Metro London - January 31, 2012

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POWER RANGER SCI-FI OR FACT?
NO. 8 BRANDON PRUST
TAKES A BITE OF THE MOVIE FICTION
BIG APPLE
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LONDON
Tuesday,
January 31, 2012
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Grits roll out health-care overhaul
MPP Deb Matthews pitches ‘action plan’ at Toronto Board of Trade Proposal comes as province looks to trim
health spending, $16-billion deficit Opposition slams giving more power to Local Health Integration Networks
COLIN MCCONNELL/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
ANGELA
MULLINS Picture of health
@METRONEWS.CA
Key points in the Liberals’ plan to
A road map to cut spending while revamp health care in Ontario:
improving health care has too few
specifics to suit one local patient Move routine surgeries out of
advocate. hospitals and into not-for-profit
Jeff Hanks, co-chairman of the clinics.
London Health Coalition, said it’s Give Local Health Integration Net-
hard to predict the impact of the workscontrol of family doctors to
Liberals’ new plan. “We just have allow for a “seamless experience”
hints of what she wants to do, but from doctor to hospital.
we don’t know exactly,” Hanks Provide faster access to doctors
said, referring to Health Minister through after-hours, same-day
Deb Matthews. “There’s not and next-day appointments.
enough detail in any of the plans.” Shift resources into home care,
One area lacking, Hanks said, is moving chronically ill patients out
what form proposed not-for- of hospital beds.
profit surgical centres would take.
“That raises red flags,” he said. for patients, said Michael Barrett,
“Does it mean a (public-private CEO of the South West Local Health
partnership)?” Integration Network. Only posi-
Others criticized the plan for tives can come from turning pri-
not spelling out what procedures mary care over to LHINs, he said.
the clinics would handle. The networks already administer
“What I can tell you is if we can funding to hospitals and co-ordi-
get faster access for patients, if we nate other aspects of health care.
can get high quality at a lower cost “Hospitals are there for an
(and) take pressure off hospitals acute episode, but once you leave
so they can use those operating hospital we want to make sure you
rooms for procedures that do need have the proper supports,” he said.
to be done in hospitals,” Matthews “We need to make sure that those
told reporters, “I do know we’ve transition points are smooth for a Health Minister and London North Centre MPP Deb Matthews speaks at the Toronto Board of Trade
got some opportunities here.” patient leaving the hospital.” on Monday as she unveils the McGuinty government’s plan to transform health care for Ontario families.
At least one thing will be good WITH FILES FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Caterpillar seeks court order
1
Action comes nearly a week after MARK SPOWART/FOR METRO
locomotive held up in Ingersoll
Company wants to move engine
No contract talks scheduled: CAW
ANGELA
MULLINS The players
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Caterpillar is an Illinois-
news
A branch of Caterpillar is based company with many
seeking a court injunction divisions. Electro-Motive
that would allow one of Canada, the branch seek-
its locomotives to move ing an injunction against
out of an Ingersoll rail the Ingersoll blockade, is a
yard. subsidiary of Progress Rail
Jim Kennedy, recording Services Corp., which is
secretary for Canadian owned by Caterpillar.
Auto Workers Local 27,
said a judge is expected to Kennedy said the CAW
decide on the matter wasn’t caught off guard
Wednesday — a week af- by the injunction request.
ter union members and “They’ve been trying to
supporters formed a get something to file an
blockade to keep the en- injunction on our (picket)
From nuclear terrorism to per- gine from moving. line (in London), but we
sonal theft, Indy battens down
hatches for Super Bowl. The unfinished locomo- just haven’t given them
Scan code for story. tive was pulled from Lon- anything to take to
don’s Electro-Motive court,” he said. “Blocking
Diesel plant before parent a train, you’re not sup-
1 Download the free company Caterpillar posed to do that. We un-
ScanLife app with locked workers out Jan. 1, derstand that.”
your smartphone the union has said. While he expects Cater-
at 2dscan.com Officials with Electro- pillar to win the court bat-
Motive Canada, the Cater- tle, Kennedy considers
2 Use your pillar branch seeking the the blockade a feather in
smartphone to injunction, declined com- the union’s cap.
scan 2D barcodes ment Monday. “We look at it as a
in Metro Leaders of the Ingersoll small victory. We held it
blockade believe the loco- up for a week.”
3 The codes will
motive is bound for Sal- About 450 union work-
direct your mobile
ford, which is just outside ers are on the picket line
browser to
of Ingersoll. Once there, it outside Electro-Motive
m.metronews.ca
is expected to be painted Diesel. The lockout start-
— work that would have ed shortly after they re-
On the web at been done in London if jected a contract offer Canadian Auto Workers members, from left, Jim Dafoe, Tyler Rowe,
metronews.ca workers weren’t walking that reportedly called for Christine Rowe and Jeff Rowe camp near an Electro-Motive
a picket line, union repre- deep wage cuts and other Diesel train (behind them) as it sits idle in Ingersoll.
sentatives have said. concessions.
doned after-hours when
London cops won’t comment
the shelter is open 365
News in brief days a year. Another dog
on reports of 11% wage hike abandoned at the shelter
earlier in the week after-
Another dog left
hours is recovering from
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Twitter's awful Officials with the London 4
Police Association have re- The number of The London Humane So- A chance to vote
recruitment
fused comment on reports years of a ciety is caring for a dog
video wants its membership will re- tentative agreement that was abandoned out- for Woodfield
you and your ceive an 11 per cent wage between the police side the shelter after-
increase over the life of a board and union. Rati- hours in frigid Think London’s
droll wit. new contract. fication votes are temperatures — the sec- Woodfield neighbour -
Watch at The figure is being scheduled for Tuesday ond such instance in one hood is great? Now’s your
quoted by the head of the and Thursday. week. chance to prove it.
metronews.ca/
Windsor Police Associa- Staff found the dog at The area between Rich-
video tion as it’s being pressed was accurate. about 8:30 p.m. Saturday. mond, Dundas and
to accept a wage freeze by The London Police Asso- The dog was brought in- Adelaide streets has been
the head of Windsor’s Po- ciation announced last doors, warmed up, given nominated for a Great
lice Services Board. week it had reached a deal food and treats, and treat- Places in Canada award.
Dan Axford, an admin- with the police board, ed by vet staff. Votes will be accepted on-
Follow us on istrator with the London retroactive to 2011, but re- Executive director Judy line through Feb. 29 at
Twitter Police Association, issued fused to say how much of Foster says there’s no cip-icu.ca/greatplaces.
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Brandon Prust
Paw. Shake
not surprised at
Rangers’ success
Surprised? Brandon Prust
Local talent
isn’t.
Not many NHL observers
would have pegged the Facts about Brandon
New York Rangers to be Prust:
first in the East at the all-
star break, just a point be- Games. Leads the Rangers
hind the Detroit Red Wings with 92 penalty minutes in
for first overall — with 47 games.
three games in hand. Short-handed. Of his two
But Prust has seen this goals this season, one
A four-month-old kitten puts his best paw forward Monday as people before. The London native came short-handed.
peruse cats available for adoption through Animal Aide of St. Thomas-Elgin. was on the Knights’ Memo- MIKE ARSENAULT/FOR METRO
Cuddly kittens ANGELA MULLINS/METRO rial Cup championship
The rescue group has set up temporary shop in the former dental team in 2005. He’s seen
office at downtown’s Citi Plaza. Cats will be available for adoption teams gel in the room and
up for adoption
there through Friday and during the last week of each month for improve on the ice.
the rest of the year. Animal Aide arranges homes for about 500 cats “We knew we had the
each year, operations manager Tony Bouma said. Details are potential to do this,” Prust
available on the group’s website at animalaide.org. said about the Rangers.
“One thing that’s similar
between us and the Knights Brandon Prust
is we’ve been growing to-
Council to take final gether. In London, we were
built and we grew together to me sometimes. …
as a team, and we’re doing “It’s cool. New York’s a
that here.” huge city, and you’d never
action on Storybook move
The locals are noticing think you’d get recognized.
the play of New York’s No. But the people love their
8. Prust, 27, won the hockey here in New York.”
Rangers’ fan-voted extra ef- As for his personal sec-
fort award last season. And ond-half goals, Prust would
Attraction’s famed seals, other animals could be headed out of town since coming to New York like to see more second-half
in a February 2010 trade goals.
after Tuesday vote Item one of many on loaded city council agenda
with the Calgary Flames, “Just lately, I’m starting
the rugged winger has even to get a lot more ice time,”
City councillors are expect- tion. Polhill also wants to caused the odd double take said Prust, who has two
In other news
ed to seal the deal Tuesday know why financial help Market. at the coffee shop. goals this season after a ca-
on moving the remaining from the private sector “Last year or the year be- reer-high 13 in 2010-11.
exotic animals out of Sto- hasn’t been sought. Councillors have a long Heritage.Leaving two fore, you could walk “I’m starting to get some
rybook Gardens. “We can give them a agenda for Tuesday’s 5 buildings with heritage val- around and no one was go- confidence back, some of
Even Coun. Bud Polhill great place, but it costs p.m. meeting at city hall, ue standing when demoli- ing to recognize you,” said the confidence that I was
— an outspoken opponent money,” he said. 300 Dufferin Ave. The tion starts on the former Prust, who lives about five playing with last year
of the idea — isn’t holding City staff have said it agenda includes: South Street Hospital lands. minutes from Madison where you’re playing so
his breath that the plan would cost millions to Square Garden in Manhat- much you don’t even think
will be dashed. make Storybook an appro- Market Lane. A $650,000 Murals on walls. They’ll al- tan’s West Village. “But just about it, everything hap-
“I think it will pass,” priate setting for the ani- proposal to overhaul Mar- so look at a program that going out for coffee across pens naturally.”
Polhill said Monday. “I mals, including four ket Lane, an alley that runs would promote murals on the street, people come up JIM REYNO
think I’m outnumbered.” harbour seals. Moving the between Dundas Street the exterior walls of down-
While prepared for de- animals to sanctuaries and and the Covent Garden town businesses.
feat, Polhill doesn’t expect replacing the enclosures
London Nominations
to let the issue pass quiet- with new hands-on attrac- ing it a “win” for the city sympathize with them. I
ly. tions for kids is a better op- and the animals. have fond memories of Rippers set sought at
Instead, he plans to ask tion, staff have said. Still, Polhill thinks Lon- that place and … I think
a variety of questions, in- Polhill and Dale Hender- don will lose a bit of its his- my grandkids will have Fanfest date Hall of Fame
cluding why city staff son were the only council- tory if the animals — fond memories of it too,”
haven’t presented council lors against the idea especially the seals — are he said Monday. “But, I
with a detailed cost analy- during a committee meet- gone. don’t want it to be just
sis for upgrading animal ing last week. Others gave “I understand the ani- memories.” The London Rippers base- Nominations are being ac-
enclosures at the attrac- the plan high praise, call- mal rights people, and I ANGELA MULLINS ball club will have a fan- cepted for 2012 induction
fest Feb. 25 and 26 during into the London/Middlesex
the Sports and Recreation Sports Hall of Fame. Nomi-
MIKE ARSENAULT/FOR METRO Show at Western Fair Dis- nation forms are available
Richardson named coach of the month
trict. Fans will be able to on the London Sports
meet coaches and partici- Council website (london-
pate in clinics. Game tick- sportscouncil.ca). Nomina-
The National Basketball ary. ning achieved an 8-2 ets and merchandise will tors are asked to provide
League of Canada an- This is the second time record, and are on pace to also be available. Admis- basic information about
nounced Monday that Lon- Richardson has earned this not only receive a post-sea- sion is $5. Visit londonrip- their nominee as well as a
don Lightning head coach honour. He was previously son berth, but to also re- pers.com or list of sporting accom-
Micheal Ray Richardson named coach of the month ceive home-court westernfairdistrict.com plishments, supporting
has earned coach of the for November 2011. advantage throughout the for details. documentation and a
Michael Ray Richardson month honours for Janu- In January, the Light- playoffs. METRO ANGELA MULLINS photo. METRO
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Girl-style bullying
TV bullies
Television shows us that behind the front, bullies are
mostly insecure poseurs, desperately in search of love
vs. boy-style bullying and their peers’ approval.
Lucy Van Pelt
The Doctor is in since 1952
The Peanuts’ resident psychiatrist
CONTRIBUTED is the meanest holder in football
history. She sells fake field goals
so well that even the kicker,
invariably Charlie Brown, thinks
the play is to get the ball through
the uprights. Lucy’s disdain for
beagle slobber is outweighed only by
her loathing for the Great Pumpkin. Weakness: Lucy’s
tough façade melts faster than an ice cube in a volcano
when she’s around strapping piano man Schroeder.
Sue Sylvester
Rocking tracksuits since 2009
Whether she’s conspiring to take
down the glee club by having
one of her henchman exchange
their plane tickets to New York
for a flight to Libya, or simply
mocking the latest addition to
Will Schuester’s vast vest collection,
Sue’s acerbic wit and deadpan delivery
are the bane of McKinley High. Weakness: Sue is prone to
bouts of kindness triggered by memories of her late sister
Jean, who was born with Down syndrome.
Nelson Muntz
Haw-hawing since 1990
Springfield Element ary’s crown
Mean Girls’ Regina George (Rachel McAdams), left, is a master of manipulation when it comes to social bullying, while prince of doling out wedgies and
The Karate Kid’s Dre Parker (Jaden Smith), is physically bullied by his tormentors, who possess strong kung fu skills. playg round poundings, Muntz
and his goons often make
Millhouse, Martin and even Bart
The bullying may not always look the same, but both boys and girls bully cower in his presence. Muntz does-
n’t constrict his acts of intimidation
— from name-calling to pushing, shoving and rumour mongering
to the student body, often turning his
wrath toward adults and authority figures like Principal
Singh said. Skinner. Weakness: Nelson’s crush on Lisa and his desire for
SOTREFPOHRADNIE Differences Dating bullying Craig said that we often acceptance can overpower his bullying compulsion.
[email protected] make the mistake of over-
FOR METRO CANADA 18% of boys and 12% of Girls and boys show simi- looking social bullying be- Simon Cowell
girls in Canada report hav- lar levels of physical or so- cause it’s harder to detect Crushing aspiring singers’ dreams
since 2001
Everyone knows that girls ing been a bully 2 or more cial aggression in the con- and address than physical
pass mean notes and use times in previous months. text of adolescent dating. bullying. From the U.K.’s Pop Idol to
the silent treatment when Boys are more likely to Girls tend to report using With social bullying, American Idol to The X-Factor,
they bully, while for boys, bully than girls, across all slightly more physical “it’s difficult to get witness- the smug talent spotter is at his
it’s as simple as a punch in age groups, in 40 countries aggression than boys did. es to corroborate that sto- best in the early rounds of sing-
the face, right? Not quite. studied. Indirect aggress ion toward ry,” said Rob Frenette, ing competition shows, when he
The facts about girl and Boys tend to use physical a romantic partner, like ig- executive director and co- gets to eviscerate hapless tone-
boy bullying might surprise aggression and sexual noring and excluding, founder of Bullying Cana- deaf contestants. Giving the other
you. harassment more is reported more fre- da. Witnesses often fear judges grief for their misguided
According to statistics than girls. quently than physi- retaliation, he said. appraisals is a Cowell trademark, and he’s got picking on
from PREVNet, a national Girls may be more cal aggression, but Whether bullying is so- Paula Abdul down to a science. Weakness: While Cowell’s
network against bullying, likely to experi ence seems to occur cial or physical and perpe- incisive critiques are often spot on, the man in the black
there are more similarities victimization. more often in later trated by boys or girls, V-neck can often fall under the spell of a beautiful woman
than differences between Statistics from adolescence. bystanders play a critical for whom his ears will temporarily become more forgiving.
boys and girls when they PREVNet Pepler et al. (2006) role. Singh said children
bully. who bully can be just as in- MIKE DOJC
FOR METRO CANADA
Boys tend to bully more Queen’s University and sci- are more likely to do the di- fluenced by their peers as
frequently and more physi- en ti fic co-director of PRE- rect face-to-face kinds of those who are being bul-
cally than girls, but when it VNet. things, whereas girls are lied, so bystanders should
comes to social bullying, “That type of bullying is more likely to be more make it known that they
boys and girls bully at about hurting relation- anonymous or indirect,” won’t tolerate the bullying. Wednesday in Metro: Cyber bullying
about the same levels. How- ships, which are really cen- she said. Singh said when peers
ever, that social bullying tral to girls’ identity,” Craig Male social bullying intervene, bullying often In the final installment of our three-part series:
may look different between explained. Peer-group bully- might look a little different, stops immediately.
the genders. ing can also make girls who agreed Gurvinder Singh, an Has Facebook allowed bullying to continue beyond the
While boys who bully are bullied less likely to re- adviser for the Canadian school bell?
are sometimes not part of port and retaliate because Red Cross on international What’s more The stay-forever online world means not just
the in-crowd, girls who they want to regain accept- violence prevention. hurtful — social victims could be haunted by past torments.
bully are often powerful ance. “It might be on the alienation or Tips on making amends.
in their peer groups, “Boys are not as likely to sports field playing football physical bullying? We hear from you: Readers share their views
said Wendy Craig, a psy- have that popularity com- ... but a lot of the same dy- Tweet us on bullying.
chology professor at ponent,” said Craig. “They namics are occurring,” @themetrolondon
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
Harper takes off the
NORTHERN TRAGEDY male boarder were
discovered by a family
RCMP friend who had gone to
check on the house in
probes Porter Creek. comfy sweater vest
Firefighters called to
deaths the scene first entered
the house using breath-
ing apparatus, but later
Five people, including deemed it safe to go in
Conservatives take tough stance as MPs head back to House of Commons
two school-age children, without the equipment.
were found dead at a Sgt. Dan Rogers said
SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN PRESS
home in a Whitehorse the deaths are not suspi- A winter parliamentary
suburb Sunday, but the cious, but he would not session that many have
RCMP said they do not say whether air quality, predicted will be a donny-
suspect foul play. such as carbon monoxide brook began Monday with
The bodies of the chil- poisoning, was to blame. the gloves still on, and the
dren, their parents and a THE CANADIAN PRESS only jersey askew being a
powder-blue sweater vest.
“Very, very clearly, this
Climate change government has taken off
the sweater vests,” said Pe-
ter Julian, the NDP finance
drying up forests critic. “They’ve taken off
any pretence of modera-
tion and a responsible ap-
proach to public policy.”
Research shows northern The Conservative gov-
forests in the three Prairie Global warming ernment, which spent last
provinces are drying up fall clearing a number of
from drought caused by The findings are bad news long-standing legislative
climate change, while the for those counting on promises, wades into 2012
eastern boreal forest is forests to suck more giving clear signals of a
holding its own. carbon out of the atmos- more far-reaching agenda. People make their way toward the Centre Block of Parliament Hill
A paper published Mon- phere through growth With deep spending as business resumes following the winter break in Ottawa on Monday.
day suggests the forests of than they emit as trees die. cuts, pension reform, a
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Data suggests eastern new copyright act, All signals point to Fi- The Conservatives may tough medicine.
Manitoba are already emit- forests emit about as much changes to environmental nance Minister Jim Flaher- be betting that short mem- Deep cuts will rattle the
ting more greenhouse gas- carbon dioxide as they ab- assessment reviews, an ty rolling out the kind of ories and an improving public service and affect
es than they absorb. sorb, but that’s no longer end to the long-gun reg- tough, transformative economy — and perhaps a some government service
THE CANADIAN PRESS the case in the West. istry and tough criminal budget that Liberal Paul reopened federal spending delivery, but it is Harper’s
justice reforms all on deck, Martin unveiled in 1995 in spigot come 2014 — will promise to tackle Old Age
the opposition will have Jean Chrétien’s first major- be enough to win over vot- Security that is raising the
plenty to chirp about. ity government. ers angered by this year’s most ire. THE CANADIAN PRESS
More killer Boy left on
whales in school bus
SEBASTIAN SCHEINER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baird kicks off visit to Israel
Nunavut for 7 hours
Canada firmly backs the speech Monday in urged the Palestinian
Researchers say melting A school bus driver has call by Israel’s prime min- Jerusalem — one day after leader to make peace, rec-
Arctic sea ice is enticing been suspended indefinite- ister for the Palestinians to Netanyahu and Palestinian ognize Israel and return to
more killer whales to ly after a boy, 4, was left on resume peace talks with- President Mahmoud Abbas the negotiating table.
Nunavut waters where a bus for nearly seven out conditions. publicly blamed each oth- For months, Israel and
they are competing with hours. The child was found Foreign Affairs Minister er for stalled peace efforts. the Palestinians have been
Inuit hunters for food and in Lac La Biche, Alta., last John Baird threw Canada’s Baird took that message holding exploratory talks
threatening to replace po- Thursday suffering from support behind Israeli to the Palestinian territo- mediated by Jordan to find
lar bears as the North’s top slight hypothermia and de- Prime Minister Benjamin ries later Monday where a framework for formal ne-
predators. THE CANADIAN PRESS hydration. THE CANADIAN PRESS John Baird Netanyahu in a major he met with Abbas. Baird gotiations. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Tech firms battle phishing Housing
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market housing market are exag- from a bubble,” said econ-
gerated or simplistic. omists Sherry Cooper and
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TAKING A PAGE
Register at Local tweets
metropolitanpanel.ca Back to reality.
OUT OF TEEN and take the quick poll @stevenbuechler: Hates
@TwoRealtors: being woken up by the
Have you been following the NDP Wondering if rumble of the snowplow at
you know any- 3 am #ldnont
FANTASIES leadership race?
one who would like to @paulmcmann:I cantt
move into your neighbor- waitt to be done school!
76% 15% hood? It’s kind of like a Or atleast until I go to col-
NDP LEADERSHIP IT’S STILL TOO EARLY
SHE SAYS ... I got a pimple last week. An RACE? FOR ME TO TUNE IN. pick your own new neigh- lege #fanshawe
embarrassing middle-of-the- bor program. #ldnont #partyhard #policefounda-
face kind of situation. The @speedlines:After a tions
type of blemish that would stupendously dee-licious @eh_c:Ugh. UWO/West-
JESSICA NAPIER be the subject of an entire meal Saturday (for London- ern is fully moving our do-
METRO subplot on a sitcom in the licious), my hubby and I main from uwo.ca to
early 1990s. I haven’t had a proper have decided @Garlics is westernu.ca. Hilarity
pubescent breakout in a few years but our favourite #LdnOnt ensues. #UWO
my recent dermatological issues seem resto! #UWOproblems #LdnOnt
appropriate given the fact that I’ve been @Samantha_Neath:Just @westernu
spending a lot of my leisure time think- 9% touched down in London @PowerofGiggle:Anyone
ing about teenagers (no, not like that). OF COURSE. THEY’RE THE town #ldnont had a great have a favourite gelato
Unless you were one of those geneti- OFFICIAL OPPOSITION. weekend with the boy. place in #ldnont?
cally blessed wunderkinds that peaked in high school,
your teenage years were probably the most awkward
period of your life. And yet, despite all the terrible re- AUTOSTADT / SOLENT
alities of adolescence — the acne, the unrequited Daily Zoom
crushes, the cliquey Mean Girls — we seem completely
obsessed with capturing every single moment of this
unfortunate phase and putting it on television. VVaalleett
I hate to admit it, but I
know I’m not the only 20-
“From Harry
something who finds
Potter to shows like My Super ppaarrkkiinngg,,
Twilight to Sweet Sixteen and Teen
Mom to be equal parts
Gossip Girl, more
horrific train wreck and
and more well- totally engrossing must- GGeerrmmaann
read grownups see TV.
And this isn’t just an
are slipping off
MTV phenomenon. When
book jackets and done well, compelling ssttyyllee
covertly teen-centric shows like De-
skimming grassi (in all its
incarnations) can
hardbacks
transcend their target de-
plucked from the mographic and captivate a
shelves of the much wider, older
audience. Coming-of-age
Young Adult
kids and their misguided
section.” life choices are television
gold, but they’re even bet-
ter off-screen.
From Harry Potter to Twilight to Gossip Girl, more
and more well-read grownups are slipping off book
jackets and covertly skimming hardbacks plucked
from the shelves of the Young Adult section. The
Hunger Games, that dystopian world-meets-teen-angst
trilogy that everyone keeps talking about, has spent
over 100 consecutive weeks and counting on the New Robotic car silo 1.5 Stacking cars
York Times bestseller list and it’s not just babysitting parks your ride Weird carparks for customers
money keeping it there.
I know plenty of smart and successful people in WOLFSBURG, GERMANY. HOW IT WORKS. New cars ar-
their 20s and 30s who spend hours dissecting novels Don’t bother getting your Umihotaru, Tokyo: rive from the production
geared toward the 13- to 17-year-old set — devouring car out of the parking metres per second – This rest/parking area is an facility on robotic skids
these addictive page-turners at rapid speed (not a diffi- complex — this robotic the speed the cars tra- artificial island that joins a that transport them
cult task when you’re reading size-16 font) and using building does it for you! vel when lifted up into bridge and tunnel. through a 700-metre
hushed voices to postulate over the predictable love Car buyers can pick up the towers. Every day Michigan Theater, Detroit: underground system of
triangles. their new ride from this some 600 cars are pic- Once a concert hall: Chan- tunnels.
We all deserve a break from adulthood every once futuristic garage. The two ked up from the two deliers gone, but ornate After they reach the sto-
in a while. Indulging in teenage pursuits, whether in 20-storey CarTowers have CarTowers by their plaster ceiling remains. rage silos, they are hoisted
sexy sci-fi fantasy lands or all-too-real reality shows, been called the new owners, making it Parkeringsbåt, up to a shelf where they
provides a nice distraction from our real-life responsi- “landmark” of Autostadt, a the world’s largest ve- Gothenburg, Sweden: are kept until picked up
bilities. However, when I find myself swooning out theme park inside Volks- hicle delivery centre. Floating parking boat dips by the customer, usually
loud over a barely legal actor playing a teenage were- wagen’s main car factory below waterline when full. within 24 hours.
wolf, I know that maybe it’s time to grow up. complex. MWN MWN
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Science fiction
The Great 2
or fact?
Digital Film
Festival
For more information on
the Great Digital Film
Festival, visit
cineplex.com/Events.
Catch InnerSPACE every
Monday through Friday at
6 p.m. ET on SPACE.
Metro, SPACE and Cineplex have teamed up to present the Great Digital Film scene
Festival starting Friday and running through Feb. 9. We asked InnerSPACE
host Ajay Fry to take a look at the technology in sci-fi films to see how
close they are to being reality
Scene in brief
ABBA fans will soon
be saying “Thank
you for the music”
again with the
release of a new
track on a special
edition of the ’70s
pop group’s The Vis-
itors album. The al-
bum, including a
Back to new track From a
The Terminator (1984) the Future RoboCop (1987) Twinkling Star to a
(1985) Passing Angel, is the
In 1984, James Cameron’s The Terminator terri- Set in the near future, 1987’s RoboCop features first official new re-
fied audiences with the introduction of an un- In late 2010, the Internet was abuzz over a pho- a cyborg protagonist who takes on Detroit’s fes- lease by the Swedish
stoppable Cyborg killing machine from the to of a ‘time traveller.’ It was actually a frame tering criminal underbelly. While we’ve still got group in 18 years.
future. Now, almost 30 years later, we don’t grab from a 1928 film purportedly featuring some time to wait for robotically-enhanced Universal Music
have any cyborg killing machines (yet!), but hu- someone using what appeared to be a beat cops, in recent years police have started Group
manoid robots are walking upright, learning cellphone. If you could travel to the past, why using robotic surrogates in dangerous spokeswoman Mia
and talking. One robot recently joked about not visit 1985 so you could make a cameo in situations. Last summer, a suspect’s trailer Segolsson said
plans to open a “zoo for humans” (I hope it was Back to the Future, the film that introduced us home was burned to the ground by a gas- Friday that the spe-
a joke!). to the joys and pitfalls of Time Travel?! 1.21 grenade packing police robot in Tennessee. cial edition of “The
Gigawatts! Visitors” - originally
released in 1981 -
will be available in
stores from April 23.
ABBA — Agnetha
Faeltskog, Benny An-
dersson, Bjoern Ul-
vaeus and Anni-Frid
Lyngstad — split in
1982. The band has
never reunited.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jurassic Park Serenity
(1993) Shaun of the Dead (2004) (2005)
Jurassic Park asked audiences a hypothetical, Shaun of the Dead launched the Romantic Com-
ethical question: If we can clone dinosaurs, edy Zombie or ‘RomComZom’ sub-genre of film, Set 500 years in the future, this film follows the
should we? Now almost 20 years later we’re and the zombie craze has only grown in years crew of the spaceship Serenity as they sneak be-
soon going to need an answer. In 2009, since. In 2009, students at the University of Ot- tween numerous planets to protect a mysterious
scientists successfully cloned an extinct species tawa created a mathematical equation to deter- young woman named River. Since 2005, the num-
of mountain goats. And last year, dinosaur mine the survivability of a zombie uprising. I’d ber of confirmed exoplanets has nearly quadru-
feathers preserved in amber were discovered in fight to survive the onslaught if it meant I could pled to over 700, and scientists now suspect that Journey to Oscars begins at the
theatre for Canadian makers of
Alberta. Morality aside, I’ll be first in line to see watch Shaun again on the big screen. each of the estimated 300 billion stars in our Monsieur Lazhar.
real-life dinosaurs. galaxy may have at least 1.6 planets in orbit.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
From dating George J.Lo on marriage:
‘I don’t know’
Clooney to Steve-O?
With her divorce yet to
be finalized and her
relationship with
dancer Casper
Smart still in its in-
fancy, it might be a
Rumours swirling that Elisabetta Canalis and former Jackass star are an item bit soon for Jennifer
Lopez to think about
ALL PHOTOS GETTY IMAGES tying the knot again
We heard the Elisabetta lent of moving to a good — but that didn’t stop
Canalis/Steve-O rumours a school district and buying Matt Lauer from
couple weeks ago, but we a minivan. asking, “Do you think
were willing to ignore Thing is though, Steve-O you’ll marry again?”
them. After all, what doesn’t look too bad these during Lopez’s visit to
would George Clooney’s days. the Today show.
recent ex be doing with He’s no longer putting “I don’t know. I
one of the Jackass guys? fishing hooks through his don’t know. I don’t
As it turns out, dating cheek and jumping into know. We’ll see.
him. shark-infested waters — I mean, I don’t
In a video from TMZ, this happened, and we all know,” Lopez
the Dancing with the Stars share some blame — and responded.
contestants are caught has been sober for a couple “It’s not time
leaving a salon together in years. He’s a vegan, and to think Jennifer Lopez
L.A. before escaping to judging from his anti-fur about that
Steve-O’s car. ad for PETA, has a pretty yet. It’s still
Not only is she dating cute vegan butt. fresh.”
Steve-O, she is demurely Wait — what is Steve-O METRO
declining to comment in doing with George
Elisabetta Canalis Steve-O
paparazzi central — the B- Clooney’s ex?
team Hollywood equiva- MONICA WEYMOUTH
Rumer
the house at the time, but
parties hard she has been hanging out
with her mom a lot.
with mom? “Rumer’s spent more
time with her mom in the
last few months than she
Further analysis of the 911 has in a while,” a source
call made after Demi says.
Moore went into In fact, at each instance
convulsions when she of Moore’s hard partying
“smoked something” sug- in the wake of her split
gests that her daughter from Ashton Kutcher —
Rumer Willis might have hitting up nightclubs in
been among the revellers Hollywood and poolside
present, according to TMZ. resorts in the Caribbean —
Demi Moore
During the frantic call, Rumer has reportedly
the man on the phone can been at her mom’s side,
be heard saying, “Hey, Ru, them in from here?” partying right along with
what’s the name at the There’s been no confir- her.
gate so that we can buzz mation that Rumer was at METRO
Elton throws another shot at Madge
Elton John’s ongoing me-
dia fight with Madonna
continues.
During a Good Morning
America interview Mon-
day, he was asked what ad-
vice he had for her Super
Bowl halftime perform-
ance.
“Make sure you lip sync
good,” he responded.
A good one, for sure.
Elton John
But it would have been a
little sharper if he wasn’t
promoting the Pepsi Super
Bowl commercial — that stars in with some random Elton, is what Madonna
would be commercial, not X Factor contestant. eats for breakfast.
half time show — that he Moments like these, Sir METRO
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wellness
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
3
ISTOCK PHOTOS
life
Heels
A new study shows that taking a quick walk can help cut down the desires to hit the snacks.
Walk, don’t snack
The Journal of Ap-
plied Physiology
with Griffith Uni-
versity in
Australia reported
that women who
wear short heels
for long hours
everyday risk
Taking a short stroll may stop those impulses to reach for a treat Chocolate shortening their
strides and their
feet stayed in a
CELIA versity of Exeter invited 78 ate on average half as leviates boredom. It may Chocolate is OK in moder- pointed position.
MILNE chocolate fiends to come much chocolate as the oth- also serve as a distraction ation. METRO
[email protected] to a simulated work envi- ers, about 15 grams, com- from thoughts of snack-
ronment after abstaining pared to 28 grams. ing. Cocoa Dark chocolate, and
Bored at work? from eating chocolate for “Stress, fatigue and Eating chocolate is un- cocoa in particular, contain
Stressed? two days. boredom typically cause healthy if it escalates — flavonoids, which may con-
Mindlessly reaching for They gave all subjects people to automatically contributing to weight tribute to heart health.
chocolate? some work to do. Before- snack to regulate mood,” gain, obesity and diabetes. Chocolate also contains a
Try going for a wee walk hand, half of the subjects Professor Hwajung Oh, “A 15-minute walk is a compound called
instead. A new study in the had gone for a quick walk one of the authors of the small dose of physical ac- phenylethylamine (PEA),
U.K. has found that taking and the other half had study, told Metro. tivity that can be easily which enhances some
a quick 15-minute walk rested. Chocolate goodies “Somehow, exercise im- achieved,” Ho says. “Long brain functions. But, as we
cuts down on chocolate were available to everyone pacts on mood-induced term, the results may con- know, chocolate also con-
consumption by 50 per in the study while they eating behaviour.” tribute to not only weight tains a lot of fat and sugar. Research teams making progress
collecting critical data on CCSVI:
cent. worked. Those who had He surmised that exer- management, but also So enjoy, but only in small MS society
Researchers at the Uni- exercised before working cise reduces stress and al- healthy eating behaviour.” quantities.