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YEAR IN FILMLEO’S STAR POWERCOULDN’T SAVE J. EDGAR: CRITIC {page 16}
Dozens of people donned ballgloves and tossed baseballs on afield outside Charlottetown’sColonel Gray High School, the almamater of Tanner Craswell, 22, andhis friend Mitch MacLean, 20.
The two promising baseballplayers were killed Thursday alongwith Tabitha Stepple of Lethbridge,Alta.
Police said Stepple’s formerboyfriend, Derek Jensen, rammedthe car they were in on a highwaysouth of Calgary.
He opened fire, killing the trioand wounding a fourth person inthe car, 21-year-old Shayna Con-way, also of Charlottetown.
Jensen then killed himself.Colonel Gray principal Kevin
Whitrow said Craswell andMacLean were too old to have goneto school with many of his currentstudents, but the two were stillknown by many.
“There’s a lot of students who
know them through baseball andthey know them through familyand friends and the connectionsthroughout the community,” hesaid.
Whitrow said school staff andteachers who taught the two andknew them well have been deeplyaffected.
He said people were invited toplay catch and do “whatever they
feel like doing” during the unusu-al memorial to the former students.
MacLean and Craswell werepromising baseball stars with theLethbridge Bulls of the WesternMajor Baseball League. MacLeanwas named rookie of the year andCraswell was an all-star shortstop.
Craswell, MacLean and Conwaywere all studying at Lethbridge College. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Playing catchin their honour
Victims remembered in ball-tossing memorial held in Charlottetown Derek Jensen opened fire, killing three and injuring one, before he turned the gun on himself along Highway 2
Students, staff and
ordinary Islanders
play catch outside
Colonel Gray High
School in
Charlottetown
on Monday.
ANDREW VAUGHAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Keith Craswell, father
of Tanner Craswell.
ANDREW VAUGHAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Funeral dates
Funerals for the two men areplanned for Thursday and Friday.
21-year-old Shayna Conway wasthe only survivor of the incidentand remains in hospital.
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Some parents fear theirvoices may be forever si-lenced if Calgary’s electedschool-board officials ap-prove recommended pro-cedural changes.
Among numerouschanges proposed in Tues-day night’s Calgary Boardof Education meeting agen-da is a motion to suspendopportunities for the pub-lic to speak and pose ques-tions to schooladministrators until“strategic communicationdialogues” can be imple-mented.
The implications of theproposed motion caughtthe attention of TerraceRoad elementary’s parentcouncil chair TrevorDreher. His school could beconsidered for closurecome spring, and he’dplanned to speak at numer-ous meetings opposing themove in the comingmonths.
“Obviously, for us, thiswould be a huge chal-lenge.... There is no othersimple way to address thetrustees,” he said.
Janet Keeping, presidentof the Calgary-based Shel-don Chumir Foundationfor Ethics in Leadership,deemed the move “dracon-
ian.”“Why would the boards
think it appropriate to sus-pend these mechanismsbefore new mechanismsare in place?” she ques-tioned.
Larry Leach with the As-
sociation for ResponsiveTrusteeship in CalgarySchools said the motion in-dicates no timeline forwhen parent input will berestored.
“It’s extremely trou-bling,” he said.
If procedural changes are approved Tuesday night, opportunities to hearfrom parents and stakeholders in public meetings will be suspended
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Trustees mulling publicgag order, critics say
Proposedchangesinclude solerecordingrightsHighlights of changes toCBE policies that will beconsidered and possiblyvoted on Tuesday night:• Meeting time reservedfor stakeholder reportsand public inquiries willbe suspended until theboard can plan for andimplement “strategiccommunicationdialogues.”• Inquiries from publiclyelected trustees will nolonger come forward atthe public meeting andthe ability to issue a no-tice of motion will be re-moved entirely.• The CBE reserves thesole authority to video orrecord public trusteemeetings and will makevideo footage availablefor 30 days after themeeting. Currently,members of the publicand the media are ableto record discussions fortheir own purposes.• Public meetings willnow begin two hoursearlier at 3 p.m.• If approved, most pro-posals would come intoeffect Feb. 1. However, asecond motion byTrustee Pamela Kingwould see suspension ofpublic input in the boardmeetings occur immedi-ately.
A spokesperson acting onbehalf of both CalgaryBoard of Education admin-istrators and the board oftrustees said both bodieswould hold off oncommenting on the proce-dural changes until Tues-day’s meeting.Members of the public
speaking at CBE meetingsare granted three minutesto do so, and no morethan two speakers can ad-dress the same topic at anygiven meeting.Metro reporter Jeremy No-lais will be providing livecoverage of Tuesday’s CBEmeeting through his Twit-ter account:@Metro_Nolais.
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An Alberta mountain com-munity with an out-of-control feral-rabbitpopulation is balking at anoffer of help from a U.S.-based animal-rights group.
Scotlund Haisley, presi-dent of the Animal RescueCorps, says the town of Can-more wants a proposal thatincludes a pre-approvedsanctuary and includes
working with the firmhired to trap and kill thebunnies.
Two weeks ago, the non-profit group offered to trap,transport, spay and neuterthe animals before placingthem in new homes.
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‘Nothing has changed’
Dennis Hong, president of the Calgary Korean
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it's doubtful North Korea will see a change in policy.
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Despite the death of theirdictator, little change is ex-pected for North Koreans,say two prominent mem-bers of Calgary’s Koreancommunity.
“Nothing has changed atall with the passing of Kim(Jong Il),” said Dennis Hong,president of the Calgary Ko-rean Association.
Hong said the Koreanpeople don’t expect any-thing different as leader-ship changes, and Kim’sdeath has seen little reac-tion from the community.
Dr. Ki-Young Lee, former-ly of the South Korean mili-tary who still has family inSouth Korea, said despitethe change in leadership,North Korea will likely re-
main a country of instabili-ty. “It’s kind of embarrass-ing to me as a Korean to seeone dictator passing leader-ship down to his son,” saidLee, who is president of theCalgary Korean ScholarshipFoundation.
Lee has little confidencein Kim Jong Un. He said he’shopeful the leadership willdevelop well and stabilize.He said the reaction fromthe local Korean communi-ty is more worried.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Ildied on Saturday Youngest sonKim Jong Un will succeed his father
Park andRidechangesdeferredChanges to transit Parkand Ride lots will be de-ferred to a city commit-tee, following onealderman’s frustrationover a lack of foresight.
Ald. Brian Pincott saidhis council colleagueswere attempting to makechanges to the reservedparking system withoutconsidering the full im-plications.
“We’re making it upas we go along and thatis not the way you do thiskind of thing,” he said.
Pincott said the deci-sion last year to removethe $3 daily fee from LRTlots was made with asimilar lack of prudence.
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Kim Jong Un is only 28years old, and Lee isunsure he has the experi-ence to lead a country.
Rabbit rescue plan hitsa snag in Canmore
N. Korea reacts {page 8}
While there are few thingscuter than a fluffy animalunder the Christmas tree,experts recommendingholding off until after theholiday to add a new pet tothe household.
Following a recentchange from the Edmon-ton Humane Society,which is no longer discour-aging adopting pets forgifts, the Calgary HumaneSociety says their stanceremains the same.
“We have always re-mained with the idea thatgiving pets as gifts is not agreat idea; however, we dogo case-by-case,” saidspokesperson Christy
Thompson.Director of Bylaw and
Animal Services Bill Brucesaid the screening processfor adopting is more rigor-
ous near the holidays.“If adding a pet to your
family is something you’vetalked about and decidedyou’re going to do it at
Christmas because you’regoing to be home for acouple weeks … that’s agood time to bring a petin, but never ever gift oneto someone.”
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Telus a bigjunior hockeyhanger-onTEAM CANADA. Telus will beshowing a very large dis-play of support for TeamCanada as the World Jun-ior Championship kicksoff in Alberta. Calgary’sdowntown Telus Tower iscurrently covered in aroughly-20,000-square-foot banner.
“We’re a proud sup -porter of Hockey Canada,”said Telus spokespersonChris Gerritsen. “It’s ourway of showing our sup-port for Team Canada, forthe game of hockey, for
the championship.”Between Jan. 2 and Jan.
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The World JuniorChampionship will takeplace in Calgary andEdmonton from Dec. 26to Jan. 5. KATIE TURNER
Alberta teacherhires top 1,000JOBS. More than 1,000classroom teachers andsupport staff have beenhired provincewide afterAlison Redford injected$107 million intoAlberta’s educationsystem shortly after beingelected in October,officials revealed Monday.
But Alberta TeachersAssociation representativeJonathan Teghtmeyer saidwhile the new hires are agood start, they only fillabout 60 per cent of theteaching positions lost inthe spring. METRO
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North Koreans marched bythe thousands Monday totheir capital’s landmarks tomourn Kim Jong Il, manycrying uncontrollably andflailing their arms in griefover news of their “dearleader’s” death.
North Korean state mediaproclaimed his twenty-something son Kim Jong Una “great successor,” while avigilant world watched forany signs of a turbulenttransition to the untestedleader in an unpredictablenation known to be pursu-ing nuclear weapons.
South Korea’s militarywent on high alert in theface of the North’s 1.2 mil-lion-strong armed forces fol-lowing news of Kim’s deathafter 17 years in power. U.S.President Barack Obamaagreed by phone with SouthKorean President LeeMyung-bak to closely moni-tor developments.
On the streets of theNorth Korean capital, Py-ongyang, people wailed ingrief, some kneeling on theground or bowing repeated-ly. Children and adults laidflowers at key memorials.
The death could set backefforts by the United Statesand others to get Pyongyangto abandon its nuclear
weapons ambitions, be-cause his son — as anuntested successor — mayseek to avoid any perceivedweakness as he moves toconsolidate control.
The death comes at asensitive time for North Ko-rea as it prepares for nextyear’s 100th anniversary ofthe birth of Kim Il Sung,the country’s founder. Thepreparations include mas-sive construction projectsthroughout the city as partof Kim Jong Il’s unfulfilledpromise to bring prosperi-ty to his people.
Seoul and Washingtonwill worry that Kim JongUn “may feel it necessaryin the future to precipitatea crisis to prove his mettleto other senior leaders,” ac-cording to Bruce Klingner,an Asia analyst at The Her-itage Foundation think-tank in Washington.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
North Koreans mourn ‘Dear Leader’Kim Jong Il died of a heart attack
on Saturday World waits to seehow his power will be transferred
Prime Minister StephenHarper is urging North Ko-rea to work towardpromoting both the well-being of its people and sta-bility on the Koreanpeninsula.
Harper,commentingon the deathof North Ko-rean leaderKim Jong Il over the week-end, says he hopes Kim’s
passing will bring positivechange to the isolatedcountry.
He says Kim will be re-membered as the leader ofa totalitarian regime whoviolated the basic rights of
the North Korean peoplefor nearly two decades.
He’s urging NorthKorea to close what hecalls a “sad chapter in itshistory” and to work forpeace. THE CANADIAN PRESS
North Korean women cry after learning of the death of their leader Kim Jong Il on Monday, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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PM calls for end to Korea’s ‘sad chapter’
“How could theheavens be socruel? Please comeback, general. Wecannot believeyou’re gone.”HONG SON OK,GRIEVING KOREAN WOMAN
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Egypt’s ruling militaryquestioned the morals ofa female detainee, ac-cused a prominent pub-lisher of incitement andbashed the media for al-legedly working to desta-bilize the country in anew effort Monday tocrush the pro-democracymovement trying to oustthe generals.
The criticism, deliveredby a member of the rulingmilitary council in a na-tionally televised newsconference, came hoursafter troops in riot gearswept through Cairo’sTahrir Square, openingfire on protesters and lob-bing tear gas into the
crowds. At least three peo-ple were killed, pushingthe death toll for fourdays of clashes to 14.
Violence has been rag-ing in Cairo since Friday,when military forcesguarding the Cabinetbuilding near TahrirSquare heavily crackeddown on a three-week-oldsit-in to demand the rul-ing generals immediatelyhand power to a civilianauthority. Tahrir was thecentre of the uprising andremains the base of thedemocracy movement’songoing protests.
The raid early Mondayappeared to be an attemptby the military to keep
protesters away from keygovernment buildingsnear the square, includingparliament, the Cabinetheadquarters and the Inte-rior Ministry, which is incharge of the hated police.
The protesters have de-
cried the military’s heavy-handed crackdown, withactivists flooding socialnetworking sites and oth-er media with photos andvideo of troops beatingand attacking protesters.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Egypt’s ruling militarylashes out at protesters
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U.S. officials have warned aCalifornia man who hasbeen donating cups of hissperm to women who wantchildren.
Trent Arsenault tells theSan Francisco Chroniclenewspaper he’s been donat-ing sperm for five years towomen he meets online.
He says he got threewomen pregnant lastmonth, a record for the 36-year-old father of 14 — andcounting.
Arsenault says he consid-ered donating throughsperm banks, which offermoney and donor anonymi-ty. But he decided to give itaway in sterile cups so hecould meet the future par-ents.
The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration has told Ar-senault he’s facing a$100,000 fine or up to ayear in prison for ignoringregulations requiring bloodtests to screen for commu-nicable diseases.
Arsenault, an engineer
with Hewlett-Packard, start-ed donating sperm in De-cember 2006.
Before donating thesperm, Arsenault and theparents sign contracts thatabsolve him of any father-ing rights or responsibili-ties.
In all, Arsenault has giv-en 348 sperm donations to46 women. But it’s not thenumber of donations thatthe FDA has a problemwith. In a letter to Arse-nault in November 2010,the agency took issue withthe safety of his sperm.
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Flaherty announced Mon-day new health spendinginvestments of $178 billionover five years.He said even whentransfers drop to be tied tothe nominal GDP rate, Ot-tawa is guaranteeingprovinces the funding willnever dip below a three-per-cent increase.
There was little Christmasgoodwill spirit Monday asa meeting between provin-cial and territorial financeministers and their federalcounterpart ended in an-gry words.
Provincial finance min-isters said they were aston-ished after federal FinanceMinister Jim Flaherty “im-posed” a new plan for howhealth money will betransferred to theprovinces.
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“It’s no present at all,”said Ontario Finance Min-
ister Dwight Duncan.“It’s a lump of coal.”Duncan said his col-
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sion.“He put the document
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Bob Barker footselephant billPRICE IS RIGHT. Formergame show host BobBarker will apparentlycover the full cost oftransporting threeelephants from theToronto Zoo toCalifornia.
In a statement, thePAWS organization saysBarker will pay anunspecified amount tomove Toka, Thika andIringa to their new home.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Parents charged in sibling shootingDELORAINE, MAN. The par-ents of a five-year-old boywho shot his younger sis-ter on a farm in Manitobaare facing severalcharges, including crimi-nal negligence and drugpossession.
On Nov. 26, policewent to a home andfound a four-year-old girlhad been shot just belowthe kidney — she has hadsurgery and is now recov-ering from her injuries. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Lack of snow has cows thirstyREGINA. The SPCA inSaskatchewan isconcerned about how alack of snow is causing ashortage of drinking wa-ter for cows this winteras it’s not uncommon forcows to go to pasture inwinter to eat snow. THE CANADIAN PRESS
News in brief
Russia bansimport ofseal products:ActivistsAnimal-welfare activists sayRussia has banned import-ing harp-seal products,which they say threatensthe survival of the embat-tled Canadian sealingindustry.
The International Fundfor Animal Welfare says ithas obtained documentsfrom Russia and the WorldTrade Organization show-ing the ban went into effectin August. Sheryl Fink, di-rector of IFAW's sealprogram, said the ban rep-resents a major victory inthe group’s 40-year
campaign to persuade peo-ple that Canada’s seal huntis inhumane and unneces-sary. Officials at theRussian Embassy in Ottawadid not return messagesseeking comment. Canadi-an officials said they wereaware of the document butcould not confirm itsauthenticity.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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there has “obviously”been some concern amongprovinces.
He said his provincialand territorial counter-parts were briefed aboutOttawa’s plans at a dinnerlast night.
“We do need to talkabout the way forward interms of being fiscally re-sponsible, not only at thefederal level but across thecountry, all the govern-ments,” said Flaherty.THE CANADIAN PRESS
The U.S. National Zoo inWashington received $4.5million US on Monday tofund its giant panda repro-duction program for fivemore years.
Philanthropist David M.Rubenstein visited thepandas with China’s am-bassador to the UnitedStates to announce thegift. Rubenstein is a co-founder of Washington-based private-equity firmThe Carlyle Group. He isalso on the board of re-gents at the SmithsonianInstitution, which over-sees the zoo.
“There are probably 10-million species on the faceof the earth, and I doubt
that any one of thosespecies is more popularand more beloved thanthe giant panda,” Ruben-stein said at a news confer-ence by the zoo’s giantpanda yard. He said themoney is a holiday gift tothe people of Washingtonand to the country be-cause pandas make peoplehappy.
“Hopefully this will re-sult in more pandas beingborn here,” he said.
The zoo said it willname the giant pandahabitat after Rubenstein. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
21 years forgay teen’sslayingA California teenager wassentenced to 21 years inprison on Monday forkilling a gay student dur-ing a computer class. Bran-don McInerney, 17,pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, as well asone count of voluntary
manslaughter and use of afirearm.
Prosecutors contendedthe teen, who had justturned 14, shot Larry King,15, at their high school ina fit of homophobic ragebecause he was offendedby the victim’s feminineclothing and his unwantedsexual advances.
His lawyer told thejudge he was sorry for hisactions.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Flood survivors bury their deadWith funeral parlours overwhelmed, authorities in the flood-stricken southernPhilippine city of Iligan organized the first mass burial of people who were sweptto their deaths in one of the worst calamities to strike the region in decades.
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Tweet deal as Saudi princebuys $300M stake in TwitterSaudi billionaire Prince Al-waleed bin Talal and his in-vestment firm, KingdomHolding Co., are pouring$300 million into Twitter,Alwaleed announced onMonday.
The investment followsmonths of negotiationsand will give the companya “strategic stake” in Twit-ter, though it wasn’t clearhow much the prince willcontrol.
Alwaleed, a nephew ofthe Saudi king, has a histo-
ry of investing in mediaand technology compa-nies. He owns 95 per centof KHC, which has majorstakes in Citigroup Inc.,Apple Inc. and Rupert Mur-doch’s News Corp.
His Twitter investmentcomes as Arab activistsfrom Tunisia to Bahrainhave flocked to Twitter toco-ordinate protests andvoice their opposition tolong-ruling autocraticregimes.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pilots to workthrough theholidays NO STRIKE ... YET. The AirCanada Pilots Associationsays travellers do nothave to worry about astrike over the busyChristmas season. Theunion group issued astatement to that effect.Pilots aren’t in a legalstrike position until mid-February, when they facea potential deadline.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Saab files forbankruptcyTROLLHATTAN, SWEDEN.Saab Automobile filed forbankruptcy on Monday,giving up a desperatestruggle to stay inbusiness after previousowner General MotorsCo. blocked takeover at-tempts by Chineseinvestors.
Saab CEO VictorMuller personally hand-ed in the bankruptcy ap-plication to a court insouthwestern Sweden,
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Republicansbalk at payrolltax cut SENATE VS. HOUSE. The U.S.House of Representativesintends to vote down atwo-month extension of apayroll tax cut formillions of Americansthat cleared the Senatelate last week, SpeakerJohn Boehner said Mon-day. Without action byCongress, both thepayroll tax cut and a pro-gram for long-term unem-ployment benefits willexpire on Jan. 1.
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Illegal voicemail intercep-tion and cellphone track-ing was a matter ofroutine at both The Sunand the News of the Worldtabloids, the brother of awhistleblower at the cen-tre of Britain’s phonehacking scandal said Mon-day.
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“The reality was thatphone hacking was en-demic within the News In-ternational group,” Hoaresaid in a witness state-ment published on the in-quiry’s website. “I knowthis to be the case becauseSean and I regularly dis-cussed this and there areemails in existence whichsupport Sean’s descriptionof a practice referred toduring such meetings as‘the dark side.’”
Sean Hoare was the firstex-News of the World jour-nalist to publicly accusehis former editor AndyCoulson of being at thehub of a culture of wrong-doing at the paper, an alle-gation that helped ignite
the scandal that forcedMurdoch to close theBritish tabloid. Coulson isone of a dozen formerNews of the World jour-nalists arrested in thescandal.
Sean Hoare, who suf-fered from a drinkingproblem, died in July justas the scandal was explod-ing. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The phone-hacking
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Hoare said Sun reportersengaged in a practicedubbed “pinging,” bywhich police were bribedto trace the location ofpeople’s cellphones.Anti-Murdoch protesters
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“We believe thatsocial media willfundamentallychange the mediaindustry landscapein the comingyears. Twitter willcapture andmonetize thispositive trend.”AHMED HALAWANI, EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR, KINGDOM HOLDING CO.
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Best and worst of 2011Before we get carried away with promising new movies of 2012, let’s take a moment to
remember 2011 in film Here’s Metro’s picks of the best and worst the year had to offer
The Best
1. HugoWhether in 3D or not, Mar-tin Scorsese’s tribute tochildhood and the earlydays of cinema dazzles andenchants — thanks in nosmall part to newcomerAsa Butterfield as the titu-lar orphan keeping theclocks in a Paris train sta-tion running.
2. ShameAll nudity jokes aside,Michael Fassbender turnsin one of the most power-ful performances of theyear as man feeding his sexaddiction while trying tokeep the rest of life atarm’s length. A bummer ofa film, to be sure, but it’s amore honest and unflinch-ing look at life than audi-ences have seen in a longtime.
3. BeginnersA sweet and crafty film,Mike Mills’ semi-autobio-graphical tale about a man(Ewan McGregor) dealingwith his 75-year-old father(Christopher Plummer)coming out of the closet isquite simply a thing ofbeauty.
4. Like CrazyFair warning: This film istrying to break your heart— and it succeeds, thanksto frank and risky impro-
vised performances by Fe-licity Jones and AntonYelchin as young loverswho make stupid butwhole believable decisionsfor the sake of love. Quietlydevastating.
5. WeekendA startling debut fromBritish filmmaker AndrewHaigh that chronicles themeeting and subsequentthree-day romance of twomen in elegant, true-to-lifefrankness.
The Worst
1. J. EdgarThere were arguably worsefilms this year — justcheck further down thislist — but Clint Eastwood’ssimultaneously too subtleand clumsily loud biopicfails more spectacularly
than the rest. Given the Os-car-winning talent in-volved, the artlessmelodrama of J. Edgar isparticularly startling.
2. Waiting for ForeverIt’s not nice to pick onsmaller films, but this in-die gem was so egregious itdemands mention. Itsgreatest offence? Playingstalking and mental illnessoff as cute rom-com behav-iour.
3. New Year’s EveA romantic comedy DeathStar that can’t hide its cyni-cism, the movie did man-age to sneak in SarahJessica Parker being intro-duced by the sound ofhorse hooves, so it’s not atotal loss.
4. Larry CrowneA completely tone-deaf andsexless romantic comedy,featuring Tom Hanks andJulia Roberts doing theirbest approximation of“everyday people” — andshowing just how out oftouch they are.
5. The Twilight Saga:Breaking Dawn — Part 1Criticizing the Twilightfranchise is a futile enter-prise, of course, but thislatest entry — half a bookstretched out far longerthan the story can support— brings something newto the series’ list of of-fences: It’s unbearably bor-ing. Also, no title shouldneed that much punctua-tion.
Is Shame one of the best movies of 2011? The story of a sex addict succeeds in its honesty.
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J. Edgar’s star power couldn’t save the clumsy biopic
from crashing.
Movie reviews
The Girl With The Dragon TattooGenre: DramaDirector: David FincherStars: Daniel Craig, RooneyMara, Stellan Skarsgard 81111⁄2
Sweden and directorDavid Fincher were appar-ently made for each other.In the English-languageversion of the Girl with theDragon Tattoo, Fincher cer-tainly makes the most ofhis stark locations, withthe wintry scenes almostin black and white. Theman just knows how tomove a camera, with even
pans acrossquiet hallwaysand motorcy-cles zippingaround curvesa feast for theeyes.
The realreason to seethe film,though, isRooney Maraas rough-edged computer hackerand ward of the state Lis-beth Salander.
She stalks the frame,hitting both self-assuredpower and self-doubting
vulnerability naturally. Hercounterpart, Daniel Craigas disgraced journalistMikael Blomkvist, impress-es as well as a very un-Bondnot-so-super sleuth.
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When their story linesconverge halfway throughthe film, the chemistry and
camaraderie is electric. More please.
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Paul McCartney is re-leasing an album ofstandards - plus twonew songs of hisown. The formerBeatle announcedMonday that hisnew disc will be outon Feb. 7. It doesn'thave a title yet. He'salready streamingone song, My Valen-tine, on his website.McCartney says heand John Lennonwere inspired intheir own writing bysome of thestandards. Some ofthem he first heardwhen his father per-formed them athome on piano.Eric Clapton and Ste-vie Wonder makeappearances on thedisc, which wasrecorded with DianaKrall and her band.McCartney says he'sbeen thinking aboutthe project for 20years and, at age 69,figured “if I don't doit now, I'll never doit.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Scene in brief
Jamie Bell says actors’ performances lend heart and soul
In Woody Allen’s Midnightin Paris, the City of Lightsis a leading lady, shot withreverence by cinematogra-phers Darius Khondji andJohanne Debas who depictit with the rapture oflovers. But don’t think thisfilm is merely a delicioustravelogue. Allen is musingon the folly of nostalgia,which seduces us with thethought that life musthave been better in thepast.
It’s an affliction that hasstruck Gil (Owen Wilson)hard. He’s a successful Hol-lywood screenwriter whowould rather pen novels,and yearns for the ro-mance of Paris in the1920s, the Jazz Age, when
he presumes the wordsflowed as easily as cham-pagne.
Gil finds himself inParis with his fiancée, Inez(Rachel McAdams), and herwealthy, shallow parents.Faced with another boringevening with Inez and herpretentious friends, Gilbegs off to go for a walk.
Wandering off his in-tended path, Gil finds him-self somewhat lost just as anearby clock strikes 12and a vintage Peugeot rollsup to the curb. Its passen-gers beckon Gil to jointhem. Surprisingly, per-haps, Wilson handles therole of the adventurous Gilhandily and believably.Magical and dreamy, Mid-night in Paris will take youon a trip you didn’t bar-gain for.
PETER HOWELL
Margin CallGenre: DramaDirector: J.C. ChandorStars: Zachary Quinto, StanleyTucci, Kevin Spacey811⁄2
You don’t have to under-stand the niceties of asset-backed commercial paperto enjoy the boardroomthriller Margin Call, thefast-moving feature debutfrom writer/director J.C.Chandor. Set over twotense days and one verylong night at a Wall Streetinvestment firm very likethe late Lehman Brothers,Margin Call is a realistictake on what happenswhen high-flying moneyspeculators suddenly hitground. Director Chandormade the right decision fo-cusing his lens on the peo-ple — not the numbers —of the financial crisis. Thisis a Greek tragedy wearingpinstripes. PETER HOWELL
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At least Courtney’s housewas Pretty on the Inside Justin Bieber never be-
“This washer logic: Shethought if Igrew upknowingaboutSantathenfind-ingouthe
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me. And then whenshe told me about
God, I maybewouldn’t believe
her.” Luckily, it was
a tidbit thatBieber was goodenough to keep tohimself.
“I didn’t tell myfriends or ruin it for
anyone,” he says. “Iwas a good kid.”
METRO
He’s no Belieberin old Saint Nick
After damaging the decorin her $27,000 a monthNew York Citytownhouse, CourtneyLove has been evicted, ac-cording to the New YorkPost.
“I was horrified bywhat she had done. Thewalls that had been hand-painted and glazed wereruined, covered indamask wallpaper andice-blue paint,” the own-er, Donna Lyon, says ofLove, who is reportedlytwo months behind onrent as well.
And that’s afterstarting a fire in the mas-ter bedroom in June.
“I got a call from heraccountant, who said,‘Miss Love is fine,’ which Iwas glad to hear,” Lyonsays. “But I thought,‘What about the house?’”
METRO
Rocker evicted as owner finds hand-painted walls ruined, among other things
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Finally,Lohan a hotcommodityagainFor the first time in a longwhile, Lindsay Lohan has abona fide hit on herhands.
Retailers are reportedlyhaving trouble keepingcopies of her issue of Play-boy in stock, according toTMZ.
There also has been asurge of online subscribersto the magazine’s websitesince the release of thetroubled actress’ nakedpictorial.
METRO
Viola Davis
Arrangedmarriage inHollywood?Hollywood matchmakingapparently starts early, asViola Davis is hoping to setup 16-month-old adopteddaughter, Genesis, withSandra Bullock’s adoptedson, Louis.
“Oh yeah, I’d absolutelylove to set her up withLouis,” she jokes to Peoplemagazine.
“That kid is so cute.He’s going to be a bruiser.But let’s try to get a playdate in first. If they areever in the same place,we’ll get them together.”
METRO
Brad Pitt didn’t have tolook far to find a buyer forhis Malibu mansion: EllenDeGeneres and Portia deRossi snatched up the $12-million property with pri-vate beach access thismonth, according to Us
Weekly. “It was a quick transac-
tion and Brad’s stuff is al-ready out,” a source says.
“Ellen and Portia wouldlike to start using thehouse immediately.”
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Whether it’s the treatsthat constantly seem to beon offer at work, the hugefamily dinners, or junkfood to accompany amovie, the holidays are fa-mous for luring us into eat-ing and drinking too much.
Eggnog, shortbread,gravy, and plenty of booze— beware.
The good news, accord-ing to Kim Arrey, a dietitianand nutrition coach inMontreal, is that, with a lit-tle advance planning andcareful choosing, you canindulge without too muchguilt.
She estimates that theaverage weight gain duringthe holidays is three to fivepounds.
“When faced with somany opportunities to con-sume foods that containmore fat, more salt or moresugar, and may be less nu-trient dense than usual,many people are over-whelmed. Since many ofthese goodies are only of-fered up once a year, theoption is clear — eat thegoodies.”
Arrey recommends youaccept that there will betemptations, and choosebetween them. For exam-ple, skip the eggnog buthave one dessert, if dessertis your thing.
The holidays can do some serious damage to your waistline But with some careful plansyou can still enjoy the fun without suffering the New Year’s hangover Read up and dig in
Don’t fear the feast
You can still enjoy the seasonal foods and not hurt your waistline.
Slow down Enjoy allaspects of your meal —savour the taste andtexture of your food andthe conversation going onaround you.
Stay the course Eat yourfavourite foods, and dropthe ones you eat justbecause they are there.“Plum pudding only comesaround once a year, so ifyou enjoy it, leave roomfor it by not eating themashed potatoes. Whywaste calories on foodsyou do not like?” says Ar-rey.
Snack Eat a snack betweenmeals. This helps you eatsmaller amounts at the bigmeals and consume lessoverall. Try a source of pro-tein, such as nuts orcheese, along with fruit orvegetables and dip.
Rule When putting foodon your plate, rememberthe one-quarter, one-half,one-quarter diagram: Tryto fill half of your platewith vegetables and onlyone-quarter of the platewith grains or potatoesand one-quarter of theplate with meat and alter-natives. “Unless they aredrowning in butter orsauce, vegetables are agreat way to include greattaste, nutrients and nottoo many calories,” saidArrey.
“The option isclear — eat thegoodies.” KIM ARREY
Spice of theseason Thearomas and
flavours of spices signal the holiday season– and they’re good for you. Our senior editorMargaret Nearing round-
ed up some of the latest studies for the De-cember issue of BestHealth.
Nutmeg It’s long been known asan aphrodisiac, thoughthe evidence has largelybeen anecdotal. Cardamom It’s a source of man-
ganese, and a U.S. studyfound that women whoate high amounts of man-ganese each day had few-er PMS symptoms thanthose who ate the least. Cloves These are one of the bestsources of antioxidants,the compounds that helpfight off disease-causingfree radicals in our bod-
ies. Cinnamon A study shows that awhiff of cinnamon, orchewing cinnamon gum,stimulated the cognitiveprocess
Best Health Minute
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22 food metronews.caTUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011
Cinnamon Bun Bread Pudding
Preparation:
1 Coat a 3 L (9-by-13-inch) baking dish withcooking spray.
2 In a blender, combineeggs, cream, 5 ml (1tsp) of the ground cin-namon and salt; pureeuntil smooth. Setaside.
3 Cut each cinnamonbun into 2.5- to 5-cm(1- to 2-inch) chunks.Arrange chunks ineven layer in preparedbaking dish. Pour eggmix over pieces of cin-
Ingredients:• 6 eggs• 375 ml (1 1/2 cups) 5 %light cream or milk• 10 ml (2 tsp) cinnamon• Pinch salt
• 12 large glazedcinnamon buns• 250 ml (1 cup) icing sug-ar• 22 ml (1 1/2 tbsp) water• 5 ml (1 tsp) vanillaextract
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namon buns. As youpour, use fork to presson bun pieces to helpthem absorb liquid.
4 Bake in 180 C (350 F)oven 25 to 30 mins. oruntil lightly puffed andstarting to brown. Letcool 15 to 20 mins.Meanwhile, in a bowl,whisk together icingsugar, water, vanilla andremaining cinnamon.Drizzle bread puddingwith glaze, then cut itinto 12 squares. THE AS-SOCIATED PRESS/ ADAPTEDBY EMILY RICHARDS
Limericks offers authentic cuisine from the region such as Yorkshire Tidbit
Every timeI’m lookingfor someclassic Irishpub fare, I
think to myself: “Wherewould a leprechaun eat inCalgary?”
That question oftenleads me to Limericks onMclead Trail.
In addition to the stan-dard pub offerings (sand-wichs, burgers, etc.), ithas authentic Irish disheslike Boxty, pot pies andstew. Well, colour me
Colour your lunch green atTraditional Irish Public House
DAN CLAPSON
Limericks TraditionalPublic House7304 Macleod Tr. S.
home’ kind of hunger go-ing on this day, so I need-ed something that wasreally filling.
The Yorkshire Tidbit($14.50) is a delicious
monster of a dish. A gi-gantic Yorkshire puddingis filled to the brim withslow roasted beef, mush-rooms and leeks swim-ming in a generousamount of gravy.
The beef was a little
tough, perhaps not as‘slow roasted’ as it shouldhave been, but the rich-ness of the beef gravywith the spongy, savourypudding goodness madeup for it.
I’ll be back for more.
When there are so manythings that need to get inthe oven for your holidaydinner, why not do most ofthe main dish on the stove-top?
Cooking a stovetop hamin an infused broth will in-tensify the flavour in theham to penetrate rightthrough.
The golden finish is theglaze over top to add asweet mustardy flavour
and a golden colour thateveryone at the table willadore.
Preparation:
1 Using a mortar and pes-tle or a resealable bagand a meat mallet, com-bine and lightly crushcloves, fennel, cuminand coriander.
2 In a large stock pot (bigenough to hold ham)
heat oil over medium-high. Add crushedseeds, onions and garlic.Cook for 5 minutes oruntil onions begin tobrown. Add wine,orange juice, lemonjuice, Worcestershiresauce and oregano.Place ham in pot and fillwith water to cover.
3 Bring to a boil, then re-duce to a simmer. Cover
Simmer the meat in a broth that allows the flavours to seep deeper
Ingredients:• 15 ml (1 tbsp) wholecloves• 5 ml (1 tsp) fennel seeds• 5 ml (1 tsp) cumin seeds• 15 ml (1 tbsp) corianderseeds• 15 ml (1 tbsp) canola oil
• 2 onions, quartered• 2 cloves garlic, crushed• 250 ml (1 cup) white wine• 250 ml (1 cup) orangejuice• 50 ml (1/4 cup) lemonjuice• 50 ml (1/4 cup) Worcester-shire sauce
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) driedoregano• 1 bone-in ham (3.175 to3.5 kg/7 to 8 lb)• Glaze• 125 ml (1/2 cup) Dijonmustard• 125 ml (1/2 cup) apple jel-ly
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Stovetop ham frees up oven Stovetop Ham with Dijon-Apple Glaze
This ham serves 12.
and simmer for 2 hours.
4 Line a baking sheet withfoil and place a roastingrack over foil. Removeham from pot and placeon rack.
5 Glaze: In a small bowl,whisk together mustardand apple jelly, thenbrush mixture all oversurface of ham. Roast in230 C (450 F) oven for 25minutes or until surfaceof ham is golden andglaze is bubbly. Let hamrest in a warm place for20 minutes before slic-ing. ADAPTED BY EMILYRICHARDS, PROFESSIONALHOME ECONOMIST, COOKBOOKAUTHOR AND TV CHEF. (EMILYRICHARDSCOOKS.CA)/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
relationships 23metronews.caTUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011
Making friends shouldn’tbe complicated. We’vebeen doing it since wewere kids, right?
But for many of us, as anew book points out,“friend-making is not thenatural process it used tobe.”
Chicago transplant andjournalist Rachel Bertschediscovers this the hard waywhen she finds herselfwithout close friends tospeak of, two years aftermoving.
She comes up with agame plan to change hersituation — go on onefriend date a week overthe next year, 52 in all.
MWF Seeking BFF: My
Yearlong Search for a NewBest Friend chroniclesBertsche’s quest. If readingabout several dozen meet-ups sounds like a drag, itcan be at times. But moreoften than not, Bertsche’sskill as a writer and themyriad ways she finds po-tential dates keep thingsinteresting.
She asks current friendsto set her up, approachesprospects at her yoga classand neighbourhoodrestaurant, signs up for aspeed-friending event, con-sults a friend matchmakerand, demonstrating she’swilling to give anything ashot, even tries a Rent-a-Friend website.
The book is also pep-pered with intriguing re-search on topics like whatmakes friends click, howmany friends we need andthe health benefits of hav-ing friends. (“Researchersfound that having low lev-els of connection is compa-rable to smoking 15cigarettes a day or beingan alcoholic, more harm-ful than not exercising andtwice as harmful as obesi-ty.”)
The audience for thiskind of a book is probablylimited. But Bertscheseems to have a clear ideaof her target audience. She gives no explanationwhen referring to the likes
of Regina George (the leadbully in the 2004 movieMean Girls), but feels the need to include thisparenthetical commentwhen mentioning Gallup:“You know, the companythat conducts all thosepolls.”
For all the book’s weak-nesses — the gimmickypremise, the repetitivecomparisons between herold friends and newfriends, the sometimes tir-ing accounts of dates — areader cannot help butroot for Bertsche, cheerher successes and considertrying out some of herideas.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HANDOUT
On a quest to make new friends
What is appropriate to expect
from children with regards to
table manners and etiquette?
Myself, I always taught my
children well, but I am
appalled at the lack of man-
ners of so many children
these days.
Sticky for Manners
Dear Sticky for Manners,Well, the world has
changed and children’smanners aren’t what theyused to be. One of every
parent’s nightmares is tak-ing their children in publicand being embarrassedfrom their lack of socialskills. So lets review what isappropriate social behav-iour.
Children should betaught manners and socialskills from a very youngage. As soon as they areable to start to reason andunderstand verbal languageyou can start with a simpleplease and thank you.
Once children start toget older (five to eight),learning table manners be-comes important.
Understanding how tocorrectly use a knife andfork at the table, how toleave the table, drink froma glass, etc.
Now for those parentswho think you can do thisthe night before a family
event, that is where you aregoing wrong; turning theseskills into everyday habits isthe objective.
Some of the reasons youneed to practice this at thefamily kitchen table everynight are because:
1. You must practice anew skill for 21 days to starta pattern.
2. It takes 100 days forthis new pattern to becomeautomatic.
This is why you must be-gin and practice mannersdaily at home. Remember,good manners are not justfor when you have guestsor are entertaining; man-ners are to be applied every-day amongst familymembers, friends andwork. HAVE A QUESTION? EMAIL CHARLES [email protected].
Make sure your kids display proper manners at the table this Christmas.
ISTOCK
Stressed out about the of-fice Christmas party oryour neighbour’s drop-inbash for New Year’s Eve?
You could send your re-grets, or show up and hidein the corner while pre-tending to text all night.
Or you could go the oth-er way and dazzle theguests with your outfit, witand charm. Here’s a guideto peacocking – or how tobe the life of the party.
DRESS
“Wear something festive:A colourful tie, an interest-ing pin or fashionableshoes are great conversa-tion starters,” said Jacque-line Whitmore, anetiquette expert and au-thor of Poised For Success.“People tend to gravitatetowards people who standout or look interesting.”
Christie Nightingale,principal of PremierMatch, an upscale match-making firm, agreed, say-ing: “Stand out from thecrowd by wearing a brightcolour, like red or emeraldgreen, not black.”
CONVERSATION
Have a list of easy ques-tions in mind as conversa-tion starters: “How’s itgoing? Who do you knowhere? How did you get
here?”Jokes can work, but be
careful not to offend. You could also brush up
on current events, but beaware that most peoplewould rather chat aboutsubjects that are “easy andfun instead of getting soserious.”
INTRODUCTIONS AND
COMPLIMENTS
“Walk around, get a solididea of who’s in the houseand side right up to some-one who seems interesting— maybe they’re wearinga bright sweater, or a funhat — and give them acompliment,” said Sian-
Pierre Regis, founder ofthe Swagger: New Yorkstyle website. “Then intro-duce yourself.”
TOASTS
For an office party, “anoth-er way to stand out, whichtakes a lot of practice andpreparation, is to offer avery brief, humble toast,thanking your co-workers,colleagues, and the execu-tive team for being greatco-workers, colleagues,team, etc.,” said MattEventoff, owner of Prince-ton Public Speaking,which trains executives forpublic appearances.
At a social gathering insomeone’s home, a simpletoast might thank thehosts for bringing every-one together with goodfood, drinks and company.
SMILE
“Give them your Mona Lisasmile,” said Suzanne Zazu-lak Pedro, an executivecoach and founder of TheProtocol Praxis. Not a fakePan Am stewardess smile,as she put it, but a close-lipped half-smile, “like youhave a secret. It will notonly make people wonderwhat you are up to, but itwill also help initiate con-versations.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Guide to peacockingPlenty of holiday parties to attend the next few weeks?Read on to learn how to become the life of the party
A new app called Crowded
Room offers strangers a
ready-made introduction
when they’re in the same
vicinity.
IAC/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
24 your money metronews.caTUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011
In this seasonof joy and giv-ing and shop-ping whowants tothink aboutgetting rippedoff?
But in this era of cyberpredators we must take asmuch care with informa-tion as you would with yourwallet in a place frequentedby pickpockets.
The Financial ConsumerAgency of Canada(fcac.gc.ca) urges everyone
to be a little extra vigilantduring the holidays, sincewe are often rushed andtrying to do two things atonce.
Justin Hwang, associatevice president of FraudManagement at TD CanadaTrust, says that bogus web-sites can easily snare theunwary. He notes that web-site addresses beginningwith https:// are usually se-cure. But if you updateyour antivirus software reg-ularly you’ll be alerted tothe phony ones.
With so much shoppinggoing on at this time ofyear you should also take aglance at your credit cardand bank statements moreoften than normal to catchany unauthorized activity.
When you are short oftime it’s tempting to handover your credit or debitcard to a child to make cer-tain purchases for you.
Aside from the fact thatsuch use violates your con-
tract with the bank, eventhe most responsible kidsdon’t necessarily under-stand the importance of be-ing vigilant about fraud.
But, of course, manyyoungsters these days havetheir own debit cards andmay be authorized users ona parental card.
Watch them as they usethese cards and coach themabout ensuring their card isalways close at hand.
They shouldn’t put it onthe cashier’s counter whereothers in line can see it.And keeping their PIN onegiant secret is vital. I recom-mend kids change their PINevery six months or so.
Have a wonderful and se-cure holiday. ALISON GRIFFITHS IS THE AUTHOR OFTHE UPCOMING BOOK COUNT ON YOUR-SELF: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR MONEY.REACH HER AT ALISONGRIFFITHS.CAOR [email protected].
Have youbeen avoiding bringing inthe mail? Did you stash thatdreaded credit card bill in a‘don’t look now’ drawer?Most Canadian householdshave wreaked major havocon their credit cards thisholiday season.
Starting now, you need aplan to pay off your creditcard debt as fast as possibleso as to avoid massive inter-est charges in the new year.
The best way to dealwith holiday credit carddebt is to get organized. Fig-ure out who you owe mon-ey to, how much and theinterest rate.
Next, scrounge up an ex-tra $10 or $20 per week andpay a little extra on thehighest interest credit andstore card bills. By makingextra payments as often asyou can, you’re tackling theprinciple portion of thedebt more often whichtranslates into less interestbeing accumulated. Ifyou’re stumped on whereto find an extra $20; cutback on cellphone plans orcoffees and sell unwantedhousehold items on Kijiji.
If you’ve got multiplecredit card balances youcan also save money by con-solidating them into a smallloan with a fixed term andrepayment plan. Though in-terest rates and paymentflexibility are tempting, donot use credit lines as apseudo-consolidation loan.
Credit lines don’t have acollapsing balance andCanadians tend to borrowback all the payments theymake toward the balance.
Credit lines were origi-nally designed to helphome owners build equity;not to mask overspendingproblems. While you’repaying off your debts, don’track up any more. You onlyneed one credit card and Iwould recommend reduc-ing the credit limit as youpay down the balance.
A debt-free lifestyletranslates into way lessstress. So, make it your NewYear’s resolution to pay offexpensive consumer debtas quickly as possible.
Don’t shop online usingpublic or unsecured wire-less Internet.Be cautious about sharingtoo much information onsocial networking sites.Be sure you know a site issecure before enteringpersonal information.Use virus or spyware pro-tection software and up-date it regularly.Avoid using the automaticpassword or personal in-formation log in functionon your computer.Don’t use Wi-Fi hotspotsto log into your social net-working pages.
Fraud is anincreasing problembut you can protectyourself with alittle bit ofvigilance.-ALISON’S MONEY RULE
Ah, the warm feelings ofthe holidays: Comfort andjoy. Good cheer.
And buyer’s remorse.People who rushed to
snag discounts on TVs, toysand other gifts are quicklyreturning them for much-needed cash.
The shopping seasonstarted out strong forstores, but it looks like thespending binge has givenway to a holiday hangover.
Return rates spikedwhen the Great Recessionstruck and have stayedhigh.
For every dollar storestake in this holiday season,they’ll have to give back 9.9cents in returns, up from9.8 last year, according tothe U.S. National Retail Fed-eration’s survey of 110 re-tailers. In better economictimes, it’s about 7 cents.
This time of year, frac-tions of a penny add up.
Stores are expected to ringup $453 billion during theholiday season.
Merchants make up to40 per cent of their annualsales in the last twomonths of the year.
Some reasons for the
many unhappy returns:- Shoppers are bingeing
on big discounts. Stores aredesperate to get people inthe door. But the sameshoppers who find a “60per cent off” tag too goodto resist may realize at
home that they busted thebudget.
- Stores have made it eas-ier to take things back.Nordstrom is letting onlineshoppers return items atno extra charge this year. Itused to charge $6.
Other stores are offeringmore time to return orrolling out “no questionsasked” policies — no tag orreceipt required. But thatcan backfire.
“Spurring more returnswasn’t part of the plan,”says Al Sambar, a retailstrategist for consultingfirm Kurt Salmon.
- Stores are undercuttingeach other in a tough econ-omy. Wanda Vazquez spent$39.99 at a New York Targeton iPad speakers for her 12-year-old daughter, then re-turned them when shefound something similarfor $16.99 at Marshalls.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Stores in U.S. see huge returns but not ones they want Consumers try to stay in the black
Black Friday bites back:shoppers return bargains
Shoppers grab televisions at a store in Knoxville, Tenn., minutes after it opened on
Nov. 25.
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“When the billscome in and themoney isn’t there,you have toreturn.”JENNIFER KERSTEN, 33 OF MICHIGAN
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sports 25metronews.caTUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011
Flames preview
Minnesota at Calgary7 p.m. TV: SNET
The Wild (20-8-5) trav-el to Calgary (14-15-4)for their second gamein two nights.Minnesota faced Van-couver last night hop-ing to snap athree-game winlessskid. One possiblereason for the Wild’srecent struggles is in-juries: Mikko Koivu(leg), Pierre-MarcBouchard (face), CaseyWellman (wrist) andDevin Setoguchi(knee) are all out, andGuillaumeLatendresse (concus-sion) isn’t expected toreturn this season.With Niklas Backstromgetting the start Mon-day against theCanucks, Josh Hardingshould see his firststart since Dec. 6tonight.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Kings keepit light asthey waitfor SutterDespite being on the vergeof getting their third coachin about a week, it’s not alldoom and gloom aroundthe Los Angeles Kingsthese days.
In fact, there were plen-ty of smiles beforeMonday’s 3-2 win againstthe Maple Leafs in Toron-to. Perhaps it was a signthat interim coach JohnStevens was successful inhis bid to relax his playerswith an ice cream run fol-lowing Sunday’s skate.
“We had a littlechallenge at the end ofpractice and we stopped atthe Dairy Queen on theway home and losers hadto buy the winners an icecream of their choice,”said Stevens. “Justsomething fun, somethingto occupy their time.”
The Kings have beenplaying under a cloud for amonth, resulting in coachTerry Murray’s dismissallast week. Stevens is fillingin as contract details are fi-nalized with Darryl Sutter,who will take over as headcoach later this weekaccording to a leaguesource.
It’s an unusual situation— to say the least — butone the players seem tosupport.
“I think (GM) Dean(Lombardi) might havehandled it right in not go-ing behind Terry’s backand try to look for a headcoach,” said forward MikeRichards.
“He’s a smart guy, wetrust his instincts and trustwhat he’s doing with theteam.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
“I think thateveryone is sodown emotionallythat they’re notfocusing on theirgame and playingtheir best. Finallywhen we get overthat hump, weshould be fine.”KINGS DEFENCEMAN DREW DOUGHTY
Canada comes to lifein 2nd to top Finland
Team Canada surges to win after trailing early in WJC exhibition opener
Boone Jenner, Mark Stoneand Brendan Gallagherscored for the Canadianjunior men’s hockey teamin a 3-1 win over Finland inMonday’s exhibition game.
Finland will be Canada’sfirst opponent when the2012 world junior hockeychampionship opens Sun-day in Edmonton and Cal-gary.
Mark Visentin of the Ni-agara IceDogs stopped 22shots in Canada’s net forthe win.
Teemu Pulkkinen scoredthe lone goal for Finland.
Christopher Gibson ofthe Chicoutimi Sagueneensplayed two periods in Fin-land’s net, making 21 saves.
The Los Angeles Kingsprospect kept the scoreclose as Canada generatedmore scoring chances thanthe Finns. Gibson was re-
lieved for the third periodby Sami Aittokallio, whoturned away nine-of-10shots.
Canada was withoutwingers Jonathan Hu-berdeau (foot) and QuintonHowden (concussion symp-toms) and played with only11 forwards.
The Canadian team re-turned to its training basein Banff after the game formore practice and teambuilding.
They travel to Red Deerfor a pre-tournament gameThursday against Switzer-
land, followed by a finalwarmup Friday in Edmon-ton versus Sweden.
Gallagher, who plays forthe Vancouver Giants,drove hard to the net toscore at 18:21 of the thirdperiod.
After failing to bury scor-ing chances in the openingperiod, Canada got moreshots away and put morepressure on Finland’s de-fence in the second. Thehosts scored a pair of goalsto take a 2-1 lead into thethird.
Stone, a Brandon WheatKings forward, banged inhis own rebound at 12:45.Jenner of the Oshawa Gen-erals streaked down thewing and beat Gibson be-tween the pads at 6:16.
Devante Smith-Pelly ofthe Anaheim Ducks is oneof two NHL players on the
Canadian roster along withBrett Connolly of the Tam-pa Bay Lightning.
Smith-Pelly made hispresence felt with severalbig checks. The Toronto na-tive used his power in theoffensive zone, circling thenet and creating space forhis linemates.
Jenner, a Columbus BlueJackets prospect, had threeexcellent scoring chancesin addition to his goal.
Canada failed to convertgood scoring opportunitiesin the first period andtrailed 1-0 on Pulkkinen’spower-play goal at 14:22.
Rasmus Ristolainendished the puck to Pulkki-nen at the left faceoff circle.Visentin got a piece of hisglove on Pulkkinen’s lowshot, but not enough tostop it.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Team Canada forwards, from left, Mark Stone, Freddie Hamilton and Nathan Beaulieu
celebrate a goal against Team Finland in Calgary last night.
NATHAN DENETTE/THE CANADIAN PRESS
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EASTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk
d— division leaders ranked 1-2-3 regardless of points; a teamwinning in overtime or shootout iscreditedwith two points and a victory in theW column; the team losing in overtime or shootoutreceives one pointwhich is registered in the OTL (overtime loss) or SL (shootout loss) column.
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WEEK 15AMERICAN CONFERENCEEAST
W L T Pct PF PAy-New England 11 3 0 .786 437 297N.Y. Jets 8 6 0 .571 346 315Miami 5 9 0 .357 286 269Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 311 371
y-San Francisco 11 3 0 .786 327 185Seattle 7 7 0 .500 284 273Arizona 7 7 0 .500 273 305St. Louis 2 12 0 .143 166 346x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched divisionLast night’s resultSan Francisco 20 Pittsburgh 3Sunday’s resultsNewOrleans 42Minnesota 20Seattle 38 Chicago 14Cincinnati 20 St. Louis 13Carolina 28 Houston 13Kansas City 19 Green Bay 14Indianapolis 27 Tennessee 13Miami 30 Buffalo 23Washington 23N.Y. Giants 10Detroit 28 Oakland 27NewEngland 41 Denver 23Arizona 20 Cleveland 17 (OT)Philadelphia 45 N.Y. Jets 19San Diego 34 Baltimore 14Saturday’s resultDallas 31 Tampa Bay 15Thursday’s resultAtlanta 41 Jacksonville 14
KINGS 3,MAPLE LEAFS 2 (SO)First Period1.LosAngeles,Williams5(Doughty,Scuderi)7:542. Toronto, Liles 4 (Bozak) 11:01Penalties—Westgarth LA (holding) 5:19, Clif-ford LA, Rosehill Tor (fighting) 7:57, Lupul Tor(slashing) 11:47, Lewis LA (tripping) 14:29,Greene LA (roughing), Schenn Tor (boarding)18:47, Phaneuf Tor (cross-checking) 19:23.Second Period3.LosAngeles,Brown7(Gagne,Kopitar)14:58(pp)Penalties—Westgarth LA (high-sticking)4:49, Schenn Tor (tripping) 14:05,Williams LA(high-sticking) 15:23, Franson Tor (interfer-ence) 17:44, Brown LA (high-sticking) 18:12.Third Period4. Toronto, Frattin 4 (Grabovski, Kulemin) 2:56Penalty—Liles Tor (cross-checking) 4:09.OvertimeNo Scoring.Penalties—None.ShootoutLos Angeles wins 1-0Los Angeles (1)—Stoll, miss; Kopitar, miss;Brown, goal. Toronto (0)—Kessel, miss; Frat-tin, miss; Lupul, miss.ShotsLos Angeles 14 16 10 2—42Toronto 15 4 10 4—33Goal—LosAngeles: Quick (W,13-10-4);Toronto: Reimer (L,5-3-3). Power plays (goals-chances)—LosAngeles: 1-5; Toronto: 0-5.Referees—Greg Kimmerly, Chris Rooney.Linesmen—David Brisebois, Brad Kovachik.Attendance—19,525 (18,819) at Toronto.
REDWINGS 3, OILERS 2First Period1. Detroit, Cleary 8 (Kindl) 4:33Penalties—Ericsson Det (hooking) 13:44,White Det (tripping) 14:48.Second Period2. Edmonton, Jones 11 (Gagner, Belanger) 2:373. Detroit, Hudler 7 (Zetterberg, Filppula) 14:364. Edmonton, Eberle 13 (Nugent-Hopkins,Hall) 19:59 (pp)Penalties—Miller Det (interference) 6:09, Ea-ger Edm (interference) 8:38, Ericsson Det (in-terference) 19:16.Third Period5. Detroit, Miller 6 (Lidstrom, Helm) 15:45Penalties—Horcoff Edm (high-sticking) 5:22,Kronwall Det (delay of game) 16:58.ShotsDetroit 7 11 10 28Edmonton 10 8 6 28Goal—Detroit: Howard (W,20-7-1); Edmon-ton: Khabibulin (L,10-8-3). Power plays (goals-chances)—Detroit: 0-2; Edmonton: 1-5.Referees—StephenWalkom, BradWatson.Linesmen—Derek Nansen, Dan Schachte.Attendance—16,839 (16,839) at Edmonton.
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Oklahoma City 29 20 7 0 2 87 65 42Houston 30 16 5 2 7 88 75 41Abbotsford 29 19 8 2 0 75 67 40San Antonio 28 14 14 0 0 66 80 28Texas 27 12 14 0 1 80 83 25Note: Two point awarded for awin, one for anovertime or shootout loss.Last night’s resultAlbany 2Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1Sunday’s resultsHamilton 3 Abbotsford 2 (OT)St. John’s 5 Portland 2Chicago 2 Toronto 1Binghamton 4 Adirondack 1Charlotte 3 Oklahoma City 2 (SO)Manchester 3Worcester 1Milwaukee 3 Peoria 1Norfolk 6 Hershey 3Providence 2 Bridgeport 0Rochester 6 Houston 3SanAntonio 4 Texas 2Tonight’s gameAll Times EasternOklahoma City at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesBinghamton at Albany, 7 p.m.Abbotsford at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.Springfield atWorcester, 7 p.m.Adirondack at Connecticut, 7 p.m.Syracuse at Hershey, 7 p.m.Lake Erie at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.Texas at Houston, 8:05 p.m.Toronto at Rockford, 8:05 p.m.
PRE-SEASONLast night’s resultsCharlotte 79 Atlanta 77Utah at PortlandL.A. Clippers at L.A. LakersSunday’s resultsBoston 76 Toronto 75Miami 118 Orlando 85Oklahoma City 106 Dallas 92Tonight’s gamesAll Times EasternWashington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 7 p.m.Indiana at Chicago, 8 p.m.Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m.Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesMiami at Orlando, 7 p.m.Toronto at Boston, 7:30 p.m.New Jersey at NewYork, 7:30 p.m.Memphis at NewOrleans, 8 p.m.Minnesota atMilwaukee, 8 p.m.Houston at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Portland at Utah, 9 p.m.L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
NCAA BOWL GLANCEAll Times Eastern(subject to change)Saturday’s resultsNEWMEXICOBOWLAt AlbuquerqueTemple 37Wyoming 15FAMOUS IDAHOPOTATOBOWLAt Boise, IdahoOhio 24 Utah State 23NEWORLEANSBOWLLouisiana-Lafayette 32 San Diego State 30Tonight’s gameBEEF ‘O’BRADY’S BOWLAt St. Petersburg, Fla.Marshall (6-6) vs. FIU (8-4), 8 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesPOINSETTIA BOWLAt San DiegoTexasChristian(10-2)vs.LouisianaTech(8-4),8p.m.Thursday’s gameMAACOBOWLAt Las VegasBoiseState (11-1)vs.ArizonaState (6-6), 8p.m.Saturday’s gameHAWAII BOWLAt HonoluluNevada(7-5)vs.SouthernMississippi(11-2),8p.m.Monday, Dec. 26INDEPENDENCE BOWLAt Shreveport, La.North Carolina (7-5) vs.Missouri (7-5), 5 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 27LITTLE CAESARS PIZZABOWLAt DetroitWesternMichigan(7-5)vs.Purdue(6-6),4:30p.m.BELK BOWLAt Charlotte, N.C.NorthCarolinaState(7-5)vs.Louisville(7-5),8p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 28MILITARYBOWLAt WashingtonAir Force (7-5) vs. Toledo (8-4), 4:30 p.m.HOLIDAYBOWLAt San DiegoTexas (7-5) vs. California (7-5), 8 p.m.
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