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WEDNESDAY NIGHT 12.12.2012 VOL. 04 ISSUE 065
Friday’s
Jackpot
$30 MILLION
HOUSTON, ‘GANGNAM STYLE’
TOP WEB SEARCHES OF 2012
LOS ANGELES – The
world’s attention wavered
between the tragic and silly
in 2012, and Web surfers
searched in huge numbers
to find out about a royal
princess, the latest iPad and
a record-breaking skydiver.
Singer Whitney Houston
was the “top trending”
search of the year, according
to Google Inc.’s year-end
“zeitgeist” report. Google’s
12th annual roundup is “an
in-depth look at the spirit of
the times as seen through
the billions of searches on
Google over the past year,”
the company said in a blog
post today.
Google defines topics as
“trending” when they get a
high amount of traffic over
a sustained period of time.
People around the globe
searched for news about
Houston’s accidental
drowning in a bathtub just
before she was to perform
at a pre-Grammy Awards
party in February.
Korean rapper PSY’s
Gangnam Style video trotted
into second spot, a testament
to his self-deprecating
dance move.
Superstorm Sandy, which
knocked out power and
flooded parts of the U.S. presidential
campaign, was third.
The next biggest trending
searches globally were
a pair of threes: the iPad 3
tablet from Apple Inc. and
Diablo 3, a popular video
game.
Rounding out the Top 10
were Kate Middleton, who
made news with scandalous
photos and a royal pregnancy;
the 2012 Olympics
in London; Amanda Todd,
a Canadian teen who was
found dead of an apparent
suicide in October after being
bullied online; Michael
Clarke Duncan, the Green
Mile actor who died of a
heart attack in September
at age 54; and BBB12, the
12th edition of Big Brother
Brasil.
Associated Press
What Canadians searched
for in 2012: Story, Page 7.
12-12-12 COUPLES CROWDING THE CHAPELS OF LOVE
Newly wed couples pose at a photo session during a mass wedding ceremony at the Hokkien Association building in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, today. Over 200 brides and grooms attended the ceremony to mark the unique date of 12-12-12. For more, see Page 4.
Lai Seng Sin / Associated Press
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The Drake Hotel Underground
1150 Queen St. W.
A year-end celebration featuring
music by the Soul Proprietor,
Tenement Yard Selector, Young
Empires, Michael Rault and others.
www.thedrakehotel.ca
Tomorrow, 9 p.m. / Free
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Four Seasons Centre for the
Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W.
Korean drum and dance ensemble
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Joo Hyung Kim in a program
featuring traditional rhythms and
original compositions.
416-363-8231, www.coc.ca
Tomorrow, 12-1 p.m. / Free
SPADINA
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NERDTACULAR
The Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Ave.
Presentations, live music, an ugly
sweater contest and much more.
holidaynerdtacular.
brownpapertickets.com
Tomorrow, 8 p.m. / $7
ST. ANDREW
18TH ANNUAL
CBC CHARITY CRAFT SALE
CBC Atrium, 250 Front St. W.
Over 60 vendors sell handmade
clothing, jewelry, baked goods,
body care, art and much more.
Funds raised go to UNICEF.
www.cbccharitycraftsale.ca
Tomorrow, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
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Kryolan Makeup Store
110 Lombard St.
Learn how to create the perfect
looks for your festive special
events with this beauty workshop.
416-968-6739
kyle.kryolan@gmail.com
Tomorrow, 6:30-8 p.m. / $30
KING
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Indigospirit First Canadian Place
1 First Canadian Pl., Unit SM18
Meet the award-winning Canadian
comic and star of CBC’s Mr. D
as he signs his book on his time
in public school, Teaching: It’s
Harder Than It Looks.
www.chapters.indigo.ca
Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. / Free
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Children’s Peace Theatre
305 Dawes Rd.
Meet the board of directors, staff
and youth who work to make great
things happen at the theatre, and
enjoy a performance by this year’s
Youth Leaders Theatre Project.
www.childrenspeacetheatre.org
Tomorrow, 7-9 p.m. / Free
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Direct Energy Centre
100 Princes’ Blvd.
Awe-inspiring shopping and
sensational entertainment acts,
including Wilson Phillips and
master tightrope walker Nik
Wallenda.
www.anythinggoesshow.com
Tomorrow until Sunday / $25
CHESTER
NUTRITIOUS LIVING
THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAYS
The Big Carrot, 348 Danforth Ave.
Learn how to overcome holiday
eating without compromising your
health and vitality while enjoying
your favourite foods.
416-466-2129, thebigcarrot.ca
newseednutrition.com
Tomorrow, 7-8:30 p.m. / Free
1½ oz + 2 tbsp Irish cream
¾ oz crème de cacao (white)
½ oz vodka
1 cup dark chocolate
3 tbsp cream (35%)
2½ cup all-purpose flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
¾ tsp salt
3½ oz butter
⅓ oz honey
5 tbsp milk
2 tbsp vanilla
4 marshmallows
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chocolate and whisk together. Add Irish cream and
set aside. Graham Crackers: In mixing bowl, cream
together butter, brown sugar and honey. Add vanilla
and milk to mixture. Add flour, baking soda and
salt. Mix until ingredients are combined. Chill for 1
hour, then roll out on baking sheet. Bake at 350°F
for 20-25 mins. Let stand and cool. Once cool, crush
using food processor. Assembly: Dip marshmallows
into ganache when ganache is soft. Let set in fridge
for 10 mins., and then dip in cracker crumbs. For the
ultimate “campfire” effect, garnish cocktail with an
Irish cream-dipped, graham-cracker coated, meltedchocolate
dipped roasted marshmallow. Allow time
for marshmallow garnish to set in fridge, slice bottom
and gently place on side of cocktail glass
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HOAX CALL NURSE’S AUTOPSY
RESULTS RELEASED TOMORROW
LONDON – London police
say the result of an autopsy
on the nurse involved in a
prank call for information
about the Kate the Duchess
of Cambridge’s hospital stay
will be revealed tomorrow.
Scotland Yard said today
the cause of Jacintha Saldanha’s
death will not be released
until a Westminster
Coroner’s Court hearing.
Saldanha took the call
when two Australian disc
jockeys rang up the hospital
where the Duchess of Cambridge
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Fire up those computers
and flex those mouse-cliking
fingers, Canada, because
it’s Free Shipping Day.
As American shopping
incentives like Black Friday
and Cyber Monday see increased
success in Canada,
today’s retail event is yet
another attempt to entice
Canucks to spend.
The one-day online campaign
– which has been running
south of the border for
five years – is being offered
for the second year in Canada
and has nearly 250 merchants
offering free shipping
with delivery guaranteed by
Christmas Eve.
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could prove to be a strong
one today as high or hidden
delivery costs can often be a
deterring factor for Canadians
shopping online.
“It’s actually more about
the delivery promise than
it is about the free shipping.
But it is the free shipping
that grabs people,” said Regina
native Luke Knowles,
who created the campaign.
“Shoppers can save lots of
II and Prince Charles, later
broadcast the call.
Saldanha was found dead
Friday. Although police have
made no connection between
her death and the call,
people have been making
the assumption she died because
of stress from the call.
Associated Press
RETAILERS GUARANTEE CHRISTMAS DELIVERY
WITH SPECIAL FREE SHIPPING DAY
money.”
Knowles said the idea
for the event first launched
in the U.S. in 2008 grew
from the idea that many
customers stopped online
shopping after the
first two weeks of December
for fear their items
wouldn’t arrive in time to
be given as gifts.
“We decide to change the
shoppers’ behaviour on that
so we combined free shipping
with delivery by Christmas
Eve,” he said.
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POLICE: PORTLAND SHOOTING WAS RANDOM ATTACK
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Police said they have tentatively identified the gunman but
would not release his name. There’s no known connection
between the gunman and the man and woman who were
killed and the woman who was wounded.
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where she is a contributing correspondent.
During a phone call on the show, former President Bush
said he’s “fired up” about becoming a grandfather, and former
first lady Laura Bush said she’s “thrilled.” It will be the couple’s
first grandchild. Hager and her husband, Henry, have been
married for four years.
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To the beautiful girl who took my breath away
… A year and 4 months ago, I saw you walking
towards me and I knew that I was in love!
Your blond hair and hazel/green eyes were so
beautiful that I knew I had to meet you. Your
amazing personality, irresistible laugh, and deep inside a briefcase – flung a little purple
captivating smile made my heart melt! You, my shock of colour and spirit. A lovely lavender
pookie-bear, are someone truly special. You won lace thong shot from its confines and forced
my heart with a smile, your sense of humour,
itself upon this dreary little group. And what an
and that one-of-a-kind personality! I am so lucky
effect! There was merriment and joy! There was
and grateful that God brought us together. Be
laughter and smiles!!! Thanks B!!! I’ll take two.
mine for a long time :) - Muffin
Yer the best!
see you sitting there on the third floor of the LSE
S: 16 years ago, you became my wife and my best
Nov. 27 4.45 GT line. My lucky train day and again. the Saw sun shines you in your face i think to
friend. My love for you grows more and more
again on the same bus. You myself, had a one pink day scarf ... one and day i will have the courage
each day, and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my
were talking and laughing with to say your hello friend to such all the
a perfect creation from god
life with you by my side! I love you!! Xoxo Gossip way to shoppers world. That ... till laugh i see almost you again, killed
goodbye my prince.
Girl. Lol J
me :) melting.chocolate.kiss@gmail.com. still
Sunny, it ’s been 13 years since we said “ I do .”
waiting for your response. Su P.s. nny, i am it ’s still b esmiling en 13 ye :)
ars s in c e we s ai d “ I d o .”
There have been some ruff times, but there is
To my Dear Wife Deborah: I’m so glad that you
There have been some ruff times, but there
nobody else that I would share my life with. 3
are back. While you were away, I missed you @findingsoulmate: When nobody you find else them, that I you
would share my life with.
children later, I still find you as breathtaking as
sorrowfully; I was inconsolable. My GO buddies will just know. April 20, I marry children mine. later, My I still entire
find you as breathtaking
the day you came up my walk in that sundress.
tried to cheer me up but none were successful ... reality changed when he the came day into you my came life, up it’s my walk in that sundr
Happy anniversary love, I hope to celebrate
not even little Rachel. Paul
as if colours just seem brighter, Happy jokes anniversary are funnier love, I hope to cele
and the butterflies that never many go more away as ... we there grow is old together. Xoxo
To the hot redhead sitting 1st car on the LSW 502
a reading in the bible that says that Eve was made
This comment is to Chilli, I don’t think you should
aka Lisa! Our inappropriate GO behaviour didn’t
from Adam’s rib ... that’s what This comment my soulmate is to is Chilli, to I don’t think you
get any one of these animals: a badger, aardvark,
get us a Shout Out so here is your own birthday
me ... we think the same things get any at one the of same these time animals: a badger, a
llama or a porcupine as a pet. A llama would
Shout Out!!! Hope you have an amazing day and
even if we are miles apart. llama It’s really or a porcupine magical ... as a pet. A llam
never fit on the GO Train or the seat! Imagine, a
even better party!!! -- Melissa aka ANGELLLAA!! Signed, Living my Happily Ever never After fit on the GO Train or the seat!
llama on the GO Train. Ha!Ha! All the passengers
llama on the GO Train. Ha!Ha! All the
would be mumbling, grumbling, complaining, There is a woman sitting across the aisle from me
I think a soulmate is someone would that be you mumbling, look at grumbling, c
and giving you dirty looks. Good luck trying to who is eating a slice of white bread while on the
and their beauty leaves you and in giving awe every you dirty time. looks. Good l
get a llama on the train! I think you should get ride home. She is making no sound whatsoever,
Someone whose voice captivates you to a point
a penguin. A penguin would make a perfect she is leaving no crumbs anywhere, and there
where you can sit there and listen to them for
pet. They are cute, funny, they don’t take up a is no odour at all. I have absolutely nothing to
hours. Someone you miss and look forward to
lot of space, and it is sure to make you popular complain about. DOH!
seeing and talking to when they’re not around.
everywhere you go; work, GO Train and on the
It’s someone who makes you utterly happy. I
To the gentleman on the 4:10 Barrie train last think it exists. Just a matter of finding them. I
night, second car from the front, long beige also think a lot of people settle, but i honestly
Hello world, why is it that the majority of you no trench coat, black pants, salt and pepper hair. think if you put the effort and put yourself out
longer use a full word Everyone writes in short You gave up your seat for me so I could save my there, you will find him or her. - Palin
form or uses acronyms! Would it kill you to type legs for the run at EG. I just wanted to say thank
the full word out Are you really gaining that you again. You totally saved my feet and legs Hello old friend ... It was two years ago around
much extra time Kids no longer know that tixs from being very sore on the long ride :-) this time. Time really flew by. I hope I still cross
is spelled tickets or details is not spelled deets
your mind once in a while. Wish things were
LOOk lovely in black and white, as a matter of different. It’s not every day you meet someone
SmokinHottie, can’t wait to do the CN Tower fact you alway looking gorgeous K.M and the that you truly connect with. Especially how
Walk with you too. I hope all the other smile just makes everything perfect.
our eyes met on the GT train. Very rare an
’t trip and fall from the distraction of
unsettling, if you ask me. But you never did op
s/o to the gorgeous woman in black and green up. Wish you did. - youstillcrossmymind
dress in the Eaton Centre food court, Jimmy the
Greek yesterday. You trying to pay, my friend Lucky Charms. What’s cooking good lookin
tying up the credit card machine! My apologies! Watson
Hope you had a great lunch! -Shyguy.
You: dark blue and white small check sh
ut Out to the guy who “borrowed” jeans, engineer ring, black iPhone, bla
e, where’s my tupperware face backpack. It’s 8:48am yesterda
Saw you looking. Quite hard. The i
open ;) Me: I came on at Clarkson
boots, big furry jacket, sitting on the
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Christmas
CAROL
An abridged version by Charles Dickens
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12.12.2012 P. 04
. . . continued from yesterday
So Martha hid herself, and in came little Bob, the father, with at least three feet of
comforter, exclusive of the fringe, hanging down before him; and his threadbare clothes
darned up and brushed, to look seasonable; and Tiny Tim upon his shoulder. Alas for
Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame!
“Why, where’s our Martha” cried Bob Cratchit, looking round.
“Not coming,” said Mrs. Cratchit.
“Not coming!” said Bob, with a sudden declension in his high spirits; for he had been
Tim’s blood-horse all the way from church, and had come home rampant, -- “not coming
upon Christmas day!”
Martha didn’t like to see him disappointed, if it were only in joke; so she came out
prematurely from behind the closet door, and ran into his arms, while the two young
Cratchits hustled Tiny Tim, and bore him off to the wash-house that he might hear the
pudding singing in the copper.
“And how did little Tim behave” asked Mrs. Cratchit, when she had rallied Bob on his
credulity, and Bob had hugged his daughter to his heart’s content.
“As good as gold,” said Bob, “and better. Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by
himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming
home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it
might be pleasant to them to remember, upon Christmas day, who made lame beggars
walk and blind men see.”
Bob’s voice was tremulous when he told them this, and trembled more when he said
that Tiny Tim was growing strong and hearty. His active little crutch was heard upon the
floor, and back came Tiny Tim before another word was spoken, escorted by his brother
and sister to his stool beside the fire; and while Bob, turning up his cuffs, -- as if, poor
fellow, they were capable of being made more shabby, -- compounded some hot mixture
in a jug with gin and lemons, and stirred it round and round and put it on the hob to
simmer, Master Peter and the two ubiquitous young Cratchits went to fetch the goose,
with which they soon returned in high procession.
Mrs. Cratchit made the gravy (ready beforehand in a little saucepan) hissing hot;
Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigor; Miss Belinda sweetened up the
applesauce; Martha dusted the hot plates; Bob took Tiny Tim beside him in a tiny corner
at the table; the two young Cratchits set chairs for everybody, not forgetting themselves,
and mounting guard upon their posts, crammed spoons into their mouths, lest they
should shriek for goose before their turn came to be helped. At last the dishes were set
on, and grace was said. It was succeeded by a breathless pause, as Mrs. Cratchit, looking
slowly all along the carving knife, prepared to plunge it in the breast; but when she did,
and when the long-expected gush of stuffing issued forth, one murmur of delight arose
all round the board, and even Tiny Tim, excited by the two young Cratchits, beat on the
table with the handle of his knife, and feebly cried, Hurrah!
There never was such a goose. Bob said he didn’t believe there ever was such a goose
cooked. Its tenderness and flavor, size and cheapness, were the themes of universal
admiration. Eked out by applesauce and mashed potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner
for the whole family; indeed, as Mrs. Cratchit said with great delight (surveying one
small atom of a bone upon the dish), they hadn’t ate it all at last! Yet every one had had
enough, and the youngest Cratchits in particular were steeped in sage and onion to the
eyebrows! But now, the plates being changed by Miss Belinda, Mrs. Cratchit left the
room alone, -- too nervous to bear witnesses, -- to take the pudding up, and bring it in.
Suppose it should not be done enough! Suppose it should break in turning out!
Suppose somebody should have got over the wall of the back yard, and stolen it, while
they were merry with the goose, -- a supposition at which the two young Cratchits
became livid! All sorts of horrors were supposed.
Hallo! A great deal of steam! The pudding was out of the copper. A smell like a
washing-day! That was the cloth. A smell like an eating-house and a pastry-cook’s next
door to each other with a laundress’s next door to that! That was the pudding! In half
a minute Mrs. Cratchit entered, -- flushed but smiling proudly, -- with the pudding, like
a speckled cannonball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half a quartern of ignited
brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top.
O, a wonderful pudding I Bob Cratchit said, and calmly too, that he regarded it as the
greatest success achieved by Mrs. Cratchit since their marriage. Mrs.Cratchit said that
now the weight was off her mind, she would confess she had had her doubts about the
quantity of flour. Everybody had something to say about it, but nobody said or thought
it was at all a small pudding for a large family. Any Cratchit would have blushed to hint
at such a thing.
to be continued tomorrow . .
North Koreans toast after hearing the news of a rocket launch at the newly built
Mansukyo Restaurant today in Pyongyang, North Korea.
N. KOREANS CELEBRATE
1ST SATELLITE IN SPACE
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North
Koreans clinked beer mugs and
danced in the streets of Pyongyang
to celebrate the country’s first
satellite in space. In Washington,
Seoul and Tokyo, leaders pushed for
consequences for today’s successful
rocket launch, widely seen as a test
that takes the country one step
closer to being capable of lobbing
nuclear bombs over the Pacific.
The surprising, successful launch
of a three-stage rocket similar
in design to a model capable of
carrying a nuclear-tipped warhead
as far as California raises the stakes
in the international standoff over
North Korea’s expanding atomic
arsenal. As Pyongyang refines its
technology, its next step may be
conducting its third nuclear test,
experts warn.
The UN Security Council,
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas, land of the
quickie wedding, is in the midst of a
serious love recession, and chapels
in a city accustomed to playing the
numbers aren’t about to let the
latest money-making opportunity
pass – Dec. 12, 2012.
They are hoping the lure of a
wedding licence stamped with a
once-in-a-century 12-12-12 will
help boost revenue. Sin City’s share
of the weddings business has fallen
by a third since 2004 as cities from
which has punished North Korea
repeatedly for developing its nuclear
program, was to meet behind closed
doors today.
Canada, the United States, South
Korea and Japan quickly condemned
the launch.
Canada’s foreign affairs minister
said in a statement that the North’s
actions “clearly demonstrate its
wilful defiance of its international
obligations.”
John Baird added that the regime
in Pyongyang is a grave threat to the
security and stability of the region
and beyond.
The White House called the
launch a “highly provocative act that
threatens regional security,” and
even the North’s most important
ally, China, expressed regret.
Associated Press with files
from The Canadian Press
LAS VEGAS HOPES 12-12-12
LURES LOVERS TO CHAPELS
New Orleans to New York have
gotten into the elopement industry.
“From a marketing perspective,
it’s a very big deal. Numbers are
associated with Vegas,” said Ann
Parsons, marketing director for
Vegas Weddings, which runs four
chapels in town. “Unfortunately, it’s
the last date like that we’ll have.”
Chapels jumped at the chance
to sell 12-12-12 packages at three
times the normal price for weekday
ceremonies.
Associated Press
Kim Kwang Hyon / Associated Press

WEDNESDAY NIGHT | 12.12.2012 | P. 05
WHAT’S ON
YOUR TEAMS
TORONTO RAPTORS
VS. BROOKLYN NETS
Tonight, 7 p.m. • Sportsnet One
MORE SPORTS
CHL HOCKEY –
KELOWNA ROCKETS
VS. LETHBRIDGE HURRICANES
Tonight, 9 p.m. • Sportsnet Ontario
GRAND SLAM OF CURLING:
THE NATIONAL
Round Robin Matches, tomorrow, 3:30 p.m. •
Sportsnet Ontario
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL –
CINCINNATI BENGALS VS.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
Tomorrow, 8 p.m. • Sportsnet Ontario
THAT’S USING YOUR HEAD
Corinthians’ Paolo Guerrero, centre right, is
about to score a goal during a semifinal against
Al-Ahly SC at the FIFA Club World Cup soccer
tournament at Toyota Stadium, in Toyota, Japan,
today.
Shuji Kajiiyama / Associated Press
HEAT IS ON COLANGELO
KEVIN NIELSEN
MANAGING DIGITAL
CONTENT EDITOR, NBA/NFL,
SPORTSNET.CA
Mickael Pietrus was not the
final answer for the Toronto
Raptors.
Hopefully he will help solve
their weakness at small
forward, a problem that seems
to have plagued the team
since Bryan Colangelo took
over the decision-making
duties in Toronto.
The list of small forwards
that have come and gone in
Toronto during Colangelo’s
tenure is long, with the
current group being Linas
Kleiza, Alan Anderson, Landry
Fields and Terrence Ross, as
well as Pietrus.
Kleiza is a candidate to be
amnestied next summer,
while the book is still out on
the latter players.
The current squad has
struggled out of the gate, and
injuries have prevented us
from seeing just how far this
roster has evolved from last
season.
Clearly, Colangelo may
have also misjudged the talent
level on the roster.
The Raptors are now in
Year 3 of the post-Chris Bosh
era and Year 7 of the Colangelo
era, and the time is quickly
MEDIATION GETS ANOTHER SHOT
ALEX SEIXEIRO
ALEX SEIXEIRO IS THE
AFTERNOON SPORTSCASTER ON
A two-day session with
mediation a few weeks back
didn’t do a single bit of good
in solving the lockout and
getting hockey back on the
ice. So in the latest round of
labour talks this week, why
would the NHL agree to the
NHLPA’s request to bring
mediation back to the
bargaining table
After talks blew up last
approaching for the franchise
to make a decision on the
future of their president and
general manager.
Something needs to happen
soon to shake up the
organization, be it a trade or
a firing, but the question for
the higher-ups is: Do you let
Colangelo make that move
Knowing that his job is
likely in the line, he is dealing
from an obvious position of
weakness.
More importantly, if he
were to make the wrong
decision, it could set the
franchise and his eventual
successor back several years.
@Kevin_H_Nielsen
week in New York,
commissioner Gary Bettman
was quoted as saying,
“We’re not interested in
mediation. We tried it a week
and a half ago. It was no
value because of the position
of the parties.”
So why could mediation
work now Because of what
happened during those three
days in New York.
FARWELL’S 411
MIKE FARWELL IS THE MORNING SPORTSCASTER ON
HUNGRY FOR HOCKEY
Think we miss hockey It was standing room only at Calgary’s
Markin MacPhail Centre last night to watch a Team Canada
scrimmage. The intra-squad game featured the 30-plus players
hopeful of earning a spot on our national junior entry this
Christmas. Two slightly more meaningful games loom against CIS
teams, with the final roster of 23 players to be named tomorrow.
GEDDY GETS BASEBALL
As a huge fan of Canadian rockers Rush, I’m thrilled with their long
overdue admittance to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. What does
that have to do with sports Well, lead singer Geddy Lee has a
huge, museum-quality baseball memorabilia collection. Lee’s
treasures include baseballs signed by Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Christy
Mathewson, Honus Wagner and Cy Young. After a visit to the
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Lee donated 400
baseballs to them. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s selection
committee hit a home run with this induction. @farwell590
Despite all the doom and
gloom that emanated during
the talks in New York, both
sides did make progress and
are closer to a deal. Because
of that, both parties are in
different positions.
With another $100 million
on the table from the owners
(I believe they’ll put that
back on the table) and both
sides agreeing on a 50-50
split of hockey-related
revenue, there is a deal to be
done.
There is no reason why
mediation can’t get both sides
to agree on issues like the
length of the CBA and player
contract limits. Those are not
issues that cause a full season
to be cancelled. They just
aren’t.
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JUSTIN BIEBER
GOOGLED LESS IN 2012
Who would think of arguing that
Justin Bieber had an off year in
2012 Well, according to Google’s
annual exploration of web search
data, the Canadian pop star was
taken down a peg this past year.
“Justin Bieber’s kind of taking
some licks, at least in terms of
how he ranks in Google searches
this year,” says Google Canada
spokesman Aaron Brindle.
He wasn’t eligible for the year’s
Top 10 list of Canadian “trending”
searches – representing newer
queries that have broken out for
the first time – but surprisingly,
he wasn’t named Google’s biggest
music-related search of the year.
English-Irish boy band One
Direction had more searches than
Bieber, who did finish second in the
category.
“He still has tons and tons of
searches, but it’s interesting, this
is kind of a hard year for Justin
Bieber because he was outpaced
by One Direction and then we also
saw ... Gangnam Style passed Justin
Bieber’s (Baby) as the most watched
video of all time last month.”
Gangnam Style was No. 5 on
Google Canada’s list of top trending
searches of 2012, behind the social
media site Pinterest, hurricane
Sandy, the Olympics and the video
game Diablo 3. Gangnam Style
outranked the book-turned-film
Hunger Games, SOPA (an acronym
for the Stop Online Piracy Act), the
Quebec reality show Star Academie,
head of the Lord’s Resistance Army
Joseph Kony, and Zerg Rush, a
search term that launches a secret
video game at Google.com.
Bieber was also shut out at Yahoo!
Canada, which said its top searches
of the year were Kate Middleton,
iPhone 5, Kristen Stewart and
Robert Pattinson, Fifty Shades
of Grey, Higgs boson, hurricane
Sandy, Jessica Simpson, Jessica
Pare, Scientology and Miss Universe
Canada Jenna Talackova.
But Bieber did top the Bing.ca
charts, followed by Miley Cyrus, Kim
Kardashian, Selena Gomez, Kate
Middleton, Jennifer Aniston, Taylor
Swift, Kristen Stewart, Katy Perry
and Lady Gaga.
A new category Google Canada
tracked this year was “how to”
searches and Canadians most
wanted to learn “how to rock.”
Second was how to shuffle, followed
by kiss, YouTube, twerk, wakeboard,
snorkel, live and embroider.
Google also ranked searches
that started with “what is.” The top
result was “what is love,” followed
by SOPA, gluten, yolo (which stands
for you only live once), Instagram,
Scientology, Tumblr, Pinterest,
dubstep and autism.
The Canadian Press
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‘GODFATHER OF WORLD MUSIC’
RAVI SHANKAR DEAD AT 92
NEW DELHI — With an instrument
perplexing to most westerners, Ravi
Shankar helped connect the world
through music. The sitar virtuoso
hobnobbed with the Beatles,
became a hippie musical icon and
spearheaded the first rock benefit
concert as he introduced traditional
Indian ragas to Western audiences
over nearly a century.
From George Harrison to John
Coltrane, from Yehudi Menuhin
to David Crosby, his connections
reflected music’s universality,
though a gap persisted between him
and many western fans. Sometimes
they mistook tuning for tunes, while
he stood aghast at displays like Jimi
Hendrix’s burning guitar.
Shankar died yesterday at age 92.
A statement on his website said he
died in San Diego, near his Southern
California home with his wife and a
daughter by his side. The musician’s
foundation
issued a
statement
saying that he
had suffered
u p p e r
respiratory
and heart
problems
and had
undergone heart-valve replacement
surgery last week.
Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh also confirmed
Shankar’s death and called him a
“national treasure.”
Labelled “the godfather of world
music” by Harrison, Shankar helped
millions of classical, jazz and rock
lovers discover the centuries-old
traditions of Indian music.
He also pioneered the concept
of the rock benefit with the 1971
Concert For Bangladesh. To later
generations, he was known
as the estranged father of
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
12.12.2012 P. 08
Ravi Shankar performs during a concert in Bangalore, India, on Feb. 7, 2012.
popular American singer Norah
Jones. His last musical performance
was with his other daughter, sitarist
Anoushka Shankar Wright, on Nov.
4 in Long Beach, California; his
foundation said it was to celebrate
his 10th decade of creating music.
“It’s one of the biggest losses
for the music world,” said Kartic
Seshadri, a Shankar protege, sitar
virtuoso and music professor at the
University of California, San Diego.
“There’s nothing more
to be said.”
Associated Press
Aijaz Rahi / Associated Press

GOSSIP
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
12.12.2012 P. 09
PENN COMPARES
HAITI TO DETROIT
NEW YORK — As the three-year
mark approaches of the devastating
earthquake in Haiti that killed,
injured and displaced hundreds of
thousands of people, actor–activist
Sean Penn describes life in the
country’s capital city.
In the January issue of Esquire
magazine, Penn compares Portau-Prince
to Detroit, saying, “It’s
not more dangerous, it’s not less
dangerous.” Penn founded a relief
organization in response to the
2010 earthquake in Haiti. He still
spends about half his time there.
The two-time Oscar winner says
a child with a fever in the U.S. gets
medicine, a cold bath or a trip to the
emergency room. In Haiti, he says,
parents wait “to see if he’s going to
die or not.”
The Canadian Press
MUELLER IN REHAB
FOR 19th TIME
Brooke Mueller has checked back
into rehab again.
The former wife of Charlie
Sheen – who was rushed to an L.A.
hospital after allegedly taking too
much Adderall on Friday morning
after being found unconscious – is
reportedly seeking treatment for
addiction for the 19th time.
Mueller’s lawyer Yale Galanter told
gossip website TMZ, “Brooke was
uncomfortable with the way Adderall
was making her behave. Brooke
continues her lifelong battle with
drug addiction by taking these steps
to prevent a further drug relapse.”
Her twin sons Bob and Max with
Charlie Sheen are said to be in the
care of Sheen’s other ex-wife, Denise
Richards, who is said to have happily
agreed to care for the boys for “an
indefinite period of time.”
tonight News Services
UMA UNCHAINED
Uma Thurman attends the premiere of Django Unchained
yesterday in New York.
Charles Sykes / Associated Press
LOHAN TO BE
ARRAIGNED IN L.A.
LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan’s
attorney will return to court to
determine the next steps in the
actress’ latest criminal case.
The 26-year-old is not required
to attend the arraignment today on
misdemeanour charges that she lied
to police and was driving recklessly
when her Porsche slammed into
a dump truck in June. She is also
accused of obstructing a police
officer from performing duties.
The case could result in a
probation violation. Lohan remains
on probation for taking a necklace
without permission in January
2011.
The star has been attempting
a comeback after spending more
time in recent years in courtrooms
instead of film sets.
Associated Press
‘LINCOLN,’ ‘LES MIZ’
LEAD SAG NOMS
LOS ANGELES — Steven Spielberg’s
Civil War saga Lincoln, the Victor
Hugo musical adaptation Les
Miserables and the lost-soul
romance Silver Linings Playbook
lead the Screen Actors Guild Awards
with four nominations each.
All three films were nominated
today for overall performance by
their casts. Also nominated for best
ensemble are Argo and The Best
Exotic Marigold Hotel.
Lincoln also scored individual
acting nominations for Daniel Day-
Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee
Jones. Les Miserables had individual
nominations for Hugh Jackman and
Anne Hathaway, plus a nomination
for its stunt ensemble. Silver Linings
Playbook also had nominations for
Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence
and Robert De Niro.
The Canadian Press

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Sabai Sabai is the new Thai kitchen
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of the popular Khao San Road. The
new 65-seat eatery sits just south of
Dundas on Church, in the space formerly
occupied by Wimpy’s Diner,
and more recently, the Tropical Palms.
Co-owners Regular, Jason Jiang and
Seng Luong are ready to offer fast, filling
lunches, and an evening menu of
small, modestly priced sharing plates,
alongside a full bar menu that includes
Beerlao, the national beer of
Laos, as well as Ontario wines and
Thai-inspired cocktails.
The eclectic interior aspires to recreate
the feeling of being in Thailand,
with brightly coloured collages of
vintage graphics and oversized posters
mounted on neutral-toned walls.
Comfortable booths offer relaxed
seating for small groups, and a private
dining area in the back provides room
for large parties up to 16.
Chef Regular notes that at Khao
San Road patrons typically order the
same dish again and again, but here
she hopes to find an outlet to experiment
and introduce Torontonians to
Thai cuisine that goes beyond traditional
pad Thai and curry options.
Though the lunch menu has hearty
à la carte options, the dinner menu
features a snack bar to encourage
sharing, tasting and drinking. Sharing
plates like the Grilled Northern Thai
Pork Skewer ($5) offer four generous
skewers of salty grilled meat so
flavourful that they hardly require
the accompanying dipping sauce.
The Grilled Pork Salad ($5) sees
crispy bite-sized pieces of pork lightly
dressed and served with a simple
Asian slaw.
The Steamed Curry Fish in Banana
Leaf ($5) arrives alongside the Crispy
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don’t especially love the fish-cake texture.
The fried fish on the other hand
is perfect and has a golden crisp that
leaves me considering a second order.
The Morning Glory ($6) is an offthe-menu
Asian green sometimes
known as Chinese spinach. Here it
is lightly sauced with chili, tamarind
and fish sauce before being cooked in
a wok and served steaming hot.
For Sabai Sabai’s three co-owners –
who all hail from Thailand or Laos –
the menu offers many authentic comforts
from home. It is all deliciously
new, and a welcome alternative to the
standard Thai fare available throughout
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ANGER STILL SIMMERING IN GREECE
A Greek municipal employee shouts anti-government slogans as riot police look on
after a group of protesters pushed into the grounds of Parliament in Athens today.
Riot police prevented the protesters from advancing much further, and there were
no clashes or arrests. Municipal employees are angry at government plans to include
them on a list of state employees up for forced redundancy under the country’s
austerity program.
Petros Giannakouris / Associated Press
Bill Gates ups CN Rail stake to 12%
By SCOTT DEVEAU
sdeveau@nationalpost.com
Bill Gates has increased
his overall investment in
Canadian National Railway
Co. to 12% for a combined
value of roughly $4.7 billion.
Cascade Investment LLC,
an investment company
owned and controlled by
the billionaire Microsoft
founder, said yesterday it
had acquired an additional
13,670 common shares in
CN for $1.25 million. The
additional shares brings
Cascade’s overall stake the
country’s largest railway
to 10% of its outstanding
shares, or roughly 43 million
shares.
Separately, the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation
Trust, which is also
controlled by Gates, holds
a 1.98% interest in the
railway, or roughly 8.6
million of its outstanding
shares.
As a result, Gates is
deemed to have a beneficial
ownership of and/or control
or direction of roughly
11.98% of CN, or 51.7
million of its outstanding
shares, for a combined
value of roughly $4.7 billion
based on yesterday’s close
of $90.36 a share on the
Toronto Stock exchange.
This not only makes Gates
CN’s largest shareholder,
but brings him closer to
the 15% foreign ownership
cap placed on the railroad
stemming from its
privatization in 1995.
Financial Post
Job vacancies rose in September: StatsCan
VANCOUVER – Statistics Canada says the number of job vacancies
has grown on a year-over-year basis.
The federal agency says there were 267,000 vacancies in
September, up 19,000 from September 2011.
As a result, it says there were 5.3 unemployed people for every
vacancy that month, down from 5.7 a year earlier.
Statistics Canada says the decline in the ratio of unemployment
to job vacancies was all the result of the increase in vacancies.
Provincially, the highest ratio of unemployed people to job
vacancies was seen in Newfoundland and Labrador, where there
were 11.2 people out of work for every open position.
The lowest ratio was found in Alberta, where there were just
1.7 unemployed people for every job vacancy.
The Canadian Press
Porsche reports record sales despite gloomy economy
BERLIN – German sports car maker Porsche AG says it has already
broken last year’s record sales number with one month left in 2012.
The company, which is now owned by Volkswagen, said today
it delivered 128,978 vehicles through November, more than
the total of 118,868 it sold in all of 2011 – at the time a new
record. Though many automakers are struggling with increased
competition in the low-end car market, the luxury market remains
strong.
Porsche, based in Stuttgart, says worldwide sales for the first
11 months were up 38.7% over the same period in 2011. In
Europe, where several countries are mired in recession, sales
were up a modest 6.8% but Porsche saw spectacular 71.4%
growth in the U.S. and 63.4% growth in China.
Associated Press
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With proposed developments on
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corner, the neighbourhood should
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When Mountain Equipment Coop
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redeveloped garment district,
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suburban customers. Today, MEC’s
store is surrounded by condo towers
and the surface parking lots have
disappeared.
As new condos are built in the
area, services for new residents –
like restaurants and coffee shops
– have started to open. The Holiday
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The Score has opened a street-side
studio. East on King, the TIFF Bell
Lightbox is another attraction, and
the city is planning a major redesign
of John Street: a “cultural corridor”
linking the Art Gallery of Ontario to
the north to Rogers Centre and the
new Ripley’s Aquarium to the south.
One building, still surrounded by
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some of the last remaining parking
lots, is the Westinghouse Building
on the southeast corner of King and
Peter. This parcel of land, formerly
owned by David Mirvish, has had
a variety of uses over the past few
years, but was originally built for
the electrical company bearing its
name around the time of the Great
Depression.
Built in two parts – three storeys
in 1927 and the upper three stories
in 1935 – the Westinghouse building
will be the focal point of the new King
Blue condos, two towers planned at
44 and 48 storeys, respectively, developed
by Easton’s in partnership
with the Remington Group.
The south tower went on sale in
October, and will host a new Theatre
Museum of Canada on its second
floor. The north and west facades of
the Westinghouse building will be
preserved as part of the new structure,
and may be converted into a
hotel.
A rooftop bar on the north podium
will be open to the public, while
the sixth floor will feature a pool for
residents that opens on to a private
bar and patio.
Units in King Blue will range from
400-sq.-ft. studios to 1,100-sq.-ft.,
three-bedroom units.
With the city now discussing
plans to build the DRL subway under
King Street within the next 15
years, this neighbourhood will only
become more ingrained as a part of
downtown Toronto.
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT
12.12.2012 P. 15
SHOULD I GET OUT
OF BED TOMORROW
ACROSS
1. Splinter group
3. Rioted
9. Aardvark morsel
10. Chivalrous
11. Astronauts’ ride
14. Quick swim
16. Inert gas
17. Fish eggs
18. Not the most important
person
21. Farewell
22. Grape arbor
23. Intensified
24. Sensed
DOWN
1. Reserve
2. Around that time
4. Primate
5. It has many cells
6. Male turkey
7. Depicted
8. Photography method
12. Perfected
13. Applicable
15. Assumption
19. Pilotless aircraft
20. Motel employee
22. Pastry
PREVIOUS ANSWERS
TODAY’S CELEBRITY
BIRTHDAYS
MATCH THE PERSON
TO THEIR AGE
*ANSWERS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE
MAYIM BIALIK
CONNIE FRANCIS
SHEILA E.
BOB BARKER
HANK WILLIAMS III
DIONNE WARWICK
AGES:
40, 75, 37,
72, 89, 55
ARIES: A teammate will want
to move. Some mail makes you
chuckle.
TAURUS: The date of an
engagement must be changed. It’s
time now to search for a better job.
GEMINI: Nothing will be
accomplished if you bash away at
problems. Don’t be smarmy.
CANCER: Bathroom etiquette needs
adjustment. Suspicion falls on a
possible perpetrator.
LEO: Working is the focus of
conversations. A moving issue limits
communication.
VIRGO: Expect others to participate
in your plan. Last-minute advice will
interrupt your work.
LIBRA: A strict counsellor forces a
relative to change. A friend plans to
travel to faraway places.
SCORPIO: Be careful of scalding
yourself. Delays and missed
connections occur.
SAGITTARIUS: You want to escape
from an attachment. Every so often
tax info comes in handy.
CAPRICORN: Thoughts and actions
are abnormally off-kilter. Your train
of thought is interrupted.
AQUARIUS: Refuse to argue when
at home. Reorganization of duties
eases tensions.
PISCES: A boss will ease up after
a deal. A youngster begs to leave.
Avatar Venus
GUESS
DIONNE WARWICK’S
NET WORTH
A. $4 MILLION
B. $8 MILLION
C. $16 MILLION
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Crossword
ACROSS
1 Automaker with the slogan
“Born from jets”
5 Wee hour
8 Fazes
14 Israel’s first representative to
the United Nations
16 Far from klutzy
17 Nonsensical syllables, maybe
18 They may be followed by
trains
19 French place of learning
20 Reynolds who sang “Tammy”
22 Bris or baptism
23 Unbeatable hand
27 Part of a 23-Across
29 Find a tenant for
30 Educ. supporter
31 Elite military group
35 Phaser setting
36 Like the Capitol
37 Wee, to Burns
38 Revealing beachwear
39 So-called “albatross”
40 Sport for high jumpers
42 Some appliances
43 Bestow, to Burns
44 Arctic explorer John
45 Some Caribbean percussion
49 Superboy’s sweetie
53 Nap in Nogales
54 Madison Ave. figure
55 Sicilian smoker
58 Something to sing … or a
hint to 17-, 23-, 31-, 40- and
45-Across’s starts
60 For mature audiences, say
61 Like some compact discs
62 Jeans measure
63 On Soc. Sec., often
64 Methods
DOWN
1 Something that may be
rattled
2 Early adders
3 Prior’s superior
4 Flavourings for some stews
5 Not yet filled: Abbr.
6 Well-hidden fellow of
children’s books
7 Well-pitched
8 Acts the dilettante
9 Floating aimlessly
10 Archangel of the Apocrypha
11 Signal approval
12 Reason for a 10th inning
13 Luke, John and others: Abbr.
PREVIOUSANSWERS
15 Season after printemps
21 Many a love song
23 Object in court
24 Sinclair who wrote “The
Jungle”
25 Smarted
26 Pal around (with)
28 Charisse of “Silk Stockings”
31 Large combo
32 Tickle the funny bone
33 Glacial ridges
34 With 56-Down, “The Joy Luck
Club” author
35 Statute that protects
journalists’ sources
36 Follows persistently
38 Dam agcy.
40 Pistol, for one
41 Form letters
43 Baum’s good witch
46 Lauder of cosmetics
47 Out-and-out
48 1984 Olympic slalom champ
Phil
50 Resort isle near Curaçao
51 Hockey great Cam
52 Some recesses
54 Crunch targets
55 CAT scan alternative
56 See 34-Down
57 Sci-fi figures
59 Do lunch
Puzzle by George Fitzgerald and Nancy Salomon, edited by Will Shortz
Net Worth Answer: A.
Birthday Answers: Bob Barker, 89, Connie Francis, 75, Dionne Warwick, 72, Sheila E., 55, Hank Williams III, 40, Mayim Bialik, 37

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