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Authorities are investigating threeSunday morning fires at adult-entertainment businesses in Lon-don’s east end.

The fires at Famous Flesh Gor-don’s strip club (2190 Dundas St.),Virginia’s Adult Massage & Spa (125Clarke Rd.) and Blue Lagoon II mas-sage parlour (1180 Oxford St. E.)were reported between 4:40 a.m.and 5:15 a.m.

The blazes are being treated assuspicious, London policespokesman Const. Amanda VanDoren said.

“At this point, we are in the ear-ly stages of the investigation,” shesaid Sunday afternoon. “It has notbeen confirmed whether they arerelated to one another.”

Van Doren said no additionaldetails, including the causes, wereavailable.

Each of the businesses has ties tothe Hells Angels motorcycle club,police sources told AM980 news.

Famous Flesh Gordon’s is ownedby Rob Baretta, reportedly a high-ranking member of the club’s Lon-don chapter.

Business owners of adjacentbusinesses declined comment Sun-day afternoon.

The extent of visible damage atthe targeted businesses varied.

The Oxford Street massage par-lour was completely gutted with a

nail salon and variety store oneither side blackened. Cleaningcrews were also working at a Laun-dromat a few doors away Sundayafternoon. All businesses in thestrip mall were closed.

A window was broken at theClarke Road spa. A portion of awooden patio fence was singed atthe strip club. WITH FILES FROM AM980/AM980.CA

Suspicious fires hitadult businesses

Reports say businesses are connected to Hells Angels Police won’t speculate on causes or possible motive for blazes

Walking the walk at bride expoThe weekend expo packed the Western Fair District’s CanadaBuilding with hundreds of brides and grooms to be. The eventfeatured vendors from just about every facet of nuptial planning.

Fashionable.

Alexia Wiatr, 21, of Woodstock, models a wedding gown from Garber’s Bridal (250 Dundas St.) during a fashion show Sunday at the London Bridal Expo.

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Police and fire vehicles sit outside Blue Lagoon II massage parlour (1180 Oxford St. E.) Sunday afternoon as investigators sort through the remains of a fire.


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City councillors will gettheir first official look Mon-day at a multimillion-dollarplan for enhancing proper-ty along the Thames River.

The plan makes nearly80 recommendations forimprovements along thelength of the waterway.The cost and timing of theindividual enhancements— which include improv-ing walking paths, severalparks and protecting aquat-ic species — varies.

Some projects could becompleted in a matter ofone to three years whileothers would take nearly adecade, the report says.

Key to carrying out theplan will be how council-lors respond to a requestfor money to foot theplan’s cost. City officials al-ready have presented abusiness case asking coun-cil for more capital dollars.

The request for the 2012budget comes in at$500,000 and has beenplaced on a long list of addsand cuts that will be consid-ered Jan. 18. Work along

the river would require acombined $2 million in2013 and 2014, $900,000 in2015 and $1.5 millionspread over 2016 and 2017,according to a staff requestsubmitted last fall.

Redevelopment of down-town’s Harris Park is con-sidered one of the plan’s

main initiatives. The pro-posal calls for upgrades tothe existing riverside path-way and shoreline restora-tion work.

Design work on thatproject could start this yearwith construction wrap-ping up in 2017 if council-lors approve funding tiedto the corridor plan. Rightnow, capital spending planscall for design work to startin 2014.

City staff are also pitch-ing the idea of creating atwo-year contract positionfor someone responsiblefor overseeing the projects.

City’s planning committee to consider new ideas for Thames Valley Corridor Thames River revisioned

Dead dogfound infridge A London woman is facingcharges after police found adead dog inside a fridge.

London police say thedog was wrapped in a wetblanket.

They say the dog’s bodyhad several cuts on it butthey believe the animalwas drowned. Investigatorsfrom the London HumaneSociety were called to thehouse on Baseline Road W.

The woman has beencharged with wilfullykilling a dog.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Jobless rateLondon’s unemploymentrate ended 2011 by decreas-ing after three months ofincreases. Stats Canada saysLondon’s jobless rate fell to9.6 per cent in Decemberfrom 9.8 per cent inNovember. AM980/AM980.CA

Chargeslaid afterholdup There were some scary mo-ments for staff at a conven-ience store near WesternFriday night.

London police sayaround 11:30 p.m. a manentered the Hi Ya Mini Marton Wharncliffe Road justbefore it turns intoWestern Road.

Officers allege the manwas holding a crow bar anddemanded cash.

Store employees imme-diately called police andthe man took off withoutany money.

Jason Primrose, 21, ofLondon, has been chargedwith armed robbery.AM980/AM980.CA

Shell gasstation robbed A male suspect got awaywith an undisclosedamount of cash from agas station early Sundayafter forcing an employ-ee into a back room.

London policeresponded to a robbery

at 1:40 a.m. at the Shellstation at 880 Wonder -land Rd. There were noweapons used or injuriesin the incident. METRO

Lightning winLondon’s Gabe Freemanhad 29 points and 22rebounds Saturday as theLightning beat the HalifaxRainmen 97-87 in Nation-al Basketball League ofCanada action at the JLC.

METRO

News in briefTyler Ferry scored thewinner with 2:47 to go asthe London Knights de-feated the host BarrieColts 3-2 in Ontario Hock-ey League action on Satur-day.

Greg McKegg and SethGriffith also scored forLondon (30-8-1), whileColin Behenna and Antho-ny Camara replied for Bar-

rie (23-15-3).Michael Houser turned

aside 24 shots for the vic-tory, earning his league-best 29th win of theseason, while Alex Fotinosmade 31 saves in defeat.

The Knights finishedthe game 2-for-5 on thepower play as the Coltsended its evening at 1-for-4. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Picketers plan a rally withsupporters

About 450 Canadian Auto Workers have been on a picket lineoutside the Oxford Street East plant since Jan. 1, the day after theircontract expired and a lockout began. Members of other London-area unions and community groups have been visiting daily toshow their support. CAW Local 88 in Ingersoll organized a barbecuefor picketers on Saturday. Thousands of people are expected to par-ticipate in an Ontario Federation of Labour rally at 11 a.m., Jan. 21.

Electro-Motive. Lockout

Locked out Electro-Motive Diesel workers wave Sunday as passing motorists honk to show support.

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Tens of thousands of South Africans wavethe colours of the African National Congresson its 100th anniversary on Sunday. Absentbecause of his frailty was Nelson Mandela,the nation’s first black president andlongtime leader of the anti-apartheid movement. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

British astrophysicist Stephen Hawkingturned 70 on Sunday. Hawking, who suffersfrom motor neuron disease, was not wellenough to attend a cosmology conferenceheld in his honour at Cambridge University.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Catherine Middleton, the Duchess ofCambridge, turns 30 on Monday, but royaltybuffs expecting a lavish party will be disap-pointed. Palace officials said the duchess willmark the personal milestone with a “low-key and private” affair. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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‘They killed my baby’: Momof man beaten in GrenadaIn the end, it may be thatone of OscarBartholomew’s trademarkbear hugs sparked thetragic chain of events thatled to his beating death ina police station in St.David’s, Grenada.

While much remains tocome out about what hap-pened, the Canadian Press,based on several inter-views, has pieced togetheran account of what somesay led to the death of thevisitor from Canada.

“They beat my child todeath,” AndrianneBartholomew, his grievingmother, said Saturday.“They killed my baby, mylast baby. They killed him.”

Bartholomew, 39, a na-tive Grenadian who livedin Toronto, and his wife of10 years, Dolette Cyr

Bartholomew, of Cascape-dia-St. Jules, Que., were vis-iting over the holidays.While driving on BoxingDay, Cyr Bartholomewneeded to use a washroom,and the couple stopped atthe St. David’s police sta-tion, where she went in-side to use the facilities.

Thinking he recognizeda uniformed policewomanas a friend, Bartholomewgot out of his car andgrabbed her from behindin an exuberant embrace,witnesses said.

“He was always lovingto his people,” his mother,71, said of the youngest ofher four children. “When-ever he meet his people,he always hugged themand give them a cheer.”

Some said the officeryelled out she was being

raped. Defence lawyerAnslem Clouden, who rep-resents one of the accusedofficers, said the officer“cried out for help.”

At that point, a col-league in a parked policecar came to her assistance.A second officer soon camerunning from the stationto help.

Police say Bartholomew

tried to kick the officersand resisted them. “Tem-pers flared on all sides,”Clouden said.

Three other officersjoined the fray and heldhim down as they strug-gled to handcuff him. Asenior officer ordered ajunior to use his belt to tieBartholomew’s feet togeth-er because he was kickingout, the lawyer said, citingwitness statements.

Within minutes,Bartholomew was in a co-ma and lay dying.

Cyr Bartholomew, whodid not see much of whathappened to her husband,refused to discuss the mat-ter Saturday as she pre-pared for his funeral, to beheld Monday.

“It’s a very bad time,”she said. THE CANADIAN PRESS

More details emerge about Oscar Bartholomew’s death at Grenada police station Family, friends prepare for his funeral on Monday

The federal governmenthas hired a consultant to in-ject a little war into thisyear’s Canada Day bash onParliament Hill.

Paul Shaw, a Toronto the-atre producer, has beenasked to find ways to inserta War of 1812 theme intothe festivities that typicallyinclude pop music, dance

and fireworks.“I do big-ass special

events all the time, so theyasked me to do that,” Shawsaid. “It’s sort of tricky to doa War of 1812 theme whenyou’ve got so many modernthings in and around it.”

The Conservatives, whohave been promoting Cana-da’s military heritage, have

earmarked money through-out the year to note the bi-centennial of the War of1812 in North America.

The Canadian HeritageDepartment normally in-jects patriotic themes intothe Canada Day noontimeshow on Parliament Hill,giving the National CapitalCommission a free hand to

organize the evening show.But a recently posted ten-

der document shows thatthe war theme will appearin both shows. “In 2012, theGovernment of Canada iscommemorating the War of1812 and this theme mustbe incorporated in both thenoon and evening shows,”it says. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canada Day party to commemorate War of 1812: Documents

RYAN TAPLIN/METRO

HMCS Charlottetown on counterterrorism duty

Hundreds of well-wish-ers gathered on thedeck of HMCS Charlotte-town on Sunday to bidfarewell to sailorsbound for the Mediter-ranean. The frigate, car-rying some 250 sailors,left under sunny skiesto take part inOperation ActiveEndeavour, a six-monthNATO counterterrorismmission. The Charlotte-town will be tracking,boarding and reportingon ships believed to beinvolved in terrorism.The operation waslaunched in October2001 in response to theSept. 11 attacks.

Anchors. Aweigh

Sailors aboard HMCS Charlottetown wave to their friends and family as they leave Halifax

for the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday morning.

Andrianne Bartholomew

says her son was a ‘quiet,

loving person.’

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Re-enactors dressed as British soldiers fire their muskets

at American forces during a 2007 restaging of a War of 1812

skirmish west of London.

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Republican presidentialhopefuls squared offagain Sunday in yet an-other debate, the secondNew Hampshire show-down in less than 24hours ahead of the stateprimary Tuesday — and

this time front-runnerMitt Romney was on thehot seat.

Unlike the debate anight earlier, essentially abitter battle for secondplace, the candidates di-rected most of their fire at

Romney, who’s expectedto coast easily to victoryin New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary butwill face far more sociallyconservative voters inSouth Carolina in twoweeks. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Mitt takes hits in U.S. primary debate

MARITIME NEW ZEALAND/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pouring oil into troubled watersThe Greek-owned cargo ship Rena ran aground on Astrolabe Reef, 22 kilometresfrom Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand, on Oct. 5, spewing heavy fuel oil into the seasin what has been described as the nation’s worst maritime environmental disaster.

Eco. Disaster

The stranded cargo ship Rena breaks in two pieces after overnight storms with six-metre waves pounded the vessel off Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand.

Iran has begun uraniumenrichment at a new un-derground site built towithstand possible air -strikes, a leading hard-linenewspaper reported Sun-day in another show of de-fiance against Westernpressure to rein in Tehran’snuclear program.

The operations at thebunker-like facility southof Tehran, reported by theKayhan daily newspaper,are small in comparison toIran’s main enrichmentsite. But the centrifuges atthe underground labs areconsidered more efficientand are shielded from aeri-al surveillance and protect-ed against airstrikes by upto 90 metres of mountainrock.

Uranium enrichment isat the core of the interna-tional standoff over Iran’snuclear program. The U.S.and its allies fear Irancould use its enrichmentfacilities to develop high-grade nuclear material forwarheads.

Iran — which claims itonly seeks nuclear reactorsfor energy and research —has sharply increased itsthreats and military pos-turing against strongerpressures, including U.S.sanctions targeting Iran’sCentral Bank in attemptsto complicate its ability tosell oil.

A senior commander ofthe Revolutionary Guardforce was quoted as sayingTehran’s leadership has de-cided to order the closureof the Strait of Hormuz, astrategic oil route, if thecountry's petroleum ex-ports are blocked. Revolu-tionary Guard groundforces also staged wargames in eastern Iran in anapparent display of resolveagainst U.S. forces just overthe border in Afghanistan.

Iranian officials have is-sued similar threats, butthis is the strongest state-ment yet by a top com-mander in the securityestablishment.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Iran vows to cut ‘strait’ to heart of oil flow

Leadership has made strategic decision to close Straitof Hormuz should Iran’s exports be blocked, official says

North Korea’s new leadervowed in 2009 to wage warif the country’s enemiesshot down its long-rangerocket, footage aired onstate television showedSunday in the first officialword of his role in militaryoperations before his fa-ther’s death.

The documentary is thesecond in a week seeking tohighlight Kim Jong-un’s ex-perience in leading NorthKorea’s 1.2-million-strongmilitary and was aimed at

showing that he was incharge of the armed forceslong before his father, for-mer leader Kim Jong-il,died of a heart attack lastmonth.

The son, who is in hislate 20s, has moved swiftlyinto the role of “supremeleader” of the people, theruling Workers’ Party andthe military despite ques-tions abroad about howeasily he could assumepower with only a fewyears of grooming behind

him. Kim Jong-il, in con-trast, had 20 years of train-ing when his father, NorthKorea founder Kim Il-sung,died of a heart attack in1994.

The video showed KimJong-un shaking handswith officials at a satellitecontrol centre after scien-tists launched a rocket inApril 2009 that stoked re-gional tensions and earnedNorth Korea internationalsanctions and condemna-tion. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kim Jong-un appears in a military vehicle at an undisclosed place in North Korea,

in an undated image from a video that aired Sunday.

KRT VIA APTN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Third Kim to lead

The video also showed KimJong-un navigating a tank,and observing fighter jetsand firing exercises. He isshown seated in the tank’scockpit and speaking to of-ficers with the hatch coveropen. He later drove it ona snow-covered road as hisfather watched from a reviewing stand.For two years, North Kor eans were told that Kim Jong-un was a military genius, Pyongyangresidents have told The Associated Press.

Identity of body onroyal estate revealedThe remains of a womanfound on one of Queen Eliz-abeth’s vast estates belongto a 17-year-old missing girl,British detectives investigat-ing the murder said Sunday.

Forensic tests identified

the decomposed body asthat of Latvian Alisa Dmitri-jeva, who was reportedmissing from her home ineastern England in August,Norfolk Police said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Attack planned on religious fest,Philippine leader tells devotees The Philippine presidentwarned on Sunday of a pos-sible terrorist attack, in-cluding bombings, duringan annual Roman Catholicprocession in Manila thatdraws millions of devotees.

President BenignoAquino III, standing withtop military, police and de-fence officials, told a hasti-ly called news conferencethat several terrorists plan-ning to disrupt Monday’s

religious procession havebeen sighted in the capital.Police are attempting toarrest the suspects and dis-rupt any planned attack,he said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Alisa Dmitrijeva

METRO.CO.UK

Nuclear sanctions

The latest statements arecertain to ramp up tensionswith the U.S. and its allies,which are trying to increasepressure on Iran to punish itfor its nuclear program.For the moment, however,U.S. officials are seekingstronger diplomatic andeconomic pressure on Iranrather than increasingthreats of military action. Anumber of experts say Iranis unlikely to close the straitbecause that could hurt Iranas much as the West.In an interview broadcastSunday, U.S. Defence Secre-tary Leon Panetta said Iranis laying the groundworkfor making nuclear wea -pons someday, but is notyet building a bomb. Panet-ta reiterated U.S. concernsabout a unilateral strike byIsrael against Iran’s nuclear facilities, saying the actioncould trigger Iranian re tali-ation against U.S. forces inthe region.

Kim Jong-un ‘well versed in military tactics’

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A once-cent copper coinfrom the earliest days of theU.S. Mint in 1793 has soldfor a record $1.38 millionUS at a Florida auction.

James Halperin of Texas-based Heritage Auctionstold The Associated PressSaturday that the sale was“the most a United Statescopper coin has ever soldfor at auction.” The coinwas made at the Mint inPhiladelphia in 1793, thefirst year that the U.S. madeits own coins.

Heritage officials said ina news release that thename of the buyer was notrevealed but that he was “amajor collector.” One of thecoin’s earliest owners was awell-known Baltimorebanker, Louis Eliasberg.

“Mr. Eliasberg was nick-named ‘the king of coins’because, before his death in1976, he assembled a collec-tion that consisted of atleast one example of every

coin ever made at the Unit-ed States Mint, a feat neverduplicated,” Halperin said.

The final bid for the coinwas one of the largest salesat the Florida United Nu-mismatists coin show andannual convention. A five-dollar gold piece from 1829was also sold. Halperin saidthere remain a few hun-dred 1793 coins in differentcondition, but that the oneauctioned off last Wednes-day is rare because it wasn’tin circulation.

Officials say it shows no

wear on its lettering, its La-dy Liberty face or the chainof linking rings on its back.

The news release saidthe coin is known as aChain Cent because itschain of linking rings wassupposed to represent thesolidarity of the states. Thedesign was changed to awreath after some criticsclaimed it was symbolic ofslavery. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nigerian lawmakers onSunday turned against thepresident’s decision to endgovernment fuel subsidiesthat kept gasoline priceslow, just ahead of a plannedlabour strike that could par-alyze Africa’s most popu-lous nation.

In an emergency session,Nigeria’s House of Repre-sentatives shouted downsupporters of PresidentGoodluck Jonathan as theyvoted for a resolution call-ing on him to restore subsi-dies. But their moves wentunnoticed by unionspreparing for a nationwidestrike set to begin Monday.

“This cabal and their as-sociates represent perhapsthe biggest economic andfinancial crime in the histo-

ry of Nigeria.” said Rep. Fe-mi Gbajabiamila, a memberof the opposition party Ac-tion Congress of Nigeria.

Gas prices have risenfrom 45 cents per litre to atleast 94 cents per litre sincethe subsidy ended Jan. 1 atJonathan’s order. Thatspurred a spike in food andtransportation costs acrossa nation of more than 160million people where mostlive on less than $2 a day.

Two major unions havesaid they will carry out astrike, despite a court orderagainst it. That sets up a sit-uation similar to one faced

by the OPEC-member na-tion in 2003, when strikersover eight days attackedshops, took over air-traffic-control towers and cut intooil production in a countryvital to U.S. energy supplies.

During Sunday’s session,even members ofJonathan’s ruling People’sDemocratic Party spoke outagainst him. Some lawmak-ers said the subsidy re-moval could lead to arevolution like those thatswept across some MiddleEast countries last year.“This will be the last strawthat will break the camel’sback if we do not act,” saidRep. Pally IsumafeObokhuaime Iriase of theAction Congress of Nigeria.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nigerian fuel-subsidycut alarms lawmakers

Occupy Nigeria protests have begun Anger fuelledby ongoing violence by radical Muslim sect, corruption

An unidentified woman carries

fuel from a petrol station in Lagos,

Nigeria, on Sunday. Nigerian

lawmakers have turned against

the president’s decision to end

government fuel subsidies.

SUNDAY ALAMBA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Twilight series’makers setfor a buyout?Lions Gate is close tobuying Summit Entertain-ment, the maker of theteen hit Twilight series, forabout $400 million US incash and stock, accordingto two people Sunday who

were briefed on the matter.They were not authorizedto speak publicly andrequested anonymity. Talkson a deal are in the latestages and could befinalized this week.Summit also has about$300 million in debt linkedto its movies. That debt isexpected to be paid offquickly. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Original U.S.-made coinfetches record $1.38M

The 1793 Chain Cent auctioned last Wednesday.

HERITAGE AUCTIONS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Conservativeminister talkssofter on CubaThe Conservative ministerfor Latin America is soften-ing some of the Harper gov-ernment’s previous toughtalk on Cuba. This week,Diane Ablonczy visits thecommunist Caribbeanisland. Ablonczy praises theongoing economic reformsthat Cuban President RaulCastro has instituted butdoes not necessarily believethis will lead to greaterdemocratic freedoms anytime soon.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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U.K. activistkeeps up fighton fish farmingDon Staniford says he’snever had a fist fight.

But change the subjectto B.C.’s salmon-farmingindustry and the British-born activist is more thanwilling to take on theworld’s largest salmon-farming companies.

His outspokencriticism has earned himan appearance at theSupreme Court of B.C. onJan. 16, where he must

defend himself against allegations fromMainstream Canada, theprovince’s second-largestsalmon-farming compa-ny, that he defamed theorganization. The casecould cost him $125,000if he loses.

The case is the secondStaniford has faced in theprovince since 2005 andthe third major legalfight of his 18-year cam-paigning career. Accord-ing to court documents,the case focuses on anti-salmon farmingcampaigns Staniford ini-tiated on or about Jan. 31,2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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06 voices metronews.caMONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

Media will always have to re-port on the tough stuff. Butwe know that Canada is fullof compassionate individu-als, inspiring projects andstories worth celebrating.Here’s just one.

At one time or anotherwe’ve all jokingly referredto a gathering of friends as

a chance to “solve theworld’s problems.”

But these guys are actu-ally doing it. In fact, everyWednesday morning at 8 a.m., since 1989, withoutfail, a group of veteransgather in local Scotian IsleBaked Goods Bakery andCafé. They meet to tradewar stories (actual ones), re-flect on their lives and, ofcourse, eat breakfast. Butthey also discuss some ofsociety’s most pressing is-

sues. Pat McDonald, bakeryco-owner, says, “We’vebeen doing this for some20-odd years. It’s a most en-joyable experience.”

Each year the group alsojoins the community inraising money for ALS(amyotrophic lateral sclero-sis), equipment for disabledchildren, dependants of sol-diers lost in Afghanistan,and they volunteer at theSalvation Army, makingand distributing Christmas

hampers. “We gladlywelcome new faces,” saysMcDonald.

So break your routine,join theirs and help makethe world a better place …one scone at a time.

CRAIG AND MARC KIELBURGER

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‘I CAN DO BETTERTOO’: YOUTH FORMSBOND WITHFORMER NHL COACH

When young Nick Forsythmet hockey legend JacquesDemers, it was a life-changingmoment.

Forsyth was attending aFacing Off With Literacy event

at the London Convention Centre put onby Literacy Link, a regional literacynetwork. He learned that Demers is func-tionally illiterate.

“He said he also had problems withreading and he told us about his life andhis problems. If someone like him can go

from nothing to a big-time hockey star, then I can do bet-ter, too.”

Forsyth was encouraged to attend the event by histeacher, Sharon Loucks, at the Cornerstone Classroom No. 1 Alternative Education Site, an effort by the Thames

Valley Board of Education toensure at-risk students haveopportunities to learn andearn credits toward gradua-tion.

The duo works togetherto improve Forsyth’sreading and overall learningabilities. Formerly a studentat Ross Secondary School,Forsyth’s learningdifficulties were acceleratedby attendance issues and“drama in my life caused bya situation with my ex (girl-

friend).” The 17-year-old says he was hanging out with thewrong crowd and was involved with drugs.

“When Nick began here, he had major anger issues,”says Loucks. “We looked at how Nick was going to handlethat. He could take a break and talk to us. We have fewstudents in a smaller setting.”

When Forsyth heard Demers’ story of living with an al-coholic father who abused his mother and how he alsohad learning issues, Nick was inspired to share his storywith Demers. “I walked up to him and told him that I ap-preciated that he came down to talk to us. What he saidabout being close to his mom and that he has a hard timereading made me realize that we are alike,” says Forsyth.

Demers took Forsyth’s phone number and gave him hishome number. He promised to call Forsyth weekly tocheck and see if he’s on track with learning and stayingout of trouble, and he encouraged the teen to call him ifhe had something he needs to talk about. That was in No-vember, and Demers has since been in contact withForsyth, as promised.

According to Literacy Link’s stats, one in fourCanadians have issues with reading. Many, like Forsyth,are unaware of the problems and the solutions.

Forsyth is passionate about becoming an auto mechan-ic and plans to return to Ross to gain his certification andto pursue a better life path. He’s also pleased that his suc-cess has inspired his mother to enrol in adult-educationclasses at Wheable. Life is coming full-circle for this youngman, and heroes like Jacques Demers inspire that success.

Visit llsc.on.ca for more information.

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“‘What (Demers)said about beingclose to his momand that he has a

hard timereading made me

realize that weare alike.’”

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Eagle almostgets deerSLOVAKIA. Is this birdfriends with deer-chasing,viral hero Fenton the Dog?This golden eagle failed tocatch this deer after thebrave young doe managedto escape. Photographer Milan Krasu-la said, “You have to be very lucky to get a goodshot, as you cannot predictwhere the prey will be hi-ding.”

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How the fawnmade its escapeCHASE. While describing itas “an event of Mother Na-ture,” Krasula was secretlyrooting for the fawn andits quest to escape. “Ithink the life of the doewas saved by a nearby fen-ce. It wanted to jump overit but was so frightened itonly managed to slipunderneath, giving the ea-gle no choice but to aban-don the chase.”

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Eagle went forthe bigger oneHUNT. The 30-year-old Kra-sula spent four days tryingto get a great picture ofthe annual eagle hunt,where owners releasetheir birds to hunt prey.“(One owner) did not seethe little doe and hadactually released the eagleto get another animal. Ofcourse, the eagle went forthe doe instead of the ot-her prey,” Krasula said.

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5A fully-grown roedeer, at 30 kilograms,is five times heavierthan a six-kilogramgolden eagle. Still, thedeer is the golden ea-gle’s largest regularprey item. Cases existof golden eagleskilling calves. Eaglesusually eat rabbits,squirrels, birds andlarge insects.

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Since her 2002 breakoutperformance in Bend itLike Beckham, KeiraKnightley has starred in18 films, but it was onlyrecently she realizedsomething about her act-ing process.

“I suffer very badlyfrom stage fright,” shesays.

“I didn’t find it out un-til I had actually been onstage that that’s what thefeeling was.

“It’s literally like hav-ing a wall in front of you.You know you have theability to break throughbut for some reason youcan’t on that day.

“It’s very strange thatyou can work as much as Ido and still have a prob-lem with that.”

She has found a way tocircumvent her fears, amethod that came inhandy while making hernewest film A DangerousMethod, the story of thefathers of psychoanalysis,Carl Jung (played byMichael Fassbender) andSigmund Freud (played byViggo Mortensen), andSabina Spielrein, the intel-ligent but troubled pa-tient who causes a fallingout between the men.

“I found only in the lastfew years that researchhelps,” she says.

“As far as getting overthat fear of stage fright I

find that preparation isthe key.”

To play Spielrein, awoman wracked by ticsand repression, Knightleythrew herself into the ex-ploration of the character.

“There was nothingthat linked me to her,”she says.

“I had no idea about it.So I phoned ChristopherHampton because he didthe adaptation of Atone-ment, which I did a fewyears ago, and said, ‘I’mgoing to do this, so help.Just help.’

“I went round to hishouse and thought he was

going to give me a talk fora couple of hours and giveme all the answers but hejust handed me a pile ofbooks and said, ‘Startreading. It’s all in there.’”

She eased her nerveswith the research and fur-ther support was suppliedduring shooting by the

film’s director, David Cro-nenberg.

“Sets… are very diffi-cult creative spaces,” shesays, “and trying to getthe space so you can useyour imagination and getyourself so you are notfrightened by howevermany hundreds of peopleare on the set is quite adifficult thing.

“What David does is en-tirely creative. As much asit is technical it is also cre-ative, collaborative andeverybody is incredibly re-spectful of each other.

“He’s a magician. He’sabsolutely extraordinary.”

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“With David (Cronenberg)I know I’m going to have agood time shooting andthe movie is probably go-ing to be really interestingand original. As is the casethis time again. A lot ofcases with other directorsthe shoot is maybe fraughtwith tension and disorderbut the research periodcan always be interesting. Ilove that.”

Keira Knightley says that preparation is the key to getting over her stage fright.

“What David(Cronenberg) doesis entirely creative.... He’s a magician.He’s absolutelyextraordinary.”KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Box office

Gerry Dee turns formerteaching antics into

CBC-TV sitcom

The Devil Inside hasscared up amonstrous $34.5 mil-lion openingweekend to help Hol-lywood exorcise itsrecent box-officedemons. The surprisehit from ParamountPictures debuted wellabove industry expec-tations. The Devil In-side bumped anotherParamount hit, Mis-sion: Impossible —Ghost Protocol, fromthe No. 1 spot to No.2.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

08 metronews.caMONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

Say hello tothe youngerYoung Hov’

Jay-Z, Beyoncé name daughter Blue Ivy Carter

BeyoncéKnowles andJay-Z reported-ly welcomedtheir daughterover the week-end, accordingto E! News.

The baby, named BlueIvy Carter (although someoutlets are saying hername is Ivy Blue Carter),was delivered on a privatefloor of New York’s LenoxHill Hospital that the su-perstar couple had report-edly paid $1.3 million torent out.

And while mom and ba-by recuperate, security isremaining high: Hospitalworkers have reportedlyput tape over surveillancecameras, and employees’

mobile phones are beingconfiscated when they ar-rive for shifts, sources tellthe New York Daily News.

There had to have beena musical motive to nam-ing the child Blue (rhymeswith “Boo?”).

While it’s not likely thename was inspired by al-

bums by Joni Mitchell orWeezer, we think thatevery time the girl does acute drawing they can callit The Blueprint and TheBlueprint II after her dad’slandmark albums.

Plus, it would havebeen too weird to namethe girl Hova-ette.

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Sienna Miller has stoppedher home-wrecking ways,it seems (remember whenshe allegedly broke up themarriage of Balthazar Get-ty?).

The actress andboyfriend TomSturridge areready to get mar-ried and have afamily, thoughwhich they’lldo first isn’tclear. Millerrecently con-firmed she’sexpectingher firstchild inJune, andnowword

comes that Sturridgepopped the question dur-ing a recent vacation toParis, according to Life &Style.

“They’re engagedand really happy.

Her family is happy,as they absolutelyadore Tom,” asource says.

“He filled theirhotel suite at theRitz with flowersand presented

her with a vin-tage Victorianring. It wasincredibly ro-mantic — shewas blownaway.”

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Timberlake’sgranny spillsthe beans ENGAGEMENT. While JustinTimberlake and JessicaBiel may not haveconfirmed their recent en-gagement, Timberlake’sgrandmother is happy totake care of that for him.

“Yes, Justin is engaged.Jessica is a very sweet girl,she’s upright andeverything and we loveher,” Sadie Bomar tellsRadar Online.

“She’s a wonderful cam-paigner for theenvironment and Justin istoo, a fine young man. Jes-sica will be a lovely mem-ber of the family.”

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As a kid, you played Cap-ture the Flag. Kids todayare playing Call of Duty.The premise of each gameis similar. The difference:One is done outdoors, andinvolves running andjumping and fake shoot-ing…while the other re-quires a couch. And maybea sugary soda, as an acces-sory.

It’s an old story: kidsdon’t get enough physicalactivity. What’s scary is thenew research that provesit: Here in Canada, for ex-ample (a country with a lotof outdoors), only nine percent of boys and four percent of girls meet the newCanadian Physical ActivityGuidelines, which statethat children and youthshould accumulate at least60 minutes of moderate tovigorous intensity physicalactivity daily

The impact of this trendis both immediate (the riseof childhood obesity anddiabetes is alarming) andlifelong (lifestyle patternsstart young and inactivekids generally turn into in-active adults).

So how can you get yourkids off the couch this NewYear?

“Exercise for kids does-n’t mean hitting the tread-mill,” explains StephanieJoanne, who is currentlytraining the cast of the hithigh school series Degras-

si, including stars JessicaTyler and Raymond Ablack.

Simply running aroundplaying hide-and-seek orkicking around a ballshouldn’t be viewed as friv-olous.

Simple daily physical ac-tivity like this improvesstamina, agility, strengthand coordination in kids.

“Think of exercise forkids as simply movingtheir bodies. Let them de-cide how they want to bephysically active. Maybeit’s throwing a Frisbee,joining a sports team, join-ing a dance class or simplyjumping on a trampoline.”

Joanne, also an ExtremeFitness personal trainer,recommends exposingchildren to as many differ-ent forms of activity as pos-sible.

“This way, they canchoose which ones theyenjoy,” she says. One easyway to get kids movingaround is through dance.

“It’s much more effec-tive to tell kids to dance totheir favourite songs thanto ask them to stay on car-dio equipment,” she says,adding, “If they don’t likedancing, they can skip totheir favourite songs.”

And if your little onesare technology obsessed,replace Call of Duty withgames that require users toget up and move around.

“Kids’ fitness DVDs andPlaystation games are read-ily available these days,”says Joanne.

Get your kids moving in 2012

They follow you

According to the ActiveHealthy Kids Canada, chil-dren who receivegreater parental supportfor physical activity, andwho have parents whorate physical activity ashighly enjoyable, aremore likely to engage inone or more hours ofphysical activity a day. 1 Lead by

example.

Be a positiverole model.Don’t expectyour kids todo

something you’re notdoing. Find activitiesyou can enjoy togetherand commit to fitnessfor your family.

2 Create active habits.

Walk with your kids toschool, do active chorestogether or get active byvolunteering. Createroutines early on that re-quire your kids to be ac-tive. When it becomesnormal to not move andjust sit in front of the TV,it becomes harder tobreak those habits lateron.

3 Get a dog. A family dogis a great way to guaran-tee some activity in thehome. The dog must bewalked and it holds kidsaccountable to makingthe daily commitment togetting out and walking.

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More U.S. womenare having twinsthese days.

Health officialssay one in every 30babies is a twin.

That’s a huge in-crease over the past30 years.

In 1980, only onein 53 newborns wasa twin.

Experts attributethe jump mainly tomedical treatmentsand procedures thathelp infertilecouples.

But they note thatthere are more oldermoms today.

For some reason,women in their late30s have twins at ahigher rate.

The Centers forDisease Control andPrevention releasedthe twins report onWednesday.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Earlier diagnosis of dementiawould have been beneficial,

caregiver survey finds

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ly heats the water as youneed it.”

OK, but how long doesthat take?

“With some units it cantake an additional couple ofseconds’ delay,” explainsJames Gray-Donald, sustain-ability leader for SearsCanada. “However, thereare a number of units witha small reserve tank — justthree or four litres of water— to avoid that delay.”

Cold water is forcedthrough a blazing naturalgas heating system, quicklycranking it from frosty coldto toasty hot. The cost ofkeeping large amounts ofwater hot for long periodsof time is eliminated.

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But in this eco-consciousworld, almost everything isbeing re-imagined. One of

the latest energy-saving,cost-cutting breakthroughsis the tankless water heater.

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work & education 11metronews.caMONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012

Educators approach road blockResearch indicates that a school’s proximity to a major street can have a profound affect on student success

Students in low-incomeneighbourhoods are facingexposure to elevated levelsof air and noise pollutiondue to the location of theirschools near major roads,a new study suggests.

Researchers from Si-mon Fraser University(SFU) and the University ofBritish Columbia looked atnearly 1,500 public ele-mentary schools in Cana-da’s 10 largest cities.

Addresses were geocod-ed with the proximity tothe nearest major road cal-culated for each school.Researchers gathered dataon income and neighbour-hood characteristics fromthe 2006 census.

Studies of children wholive near major roads havefound that traffic-relatedair pollution is associatedwith lower lung function,impaired lung growth,

asthma, ear infections andlower cognitive function-ing, said SFU geographygraduate student Ofer Am-ram. He co-authored thestudy with SFU health sci-ences assistant professorRyan Allen and three UBCcolleagues.

Amram said similarstudies of traffic-relatednoise have found links toincreased blood pressure,reduced sleep quality andcognitive deficits.

Research also revealsthat when children are ex-posed to higher air pollu-

tion and noise at school itcan lead to poorer averageacademic performance, henoted.

Based on measurementsof nitrogen oxide concen-trations, ultrafine particlecounts, and noise levels inthree Canadian cities, re-

searchers defined schoolslocated less than 75 metresfrom major roads as theirzone of primary interest.

Across the country’s 10biggest cities, 16.3 per centof public elementaryschools were located with-in 75 metres of a majorroad, with a wide variabili-

ty between cities.Researchers found

schools located in neigh-bourhoods with a highermedian income were lesslikely to be near majorroads. Meanwhile, thosehoused in more denselypopulated neighbour-hoods were more frequent-ly close to major roads.

Amram said the studylooked at overall patternsacross Canadian cities andsaid the relationship ofcloser road proximity forschools in poorer neigh-bourhoods was pretty con-sistent across the citiesthey investigated.

But he noted that the re-sults don’t necessarily de-scribe the situation atevery individual school,but rather the general rela-tionship between proximi-ty and neighbourhoodincome. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Schools found in neighbourhoods with a higher average income are less likely to

be near major roads, according to a recent study.

Down the road

Future of the findings

Graduate student Ofer Am-ram said he hopes his andRyan Allen’s research canhelp officials determinewhere to build newschools, and serve as aguide for improvementslike constructing sound bar-riers or installing filters inventilation systems at exist-ing schools.

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New year, new lifeWith a job on the horizon, cancer on the back burner

and a positive outlook, Lisa is ready to take on the world

It’s a newyear and newbeginningfor Metro’sMakeoverContest win-ner Lisa

Airst. The cancer survivor is

about to start a new job asan educator with an or-ganization that manageshomes for people withmental health issues, andLisa says the contestplayed a huge role in se-curing her new job.

“I believe I was deter-mined before but some-times I gave up. Sandy atNEXCareer didn’t give upon me. I learned to beeven more determinedand persistent.”

Lisa’s new wardrobefrom Danier, the note-book from TechDirect, the

Blackberry with phoneservice from WIND Mo-bile and mentoring fromRobin Sharma Interna-tional and eBranders allhelped put her on thepath to success.

She recently went toDonato Salon and Spa,and as you can see fromher photo she has a beau-tiful new look to go along

with her new job and out-look on life.

“I had a follow-up withmy surgeon. I’m in remis-sion and flying high. I feelpositive about the futurebecause I persisted rightto the end and I didn’tgive up.”

From all of us at MetroNews, CongratulationsLisa!

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Denver QB Tim Tebow prepares to throw the game-winning touchdown to Demaryius Thomas on Sunday.

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A magic pass in the Mile High City

Tebow’s 80-yard passing TD in OT lifts Denver over Pittsburgh

One of the most storiedNFL playoff teams ran intoa rejuvenated Tim Tebowand the Denver Broncos.

Sorry, Pittsburgh Steel-ers.

The magic is back.Tebow connected with

Demaryius Thomas on anelectrifying 80-yard touch-down pass on the first playof overtime and the Bron-cos defeated the stunnedSteelers 29-23 in the AFCwild-card game on Sunday.Wild doesn’t begin to de-scribe it. The play took 11seconds and was the quick-est ending to an overtimein NFL history.

Thomas hauled in a high

play-action pass at theDenver 38, stiff-armed IkeTaylor and then outracedRyan Mundy to the endzone. Tebow, who lookedas startled as everyoneelse, chased down Thomasand knelt on one knee — agesture known far andwide these days as Tebow-ing. Then he pounded afist in triumph and took a

victory lap.“When I saw him scor-

ing, first of all, I justthought, ‘Thank you,Lord,’” Tebow said. “Then, Iwas running pretty fast,chasing him — like I cancatch up to D.T! Then I justjumped into the stands,first time I’ve done that.That was fun. Then, got ona knee and thanked the

Lord again and tried to cele-brate with my teammatesand the fans.”

Prodded by John Elwayto let the ball fly, Tebow act-ed as if the last three weeksnever happened, lifting theBroncos to their first play-off win in six years.

Behind Tebow’s 316yards passing, the Broncos(9-8) are heading to NewEngland for a second-roundgame against the top-seed-ed Patriots on Saturdaynight. And, unlike Elway,who lost his first post-sea-son start — to the Steelersat home in 1984 — Tebowis 1-0 in the playoffs.

“We’re just a fightingteam. A lot of resilience,”Broncos cornerback ChampBailey said. “In any adversesituation, we’ll find a wayto get out of it. Everybodysays we backed into theplayoffs, we’re in. We didsomething right along theway. We’re in it. We won agame. Now, we’ve got to gotry to win another one.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Raonicwins in IndiaCanada’s Milos Raonic hadto work for his secondcareer ATP title.

The 21-year-old fromThornhill, Ont., beat top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic ofSerbia 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)in a serve-dominated finalof the Chennai Open onSunday in India.

Fourth-seeded Raonic hit35 aces in a marathonmatch that lasted threehours 16 minutes anddidn’t feature a break ofserve.

“It is an awesomefeeling,” said Raonic, whowon all 48 of his servicegames during the week tobecome the first player towin a tournament withoutdropping serve since Swissstar Roger Federer at the2008 grass-courttournament in Halle.

Raonic dropped onlyfour points on serve in thefirst set and had fourchances to break in thefourth game beforeTipsarevic stole it on atiebreaker.

“Tipsarevic took it awayin the first set,” Raonic said.“But I took my opportuni-ties in the second andthird.”

Raonic established a 4-1lead in the second-settiebreaker before levellingthe match on his second setpoint. He had to save breakpoints early in the deciderbut dominated thetiebreaker with his serve.

The Canadian is 2-1 inATP World Tour finals,claiming his first title inSan Jose last February. Hefollowed that up by finish-ing runner-up to AmericanAndy Roddick in Memphisa week later.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“My serve is a bigfactor in my game... in 99 per cent ofmy matches. Myjob is to take careof my serve.”MILOS RAONIC

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Giants win

Eli Manning threw three

touchdown passes to lead

the New York Giants to a

24-2 win over the Atlanta

Falcons in an NFC wild-

card game Sunday.

Manning connected withHakeem Nicks for a 72-yardTD and Mario Manninghamon a 27-yard toss as the Gi-ants (10-7) pulled awayfrom the inept Falcons (10-7) in the second half.He also threw a four-yardTD pass to Nicks in the firsthalf, which came after thequarterback scrambled 14yards to spark the 85-yarddrive.The Giants travel to GreenBay next Sunday to play thedefending Super Bowlchampion Packers (15-1),who beat them 38-35 in De-cember.

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A turning point for DetroitLions have taken step forward despite loss to Saints, ending playoff drought ‘We need to win our division’

The Detroit Lions have tak-en a leap forward by end-ing an 11-season playoffdrought. They have workto do on defence if theywant to make it beyondthe first round.

All their deficienciesshowed up when the Lionsgave up an NFL post-sea-son-record 626 yards toNew Orleans in a 45-28NFC wild-card loss Satur-day night.

“A loss like this makesus want to return to theplayoffs even more,” de-fensive end Kyle VandenBosch said. “It will be nosurprise to everyone whenthe Detroit Lions start tomake the playoffs eachand every year.”

The Lions, though, willhave to figure out a way toimprove their rosterenough to stop good teams

from piling up points andyards. They allowed an av-erage of 122 yards rushingand 312 yards passing insix losses to playoff teams— two times to both GreenBay and New Orleans, andonce to San Francisco andAtlanta.

Detroit slipped to theunfavourable matchupagainst the Saints after los-ing the regular-season fi-nale by allowing GreenBay’s backup Matt Flynn tothrow for 480 yards andsix touchdowns.

Instead of beating thePackers, who were with-out some of their best play-ers, to face the New YorkGiants and perhaps have abetter shot of winning aplayoff game for the sec-ond time since 1957, theLions were double-digit un-derdogs at New Orleans.

“We learned that weneed to win our division sothe next time we can havea home game and benefit

from our home crowd likethe Saints did,” quarter-back Matthew Staffordsaid.

“That’s a huge differ-ence.”

Stafford’s goal has ahuge obstacle: Green Bay is-

n’t leaving the NFC North.Detroit coach Jim

Schwartz wasn’t in themood to reflect on the sea-son after it ended in NewOrleans, but he’s expectedto Monday.

Three seasons after seal-ing NFL infamy as the only0-16 team, the Lions haveplenty of building blocksto become consistentlycompetitive.

“We’re going to bearound for a while,” saidkicker Jason Hanson aftercompleting his 20th sea-son with the Lions.

Stafford threw for 5,418yards with 44 TDs — 18 toCalvin Johnson — and 18interceptions in 17 gamesthat provided hope for afranchise that has desper-ately needed it at quarter-back.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lions QB Matthew Stafford, left, meets with Saints QB Drew Brees after Saturday’s game.

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Man UnitedeliminatesMan Cityfrom FA Cup

The FA Cup’s Manchesterderby left Sir Alex Fergusonseething about United’scarelessness and RobertoMancini hailing City’sstrength and positive atti-tude.

The winner of Sunday’sthird-round contest,though, was ManchesterUnited — just.

Having stormed into a 3-0 lead and seen City captainVincent Kompany sent offin the first half, Unitedstumbled after the breakagainst the holders before

clinging on to win 3-2 andbook a trip to Liverpool.

“We were 3-0 up at half-time and we thought wewere through,” Fergusonsaid. “(We) took our foot offthe pedal.”

City hauled itself backinto contention afterstrikes from Aleksandar Ko-larov and Sergio Aguero,whose goal came after theball was given away byUnited midfielder Paul Sc-holes hours after he surpris-ingly came out ofretirement.

“It was a careless per-formance in the second halfand we should have beenhome and dry,” Fergusonsaid. “We made mistakesand you suffer if you makemistakes.”

Similar mistakes haveseen the champions loseback-to-back PremierLeague matches to slipthree points behind leaderCity, and despite the defeat,Sunday’s game onlystrengthened Mancini’s be-lief that he will deliver theclub’s first English title

since 1968.“If we show the same at-

titude and strength in othergames that we showedagainst United with only 10men, then yes, we can winthe league,” the City man-ager said.

United were joined in the fourth round Sunday by Chelsea, Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday.Chelsea routed Portsmouth4-0, Sunderland won 2-0 atPeterborough, and SheffieldWednesday beat West Ham1-0. THE ASSOCIATED PRESSRed Devils fight off comeback

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Aries March 21-April 20 Youwon’t hesitate to speak your mindtoday, but be careful what you sayto loved ones.

Taurus April 21-May 21Don’t focus on trivial issues whenthere are so many big things thatneed to be dealt with.

Gemini May 22-June 21 Arisk that pays off in the short-termcould cause you serious financialproblems in the long-term.

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Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23Today’s full moon suggests therewill be a clash of egos.

Scorpio Oct. 24-Nov. 22 Youwill lock horns (or trade stings)with someone whose views are theopposite of your own today.

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