for seniors tothe minister of health, Dr.Margaret MacDiarmid.
“I’m looking forward tothe new developments Iknow will happen in can-
cer imaging, as well as theadvances for cancer pa-tients,” said MacDiarmid.
The agency will now beable to conduct 6,200 scansannually.
The B.C. governmentpledged $1.5 million peryear to help maintain thenew apparatus and the B.C.Cancer Foundation raised$3.2 million to purchase it.
KYLE FARQUHARSON
Workforcean asset:ReportBritish Columbia boastsone of Canada’s mostvaluable workforces, anew report from the B.C.Progress Board states.
The metric featuredin the report, HumanCapital, is designed torepresent thecumulative value of theskill, education and ex-perience of B.C. workers.
Exemplary in B.C. arethe low high schooldropout rate, above-aver-age international testscores and a highproportion of citizenswith university degrees,the report reads.
However, thedocument did cite twoareas with room for im-provement: “Poor educa-tional outcomes” forFirst Nations students,and the underutilizeddexterity of theprovince’s immigrants.
“I believe that the(HST) was broughtin with duplicity.”VANCOUVER-KINGSWAY MP DON DAVIES
Bike groperon looseVancouver police are warn-ing women to be vigilantafter a 22-year-old womanwas sexually attacked by aman following her homeon a bicycle along VannessAvenue over the weekend.The woman’s screamingspooked the suspect, whorode off on his bike.
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Moammar Gadhafi’s wifeand three of his childrenfled Libya to neighbouringAlgeria yesterday, firm evi-dence that the longtimeleader has lost his grip onthe country.
Gadhafi’s whereaboutswere still unknown andrebels are worried that ifhe remains in Libya, it willstoke more violence. InWashington, the Obamaadministration said it hasno indication Gadhafi hasleft the country.
Rebels also said one ofGadhafi’s other sons, elitemilitary commanderKhamis, was probablykilled in battle.
The Algerian ForeignMinistry said in a state-ment that Gadhafi’s wifeSafia, his sons Hannibaland Mohammed, and hisdaughter Aisha entered thecountry across the landborder. It said Algerian au-thorities have informedthe United Nations secre-tary general, the presidentof the UN Security Counciland the head of the Libyanrebels’ transitional leader-ship council.
Ahmed Jibril, an aide torebel National TransitionalCouncil head Mustafa Ab-dul-Jalil, said officialswould “demand that Alger-ian authorities hand them
over to Libya to be tried be-fore Libyan courts.”
Gadhafi’s childrenplayed important roles in
Libya’s military and eco-nomic life. Hannibal head-ed the maritime transportcompany; Mohammed thenational Olympic commit-tee. Aisha, a lawyer, helpedin the defence of toppledIraqi dictator Saddam Hus-sein in the trial that led tohis hanging.
Ahmed Bani, militaryspokesman for the council,said he was not surprisedto hear Algeria had wel-comed Gadhafi’s relatives.Throughout the six-monthLibyan uprising, rebelshave accused Algeria ofproviding Gadhafi withmercenaries to repress therevolt. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rise of violence at schools worries migrant workers
Eight kids hurt inShanghai slashing
Gadhafi’s wife, three children flee to Algeria
A worker slashed childrenwith a knife at a daycarecentre for migrant workersin eastern China yesterday,wounding eight of them,one seriously.
The attack happened atnoon at an informal day-care centre in Shanghai’ssuburban Minhang dis-trict, home to many mi-grant workers.
A woman was taken in-to custody and police wereinvestigating, said ZhuangLiqiang, an officer in theinformation services de-partment of the ShanghaiPublic Security Bureau. Hedid not provide further de-tails.
Of the eight childrensent to the hospital fortreatment, four sufferedlight injuries and one wasrelatively seriously hurt,
but none faced life-threat-ening injuries, the officialXinhua News Agency andlocal reports said.
The reports said the al-
leged attacker had suffereda “psychotic episode.”
Shanghai’s Dragon TVshowed children’s clothingat the hospital coveredwith blood. Doctors saidthey had to cut off theclothes quickly to treat thechildren’s injuries.
Migrant workers oftenstruggle to find decentchild care for their chil-dren, who are not usuallyqualified to attend citypublic schools and oftencannot afford the high feescharged by private facili-ties.
The problem has beenworsened by local movesto close the informalschools and nurseries thatcater to migrant families,ostensibly due to safetyconcerns. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Schooling crisis
Chinese schools and nurs-eries have increased secu-rity following a spate ofgory rampages in schoolsand other public places inrecent years in whichdozens of people died orwere injured.With tens of millions ofmigrant parents workingfar from their rural homesin big cities, families areoften split, the children on-ly loosely supervised orlooked after by grandpar-ents and other relatives.
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Homes buried in deadly landslidesLandslides killed at least 29 people yesterday in an eastern district of Uganda,including children buried in their homes, officials said. At least 22 houses wereburied after heavy rainfall caused landslides in the Mabono village, 250 kilometreseast of Kampala. Last year, over 300 people were killed by landslides in the region.
Uganda. Disaster.
Survivors of recent mudslides stand next to a half-submerged building
at Sisiyi Sub County in Bulambuli district, Uganda, yesterday.
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Aisha Gadhafi, daughter
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The former Libyan intelli-gence officer convicted inthe 1988 Lockerbie planebombing is close to deathand slipping in and out ofconsciousness, his familysaid yesterday, a week af-ter the regime thatprotected him was oustedfrom power.Abdel Baset al-Megrahiwas the only person con-victed for the bombingover Lockerbie, Scotland,that killed 270 people. Hewas released from a Scot-tish prison on humanitari-an grounds in 2009, only
eight years into a life sen-tence, after doctorspredicted he would die ofprostate cancer withinthree months.Many victims’ familieswere infuriated by his re-lease. That fury only grewwhen he returned to ahero’s welcome in Libya,remained alive long pastthose doctors’ predictionsand even appeared at a re-cent pro-Gadhafi rally.The downfall of theGadhafi regime spurredcalls from some in theUnited States and Europethat al-Megrahi bereturned to prison.
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The impact of post-tropicalstorm Irene left some165,000 power customersin Quebec without electric-ity yesterday, while tens ofthousands more in NewBrunswick and Nova Scotiawere also waiting for thelights to come back on.
The storm may also beto blame for a road col-lapse yesterday about 100kilometres northeast ofMontreal, where the re-sulting crevasse swallowedtwo cars and left authori-ties searching for a miss-ing driver.
Early yesterday, thestorm still packed a windypunch as it rolled throughEastern Canada — where itflooded roads, snappedtrees and knocked outpower. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Happy Feetheads backhome The wayward emperorpenguin dubbed HappyFeet craned his head andflapped his flippers as hestarted his journey hometo cooler southern watersyesterday.
The penguin was movedfrom the Wellington Zoo inNew Zealand, where staffhave cared for him for thepast two months, to the re-search ship Tangaroa,which will release him af-ter four days at sea.
The Tangaroa is NewZealand’s largest researchvessel and was alreadyscheduled to head intofrigid southern waters tocheck on fish numbers inorder to set fishing quotas.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Irene lashes Quebec, MaritimesAt least one person missing after
post-tropical storm Forecasterswarn of possible storm surges
Fernande Simard, 92, looks at the damage caused to her neighbour’s house after
a 300-year-old tree was blown down by the remnants of Irene yesterday in Montreal.
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Wife chargedafter mandetects gas A woman has beenarrested after a manwoke to the smell of gasin his home.
The 51-year-old man, aresident of Piney, Man.,discovered his propanestove had been left on.While trying to get thegas to dissipate, it ignitedand the man was slightlyinjured. The man thennoted his common-lawwife and all the pets werenot in the home, and avehicle was gone.
The man’s 47-year-oldpartner was arrested thenext day and chargedwith attempted murder.
ELISHA DACEY
Ottawa can’thide behindemails: CourtOttawa has been told ithas to cough up emailssought in a case involvingaboriginal businesses ordo a better job of justify-ing why it shouldn’t.
In January 2010, TribalWi-Chi-Way-Win CapitalCorp. asked the FederalCourt in Winnipeg to re-view an AboriginalAffairs program that pro-vides subsidies to banks.
The parties have beenarguing over what shouldbe admissible as evidenceand Ottawa claims cabi-net confidentiality foremails exchangedbetween civil servants.
But a Federal Court of-ficial has ruled thatemails don’t qualify andare admissible.THE CANADIAN PRESS
RCMP blamethieves for buscrash into lakeThe RCMP say thieveslikely sent a 20-passengerlimo bus off a cliff intoOkanagan Lake earlySunday.
Police say the $100,000bus owned by Sun ValleyLimousine was stolenfrom Kelowna, driven upa road and steered down arocky embankmentbefore it came to rest sub-merged in shallow water.
RCMP divers sent tothe site checked the businterior but found no oneinside. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Search is on
In Quebec, provincial
police were searching
yesterday for a motorist
who disappeared after a
landslide sent a chunk of
roadway pummelled by
the storm tumbling into
the Yamaska River.
Police spokesman BenoitRichard said the driver ofone vehicle scrambled outto safety, as did one of thetwo occupants of the second car.
Meanwhile, Quebec policesaid they were alsolooking for an 81-year-oldman who vanished Sundayafter leaving his cottageon foot during the storm.
Happy Feet
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Veteran Liberal MP DenisCoderre says he favoursmerging his party with theNew Democrats.
But the Montreal MPseems to be a lone voice ata four-day Liberal caucusretreat to plot strategy fornext month’s resumptionof Parliament.
Interim leader Bob Raeand other current and for-mer MPs say a merger isnot in the cards, eventhough both oppositionparties are weakened andleaderless.
Jack Layton’s death lastweek has left the NDP reel-ing and has revived specu-lation about a possiblemerger. Coderre says theoutpouring of grief for Lay-ton signalled to him thatCanadians want a united,progressive alternative toStephen Harper’s Conser-vatives.
But Rae says unitingwith the NDP is not on theagenda. He says Liberals —reduced to a third-partyrump of only 34 seats inthe May 2 election — needto focus on getting theirown house in order.
“That’s not on our agen-da,” Rae told reporters yes-terday on his way into acaucus retreat to plot strat-egy for the Sept. 19 returnof Parliament.
Rae, who spent the sum-mer meeting with Liberalsacross the country, said“resilience” was the bestword to describe the moodof party members.
With the largely rookieNDP caucus preoccupiedwith choosing Layton’ssuccessor, Liberals believethe veteran Rae will have achance to shine during thefall parliamentary session.THE CANADIAN PRESS
B.C. offersclimatecoursesB.C. residents nowhave access to free on-line courses to helpthem betterunderstand climatechange.
Environment Minis-ter Terry Lake says theseries of animatedcourses are beingoffered by the PacificInstitute for ClimateSolutions.
He says with thegovernment commit-ted to the goal of beingcarbon neutral, it’s im-portant for everyone tounderstand the impli-cations.
The courses explainhow climate is chang-ing, mankind’s role inthat change, how thegovernment is tryingto reduce B.C.’s carbonfootprint and what itmeans to theprovince’s economyand its future.
He says while thecourses, which he callsa North American first,are aimed atbureaucrats, they areavailable to all B.C. res-idents. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Rae denies NDP,Liberal merger
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The poll, conducted forCIBC by Harris-Decima, re-veals that, on average,Canadians holding someform of debt today feelthey will be debt-free byage 55.
But the poll also foundthat only about 35 per centof Canadians currently inthe 55-to-64 age group —or just over a third — areactually debt-free.
The findings appearedto hold true for all agegroups polled.
For example, Canadians25 to 34 on average toldthe pollsters they expectedto be debt-free by age 44.However, the poll foundthat only 18 per cent of
those now in the 45-to-54age group were, in fact,debt-free.
“Being debt-free is along-term financial goal formany Canadians,” saidChristina Kramer, execu-tive vice-president, RetailDistribution and ChannelStrategy, CIBC.
She notes, however, thatthis disparity between ex-pectations and results sug-gests that Canadians needto remain focused on adebt repayment strategy.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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The projects includedeveloping concept elec-tric cars, parts for hybridvehicles, metalliccomponents, alternativeenergy and ways to im-prove fuel efficiency.
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They say moneydoesn’t grow on trees, but it does fall from trucks ... The fantasy of seeing banknotesfluttering down from the sky cametrue for Dutch motorists after apackage containing cash apparentlyfell from a bank transport truck andbroke open.
The incident triggered a danger-
ous scramble for the euro bills yes-terday on the busy highway nearMaastricht, in the Netherlands, aspeople parked cars on the road’sshoulder and ran to scoop up loosenotes.
Police in the southern Dutchprovince of Limburg confirmed intheir Twitter feed “it briefly rainedbank bills.”
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LAST CALLFOR SUMMER
I have terrible news, everyone,there is only one week left ofsummer.
Sure, autumn doesn’t tech-nically begin until the fallequinox sometime in mid-Sep-tember, but we all know that
the day after Labour Day is the unofficialend of the season. Next Tuesday meansback to school and back to reality for thoseof us enjoying summer hours and vacantworkplaces.
So how did your summer measure up?Have you appreciated each minute of day-
light and every ray of sunshine? Probably not, but withseven days left you’ve still got some time to takeadvantage of Canada’s favourite fleeting season. Thisweek, try to do all five of these summertime activities —whether it’s your first time or your one-thousandth time— before it’s too late.
Enjoy a meal al-fresco: While the weather forecast is stillbearable, indulge in a little open-air gastronomy. Take aseat on a sidewalk patio or pack a picnic for a nearby parkor your own backyard. Sure, you’ll be terrorized by wasps
and ants, but that’s just partof the fun.
Wear white: White dresses,white pants, white fedoras— in cotton, in linen, in silk.Wear white all week longbecause soon you’ll have tosay goodbye to those palepieces and unpack your col-lection of flannel. Sure, youcan try to get away with thateyelet sundress after LabourDay, but you know this age-old fashion faux pas won’tgo unnoticed.
Take a dip: Find the closestpool, lake or ocean and takethe plunge — because noth-ing can compare to splish-splashing around in thegreat outdoors.
Get a pedicure: You’ll beback in waterproof bootsand practical (read: ugly)footwear soon enough, so if
you’re going to slip on sandals make sure you go out instyle. Get buffed, clipped, filed and polished — for thesake of your own hygiene and for everyone who has topeek at those toes on display.
Ride a bike: Sure, there are hardy people who insist onpeddling year-round, but for most of us, the idea ofcycling through the city streets in a snowstorm is just in-sane. This week, take the opportunity to do some last-minute two-wheeling around your favourite trails beforelayers of leaves, ice and slush cover them up for months tocome.
And so, the summer countdown is on. Only 10,080 min-utes left to get outside and savour the season.
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It’s a perfect summer dayin August, and LloydRobertson seems almost re-lieved to be back at work.
The 77-year-old has en-tered the final stretch, andThursday — when he is setto wrap his final newscastat the helm of CTV Nation-al News, thus ending thelongest-ever reign of aNorth American nationalanchor — is looming.
But for now, Robertsonis exactly where he wantsto be, amid the buzz andswarm of CTV’s hive of anews hub as he and his col-leagues begin to stitch to-gether the evening’s
nightly program.“It’s all (the viewers are)
talking about,” Robertsonsaid in a recent interview,taking a brief break fromthe night’s work. “‘When isthe day?’ ‘When are youstepping down?’ ‘Retire-ment.’
“Only, I try to steer themaway from the word ‘retire-ment,’ because I’m still go-ing to be doing things. ... Iintend to be around for awhile.”
So Robertson won’t bestopping, at least not en-tirely. He’ll contribute toCTV’s flagship news maga-zine series W5 and has a se-
ries of vignettes on deter-mined young people tolead into next year’sOlympics.
But it’s clear that step-ping away from the an-chor’s chair will still feellike the end of somethingsignificant to Robertson.
After all, he has an-chored the evening news inthis country through theterms of eight Canadianprime ministers and eightU.S. presidents. He’s cov-ered three Olympic Gamesheld within our borders.He’s reported on the moonlanding, on Terry Fox’sMarathon of Hope, on the
fall of the Berlin wall, onthe death of Princess Dianaand on the terrorist attacksof 9-11.
That sort of prominentlongevity is impossibly rarein the TV business nowa-days, said CTV’s chief politi-cal correspondent CraigOliver.
“When he and I startedin television, there werejust two channels,” saidOliver, a friend of Robert-son’s since they were col-leagues at CBC in the ’60s.
“He’s the last of a breedof really high-profile, influ-ential anchors.”THE CANADIAN PRESS
Lloyd lays down his micNational News anchor set to wrap final newscast on Thursday At age
77, Robertson shuns the word ‘retirement’, and sets sights on new projects
Lloyd Robertson has anchored the evening news in Canada through the terms of eight prime ministers.
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A life in
the limelight
Growing up in Stratford,Ont., Robertson was fasci-nated with broadcasting asearly as his pre-teen years.He aspired to work for thelocal radio station, CJCS,finally achieving his goalafter graduating highschool.
Robertson moved up theladder quickly. He was only20 when he went to workfor CBC and 22 when hemarried his high schoolsweetheart, Nancy. Thecouple bounced from Win-nipeg to Ottawa to Toron-to, starting a family alongthe way.
In 1970, he claimed the an-chor position at CBC’s TheNational. It was, of course,a dream gig for abroadcast news hound butbefore long, Robertson be-gan feeling restricted. Inthose days, a complicatedunion relationship meantthat TV anchors weren’t al-lowed any editorial inputinto the words they werereading.
Robertson’s frustrationeventually led to his then-shocking decision to moveto CTV, a choice thatchewed him up at thetime.
Robertson flourished atCTV. Beginning as a co-an-chor with Harvey Kirck,Robertson rejoiced in theincreased creative controlhe was afforded, and rat-ings swiftly rose (Robert-son takes pride in pointingout that CTV NationalNews has become thecountry’s top-rated nation-al newscast).
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Michael Jackson’schildren and fathervisited the late popstar’s boyhood homein Gary, Ind., as thetown celebratedwhat would havebeen his 53rd birth-day. Hundreds offans took part in ac-tivities outside thehouse in JacksonStreet over the week-end ahead ofJackson’s birthday onMonday.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jamaica’s Jolly Boys enjoying international
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MTV took over L.A. thisweekend for its annualVideo Music Awards, withtwo days of parties and con-certs leading up to Sun-day’s big show.
We caught up with a fewpeople ready to party be-fore the event got started.
Andrew W.K.The party animal has beenholed up in L.A. prepping anew record.On the VMAs: Really mymain concern is the parties.I want to be invited to thepre-parties, the after-par-ties, the post-after-partiesand of course any party atall.
And that really is a greatthing about this event —there are a lot of parties.
Lil’ JonWhile the fun-loving rap-per had to skip town rightbefore the big show, he stillhad plenty of expectations.On the VMAs: My boy Pitbulljust got added to the showin the last couple days, andhe’s having an incredibleyear, so I’m looking for-ward to seeing him do histhing and supporting him.
And I want to knowwhat Lady Gaga’s going towear. I think that’s thequestion of the day; what isshe going to wear thistime?
She had the meat dresslast year, so how can shetop the meat dress?
Red carpet and baby namesMetro chats to the stars of the MTV Video Music Awards And we discuss Beyoncé’s bump
Rebecca Black arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday.
Here’s afew guessesas to whatthey mightname thechild.
Rebecca BlackThe 14-year-old YouTubeconversation piece is tryingto turn her Internet infamyinto an actual music career.On her VMAs experience sofar: It’s pretty amazing, con-
sidering it just started. Youthink it’s just a couplehours, but no. It’s a wholeweekend.On how 2011 has been a rollercoaster: Oh, definitely. Imean, when I thought how
2011 was going to be atNew Year’s, I thought it’sjust going to be the year Istart high school. But no, itturned out to be so muchmore, and I’m so gratefulfor it all.
14 dish metronews.caTUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2011
Brad Pitt has been playingheroes for so long that itmust just come naturallyto him now.
The actor reportedlyjumped in to rescue awoman from being tram-pled on the set of his latestfilm, World War Z,currently filming in Scot-land, according to theScottish Sun.
Pitt’s rescue attempthappened during adangerous scene involving700 panicking extras.
“I don’t think she couldbelieve it when Bradpicked her up,” a sourcesays. “He didn’t have timeto speak to her as it wasmid-shoot. But she said af-terward how grateful shewas, despite having a bad-ly-grazed knee.” METRO
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“Sometimes it’s our se-crets that define us.”
And despite any troubles
her fame has caused her,that doesn’t mean she’d beopposed to sons Sean andJayden following her intoshow business. “I’d definite-ly keep an eye on them, butif that’s what they wantedto do then I’d let them go af-ter it. I’d just be very protec-tive,” she says. “I wouldn’twant them to go into it feel-ing fearful.” METRO
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Not all obese people needto lose weight.
Evidence is mountingthat obesity alone is notnecessarily a predictor ofbad health.
“It is important to real-ize that weight does notequal health,” says Dr.Jennifer Kuk, an assistantprofessor in York Univer-sity’s school of kinesiolo-gy and health science.
In a recent study, Dr.Kuk and colleagues com-
pared the health status of6,000 obese Americanswith 23,000 thinner peo-ple.
They found that obesepeople with no physicalor psychological limita-tions had about the samerisk of death as lean peo-ple, and were actually lesslikely to die from heartdisease.
Obesity only becomesrisky when it is accompa-nied by factors such ashigh blood pressure, highcholesterol, high bloodsugar and depression,they found.
“Obese people shouldgo to their doctor to beevaluated,” Dr. Kuk toldMetro.
“If their doctor findsthat they are healthy oth-er than an elevated bodyweight, then this re-search suggests that theyshould focus on a healthydiet with regular physicalactivity as opposed toweight loss,” says Dr. Kuk.
Earlier studies havefound that trying and fail-ing to lose weight couldbe detrimental to somepeople’s health.
How do doctors assess
which obese people needto lose weight?
A tool developed at theUniversity of Alberta,called the Edmonton Obe-sity Staging System(EOSS), shows your doctorwhether you have obesi-ty-related risk factors andtherefore require sometype of treatment or sur-gery.
“BMI only measureshow big you are — nothow sick you are,” saysCanadian Obesity Net-work founder Dr. AryaSharma, who developedthe EOSS.
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Vaccines can cause certainside effects, but seriousones appear very rare —and there’s no link withautism and Type 1 dia-betes, the Institute of Med-icine says in the firstcomprehensive safety re-view in 17 years.
The report releasedThursday isn’t aimed atnervous parents. And theside effects it lists asproven are some that doc-tors long have knownabout, such as fever-causedseizures and occasionalbrain inflammation.
Instead, the reviewcomes at the request ofthe government’s VaccineInjury Compensation Pro-gram, which pays dam-
ages to people who are in-jured by vaccines. Federallaw requires this type ofindependent review as of-ficials update side effectson that list to be sure theyagree with the latest sci-ence.
“Vaccines are importanttools in preventing seriousinfectious disease acrossthe lifespan, from infancythrough adulthood. Allhealth-care interventions,however, carry the possi-bility of risk and vaccinesare no exception,” said pe-diatrician and bioethicistDr. Ellen Wright Clayton ofVanderbilt University, whochaired the institute panel.
Still, the report stressesthat vaccines generally are
safe, and it may help doc-tors address worries froma small but vocal anti-vac-cine movement.
“I am hopeful that itwill allay some people’sconcerns,” Clayton said.
There’s suggestive evi-dence but not proof ofside-effects, including ana-phylaxis from the humanpapillomavirus — or HPVvaccine — and short-termjoint pain in some womenand children from theMMR vaccine.
The report cleared flushots of blame for twolong-suspected side effects:Bell’s palsy and worseningof asthma.
That doesn’t meanthere aren’t other side ef-
Vaccines largelysafe, review finds
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reports that dismiss a link
between vaccines and
autism, but it counted
some convincing side
effects:
Fever-triggered seizures,which seldom cause long-term consequences, fromthe measles-mumps-rubel-la, or MMR, vaccine.MMR also can cause a rareform of braininflammation in some peo-ple with immuneproblems.The varicella vaccineagainst chickenpox some-times triggers the viral in-fection, resulting inwidespread chickenpox ora painful relative calledshingles. It also occasionally canlead to pneumonia, hepati-tis or meningitis.
fects — the reviewcouldn’t find enough evi-dence to decide aboutmore than 100 other possi-bilities.
Some vaccines are too
new to link to somethingreally rare. Another exam-ple: Flu shots have longcome with a caution aboutrare, paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome, but Clay-
ton said research hasn’tsettled if that’s a coinci-dence since the disorder ismore common during thewinter. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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As Americanswaited for asolution totheir debtceiling crisis,
many food-loving Vancou-verites were just as restlesswaiting for the highly an-ticipated, much delayedopening of downtown’snew chocolaterie patis-serie café, Thierry.
And it was well worththe suspense.
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macaroons, and just aboutevery other deliciousdessert under the Frenchsun (you must see the gor-geous selection for your-self ), my newest happyspot serves four baguettesandwiches for lunch.
And the prosciuttoproves that less is more.
On a freshly bakedwholewheat baguette,painted on both sides witha powerful roasted tomatosauce, lay several thin lay-ers of salty prosciutto andbuttery Manchego cheese.
Willpower helped meleave half of the small-ishsandwich for later to save
room for Thierry’s highlytouted macaroons.
The rainbow of minihamburger-like dessertsfully lived up to the PierreHerme standard. And sincethey’ve been flying offshelves, batches are madedaily. They’re fresh, delec-table and fully to die for.
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I keep reading news about a slowdown in theUS economy – should I sell my investments?
A: Money in America? Is that an oxymoron?
B: You should invest! You can’t get the ups without goingthrough the downs.
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Dear Mr. Butler,You attend a party given by afriend and the next day youare feeling a tad sick and sus-pect food poisoning. Do youphone the host to ask if any-one else got sick and risk in-sulting them that it was theirfood, or just keep silent andcontinue to take yourGravol/Imodium?
Regards, W.
Dear W,If your discomfort can be
cured with Gravol/Imodiumthan I would absolutelykeep it to myself as it reallyisn’t anything too serious.
However if you neededto see a doctor because itwas a serious case of foodpoisoning, I would not hesi-tate to contact your friendso that the source can bedetermined.
Remember, before youeat anything on a summerbuffet table, make sure it isfresh or else you are playing
Last week ane-ton of ques-tions landedin my emailregarding mycolumn on us-ing morn-ingstar.ca to
evaluate and learn aboutyour mutual funds.
Many of you had difficul-ty navigating the site andlocating your funds.
First of all, it ain’t you!There’s definitely a bit of alearning curve.
If the closest you’ve evercome to your mutual fundsis when you picked them inthe first place, with or with-out the help of an advisor,then the relationship needsa bit of work.
Reader Evan had troublefinding Acuity CanadianSmall Cap. So here’s thedrill.
Go to morningstar.ca.Near the top there’s a lineof tabs. Click on Funds. Inthe middle of the pageyou’ll see a Tools menu.Choose Fund Lookup.
Type your fund in thebox titled, Enter FundName. Note: Sometimes,the abbreviated name onan investment statement(such as your RRSP) will notmatch how it is listed.
If the browser can’t lo-cate the fund, choose Spon-sor Name instead of fundname and scroll throughthe (often long) list of fundsthat appear. Sponsor, inEvan’s case, would be Acu-ity.
I typed in Acuity Canadi-an Small Cap and uppopped another window.
Click on the fund name— sometimes there are acouple of options, so chooseyours, then click ViewQuicktake Reports.
Oh dear. Who let thedogs out? What appears is athumbnail of the fund in-
cluding, right at the top, asingle star out of five.
That means Morningstarrates this fund as a pooch.
In the graph a blue lineshows the fund has under-performed others in its cat-egory and its benchmarkindex for the past threeyears.
Below the graph is a per-formance chart. Don’t wor-ry about all the numbers,just look at “% Rank in Cate-
gory” — one per cent beingthe top and 100 per cent be-ing the bottom. A littlecounterintuitive, I know.
Acuity Canadian SmallCap is 51, 92 and 96 for one,three and five years — sub-par in spades.
GO TO ALISONGRIFFITHS.CA TO FINDLAST WEEK’S COLUMN, OR SEARCH MYNAME ON THE METRO SITE, AND NEXTWEEK I’LL SHOW YOU HOW TO FINDTOP PERFORMING FUNDS.
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School is ex-pensive. I getit! I paid myway througha four year
undergraduate degree andan MBA by workingthroughout both programs.Was it worth the sleeplessnights and $100,000 invest-ment? Yes. My educationhas given me opportunitiesthat I wouldn’t have other-wise had. I’m passionateabout my work and earngood money.
Seventy-five per cent offuture jobs will require edu-cation. Certainly there arevery successful people inNorth America without it.But this phenomenon is be-coming less common be-cause the corporate cultural
norm has changed: educa-tion is critical.
If you’re struggling tocover the tuition tab, get ajob. Apply for paid co-op, in-ternship and work experi-ence programs related toyour field of study. Aim forfull-time work in the sum-mer and a part-timearrangement while you’rein school. Sound boring?Spice it up with an over-seas work term.
While classes are in ses-sion, work on or near cam-pus. Your faculty, thelibraries, restaurants, storesand fitness centres needstaff. If you’re feeling entre-preneurial, turn your hob-bies into money:photography, writing, webdesign, etc.
Student debt is often un-avoidable. But, by workingthroughout and saving, youcan offset tuition costs.Whatever you do, ensureyou’ve got sufficient time tofocus on your studies.
Capilanoprofessorgets nodCapilano UniversityTheatre Prof. StuartAikens has been nomi-nated for his secondCraft Emmy for hiswork on AMC’s televi-sion show The Killing.
Aikens is nominat-ed under Best Castingin a Dramatic Series,his second nod fromthe Craft Emmys. Hewas previously nomi-nated for Traffic, theminiseries.
The Craft Emmysare taking place Sept.10 in Los Angeles.
The Creative CraftEmmy awards honoursome of the finestwork done both onscreen and behind thescenes in televisionand film.
Although not asprestigious as its regu-lar counterpart, theEmmys, it’s still considered adistinguished award.
Emily Carr hires new comm managerThe Emily Carr Insti-tute of Art and Designhas hired Barry Patter-son as the executivedirector of its newly createdcommunications position.
Effective yesterday,Patterson will be thevoice of Emily Carr,helping “to shape anddefine the university’sbrand and build uponthe global reputationof the school and thesuccess of its studentsand alumni,” said Rox-anne Toronto,communications offi-cer with Emily Carr.
Patterson has beeninvolved in marketingand communicationsfor more than 15years, working withboth private and non-profit companies.
For more informa-tion about Emily Carr, visit ecuad.ca.
SAM SMITH
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Do you enjoy workingwith children and teams?Then look no further thanKwantlen Polytechnic Uni-versity’s Teacher Assistantprogram.
A two-hour informationsession delving into whatit means to be a Special Ed-ucation Teacher Assistantis available to all thosewho are interested.
On Sept. 12, from 7-9p.m., learn all about whatkind of person should beinvolved in this program
and if it’s right for you.“The days are filled with
challenges, the joys oflearning and assisting oth-ers in achieving their indi-vidual goals,” Kwantlen’swebsite states.
For more information,visit kwantlen.bc.ca.
The natural worldContinuing Studies at Emi-ly Carr is introducing abrand new amalgamationof events, workshops anddesign builds for SecondNature Lab.
Focusing on the rela-tionship between humans
and the natural world, stu-dents will look at every-thing from art to moderntechnologies to dissect anddiscuss humans and theirinteractions with theEarth.
The school has an over-all goal of inspiring newideas and collaboratingmovers and shakers to re-generate the world. This isa noble and large goal, butone that starts with a dis-cussion and exchange ofideas from like-minded in-dividuals.
Each year, Emily Carroffers intensive and fo-
cused programming inspecific areas.
The events take placeSept. 10 and Sept 25 all dayand will be curated by Hol-ly Schmidt.
To learn more, visitecuad.ca.
SFU dissects crusadesSimon Fraser University ishosting a free event dis-cussing the crusades andasking what really hap-pened, and are they stillrelevant today?
Taking the age-old im-age of a clash betweenChristians and Muslims, or
a clash between Westernand Eastern civilizations,the event bears to ask,“Are these depictions accu-rate?”
By dissecting the histor-ical accuracies of the cru-sades and the impact onthe modern world, thisfree discussion held atSFU’s Vancouver campus isfree to anyone interestedto learn.
The event takes placeSept. 10 between 1:30 and3 p.m. at the Harbour Cen-tre in Room 1900.
To learn more, visitevents.sfu.ca.
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Are you coming out ofschool with a degree andnot sure where to go nextto pursue a career?
A degree in accountingdoesn’t mean you need tojoin an accounting firm. Adegree in computer sci-ence doesn’t mean youneed to work for a technol-ogy company.
Students are too oftenlimiting themselves to aspecific industry and notlooking out for the multi-tude of opportunities avail-able in other industriesthat are still suited to their
training. Think outside theindustry box.
“(Students) have theirminds set on one specific in-dustry, which can reallylimit their job opportuni-ties,” says Debbie Bottineau,regional vice-president ofOfficeTeam.
There are so many op-portunities across a varietyof industries that are neg-lected because peoplethink the jobs don’t exist.
Bottineau also suggestsnot limiting yourself bysolely focusing on full-timepositions. “A lot of employ-ers are looking for hands-on work experience, sodon’t just focus on full-
time opportunities. Lookat temporary and contractpositions as well.”
So now that you areready to start searchingand you have reached a ca-reer site (like TalentEgg),where do you begin?
“I would say as a start-ing point, look broad froman industry perspective,”says Bottineau. “You wantto identify your transfer-able skills and tackle posi-tion types versus onespecific industry.”
This means looking athow the skills you possessfit into the position to befilled. It may be surprisingto be a finance graduate on
your way to working inagriculture, but the job re-quirements could directlyrelate to the skills you pos-sess.
Bottineau also suggestslooking often for new posi-tions that open up. Thereare new student and newgrad jobs posted daily, andif your search is broad, youare bound to find some-thing suited to you.
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Capilano University stu-dents became makeshiftcrime scene investigatorsin August during GenomeBC’s popular Geneskool ac-tivities.
Students in the week-long summer camp weregiven all the tools of acrime scene investigatorand learned all about mo-lecular biology and ge-nomics in a creative andfun environment.
During the week, stu-dents were tasked withsolving crimes. This wasdone many ways, includ-ing dusting for finger-prints, extracting DNA andanalyzing simulated bloodsplatters.
The program was meantto introduce students tomolecular biology in a funand creative way.
Capilano Universityhosts this event annually,and is always a great suc-
cess. To learn more, visitgenomebc.ca.
Find work at UBCThe University of BritishColumbia is hosting an af-ternoon event to connectstudents with potential on-
campus employers.This opportunity is
aimed at providing stu-dents a boost in extra in-come without having toleave the convenience ofthe campus grounds.
Employers include the
UBC Call Centre; Access &Diversity; UBC Parking;AMS; and UBC Athletics.
Staff recommends to“come dressed for success”and bring along your re-sumé.
The event runs Sept. 1from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.To learn more, visit ubc.caand check out the calendarevents section.
Studentdonates$1,000University transfer stu-dent Jenny Bellowshas donated $1,000 toLangara’s psychologydepartment for thesecond time in lessthan a year.
Bellows will be en-tering Simon FraserUniversity in January,but the impact of Lan-gara’s psychology de-partment hasreinforced her passionfor helping others andshe felt the donationswere well-deserved.
“I’ve always foundpsychology to be avery interestingsubject that can beeasily applied to all as-pects of life,” Bellowssaid in a press release.“I wanted to donatethe $1,000 to a depart-ment where thestudents were clearlythere to help others,and I feel the psychol-ogy department fitsthat criteria verywell.”
Bellows’ donationwill be used to providefinancial aid tostudents looking to en-ter psychology coursesat Langara.
UBC researchersdiscover plant growth mechanismUniversity of BritishColumbia researchershave discovered a “keymechanism” that con-trols the direction ofplant growth, as wellas the physical proper-ties of biopolymers.
Researchers are call-ing this a major cluein the half-century-long quest to discoverjust how plants co-or-dinate millions of cellsin growth.
The team used aspecialized microscopethat collects 3-Dimages of multipleplant components. Theresearch was fundedby the NaturalSciences and Engineer-ing Research Councilof Canada, the Canadi-an Institutes of HealthResearch, and theCanada Foundation forInnovation.
To learn more, visitscience.ubc.ca.
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voice over. “It has changed my life,” says current Intensive student Nicki Robertson. “The funda-mentals taught in this school are imperative for success. Not only are the coaches in-credibly talented, but they are busy working actors inthe industry.” Artistic Director, MichaelColeman, who himself is a successful actor from Vancou-ver, heads up the school and has capped the number of stu-dents per class at a maximum of 12.“We measure the success of our training, not by the tuitions
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Simon Fraser University’sinfamous Philosophers’Café simply asks, “Is Van-couver too flaky?”
While it may seem likea simple question, thePhilosophers’ Café ques-tions societies inner val-ues, our own personalexperiences, feeling andintuitions into what makes
Vancouver, Vancouver.Moderator Michael Fil-
imowicz will host the ses-sion. It costs $5 and will beheld Sept. 7 from 7-8:30p.m. Philosophers’ Café ismeant to provide a com-fortable environment forstreet level discussions onburning issues in our mod-ern world.
Everyone is welcome toattend, and experienceand registration is not re-quired.
Future events includediscussing freedom, reli-gion and equity in foodsystems.
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The Ministry of AdvancedEducation has givenKwantlen $425,000 to offeran additional intake ofnurses in the GraduateNurse Internationally Edu-cated Re-entry (GNIE) Pro-gram in 2012.
The funding is part of aMinistry of Health andMinistry of Advanced Edu-cation initiative to meetthe demand for qualifiedhealth-care workers.
The re-entry program isa three-term short programintended for international-ly trained nurses to educatethemselves to be qualifiedfor working in B.C.
“Program applicantswho have anxiously beenawaiting the opportunityto prepare for their Cana-dian Registered Nurse Ex-am and join the BritishColumbian nursing work-force now have an oppor-tunity to begin theirstudies in January 2012,” itstates on Kwantlen’s web-site. For more, visit
kwantlen.ca/calendar/pro-grams/gneng-cr.
Langara welcomes students for celebrationNew and returning stu-dents at Langara are invit-ed to an afternoon ofentertainment, giveawaysand a barbecue.
Students are encouragedto attend Sept. 14 between11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. tolearn about student servic-es, student life and clubdisplays, as well as listen toThe Beat 94.5 live on cam-pus. There will be activitystations and draw prizes inwhich to enter.
If you are hungry, dropby between noon and 2 p.m. and pay $5 for a bar-becue. The event will takeplace on campus nearMain Street and 49th Av-enue.
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Emily Carr instructor dives into surreal artEmily Carr associate Prof.
Randy Lee Cutler, along withUBC professor of philosophy Do-minic Lopes, will be at the Vancou-
ver Art Gallery Sept. 6 from 7-9p.m. diving into the relation of
surreal art work and the realworld.
The first in a series ofsurrealism events, Cut-ler and Lopes will startthings off by discussingthe influence of newtechnologies on surrealproductions, and theplace of science in theirintellectual movements.
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It was late in practice whenrookie wide receiver MarcoIannuzzi finally got hischance with the B.C. Lions’first-team offence.
At the snap, the Calgary-born Harvard graduate rana crisp route, only to watchas the ball was thrown tothe other side of the field.
The play over, Iannuzzijogged back to the side-lines where he chattedwith receivers coach TravisMoore.
Iannuzzi is smartenough to earn a degree inarchitecture and environ-mental science from an IvyLeague school, so he under-stands the importance ofpatience in his first yearwith the Lions.
“Everyone is patient intheir life at some point,”the amiable 24-year-oldsaid yesterday after the Li-ons practice. “I don’t reallylook at this as being a timeof extreme patience.
“It’s just what you haveto do.”
The Lions had enoughfaith in Iannuzzi to selecthim with their first pick,sixth overall, in this year’sCFL draft.
He is expected to be inthe lineup when B.C. opensa two-game series againstthe Toronto Argonauts, Fri-day, at Rogers Centre. Theteams, both owned byDavid Braley, have 2-6records.
The Sept. 10 rematch inVancouver will be the Li-ons’ final game at EmpireField. They will face the Ed-monton Eskimos Sept. 30at B.C. Place Stadium,which has undergone
$560 million in renova-tions, including a re-tractable roof.
The six-foot-one, 195-pound Iannuzzi started theseason on the practice ros-ter, but has played in thelast two games on specialteams and returned kicks.
He returned six puntsfor 49 yards when the Li-ons clawed the Eskimos,36-1, on Aug. 19.
Wally Buono, B.C.’scoach and general manag-er, said Iannuzzi hasearned his chance.
“He’s worked hard in
practice,” said Buono.“We’re not afraid to puthim in there. I think he hascertain skill sets at thispoint that can help us.
“He’s done a good jobon teams, he has done agood job handling part ofthe return game. If he getsan opportunity to be a re-ceiver, I think he will dofine.”
Combining patiencewith persistence is nothingnew for Iannuzzi.
He waited two years be-fore finally being acceptedto Harvard. At first, he
needed to improve hismarks. He was then told tospend time gaining busi-ness experience.
There were other uni-versities, but Harvard waswhere Iannuzzi wanted togo.
“Once that opportunitywas thrown in my direc-tion, I thought I would be afool not to pursue it to thefullest,” he said. “I knew Iwas so close. I couldn’t livethe rest of my life thinkingI just about got in.”
Iannuzzi is one of thosepeople who can do most
anything if they set theirmind to it. For the immedi-ate future, football is his fo-cus.
“Things don’t always gothe way you plan them,”he said. “I don’t really havea five-year plan. I knowwhere I want to be. I don’tknow exactly how I’m go-ing to get there.
“At this point, I want toget on the field. If I cancontribute and make bigplays and help the teamwin, that’s what we arehere to do.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
Giving it the old college try
Marco Iannuzzi hauls in a pass during a pre-season game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
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Ivy League grad Iannuzzi patiently waiting for his chance with the Lions
Michael Vick is re-ally back on topnow.
Vick and thePhiladelphia Eaglesagreed on a six-year contract yes-terday that onceagain makes thePro Bowl quarter-back one of thehighest-paid play-ers in the NFL.
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Virgo Aug. 24- Sept. 22 It’s notlike you to be impulsive but youmay overreact a bit today.
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23 If youare determined to transform yourlife — and you should be— startmaking changes immediately.
Scorpio Oct. 24-Nov. 22Don't be discouraged if somethingdoes not work out the way youwant it to today.
Sagittarius Nov. 23-Dec.21 Fix your sights on your most im-portant goals and don’t stop untilyou have reached them.
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 20Good things will come at youtoday from all directions. Enjoyeach and every one of them.
Aquarius Jan. 21-Feb. 18Someone you think of as a friend issecretly jealous of your success andplotting against you.
Pisces Feb. 19-March 20.Don’t be hasty when you make de-cisions today. SALLY BROMPTON
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