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SEAHAWKS DOWN THE ATLANTA FALCONS KNOCK SEATTLE OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS, BUT THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT FOR ROOKIE – SEAHAWKS QB RUSSELL WILSON PAGE 13 REGINA Monday, January 14, 2013 News worth sharing. metronews.ca | twitter.com/metroregina | facebook.com/metroregina Three charged in alleged abduction Police have arrested two 16-year-old boys and a woman in relation to an Amber Alert issued last Thursday for a pregnant Sask. teen PAGE 2 Another bus attack in India Six suspects are being held after the gang rape of a 29-year-old woman who was travelling to her village in northern Punjab state PAGE 4 Friends with Manolos Canadian actress Ellen Wong plays a teen Carrie Bradshaw’s BFF in the upcoming prequel to Sex and the City PAGE 8 SHE’S A GOLDEN GIRL Anne Hathaway holds her award for best supporting actress in a motion picture for her role in Les Misérables during the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday. 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Taking advantage S Regina’s Sunday gas prices hold steady at “There was a time when if gas was over a dollar, 12 cents less than last it was considered an W year’s average awful lot, so it’s a mat- ter of perspective, too.” Dan Hughes, while fi lling up in Saskatoon MORGAN MODJESKI Metro in Saskatoon they’ll eventually go up again,” he continued, “but E While winter weather condi- we’re happy about it right tions have been serving as a now. There was a time when deterrent for drivers across if gas was over a dollar it was the Prairies, low gas prices considered an awful lot, so it’s in Saskatchewan are giving a matter of perspective, too.” N motorists motivation to fill Those on the other side of up. the pump, like Allan Valen- Saskatchewan’s average zuela, supervisor at the Al- gas price of $1.04 per litre bert Street Co-op in Regina, was one of the lowest in the say lower prices mean an country on Sunday morning, increase in customers. Valen- second only to Alberta, which zuela says his store has seen had an average price of $0.95, a two to five per cent increase according to Gasbuddy.com. in gas customers. Some residents say the Although the average price drop in prices is always a posi- is still above the $1 mark, tive, though they don’t expect costs are lower in comparison it to last. to last year, as the average “The lower the better, price for gas in Saskatoon on of course, and if they could Jan. 13 was $1 per litre, com- last for a while, that would pared to $1.14 last year. be even better,” said Dan Regina also saw lower- Hughes, who was getting gas than-average numbers, as at a Shell station in Saska- Sunday’s average gas price toon. was $1.04, compared to $1.16 Willis Thomson, 30, gets gas at a 7-Eleven in Saskatoon on Sunday morning. Saskatchewan’s gas prices were the second “Everybody expects that in 2012. lowest in the country on Sunday morning, with the average cost hovering around $1.04/L. MORGAN MODJESKI/METRO IN SASKATOON Charges laid in alleged abduction of Sask. girl Charges were laid over the struction of a police officer. The alert was issued after weekend against three people The Youth Criminal Jus- the girl’s family reported that in the alleged abduction of a tice Act prohibits naming a pair of intruders wearing ski pregnant girl who was the underage suspects or anyone masks burst into their home subject of an Amber Alert in whose name could identify and demanded the girl pack Saskatchewan last week. the youths. some clothes and leave with RCMP say two 16-year-old It’s alleged the 14-year-old them. boys from Maple Creek, Sask., girl — who is eight months They told police that one have been charged with ab- pregnant — was forcibly of the culprits, who was duction of a person under 16 taken from her family’s home wielding a small wooden bat, years of age, breaking-and- by her boyfriend on Wednes- walked through the home entering, and disguise with day night. and found the girl in a room. intent. The boy and girl in the case One of the male suspects One of them is also charged had been previously identified remains in custody and is with possession of a weapon in news reports after police scheduled to appear in court dangerous to the public. issued the alert seeking the Monday. The other teen and A 38-year-old woman, also girl’s safe return. Her identity the woman have been re- Sgt. Paul Dawson, an RCMP spokesman, addresses the media at RCMP F from Maple Creek, is charged is also protected under the act leased and are due in court Division headquarters in Regina on Thursday about an Amber Alert. Three with abduction of a person unless parents give consent to Feb. 14. arrests were made on the weekend in relation to the alert. ALYSSA MCDONALD/METRO under 16 years of age and ob- her being named. THE CANADIAN PRESS $278.2 million Under investigation ‘Growth expectations’ While the exact circum- of a growing city with aging stances of the man’s death infrastructure. Council to consider Man dead after Proposed city are under investigation, “We are maintaining stadium funding rail-yard incident preliminary indications budget calls for levels of service as they cur- are that a moving train rently exist, we are keeping On Wednesday the execu- The Regina Police Service fatally injured the man. tax increase up with growth expectations, tive committee of the is conducting an investi- The office of the coroner services required to keep up Regina city council will gation after the sudden and CP Railway are as- The proposed 2013 budget with growth are being main- consider the proposed death of a 39-year-old man sisting in the investiga- for the city of Regina has tained, and there is actually funding model for the early Saturday morning tion. been unveiled. Included is an elevated investment in new stadium design and at the Canadian Pacific At this point in time, a 4.45 per cent increase in infrastructure in the com- the purchase of the Can- Rail Yard in Regina. It is officials do not believe the the mill rate. According munity,” said Glen Davies, adian Pacific lands. believed the victim was an death to be suspicious. to the city, the increase is city manager of Regina, on METRO employee of CP Rail. METRO needed to address concerns the proposed budget. METRO metronews.ca NEWS 03 Monday, January 14, 2013 Aaron Swartz. Family of Attawapiskat Reddit co-creator blames Mulcair seeks end to hunger strike prosecutors for suicide NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is calling on Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence to The family of a Reddit co- end her liquid-only diet. founder who committed sui- Mulcair told CTV’s cide weeks before he was to go Question Period he’s on trial on federal charges that always concerned when he stole millions of scholarly someone seems willing to articles is blaming prosecutors end their own life. for his death. He says Spence ought Aaron Swartz hanged him- to end her protest now self in his Brooklyn apartment following last week’s Friday night, his family and meeting between Prime authorities said. The 26-year- Minister Stephen Harper old had fought to make online and First Nations leaders. content free to the public and “I would sincerely call as a teenager helped create RSS, upon Chief Spence to real- a family of web feed formats ize that there has been a used to gather updates from step in the right direction, blogs, news, audio and video. to try to see now if we can In 2011, he was charged keep putting pressure on with stealing millions of scien- Aaron Swartz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE the government to follow tific journals from a JSTOR com- through,” he said. puter archive at the Massachu- product of a criminal justice “It has been a year setts Institute of Technology system rife with intimidation where nothing was done in an attempt to make them and prosecutorial overreach. after a very formal meet- freely available. Decisions made by officials in ing. But finally the govern- He had pleaded not guilty, the Massachusetts U.S. Attor- ment seems to be moving, and his federal trial was to ney’s office and at MIT contrib- so I think that the best begin next month. If convicted, uted to his death,” they said. thing to do would be to he faced decades in prison and JSTOR didn’t press charges step back from that.” a fortune in fines. once it reclaimed the articles Spence has vowed to In a statement released Sat- from Swartz, and some legal Police dog takes a licking, keeps on sniffing continue her protest until urday, Swartz’s family in Chica- experts considered the case First Nations leaders can go expressed bitterness toward unfounded. JSTOR’s attorney Vancouver police dog Teak peeks out of a vehicle after his release from an animal clinic Sunday morning. The get Harper and Gov. Gen. federal prosecutors pursuing even asked prosecutors not to German shepherd is recovering after being slashed in the pursuit of a robbery suspect in Vancouver on Friday. David Johnston in the the case against him. pursue the case, according to Teak, who will be eight years old in March, received 30 stitches to close up the 10-inch wound he sustained same room. “Aaron’s death is not sim- Elliot Peters, Swartz’s defence from the incident. PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS/METRO IN VANCOUVER THE CANADIAN PRESS ply a personal tragedy. It is the attorney. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS coffee m a l l * s &muffi n ™† *Offer valid for Premium Roast Brewed Coffee only. At participating McDonald’s® restaurants in Canada. ©2012 McDonald’s. †®/TM Trade-mark of PepsiCo Canada ULC Used under licence. 04 metronews.ca Monday, January 14, 2013 6 men arrested Let your savings in India after another gang rape have a happy new year too. Friday night attack. to stop at her village despite Gender injustice her repeated pleas and drove 29-year-old woman was her to a desolate location, he “It’s a very deep travelling to her village said. in northern Punjab state There, the driver and malaise. 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Former By the numbers $9B executives, accused of cooking books, each face up to 10 years in prison The verdict will come on the same day that mediation talks on the distribution of nearly Capital and Water & Sewer $9 billion in assets from the now-bankrupt Three former Nortel execu- Nortel begin in Toronto. The weeklong tives accused of orchestrating proceedings are part of an effort to settle the operating budgets Utility budget a widespread multimillion- company’s creditor claims in Canada, the U.S. dollar fraud will learn their fate and around the world. To continue investing The water and sewer budget Monday, nearly a year after one responsibly and building is funded through the utility. of the largest criminal trials in Canada’s corporate history signing off on financial state- a sustainable future, City (cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:17)(cid:13)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:3)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:3) began. Ex-Nortel CEO Frank Dunn leaves a ments. Administration is proposing a (cid:26)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:3) Ontario Superior Court Jus- Toronto court in this Jan. 16, 2012, file Despite this, Canada is still tice Frank Marrocco is set to photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE seen as soft on white-collar 4.45 per cent mill rate increase. (cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:18)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:20)(cid:15)(cid:3) rule on whether ex-CEO Frank crimes, especially when com- Dunn, ex-CFO Douglas Beatty ecutor in the Bre-X Securities pared to the stiff sentences Highlights Highlights and ex-controller Michael Gol- case — the largest corporate handed out in the U.S. during logly manipulated financial fraud case in Canadian history the Enron scandal. 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The accused, who that since the fall of Nortel, se- job. And what has to counteract were fired in 2004, have all curities regulations have been that is a disincentive or deter- (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:21)(cid:17)(cid:15)(cid:20)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:7)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:3) (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:18)(cid:22)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3) pleaded not guilty to the char- tightened — particularly to rent from the perspective of po- and upgrading the ges. If convicted, each could ensure that top-ranking execu- tential litigation and potential Services operations drainage system face up to 10 years in prison. tives at major corporations are to go to prison.” Marrocco was the lead pros- held more accountable when THE CANADIAN PRESS (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:15)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3) (cid:88)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:258)(cid:77)(cid:77) With the proposed mill rate and (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:18)(cid:24)(cid:15)(cid:26)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3) approved water rate increases, and improving parks and (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:138)(cid:84)(cid:3)(cid:67)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:20)(cid:3)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:3)(cid:67)(cid:70)(cid:3) golf courses (cid:5)(cid:22)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:15)(cid:3) (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:20)(cid:15)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3) curbside recycling and The Administration’s budgets will moving forward with go to Executive Committee on (cid:56)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66) (cid:46)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:66)(cid:90)(cid:13)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:19)(cid:18)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:67)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:3) will then be tabled at Council and will go back to Council for (cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:70)(cid:67)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:3) meetings all take place at (cid:22)(cid:27)(cid:20)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:15)(cid:78)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:3) (cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:15)(cid:3) Residents are welcome to attend. To appear as a Fired up over Spain’s health-care sell-off special delegation, please (cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:3)(cid:24)(cid:24)(cid:24)(cid:14)(cid:24)(cid:19)(cid:23)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:15) Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against plans to restructure and partly privatize the health-care sector in Madrid on Sunday. Madrid’s regional government proposes selling off the manage- ment of six of 20 large public hospitals and 27 of 268 health centres, and says the reforms are needed to See the proposed budgets at secure health services during the country’s economic crisis. Spain’s regions are struggling with a combined Regina.ca debt of about $190 billion US as the national economy contracts into a double-dip recession triggered by a 2008 real-estate crash. ANDRES KUDACKI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Joel Hunter NEED A Real Service, RIDE? Real Solutions, Real Estate Read 537.8891 everyWednesday. [email protected] @joelhhunter #reginarealestate ® 06 VOICES metronews.ca Monday, January 14, 2013 GLOBAL WARMING Anniversary picks up steam LEAVES US OUT IN THE COLD London Tube Restored-train Last year, we had the third URBAN warmest winter on record. trip marks 150th COMPASS Global warming? Paul Sullivan [email protected] This year, not so much. Metropolitan 1, a restored Global frosting? steam train built in 1898, The U.S. might have experi- passes through Farringdon enced its warmest summer on record, but you can’t help Tube station on its journey thinking that some of that global warming, for all its alleged between Olympia Tube dire consequences, would be welcome this morning, as the station in the west to Moor- mercury coagulates around the bottom of the thermometer. gate station in London on In fact, all this winter can shake one’s faith in climate Sunday. The trip was part of change. It’s almost reassuring. This stuff we can deal with. celebrations for the 150th On this stuff, we’re experts. First, you shut down the Trans anniversary of the London Canada between Regina and Moose Jaw. Then when the storm Underground Tube system. passes, you dig the cars out of the ditch, clean the major arter- The first stretch of the ies first, then sand the intersections to prevent glide-through. world-famous network It’s a time-tested formula for dealing with Old Man Winter. opened to the public on There’s none of that weird freezing rain or winter tornado Jan. 10, 1863. activity that comes with global warming. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Strange but true: The res- toration of our normally brutal Well, that ices it winter weather corresponds to Underground an admission from the U.K.’s “The restoration of respected Met Office that our normally brutal global warming has slowed Onlookers catch winter weather across the planet and that this glimpse of history slowdown will continue for corresponds to the next five years. After that, Tourists waiting for the an admission from says the Met, expect warm- morning subway train to the U.K.’s respected ing to accelerate. More brown Madame Tussauds were Christmases for Saskatchewan treated to the unusual Met Office that global … though that would be the sight. Hundreds of train warming has slowed least of our worries. fans, costume-wearing across the planet.” The Met’s caution won’t cut enthusiasts, and curious any ice, pun intended, with onlookers gathered at plat- your global-warming skeptic forms and bridges across Uncle Fred, who seizes on the admission of a slowdown as the city to watch as the proof positive that global warming is a conspiracy of greedy locomotive transported pas- scientists to scare governments and foundations into giving sengers on the iconic trip. them grants to study global warming. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Still, as we shovel out the driveway for the fifth time, we begin to wonder if maybe Uncle Fred — previously dismissed Chugging along as a fossil-fuel-dependent fire-breathing dinosaur — may have a point after all. Mayor calls Whoa. Let’s not let those three-foot snowdrifts cloud our vision. The just-finished year will end up as the hottest year ride ‘romantic’ ever in the U.S. On Aug. 26, the Arctic Sea ice level reached an all-time low; sea levels are rising faster than climate change London Mayor Boris models have predicted, while on the other hand, the Great Johnson was among the Lakes fell to their lowest level ever recorded in November. invited passengers aboard Something’s going on, whatever Uncle Fred thinks. It’s a the historic black-and-red perfect storm of global data, and a little dump of 20 centi- locomotive. He said the trip metres of snow followed by a few days of -30 C isn’t was “romantic,” describ- going to make it go away. ing “thick clouds of white We would be tempted to stick our heads in the snow … if steam going past and then it didn’t freeze our faces off. bits of soot coming through The truth can be too hot to handle, even when it’s from the engine.” 30 below. ALASTAIR GRANT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Warning parts of the city. 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HMaawn nnKnss nE dih.LtO opsnog. aB lC lilah,oni nnteeA eannToaterN’se As A estenrVg,At os lb’cDe dL e.Cs swsigtbI,Ae ch0gAoo Maei BdN,capom7rln alB olteb RIfrPerca trtapRtveeorokibeanffynEl’idviBooueskdr esSccigysrrrStc, ----. C il.ni ckDvoeei smroetnm/cfil# iitev1nn en Iie vSCENEnnyt s esecv.alhesi reosstn pimttn psi naeien rgrnvogiTwMcte.1T M 08 SCENE metronews.ca Monday, January 14, 2013 Before Blahniks and Big, Bradshaw had a bestie... The Carrie Diaries. Mouse mellows out Canadian actress Ellen “I’d like to see her Wong is set to get loosen up a little bit as Carried away as the the series goes on, to young pal of one of just go with the flow.” New York’s finest Ellen Wong 1600 Penn. HANDOUT ELIZABETH archetypes in the show — each New on TV. Taking the BEDDALL of the characters had their [email protected] own thing but were also very politics out of the White related. So, much like the young What I really liked about House on 1600 Penn Carrie Bradshaw in your the show was that I was able new show The Carrie Diar- to identify with each of the ies (played by AnnaSophia characters. And that was Robb), you’ve recently been similar with the Carrie Diaries. NED Guthrie, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd bouncing back and forth be- You have all these people with EHRBAR and Larry King — will be pop- tween New York City and your unique attributes but then Metro World News ping up, don’t expect any fam- hometown (Toronto). Is there they also are growing up and iliar political cameos a la Vice a location you prefer? trying to figure out their lives The guys behind NBC’s new President Joe Biden on Parks At this point in my life, I love together and you can relate to White House-set sitcom 1600 and Recreation. Simply put, being in New York. I’m being all of them. Penn want to make one thing this isn’t that show. introduced to an amazing city clear: This is not a political “Our show exists in an alter- that oozes with creativity and Fashion and this franchise go show. nate political universe,” says vibrancy and I’m learning hand in hand. So if Mouse “There are a lot of shows Winer. “Joe Biden appearing more about myself creatively, was catapulted to the future about politics. This is not that would be like a python eating being there. And also getting to and became an actual charac- show,” says executive producer its own tail.” work on a show with so many ter on Sex and the City, what Mike Royce. 1600 Penn marks the first amazing people ... I love it. would her wardrobe look Fellow executive producer major television role for Josh It’s almost like my second like? Jason Winer insists this is more Gad since he drew raves for home. But Toronto, I always I think she would have more about work and family, regard- his Tony-nominated perform- say that my heart lives there. flair because I think right now less of the address. ance in the Book of Mormon. Every time I come back, it’s she’s very conservative and “It’s a serious place,” Winer But while he’s also a executive like I don’t need to adjust to The Carrie Diaries premieres Monday at 10 p.m. ET on City. HANDOUT practical. Which is fine and says of the White House, “but producer and a writer on 1600 anything, I’m just home. it’s who she is now. I’d like to it’s also a workplace.” Penn, he initially didn’t want I’m playing a girl oscillating over the summer. It was the see her loosen up a little bit as Jon Lovett, also an execu- to play the role of screw-up In the show you play a young between two worlds — she has best way to watch it because I the series goes on, to just go tive producer as well as a for- First Son Skip Gilchrist, a loud, Carrie Bradshaw’s loyal, Chinese parents so her world wasn’t having to wait week to with the flow. Maybe soft, silky mer Obama speech writer, brash ball of energy similar to bright and hard-working high at home is different than the week to see what was going to pieces, but still conservative agrees, noting that while the his Book of Mormon character. school pal Jill “The Mouse” world that she goes to school happen next. and closed up ... just a little bit series may mention very real “I didn’t want to do TV, ac- Thompson. Are there similar- and exists in with her friends. more of a risk taker here and issues — like unmanned drone tually,” he says. “I wanted to ities between you and your So she’s trying to find a place So every girl likes to align there with more colours and strikes — for humour, this isn’t keep making as little money as character? that fits for her. herself with a character. Are different lines. supposed to be about the real possible in the theatre.” That’s one of the main reasons you a Miranda, Charlotte, White House. “We are not sit- But as 1600 Penn developed, I’m drawn to the show. Were you a big Sex and the Samantha or Carrie? At what store would she max ting around worried about pol- Gad said the writing was just Because I felt like I related to City fan in its heyday? Sometimes I feel like I always out her credit card? itical correctness in the writers’ too good to pass up and he the character very much. But I actually started watching give a different answer because I see Mouse as someone who room,” Lovett says. couldn’t stand the idea of any- I also saw a chance to play a the series after we shot the I’ve thought about it so much. would end up very worldly, so While real-life guest stars one else playing the role. character that I never really pilot. It was a fun project and What I loved was that there maybe she would get her ward- from the media world — includ- “And also all of the other of- saw on TV growing up. I watched the entire series weren’t really the stereotypical robe from all over the world. ing the Today show’s Savannah fers fell through,” he jokes. Portlandia pair out to expand their world Broad comedy. Armisen Sevigny as a new roommate); Brownstein. edy show and I guess tech- seasons, not because they’re as Toni and Candace, they It seems like Portlandia it- nically it’s a variety show reliable for audiences, but be- and Brownstein click investigate a negative review self is in conflict. What began because there’s music in it, cause of the possibilities she refresh as certain on Yelp, which requires them as a niche sketch comedy and so I have no limitations and Armisen find in them. to actually leave their femin- show that skewered a city on it.” “I’m really not totally in- characters embark on ist bookstore. Even Spyke — known for its quiet eccentri- But Armisen bristles at terested in crowd response as new adventures Armisen’s ever cynical and cities has struck a universal any insinuation that Port- a means of gauging what to hyper-local hipster bike mes- chord. From the first season’s landia is a place where he do next, creatively, because I senger character — takes his launch to the second season’s can put ideas that would be think you can just really go crusade to “take back MTV” premiere, the show saw a 39 “too weird” for that other down a rabbit hole with that, PAT to New York City in this per cent rise in viewers. Not comedy show he’s on, Satur- like trying to think from a HEALY month’s premiere. bad for a show that’s just as day Night Live. marketing or network stand- Metro World News in Boston But Armisen and Brown- apt to cast indie rock musi- “There are things on Port- point, because everybody stein say that putting their cians in supporting roles as landia that are broad,” he has a different relationship Fred Armisen and Carrie characters in different lo- comedic actors. In between argues. “It’s hard to classify to the show and it’s such an Brownstein wanted to take cales is only part of the new the second and third season, what something is, but SNL individual experience and the characters they de- direction for Portlandia. the pair toured a live show historically has done some to try to guess or determine veloped in the first two sea- “This year, we were all that featured as many earn- weird stuff and I would say that beforehand is to limit sons of sketch comedy show about making it less con- est musical performances as that that show has allowed yourself and take less risks,” Portlandia someplace new. ceptual and more about, it did comedy bits. Armisen me to do some very weird she says. Playing themselves, ‘Who are these people?’ and acknowledges that the show things that I can’t believe I’ve “It kind of has to stem Armisen and Brownstein then,‘Which of these scenar- has a bit of an identity crisis, gotten away with.” from the characters that we Carrie Brownstein, Fred Armisen venture to Seattle to recruit ios do they lend themselves but he says it’s liberating. Brownstein says they feel the most invested in and aim to take their characters to new prospective Portland resi- to?’ like putting a handful of “I want to reach many have kept a focus on certain that we feel like we can ex- places in Portlandia. dents (and end up with Chloe characters in conflict,” says people,” he says. “It’s a com- characters throughout the plore at great length.” CHRISTOPHER HORNBECKER/IFC metronews.ca DISH 09 Monday, January 14, 2013 METRO DISH OUR TAKE ON THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES The Word Jackass alum song like the challenge is killing it with not even happening? That hasn’t happened. The his new reality challenges are tough enough that not one single person show has made it through without registering some sort of dif- THE ficulty. WORD Mark Breslin Who makes better contest- Lindsay Lohan. [email protected] ants, men or women? Former co-star Steve-O is the host of Killer Depends on the challenge. Karaoke, a new series airing Everyone loves to see a guy comes to Lohan’s Tuesdays at 10 p,m. ET on in pain, I think and they love Action. to see women scared, but not defence The show features con- people’s bodies on the line. be attacked by dogs. But for in pain. testants performing their Are you getting older or the most part, we don’t let favourite songs in extreme are you getting smarter? anybody on to what’s going So what were some ideas and outrageous circum- Or both? to happen. that you came up with that Lindsay Lohan is under- completely fair to Lindsay, stances. I would like to believe both. went too far even for you? going a fresh round of criti- that did not happen. She We recently caught up I think that it’s a good idea And when you decide on There was one point when cism thanks to a New York didn’t threaten me at all,” with the Jackass alumnus to for me to work towards hav- what people are going to a girl was crying. I don’t like Times piece chronicling the says her Liz and Dick co- learn more about the show, ing a career more than a guy do, do you match the con- to see that. I think that one adverse working conditions star Grant Bowler. “We had aging and making people that just hurts himself. testants’ particular fears went a little too far. I don’t the actress inspired on the a lot of quiet, serious con- cry. Where we are able to cater like to make people cry. I set of The Canyons, which versations about characters Do the contestants know to a person’s particular fears, would hate to be a contestant she filmed last year. and we worked very, very You became famous for what fate awaits them? we do. on Killer Karaoke — that’s But at least one former hard. And we both ensured putting your body on the When we’re shooting a guy the honest truth, man. I co-star is sticking up for that when we came to set, line in shows like Jackass. in a dog attack suit, he’s prob- Is anybody so tough that would not do well on getting her. “I never got yelled we came to set very, very Now you’re putting other ably got an inkling that he’ll they just go through the electrocuted that much. at. We didn’t have that serious. That’s the God’s relationship at all. To be honest truth.” Spears splits from X Factor, now from fiancé How over is Britney Spears’ engagement to ex-fiancé Jason Trawick? 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When the If you have terrible luck with roommates, YOU’RE show ends and the music the terrible roommate stops, the journey is made beautiful by having that someone to share it with.” 10 FAMILY metronews.ca Monday, January 14, 2013 Sunscreen Exclusively online Why do we need to wear reaches its limit and then Lather up. Yes, sunscreen in the winter? forms a cancer, so whether Basically, the skin really you get that from walking to (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:55)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:273)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:553) even in the doesn’t care if it’s summer, the car each day in the spring Follow along with the winter winter, spring or fall — it or sitting out on the beach for comedic (mis)adventures of just measures the cumulative a couple hours in the summer, mommyhood with Reasons amount of sun exposure that it really doesn’t make a differ- Mommy Drinks online at Even when it’s hidden be- you have from the day you’re ence to the skin. metronews.ca/voices. hind sleeting rain, the sun born until the day you die, can harm your skin, says and it just keeps adding up. What about on days when Boston-based dermatolo- For a lot of the skin cancers, you can’t even see the sun? (Using sunscreen) should just gist Dr. Thomas Rohrer. what happens is, as we get On cloudy days, some of the become a part of someone’s E He explains why this is the more and more sun, eventu- damaging rays of the sun daily skin-care routine. case. ally one of our weaker cells go right through the clouds. MEREDITH ENGEL, MWN Parenting fads set to rule F the playground in 2013 I L Yearly predictions. up. Think of the money, gold Food deception coloured plastic, and particle- This trend continues to be Each year, parents board that could be saved. popular as parents every- jump on new trends, where hide kale, quinoa, and many of them are Snacks at every broccoli and other healthy event foods inside sauces, stews just plain annoying From visiting the local park and other mixed dishes. to half-time at a pre-school Of course it’s great to feed soccer game, apparently kids nutritious food, but they we’ve decided our children should also appreciate and IT’S ALL RELATIVE can not a) be hungry at learn about what they are Kathy Buckworth, any point or b) be expected eating so that they can make kathybuckworth.com to not have a snack every informed decisions once they half an hour that c) parents leave home. must carry with them at all One day they’ll have to Another year has gone by times. decide what to pick for them- and another year filled Recess snacks? Snack selves or (gasp) make their with annoying parenting break at a play date? own lunch. trends has been ushered in. End the madness, please. Here are some fads I’d like Kid-tatorship to see disappear by the end of Ramping up holiday In many households, the 2013. time kids are running the show Kids used to send Valen- when it comes to what they Trophies for all tine’s Day cards to only kids eat, when they eat, when This one has been around they actually liked in their they go to bed, what activ- for a while. We are raising classroom. ities they choose to do and our kids in a generation of Strange concept compared even where to go on vaca- “everybody wins and nobody to today, when kids have to tion. loses” and what this does is send in cards to everyone in It’s not all about the make losers of us all. the class, and half of them kids, kids. Remember that Without experiencing not come with candies, stickers parents are people too and winning, kids don’t know or pencils attached. make sure you’re not sacri- how thrilling it really is to Then there’s the mom ficing all of your wants for bring home a coveted trophy who brings in (more!) snacks theirs. or medal. to the class on her child’s They don’t give out Partici- birthday. KATHY BUCKWORTH IS AN AWARD WIN- pation Medals at the Olym- Let’s lower that bar (and NING WRITER. VISIT KATHYBUCKWORTH. pics; let’s stop giving our kids cost and calorie count) just a COM OR FOLLOW KATHY ON TWITTER @ trophies for simply turning bit, OK? KATHYBUCKWORTH. One trend sees all kids getting trophies just for showing up. ISTOCK Why your teen can’t put down those chips MEREDITH Why write a book for young all these cues, it’s very hard not a conscious decision.(Ask ENGEL people? to unlearn that behaviour. yourself:) “Is it real food, or is Metro World News in New York The goal was to speak to it just highly processed layers them in a voice that doesn’t How are teens targeted by of fat, sugar and salt?” Former United States talk down to them, that really the food industry? FDA Commissioner David tries to explain how they Just look at all the places you How can parents help their Kessler’s 2009 best-seller, can protect themselves — to can buy food today. And not children get healthy? The End of Overeating, make sure that their neural only that, look at the food. There’s no question that introduced the thought circuits don’t get adapted to Much of the food is designed; young people are, to a that our eating habits are wanting and responding to it is made multisensory. significant extent, limited reinforced by the fat, sugar these cues. by someone else making the and salt pervasive in our The goal was to give So what can we do about it? choices. But young people do diets. young people the tools so The goal (of the book) is to have an ability when they’re Now, he’s speaking to that their grown brains, explain how they can be in going through the school the adults of tomorrow these neural circuits, do not control, rather than the food lunch line, what they encour- with his new book, Your get adapted to this con- industry. Much of the time, age their family to eat, what Food is Fooling You, to help stant wanting and constant it’s not that you’re hungry. choices they make. You never teens learn the science be- responding. Because once the Much of the wanting is cue- get rid of that cue-induced hind their behaviour and neural circuits get laid down induced. That’s automatic — wanting cycle. But you can how they can change it. and you start responding to that it’s happening to us, it’s focus it on what you want.

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SEAHAWKS DOWN THE ATLANTA FALCONS KNOCK SEATTLE OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS, BUT THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT FOR ROOKIE – SEAHAWKS QB RUSSELL WILSON PAGE 13 REGINA Monday, January 14, 2013 News worth sharing. metronews.ca | twitter.com/metroregina | facebook.com/metroregina Three charged in alleged abduction Police have arrested two 16-year-old boys and a woman in relation to an Amber Alert issued last Thursday for a pregnant Sask. teen PAGE 2 Another bus attack in India Six suspects are being held after the gang rape of a 29-year-old woman who was travelling to her village in northern Punjab state PAGE 4 Friends with Manolos Canadian actress Ellen Wong plays a teen Carrie Bradshaw’s BFF in the upcoming prequel to Sex and the City PAGE 8 SHE’S A GOLDEN GIRL Anne Hathaway holds her award for best supporting actress in a motion picture for her role in Les Misérables during the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday. For the top shows, films, actors and jokes of the night, see page 7. PAUL DRINKWATER, NBC/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Authentic BRINGING REGINA A TRUE Daily Italian Italian Pizza Lunch Buffet TASTE OF ITALIAN CUISINE with every dish prepared fresh from a special family recipe straight from Florence, Italy. 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Taking advantage S Regina’s Sunday gas prices hold steady at “There was a time when if gas was over a dollar, 12 cents less than last it was considered an W year’s average awful lot, so it’s a mat- ter of perspective, too.” Dan Hughes, while fi lling up in Saskatoon MORGAN MODJESKI Metro in Saskatoon they’ll eventually go up again,” he continued, “but E While winter weather condi- we’re happy about it right tions have been serving as a now. There was a time when deterrent for drivers across if gas was over a dollar it was the Prairies, low gas prices considered an awful lot, so it’s in Saskatchewan are giving a matter of perspective, too.” N motorists motivation to fill Those on the other side of up. the pump, like Allan Valen- Saskatchewan’s average zuela, supervisor at the Al- gas price of $1.04 per litre bert Street Co-op in Regina, was one of the lowest in the say lower prices mean an country on Sunday morning, increase in customers. Valen- second only to Alberta, which zuela says his store has seen had an average price of $0.95, a two to five per cent increase according to Gasbuddy.com. in gas customers. Some residents say the Although the average price drop in prices is always a posi- is still above the $1 mark, tive, though they don’t expect costs are lower in comparison it to last. to last year, as the average “The lower the better, price for gas in Saskatoon on of course, and if they could Jan. 13 was $1 per litre, com- last for a while, that would pared to $1.14 last year. be even better,” said Dan Regina also saw lower- Hughes, who was getting gas than-average numbers, as at a Shell station in Saska- Sunday’s average gas price toon. was $1.04, compared to $1.16 Willis Thomson, 30, gets gas at a 7-Eleven in Saskatoon on Sunday morning. Saskatchewan’s gas prices were the second “Everybody expects that in 2012. lowest in the country on Sunday morning, with the average cost hovering around $1.04/L. MORGAN MODJESKI/METRO IN SASKATOON Charges laid in alleged abduction of Sask. girl Charges were laid over the struction of a police officer. The alert was issued after weekend against three people The Youth Criminal Jus- the girl’s family reported that in the alleged abduction of a tice Act prohibits naming a pair of intruders wearing ski pregnant girl who was the underage suspects or anyone masks burst into their home subject of an Amber Alert in whose name could identify and demanded the girl pack Saskatchewan last week. the youths. some clothes and leave with RCMP say two 16-year-old It’s alleged the 14-year-old them. boys from Maple Creek, Sask., girl — who is eight months They told police that one have been charged with ab- pregnant — was forcibly of the culprits, who was duction of a person under 16 taken from her family’s home wielding a small wooden bat, years of age, breaking-and- by her boyfriend on Wednes- walked through the home entering, and disguise with day night. and found the girl in a room. intent. The boy and girl in the case One of the male suspects One of them is also charged had been previously identified remains in custody and is with possession of a weapon in news reports after police scheduled to appear in court dangerous to the public. issued the alert seeking the Monday. The other teen and A 38-year-old woman, also girl’s safe return. Her identity the woman have been re- Sgt. Paul Dawson, an RCMP spokesman, addresses the media at RCMP F from Maple Creek, is charged is also protected under the act leased and are due in court Division headquarters in Regina on Thursday about an Amber Alert. Three with abduction of a person unless parents give consent to Feb. 14. arrests were made on the weekend in relation to the alert. ALYSSA MCDONALD/METRO under 16 years of age and ob- her being named. THE CANADIAN PRESS $278.2 million Under investigation ‘Growth expectations’ While the exact circum- of a growing city with aging stances of the man’s death infrastructure. Council to consider Man dead after Proposed city are under investigation, “We are maintaining stadium funding rail-yard incident preliminary indications budget calls for levels of service as they cur- are that a moving train rently exist, we are keeping On Wednesday the execu- The Regina Police Service fatally injured the man. tax increase up with growth expectations, tive committee of the is conducting an investi- The office of the coroner services required to keep up Regina city council will gation after the sudden and CP Railway are as- The proposed 2013 budget with growth are being main- consider the proposed death of a 39-year-old man sisting in the investiga- for the city of Regina has tained, and there is actually funding model for the early Saturday morning tion. been unveiled. Included is an elevated investment in new stadium design and at the Canadian Pacific At this point in time, a 4.45 per cent increase in infrastructure in the com- the purchase of the Can- Rail Yard in Regina. It is officials do not believe the the mill rate. According munity,” said Glen Davies, adian Pacific lands. believed the victim was an death to be suspicious. to the city, the increase is city manager of Regina, on METRO employee of CP Rail. METRO needed to address concerns the proposed budget. METRO metronews.ca NEWS 03 Monday, January 14, 2013 Aaron Swartz. Family of Attawapiskat Reddit co-creator blames Mulcair seeks end to hunger strike prosecutors for suicide NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is calling on Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence to The family of a Reddit co- end her liquid-only diet. founder who committed sui- Mulcair told CTV’s cide weeks before he was to go Question Period he’s on trial on federal charges that always concerned when he stole millions of scholarly someone seems willing to articles is blaming prosecutors end their own life. for his death. He says Spence ought Aaron Swartz hanged him- to end her protest now self in his Brooklyn apartment following last week’s Friday night, his family and meeting between Prime authorities said. The 26-year- Minister Stephen Harper old had fought to make online and First Nations leaders. content free to the public and “I would sincerely call as a teenager helped create RSS, upon Chief Spence to real- a family of web feed formats ize that there has been a used to gather updates from step in the right direction, blogs, news, audio and video. to try to see now if we can In 2011, he was charged keep putting pressure on with stealing millions of scien- Aaron Swartz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE the government to follow tific journals from a JSTOR com- through,” he said. puter archive at the Massachu- product of a criminal justice “It has been a year setts Institute of Technology system rife with intimidation where nothing was done in an attempt to make them and prosecutorial overreach. after a very formal meet- freely available. Decisions made by officials in ing. But finally the govern- He had pleaded not guilty, the Massachusetts U.S. Attor- ment seems to be moving, and his federal trial was to ney’s office and at MIT contrib- so I think that the best begin next month. If convicted, uted to his death,” they said. thing to do would be to he faced decades in prison and JSTOR didn’t press charges step back from that.” a fortune in fines. once it reclaimed the articles Spence has vowed to In a statement released Sat- from Swartz, and some legal Police dog takes a licking, keeps on sniffing continue her protest until urday, Swartz’s family in Chica- experts considered the case First Nations leaders can go expressed bitterness toward unfounded. JSTOR’s attorney Vancouver police dog Teak peeks out of a vehicle after his release from an animal clinic Sunday morning. The get Harper and Gov. Gen. federal prosecutors pursuing even asked prosecutors not to German shepherd is recovering after being slashed in the pursuit of a robbery suspect in Vancouver on Friday. David Johnston in the the case against him. pursue the case, according to Teak, who will be eight years old in March, received 30 stitches to close up the 10-inch wound he sustained same room. “Aaron’s death is not sim- Elliot Peters, Swartz’s defence from the incident. PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS/METRO IN VANCOUVER THE CANADIAN PRESS ply a personal tragedy. It is the attorney. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS coffee m a l l * s &muffi n ™† *Offer valid for Premium Roast Brewed Coffee only. At participating McDonald’s® restaurants in Canada. ©2012 McDonald’s. †®/TM Trade-mark of PepsiCo Canada ULC Used under licence. 04 metronews.ca Monday, January 14, 2013 6 men arrested Let your savings in India after another gang rape have a happy new year too. 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Former By the numbers $9B executives, accused of cooking books, each face up to 10 years in prison The verdict will come on the same day that mediation talks on the distribution of nearly Capital and Water & Sewer $9 billion in assets from the now-bankrupt Three former Nortel execu- Nortel begin in Toronto. The weeklong tives accused of orchestrating proceedings are part of an effort to settle the operating budgets Utility budget a widespread multimillion- company’s creditor claims in Canada, the U.S. dollar fraud will learn their fate and around the world. To continue investing The water and sewer budget Monday, nearly a year after one responsibly and building is funded through the utility. of the largest criminal trials in Canada’s corporate history signing off on financial state- a sustainable future, City (cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:17)(cid:13)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:3)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:3) began. Ex-Nortel CEO Frank Dunn leaves a ments. Administration is proposing a (cid:26)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:3) Ontario Superior Court Jus- Toronto court in this Jan. 16, 2012, file Despite this, Canada is still tice Frank Marrocco is set to photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE seen as soft on white-collar 4.45 per cent mill rate increase. (cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:18)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:20)(cid:15)(cid:3) rule on whether ex-CEO Frank crimes, especially when com- Dunn, ex-CFO Douglas Beatty ecutor in the Bre-X Securities pared to the stiff sentences Highlights Highlights and ex-controller Michael Gol- case — the largest corporate handed out in the U.S. during logly manipulated financial fraud case in Canadian history the Enron scandal. (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:23)(cid:26)(cid:15)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:3) (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:20)(cid:25)(cid:15)(cid:23)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:3) statements at Nortel Networks — and his verdict will send a “When you look at white- Corp. from 2002 to 2003. message through both legal collar crime, there are always Services operations (as upgrading the water system The men, who each face two and financial circles, says one going to be incentives for recommended by the Board counts of fraud, are accused of expert observer. manipulating financial state- (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:10) (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:15)(cid:24)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:3) participating in a book-cooking Darren Henderson, an as- ments,” he said. upgrading the wastewater scheme designed to trigger sistant professor of managerial “There is a direct financial (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:22)(cid:21)(cid:15)(cid:25)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:13)(cid:3) $12.8 million in bonuses and accounting and control at Ri- incentive of increasing the treatment plant and stocks for themselves at the chard Ivey School of Business value of your sales, getting a repairs and maintenance wastewater collection system once powerful Canadian tech- at Western University, says bigger bonus or keeping your for roads, bridges and alleys nology giant. The accused, who that since the fall of Nortel, se- job. And what has to counteract were fired in 2004, have all curities regulations have been that is a disincentive or deter- (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:21)(cid:17)(cid:15)(cid:20)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:7)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:3) (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:18)(cid:22)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3) pleaded not guilty to the char- tightened — particularly to rent from the perspective of po- and upgrading the ges. If convicted, each could ensure that top-ranking execu- tential litigation and potential Services operations drainage system face up to 10 years in prison. tives at major corporations are to go to prison.” Marrocco was the lead pros- held more accountable when THE CANADIAN PRESS (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:15)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3) (cid:88)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:258)(cid:77)(cid:77) With the proposed mill rate and (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:18)(cid:24)(cid:15)(cid:26)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3) approved water rate increases, and improving parks and (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:138)(cid:84)(cid:3)(cid:67)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:20)(cid:3)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:3)(cid:67)(cid:70)(cid:3) golf courses (cid:5)(cid:22)(cid:23)(cid:23)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:15)(cid:3) (cid:139)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:20)(cid:15)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3) curbside recycling and The Administration’s budgets will moving forward with go to Executive Committee on (cid:56)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66) (cid:46)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:66)(cid:90)(cid:13)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:19)(cid:18)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:67)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:3) will then be tabled at Council and will go back to Council for (cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:70)(cid:67)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:3) meetings all take place at (cid:22)(cid:27)(cid:20)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:15)(cid:78)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:3) (cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:15)(cid:3) Residents are welcome to attend. To appear as a Fired up over Spain’s health-care sell-off special delegation, please (cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:3)(cid:24)(cid:24)(cid:24)(cid:14)(cid:24)(cid:19)(cid:23)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:15) Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against plans to restructure and partly privatize the health-care sector in Madrid on Sunday. Madrid’s regional government proposes selling off the manage- ment of six of 20 large public hospitals and 27 of 268 health centres, and says the reforms are needed to See the proposed budgets at secure health services during the country’s economic crisis. Spain’s regions are struggling with a combined Regina.ca debt of about $190 billion US as the national economy contracts into a double-dip recession triggered by a 2008 real-estate crash. ANDRES KUDACKI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Joel Hunter NEED A Real Service, RIDE? Real Solutions, Real Estate Read 537.8891 everyWednesday. [email protected] @joelhhunter #reginarealestate ® 06 VOICES metronews.ca Monday, January 14, 2013 GLOBAL WARMING Anniversary picks up steam LEAVES US OUT IN THE COLD London Tube Restored-train Last year, we had the third URBAN warmest winter on record. trip marks 150th COMPASS Global warming? Paul Sullivan [email protected] This year, not so much. Metropolitan 1, a restored Global frosting? steam train built in 1898, The U.S. might have experi- passes through Farringdon enced its warmest summer on record, but you can’t help Tube station on its journey thinking that some of that global warming, for all its alleged between Olympia Tube dire consequences, would be welcome this morning, as the station in the west to Moor- mercury coagulates around the bottom of the thermometer. gate station in London on In fact, all this winter can shake one’s faith in climate Sunday. The trip was part of change. It’s almost reassuring. This stuff we can deal with. celebrations for the 150th On this stuff, we’re experts. First, you shut down the Trans anniversary of the London Canada between Regina and Moose Jaw. Then when the storm Underground Tube system. passes, you dig the cars out of the ditch, clean the major arter- The first stretch of the ies first, then sand the intersections to prevent glide-through. world-famous network It’s a time-tested formula for dealing with Old Man Winter. opened to the public on There’s none of that weird freezing rain or winter tornado Jan. 10, 1863. activity that comes with global warming. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Strange but true: The res- toration of our normally brutal Well, that ices it winter weather corresponds to Underground an admission from the U.K.’s “The restoration of respected Met Office that our normally brutal global warming has slowed Onlookers catch winter weather across the planet and that this glimpse of history slowdown will continue for corresponds to the next five years. After that, Tourists waiting for the an admission from says the Met, expect warm- morning subway train to the U.K.’s respected ing to accelerate. More brown Madame Tussauds were Christmases for Saskatchewan treated to the unusual Met Office that global … though that would be the sight. Hundreds of train warming has slowed least of our worries. fans, costume-wearing across the planet.” The Met’s caution won’t cut enthusiasts, and curious any ice, pun intended, with onlookers gathered at plat- your global-warming skeptic forms and bridges across Uncle Fred, who seizes on the admission of a slowdown as the city to watch as the proof positive that global warming is a conspiracy of greedy locomotive transported pas- scientists to scare governments and foundations into giving sengers on the iconic trip. them grants to study global warming. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Still, as we shovel out the driveway for the fifth time, we begin to wonder if maybe Uncle Fred — previously dismissed Chugging along as a fossil-fuel-dependent fire-breathing dinosaur — may have a point after all. Mayor calls Whoa. Let’s not let those three-foot snowdrifts cloud our vision. The just-finished year will end up as the hottest year ride ‘romantic’ ever in the U.S. On Aug. 26, the Arctic Sea ice level reached an all-time low; sea levels are rising faster than climate change London Mayor Boris models have predicted, while on the other hand, the Great Johnson was among the Lakes fell to their lowest level ever recorded in November. invited passengers aboard Something’s going on, whatever Uncle Fred thinks. It’s a the historic black-and-red perfect storm of global data, and a little dump of 20 centi- locomotive. He said the trip metres of snow followed by a few days of -30 C isn’t was “romantic,” describ- going to make it go away. ing “thick clouds of white We would be tempted to stick our heads in the snow … if steam going past and then it didn’t freeze our faces off. bits of soot coming through The truth can be too hot to handle, even when it’s from the engine.” 30 below. ALASTAIR GRANT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Warning parts of the city. 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HMaawn nnKnss nE dih.LtO opsnog. aB lC lilah,oni nnteeA eannToaterN’se As A estenrVg,At os lb’cDe dL e.Cs swsigtbI,Ae ch0gAoo Maei BdN,capom7rln alB olteb RIfrPerca trtapRtveeorokibeanffynEl’idviBooueskdr esSccigysrrrStc, ----. C il.ni ckDvoeei smroetnm/cfil# iitev1nn en Iie vSCENEnnyt s esecv.alhesi reosstn pimttn psi naeien rgrnvogiTwMcte.1T M 08 SCENE metronews.ca Monday, January 14, 2013 Before Blahniks and Big, Bradshaw had a bestie... The Carrie Diaries. Mouse mellows out Canadian actress Ellen “I’d like to see her Wong is set to get loosen up a little bit as Carried away as the the series goes on, to young pal of one of just go with the flow.” New York’s finest Ellen Wong 1600 Penn. HANDOUT ELIZABETH archetypes in the show — each New on TV. Taking the BEDDALL of the characters had their [email protected] own thing but were also very politics out of the White related. So, much like the young What I really liked about House on 1600 Penn Carrie Bradshaw in your the show was that I was able new show The Carrie Diar- to identify with each of the ies (played by AnnaSophia characters. And that was Robb), you’ve recently been similar with the Carrie Diaries. NED Guthrie, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd bouncing back and forth be- You have all these people with EHRBAR and Larry King — will be pop- tween New York City and your unique attributes but then Metro World News ping up, don’t expect any fam- hometown (Toronto). Is there they also are growing up and iliar political cameos a la Vice a location you prefer? trying to figure out their lives The guys behind NBC’s new President Joe Biden on Parks At this point in my life, I love together and you can relate to White House-set sitcom 1600 and Recreation. Simply put, being in New York. I’m being all of them. Penn want to make one thing this isn’t that show. introduced to an amazing city clear: This is not a political “Our show exists in an alter- that oozes with creativity and Fashion and this franchise go show. nate political universe,” says vibrancy and I’m learning hand in hand. So if Mouse “There are a lot of shows Winer. “Joe Biden appearing more about myself creatively, was catapulted to the future about politics. This is not that would be like a python eating being there. And also getting to and became an actual charac- show,” says executive producer its own tail.” work on a show with so many ter on Sex and the City, what Mike Royce. 1600 Penn marks the first amazing people ... I love it. would her wardrobe look Fellow executive producer major television role for Josh It’s almost like my second like? Jason Winer insists this is more Gad since he drew raves for home. But Toronto, I always I think she would have more about work and family, regard- his Tony-nominated perform- say that my heart lives there. flair because I think right now less of the address. ance in the Book of Mormon. Every time I come back, it’s she’s very conservative and “It’s a serious place,” Winer But while he’s also a executive like I don’t need to adjust to The Carrie Diaries premieres Monday at 10 p.m. ET on City. HANDOUT practical. Which is fine and says of the White House, “but producer and a writer on 1600 anything, I’m just home. it’s who she is now. I’d like to it’s also a workplace.” Penn, he initially didn’t want I’m playing a girl oscillating over the summer. It was the see her loosen up a little bit as Jon Lovett, also an execu- to play the role of screw-up In the show you play a young between two worlds — she has best way to watch it because I the series goes on, to just go tive producer as well as a for- First Son Skip Gilchrist, a loud, Carrie Bradshaw’s loyal, Chinese parents so her world wasn’t having to wait week to with the flow. Maybe soft, silky mer Obama speech writer, brash ball of energy similar to bright and hard-working high at home is different than the week to see what was going to pieces, but still conservative agrees, noting that while the his Book of Mormon character. school pal Jill “The Mouse” world that she goes to school happen next. and closed up ... just a little bit series may mention very real “I didn’t want to do TV, ac- Thompson. Are there similar- and exists in with her friends. more of a risk taker here and issues — like unmanned drone tually,” he says. “I wanted to ities between you and your So she’s trying to find a place So every girl likes to align there with more colours and strikes — for humour, this isn’t keep making as little money as character? that fits for her. herself with a character. Are different lines. supposed to be about the real possible in the theatre.” That’s one of the main reasons you a Miranda, Charlotte, White House. “We are not sit- But as 1600 Penn developed, I’m drawn to the show. Were you a big Sex and the Samantha or Carrie? At what store would she max ting around worried about pol- Gad said the writing was just Because I felt like I related to City fan in its heyday? Sometimes I feel like I always out her credit card? itical correctness in the writers’ too good to pass up and he the character very much. But I actually started watching give a different answer because I see Mouse as someone who room,” Lovett says. couldn’t stand the idea of any- I also saw a chance to play a the series after we shot the I’ve thought about it so much. would end up very worldly, so While real-life guest stars one else playing the role. character that I never really pilot. It was a fun project and What I loved was that there maybe she would get her ward- from the media world — includ- “And also all of the other of- saw on TV growing up. I watched the entire series weren’t really the stereotypical robe from all over the world. ing the Today show’s Savannah fers fell through,” he jokes. Portlandia pair out to expand their world Broad comedy. Armisen Sevigny as a new roommate); Brownstein. edy show and I guess tech- seasons, not because they’re as Toni and Candace, they It seems like Portlandia it- nically it’s a variety show reliable for audiences, but be- and Brownstein click investigate a negative review self is in conflict. What began because there’s music in it, cause of the possibilities she refresh as certain on Yelp, which requires them as a niche sketch comedy and so I have no limitations and Armisen find in them. to actually leave their femin- show that skewered a city on it.” “I’m really not totally in- characters embark on ist bookstore. Even Spyke — known for its quiet eccentri- But Armisen bristles at terested in crowd response as new adventures Armisen’s ever cynical and cities has struck a universal any insinuation that Port- a means of gauging what to hyper-local hipster bike mes- chord. From the first season’s landia is a place where he do next, creatively, because I senger character — takes his launch to the second season’s can put ideas that would be think you can just really go crusade to “take back MTV” premiere, the show saw a 39 “too weird” for that other down a rabbit hole with that, PAT to New York City in this per cent rise in viewers. Not comedy show he’s on, Satur- like trying to think from a HEALY month’s premiere. bad for a show that’s just as day Night Live. marketing or network stand- Metro World News in Boston But Armisen and Brown- apt to cast indie rock musi- “There are things on Port- point, because everybody stein say that putting their cians in supporting roles as landia that are broad,” he has a different relationship Fred Armisen and Carrie characters in different lo- comedic actors. In between argues. “It’s hard to classify to the show and it’s such an Brownstein wanted to take cales is only part of the new the second and third season, what something is, but SNL individual experience and the characters they de- direction for Portlandia. the pair toured a live show historically has done some to try to guess or determine veloped in the first two sea- “This year, we were all that featured as many earn- weird stuff and I would say that beforehand is to limit sons of sketch comedy show about making it less con- est musical performances as that that show has allowed yourself and take less risks,” Portlandia someplace new. ceptual and more about, it did comedy bits. Armisen me to do some very weird she says. Playing themselves, ‘Who are these people?’ and acknowledges that the show things that I can’t believe I’ve “It kind of has to stem Armisen and Brownstein then,‘Which of these scenar- has a bit of an identity crisis, gotten away with.” from the characters that we Carrie Brownstein, Fred Armisen venture to Seattle to recruit ios do they lend themselves but he says it’s liberating. Brownstein says they feel the most invested in and aim to take their characters to new prospective Portland resi- to?’ like putting a handful of “I want to reach many have kept a focus on certain that we feel like we can ex- places in Portlandia. dents (and end up with Chloe characters in conflict,” says people,” he says. “It’s a com- characters throughout the plore at great length.” CHRISTOPHER HORNBECKER/IFC metronews.ca DISH 09 Monday, January 14, 2013 METRO DISH OUR TAKE ON THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES The Word Jackass alum song like the challenge is killing it with not even happening? That hasn’t happened. The his new reality challenges are tough enough that not one single person show has made it through without registering some sort of dif- THE ficulty. WORD Mark Breslin Who makes better contest- Lindsay Lohan. [email protected] ants, men or women? Former co-star Steve-O is the host of Killer Depends on the challenge. Karaoke, a new series airing Everyone loves to see a guy comes to Lohan’s Tuesdays at 10 p,m. ET on in pain, I think and they love Action. to see women scared, but not defence The show features con- people’s bodies on the line. be attacked by dogs. But for in pain. testants performing their Are you getting older or the most part, we don’t let favourite songs in extreme are you getting smarter? anybody on to what’s going So what were some ideas and outrageous circum- Or both? to happen. that you came up with that Lindsay Lohan is under- completely fair to Lindsay, stances. I would like to believe both. went too far even for you? going a fresh round of criti- that did not happen. She We recently caught up I think that it’s a good idea And when you decide on There was one point when cism thanks to a New York didn’t threaten me at all,” with the Jackass alumnus to for me to work towards hav- what people are going to a girl was crying. I don’t like Times piece chronicling the says her Liz and Dick co- learn more about the show, ing a career more than a guy do, do you match the con- to see that. I think that one adverse working conditions star Grant Bowler. “We had aging and making people that just hurts himself. testants’ particular fears went a little too far. I don’t the actress inspired on the a lot of quiet, serious con- cry. Where we are able to cater like to make people cry. I set of The Canyons, which versations about characters Do the contestants know to a person’s particular fears, would hate to be a contestant she filmed last year. and we worked very, very You became famous for what fate awaits them? we do. on Killer Karaoke — that’s But at least one former hard. And we both ensured putting your body on the When we’re shooting a guy the honest truth, man. I co-star is sticking up for that when we came to set, line in shows like Jackass. in a dog attack suit, he’s prob- Is anybody so tough that would not do well on getting her. “I never got yelled we came to set very, very Now you’re putting other ably got an inkling that he’ll they just go through the electrocuted that much. at. We didn’t have that serious. That’s the God’s relationship at all. To be honest truth.” Spears splits from X Factor, now from fiancé How over is Britney Spears’ engagement to ex-fiancé Jason Trawick? So over that they report- edly returned the $90,000 engagement ring Trawick gave her, according to E! News. Trawick gave Spears the ring when he popped the Kobe Bryant. question in December 2011, but plans for marriage are Britney Spears is back on the Kobe Bryant clearly over. market once again. “Jason and I have de- ALL PHOTOS GETTY IMAGES gets back cided to call off our engage- with wife ment. I’ll always adore him friends,” Spears says in a and we will remain great statement. Twitter L.A. Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his wife, Van- essa, are not splitting up @oliviawilde (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) after all. Thanks for all the sweet congratulatory love, “We are pleased to friends! And may I compliment your savvy announce that we have use of that nifty engagement ring emoticon. reconciled. Our divorce action will be dismissed. @ABFoundation (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) We are looking forward to our future together,” You could go out on the street right now and 3 of Vanessa announced via the first 5 people you meet could do a better job her Instagram account. than your current rep in Congress... The couple filed for di- vorce in 2011. Kobe took @ralphmacchio (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) to his official Facebook Finally gave up my BB - kept crashing. Now the real- page to go into a bit more ization - I suck at touch screen. This tweet took 8 detail. mins to generate. #iphoneneophyte. “I am happy to say that Vanessa and I are moving on with our lives together @SarahKSilverman (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) as a family. When the If you have terrible luck with roommates, YOU’RE show ends and the music the terrible roommate stops, the journey is made beautiful by having that someone to share it with.” 10 FAMILY metronews.ca Monday, January 14, 2013 Sunscreen Exclusively online Why do we need to wear reaches its limit and then Lather up. Yes, sunscreen in the winter? forms a cancer, so whether Basically, the skin really you get that from walking to (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:55)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:273)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:553) even in the doesn’t care if it’s summer, the car each day in the spring Follow along with the winter winter, spring or fall — it or sitting out on the beach for comedic (mis)adventures of just measures the cumulative a couple hours in the summer, mommyhood with Reasons amount of sun exposure that it really doesn’t make a differ- Mommy Drinks online at Even when it’s hidden be- you have from the day you’re ence to the skin. metronews.ca/voices. hind sleeting rain, the sun born until the day you die, can harm your skin, says and it just keeps adding up. What about on days when Boston-based dermatolo- For a lot of the skin cancers, you can’t even see the sun? (Using sunscreen) should just gist Dr. Thomas Rohrer. what happens is, as we get On cloudy days, some of the become a part of someone’s E He explains why this is the more and more sun, eventu- damaging rays of the sun daily skin-care routine. case. ally one of our weaker cells go right through the clouds. MEREDITH ENGEL, MWN Parenting fads set to rule F the playground in 2013 I L Yearly predictions. up. Think of the money, gold Food deception coloured plastic, and particle- This trend continues to be Each year, parents board that could be saved. popular as parents every- jump on new trends, where hide kale, quinoa, and many of them are Snacks at every broccoli and other healthy event foods inside sauces, stews just plain annoying From visiting the local park and other mixed dishes. to half-time at a pre-school Of course it’s great to feed soccer game, apparently kids nutritious food, but they we’ve decided our children should also appreciate and IT’S ALL RELATIVE can not a) be hungry at learn about what they are Kathy Buckworth, any point or b) be expected eating so that they can make kathybuckworth.com to not have a snack every informed decisions once they half an hour that c) parents leave home. must carry with them at all One day they’ll have to Another year has gone by times. decide what to pick for them- and another year filled Recess snacks? Snack selves or (gasp) make their with annoying parenting break at a play date? own lunch. trends has been ushered in. End the madness, please. Here are some fads I’d like Kid-tatorship to see disappear by the end of Ramping up holiday In many households, the 2013. time kids are running the show Kids used to send Valen- when it comes to what they Trophies for all tine’s Day cards to only kids eat, when they eat, when This one has been around they actually liked in their they go to bed, what activ- for a while. We are raising classroom. ities they choose to do and our kids in a generation of Strange concept compared even where to go on vaca- “everybody wins and nobody to today, when kids have to tion. loses” and what this does is send in cards to everyone in It’s not all about the make losers of us all. the class, and half of them kids, kids. Remember that Without experiencing not come with candies, stickers parents are people too and winning, kids don’t know or pencils attached. make sure you’re not sacri- how thrilling it really is to Then there’s the mom ficing all of your wants for bring home a coveted trophy who brings in (more!) snacks theirs. or medal. to the class on her child’s They don’t give out Partici- birthday. KATHY BUCKWORTH IS AN AWARD WIN- pation Medals at the Olym- Let’s lower that bar (and NING WRITER. VISIT KATHYBUCKWORTH. pics; let’s stop giving our kids cost and calorie count) just a COM OR FOLLOW KATHY ON TWITTER @ trophies for simply turning bit, OK? KATHYBUCKWORTH. One trend sees all kids getting trophies just for showing up. ISTOCK Why your teen can’t put down those chips MEREDITH Why write a book for young all these cues, it’s very hard not a conscious decision.(Ask ENGEL people? to unlearn that behaviour. yourself:) “Is it real food, or is Metro World News in New York The goal was to speak to it just highly processed layers them in a voice that doesn’t How are teens targeted by of fat, sugar and salt?” Former United States talk down to them, that really the food industry? FDA Commissioner David tries to explain how they Just look at all the places you How can parents help their Kessler’s 2009 best-seller, can protect themselves — to can buy food today. And not children get healthy? The End of Overeating, make sure that their neural only that, look at the food. There’s no question that introduced the thought circuits don’t get adapted to Much of the food is designed; young people are, to a that our eating habits are wanting and responding to it is made multisensory. significant extent, limited reinforced by the fat, sugar these cues. by someone else making the and salt pervasive in our The goal was to give So what can we do about it? choices. But young people do diets. young people the tools so The goal (of the book) is to have an ability when they’re Now, he’s speaking to that their grown brains, explain how they can be in going through the school the adults of tomorrow these neural circuits, do not control, rather than the food lunch line, what they encour- with his new book, Your get adapted to this con- industry. Much of the time, age their family to eat, what Food is Fooling You, to help stant wanting and constant it’s not that you’re hungry. choices they make. You never teens learn the science be- responding. Because once the Much of the wanting is cue- get rid of that cue-induced hind their behaviour and neural circuits get laid down induced. That’s automatic — wanting cycle. But you can how they can change it. and you start responding to that it’s happening to us, it’s focus it on what you want.

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