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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.
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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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In the second part of a week-long look into impaireddriving, Metro examines howimpound space will be affectedby a spike in seized vehicles.
The expected increase invehicle seizures with theimplementation of newimpaired-driving legisla-tion promises to stretchimpound space and fattenpolice revenue.
Greater demand to tow— and stow — vehicles willbe a reality of the new leg-
islation, said Dan Alexan-der, director, Edmonton Po-lice Service exhibitmanagement branch.
Drivers now face a 24-hour suspension when ablood-alcohol content ofbetween 50 and 100 mil-ligrams of alcohol per 100millilitres of blood (whichcan also be expressed as0.05 to 0.10 per cent ofblood by volume) is detect-ed by breath test.
Their vehicles are rarelytowed.
Soon suspensions willgrow to 72 hours, plus au-tomatic vehicle impound.
When impaired drivers
lose cars, EPS stands togain.
“In terms of towing ofvehicles, absolutely there
will be increased rev-enues,” said Alexander,adding money is retainedin EPS coffers.
The impound lot hasspace for 830 vehicles, buta fenced adjacent area, theCalder Lot, allows for over-flow up to 650 vehicles.
“We worked that outwith Edmonton Transit twoyears ago,” said Alexander.
But police say gettingmore vehicles to impoundmay strain manpower.
“It’s going to get worse.We’re going to have toseize every vehicle,” saidSgt. Gary Lamont of theEPS traffic unit.
Impaired law will roll business to EPS storage lot, create space crunchFee collection expected to increase with more vehicles being seized
EPS traffic Sgt. Gary Lemont fills out paperwork for a vehicle seizure. Such seizures will
happen more frequently with the new impaired-driving legislation in Alberta.
SHELLEY WILLIAMSON/METRO
Revving up the revenue
New lawcould fuelspike intowingWhen the province be-gins curbing drunkdrivers with its newimpaired law — includ-ing 72-hour drivingsuspensions and carseizures come July —tow operators mayhave to pick up thepace.
Edmonton rotatestowing needs amongfive companies, includ-ing police vehicleseizures.
Cliff’s Towing is one.The company’s RoyHinteregger said heplans to meet with Ed-monton Police Serviceto see if they expect aspike, which he does.
That may meanbeefing its 26-vehiclefleet used to tow to im-pound, which willdrive up costs and havesmaller operators in apinch, Hintereggersaid.
“A new truck costsabout $90,000,” he not-ed.
Police say thechanges may also taxtheir time withincreased waiting fortows.
Others fear impaireddrivers may get missedin logistics.
“If numbers decline,it could be because Iam being taken out (ofactive duty), waitingfor a tow truck,” saidConst. Ian Brooks, ofEPS’ impaired drivingcountermeasures unit.
SHELLEY WILLIAMSON
By the numbers
With drivers on the hookfor the towing fee, plusdaily storage, theminimum cost of a 72-hourvehicle seizure will be$204.20, plus $2 a kilome-tre in excess of 10 km.Impound fees at the city’slot are $28 a day plus GST.In November, the impoundlot housed 625 police-seized vehicles.
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As North Koreans settle into life without their long-time dictator, the local Ko-rean communitycharacterized its state ofmind in the wake of hispassing as hopeful.
“I hate to say I am hap-py about someone’s death,but it is a chance for NorthKorea to have its ownstrain of democracy,” saidDr. David Bai, head of theEdmonton Korean Com-munity Centre Founda-tion.
Bai said, he as a Koreanliving here since 1967,“has mixed feelings” aboutKim Jong Il’s death at 69from heart failure on Sat-urday.
“We’re glad because hebrought so much sufferingfor so many years,” he said.
Bai said Kim’s son, theanointed successor, will
need some grooming be-fore leading, but notes theSwitzerland-educated heirremains controlled by thecountry’s elite.
Bai, who has family inSouth Korea, is hopefulmilitarized lines dividingthe Koreas may one daycome down.
Whether it’s a puppy orguinea pig that’s on thewish list of a loved one,surprise gifts from the Ed-monton Humane Societyare now possible due tochange in policy.
The EHS said Mondaythey now encourage petsto be adopted as gifts.
“What we used to do isnot allow adoptions to beprocessed if someonewanted to give the pet as asurprise gift,” said
spokesperson Shawna Ran-dolph. “(But) people havealways come to us wantingto do it.”
EHS conducted researchand consultations, and con-sidered results of a studythat evaluated top reasons
why people surrender ani-mals — and pets as giftswasn’t one of them.
“There have been somany times that we haveblocked certain adoptionsbecause of no gifts, weknow that there couldhave been a perfectmatch,” said Randolph.
But the rules meanthose doing the adoptingand giving must undergothe interview process andconduct research on thepet being a good fit, as wellas accept ultimate respon-sibility if the home in minddoesn’t work out.
Pets make theperfect gift: EHS
Pets given as gifts rarely surrendered to EHS:Spokesperson First time in years humane society allowing, encouraging pets as gifts
Animals up for adoption at the Edmonton Humane Society range from puppies and
dogs to rabbits, guinea pigs, birds, one reptile, and kittens and cats — like this one.
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20Up to 20 animalsadopted for gifts byFriday will bedelivered byvolunteers onChristmas Day.
Abduction,policechase endsin multiplechargesPolice have arrested a 36-year-old man who alleged-ly took a one-year-oldchild and a van, leadingpolice on a chase Saturdayfrom the west end to Sher-wood Park.
The child wasunharmed.
METRO
Accusedteen deniedbail forcity’s 45thmurderThe mother of a 16-year-old facing a second-degree murder chargeleft court in tearsMonday.
The boy was deniedbail and returns to courtJan. 5. He was charged ina teen’s death on Dec. 14.
METRO
Provincefunds newspace forthose inneedThe province announced$48 million for nineprojects Monday, whichwill translate into 500 newliving spaces for seniorsand those with disabilities.
Spaces will be in Edmon-ton, Calgary, Okotoks,Strathmore, Villeneuveand Olds. METRO
Local Korean communityhopeful for change
Kim Jong Il
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SHELLEY [email protected] About the man
Kim Jong Il, 69, becameleader of North Korea atage 33 after his father diedin 1994. It’s believed the enigmaticleader who died on a trainSaturday suffered a strokein 2008. Kim is believed to have or-dered the 1983 bombingof Myanmar, killing 17South Korean officials, anddestroying a South Koreanjet, slaying 117 people in1987.The graduate of Kim Il-Sung University was aknown womanizer andHollywood movie buffwith a penchant forcognac, expensive wineand dancing girls.His youngest of three sons,Kim Jong-Un, is expectedto succeed him.
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For 800 clients at BoyleStreet Community Services,Monday was their luckyday.
More than 100 studentsfrom George H. Luck Ele-mentary School lined upfrom their school busparked outside through thefront door and into thebasement, singing carols asthey passed along the Back-packs of Luck one by one.
Students delivered the
bags to those in need at thecentre after working to fillthem with toiletries,toques, mitts, socks, ahomemade scarf, coffeecard and even a Christmascard.
“It feels good to bring joyto these people and makethem feel happy,” said stu-dent Derek Plain.
“After all, it’s Christmas,”added Jaidyn McMahon.
Holly, a client at BoyleStreet who didn’t want herlast name used, said it’swonderful to see the stu-dents come back every year.
“To actually see kids do-ing this, it’s just reallygreat,” she said while peer-ing over the railing at thebags piling up in the base-ment.
But it’s about more thanjust the donations, said thecentre’s executive directorJulian Daly, explaining thatthe students also take thetime to sing Christmas car-ols.
“I think it reminds thehomeless people that thereare people out there whocare for them,” said Daly,adding the holidays are a
tough time of year. “Ittouches their hearts.”
Derek Plain, left, and Grace Johnson pass Backpacks
of Luck along to other students outside Boyle
Street Community Services on Monday.
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Students drop offBackpacks of Luckfor local homeless
Backpacks provided to those in need this holiday season George H.Luck Elementary School returns for fifth year of donations and carolling
By the numbers
This was the fifth year stu-dents from George H. Luckschool have put backpackstogether and deliveredthem.In total, 2,800 Backpacks ofLuck have been deliveredto Boyle Street CommunityServices.About 400 studentsworked on the backpacksthis year.
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Curbing health spendingTransfer details
Flaherty announced Mon-day new health spendinginvestments of $178 billionover five years.He said even whentransfers drop to be tied tothe nominal GDP rate, Ot-tawa is guaranteeingprovinces the funding willnever dip below a three-per-cent increase.
There was little Christmasgoodwill spirit Monday asa meeting between provin-cial and territorial financeministers and their federalcounterpart ended in an-gry words.
Provincial finance min-isters said they were aston-ished after federal FinanceMinister Jim Flaherty “im-posed” a new plan for howhealth money will betransferred to theprovinces.
Flaherty said healthtransfers will continue toflow at the same six-per-cent increase rate theyhave been, but by 2018,the increase will drop to betied to the rate of nominalGDP, which is the measureof economic growth in-cluding inflation.
“It’s no present at all,”said Ontario Finance Min-
ister Dwight Duncan.“It’s a lump of coal.”Duncan said his col-
leagues were all shocked atOttawa’s unilateral deci-
sion.“He put the document
in front of us and said thisis how it’s going to be.”
Flaherty acknowledged
Federal Tories’ new plan to cut back health-transferpayments leaves some provincial ministers visibly angry
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, centre, speaks to
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney prior to a
provincial, territorial and federal finance ministers
meeting in Victoria on Monday.
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Bob Barker footselephant billPRICE IS RIGHT. Formergame show host BobBarker will apparentlycover the full cost oftransporting threeelephants from theToronto Zoo toCalifornia.
In a statement, thePAWS organization saysBarker will pay anunspecified amount tomove Toka, Thika andIringa to their new home.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Parents charged in sibling shootingDELORAINE, MAN. The par-ents of a five-year-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
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News in brief
there has “obviously” beensome concern amongprovinces.
He said his provincialand territorial counter-parts were briefed aboutOttawa’s plans at a dinnerlast night.
“We do need to talkabout the way forward interms of being fiscally re-sponsible, not only at thefederal level but across thecountry, all the govern-ments,” said Flaherty.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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North Koreans marched bythe thousands Monday totheir capital’s landmarksto mourn Kim Jong Il,many crying uncontrol-lably and flailing theirarms in grief over news oftheir “dear leader’s” death.
North Korean state me-dia proclaimed his twenty-something son Kim JongUn a “great successor,”while a vigilant worldwatched for any signs of aturbulent transition to theuntested leader in an un-predictable nation knownto be pursuing nuclearweapons.
South Korea’s militarywent on high alert in theface of the North’s 1.2 mil-lion-strong armed forces
following news of Kim’sdeath after 17 years inpower. U.S. PresidentBarack Obama agreed byphone with South KoreanPresident Lee Myung-bakto closely monitor develop-ments.
On the streets of theNorth Korean capital, Py-ongyang, people wailed ingrief, some kneeling on
the ground or bowing re-peatedly. Children andadults laid flowers at keymemorials.
The death could setback efforts by the UnitedStates and others to get Py-ongyang to abandon its nu-clear weapons ambitions,because his son — as anuntested successor — mayseek to avoid any per-ceived weakness as hemoves to consolidate con-trol.
The death comes at asensitive time for NorthKorea as it prepares fornext year’s 100th anniver-sary of the birth of Kim IlSung, the country’sfounder.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
North Koreansmourn ‘dear leader’
Kim Jong Il died of a heart attack Saturday Worldwaits to see how supreme power will be transferred
North Korean women cry after learning of the death of their leader Kim Jong Il
on Monday, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
“How could theheavens be socruel? Please comeback, general. Wecannot believeyou’re gone.”HONG SON OK,GRIEVING KOREAN WOMAN
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What’s next?
Following the death of
Kim Jong Il, his son Kim
Jong Un, reportedly 27 or
28 years old, will become
the country’s leader.
Kim Jong Il’s death didn’tcome as a surprise forNorth Korea, and therehave been successionplans in place since 2005.Kim Jong Un will take over,but he probably won’t bethe only leader. He may be-come more of afigurehead, with theNational Defense Commis-sion assuming more powerthan it had under hisfather.While Kim Jong Un trainsfor his new job, his uncleJang Song Thaek is predict-ed to act as the power be-hind the throne.Kim Jong Un may try toshow his tough-guycredentials through inter-national aggression.North Koreans have reasonto rise up against theregime—but it’s unlikelythey will.
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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-
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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
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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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So when Mark (King of the Internet) Zuckerbergannounced that Facebook would be overhauling theentire site and introducing its new Timeline feature, allkinds of Internet hell broke loose. The angry masses tookto their keyboards to protest about the changes in fumingstatus updates, ironically using the very medium they’recriticizing to complain about it. How very meta right?Somewhere, Marshall McLuhan is smiling.
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More importantly, Timeline’s neatly organized yearlycatalogue makes taking a walk down memory lane thatmuch easier. Us early adopters (I’ve been sharing my ownmundane personal details since November 2005), we can’tresist the temptation to jump back and forth throughoutthe years, reliving our not-so-distant past through old con-versations and tagged photos.
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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,ending his two-year
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Republicansbalk at payrolltax cut SENATE VS. HOUSE. The U.S.House of Representativesintends to vote down atwo-month extension ofa payroll tax cut for mil-lions of Americans thatcleared the Senate latelast week, Speaker JohnBoehner said Monday.Without action byCongress, both thepayroll tax cut and a pro-gram for long-termunemployment benefitswill expire on Jan. 1.
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Illegal voicemail intercep-tion and cellphone track-ing was a matter of routineat both The Sun and theNews of the World tabloids,the brother of a whistle-blower at the centre ofBritain’s phone hackingscandal said Monday.
Stuart Hoare —brotherof the late journalist SeanHoare — told an inquiry in-to British media ethics thatboth papers, published byRupert Murdoch’s News In-ternational Ltd., broke thelaw as part of their “dailyroutine.”
“The reality was thatphone hacking was endem-ic within the News Interna-tional group,” Hoare said ina witness statement pub-lished on the inquiry’s web-site.
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Coulson resigned hispost as Prime MinisterDavid Cameron’s commu-nications chief this year,and is one of a dozen for-mer News of the Worldjournalists arrested in thescandal.
Hoare, who sufferedfrom a drinking problem,died in July just as the scan-dal was exploding. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Best and worst of 2011Before we get carried away with promising new movies of 2012, let’s take a moment to
remember 2011 in film Here’s Metro’s picks of the best and worst the year had to offer
The Best
1. HugoWhether in 3D or not, Mar-tin Scorsese’s tribute tochildhood and the earlydays of cinema dazzles andenchants — thanks in nosmall part to newcomerAsa Butterfield as the titu-lar orphan keeping theclocks in a Paris train sta-tion running.
2. ShameAll nudity jokes aside,Michael Fassbender turnsin one of the most power-ful performances of theyear as man feeding his sexaddiction while trying tokeep the rest of life atarm’s length. A bummer ofa film, to be sure, but it’s amore honest and unflinch-ing look at life than audi-ences have seen in a longtime.
3. BeginnersA sweet and crafty film,Mike Mills’ semi-autobio-graphical tale about a man(Ewan McGregor) dealingwith his 75-year-old father(Christopher Plummer)coming out of the closet isquite simply a thing ofbeauty.
4. Like CrazyFair warning: This film istrying to break your heart— and it succeeds, thanksto frank and risky impro-
vised performances by Fe-licity Jones and AntonYelchin as young loverswho make stupid butwhole believable decisionsfor the sake of love. Quietlydevastating.
5. WeekendA startling debut fromBritish filmmaker AndrewHaigh that chronicles themeeting and subsequentthree-day romance of twomen in elegant, true-to-lifefrankness.
The Worst
1. J. EdgarThere were arguably worsefilms this year — justcheck further down thislist — but Clint Eastwood’ssimultaneously too subtleand clumsily loud biopicfails more spectacularly
than the rest. Given the Os-car-winning talent in-volved, the artlessmelodrama of J. Edgar isparticularly startling.
2. Waiting for ForeverIt’s not nice to pick onsmaller films, but this in-die gem was so egregious itdemands mention. Itsgreatest offence? Playingstalking and mental illnessoff as cute rom-com behav-iour.
3. New Year’s EveA romantic comedy DeathStar that can’t hide its cyni-cism, the movie did man-age to sneak in SarahJessica Parker being intro-duced by the sound ofhorse hooves, so it’s not atotal loss.
4. Larry CrowneA completely tone-deaf andsexless romantic comedy,featuring Tom Hanks andJulia Roberts doing theirbest approximation of“everyday people” — andshowing just how out oftouch they are.
5. The Twilight Saga:Breaking Dawn — Part 1Criticizing the Twilightfranchise is a futile enter-prise, of course, but thislatest entry — half a bookstretched out far longerthan the story can support— brings something newto the series’ list of of-fences: It’s unbearably bor-ing. Also, no title shouldneed that much punctua-tion.
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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
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Paul McCartney is re-leasing an album ofstandards — plustwo new songs ofhis own. The formerBeatle announcedMonday that hisnew disc will be outon Feb. 7. It doesn’thave a title yet buthe’s already stream-ing one song, MyValentine, on hiswebsite. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Scene in brief
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After Oscar nominationsfor the dramas The HurtLocker and The Town, actorJeremy Renner did whatany self-respecting Cali-fornian would do: Takeroles where he could blowstuff up in big-time actionmovies. Besides this week’sMission: Impossible —Ghost Protocol, oppositeTom Cruise, he’s got nextyear’s Hansel and Gretel:Witch Hunters, playsHawkman in The Avengersand takes over for Matt Da-mon (as a new character) inThe Bourne Supremacy.
“Suddenly, the offerscame streaming in,” hesays of his life, post Acade-my Awards.
In Mission: Impossible 4,he plays Brandt, an analystfor the Ministry of Defensewho joins Tom Cruise’sEthan Hunt in order to puta stop to the elaborateplans of a terrorist. “The ac-tion is ongoing, but I want-ed my character to becredible,” insists the actor.
Renner is also full ofpraise for Cruise, his pro-
ducer and co-star in themovie. “He’s ten years old-er than me and he works72 hour days compared tomy 20,” he says. “Some-times he came across likethis super experienced guy,paying attention to everysingle thing happening onset. Other times, he wouldbe like a teenager ... readyto take on the craziest ofstunts.”
Like climbing up thehighest tower in the worldin Dubai? “I wouldn’t not
have been able to do thestunt myself,” says Renner,who, despite his actionmovie cred, has his limits.“I’m scared of heights.”
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Jeremy Rennergets some action
The actor famous for The Hurt Locker channels his inner action hero in MI4 Too bad he’s scared of heights
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Movie reviews
The Girl With The Dragon TattooGenre: DramaDirector: David FincherStars: Daniel Craig, RooneyMara, Stellan Skarsgard 81111⁄2
Sweden and director DavidFincher were apparentlymade for each other. In theEnglish-language versionof the Girl with the DragonTattoo, Fincher certainlymakes the most of hisstark locations, with thewintry scenes almost inblack and white. The manjust knows how to move acamera. The real reason tosee the film, though, isRooney Mara as rough-edged computer hackerand ward of the state Lis-beth Salander. She stalksthe frame, hitting bothself-assured power and self-doubting vulnerability nat-
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Midnight in ParisGenre: ComedyDirector: Woody AllenStars: Owen Wilson, RachelMcAdams, Kathy Bates811
In Woody Allen’s Midnightin Paris, the City of Lightsis a leading lady, shot withreverence by cinematogra-phers Darius Khondji andJohanne Debas who depictit with the rapture oflovers. But don’t think thisfilm is merely a delicioustravelogue. Allen is musingon the folly of nostalgia,which seduces us with thethought that life musthave been better in thepast.
It’s an affliction that hasstruck Gil (Owen Wilson)hard. He’s a successful Hol-lywood screenwriter whowould rather pen novels,and yearns for the ro-mance of Paris in the1920s, the Jazz Age, whenhe presumes the wordsflowed as easily as cham-pagne.
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Margin CallGenre: DramaDirector: J.C. Chandor
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You don’t have to under-stand the niceties of asset-backed commercial paperto enjoy the boardroomthriller Margin Call, thefast-moving feature debutfrom writer/director J.C.Chandor. Set over twotense days and one verylong night at a Wall Streetinvestment firm very like
the late Lehman Brothers,Margin Call is a realistictake on what happenswhen high-flying moneyspeculators suddenly hitground.
Director Chandor madethe right decision focusinghis lens on the people —not the numbers — of thefinancial crisis. This is aGreek tragedy wearingpinstripes.
PETER HOWELL
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At least Courtney’s housewas Pretty on the Inside
Justin Bieber never be-lieved in Santa Claus.
“My mom al-ways told methere wasn’t aSanta,” thepop startellsAOL Mu-sic.
“Thiswas her log-ic: Shethought if Igrew upknowingabout Santathen find-ingout
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Luckily, itwas a tidbitthat Bieber
was goodenough tokeep to him-self.
“I didn’t tellmy friends or ru-in it for anyone,”
he says. “I wasa good kid.”
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After damaging the decorin her $27,000 a monthNew York City townhouse,Courtney Love has beenevicted, according to theNew York Post.
“I was horrified by whatshe had done. The wallsthat had been hand-paint-ed and glazed were ruined,covered in damask wallpa-per and ice-blue paint,”the owner, Donna Lyon,says of Love, who is report-edly two months behindon rent as well.
And that’s after startinga fire in the masterbedroom in June.
“I got a call from her ac-countant, who said, ‘MissLove is fine,’ which I wasglad to hear,” Lyon says.
“But I thought, ‘Whatabout 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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Spice ofthe seasonThe aromas
and flavours of spices signal the holiday season– and they’re good for you. Our senior editorMargaret Nearing round-ed up some of the latest studies for the De-cember issue of BestHealth.
Nutmeg It’s long been known asan aphrodisiac, thoughthe evidence has largelybeen anecdotal.
Now scientists at theUniversity of Guelphhave reviewed the re-search showing nutmegincreased sexual activityin animals.
Why not sprinkle a lit-tle extra on your eggnog?
Cardamom It’s a source of man-ganese, and a U.S. study
found that women whoate high amounts ofmanganese each day hadfewer PMS symptomsthan those who ate theleast. Add a generoussprinkle to your morningcoffee or tea.
Cloves These are one of the bestsources of antioxidants,the compounds that helpfight off disease-causingfree radicals in our bod-ies.
Next time you make
rice, add a few cloves tothe cooking pot.
Cinnamon A study shows that awhiff of cinnamon, orchewing cinnamon gum,stimulated the cognitiveprocess and improvedscores in working memo-ry and visual-motor re-sponse speed.
Sprinkle cinnamon onyour morning cereal.
Ginger It has long been used to
soothe upset stomachs. Now, Toronto re-
searchers recommendginger as a “safe, effec-tive and inexpensive so-lution” for nausea andvomiting due to pregnan-cy. (But check with yourdoctor first.)
Ginger makes a greataddition to any rub forroasted meats.
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There are so many tempta-tions at this time of year.
Whether it’s the treatsthat constantly seem to beon offer at work, the hugefamily dinners, or junkfood to accompany amovie, the holidays are fa-mous for luring us into eat-ing and drinking too much.
Eggnog, shortbread,gravy, and plenty of booze— beware.
The good news, accord-ing to Kim Arrey, a dietitianand nutrition coach inMontreal, is that, with a lit-tle advance planning andcareful choosing, you canindulge without too muchguilt.
She estimates that theaverage weight gain duringthe holidays is three to fivepounds.
“When faced with somany opportunities to con-sume foods that containmore fat, more salt or moresugar, and may be less nu-trient dense than usual,many people are over-whelmed. Since many ofthese goodies are only of-fered up once a year, theoption is clear — eat thegoodies.”
Arrey recommends youaccept that there will betemptations, and choosebetween them. For exam-ple, skip the eggnog buthave one dessert, if dessertis your thing.
The holidays can do some serious damage to your waistline But with some careful plansyou can still enjoy the fun without suffering the New Year’s hangover Read up and dig in
Don’t fear the feast
You can still enjoy the seasonal foods and not hurt your waistline.
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Here are Arrey’s tips for
navigating the holiday
season:
Slow down Enjoy allaspects of your meal —savour the taste andtexture of your food andthe conversation going onaround you. Stay the course Eat yourfavourite foods, and dropthe ones you eat justbecause they are there.“Plum pudding only comesaround once a year, so ifyou enjoy it, leave roomfor it by not eating themashed potatoes. Whywaste calories on foodsyou do not like?” says Ar-rey.Snack Eat a snack betweenmeals. This helps you eatsmaller amounts at meals.Try a source of protein,such as nuts or cheese,along with fruit or vegeta-bles and dip. Rule When putting foodon your plate, rememberthe one-quarter, one-half,one-quarter diagram: Tryto fill half of your platewith vegetables and onlyone-quarter of the platewith grains or potatoesand one-quarter of theplate with meat and alter-natives. “Unless they aredrowning in butter orsauce, vegetables are agreat way to include greattaste, nutrients and nottoo many calories.”
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The 14-oz rib eye at this restaurant is enough for tomorrow’s lunch, too
Bistecca hiredsome darngood servers:Mariahhelped us out
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She was delightful as shepresented an excellentGladstone Pinot Noir ($47)from New Zealand.
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The rib eye with root veggies.
on some root veggies. I happily powered my
way through the rich cut.Its spice-rubbed, lightly-charred exterior parted eas-ily to yield the luscious,ruby red flesh beneath. My
Pinot’s fruity first sips gaveway to a dark, lingeringflavour that stuck with usthroughout the meal.
I rounded the eveningoff with a frothy whitechocolate tiramisu ($9) and
a Monte Cristo coffee($6.50) with an obsceneamount of whipped cream.
I look forward to ournext visit, and not only tohear Mariah gush over thattempting duck duo entrée.
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
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
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
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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].
CHARLES THEBUTLER
FOR MORE, VISITCHARLESMACPHERSON.COM
MANNERS TAKE TIME, PRACTICE
Make sure your kids display proper manners at the table this Christmas.
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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.
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Making friends shouldn’tbe complicated. We’ve beendoing it since we were 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 witha game plan to change hersituation — go on onefriend date a week over thenext year, 52 in all.
MWF Seeking BFF: MyYearlong 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 things in-teresting.
She asks current friendsto set her up, approachesprospects at her yoga classand neighbourhood restau-rant, signs up for a speed-
friending event, consults afriend matchmaker and,demonstrating she’s willingto give anything a shot,even tries a Rent-a-Friendwebsite. The book is alsopeppered with intriguingresearch on topics likewhat makes friends click,how many friends we needand the health benefits ofhaving friends. (“Re-searchers found that havinglow levels of connection iscomparable to smoking 15cigarettes a day or being analcoholic, more harmfulthan not exercising andtwice as harmful as obesi-ty.”)
The audience for thiskind of a book is probablylimited. But Bertsche seemsto have a clear idea of her
target audience. She gives no explanationwhen referring to the likesof 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 new friends,the sometimes tiring ac-counts of dates — a readercannot help but root forBertsche, cheer her success-es and consider trying outsome of her ideas.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HANDOUT
On a quest to make new friends
People who rushed tosnag 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 economic
times, 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. Merchantsmake up to 40 per cent oftheir annual sales in thelast two months of the year.
Some reasons for themany unhappy returns:
- Shoppers are bingeingon big discounts. But thesame shoppers who find a“60 per cent off” tag toogood to resist may realize athome that they busted thebudget.
- Stores have made it eas-ier to take things back.Nordstrom is letting online
shoppers return items at noextra charge this year. Itused to charge $6.
- 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
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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].
ON MONEYALISON [email protected]
Beware online pickpockets
Watch out for bogus websites.
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Happy holi-days fun andfrugal read-ers!
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.
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PAY IT OFF
Cyber fraud
Here are a few ways to
protect yourself. Be sure
to share these tips with
your children as they are
the fastest growing
group of online
consumers.
Don’t shop online usingpublic or unsecured wire-less Internet.Be cautious about sharingtoo much information onsocial networking sites.Be sure you know a site issecure before enteringpersonal information.Use virus or spyware pro-tection software and up-date it regularly.Avoid using the automaticpassword or personal in-formation log in functionon your computer.Don’t use Wi-Fi hotspotsto log into your social net-working pages.
Fraud is anincreasing problembut you can protectyourself with alittle bit ofvigilance.-ALISON’S MONEY RULE
Ah, the warm feelings ofthe holidays: Comfort and
joy. Good cheer.And buyer’s remorse.
Stores in U.S. see huge returns but not ones they want Consumers try to stay in the black
Black Friday bites back
Shoppers grab televisions at a store in Knoxville, Tenn., minutes after it opened on Nov. 25.
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Drew Miller scored thegame winner with 4:15 re-maining in the third periodas the Detroit Red Wingsearned a 3-2 victory overthe Edmonton Oilers onMonday night.
Miller’s goal came on adeflection on a point shotby Niklas Lidstrom, De-troit’s third goal of thenight that came off of a tipin front of the net.
Dan Cleary and JiriHudler also scored for theRed Wings (21-11-1) whohave been on fire of late,winning 12 of their last 15games.
Ryan Jones and JordanEberle scored in response
for the Oilers (14-16-3), whoare trending in the other di-rection with four consecu-tive defeats and losses innine of their last 11 games.
Detroit started the scor-
ing four-and-a-half minutesinto the first as a backhandshot by Jakub Kindl wasdeftly redirected past Oilersstarting goalie NikolaiKhabibulin and into thenet.
Edmonton had itschances on Red Wingsgoalie Jimmy Howard, par-ticularly Taylor Hall, whohit a post and also had apuck heading toward anopen net on a partial break-away that was fished awayby Detroit’s Brad Stuart.
The Oilers tied the gameless than three minutes in-to the second period as SamGagner chipped a puck upice to give Jones a break-
away. Jones made the mostof the opportunity, buryinghis 11th through Howard’slegs.
The Red Wings went up2-1 with four minutes leftin the second after a RyanWhitney giveaway allowedthem to gain the Edmontonzone and Hudler was ableto tip a Henrik Zetterbergshot into the net.
Edmonton tied the gameonce again on a power-playgoal with 0.5 seconds left inthe second period as a RyanNugent-Hopkins shot thatwas blocked in front waspicked up by Eberle in theslot and rifled home.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Khabibulin left helpless as Detroit scores on three deflections
Detroit’s Henrik Zetterberg knocks down the Oilers’ Sam Gagner in Edmonton Monday night.
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Wings’ tips sink Oilers
Rangers topbidder forDarvishThe Texas Rangers havesubmitted the winning bidfor Yu Darvish, earning theright to negotiate acontract with the Japanesepitcher.
Major League Baseballannounced Monday nightthat the Hokkaido NipponHam Fighters of Japan’s Pa-cific League informed theU.S. commissioner’s officethat they have accepted thetop bid for Darvish.
The Rangers, who havewon the past two ALpennants, now have 30days to sign Darvish to acontract. The 25-year-oldright-hander is consideredthe best pitcher in Japanand several teams, includ-ing the Toronto Blue Jays,were thought to beinterested in him.
“The Texas Rangers arepleased and excited to haveacquired the rights to nego-tiate with Yu Darvish. Ourorganization has scoutedMr. Darvish for the last sev-eral years and has beenvery impressed with hisabilities andaccomplishments. We be-lieve he would be a greataddition to the TexasRangers pitching staff,” theRangers said in astatement. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Quoted
“I’m feelinggood. I feel like
I’m where I wantto be and
obviously I’mtrying to workand just keep
improving everyday.”
CANUCKS GOALTENDERROBERTO LUONGO, WHO
ALLOWED JUST EIGHT GOALSIN THE FOUR GAMES HEPLAYED ON HIS TEAM’S
RECENT FIVE-GAME ROAD TRIP.Yu Darvish
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Last night’s resultsBoston 3Montreal 2Detroit 3 Edmonton 2Los Angeles 3 Toronto 2 (SO)Colorado 3 Philadelphia 2 (SO)Dallas 5 Anaheim 3Minnesota at VancouverSunday’s resultsChicago 4 Calgary 2Florida 3 Carolina 2 (OT)St. Louis 6 Columbus 4Tonight’s gamesAll Times EasternN.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Nashville atWashington, 7 p.m.Chicago at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.Phoenix at Florida, 7:30 p.m.N.Y. Islanders atWinnipeg, 8:30 p.m.Minnesota at Calgary, 9 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesPhoenix at Carolina, 7 p.m.Montreal at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.St. Louis at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.Detroit at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Tampa Bay at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.Thursday’s gamesN.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.Florida at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m.Montreal atWinnipeg, 8:30 p.m.Detroit at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.Minnesota at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.
EASTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk
d-Boston 32 22 9 0 1 111 63 45 12-6-0-1 10-3-0-0 8-2-0-0 W5d-Philadelphia 32 20 8 2 2 112 94 44 8-5-1-1 12-3-1-1 7-2-0-1 L2d-Florida 33 18 9 2 4 90 84 42 8-2-1-4 10-7-1-0 6-2-1-1 W2NYRangers 30 18 8 1 3 87 67 40 8-3-0-2 10-5-1-1 6-3-0-1 W1Pittsburgh 33 18 11 2 2 107 88 40 9-4-2-0 9-7-0-2 5-5-0-0 W1NewJersey 32 18 13 0 1 90 92 37 7-5-0-1 11-8-0-0 6-4-0-0 W4Toronto 33 16 13 2 2 102 108 36 7-5-2-2 9-8-0-0 3-5-2-0 L3Buffalo 32 16 13 2 1 89 94 35 8-9-2-1 8-4-0-0 4-4-2-0 L1Winnipeg 32 15 13 3 1 89 97 34 11-5-0-0 4-8-3-1 6-4-0-0 W1Ottawa 33 15 14 2 2 102 116 34 8-7-0-1 7-7-2-1 4-4-1-1 W1Washington 31 16 14 0 1 91 96 33 10-5-0-1 6-9-0-0 4-6-0-0 L1Montreal 34 13 14 2 5 87 92 33 5-7-2-4 8-7-0-1 3-4-0-3 L3TampaBay 32 14 16 0 2 87 107 30 8-5-0-0 6-11-0-2 3-7-0-0 W2NY Islanders 30 10 14 4 2 69 97 26 6-8-3-0 4-6-1-2 5-3-2-1 W1Carolina 34 10 18 4 2 86 116 26 6-9-0-2 4-9-4-0 2-6-2-0 L1
WESTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk
d-Chicago 33 21 8 1 3 111 98 46 11-2-0-3 10-6-1-0 8-1-0-1 W5d-Minnesota 33 20 8 2 3 84 72 45 10-4-1-2 10-4-1-1 7-1-0-2 L3d-Dallas 32 19 12 0 1 85 89 39 10-4-0-1 9-8-0-0 6-4-0-0 W1Detroit 32 21 10 1 0 107 71 43 13-2-1-0 8-8-0-0 7-3-0-0 W2St. Louis 32 19 9 0 4 82 69 42 13-3-0-1 6-6-0-3 7-1-0-2 W1Vancouver 32 19 11 0 2 106 80 40 8-4-0-1 11-7-0-1 7-2-0-1 W1Nashville 32 17 11 3 1 85 84 38 8-5-2-1 9-6-1-0 7-3-0-0 W5San Jose 30 17 10 2 1 86 74 37 10-6-1-0 7-4-1-1 4-4-1-1 W2Phoenix 32 16 13 1 2 84 85 35 7-7-1-1 9-6-0-1 4-6-0-0 L1LosAngeles 33 15 14 2 2 72 81 34 8-9-0-1 7-5-2-1 4-6-0-0 W1Colorado 34 16 17 1 0 91 102 33 10-9-0-0 6-8-1-0 6-4-0-0 W2Calgary 33 14 15 2 2 82 94 32 8-5-1-1 6-10-1-1 4-3-1-2 L4Edmonton 33 14 16 0 3 89 90 31 9-6-0-2 5-10-0-1 2-7-0-1 L4Anaheim 33 9 19 2 3 78 110 23 7-9-1-0 2-10-1-3 3-6-1-0 L3Columbus 33 9 20 1 3 80 111 22 6-10-1-1 3-10-0-2 3-6-1-0 L3
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.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE NFL
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
SOUTHW L T Pct PF PA
y-Houston 10 4 0 .714 343 236Tennessee 7 7 0 .500 279 278Jacksonville 4 10 0 .286 207 293Indianapolis 1 13 0 .071 211 395
NORTHW L T Pct PF PA
x-Baltimore 10 4 0 .714 334 236x-Pittsburgh 10 4 0 .714 285 218Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 305 283Cleveland 4 10 0 .286 195 274
WESTW L T Pct PF PA
Denver 8 6 0 .571 292 343San Diego 7 7 0 .500 358 313Oakland 7 7 0 .500 317 382Kansas City 6 8 0 .429 192 319
NATIONAL CONFERENCEEAST
W L T Pct PF PADallas 8 6 0 .571 348 296N.Y. Giants 7 7 0 .500 334 372Philadelphia 6 8 0 .429 342 311Washington 5 9 0 .357 252 300
SOUTHW L T Pct PF PA
x-New Orleans 11 3 0 .786 457 306Atlanta 9 5 0 .643 341 281Carolina 5 9 0 .357 341 368Tampa Bay 4 10 0 .286 247 401
NORTHW L T Pct PF PA
y-Green Bay 13 1 0 .929 480 297Detroit 9 5 0 .643 395 332Chicago 7 7 0 .500 315 293Minnesota 2 12 0 .143 294 406
WESTW L T Pct PF PA
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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WORLD RANKINGFINAL1. Luke Donald Eng 10.032. Lee Westwood Eng 8.063. Rory McIlroy Nir 7.774. Martin Kaymer Deu 6.555. Adam Scott Aus 5.506. Steve Stricker USA 5.337. Dustin Johnson USA 5.278. Jason Day Aus 5.079. Charl Schwartzel Zaf 5.0610. Webb Simpson USA 5.0311. Matt Kuchar USA 4.7112. Nick Watney USA 4.6913. Graeme McDowell Nir 4.5514. Phil Mickelson USA 4.4715. K.J. Choi Kor 4.3116. Ian Poulter Eng 3.8817. Sergio Garcia Esp 3.8718. Justin Rose Eng 3.8419. Hunter Mahan USA 3.7620. Paul Casey Eng 3.7321. Bubba Watson USA 3.6922. Alvaro Quiros Esp 3.6823. Tiger Woods USA 3.5924. Robert Karlsson Swe 3.5525. Kim Kyung-Tae Kor 3.5226. David Toms USA 3.5027. Bill Haas USA 3.4328. Simon Dyson Eng 3.3829. Bo Van Pelt USA 3.3730. Bae Sang-moon Kor 3.2831. Keegan Bradley USA 3.2632. Rickie Fowler USA 3.2433. Jason Dufner USA 3.2134. Anders Hansen Dnk 3.1735. Thomas Bjorn Dnk 3.1636. Geoff Ogilvy Aus 3.1337. Zach Johnson USA 3.0938. Brandt Snedeker USA 3.0939. Fredrik Jacobson Swe 3.0840. Louis Oosthuizen Zaf 3.0741. Francesco Molinari Ita 3.0542. Peter Hanson Swe 2.9743. John Senden Aus 2.9144. Miguel Angel Jimenez Esp 2.8845. Y.E. Yang Kor 2.8446. Aaron Baddeley Aus 2.7947. Martin Laird Sco 2.7648. Darren Clarke Nir 2.7449. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano Esp 2.7350. Jim Furyk USA 2.73
HOCKEY
AHLEASTERN CONFERENCEATLANTIC DIVISION
GP W L OTLSOL GF GA PtSt. John’s 29 17 7 4 1 106 89 39Manchester 31 18 11 0 2 83 79 38Worcester 26 13 7 3 3 73 64 32Portland 28 13 12 1 2 74 87 29Providence 31 13 15 1 2 66 92 29
NORTHEAST DIVISIONGP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt
Connecticut 28 16 8 1 3 90 81 36Adirondack 28 15 11 1 1 82 75 32Albany 29 13 11 3 2 67 87 31Springfield 28 13 14 1 0 79 78 27Bridgeport 29 11 14 3 1 80 100 26
EAST DIVISIONGP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt
Hershey 29 16 8 3 2 106 86 37Norfolk 30 18 11 0 1 112 87 37W-B/Scranton 30 16 9 1 4 90 80 37Syracuse 27 12 12 2 1 88 90 27Binghamton 31 11 18 1 1 72 93 24
WESTERN CONFERENCENORTH DIVISION
GP W L OTLSOL GF GA PtToronto 29 15 10 3 1 83 77 34Rochester 29 12 12 4 1 80 86 29Lake Erie 29 13 14 1 1 69 73 28Grand Rapids 28 12 13 1 2 84 87 27Hamilton 28 11 13 1 3 60 85 26
MIDWEST DIVISIONGP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt
Charlotte 30 17 11 1 1 82 77 36Milwaukee 26 17 8 0 1 80 67 35Chicago 27 13 10 1 3 72 73 30Peoria 31 14 15 1 1 95 93 30Rockford 28 11 14 1 2 89 102 25
WEST DIVISIONGP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt
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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