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Stepfather arrestedafter girl, 5, killed

Man admits in court documents to cutting Abbotsford child’s throat Mother found girl Sunday night at holiday home in Washington state Couple told police stepfather was on medication for bipolar disorder

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According to court documents filedyesterday, Peter Wilson admitted to cut-

ting the little girl’s throat.The couple told police Wilson is taking

medication for a bipolar disorder.In a statement released to the media,

Sarah Wilson asked for privacy as shemourns her daughter’s death.

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A local realtor was on paceyesterday afternoon tobreak the record for GrouseGrind climbs in one day.

At press time, SebastianAlbrecht, 35, had complet-ed nine of 14 grind at-tempts. He was on pace tobreak his own co-heldrecord of 13 climbs in a sin-gle day.

“The beginning was easy,but now it’s starting to getharder,” said Albrecht, as hepeeled off a saturated greyT-shirt dripping with sweatand the rain at the top ofhis seventh climb.

“I’m getting tired, sore,crampy, all those sorts of

things. It’s mind over mat-ter at this point.”

Albrecht’s climb is thevertical equivalent of scal-ing Mount Everest one-and-a-half times in a day.

His goal is to raise$15,000 for the Royal LeP-age Shelter Foundation.

Last year, he climbed thegrind 13 times in a day andraised almost $10,000.

“It was like I was hun-gover for about a week af-terwards.”

Realtor on target tobreak Grind record

Sebastian Albrecht finishes his seventh Grouse Grind yesterday.


Man eyeing 14 climbs upmountain in single day Goal is toraise $15K for shelter foundation

A cyclist loads a bike onto a bus on Burrard Street yesterday.

RAGNAR HAAGEN/FOR METRO VANCOUVER

Backpedalling on dubious manualA controversial manualgiven to new bus driversthat allegedly stereotypescyclists is being revised.

In the 62-page manualgiven to Coast MountainBus Company trainees,there is one page dedicatedto the main types of cyclistson Vancouver roadways.They are categorized asTeen, Novice and Lunatic.

The Teen supposedlyruns stop signs, the manualsays, while the Novicetends to act as a pedestrian.The Lunatic — and bike

couriers fall under this cat-egory — is said to disobeyrules of the road.

TransLink spokespersonDrew Snyder said he’saware of the criticism being

levied by cycling advocates.“We are now reworking

(the manual), becausesome of the terminologymight best be described asinappropriate. But theprinciple remains thesame, that there are thingsthe bus drivers need towatch out for.”

Kari Hewitt, chair of theVancouver Bike AdvisoryCommittee, said she was“very surprised that a pam-phlet (like that) would beput out about cyclists.”

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“I’m getting tired,sore, crampy, allthose sorts ofthings. It’s mindover matter at thispoint.”SEBASTIAN ALBRECHT

“We are nowreworking (themanual), becausesome of theterminology mightbest be describedas inappropriate.”DREW SNYDER, TRANSLINK

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A B.C. man whose sperm sample was de-stroyed in a power outage at a Universityof B.C. lab has won the right to file a classaction suit. The sperm belonged to menundergoing treatments that could affecttheir reproductive systems.

A tombstone for a four-month-old babywas recovered yesterday after it was stolenfrom her parents’ Courtney home. Twoboys found the stone at a nearby campsiteafter the family searched for hours.

A 29-year-old man has been charged withfirst-degree murder in the death of aKelowna drug dealer in April. JoelonDavid Atish Verma is charged with killingBrittney Lee Irving, 24, pictured.

The man convicted of dragging gasstation attendant Grant de Patie,pictured, to death is back behind bars.Darnell Pratt is in prison after breakingcurfew at his Kamloops halfway house.

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A black bear in Rossland, B.C., was recent-ly destroyed after waltzing into a restau-rant in search of grub and intimidating aresident. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The petition to repeal thepending HST is beinghand-delivered to ElectionsB.C. in Victoria tomorrow,five days ahead of thedeadline.

Chris Delaney, who or-ganized the campaign withformer premier Bill VanderZalm, said they well ex-ceeded the mandatoryminimum number of sig-natures, so it made senseto hand it in early.

If an initiative petitionhas the support of 10 per

cent of voters in all theprovince’s ridings, it canbe brought before the leg-islature.

The campaign collectedmore than 15 per cent inmost ridings, including 10Liberal ridings.

“I think there’s a senseof betrayal among the Lib-eral voters,” he said.

“Everywhere an HST hasbeen brought in (in Cana-da), that government wasdefeated.”

KRISTEN THOMPSON

Salvatore Vetro holds the anti-HST petition at Vancouver

Secondary School.

METRO VANCOUVER FILE PHOTO

Pearl Manzano shows off a cake at Goldilocks on West

Broadway. Wedding cakes will be exempt from the HST.

KYLE FARQUHARSON/FOR METRO VANCOUVER

Anti-HST petition in early

Feds prepare 35 pages of rules onfood taxation Groceries are safe,but processed foods will take a hit

HST rules willlet them eat cakeIf you’re at a weddingsome time after theharmonized sales taxkicks in on July 1, don’tcomplain if you get cakefor dinner and dessert.You’re saving the brideand groom some money.

When the HST takes ef-fect Thursday, weddingcake will be exempt fromthe levy, but not cateredmeals — one of the quirksthat come with the contro-versial tax.

The Canada RevenueAgency, which will admin-ister the new tax system,devotes 35 pages to foodand the HST, and there aredeals to be had.

Because a food or bever-age hasn’t been definedunder the federal ExciseTax Act, the revenueagency has made its owndefinition on products itconsiders to be basic gro-cery items and which arevalue-added, meaning a 12per cent hike in B.C.THE CANADIAN PRESS

HST not the onlyhike to gas pricesGas prices are going upThursday and the Harmo-nized Sales Tax is not toblame. Canada Day marksthe one-year anniversaryof the Carbon Tax thatoriginally added 2.4 centsto a litre of gas.

Vancouverites alreadypay some of the highest

prices in Canada.RAGNAR HAAGEN

Tax-free treats

The following products,

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HST:

Cooking wine is HST-free.Frozen pizzas escape thebite of the HST.If you drink soy milkinstead of the bovine bev-erage, then your walletwill feel the pinch. Howev-er, ice cream, sherbet andfrozen pudding are taxablewhen sold in singleservings.Buy a muffin or pastry onits own and you pay tax,but buy a pack of six and itwon’t be taxable.Fruit drinks, if they containless than 25 per cent natu-ral fruit juice, are taxable.Heated foods, salads andsandwiches and cheeseand finger-food plattersunder $4 escape the tax inOntario, but not in B.C.

Bear shot deadby policeWILDLIFE. West Vancouverpolice officers shot andkilled a large black bearthat had broken into atleast one home. The bearhad been tagged, indicat-ing that it had beencaught and releasedbefore. RAGNAR HAAGEN

Natives creategaming boardGAMBLING. The FirstNations Summit has cre-ated its own gamingcommission in anattempt to pry some ofthe billions of dollars theB.C. government takes inevery year. Every otherprovince with legal gam-bling has some kind ofprofit-sharing agreementwith its First Nations.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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New fish-farming legisla-tion could save B.C.’s wildsalmon stocks withoutdevastating the province’saquaculture industry, NewDemocrat MP Fin Donnellysaid yesterday.

The new proposal callsfor a transition to closed-containment salmonfarms, which would pro-tect salmon migrationroutes from sea lice, Don-nelly said. He also initiateda “postcard campaign,” topressure the federal gov-ernment to pass the bill.

Canadian pop cultureicon William Shatner, who

supports the bill and pro-vided a video message, alsohas plenty to say about thedangers of the current

salmon farming system.“This (salmon farming

situation) in British Co-lumbia is ridiculous, crazyand irresponsible ... it’s in-explicable that the govern-ment is not protectingthem,” Shatner said whileat a Star Trek conferencein Vancouver.

Dr. Larry Dill, a marinebiologist and professor atSimon Fraser University,says B.C.’s salmon speciesare resilient, and would re-turn to healthy numberswithin 10 to 20 years if thelegislation passes.

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Vandalseye MLAofficeVandals have targeted theconstituency office ofShuswap MLA and Aborigi-nal Relations andReconciliation MinisterGeorge Abbott.

Salmon Arm RCMP Ser-geant Kevin Keen says tarand feathers, mixed withhuman or animalexcrement, were plasteredon the front of theAbbott’s Salmon Armoffice. THE CANADIAN PRESS

NDP says billcould save B.C.salmon stocks

Proposal calls for containment farms William Shatner supports bill, adds video message

NDP MP Fin Donnelly, front left, at a rally for B.C. salmon at the Fraser River yesterday.

KYLE FARQUHARSON/FOR METRO VANCOUVER

ASSAULT CHARGES

Manchargedwithattack onpoliceofficerA 47-year-old man hasbeen charged withassaulting a Vancouverpolice officer after itwas alleged he had

grabbed a cop’s gun andbaton while beingarrested in theDowntown Eastside.

Two officersapproached the suspect,after recognizing him asa man wanted onoutstanding warrants,said Const. LindseyHoughton.

“He allegedly beganto actively resist andfight (the officers),”Houghton added.

Ali Eltah Ishag, of nofixed address, was alsocharged with assaultingan officer in Calgary lastyear.

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80KThe number intonnage of salmon areproduced each year byB.C.’s farms, but envi-ronmental concernshave stalled thegrowth of thissegment of the aqua-culture industry.

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Brazilian, Chilean fans descend on bar to support countries Ownersays Brazilian passion for sport surpasses Canada’s love of hockey

Brazil fans watch World Cup soccer at the Libra Room.


A colourful, jubilant affairwelcomed soccer fans atthe Libra Room on Com-mercial Drive yesterday towatch the clash of twoSouth American soccer na-tions.

The barroom was splitdown the middle with yel-low-and-green-clad Brazilfans facing one directionand red-and-blue Chilean

fans facing the other.Brazil won the match 3-0.

A drum band echoedoutside onto the street,while inside peopledanced and cheered andshouted at the televisions.

“The atmosphere is ex-cellent, although Brazil isbeating us,” said JaredGlick, a Chilean supporter,as he rolled a cigarette out-side the pub. “It’s a good ri-valry, happy and healthy.”

Owner Rico Bondi saidthe pub has been well fre-

quented by South Ameri-can soccer fans —Chileans, Brazilians, Ar-

gentineans — since theWorld Cup began.

“To me, the passion thatCanadians have for hockeydoesn’t compare with any-thing that Brazil has forsoccer,” said Bondi.

A regular customer withlinks to the Brazilian com-munity began promotingthe bar online as a soccerhotspot through Facebook.

“It’s the power of the In-ternet,” Bondi said.

“People started hearingabout it ... It’s quite fun.”

“To me, thepassion thatCanadians have forhockey doesn’tcompare withanything thatBrazil has forsoccer.”RICO BONDI

1,400As many as 1,400 rab-bits will either be putdown, sterilized or re-located as part of theplan. About 200 of theanimals will beallowed to live in adesignated area.

Hunt is on for wildrabbits at UVicThe University of Victoriasays it has no choice but toconduct a cull of wild rab-bits on its campus becausethe hares are causing hav-oc.

University of Victoriaofficial Tom Smith theschool’s property will bedivided into two zones, in-

cluding one that will allowrabbits.

The second area outsidethe campus ring road willbe designated a “rabbitfree” zone, where thehares will be trapped andeuthanized, sterilized orrelocated.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Dateline to airBuziak case TV. NBC’s Dateline willair a segment aboutmurdered Victoria real-tor Lindsay Buziak assoon as late August.Crews were in Victorialast week to interviewfriends and family. The 24-year-old realtorwas stabbed to deathwhile showing a million-dollar home in February

2008. METRO VANCOUVER

Boys bustedfor attacksCRIME. Two 15-year-oldboys have been arrestedin Burnaby in separate at-tacks on two 26-year-oldwomen, one walkinghome from a SkyTrainstation and another whowas heading home aftergetting off a bus. One ofthe victims remains inhospital while the otherwas released.

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Jurors excusedin Virk case COURTS. Jurors at the B.C.Rail corruption trialinvolving governmentaides Dave Basi and Bob-by Virk were dismissedso the judge could hearmore submissions.

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No appeal in busbeheader decisionThe Crown attorney’s of-fice in Manitoba has de-cided not to appeal adecision that granted busbeheader Vince Li his firstsmall taste of freedom.

The Crown says thereare no legal grounds tochallenge a ruling by acriminal review board toallow Li short, supervisedwalks on the grounds of

the mental hospitalwhere he is currently be-ing held.

Li was found not crimi-nally responsible for stab-bing and beheading TimMcLean on a Greyhoundbus in July 2008. He hasbeen held at the SelkirkMental Hospital north ofWinnipeg.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Ruling a blow to guncontrol advocatesThe top U.S. court, in ablow to gun control advo-cates, ruled yesterday thatstates and cities cannotbar Americans from own-ing firearms.

The ruling by a narrow-ly divided Supreme Courtbuilds on a case decidedtwo years ago in whichthe court found that thecity of Washington’s ban

on handguns violated theU.S. Constitution’s guar-antee of the “right to keepand bear arms.”

The top court was di-vided along ideologicallines, with five conserva-tive and moderate justicesin favour of gun rightsand the four liberals op-posed.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Obama:Space raceis for allU.S. President Barack Oba-ma is urging greater inter-national co-operation inexploring space. Obamasaid in a statement yester-day that the United Statesno longer is “racing againstan adversary’’ in space. Hesaid the U.S. seeks peacefulcollaboration.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Masked men trashed a UNsummer camp yesterday, ty-ing up guards and slashingtents and an inflatable poolin the second such attackblamed on suspected ex-tremists in just over amonth — a sign of how, inGaza, youth camp is notjust about crafts and volley-ball.

Rival day camps by theUnited Nations and Gaza’sIslamic militant Hamas

rulers compete for thehearts of the next genera-tion, the roughly 700,000children under 15 whomake up nearly half of theGaza Strip’s population.

Hamas camps teach ananti-Israeli doctrine andmilitary-style marching,along with horseback rid-ing, swimming and Islam.UN camps try to instil hopein a better future, a mes-sage wrapped in fun and

games.The UN says it hopes to

help shield Gaza’s childrenagainst the lure of militan-cy, a task that’s gettingharder in the impoverishedterritory. Educators say to-day’s children are more vul-nerable than the previousgeneration, having wit-nessed war with Israel lastyear and the violent Hamastakeover in 2007. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pressure built up in storage tankof truck hauling 30,000 litres of‘thinner’ Terrorism ruled out

Chemical tanker blastkills 18 in Pakistan

Local residents gather at the site of a truck explosion at a depot on the outskirt of Hyderabad, Pakistan, yesterday.

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UN workers inspect the damage at a UN children’s

summer camp in central Gaza Strip yesterday.

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Strict version

Hamas is becoming moreassertive in imposing itsstrict version of Islam ondaily life in Gaza. It has or-dered male coiffeurs out ofwomen’s salons, andteenage girls are under in-tense pressure from teach-ers to wear headscarvesand robes in schools.

UN summer camp for children trashed in Gaza

A truck carrying chemicalsaccidentally exploded yes-terday in southern Pakistanafter pressure built up in itsstorage tank, killing 18 peo-ple and wounding 40, po-lice said.

Hundreds of peoplerushed to the truck depot inHyderabad city to searchthrough the rubble of de-stroyed shops for dead andwounded, local televisionfootage showed.

Authorities ruled out ter-rorism and determined theblast occurred from a pres-sure buildup, said Moham-mad Ali Baloch, the seniorpolice official in Hyderabad.

The truck was carrying30,000 litres of “thinner,”said Babar Khattak, the po-lice chief in Sindh provincewhere Hyderabad is locat-ed. He was not more specif-ic about the chemical beingtransported. Pakistan hasbeen wracked by terrorist

attacks over the past fewyears, prompting the armyto launch a series of offen-sives against the PakistaniTaliban along the country’snorthwest.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Journalist killed

Pakistan also experiences

violence at the hands of a

separatist movement in

the southwestern

province of Baluchistan

Separatists shot and killeda local reporter Sunday ashe travelled in a vehiclewith his family, said Paris-based Reporters WithoutBorders. Faiz MuhammadSasoli’s death raises to sev-en the number of mediaworkers killed since thestart of the year inPakistan, the group saidyesterday.

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A study suggests pint-sizedconvenience foods aimedat babies and toddlers packa grown-up wallop of sugarand salt and normalize anunhealthy diet from an ex-tremely early age.

Professor Charlene El-liott of the University ofCalgary plucked productsintended for the veryyoung off supermarketshelves and examinedtheir nutritional makeup.

She found items such ascereal bars, child-por-tioned microwave dinners,fruit jelly snacks, anddessert purees for babies.

Of 186 different prod-ucts, 63 per cent werefound to have high levels ofsodium or too many calo-ries from sugar. Over halfderived over 20 per cent of

their calories from sugar.Elliott said such prod-

ucts have started appear-ing on shelves within thelast five years and are like-ly to exploit parents whoare legitimately pressed fortime and want to give theirchildren their own specialclothes, toys and food.

Such foods often enjoy a“halo effect,” she suggested.Parents assume the prod-ucts must be healthy sincethey’re made for children.

“People expect them tobe held to a gold standard... this isn’t necessarily thecase.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

Populationtops 34millionCanada’s population nowexceeds 34 million, withBritish Columbia showingthe strongest growth rateof all provinces, accordingto Statistics Canada.

As of April, the nationalpopulation was estimatedat 34,019,000, a jump of0.26 per cent — or 88,100people — from January.

Immigration accountedfor 71 per cent of theincrease, with the rest dueto natural increase. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Sugar and spicenot so nice forbabies, toddlers

Study shows unhealthy levels of sugar, sodium infoods for babies Author warns of foods’ ‘halo effect’

Professor Charlene Elliott warns that many foods for babies contain unhealthy levels of

sodium and sugar.

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G20 SUMMIT AFTERMATH

Inquiry into G20rioting?The Ontariogovernmentsays it’s up toOttawa to call apublic inquiryinto the G20Summit thatroiled Toronto.

And TorontoMayor DavidMiller insists noinquiry is need-ed, saying the

city’s Police ServicesBoard will conduct a rou-tine review with inputfrom citizens — and any-one who feels they weremistreated by police cancomplain directly to theprovincial Office of theIndependent Police

Review Director. But Ontario’s

New Democratssay there are “farmore questionsthan there areanswers” afterthe wildweekend of vio-lence and the de-cisions that ledup to itTORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

“Things like‘premium organicfirst cookie fortoddlers’ ...(suggest) it’sperfectlyacceptable to befeeding yourtoddler a cookie.”CHARLENE ELLIOTT, STUDY AUTHOR

David Miller

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It rained on the Queen’sparade yesterday.

A torrential downpourgreeted her and PrincePhilip in Halifax as theystarted a nine-day tour ofCanada — but they bothbraved it royally.

The Queen, dressed in asand-coloured overcoat,carried a bell-shaped um-brella with a yellow fringeand handle that matchedher wide-brimmed hat.

Bernadette Hearns gig-gled like a schoolgirl mo-ments after she met theQueen.

“It was so wonderful.She’s beautiful,” the Hali-fax woman said as theQueen completed a walka-bout at the rain-soddenfoot of Citadel Hill, theport city’s historic Britishfort.

“She said, ‘I hope youdidn’t get too wet.’”

Hearns was among anestimated 3,000 peoplewho braved the downpourto see the royal couple.

A squad of Mounties insoaked red serge stood atattention to greet them.Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean

welcomed the Queen asshe emerged from her lim-ousine to start her 22nd official visit to Canada.

“Look, it’s a once in alifetime,” said Hearns, herhair shielded from the rainby a plastic head scarf.

“You know ... I’m so ex-cited. It’s wonderful. Wegot soaked. But that’s OK.”THE CANADIAN PRESS

Queenbrings herbrolly toCanada

Mother Nature turns on a royalwelcome 3,000 people brave thedownpour to fete monarch

“Look, it’s a oncein a lifetime … It’swonderful. We gotsoaked. But that’sOK.”BERNADETTE HEARNS

DOMINIC LIPINSKI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.K. Art protestMexicancandidateshot deadGunmen assassinated thefront-running candidatefor governor of a Mexicanborder state yesterday.

President Felipe Cald -eron called it an attemptby drug gangs to sway local and state electionsthis weekend.

“We cannot and shouldnot permit crime to im-

pose its will or its perverserules,” he said on TV.

The gunmen ambushedRodolfo Torre’s vehicle ashe headed to the airport inCiudad Victoria, capital ofTamaulipas, a state torn bydrug turf wars.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

71 The InstitutionalRevolutionary

Party, or PRI — Torre’sparty — ruled Mexicofor 71 years before losing the presidencyin 2000.

ESPIONAGE

U.K. spiestold: AvoidtortureThe British governmenthas promised to quicklyissue its spies a fresh setof guidelines on how toavoid being complicit intorture.

The announcementaddresses a legal chal-lenge to the existingguidelines, which hu-man rights group Re-prieve says allow Britishintelligence agents togather information ex-tracted through torture— even if they aren’t di-rectly involved in themistreatment.

The group had sued

the government in an ef-fort to overturn the cur-rent rules, claimingthere was compelling ev-idence the U.K. has been“reaping the fruits” oftorture since at least2002.

But the High Court inLondon ruled the issue ismoot as new guidelinesare in the works.

In a separate develop-ment, New York-basedHuman Rights Watchsays Britain — withFrance and Germany —needs to push foreignpartners harder to makesure they aren’t using in-formation taken frommistreated suspects.

“Taking informationfrom torturers is illegaland just plain wrong,”said the organization'sJudith Sunderland. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Activists throw oil to protest BP’s arts sponsorship.

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The morning after leadersof the big economies calledfor bitter medicine to curethe world’s ills, many ana-lysts said the prescriptionwill lead to slower growthand at least one prominenteconomist said it could trig-ger a depression.

The alarming analysiscame from Nobel laureatePaul Krugman, who ar-gued in the New YorkTimes that by turning on adime from stimulus to re-straint, governments arethreatening to turn a re-cession into a depression.

“We are now, I fear, inthe early stages of a third

depression,” Krugmanwrites. “Governments areobsessing about inflationwhen the real threat is de-flation.”

Even some economistswho agreed with the G20

consensus, such as CraigAlexander of TD Bank andBrian Bethune of IHS Glob-al Insight, wondered ifcountries such as Germanywere taking austerity toomuch to heart. Spooked byEurope’s debt crisis, leadersin Toronto, with the possi-ble exception of Japan andthe U.S., believe spendingcuts to at least halve deficitsin the developed world by2013 are essential to avert,not cause, a second finan-cial meltdown. Yesterday,the Bank of InternationalSettlements added anotherofficial blessing.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Ringing upApple salesApple Inc. said yesterday itsold more than 1.7 millionunits of its new iPhonemodel in the first threedays, making it the mostsuccessful product launchin the company’s historyin terms of sales.

The iPhone 4 went onsale Thursday in the U.S.;the device goes on sale inCanada in late July.

Analysts have saidApple is having a hardtime procuring enoughparts.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

G20 leaderscause flap withflip in spending

Beware a repeat of the 1870s and 1930s depressions,economist warns Deficit reduction policy debated

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama welcome restraint.

ADRIAN WYLD. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Billionairelets go ofLions Gate Billionaire activistinvestor Carl Icahn sayshe will not extend his of-fer for Lions Gate Enter-tainment Corp., worth$7 per share, which ex-pires at the end of themonth.

Icahn, who has led abattle to gain majoritycontrol of the Canadian-American independentmovie company formonths, defended thepricing of his offer for

the company yesterday.He currently owns about32 per cent of Lions Gateand wants to gain astronger hold on thecompany and replace itsboard of directors.

Lions Gate said in astatement that “ourfinancial performance isstrong, our momentumis growing and our direc-tion is clear.” Based inCanada, Lions Gate oper-ates out of SantaMonica, Calif. and isknown for high-profilefilms like the Saw horrorfranchise and Precious:Based on the Novel PushBy Sapphire.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

0.1%That’s the amount ofApril growth (revealedtomorrow) in Canada.Second-quartergrowth is expected tobe less than half of the6.1 per cent pace inthe first three months.

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TORONTO. Canadians areright to question the realvalue of hosting the G8and G20 summits. Asleader of an organizationfocused on making theworld a better place forchildren, the value to meis clear.

The opportunity tospeak to the most power-ful global leaders at onetime about the needs ofthose children isunmatched by any otherforum.

For at least a brief mo-ment last week,thousands of journaliststold stories of childrenand mothers living inpoverty who need globalleaders to address their

plight. While we hopedfor much more because ofthis G8, 1.3 millionchildren will survive pasttheir fifth birthday and64,000 women willsurvive pregnancy andchildbirth. That issomething of great value. DAVE TOYCEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO,WORLD VISION CANADA

EDMONTON. First of all, Ilove Metro. However, your

continued publishing ofLindsay Lohan tweets arenot necessary.

If she does somethingtruly amazing, such ascleaning herself and herreputation up, print that.

Most readers will agreethat most of her tweetsare not tweet-worthy.

Please find some othermore interesting celebritytweets.DAVE STAWNICHY

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ep, that’s right. From roasted redpepper hummus to olive and feta creamcheese, it seems the cracker toppingpossibilities are endless these days. I lin-gered at this particular stall for a while;I was attending a housewarming party

later that evening and had been given the respon-sibility for “all things spreadable.”

Apparently, while I spent the last couple ofyears doing the whole graduate school, unpaid in-ternship, backpacking in Europe thing, one of mymuch more financially responsible friends hadfound the time and the money to purchase hervery own condo.

Although I recently hit a couple of pretty bigmilestones — signing the lease for a tiny (but beau-tiful) apartment and landing a full-time job — Ican’t help but think that I’ve fallen behind thepack a little. Sometimes it feels like everyone

around me is getting promoted, or pre-approved orproposed to, while I’m just happy to be gettinghealth benefits … finally!

During the 20 minutes I spent trying to pick anappropriate housewarming dip, I started towonder — if I had this much trouble choosing be-tween sundried tomato or spinach, how could myfriends possibly be committing themselves tomortgages and husbands?

Soon I’ll be moving up into that next age box —you know, the 25-29 range — which is both horri-fying and exciting. I’m sad to say goodbye to thosehilarious and irresponsible years of my early 20s …but there is something to be said for maturity.Sometimes it’s nice to a spend a sunny Saturdaymorning pondering over patés at the marketinstead of in bed with a serious hangover and abass player’s phone number written on your armin eyeliner.

Ultimately, I couldn’t bring myself to buy justone type of spread. I decided to waste far too muchmoney and indulge in a variety of hummuses andtapenades and cream cheeses, because those arethe silly little luxuries you can afford to overspendon when you don’t have a mortgage.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD THE WEALTHDuring a recent Saturday morningshopping trip to the market I found myselfconfronted with an overwhelming array ofexotic dips.

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Noteworthy

Haiti’s population expected to grow

Haiti’s population will con-

tinue to grow quickly

despite the tremendous loss

of life in the January earth-

quake, according to U.S.

Census Bureau estimates re-

leased yesterday.

The bureau estimates

Haiti’s current population at

9.6 million, based on an es-

timated quake death toll of

230,000. It projects the im-

poverished country will re-

cover and surpass its

pre-quake population level

by 2012. By 2050, the

bureau says, Haiti will have

13.4 million people.

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Metro Minute withDawn PembertonGrab your lunch to go to-day and head to St. An-drew’s-Wesley UnitedChurch at 1022 Nelson St.for a free noon concertwith homegrown gospeland soul singer Dawn Pem-berton. Pemberton is a for-mer soloist and assistantdirector for the UniversalGospel Choir.

The Dawn PembertonJazz Quartet’s noon per-

formance is part of the TDVancouver InternationalJazz Festival, which runsuntil July 4. The event fea-tures more than 1,800 mu-sicians at 400 concertsacross the city, including150 free performances inGastown, Yaletown and onGranville Island.

For more information,visit coastaljazz.ca.

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“I started towonder — if I hadthis much troublechoosing betweensundried tomatoor spinach, howcould my friendspossibly becommittingthemselves tomortgages andhusbands?”

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Twilight authorStephenie Meyerscores anotherhit with TheShort SecondLife of Bree Tan-ner: an EclipseNovella. METRO

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Twihards, Twilight momsand fanpire friend are allpart of the Twilight lexi-con among the legion offans for the hugely popu-lar vampire saga of teen ro-mance and dividedloyalties.

The countdown is on forEclipse, and twilighters arerustling with anticipationfor the third installment tohit theatres tomorrow.

Like a cosmic coinci-dence, the release ofEclipse has lined up with alunar eclipse.

Summit Entertainment,working with Canada’s E1entertainment, took thisopportunity to stage a freefan event and a multi-cityopen air screening of NewMoon on Saturday night.

“The fans of the serieshave just been so unwaver-ing in their support andthey’re so loyal,” said Char-lene Coy, director of public-ity at E1. The event washeld in Vancouver andToronto alongside majorU.S. cities, and fans cele-

brated by dressing up andgetting adorned as vam-pires at a “sparkle station.”

“The Twilight Sagaseems to have all the ingre-dients to concoct a perfectfantasy of everlasting lovefor an ordinary and, well,the “plain Jane” kind ofgirl, says 17-year-oldMichelle Pan, creator of bel-laandedward.com, one ofthe most well-known fansites in the U.S.

“Most of the fan base isteenaged girls,” says Pan. “I

would say like 99 per centare all female with the occa-sional guy who’s a fan ofTwilight but there aren’tvery many.”

Pan who lives in Austin,Texas, could be called an ex-pert fan, and has been invit-ed to all of the Hollywoodpremieres of the Twilightseries and recently pennedthe book Bella Should HaveDumped Edward.

“Some of the fans, theyare so dedicated, they sleepin a tent outside in the mid-dle of Los Angeles for fourdays straight to see theseactors and actresses. That’shardcore dedication rightthere,” she laughs.

Fans in frenzy over

Twilight

Convention,set tours bring storyclose to fansSome discussions amongfans in Michelle Pan’sbook, Bella Should HaveDumped Edward, include:Is Bella an independentgirl or is she a blank can-vas that needs to rely on aman? And, Should Bellahave ended up with Ed-ward or Jacob?

The Official TwilightConvention 2010 by Cre-ation Entertainment hasone Canadian date on itstour to Aug. 1 in Toronto.

In Vancouver, Twilightset tours offer fans a first-hand look at the real loca-tions where Edward andBella embarked on theirTwi-adventures, and achance to hear some insid-er tales of where the youngactors hang out whileshooting in town. Go tovancouversettours.com formore info. LINA TOYODA

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Release of Eclipse coincides with lunar eclipse Tours offer fans first-hand look at the locations where Edward and Bella embarked on Twi-adventure

“From what I’ve seen with the previewsand trailers, this movie looks like it’sbeen taken to a whole new level.” MICHELLE PAN

Twilight star Robert Pattinson poses with fans at the premiere of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in Los Angeles

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Petitioncalls forTwi-events The Official Twilight FanClub on Facebook has over76,000 members.

In an effort to bringmore Twi-tours and eventsto Canada, a group called“Twi-Can Petition: BringTwilight to Canada!” cur-rently has over 2,300 mem-bers who don’t wantCanada to miss out on theTwi-parade. LINA TOYODA

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The couple: Ben Stiller andJenna Elfman (5’10”)

The film: Keeping the Faith(2000)

It’s a weird duo, for sure — butin the end, we think Stiller’srabbi is a more-likely, less-creepy match than EdwardNorton’s priest.

The couple: Tom Cruise andNicole Kidman (5’11”)

The film: Eyes Wide Shut(1999)

These two were married. And in2006, Cruise walked down theaisle with another who wouldtower over him in red carpetheels — Katie Holmes, 5’9”.

The couple: Ben Stiller(5’6”) and Cameron Diaz (5’9”)

The film: There’s SomethingAbout Mary (1998)

The three inches betweenthem only adds to the “why is this supermodel talking to Ben Stiller inbraces?” dynamic.

The couple: Ethan Hawke(5’10”) and Uma Thurman(6’0”)

The film: Gattaca (1997)

Ethan Hawke is, well, EthanHawke — plus he bought JudeLaw’s DNA in this sci-fi flick. Thecostars married after the film (al-though later divorced).

The couple: Tom Cruise(5’7”) and Kelly McGillis(5’10”)

The film: Top Gun (1986)

Not only does Tom Cruiseseem to wear generouslyheeled shoes, but he goes byMaverick in this one — can’tnobody hold him down.

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Tom Cruise who we’re assuming is on tiptoes here — stars alongside

Cameron Diaz in Knight and Day Before all the creepy laugh-ter in leaked Scientologyvideos, before public spatswith Matt Lauer andBrooke Shields, Tom Cruisewasn't just THE A-listeramong all Hollywood A-lis-ters, he was also an actorwho could really act.

In recent years, his off-screen antics have over-shadowed his on-screentalent, but this may changewith his newest turn in theaction film Knight and Day.

With that in mind, let’stake a look at a few of hisstrongest roles:

Magnolia (1999)Pretty much univer-sally recognized ashis best workever, it earnedhim the thirdof his threeOscar nomi-nations. Ascocky self-help speak-er Frank T. J.Mackey,Cruise elec-trified PaulThomas An-derson's opusabout inter-twined lives —and falling frogs —over one day in Los An-geles. He was totally com-manding in his arroganceon stage, yet also laid him-self bare watching thedeath of his father (JasonRobards) and strugglingwith the conflicting emo-tions it stirred.

Jerry Maguire (1996)OK, so maybe the “Youcomplete me” scene ismore than a little cheesy inretrospect. Still, his per-formance as a sports agenttrying to rebuild his careerand his personal life al-

lowed him to show the fullrange of highs and lowswithin him.

Born on the Fourth of July(1989)Here’s where Cruiseshowed his ability to digdeep, and do more thanjust charm us by flashingthat sexy smile of his andworking his high-energy,verbal magic. (This was hisfirst Oscar nomination forbest actor.)

Minority Report (2002)Sure, the visuals and the

bold ideas are whatyou probably re-

member fromSteven Spiel-berg's darklythrilling sci-fidrama, basedon the shortstory by PhilipK. Dick. ButCruise is at thecentre, hold-ing it all to-gether

confidently asthe straight man

in a fantastic, fu-turistic world, even

as his detective charac-ter, John Anderton, goes

on the run for a crime hehasn’t yet committed. De-livering a rare understatedperformance really worksfor him here.

Risky Business (1983)Of course, the movie thatmade him a star in the firstplace. In retrospect, it’s aclassic Tom Cruise role, theprototype: a young guywho has it all and thinkshe has all the answers, on-ly to experience a comeup-pance. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

When Cruise wasHollywood king

Tom Cruise has been nominated for an Oscar three times.

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Abuse allegations by ex-girlfriendOksana Grigorieva are slammed bythe actor’s expensive legal counsel

Mel Gibson’s lawyer isstriking back atallegations by OksanaGrigorieva that he physi-cally assaulted her duringan argument, according toHollyscoop. “Mel washopeful their breakup wasbehind them and Luciawould be the beneficiaryof co-operative parenting,”says Stephen Kolodny,who insists Grigorieva ismaking the claims inorder to win better accessto the couple’s eight-month-old daughter. “Ap-parently Lucia will bedenied that good fortune.Making sensational allega-tions is not the way to re-solve this. Mel wants acustody settlement or aresolution in court, not

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ations come months afterthe Russian pianist spreadcryptic messages aboutthe reasons behind thecouple’s split. While theAussie-reared actor has re-mained silent up to now,sources say Gibson hasbeen forced to fight backin the media for fear oflosing his reputation andcustody of his daughter.

On June 25, Gibsonfiled for a restrainingorder against Grigorieva,40, in the Los Angeles Su-perior Court. Radar Onlinereports that the case issealed, meaning the docu-ments cannot be releasedto the public.

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Twilight stars engage insome post-mortem PDA ...Twilight co-stars KristenStewart and Robert Pattin-son have been coy when itcomes to any possible off-screen romance, but thepair reportedly couldn’t

keep their hands off eachother after the premiere ofthe series’ latest film,Eclipse, in Los Angeles.“They were kissing, nuz-zling, holding hands and

embracing,” a source tellsE! News. The pair werespotted hitting a rooftopbar at the film’s after-par-ty.

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... While werewolf Jacob prefersto howl (off-key) at the moonDon’t expect to see Taylor Lautner breaking in-to song anytime soon, as the Twilight star ad-mits he’s basically tone deaf. He also says he’sa huge fan of American Idol, and thinks thetwo might be related. “I can’t sing, and that’sthe funny thing. Maybe that’s why I like

watching it so much. I know there’s noway I can do that,” he says. “AmericanIdol would definitely be number onefor me. I haven’t missed an episode ineight or nine years. I can’t believe I justsaid that.” METRO WORLD NEWS

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Racquet loveWant the shoulders of a swimmer, the endurance of a marathoner and

the power of a sprinter? Tennis pro and Crunch gym fitness instructorAkin Akman talks us through the game — and full body workout.

Shoulders “Strong shoulders create amore powerful swing,helping you hit the ballacross the net with morepower. To improve shoul-der strength and reflexes,practise throwing andcatching a medicine ballwith a partner.”

Arms “Having strong, toned armshelps increase the speedand power with which youhit the ball but the key isreally down to your corestrength. It’s an upwardripple as the movementstems from the core, thenthe twisting and hiprotation, extending out tothe arm.”

Core “The body’s powerhousewhen playing tennis is yourcore. Your hip movementalong with your abdominalmuscles are crucial inenabling the rest of thebody to respond correctly.Your hips help you twistand having strong abs willhelp hold the body morecentered.”

Legs “To remain close to thecenter of gravity, the gamerequires you to remainlow, forcing you to adopt anatural squat-like positionthat is great for toning andshaping your legs.Running after the ballcross the court requiresshort burst runs similar tocircuit training. The resultis a fantastic cardio work-out that helps you buildlean muscle.”

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Whatbrings italltogether?

Flexibility: Flexibilityhelps, as tennis requires alot of twisting from thehips. It’s not a sport thatwill make you becomemore flexible, but main-taining supple muscleswith plenty of stretchingoff-court will help preventinjuries and improvemovement. Gravity: Tennis playersremain in a lowered posi-tion in order to hold acenter of gravity. Stayinglow and closer to theground helps them to ab-sorb the shock of the ballcoming in at high speedand to then have thepower to hit it back.

Coordination: Good coor-dination is what bringsand holds the gametogether, a bit like thestrings on a racket. It de-termines the footworkand ability to hit the ballfrom different angles. Agility: The constant run-ning from one part of thecourt to another andchasing after the ball re-quires a lot of agility,jumps and quickness ofstep.

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performance:

1 Running: Long dis-tance ruing helpsbuild endurance.This is necessary astennis games cansometimes go onfor hours.

2 Weights: Light-weight training willhelp tone the arms.

3 Yoga: Helps thebody relax and isone of the best ex-ercises for stretch-ing your muscles.

4 Swimming: worksthe lat (‘latissimusdorsi’, the large flatmuscle on yourtrunk, posterior tothe arm) muscle.

5 Sprinting: Doingshort, fast sprintswill train you to getto the ball quickly.

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Once or twice a year, ZoeDredge has her armpitsBotoxed. It sounds odd, butBotox is catching on as atreatment for hyperhidrosis— or excessive sweating.Dredge has had the condi-tion since puberty.

“I would have excessive-ly large sweat patches un-der my arms at any giventime of day, despite temper-ature, exertion, activity, fit-ness, or deodorant,” shesays.

Dredge, who grew up inBrisbane, Australia, learnedto wear lightweight, breath-able fabrics. She wasn’tcomfortable at dances, put-ting her hand up in class orgiving an over-arm hug. Shealways thought her sweati-ness was related to the heatof her home country.

But when she moved tooften-chilly Toronto in2007 and still had year-

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Finally a friend suggest-ed Botox. “I went for it,”says Dredge, who is a bar-tender. The treatment wasover within 15 minutes andit took full effect withintwo weeks. “I couldn’t be-lieve it. I still can’t believe

it,” she says. “It’s like adream.” She is re-trainingherself not to worry aboutwhat she wears. “I oftencatch myself having littleblissfully care-free mo-ments.” She’ll get it doneagain in seven to 12

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“I would haveexcessively largesweat patchesunder my arms atany given time ofday, despitetemperature,exertion, activity,fitness, ordeodorant.” ZOE DREDGE

Speaking of armpits,here’s a new deodorantfrom The Body Shop. De-oDry.

It contains drying quali-ties of volcanic mineral inthe form of an ultra-finepowder. It’s that powderthat provides the water ab-sorption action. DeoDrydoes not contain parabensand pore-clogging ingredi-ents found in many de-odorants. Comes in threekinds: Cool and Zesty,Chilled and Breezy, Freshand Floral. CELIA MILNE

From the ashes

If you have excessivesweating, you can stillwear white tops, but re-plenish your supply moreoften.

“Once white tops be-come stained it is time tolet them go,” says Torontoimage consultant KellyMillar. “They should al-ways look crisp andfresh.”

For fabric, Millar sug-gests keeping cool withnatural fabrics such as cot-

ton and linen. Avoid clingyfabrics like jersey and es-pecially synthetic fabricslike polyester or blendsthat won’t breathe. Silk al-so tends to show sweatmarks.

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Keeping thosewhites, white

“Once white topsbecome stained itis time to let themgo.”KELLY MILLAR

Obsessingover a nonproblemSome people smelland don’t know it. Buta more seriousproblem is thinkingthat you smell whenyou don’t. People whoare preoccupied withconcerns about bodyodour have what’scalled olfactory refer-ence syndrome.

This disorder,which is so seriousthat 68 per cent of suf-ferers contemplate sui-cide, was discussed atthe recent annualmeeting of the Ameri-can Psychiatric Associ-ation in New Orleans.

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Fries with that salad? Most people struggle to

refuse food in the compa-ny of others and saying noto poutine isn’t as easy asit seems.

“Being fussy about foodis often interpreted as arro-gance. Humans connect bybeing the same and any-thing that makes you feeldifferent makes you feel in-secure. Ordering salad dur-ing a working lunch canmake people feel uneasybecause they aren’t eatingwhat everyone else is,” ex-plains nutritionist MarisaPeer, who also puts thislack of confidence down toour fear of being different.

“Look around you. Mostpeople you see will havebeen on a diet — so whyshould you feel under-mined by your decisions?”

You need confidence,both physical and mental,to change your eatinghabits.

“Losing weight and be-coming more physicallyactive will make you feel

and look better. When youfeel good and are happywith the way you look, youwill automatically gainconfidence.

From there it’s aboutturning it into a way oflife.

But you have to talkyourself thin: “In order tomaintain this newfoundconfidence you must keeptalking to yourself. Think ofit as bio-feedback. Yourbody wants to look good soyou make healthier choicesbut then you must trainyour mind to resist tempta-tion. The mind responds toemotion, being automati-cally drawn towards pleas-ure and away from pain. Ifyou’re depressed, it’ll sendsignals to make you reach

for the nearest doughnut,associating this with child-hood memories of comfortand pleasure.”

Resisting the urge toreach for cake requires mo-tivation and desire,whether this is the desireto feel good or fit into apair of skinny jeans. Set-ting yourself realistic goalswill make the desire to eatunhealthily go away.

“Ongoing communica-tion with the mind andbody is essential. Buildingup the confidence to listento what your body — notyour mind— wants is key.Once you achieve thatpoint it’s unlikely you’llreach for that chocolateanytime soon,” promisesPeer.

Wish you had the guts to get into lacy skimpy wear like Lady Gaga or the explosiveness ofBeyoncé’s alter ego Sasha Fierce? Nutritionist Marisa Peer tells us that getting the body wewant starts with listening to what that body is telling us — and that calls for self-confidence.

The author of the Body Blitz

Diet talks to Metro about her

life as a serial dieter.

“I’m an ordinary women.Overeating is always goingto be attached to my emo-tions, its psychological.Addressing my issueschanged how I felt aboutmyself. I finallyunderstood why Istruggled with myemotions and why I over-ate. It’s incredibly easy tobe deluded by your reflec-tion in the mirror.

When I was a size 14-16, I thought I lookedgreat and in my head Iwas size 10-12. The hard-est is overcoming the hur-dles and facing reality.Weight issues and a nega-tive body image are oftenlinked to deep-seated

emotional issues. Most people look for a

quick fix, pain-freesolution to lose weight.It’s not that easy, there’smore to it than a calorificsum. It’s not what youeat, but what’s eating you.

For years I tried to fillsome gap, probably linkedto my relationship withmy father. Today, I nolonger want to plug thisgag and I’ve found a wayof managing myemotions.”

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Three different players score for Brazil as Chile becomes South America’s first casualty Win sets up a date with the Dutch in the quarters

Brazil soarsover Chile

Luis Fabiano of Brazil jumps over Claudio Bravo of Chile to score.

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Arjen Robben and WesleySneijder scored yesterdayto give the Netherlands a 2-1 win over Slovakia and aspot in the World Cup quar-ter-finals.

The Dutch went aheadin the 18th minute, whenRobben cut inside from theright flank and scored from20 yards. Sneijder added asecond goal into an empty

net in the 84th.Netherlands goalkeeper

Maarten Stekelenburg pre-served the win with twokey saves in the 67th, andthe Dutch extended theirteam-record unbeatenstreak to 23 games.

Robert Vittek pulled oneback for Slovakia from thepenalty spot in injury time.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Netherlands doubles Slovakia

Arjen Robben celebrates.

LAURENCE GRIFFITHS/GETTY IMAGES

23The Dutch extendedtheir team-record unbeaten streak to 23games with help fromgoalkeeper MaartenStekelenburg, whomade two key saves inthe 67th.

Juan, Luis Fabiano andRobinho scored as Brazilmoved closer to a sixthWorld Cup title, beatingSouth American rival Chile3-0 yesterday to reach thequarter-finals.

Juan gave his team thelead in the 35th minutewith a firm header from acorner, sending the ball in-to the upper left corner andpast the outstretched armsof Chile goalkeeper ClaudioBravo.

Luis Fabiano added tothe lead from a fast break-away in the 38th, receivinga one-touch pass from Kakaand dribbling past Bravo in-

side the area before scoringinto an open net. Robinhostarted the play with a runon the left side before find-ing Kaka at the edge of thearea.

Robinho then scored hisfirst goal of the tournamentwith a shot from the edgeof the area in the 59th, re-ceiving a pass from Ramiresand shooting inside the farpost.

It was Robinho’s seventhgoal in Brazil’s last sixmatches against theChileans.

Brazil will next face theNetherlands, which beatSlovakia 2-1.

Chile became the first ofthe five South Americanteams to be eliminatedfrom the World Cup. Ar-gentina, Paraguay andUruguay are still in thetournament along withBrazil.

“We leave the tourna-ment knowing that we gaveeverything on the pitch,”Bravo said. “We are a veryfragile team at times. We at-tack very well, but we haveto know when to defend.”

Brazil has now reachedthe quarter-finals of theWorld Cup every time since1990.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Canuckstendereight offersThe Vancouver Canuckshave tendered qualifyingoffers to eight restrictedfree agents, including de-fenceman Shane O’Brien.

The team also gavequalifying offers to for-wards Mason Raymond,Jannik Hansen and TannerGlass, a team spokesmanconfirmed yesterday.

O’Brien, 26, earned$1.6 million US last sea-son. He had two goals andsix assists plus 79 penaltyminutes. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Portugalpromises to attack

Portugal’s coach promisedattacking soccer ahead ofhis team’s round of 16match against Spain today,predicting the first-evermeeting between theneighbouring countries ina World Cup would be oneof the highlights of thetournament.

A confident CarlosQueiroz said Portugal wasready to “take some risks”after 0-0 draws in the firstround against Ivory Coastand Brazil. Spain is thereigning European cham-pion and a World Cupfavourite, but has beenfrustrated by packeddefences in South Africa.

Midfield playmaker Deco could return for Por-tugal after missing twomatches with a right hipinjury, but Danny and Duda are unlikely to playafter picking up injuriesagainst Brazil. Spain,meanwhile, is monitoringXabi Alonso, who returnedto training yesterday froma right-ankle sprain.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Shane O’Brien gets offer.

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Goal Scorers: Brazil: Juan (34th),Luis Fabiano (38th), Robinho (59th) Shots: Brazil: 17; Chile: 15 Shots on Goal: Brazil: 6; Chile: 2 Fouls Committed: Brazil: 14; Chile:18.Attendance: 54,096

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Justin Morneauleads all-star votefor first base.

Cubs pitcherCarlos Zambranowill be placed onthe restrictedlist.

Cincinnati Bengals receiverChris Henry suffered from achronic braininjury, researchsaid. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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B.C. hopes to rebound from ugly 2009 season Players want club to getback to the days when it was intimidating the opposing teams

Former Lion Ryan Grice-Mullen evades a Toronto Argonaut last season. B.C. wants more of that swagger this season.

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He’s heard the talkaround the CFL and ParisJackson isn’t happy.

The Canadian slotbackwith the soft hands andhard-nosed attitudethinks it’s time to putsome growl back into theB.C. Lions.

“We need our respectback,” Jackson said.

“I have been hearingguys on different teamssaying we lost our swag-ger, we’re beatable.

“I’ve been around thisteam (when) there wereteams fearing us. Montre-al, Calgary, Edmonton andSaskatchewan. Now they

are talking bad about us.”B.C. had a miserable

season in 2009. The clubfinished fourth in theWest with an 8-10 record,the worst since WallyBuono became coach andgeneral manager in 2003.

The Lions needed over-time to beat the HamiltonTiger-Cats in the East Divi-sion cross-over playoffgame, then were humili-ated 56-18 by the Montre-al Alouettes in the Eastfinal.

Ending the season witha whimper meant a long,cold winter for the B.C.veterans.

Geroy Simon wants thisyear’s team to be more in-timidating.

“Teams, when theycome to play us, have toknow they are going to be

in for a tough game,” saidthe veteran slotback, whoneeds nine touchdowns totie Willie Fleming for firston the Lions’ all-time listwith 87.

“At times in the pastyear or so we didn’t havethat. With the talent wehave, we have to go outand show that talent.Then teams will be nerv-ous about playing the B.C.Lions.”

The Lions open theirregular season July 4against the Edmonton Es-kimos at CommonwealthStadium. THE CANADIAN PRESS

“Teams, when theycome to play us,have to know theyare going to be infor a tough game.”GEROY SIMON, SLOTBACK

502Defence is an area theB.C. Lions mustimprove this season. The club allowed 502points last season, themost since the 2000campaign, and theteam ranked in thelower third in manydefensive categories.

Stability in the QBThe return of Casey Print-ers late last season, theCFL’s outstanding player in2004, has brought stabilityto the quarterback posi-tion. For the first time inyears the Lions went tocamp with an establishedNo. 1 pivot.

“We don’t have to worryabout trying to jell withthree different quarter-backs,” said Geroy Simon.

“We can worry aboutjelling with one and beingon the same page withhim.”

Printers, who threw for686 yards and three touch-downs in his five gameswith the Lions last year, islooking to re-establishhimself after a failed at-tempt at the NFL and twodisastrous seasons inHamilton. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Andy Roddick was stunned in the fourthround at Wimbledon by 82nd-ranked Yen-hsun Lu of Taiwan.

Serena Williams overcame Maria Sharapo-va to reach the quarters and avenge herloss to the Russian in the 2004 final.

Roger Federer swept past 16th-seeded Jur-gen Melzer 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to reach his 25thconsecutive Grand Slam quarter-final.

Rafael Nadal beat Paul-Henri Mathieu inthree sets and showed no sign of the rightknee trouble that bothered him previously.

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Aires March 21-April 20 Ifyou need to make changes onthe home front then now isthe time. In fact, if you don'tmake changes soon somethingwill force you to change.

Taurus April 23-May 21 Yourawareness of how quickly timepasses and how much needsto be done will motivate youto cram as much as you caninto the next 24 hours. Butdon't overdo it.

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