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Crunch go the budget numbersThe results of Wednesday’s committee meeting are expected to give a glimpse of the final city budget Mayor Joe Fontana has said he is still holding out hope there will be no property-tax increase this year

The potential for an all-out budg-et showdown is brewing Wednes-day at city hall.

City council’s services-reviewcommittee will meet at 9 a.m. forwhat could be a marathon ses-sion about proposed programs,and there could be some toughdecisions.

At the heart of it is how muchLondoners will pay in propertytaxes this year. The draft budgettabled in December called for a2.3 per cent property-taxincrease. Getting to a zero percent hike is expected to be diffi-cult, though not impossible.

“There’s only two ways tomake a budget. Either youincrease your revenues, or youdecrease your costs,” Coun. PaulHubert said when the budget wastabled. “There’s no rabbit out ofthe hat on this one.”

What gets approved at themeeting won’t be finalized untilFeb. 21.

Here’s a brief look at what’son the table:

Adds and cutsThe committee has built a longadds/cuts list over the past sev-eral months. Proposals that comewith a request for money —there are about $15.3 millionworth — would add to the draftbudget and push the proposed

tax increase higher. The projects cover a broad

spectrum from library servicesto parking. Some examplesinclude:

• $2 million to replace soccerpitches lost in a redevelopmentproject

• $300,000 to replace someparking meters with pay-and-display terminals

• $1.2 million for streetscapeimprovements on HortonStreet

• $500,000 toboost parkingdowntown

• $100,000 togo towardReForest Lon-don’s Million

Tree Challenge.

Board and commission targetsWhen councillors set tax targets inMay, various boards and commis-sions were given a standard tomeet. Many of them did, but others— including the police department,the London & Middlesex HousingCorp. and Land Ambulance — didnot.

The overages — to the tuneof about $2.9 million — are

figured into the draft budg-et, and city council hasasked that the groupsreport back onWednesday withscaled-down budgetrequests.

If everyone comes

in on target, it would lower the pro-posed tax increase by 0.6 per cent.

A starting pointCity administrators have tabled$2.4 million in proposed cuts andnew revenue around city hall. Politi-cians heard the proposal in Decem-ber and will discuss it.

The money comes from severalareas, including an alreadyapproved hike in parking fines.

If the whole idea is endorsed, itwould cut 0.5 per cent from theproposed tax increase.

ANGELA MULLINS/METRO

Raising the Roof by raising a little money for young people at risk

The $10 toques are beingsold as part of a Raising theRoof benefit co-ordinatedlocally through Youth Oppor-tunities Unlimited, whichprovides services to morethan 3,600 young people inthe London area. Raising the Roof is a nationalinitiative aimed at findinglong-term solutions to youthhomelessness. Since 1997,the organization has givenout almost $3.3 million tomore than 145 agenciesacross Canada.The toques are available atthe You Made It kiosk atCovent Garden Market or bycalling 519-432-1112. Jackie Jorgbo, 21, of London models a toque on Tuesday at the Youth Action Centre.

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TSN hostgoes on the recordaboutdepressionMichael Landsberg, host of TSN’s Off the Record,will address his battle with depression as thekeynote speaker at theBreakfast of Championson May 8 at the LondonConvention Centre. Tick-ets for the St. Joseph’sHealth Care Foundationevent are available at sjhc-foundation.org. METRO

We asked Londoners via social media what area of London theywould next like to see get a facelift. Here’s what you said:

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@GrantNuttall: York St.near the Greyhound stationcould use some beautifying... There are much nicerfirst impressions that could be made @aaronvsmusic: howabout the job market?@speedlines: Intersectionof Richmond and Dundas!@NikkehSass: Richmond &Dundas is obvs., but how

about the Greyhound Sta-tion? That’s some people’s1st impression of #ldnont@maxamilli: Richmondand Dundas for sure, thefacades of the buildings deserve some preservation.@everaft3r: A better, safer station where you areable to transfer betweenLondon Transit and theGreyhound in one place@outtamywaystool:York st, from greyhound

station down to Welling -ton. Some thing should go in that old bud Gowanbuilding!@PeopleInTransit: Dundasfr Adelaide to Highbury.Kelloggs area a disgrace & invitation to squattersand the dangers thatfollow. #ldont@scorchyy: since D&R is a given, I’ll say Fanshawe College area. The college is nice, but everything

around it looks dull and beaten.@Junesbee: Oxford by Sanitorium. They’ve let that area go for too long.

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Lau Neely: Dundas (NikkiSasso, Aislinn Elisabeth Elo, Katie Naus like this)Robbyn Lindsay:Old East Village! There is so much potential!

Giving Market Lane afacelift may be stealingall the attention, but cityplanners have plenty ofother downtown spruce-ups in store for 2012.

No doubt the MarketLane plan — unveiledMonday with a budget of$650,000 — is the biggest,said Andrew Macpherson,the city’s manager ofparks planning and de-sign. Still, the other proj-ects, including one at

Wellington and Yorkstreets and one along theThames River, are just asimportant for creating avibrant core, he said.

“Think of the placesyou go to see. It’s not be-cause they have a beauti-ful highway system; it’sbecause they have beauti-ful streets to walk on,”Macpherson said. “We’vegot to keep our thoughtsopen to big visionary proj-ects so we can think … 20to 30 years (ahead). But, inthe meantime, we cancontinue on to do theseprojects that make this

corner or that corner ofdowntown better.”

Plans for Wellingtonand York streets includenew lighting, trees andlandscaping along the me-dian and the four corners.The overall goal is to im-prove the first look at

downtown as people trav-el north through theWellington train viaduct,Macpherson said.

Plans for Market Laneaside, the largest projectslated for this year willsee a $425,000 plaza andlookout built at the Black-burn Memorial Fountainat the forks of the ThamesRiver.

A smaller-scale projectwill see beautificationwork outside the NancyCampbell Collegiate Insti-tute, the former Labattheadquarters at Ridoutand Queens.

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Reinvigorated by new master plan for downtown, city plans to enhance several public spaces this year Work in the core travels the distance, stretching from Thames River to Wellington Street

Forest City plansspruce-ups aplenty

Cars and pedestrians make their way across the intersection of Wellington and York streets Tuesday afternoon. A renovation of the intersection’s four corners is on the city’s list of 2012 plans for creating more inviting public spaces. Work there is expected to begin this fall.


Province to help city withcourt costsStarting this year, the Cityof London will get provin-cial money to help covercourt security and prisonertransportation costs. London will receive$491,687.42, an amountthat will increase everyyear until 2018.

The cost-sharing is partof a larger 2008 provincial-municipal agreement. Lon-don is receiving more than$38 million this year underthat agreement, which in-volves Ontario Works, theOntario Drug Benefit pro-gram and the Ontario Dis-ability Support Program.London is expecting morethan $52 million annually by 2018. METRO

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Urban-rural transitiontackled in stage play

Fanshawe College staff andstudents have made thelargest contribution in theschool’s history to UnitedWay. On Tuesday, PaulSeed of the United Waywas presented a cheque byFanshawe College Presi-dent Howard Rundle.

This is the second con-secutive year Fanshawe

has surpassed the$100,000 mark. METRO

Man diesafter beinghit by carProvincial police say a 49-year-old man has diedfrom injuries sufferedwhen he was hit by a vehi-cle on Highway 3 in EssexCounty. The LaSalle man, atow-truck driver, was help-ing a Chatham manchange a tire on the centremedian Tuesday morning.AM980/AM980.CA

It’s not toosoon to booka campsiteThe Upper Thames RiverConservation Authority’sConservation Areas arenow acceptingreservations for the 2012camping season.

Save $2 by reservingyour campsite online. YOucan also book by phone at1-866-668-2267.

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From left: Tim Campbell portrays Peter, Douglas Hughes

portrays Nick, Adrienne Gould portrays Cassandra and Rod

Beattie portrays Ed in a scene from Ed’s Garage on Tuesday

at The Grand Theatre.


A 2001 Orange Bowl ringstolen from a former Flori-da State University playerhas been recovered.

Police say a London resi-dent spotted the champi-onship football ring for saleon the London Kijiji onlineclassifieds.

The ring had been issued

to FSU nose tackle JeffWomble, No. 91.

Investigators say the resi-dent contacted the Kijijiseller and made arrange-ments to meet and buy thering for $1,500 with the in-tention of returning it toWomble as a “new year —pay it forward gesture.”

However, Womble suggest-ed getting local police in-volved so no one would beout any money to get thering back. London policecontacted the seller and re-covered the ring from aLondon resident who hadacquired it through a pri-vate sale. THE CANADIAM PRESS

Football player’s ring returned

An Orange Bowl ring

stolen from a Florida player.

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A show debuting Friday atthe Grand Theatre reunitesthree longtime friends withdecades of stage experienceunder their belts.

Ed’s Garage combinesthe storytelling of play-wright Dan Needles withthe directing and acting ofStratford brothers Douglasand Rod Beattie, weavingtogether a comical look atthe transition from urbanto rural life.

The Needles-Beattie triois best known for work onthe Wingfield series, sevensolo shows written by Nee-dles and featuring Rod Beat-tie in multiple roles withhis brother as director.

People familiar withWingfield will see many ofthe same themes repeatedin Ed’s Garage, DouglasBeattie said.

“It’s funny, smart and I

would say warm,” he saidabout the play.

With a cast of four, theshow is built around Ed(Rod Beattie) and a machineshop he operates on hissmall-town farm.

Although he has no pro-fessional training, Ed seemsto have a knack for tacklingpeople’s psychologicalproblems and is known forhiring people who are newto farm life.

Things get complicatedat the machine shop whena new fellow, ordered to seea professional psychologistfor anger management,blows into town and windsup in Ed’s care.

Characters come to grips withthings that are ‘wrong in the world’

For tickets...

Ed’s Garage will continuethrough Feb. 4. For ticketinformation and showtimes, visitgrandtheatre.com or call519-672-8800.

$106,413The amount raised byFanshawe in its mostrecent fundraisingcampaign for the Unit-ed Way.

Fanshawe donationbreaks record

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Kijiji offerbring theftchargesLondon police are advis-ing people to be carefulwhen selling itemsonline after a recenttransaction resulted inan alleged theft.

In December, a localresident had placed aseller’s ad on KijijiLondon for the sale of adiamond ring worthalmost $5,000. A prospec-

tive buyer made arrange-ments to meet the sellerin a parking lot alongRichmond Street nearUWO. The prospectivebuyer took possession ofthe ring and took off.

Police have charged23-year-old Kyle Dougher-ty of London, with onecount of theft under$5,000.

The diamond ring hasnot been recovered and isdescribed as a .75kt, 14ktwhite gold, diamondring, size 7.25. Anyonewith info is asked to visitcontact London CrimeStoppers.

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Death toll from the Costa Concordia shipwreck rose sharply on Tuesday, to 11

‘Go on board!’ captain of doomed ship told

“You go on board! Is thatclear? Do you hear me?”the coast guard officershouted as the captain ofthe grounded Costa Con-cordia sat safe in a life raftand frantic passengersstruggled to escape afterthe ship rammed into areef off the Tuscan coast.

“It is an order. Don’tmake any more excuses.You have declared ‘Aban-don ship.’ Now I am incharge.”

The dramatic recordingmade public Tuesdayshows Capt. FrancescoSchettino resisted ordersto return to his ship to di-rect the evacuation, say-ing it was too dark andthe ship was tipping per-ilously.

The Costa Concordiahad more than 4,200 pas-sengers and crew onboard when it slammedinto the reef Friday off thetiny island of Giglio afterSchettino made an unau-thorized manoeuvre fromthe ship’s programmedcourse — apparently to

show off the luxury linerto the island’s residents.

Schettino has insistedthat he stayed aboard un-

til the ship was evacuated.However, the recording ofhis conversation with Ital-ian Coast Guard Capt. Gre-gorio De Falco makesclear he fled before allpassengers were off —and then defied De Falco’srepeated orders to goback.

“Listen Schettino,” De

Falco can be heard shout-ing in the audio tape.“There are people trappedon board. ... You go onboard and then you willtell me how many peoplethere are. Is that clear?”

The exchange also indi-cates that Schettino didnot know anyone haddied, with De Falco telling

him at one point: “Thereare already bodies now,Schettino.”

“How many bodies?”Schettino asks in a nerv-ous tone.

“You are the one whohas to tell me how manythere are!” De Falco barksin response.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tape recording

Conversation. At one point,in a recording of a conver-sation between ItalianCoast Guard Capt. GregorioDe Falco and FrancescoSchettino, pictured, De Fal-co vowed: “I’m going tomake sure you get in trou-ble.... I am going to makeyou pay for this. Go onboard, (expletive)!”

Arrest. Schettino was finallyheard agreeing to reboardon the tape. But the coastguard has said he neverwent back, and had policearrest him on land.

Premiers look beyond Ottawa for healthThe provincial premiershave gone from demand-ing Prime MinisterStephen Harper return tohealth-care talks to sayingthey may not need himthat much when it comesto improving health care.

Premiers Brad Wall ofSaskatchewan and RobertGhiz of Prince Edward Is-land announced Tuesdaythey will lead the chargein a provincially drivenworking group to improvehealth care.

The Health Care Inno-vation Working Groupwill focus on theprovinces and territoriesfinding and sharing newways to meet health chal-lenges.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Winter sportscausing injuriesThousands of Canadiansend up in hospital eachyear after breaking boneson the ski slope orsnowboard run, sustaininga concussion from a hit onthe hockey rink or

suffering multiple injuriesin snowmobile crashes,says the Canadian Institutefor Health Information.THE CANADIAN PRESS

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Italian naval divers approach the cruise ship Costa Concordia Tuesday after

it ran aground on the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, on Friday evening.

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recording.

“The federalgovernment is notneeded for thiswork. They don’tdeliver health care.The expertise is inthe provinces andthe territories.”SASK. PREMIER BRAD WALL

5,600The numberof Canadians

who were hospitalizedwith serious injuries re-lated to winter sports.

The Harper governmenthunkered down Tuesday inan attempt to weather anunfolding spy drama involv-ing a naval officer whoworked at one of the mostsensitive and secure mili-tary intelligence centres inthe country.

Prime Minister StephenHarper, Defence MinisterPeter MacKay, the militaryand the RCMP turned asidequestions on the case ofSub.-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle,who’s charged with com-municating information to

a foreign entity.Defence experts said, giv-

en where the suspectworked, the potential dam-age to national security wasimmense.

MacKay said he wouldnot confirm or deny reportsthe foreign power involvedcould be Russia, but a de-fence expert said that coun-try is the most likelysuspect, given the few de-tails available.

“I am not going to playClue,” MacKay said during amedia availability to trum-

pet $337 million for a newsatellite system intended tomake military and govern-ment communicationsmore secure.

The case against Delislewas adjourned until nextweek by a Halifax judge,leaving the mystery to

deepen as a neighbour inBedford, N.S., describedhim as “someone who keptto himself” since movingfrom Ontario.

His rented house wasturned upside down byRCMP and military policeinvestigators last week.

The Security of Informa-tion Act, the law being usedto prosecute Delisle, re-mains untested in court —never having been used in acase of alleged espionagesince its passage in 2001.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Jeffrey Paul Delisle is

escorted from Halifax

provincial court to a

sheriff’s van on

Tuesday morning.

RYAN TAPLIN/METRO HALIFAX

Conservatives stay in the shadows as spy drama unfolds“Our allies havefull confidence inCanada.”DEFENCE MINISTER PETER MACKAYWHEN ASKED ABOUT CHARGES LAIDAGAINST A NAVAL INTELLIGENCEOFFICER IN HALIFAX


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A COMPUTER IS HIS BIBLE

THE HIGH PRIESTOF FILE-SHARING

The pirates of file-sharing are on a mission.

Last week, theSwedish MissionaryChurch of Kopimismwon official recognitionas a religion — and thecreed of copying andspreading information isexpanding around theworld.

Followers have sprungup in Russia, Romania,France, the United Statesand Denmark. A congre-gation in New Zealand isalso seeking legal recog-nition.

The Kopimists workedall of last year to be rec-ognized as a religion inSweden. Last week, offi-cialdom recognized theirstatus as a church.

“The response hasbeen great, even outsideEurope. I have been con-tacted by new Kopimistsin India as well as Japan,”

philosophy student IsakGerson, 19 — founder,head of mission andsupreme spiritual leaderof the church — told

Metro. There are now3,000 followers in morethan 10 countries, it’sclaimed.METRO WORLD NEWS

Isak Gerson, founder

and spiritual leader

of the Church

of Kopimism,

spoke with Metro

about his religion.

PATRIK LUNDIN/FOR METRO

Don’t click onWikipedia todaySome Canadians havepledged to join Wikipediaand other big websites ingoing black today.

The Wednesday black-out is a protest against pro-posed anti-piracylegislation in the U.S. thatcould have far-reaching ef-fects for Internet users.

The legislation could al-low website addresses tobe blocked when com-plaints are filed aboutcopyright infringement.

Search engines could becompelled to remove linksto sites accused of copy-right violations.

Web payment proces-sors and advertisers couldbe forced to stop doingbusiness with alleged of-fenders.

Tucows, a Toronto-basedcompany that manages

more than 11 million do-main names, planned totemporarily take down itsdownloading site, whichhosts more than 40,000programs.

Social media serviceIdenti.ca was also amongCanadian sites joining thelikes of Boing Boing, Red-dit and Wordpress in theprotest.

But the planned shut-down of one of the Inter-net’s most-visited sites wasnot sitting well with someof its volunteer editors.

They say the protest ofanti-piracy legislationcould threaten the credi-bility of their work.

“My main concern isthat it puts the organiza-tion in the role of advoca-cy, and that’s a slipperyslope,” said editor RobertLawton, a Michigan com-puter consultant whowould prefer that the en-cyclopedia stick to being aneutral repository ofknowledge.

“Before we know it,we’re blacked out becausewe want to save thewhales.”

“My hope is that …people willunderstand thatwe’re doing it forour readers. Wesupport everyone’sright to freedom ofthought”CANADIAN SUE GARDNER,EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THEWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION

Popular website was set to go black to protest proposed U.S. curbs But some editors are unhappy

THE CANADIAN PRESS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


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Honour important to Shafia,brother testifies in murder caseHonour is very importantto a man accused of killinghalf of his family, allegedlyin a so-called honourkilling, but MohammadShafia is no murderer, hishalf-brother said Tuesday.

Dr. Mohammad AnwarYaqubi, in one of severaloutbursts in which he ve-hemently asserted his sib-ling is innocent, suggestedit’s the police and prosecu-tors who should be inprison instead of Shafiaand his co-accused wifeand son.

Wiretaps that theCrown says show Shafia’slingering anger over hisdaughters’ dating habits,in which he calls them“whores,” actually exoner-ate Shafia because he nev-er explicitly says hecommitted murder, Yaqubisaid.

“If you listen to themproperly and you analyzethem properly you'll findout that dear (Shafia)shouldn’t be here,” Yaqubisaid in response to a ques-tion about how manyhours he spent listening to

the recordings.Shafia, his wife Tooba

Yahya, 42, and their sonHamed, 21, are on trial inKingston, Ont., chargedwith four counts each offirst-degree murder.They’ve pleaded not guilty

in the deaths of Shafia andYahya’s daughters Zainab,19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti,13, as well as Rona AmirMohammad, 52, Shafia’sfirst wife in a polygamousmarriage. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Accused’s half-brother final witness in lengthy trial

This picture provided by the Frontenac County Court

shows Rona Amir Mohammad, left, and Sahar Shafia, found

dead in June 2011.

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CANADIAN HISTORY

TommyDouglas’medals upfor auctionMedals from socialisticon and formerSaskatchewan premierTommy Douglas are onthe auction block, but hisdaughter hopes thecollection stays together.

“I just hope that who-ever buys it won’t split itup and it would be won-derful if they woulddonate it or give it to amuseum that already hasa lot of his things,” actorShirley Douglas said Tues-day in a phone interviewwith The Canadian Press.

If the Canadian Muse-um of Civilization hadthe items, it could loanthem to other museumsacross the country, shesuggested. Then the pub-lic would also be able tosee the medals.

“I’m worried aboutthem not being acquiredby one person who wouldlike to give them to a mu-seum,” Douglas said.

The collection, includ-ing an engraved corona-tion medal from 1937, isbeing auctioned off at theend of January by JeffreyHoare Auctions, based inLondon, Ont.

The company’swebsite says the lot alsoincludes Second WorldWar and Victory medalsfrom Tommy Douglas’sfather, Thomas DouglasSr. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Tommy Douglas

Crown contends

The Crown alleges the fourvictims were killed to pro-tect family honour. Honour was a big deal forShafia, Yaqubi agreed un-der cross-examination.The police wiretaps thatcaptured his enraged out-bursts show that Shafiawas angry, but also griev-ing, Yaqubi said. But the Crown suggestedYaqubi doesn't know hishalf-brother very well atpresent, since he has onlyhad sporadic communica-tion, consisting of a hand-ful of telephone calls onmajor holidays, since 1994.

Aboriginal parole hearing for Haitian-born killer ‘disrespectful:’ victim’s dadA father says the man whomurdered his teenagedaughter should be deniedan aboriginal parole hear-ing because it makes a“mockery” of Canada's FirstNations people.

Michael Manning’s 15-year-old daughter, Tara, wasraped, smothered andstabbed dozens of times inthe family’s suburban Mon-treal home nearly 18 yearsago.

The Parole Board ofCanada has granted the

girl’s killer an elder-assistedhearing, which is usuallyreserved for aboriginal of-fenders and is designed tobe sensitive to their tradi-tional cultures.

The agency does allowsome non-aboriginal in-mates to use the process.

But Manning argues theHaitian-born man, who wasconvicted in 1997 of first-degree murder, should notbe allowed such a hearingbecause, to his knowledge,he doesn’t have a First Na-

tions background.“Aboriginals fought for a

long time to try and get spe-cial rights and privileges ...It’s disrespectful and it’s amockery to our First Na-tions, Inuit and Metis peo-ple,” Manning said in aninterview from his Montre-al-area home on Tuesday.

Manning’s daughter’skiller cannot be named be-cause a court ruled he was aminor at the time of theslaying.THE CANADIAN PRESS

CIDA toinvestigateEthiopian aidCanada’s aid agency says itwill look into how Ethiopiaspends assistance funds af-ter publication of a reportthat accuses the Africancountry of an abusive andsystematic practice of forc-ing rural villagers off theirland.

The response came aftera report released Tuesdayby Human Rights Watchblasted the country for its“villagization” program

that it says has forcibly re-located 70,000 indigenouspeople, and aims to move1.5 million by next year.

The forced expulsionshave cut villagers off fromfood sources and basichealth services while forc-ing them to endure abusefrom the Ethiopian army,the report alleges.

Researcher Felix Hornesays the situation violatesCanada’s own policy,which says all aid spendingmust meet internationalhuman-rights standards.

Ethiopia is the third-largest recipient of foreignaid from Canada, at about

$170 million a year.Horne said he had off-

the-record discussions withofficials at the CanadianInternational DevelopmentAgency about his findingslast year, but got littlemeaningful response.

That changed Tuesdaywhen a spokesman for In-ternational Co-operationMinister Bev Oda replied toa request for commentwith an emailed state-ment: “We will look intothese allegations further,to ensure there is no mis-use of Canadian taxpayers’resources.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

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age home buying, FinanceMinister Jim Flaherty saidTuesday after the Bank ofCanada warned low inter-est rates could cause Cana-dians to pile on more debt.

The bank said the policyinterest rate will stay atthe super-low one percent. Economists say ratesmay stay low for a year ortwo more. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Crown lawyers at the fraudtrial of three former NortelNetworks executives saythe men created a cultureof dishonesty at the fallentelecom equipment maker,encouraging staff membersto cook the books to meetbonus-related targets.

Lead prosecutor RobertHubbard told court Tuesdaythat under the direction ofthen-CEO Frank Dunn, theuse of financial reserves tobulk up flagging balancesheets was widespread.

“In terms of this cookie-jar approach to accounting,it had a long history at Nor-tel, it wasn’t just the ac-cused who were involved init,” Hubbard said during thesecond day of the trial.

Hubbard likened the al-leged scheme overseen byDunn to a game of Sudoku,

in which he knew whatwould trigger bonuses tiedto a return to profitabilityand manipulated numbers.

Hubbard said the formerleaders of what was onceCanada’s biggest companywere orchestrating an“earnings managementscheme” through whichthey held back millions ofdollars of “out of balance”money so it could be report-ed later at their choosing.

Dunn, who was Nortel’schief financial officer be-fore he became its chief ex-ecutive officer, former CFODouglas Beatty and formercontroller Michael Golloglyare accused of defraudingNortel of $5 million. Allhave pleaded not guilty.

The Crown has a list of27 witnesses it plans to call,including former employ-

ees whom it has warnedthe judge may have acted asaccomplices. Defence open-ing arguments are expectedWednesday. The trial couldlast longer than six months.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Crown: Nortel ‘scheme’like a game of Sudoku

Prosecutors allege fraud deeply rooted in company,2002-03 profits manipulated to achieve desired results

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Local tweetsTHE WORSTIS BEHIND US

We should get a medal.On it should be: “I

survived Blue Monday.”If you’re reading this, it’s

confirmed: you survivedwhat is held to be the most

depressing day of the year.There’s even a formula for those who

don’t automatically buy the idea that thethird Monday in January is the most de-pressing day of the year. Developed bysome helpful guy in Wales, it factors inweather, post-holiday bills, the grim fact

that holidays are over, enthusiasm for your new year’sresolution is officially on the wane, and there’s thatnagging feeling that if you don’t do something, it’s onlygoing to get worse.

I’d add that for most of the country, the next holidaydoesn’t come until April 6, and there’s a long stretch ofanother-day-older-and-deeper-in-debt until we get there.

So at least you should get a freaking medal.I spent the most depressing day of the year in a room

full of rocket scientists (don’t ask) and by the end of it, Icame to the conclusion that I need more RAM. But atleast I got to the end of it, and by the time I turned out

the light and pulled thecovers over my head, I wasfeeling quite smug:starting tomorrow, there’snowhere to go but up.

And the same guy whocalculated the mostdepressing day of the yearhas also determined thehappiest day of the year,which this year for somereason is Monday, June 18.

We’re happy on June 18,allegedly, because it’swarm enough to go outsideand play; therefore, we’recloser to nature in all itsearly-summertime glory.We can hang out withfriends without beingfrostbitten and even ifwe’re miserable creatureswe can remember

summers long ago when we weren’t. Finally, we’realmost on holiday, which is better than being fresh outof holidays.

It’s all very scientific, except that it isn’t. Somekilljoy pointed out that the so-called expert whodevised the formula is not, as often billed, apsychologist at the University of Cardiff. Even the not-psychologist admits his calculations are meaningless.But that hasn’t stopped media from picking up the sto-ry, thanks to the time-tested tradition of never lettingthe facts get in the way of a good story.

Surely at this time of the year, we need all theencouragement we can get. And the news that we’ve hitrock bottom and it can only get better is welcome newsindeed.

It would be even better if it came with a medal wecould wear around our necks … at least until the EasterBunny finally saves the day.

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“Even the not-psychologistadmits his

calculations aremeaningless. But

that hasn’tstopped mediafrom picking upthe story, thanks

to the time-tested traditionof never lettingthe facts get in

the way of agood story.”

A man rides a horsethrough a bonfire in thesmall village of San Bar-tolomé de Pinares inSpain. In honour of St. An-thony (San Anton), the pa-tron saint of animals,hundreds of horses areridden through bonfireson the night before the of-ficial day of paying hom-age to animals. MWN

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These steeds leap throughbonfires to drum beatsand Spanish bagpipes un-til midnight, when the rid-ing ends. By morning,when the fires have dieddown to embers, localsgrill a feast of chorizo andblood sausage. Those tak-ing part in the festival be-lieve the flames andsmoke “purify”the horses. MWN

200200 horses, as well asdogs, cats, pigs, birdsand even ferrets, tookpart in SanBartolomé’s annualblessing of theanimals.

“I myselfremember fromchildhood this ishow the villageelders and I prayedto St. Anthony.”SAN BARTOLOMÉ MAYOR MARIAJESUS MARTIN TOLD LOCAL MEDIA.FOR CENTURIES AN EPIDEMIC WIPEDOUT REGIONAL WORKHORSES.RESIDENTS THEN PRAYED TOST. ANTHONY FOR PROTECTION BYBURNING AN EFFIGY AT THE STAKEAS A SYMBOL OF PURIFICATION.

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Green ArrowThis B-league bow-mas-ter has been hittinghard targets since 1941,but outside of fan-boycircles he might as wellbe a contestant onAmerican Archer. Notonly does Green Arrowborrow from RobinHood’s wardrobe but healso shares the English-man’s penchant for theredistribution of wealth.Movie Buzz: Years back,Kevin Smith’s namewas bandied about inconnection with an Ar-row movie. Morerecently NY Times best-selling author BradMeltzer has droppedhints that he’d be downto pen the script.Odds of ever making the

big screen: Slim as a solodeal but sky-high in aJustice League of Ameri-ca (JLA) live-action flick.

Captain CanuckThe Cap is a well-man-nered Mountie who ac-quires super-strengthafter a run-in with somealiens while camping.He then dons red-and-white spandex with amaple leaf emblazonedon his forehead whiletangling with baddies.In its original incarna-tion the series was setin a future world whereCanada had become, ac-cording to the firstissue, “the most impor-tant country in theworld.”Movie Buzz: Mind’s EyeEntertainment ownsthe film rights andplans on developing theproject with the cooper-ation of series creatorRichard Comely.Odds of ever making the

big screen: Pretty good,eh.

AquamanThe often-parodied su-per-swimmer has beenbreathing underwaterand having telepathicconversations with fish,mollusks and other sealife since 1941. Ventrilo-quist and comedian JeffDunham points out thatAquaman has the samepowers as SpongeBobSquarePants.Movie Buzz: If Shaq couldsuit up and play Steel,there’s no reason whyMichael Phelps couldn’tdye his hair blonde andstart chatting up somebeluga whales.Odds of ever making the

big screen: While HBO’sEntourage featured themaking of an Aquamanaction movie withJames Cameron, the un-derwater hero doesn’tget that caliber of Holly-wood love in real life.

Black PantherBeyond Wesley Snipesvamping it up in Blademovies, there haven’tbeen too manymainstream African-American superheromovies. Created by StanLee and Jack Kirby in1966, Black Panther —the protector of the ficti-tious African nation ofWakanda — is the JackieRobinson of superheroeslaying the groundworkfor all that followed in-cluding Luke Cage, Fal-con, Storm and Spawn.Movie Buzz: Some smallmurmurs a themoment.Odds of ever making the

big screen: They’d needto get creative with thetitle, otherwise manywould assume the moviewas about the radical or-ganization of the samename. MIKE DOJC

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FlashIn the comic bookworld the mantle of thefastest man alive hasbeen held by JayGarrick, Barry Allan,Wally West and Bart Al-lan. A mainstay in the T-shirt wardrobe of BigBang Theory’s Dr. Shel-don Cooper, Flash hasremained fashionforward in geek circlesfor more than 70 years.Movie Buzz: Fan-boys arechirping a mile aminute and “Rock theLightning” would be agreat poster tagline.Odds of ever making the

big screen: In 1990-91CBS ran a single seasonof The Flash starringJohn Wesley Ship. But ifthere’s ever a JLAmovie, Warner Bros.will greenlight a Flashsolo joint in a red-hotminute.

Is the comic book moviewell starting to run dry?

Nicolas Cage rides back into theatres as Ghost Rider in mid-February With tier-two comicbook heroes getting hit up for a sequel, it begs the question: After a decade-long spandex-and-leather blockbuster boom, are there any comic book film adaptations left in the tank?

The first BestPicture Oscarwinner wasWings, a 1927aviation flickfeaturing an

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Rumour has it George Lucas’ Red Tails’ air battles amongst the best created on film

Aviation films still fly in Hollywoodinane love story but somespectacular aerial footage.

Director William A. Well-man used his experience asa celebrated combat pilotduring World War I to cre-ate the movie’s realistic andthrilling dogfights, whichpacked audiences into first-run theatres for 63 weeksstraight.

George Lucas, the pro-

ducer of this weekend’sRed Tails, must be hopingfor similar success for hisaviation movie. If Red Tailsdraws crowds, he says, hewants to expand the storyof African American WorldWar II pilots the TuskegeeAirmen into a trilogy.

Advance word suggestsRed Tails’ air battles areamongst the best ever cre-

ated on film. Perhaps so,but Lucas has 100 years ofelaborate aerial photogra-phy to compete with.

The flying sequences inBattle of Britain, the 1969recreation of the BritishRAF’s defeat of the Luft-waffe, are regarded as thegold standard of aviationfootage. To shoot thesespectacular scenes the

filmmakers assembledsuch a large collection ofvintage planes that theproduction briefly becamethe 35th largest air forcein the world.

But not all the planeswere authentic. Mock-upsof Spitfires and Hurricanes,powered by lawn mowerengines, can be seen taxi-ing down runways.

In brief

Should Jake Gyllen-haal be worried? Tay-lor Swift graces thecover of Vogue’s Feb-ruary issue and tellsthe magazine hernext album will beabout an “absolutecrash-and-burnheartbreak” she ex-perienced. The 22-year-old singerdoesn’t name names,but she did date Gyl-lenhaal in 2010.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Marvel says creativity, compelling stories will drive

comics again in 2012.

Jean-Marc Vallée’s mysti-cal romance Cafe de Floreand David Cronenberg’spsychoanalysis drama ADangerous Method are thetop contenders for Cana-da’s biggest film prizes.

Vallée’s francophonefeature has 13 GenieAward nominations whileCronenberg’s weightystudy has 11.

The film giants will faceoff in the best picture andbest director categories,where they also competewith Philippe Falardeauand his tender school taleMonsieur Lazhar, whichcollected nine nods.

The nominations wereannounced Tuesday morn-ing by the Academy ofCanadian Cinema & Televi-sion at simultaneous newsconferences in Torontoand Montreal.

Rounding out the bestpicture race is the thrillerThe Whistleblower andthe francophone comedyStarbuck. They earned sixnominations apiece.

The acting categoriesare studded with interna-tional stars. Notables in-clude Michael Fassbender,Michelle Williams, ViggoMortensen, Vanessa Par-adis and Rachel Weisz.

Fassbender is in thebest actor race for his turnas Carl Jung in A Danger-

ous Method. Rivals includeGarret Dillahunt, whoplays a disillusioned warvet in Oliver Sherman;Scott Speedman, as the no-torious Canadian bankrobber in Edwin Boyd: Cit-izen Gangster; Montreal’sPatrick Huard, who plays afrequent sperm donor inStarbuck; and Algeria’sMohamed Fellag, whostars as a sensitive schoolteacher in MonsieurLazhar.

Mortensen is nominat-

ed for best supporting ac-tor for his take on Sig-mund Freud in ADangerous Method. He’sup against Friday NightLights star Taylor Kitsch,who plays a troubled pho-to journalist in The BangBang Club; AntoineBertrand from Starbuck;Kevin Durand of EdwinBoyd: Citizen Gangsterand the young Marin Ger-rier, who charms as a jazz-obsessed Parisian boy inCafe de Flore.

Meanwhile, the best ac-tress race pits Paradis,who stars as a devotedmother in Cafe de Flore,against Weisz, who plays acrusading peacekeeper inThe Whistleblower andWilliams, as a young wifewith a wandering eye inSarah Polley's Take ThisWaltz.

Catherine de Lean ofNuit #1 and Pascale Mont-petit from The Girl in theWhite Coat round out thenominees. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canuck cinema

The Genie Awards have an-

nounced nominations for

the best in Canadian cine-

ma. A look at the key cate-

gories:

Best picture: A DangerousMethod, Cafe de Flore,Monsieur Lazhar, Starbuck,The Whistleblower.Best director: DavidCronenberg, A DangerousMethod; Steven Silver, TheBang Bang Club; Jean-MarcVallee, Cafe de Flore;Philippe Falardeau,Monsieur Lazhar; LarysaKondracki, TheWhistleblower.Best actor: Mohamed Fel-lag, Monsieur Lazhar; Gar-ret Dillahunt, OliverSherman; Michael Fassben-der, A Dangerous Method;Patrick Huard, Starbuck;and Scott Speedman, EdwinBoyd: Citizen Gangster.Best actress: Catherine deLean, Nuit #1; PascaleMontpetit, The Girl in theWhite Coat; VanessaParadis, Cafe de Flore;Rachel Weisz, The Whistle-blower; Michelle Williams,Take This Waltz.

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Oscar ambitionThis year's Oscar hopefulis Monsieur Lazhar, afrancophone film aboutan Algerian immigrantwho takes over a class ofMontreal elementarystudents reeling fromthe sudden death oftheir teacher.

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Thanks to a su-per scoop byThe Daily, it’sbeen knownthat celebritychef of allthings fatten-

ing — deep-fried butterballs, Velveeta fudge, andbutter, mayo, and whizspread, to name just a fewof her recipes — PaulaDeen had developed Type 2diabetes and would soon goon a publicity blitz aboutthe diagnosis.

Well, that whirlwind me-dia tour happened yester-day when she went on TheToday Show as well as grantan interview to USA Today.

Although she’s apparent-ly been diabetic for over

two years (while continuingto shill her high-fat, high-calorie cooking), she decid-ed to go public nowbecause, as she puts it, itwasn’t “God’s time” whenshe first learned she wassick.

“I felt like I had nothingto offer anybody other thanthe announcement. Iwasn’t armed with enoughknowledge. I knew when itwas time, it would be inGod’s time,” she told USAToday.

Interestingly enough, forDeen, “God’s time” means“time to finagle a lucrativecontract with a makers of adiabetes drug.” As, oh yes,Deen used that lull to signon as a sponsor for the dia-betes medicine Victoza. Anew website featuringDeen as their spokespersonalso launched Monday.

Deen doesn’t want to say

how much money she’smaking off the deal.

She tells USA Today,“Talking about money isgarish. It’s tacky. But, ofcourse, I’ve been compen-sated for my time. That’s

the way our world works.”Is it just me, or is it also

garish and tacky to contin-ue to shill your junk food topeople even though youknow it can make themsick — like it did you?

Paula Deen: Nowis ‘God’s time’ tomake some cash

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Jay-Z headstoward PG-13 lyricsNow that he’s adad to a babygirl, Jay-Z is clean-ing up his act,according to NME.The rapper hasreleased a poemvowing to stopusing theword“bitch”in hislyrics.“BeforeI gotin thegame,madea

change, and got rich. I did-n’t think hard about usingthe word bitch,” he writes.

“I rapped, I flipped it, Isold it, I lived it. Now withmy daughter in this world Icurse those that give it.”

Jay-Z also released a songearlier this month thatfeatures the sounds ofdaughter Blue IvyCarter cooing and cry-

ing, which made herthe youngest person ever

to be credited on theU.S. Billboard sin-

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12 travel metronews.caWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012

Aruba, a tiny island only25 kilometres from theVenezuelan coastline, isknown for its turquoisewater and white sandybeaches. But, unlike manyof its Caribbean neigh-bours, it hasn’t been taken

over by all-inclusive re-sorts and all of its beachesare public.

It’s safe, easy to getaround, and you’ll findhundreds of restaurants,bars and nightclubs inOranjestad, the island’spicturesque capital, so youwon’t be stuck eating atthe same buffet table everyday.

Aruba:One happy island

Aruba has some of the best beaches in the Caribbean and it’s outsidethe hurricane zone But there’s more to this island than the beach

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All of Aruba’s beaches are public.

What to doIf you can manage to tearyourself away from yourpoolside lounge chairand mojito, there’s noshortage of easily accessi-ble activities on the is-land — scuba diving,snorkeling, windsurfing,kitesurfing, sea kayak-ing, water skiing andsailing, to name just afew. There’s also hiking,quad trekking and sun-set horseback riding inthe island’s nationalpark. As for beaches, Ea-gle Beach and Palm Beachare among the bestbeaches in the Caribbean,perfect for swimmingand sunbathing.

For windsurfing/kitesurf-ing: To take advantage ofthe near-constant tradewinds, head to Boca Gran-di, Malmok, Grapefield orFisherman’s Huts.

Diving andsnorkelingAruba is the wreck divingcapital of the Caribbeanwith more than 20 wrecksites off of the coast justwaiting to be explored —including the Germanfreighter Antilla, from theSecond World War.Whether you’re a novice oradvanced diver, you canspot a range of aquatic life.Several outfitters such asDe Palm Tours and Red SailSports offer catamarantrips to the island’s bestsnorkeling spots.

EventsJanuary-March,Carnival: This is Aruba’sbiggest party of theyear, complete withstreet parties andparades, flamboyantcostumes and fantasticmusic.

May, Aruba Soul Beach Music Festival: This star-studded, two-night con-cert series haspreviously featuredIndia Arie, Alicia Keysand Jennifer Hudson. For more, visitsoulbeach.net.

June, Aruba Internation-al Film Festival: Actors,producers and film-mak-ers from around theworld will descend onAruba for eight days tocelebrate internationalfilm. For more, visitarubafilm.com.

November, Aruba inStyle (Fashion Week):Don’t miss this yearlyfashion, entertainmentand lifestyle event — amix of trendy fashionshows, glamorousparties and shopping.

Where to eat

Thankfully, Aruba offers alot more than the all-inclu-sive buffet. In fact, thereare several hundredoptions, from high-enddining to local seafoodshacks.

Papiamento Restaurant: Join the Ellis family in their175-year-old manor housefor upscale dining in atropical garden setting. Trythe local specialty KeshiYena, made with mincedtenderloin and chickenstewed with prunes, raisinsand cashews, topped withDutch cheese.

Cuba’s Cooking: You’ll findgenuine Cuban cuisine inone of the oldest houses ofhistoric downtown Oran-jestad, including ropa vie-ja, picadillo and palomillasteak — and one of thebest bolero singing pairsoutside of Havana.

Zeerovers Fish Bar: Headto this typical Aruban fish-erman’s bar in Savanetafor freshly caught fish andshrimps — this is wherethe locals go for the catchof the day. Forks areoptional.

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Zeerover’s Fish Bar.

Where

to stay...

The newly renovatedRadisson Aruba Resort,Casino & Spa is the hotel group’s flagshipproperty, situated on 15acres alongside PalmBeach.

The Radisson’s SunsetGrille is the only restauranton the island that hasachieved AAA FourDiamond status; try the prime rib or freshseafood.

Aruba forland loversFor non-aquatic adventure, head to Aru-ba’s national park, Arikok NationalPark, a protected area that covers 18per cent of the island.

Here you’ll find more than 32 kilo-metres of hiking trails among severalspecies of cacti (go on your own or on aguided tour with one of the knowledge-able park rangers), as well as historicalsites, limestone caves with Amerindianpictographs, and the pounding surf ofDos Playa, ideal for surfing and body-boarding.

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Cacti in Arikok National Park.

Travel in brief

Wild Women Expe-ditions is celebrat-ing its 22nd seasonin operation withadventures in everyregion of Canada.What started in1991 as an all-women canoe trip-ping company hasexpanded acrossCanada is now offer-ing kayak, flatwaterand whitewater ca-noe, hiking, cycling,surfing and yogaadventures. One oftheir newest offer-ings is the Wild Yo-ga Retreats in GrosMorne, Nfld., andBay of Fundy, N.B.From June throughto September, manyexpeditions areavailable. The com-plete schedule isavailable online atwildwomenexp.com/calendar.

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Dare to Wear Love museumexhibit features Canadianfashions inspired by Africa

Cardamom is a traditionalspice in chai tea and is per-fect to use in baking to fillthe house with a wonder-ful aroma. If you can’t findcardamom use ground cin-namon instead.

These tiny sophisticatedcardamom cookies are giv-en a lift with orange zestand almond extract andfinished with a natural al-mond in their centres.

Preparation:

1 Spread almonds on asmall baking pan andbake in 180 C (350 F)oven and for about 7minutes or until goldenbrown and fragrant; stironce or twice to ensureeven browning.

2 Place toasted almonds infood processor andprocess until finely

ground; set aside.

3 In a small bowl, stirtogether flour,cardamom and salt; setaside. In another bowl,beat butter using electrichand mixer at mediumspeed until fluffy. Gradu-ally beat in sugar. Beat inegg yolk, orange zestand almond extract. Addflour mixture andground almonds andbeat at low speed justuntil blended. Cover andrefrigerate until chilled.

4 Shape tablespoonfuls(15 mL) of dough intoballs; place 2.5 cm (1inch) apart onparchment paper linedbaking sheets. Press awhole almond in thecentre of each ball. Bakein 160 C (325 F) for 15 to18 minutes or until the

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Drink of the week

Chocolate Dough-nut Hot Chocolate

• 500 ml (2 cups) wholemilk• 1 glazed or sugar coat-ed chocolate doughnut• 125 ml (1/2 cup) semi-sweet chocolate chips• Pinch salt

In a blender, combine milkand doughnut. Puree untilvery smooth. Transfer mix to saucepan.Whisking constantly, heatover medium until it thick-ens, 3 mins. Add chocolatechips and salt, whiskinguntil chocolate has meltedand cocoa is smooth. THEASSOCIATED PRESS/ J.M. HIRSC

If you’re looking for a smoother texture, try these Almond CardamomCookies They include orange zest and almond extract for added flavour

Almonds show sweet sideThese crunchy cookies have a great texture thanks to almond butter and roasted almonds

Using almond butterhelps deepen the almondflavour in these cookies aswell as offers up a greattexture.

Roasted almonds addcrunch to the cookies,which makes them per-fect to enjoy with an af-ternoon coffee.

Preparation:

1 Preheat oven to 350°F(180°C) and line a bak-ing sheet withparchment paper.

2 In a large bowl, usingan electric mixer, beattogether almondbutter, butter, brownsugar, egg and almondextract until light andfluffy.

3 In a separate bowl,combine flour, baking

soda and salt. Add flourinto creamed mixtureslowly until well blend-ed. Stir in dicedalmonds. Dough will bevery crumbly; coverwith plastic wrap andrefrigerate for 30 min-utes or until firm.

4 Form into 1-inch (2.5cm) balls and place onbaking sheet; flattenwith a fork creatingcross hatch pattern.Bake on centre rack inoven for 12 to 15 min-

utes or until lightlybrowned. Cool on bak-ing sheet for a few min-utes before transferringcookies to a wire rack.When cool, store in air-tight container.ALMOND BOARD OFCALIFORNIA/NEWS CANADA/ ADAPTED FORMETRO NEWS BY EMILYRICHARDS(PROFESSIONALHOME ECONOMIST,COOKBOOK AUTHOR AND ATV CELEBRITY CHEF. FORMORE, VISIT EMILYRICHARD-SCOOKS.CA)

AlmondButterCrunchCookies

Almond Cardamom Cookies

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The recipe makes about 50 cookies.

The recipe makes 28 cookies.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup (500 mL) creamy al-mond butter• 1/2 cup (250 mL) butter,softened• 1 cup (500 mL) packedbrown sugar

• 1 egg• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) purealmond extract• 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) allpurpose flour• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) baking soda• 1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt• 1/2 cup (250 mL) dicedroasted almonds

Ingredients:

• 250 ml (1 cup) slivered al-monds• 250 ml (1 cup) all-purposeflour• 10 ml (2 tsp) ground car-damom• 1 ml (1/4 tsp) salt

• 125 ml (1/2 cup) unsaltedbutter, softened• 75 ml (1/3 cup) icing sug-ar• 1 egg yolk• 10 ml (2 tsp) gratedorange rind• 2 ml (1/2 tsp) purealmond extract• 28 whole natural almonds

underside is lightlybrowned. Transfer towire racks to cool.ALMOND BOARD OFCALIFORNIA/THE CANADIAN PRESS/ ADAPT-

ED FOR METRO NEWS BY EMILYRICHARDS(PROFESSIONALHOME ECONOMIST, COOKBOOKAUTHOR AND A TV CELEBRITYCHEF. FOR MORE, VISITEMILYRICHARDSCOOKS.CA)

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Make giving back sound even betterYou volunteered — good for you! But what exactly did you do? Make that experience count on your resumé

In the Volunteer Experi-ence section of your re-sumé, do your bulletpoints look like any ofthese?

• Promoted and raised

awareness for events

• Attended and assisted in

events such as campus fair

• Assured information

around campus is up-to-

date

• Worked closely and com-

municated often with the

President and VP Sales and

Marketing

• Kept finances up-to-date

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These are a sample of somebullet points taken from ap-plicant resumés that I’ve re-viewed recently.

Read any one of themand ask yourself: “What didhe or she actually do in thisposition?”

What information should youinclude?

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As the employer, I want tosee specific examples in re-gards to what you did andhow you did it, as well asthe results that were gen-erated by these actions,rather than somewhatvague or generic descrip-tions of your role.

To only write that you“promoted and raisedawareness for events” isnot enough — the key ele-

ment is explaining howyou did this. Did you putup flyers? Posters? A neatguerilla campaign usingsocial media? And whatwas the result of theevents? How many peoplecame out? A bullet pointwithout this type of infor-mation provides unsub-stantial information andtherefore doesn’t give anemployer many positive

things to attribute to yourwork.

The resumé sentenceIn resumé language, sen-tences should be formedanswering “What you (actu-ally) did” and great ones in-clude “The result of myaction was…” To communi-cate your volunteer experi-ences better, you shouldre-word the first aforemen-

tioned bullet point as such: “Promoted our speaker

series by administering dai-ly booths and creating cam-pus-wide marketingmaterials, which generatedan additional 50 attendees.”

Ahhh… now I knowwhat you did, and it seemsas though your marketingefforts were successful (andI am impressed that youmeasured your impact af-terward!).

How do you measure yourawesomeness?

Measuring your outcomes,getting evaluations, quanti-fying success and settinggoals are all aspects that

you must consider as youbegin to volunteer (orwork) so that you can un-derstand and communi-cate your goals andaccomplishments.

If you are a marketingperson, for example, con-duct a post-event survey byasking participants whereor how they heard aboutthe event.

This will give you thenecessary feedback and ev-idence to prove that youwere successful (50 stu-dents came because of you)or give you valuable in-sight into what you shouldor shouldn’t do next time(important learnings orkey take-aways from yourexperiences that can be ap-plied to this job are alsogreat for interviews, evenif the result wasn’t great).

GREG OVERHOLT IS THE FOUNDERAND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THENATIONAL STUDENT-LED CHARITA-BLE SOCIAL VENTURE SOS: STUDENTSOFFERING SUPPORT (STUDENTSOF-FERINGSUPPORT.CA).

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“Measuring youroutcomes, gettingevaluations,quantifying successand setting goalsare all aspects thatyou must consideras you begin tovolunteer.”GREG OVERHOLT

There will certainly be a spotlight on you if you know how to convey the

importance of your volunteer work properly.

We’re quick to pick the big boss out as the office enemy But employee misconduct must not be overlooked

WORKERS NOT ALWAYS THE INNOCENTS

Sure employ-ers’ have mon-ey-savingworkplace lawschemes, de-signed to keepmoney in their

own pockets and less intheir employees. However,employees also have sometricks up their sleeves. Hereare some of my favourites:

Alleged constructivedismissals:

Many employees, unhappywith their jobs and theiremployers, will conjure up

perceived workplace injus-tices in an effort to leaveand collect severance.Some of these claims aremeritorious —many arenot. Worse, in a number ofcases, these employeeshave already received an-other job offer, and there-fore, have no right tocompensation no matterhow long or commendabletheir service.

Mitigation:

The single biggest source ofemployer mistrust withemployees is with thosewho are no longer em-ployed but are still on theirpayroll receiving severance— and for good reason. Ex-employees who are receiv-ing severance are requiredto report any job offers orany income they receive,which would then elimi-

nate further payments.Many do not and they usu-ally get away with it.

Harassment claims: Today, a tough boss can nolonger criticize employees

without fear of a humanrights or harassment com-plaint.

This is because liberal-ized human rights lawsand employee-friendly hu-man rights tribunals oftenextend legal protection toeven superficial harass-ment claims. Employees,aware of employers’ fears,can illegitimately assertthey were “harassed”when something did notgo their way and they fre-quently do, as a means toachieve a right or benefitthey did not otherwise de-serve.

Loyalty:

Most employers believethat unhappy ex-employ-ees will stop at nothing toderail them. However, thebiggest workplace conspir-ators often come from in-

side. These employees

strategize about compet-ing but while still em-ployed. They stealconfidential data and takesteps to cripple their com-pany — and then swiftlyleave for a rival.

Malingerers:

If you ask just about any-one what the biggestproblem with workplacelaw is today, most will in-variably announce thatdisability cheaters are atthe top of their list.

Although they are fewin their numbers, theirscams are often magnifi-cent ones as they findways to get paid, withoutever having to go to work.

DANIEL LUBLIN IS AN EMPLOYMENTLAWYER WITH WHITTEN & LUBLIN

WORKPLACE

LAWDANIEL [email protected]: @DANLUBLIN

The art of making up sob stories to justify a paid

absence is a frequently bookmarked page in the

employee trick book.

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Facing a main eventquandary, the UFChas postponed itsshow in Montreal.UFC 145 was sched-uled for March 24at the Bell Centre,but was shelved onTuesday for thetime being, due tocomplications inscheduling.Tom Wright, theUFC’s director ofCanadianoperations, said heexpects Montrealwill still stage ashow later this year.The UFC hadannounced eightfights, but therewere no main eventor co-main events.London’sAdrenaline TrainingCenter had twofighters on thecard: FeatherweightMark Hominick,above, and welter-weight ChrisClements.

Ottawa wins this roundAnderson stops 37 shots as Sens edge rival Leafs, build lead in standings to 11 points

Craig Anderson kept uphis stellar play and the Ot-tawa Senators avoidedtheir first two-game losingstreak in two months.

The Senators goaliemade 37 saves Tuesday tobackstop his team to a 3-2victory over the rivalToronto Maple Leafs.

Anderson has been vir-tually unbeatable in Janu-ary, compiling a 7-1-1record and .945 save per-centage. As a result, theSenators have climbed tofifth in the Eastern Confer-ence and now hold an 11-point advantage over theninth-place Leafs withthree games in hand.

Daniel Alfredsson, JasonSpezza and Kyle Turrisscored for Ottawa (25-16-6), which hasn’t droppedconsecutive games in regu-lation since Nov. 9 and 11.

Matthew Lombardi andJoffrey Lupul replied forthe Maple Leafs (22-17-5).

With both teams part ofthe tight playoff race for

the first time in years, theBattle of Ontario appearsto be approaching the in-tensity it used to be knownfor. The game featured twofights, including one be-tween Leafs captain DionPhaneuf and Nick Folignoin the second period thatcame six minutes after theSenators forward laid Pha-

neuf out with a low hit.Toronto got off to the

fast start it wanted againsta Senators team playingfor the second time in asmany nights.

Lombardi beat Ander-son with a shot throughthe legs at 6:50, giving himhis first goal in a 17-gamespan dating back to Oct.

27. Lupul extended thatadvantage less than 10minutes later after takinga lovely pass from PhilKessel on a 2-on-1 rush.

Ottawa had been out-played to that point, butAlfredsson gave themsome life just before theintermission. The captaintook a pass from Milan

Michalek and backhandeda shot over James Reimerwith 7.5 seconds left in theperiod.

The victory came at animportant time in theschedule as Ottawa facesfour more road games be-fore hosting the all-stargame later this month.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Senators centre Jason Spezza celebrates his goal on Maple Leafs goaltender James Reimer with teammates.

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Jays sign Villanueva, Johnson, FranciscoThe Toronto Blue Jaysavoided arbitration withright-hander Carlos Vil-lanueva, second basemanKelly Johnson and out-fielder Ben Francisco onTuesday, signing all threeto non-guaranteed one-year deals.

Johnson is scheduledto make $6.375 millionUS in 2012 while Vil-lanueva agreed to a dealjust under $2.3 millionand Francisco is slated toget $1.537 million.

Toronto has two arbi-tration-eligible players re-maining — pitchersCasey Janssen and Bran-

don Morrow. Second-yeargeneral manager Alex An-thopoulos said unless ei-ther or both players agreeto a multi-year contract,the Jays and the player’srepresentatives will in-deed meet before an arbi-trator, likely sometimenext month.

“The one thing weboth agree on is the play-ers should get a raise andthe players should makemore than they made lastyear,” he said during aconference call.

“I think we’re all onthe same page that welike the players and want

to give them a raise.“What we can’t see

eye-to-eye on is howmuch of a raise to give

them so the third partyhas to get involved to tellus what the right amountis. We don’t have a prob-

lem with that.”Then again, the Jays

were scheduled to go toarbitration last year withslugger Jose Bautista andpitcher Jason Frasor, butsettled on multi-yeardeals with both playersprior to meeting with anarbitrator.

Bautista agreed to afive-year, $64-million USdeal with a club optionfor a sixth year at $14million while Frasorreached a one-year, $3.5-million agreement with aclub option for 2012worth $3.75 million.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Giant request

Giants ace Tim Lincecum

has asked for $21.5 million

US in salary arbitration

and been offered $17 mil-

lion.

The two-time NL Cy YoungAward winner’s requestTuesday neared the recordamount sought in arbitra-tion. Houston pitcher RogerClemens asked for $22 mil-lion in 2005.San Francisco’s offer wasthe highest in arbitrationhistory, topping the $14.25million the New York Yan-kees proposed forshortstop Derek Jeter in2001.

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Milos Raoniccrushed ItalianFilippoVolandri, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2, on

Tuesday and joined fellowCanadians AleksandraWozniak and StephanieDubois in the secondround.

1

U.S. Openchampion SamStosur crashedout in the firstround in

straight sets Tuesday in amajor blow for Australianfans desperate to end along drought at thenational championship.

2

Novak Djokovicstarted his Aus-tralian Open de-fence with a 6-2,6-0, 6-0 win over

Paolo Lorenzi of Italy. AndyMurray, who lost last year’sfinal to Djokovic, struggledearly before beating Ameri-can Ryan Harrison 4-6, 6-3,6-4, 6-2. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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‘I hate bugs more than you can imagine’

Insects, not injured ankle or late start, irk SerenaIf anything, it was the in-sects buzzing around RodLaver Arena that buggedSerena Williams the most.

The injured left ankleheld up fine in her openingmatch Tuesday at the Aus-tralian Open, and even thenear-midnight start timewas OK. But the bugs?

“I hate bugs more thanyou can imagine,” Williamssaid after reaching the sec-ond round by beating Tami-ra Paszek 6-3, 6-2. “Like,they kept jumping on me.Yuck!”

The match started at11:32 p.m., and Williamshit a service winner 1 hour,19 minutes later to finish itoff. In between points,though, she picked up andmoved or shooed awaybugs that landed on court,and two that landed on herback. A big one gave her a

fright, making her hop asshe tried to stifle a screech.

“I’m going to request notto play at night anymorebecause I hate bugs, exceptfor the final. I heard it’s atnight,” Williams said. “I’lltry to get used to them.”

Two years after she wonher last Australian Open ti-tle, Williams extended herwinning streak to 15matches at Melbourne Parkin the season’s first majortournament. She won back-

to-back titles in 2009 and2010, but missed thechance to defend her titlelast year amid a prolongedinjury layoff.

The late start was be-cause Williams had to waituntil the conclusion of a 4-hour men’s night matchwon by Leyton Hewitt. Andit was her first match sincebadly spraining her ankletwo weeks ago at the Bris-bane International, an in-jury that jeopardized herparticipation in Melbourne.Monday was the first timeshe was able to practicepain free, but she still hadher lower left leg and an-kles heavily taped.

“I don’t let anythingbother me,” she said. “It’sdefinitely different to havethe ladies play so late, youknow, so we’ll see.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Serena Williams

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Extra help, when neededUnlike full-hybrid systems that can operate in electric mode only or in tan-dem with a gasoline engine counterpart, the eAssist’s electric motor/gener-ator, which takes the place of a traditional belt-driven alternator, kicks inwhen extra thrust is needed.

The only time the duo isn’t in operation occurs when coasting downhill,while stopped at a light or in the throes of full-on traffic gridlock. Then, thegasoline engine shuts down to conserve fuel, leaving the electric side to runall the necessary accessories, such as the air conditioning.

When the light turns green or the way is clear, the engine fires up oncethe brake pedal is released.

The LaCrosse is one of Buick’s better-looking vehicles and is the largest. Still, it has a four-cylinder base engine that arrives with standard eAssist that adds just 15 horsepower under acceleration, but also 110-pound-feet of torque. The combination is rated at 8.0 l/100 km in the city, 5.4 highway.

For traditional Buick lovers,their world must seem atruly bewildering place.

Buyers of the brand’s bigfloaty sedans used to shopfor Park Avenues, LeSabresand, until recently,

Lucernes. But that large barge has

now sailed, taking with itthe last vestiges of whatonce made Buick the finalword in upper-mid-rangeopulence.

General Motors has re-tooled its formerly mori-bund Buick brand and

infused it with some partic-ularly tasty small-scaleproducts that offer styleand fuel economy, whileplacing trailer-towing ca-pacity in the forget-about-itbucket.

Other than the popularEnclave wagon, the largestvehicle in the fleet is now

the LaCrosse, a model thatreceived a completemakeover for the 2010model year and is currentlyone of the classiest lookingfour-doors around.

But following two yearsin service, there are majorchanges in store for thismodel, as well as its Regal

relation, that promise tomake both models signifi-cantly more fuel efficient.

The upgrade is calledeAssist, a name that de-scribes what GM calls its“light electrification” tech-nology, but in other circlesis best described as a mildhybrid.

Bigger doesn’t always mean better for BuickMALCOLM [email protected] MEDIA

Power outputsThe eAssist electric motor-generator, now standard onall LaCrosse models, replaces the traditionalalternator and draws on a lithium-ion battery pack toboost the 182-horsepower (and 172 pound-feet oftorque) 2.4-litre gasoline engine by an additional 15horsepower and 110 pound-feet or torque.

It also generates an additional 15 kilowatts of pow-er by recovering the energy produced from brakingand converting it into electrical energy to helprecharge the batteries.

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By comparison

Lincoln MKZBase price: $40,000Stylish Ford Fusion-based model offersall-wheel-drive andhybrid versions.

Toyota AvalonBase price: $42,700Camry-based sedanis geared to olderdrivers looking for asofter ride.

Nissan MaximaBase price: $39,500Great looks andsporty demeanorcomplement its im-pressive V-6 power.

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Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23 You may be tempted to cut cornersa bit today but if you do, you mayregret it next week.

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