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Protesters brace for arrests

Time officially ran out last nightfor demonstrators trying to stop a2.4-kilometre stretch of highwaythrough Eagleridge Bluffs.

“Police will be coming up here

and those of you who decide tostay will be arrested,” Staff Sgt.Jim Almas warned 30-or-so rain-soaked residents of the small tentcity in the shadow of EagleridgeBluffs.

But by press time yesterday noarrests had yet been made, leavingmany at the bluffs to believe thatarrests would be coming sometimethis morning.

Almas, who expected to have anenforcement order sometime yes-terday afternoon, arrived at thecamp around 3:15 p.m. He asked

protesters to think their situationthrough carefully, to seek legal ad-vice and to leave the area.

A trickle of insults met Almas’comments. One man told others toleave the policeman alone.

“He’s just doing his job,” the mansaid.

Almas said the protesters wouldbe given a chance to leave whenthe enforcement order was read to

them.“If they defy the order at that

time the alternative is to be arrest-ed,” Almas said. “We’re here to let

them know, crystal clear, what isgoing to happen. There will be nosurprises.”

Following Almas’ visit, DennisPerry, president of the Coalition ToSave Eagleridge Bluffs, said the sit-uation was as tense as it had beenin the last two years.

Perry said he suspected policewould not be back until today.

Asked whether he was prepared

to go to jail, Perry replied that it isthe last thing he wanted to do.

“If push comes to shove, sure.You’ve got to stand up for your be-

liefs. You’ve got to follow throughon your beliefs,” he said.

“We know that great changes inpolitics and democracy have comeabout through protests and civildisobedience”

Perry said he was still holdingout hope that the provincial gov-ernment might intervene to stopconstruction.

Enforcement order onway to opposers ofhighway upgrade

West Vancouver Staff Sgt. Jim Almas warns demonstrators at Eagleridge Bluffs yesterday afternoon that the next time police are at the protest site, people will be arrested. At press time, how-ever, no arrests had been made.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA and Beijing have signed a deal topromote financial growth. The initiative, Invest B.C., willhelp Beijing investors set up here and Beijing officialswill do the same for B.C. businesses there. SOURCE:cknw.com

VANCOUVER POLICE issued 466 traffic viola-tions on Knight Street over the May long week-end. Since April, police have targeted their en-forcement on the busy route. Metro Vancouver

Give migrant job back: BCFLByTIA ABELL

for Metro Vancouver

A Mexican migrant workerfaces deportation after hewas allegedly fired for com-plaining about poor toiletand living facilities.

B.C. Federation of Labourpresident Jim Sinclair saidyesterday that Marcos Baacshould get his job back untilprovincial labour officials in-vestigate the case. He addedthat migrant workersshouldn’t be fired without

just cause.“Migrant workers in Cana-

da have all the same rights asany other worker, as far asthe labour movement is con-

cerned,” Sinclair said.Baac claims he was fired

from Golden Eagle Farms inPitt Meadows May 9 afterwriting a letter protestingworking conditions. Without

the job, he cannot stay inCanada on his work permit.

Baac’s lawyer, Zool Sule-man, said he wants an inves-tigation into the firing aswell as better safeguards formigrant workers, who arecontracted through the Sea-sonal Agricultural WorkerProgram between Mexicoand Canada.

“The way it’s set up no onespeaks for (workers),” Sule-

man said.Golden Eagle Group presi-

dent Murray Driediger saidBaac was fired for an unre-lated personnel matter andwouldn’t discuss it.

The accusations aboutworking conditions are false,Driediger added, noting thatno one from the BCFL orother Baac advocates havecontacted or visited thefarm.

Fired Mexicanworker facesdeportation

farm background◗ Golden Eagle Farms isowned by Francesco Aquilini,a part-owner of the NHL’sVancouver Canucks.

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• DRUG BUST Police and firecrews found more than 1,000marijuana plants worth about$800,000 while responding toa fire at Double DoubleWonton Restaurant,news1130.com reports.Although no one was insideat the time, VPD Const.Howard Chow said childrenhad been living in theresidence.

• PHONE PROBLEMS For thesecond time in two days,thousands of Telus customersin B.C. and Alberta wereunable to retrieve messagesfrom their voicemail systemsyesterday, CBC News Onlinereports. The problem firstcropped up on Tuesday.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Boy bank

robbersin court A young teenager so shorthe’d have to stand on tiptoe toreach the counter of any bankteller appeared in court yes-terday with two others ac-cused in a string of bank rob-beries.

The three boys, ages 13, 14and 14, appeared dressed likemany pubescent boys thesedays — baggy pants, athleticshirts.

A lawyer appeared on be-half of one of the three, butthe other two had no repre-sentation. The case was putover until June 7.

The boys then left courtwith their parents, who havebeen given custody of themby the court.

Outside, one of the fathersgot into a yelling match witha television cameraman,threatening to punch him if his face or his son’s appearedon television.

That wouldn’t happen any-way because the law pre-vents the broadcast or publi-cation of anything that mightidentify the boys. CANADIAN PRESS

Big names

say go slowon stadiumByTIA ABELL

for Metro Vancouver

World-renowned architects Arthur Erickson and BingThom are calling a time-outon the proposed VancouverWhitecaps Stadium.

“We need a comprehensiveplan for the whole water-front,” Thom said in a pre-pared statement. “This is ourlast piece of undeveloped wa-terfront and we cannot allow

it to be developed in a piece-meal basis.”Thom and Erickson said

they were concerned aboutthe stadium’s location, its im-pact on nearby heritagebuildings as well as the lackof a link between Gastownand the waterfront.

A group opposed to theproject, the Gastown Busi-ness Improvement Associa-tion, will present their alter-native waterfront vision nextweek.

Whitecaps director of sta-dium development RachelLewis noted the companywelcomed input but hadn’t

heard from the architects.

COPS WITH A CAUSE Members of a number of Lower Mainland police services, including the RCMP andVancouver Police, launched the Tour De Coast, a Cops For Cancer bike ride that aims to raise money for children with cancer.Organizers are hoping to make $3.1 million this year.

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Fifth victim of deadly townhouse fire identified

An autopsy has positivelyidentified one of five people

who died in a townhouse fire

police believe was set by anarsonist.

Seventeen-year-old Ash-ley Singh was stayingovernight at her boyfriend’s

place on May 15 when it was

torched by someone whopoured gasoline around thehome.

Family friends have iden-tified Adela Etibako and

three of her youngest chil-

dren as the other victims of the blaze.

Autopsies to positivelyidentify her and the childrencontinue. RCMP have no

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Teachers return to negotiations

The B.C. Teachers’ Federationis back in contract talks withpublic school employers whileembroiled in a dispute overclaims of teacher shortages.

The union is asking mem-bers in a bargaining bulletinto e-mail or write the pre-mier, education minister andMLAs about their need for a“significant salary increase.”

The bulletin issued Tues-day says the pay of B.C.teachers ranks eighth in

Canada, and 20 per cent be-hind colleagues in Ontarioand Alberta, creating ateacher shortage.

But the B.C. EducationMinistry and the employerssay there is no shortage anda contract offer includesbonuses for teachers to work

in remote areas and in spe-cialty subjects in demand.

The federation is makingplans for a strike vote onJune 7 and 8.

The current contract runsuntil the end of June, so anywalkout wouldn’t take placeuntil September. CANADIAN PRESS

In an effort to increase safe-ty, TransLink is asking theprovincial government toinstall speed cameras on thePattullo Bridge.

TransLink directors vo-ted unanimously yesterdayto lobby Solicitor GeneralJohn Les to install speedcameras to reduce the riskof crossover collisions onthe bridge that connectsSurrey and New Westmin-ster.

The province however,has no plans to put speedcameras on the PattulloBridge, the solicitor generaltold CKNW yesterday.

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bridge fatalities

◗ There have been at least 23deaths on the bridge and itsapproaches since 1990.◗ In March, a person waskilled during a five-car acci-dent during the morningrush hour.

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Arrest madein murder atcountry clubPolice have made an arrestin connection with a murderat a swank country club inWest Vancouver.

A man was found dead inthe parking lot of the Holly-burn Country Club earlyTuesday.

A 27-year-old man wasarrested at an apartmentcomplex in Vancouver. Hehas been charged with sec-ond-degree murder. Hisname has not yet been re-leased.

Investigators say he knewthe victim found at thecountry club, Joshua Goos,29. CANADIAN PRESS

Another bus pulledover in spray caseNOXIOUS SUBSTANCE Forthe sixth time in the pastmonth, a transit bus wasforced to pull over after anoxious substance, like bearspray, was discharged, over-whelming the driver andpassengers.

In the most recent inci-dent on Tuesday, roughly 20passengers had to get off thebus after it pulled over atRupert Street and Broadway

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IN SASKATCHEWAN, 72 pure-blooded plainsbison were released into Grasslands NationalPark yesterday. They are first bison back inthe area since 1880. Canadian Press

Five arrested infish boat drug bustVICTORIA Five men arrest-ed after a huge drug buston a ship off Vancouver Is-land will be spending atleast the next five days be-hind bars. The four Canadi-ans and one Mexican ap-peared in a Victoria courtyesterday after they werearrested when police seizedthe MV Bakur ship on Mon-day at Ucluelet. The Moun-ties say they have found1,200 kilograms of marijua-na aboard the 47-metrevessel. CANADIAN PRESS

A WING AND A PRAYER Daniel Johnson holds Tagish, a two-year-old immature baldeagle at Wild Eagle Tours in Whitehorse, Yukon, yesterday. Johnson hopes to provide eagleeducation while giving a home to birds that have broken wings and would die in the wild.

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Iran summons ambassador

Canada’s ambassador toIran was summoned to theForeign Ministry, state tele-vision reported yesterday, inapparent diplomatic falloutfrom remarks by Prime

Minister Stephen Harperafter a newspaper reportsuggested religious minori-ties in Iran would be forcedto wear badges.

Iranian television gave noreason for Ambassador Gor-don Venner’s summons. Butit came days after Harpercriticized Iran over a reportlast week in the National

Post, quoting Iranian exilesas saying Iran’s conserva-tive parliament was debat-ing a draft law that wouldforce Jews, Christians andother non-Muslims in thecountry to wear specialpatches of coloured cloth todistinguish them from Mus-lims.

The Post apologized for its

report yesterday, saying it“did not exercise sufficientcaution and skepticism” onthe story.

Harper said Friday, theday the story was pub-lished, that such a dresscode could “remind peopleof Nazi Germany.”

But the prime ministerstepped back from that

comment following a speechin London, Ont., yesterday,stressing that before hemade those comments lastweek he cautioned that thefacts of the story had yet tobe verified.

“I’m glad to hear that thegovernment of Iran is notconsidering this,” he said.

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Foresters brace for warmingByTOM FLETCHER

for Metro Vancouver

As the federal governmentdrops its commitment to theKyoto Protocol as an impossi-ble goal for limiting green-house gas emissions, a new re-port for B.C.’s forests ministrystresses the need to adapt tohigher average temperatures.

The B.C. governmentchanged its focus last year tobracing for warmer tempera-tures rather than looking for

ways to avert them. A forest ministry task team

was formed in June 2005,held a forum in Decembercalled “Future Forest Ecosys-tems” and issued its report toB.C. Chief Forester JimSnetsinger this week.

“Climate change scenariossuggest that during the 21stcentury, British Columbia canexpect average annual tem-peratures to warm by two toseven degrees C,” the reportsays. BLACK PRESS

B.C. promising flood compensation As flood waters recede insoutheastern B.C., theprovincial government ispromising disaster relief toflood victims.

Public Safety MinisterJohn Les says compensationwill be approved for home-

owners’ uninsurable dam-ages under the Disaster Fi-nancial Assistance Program.

He says recovery staff arenow in the affected areas inthe West Kootenay andBoundary regions to helpwith relief claims of up to

$300,000.Warm temperatures com-

bined with melting snow lastweek to raise water levelsthroughout much of the B.C.Southern Interior. Dozens of homes were evacuated.

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PM says journalists onHill biased against himStephen Harper says journal-ists on Parliament Hill are bi-ased against his governmentso he’ll be avoidingthem.

The prime ministersays the parliamen-tary press galleryseems to have decidedto become the opposi-tion to his Conserva-tive administration.

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INDIAN PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh appealed yes-terday to Kashmiri militants in Pakistan to “come home,” atthe same time telling his troops to be more humane as hepressed forward with peace talks. REUTERS

Pandemic alert unchanged despite family’s death

A family of eight infectedwith bird flu in Indonesialikely passed the diseaseamong themselves, but theWorld Health Organizationsaid yesterday there is no rea-son to raise its pandemic alertlevel.

Six of seven people in theextended family in northernSumatra have died, the mostrecent on Monday. An eighthperson who died earlier thismonth was buried beforetests could be conducted, butshe was considered to beamong those infected withthe deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu.

It is the fourth — andlargest — family cluster of

bird flu cases likely transmit-ted from human to humansince the start of the outbreak

in Hong Kong in 2003, saidGregory Hartl, a spokesmanfor the Geneva-based WHO.

In the three previous fami-ly clusters — in Indonesia,Thailand and Vietnam — thenumber of infected relativeswas much smaller, Hartl said.

The family members’ closeproximity is probably respon-sible for the spread of the dis-ease, but that does not indi-cate the virus is mutating intoa form that could cause apandemic, Hartl said.

“It fits the kind of pattern

perfectly which we’ve seen sofar,” Hartl said.

Experts have feared that amutation of the H5N1 virusinto a strain that could easilypass among humans could setoff a flu pandemic.

“When it spreads fromhuman to human — if this isindeed the case here, and it’scertainly something thatwe’re looking at,” Hartl said.

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Dozens killed in Afghan fightingFighting in rugged southern

Afghan mountains killed atleast 24 militants and five

Afghan forces, while the U.S.military acknowledged yes-terday that the Taliban havegrown in “strength and in-fluence” in recent weeks.

The violence came after aweek of some of the dead-liest violence since the Tal-iban regime’s ouster in 2001.

As many as 336 peoplehave died, mostly militants,according to Afghan and

coalition figures.The Afghan military com-

mander for southern Af-ghanistan, Gen. Rehmatul-lah Raufi, said up to 60rebels had died in the latest

fighting in Uruzgan pro-vince, which involvedground forces and a U.S. airstrike.

The U.S.-led coalition,however, said 24 militantshad died.

It was not immediatelyclear why there was a dis-crepancy in the numbers,which were impossible toconfirm independently be-cause the scene of the fight-ing was remote and inse-cure. ASSOCIATED PRESS-CANADIAN PRESS

A firefighting plane drops water on a plume of smoke over the cargo section at Istanbul’sAtaturk International Airport in Turkey yesterday. A huge fire engulfed the cargo sectionof the airport and temporarily halted air traffic.

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Indonesian familypassed virus amongthemselves: WHO

hierarchy of pandemic phases◗ According to the agency’s six-level pandemic alert system,Phase 3 indicates no human-to-human spread or only on rareoccasions after close contactwith a sick individual. Phase 4means a small cluster or clustersof limited and localized human-

to-human spread, a pattern sug-gesting the virus had not yet be-come fully efficient at infectingpeople. Phase 6 is a pandemic.◗ A Canadian infectious diseaseexpert called the developmentin Indonesia “quite bother-some.”

other violence◗ Separately, a district chief, a judge and two guards fromthe Shahrak district of Ghorprovince were killed by agroup of armed men who am-bushed their car late Tuesday.

Questions surround airport blaz

A quick-spreading fire burn-ed down most of the cargosection of Istanbul’s AtaturkInternational Airport yester-day, forcing 2,000 workers toflee the thick black smokethat closed one runway totraffic and disrupted flights.

The inferno collapsed alarge part of the cargo build-ing, likely causing millions of dollars in damage.

Three people were treatedfor smoke inhalation, au-thorities said.

“Our biggest consolation isthere is no loss of life,” said

Mujdat Yucel, manager of the Havas cargo and groundservices company.

Firefighting planes filledwith water from the nearbyMarmara Sea made morethan 70 sorties to douse theflames, flying low and at anangle to avoid collidingwith a nearby Turkish Air-lines building.

Dozens of fire trucks also

responded, and the blazewas brought under controlafter more than four hours.

Authorities ruled out ter-rorism or sabotage and gave

various possible causes forthe fire, including a sparkfrom a welder’s torch or ashort-circuit.

“It was definitely not sab-otage,” said Deputy Gov.Fikret Kasapoglu.

“But there are variouskinds of materials in there,flammable, explosive, so wehave to be careful.”

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Workers fleeas flames consumeIstanbul airport

• IRAN World powers madeprogress but failed to reachconsensus in talks yesterdayon a package of incentives andthreats to prevent Iran frombeing able to build a nuclearbomb.

• WEST BANK Israel will trypeace diplomacy with thePalestinians until the end ofthe year before resorting to aplan to unilaterally set a

border in the occupied WestBank, a senior cabinet ministersaid yesterday.

• NUKES Israeli Prime MinisterEhud Olmert said yesterday

Iran’s nuclear ambitions posed“the test of our time” andurged swift internationalaction to meet what he termeda threat to the existence of theJewish state.

• SCANDAL Federal prosecutors

said yesterday that a formerBush administration officiallied to investigators and hidhis ties to Jack Abramoff, thelobbyist at the center of aninfluence-peddling scandal.

• UGANDA One of the world’smost wanted rebel chiefs, JosephKony of the Lord’s ResistanceArmy, has called for an end to his20-year war with the Ugandangovernment. REUTERS

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• POLITICS The days whenCanadian officials came to WallStreet to put their countryfurther into debt a re over,Finance Minister Jim Flahertysaid yesterday. “Now we try toattract more private equityinvestment,” he said. “We have

a new direction and we wel-come investment in Canada.” Itwas one of many examples ofhow Flaherty spent the day inNew York touting the policies ofhis Conservative government.

• ENRON A U.S. federal judge

gave final approval yesterdayfor the Canadian Imperial Bankof Commerce and two majorUnited States banks to pay $6.6billion US to settle civil claimsthe institutions helped EnronCorp. manipulate earnings.


Central bank raisesinterest to 4.25%RATES After eight months of raising Canadian interestrates, David Dodge looks setto take a summer vacation.Forecasters are now predict-ing the Bank of Canada gov-ernor could start bringingrates down by the end of theyear, especially if the U.S.economy starts softening orthe loonie continues toclimb.

Yesterday, Dodge raisedthe central bank’s trend-set-ting overnight rate a furtherquarter point, to 4.25 percent and signalled it will stopincreasing rates for now.

Stéfane Marion, assistantchief economist at NationalBank Financial, said the in-crease was not needed. TheTD Bank predicts Dodgewill cut the overnight ratea quarter-point by year’send and again next year.

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Banks have a problem. Moreand more, their most prof-itable customers are notcoming into their branches.

As a result, banks arelooking to pilfer conceptsfrom the world’s most pow-erful retail stores. PlasmaTVs, plants and comfy chairsare popping up in branches.

According to a study re-leased yesterday, banksaround the world expect “re-mote channels” — mostlywebsites — to deliver 33 percent of their sales in 2010, upfrom 6 per cent in 2000.

“This trend holds true forall kinds of products, fromsimple current accounts tomore complex mortgagesand insurance products,”said the 2006 World BankingReport, by Capgemini, INGGroup and the European Fi-

nancial Management &Marketing Association.

It’s “really the biggest shiftwe’ve seen,” said Kathy Kala-fatidesof consulting firmCapgemini Canada. “Peopleare not going in to cashcheques anymore.”

She notes that the Inter-net is catching up to auto-mated teller machineswhen it comes to service.

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CASEY BLAKEhit two homers and knocked in four runs inCleveland’s 11-0 win over the Minnesota Twins yesterday .C.C. Sabathia threw a complete-game shutout, and Victor Mar-tinez and Travis Hafner each knocked in two runs. SOURCE: mlb.com

The Colorado Avalanchenamed Francois Giguere their

new general manag-er yesterday, bring-ing him back to theteam with which hestarted his front-of-fice career.

Giguere takesover from PierreLacroix, who step-ped down as GM a day afterthe Avalanche were sweptout of the playoffs by the Ana-heim Mighty Ducks. Lacroix

remains team president andpraised his replacement.

“When we listed all thenecessary attributes for thisposition, one name becameclear in our minds,” Lacroixsaid in a statement. Giguere,

42, served as an assis-tant general managerwith the Dallas Starsfrom January 2002after spending 12 yearsin the Avs. He began hiscareer with the fran-chise in 1990 as a con-troller in the finance

department with the QuebecNordiques and made themove with the team to Den-ver. CANADIAN PRESS

Giguere

Career comes fullcircle with returnto Colorado

Avs lock up GiguereBuffalo Sabres’ Daniel Briere, on ice, is checked by Carolina Hurricanes’ Aaron Ward during the first period in Game 3 ofthe NHL Eastern Conference finals in Buffalo last night. The Sabres edged the Hurricanes 4-3.

Sabres hold off Hurricanes

Daniel Briere doesn’t have tobe told twice.

Challenged the day beforeby his head coach to producea better effort along with therest of his line, the dynamiccentre scored twice lastnight in Buffalo and lifted

the Sabres to a 4-3 win overthe Carolina Hurricanes anda 2-1 series lead in the best-

of-seven Eastern Conferencefinal. Ales Kotalik and Chris

Drury also scored for theSabres, who avoided fallingbehind in a series for the firsttime in this year’s playoffs.Ryan Miller stopped 24 shotsfor his 10th playoff victory.

Cory Stillman had twogoals and Eric Staal scored

late for the Hurricanes, whoopened the scoring but thensaw the Sabres roar back

with four unanswered goals.Drury first tied the game1-1 with a deflection on aSabres power play with 30seconds left in the openingperiod, a key goal that ener-gized a tentative Buffaloside.

Briere then took over, firstcompleting a pretty passingplay with linemates Jochen

Hecht and J.P. Dumont onanother Sabres power play

just 1:02 into the second, giv-

ing Buffalo its first lead at2-1. Briere then got behindCarolina’s defence, took anifty pass from Dumont, andskated in alone before beat-ing Cam Ward with a wristshot to the top left corner at8:28 for his seventh of theplayoffs.

Kotalik capped the four-goal barrage. CANADIAN PRESS

Briere leads squadto series lead

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• NHL The Edmonton Oilershave signed goaltender DevanDubnyk to a three-year NHLentry level contract. Dubnykwas the Oilers’ first round pick,14th overall, in the 2004 NHLdraft. The 6-foot-5, 195-poundRegina native went 27-26-0 in54 games for the WHL’sKamloops Blazers this season,posting a 2.54 goals-againstaverage and a .912 savepercentage with one shutout.

• SOCCER Brazil defenderRoberto Carlos confirmedyesterday he has received an

offer from Chelsea and isconsidering leaving RealMadrid. “Chelsea has offeredme a three-year contract,”Roberto Carlos said duringBrazil’s first day of training inpreparation for the World Cup.Roberto Carlos helped Real

Madrid win three Spanishleague titles and threeChampions League trophies.

• TENNIS Andy Roddick’s

participation in the French Openwas thrown into doubt yesterdayafter he retired with a foot injuryfrom his match against Chile’sNicolas Massu at the World TeamCup. The American landed heavilyon his left foot at 2-2 in the firstset and went on to drop serve forthe first time in the match.

• C FL The Winnipeg BlueBombers signed kickers BrianClaybourn and Kirk Yliniemiyesterday, filling a voidcreated when DuncanO’Mahony didn’t show up attraining camp over theweekend. In four seasons withthe Western KentuckyHilltoppers, Claybourn punted226 times for 9,237 yards and a40.87-yard average. His 226punts are the second-highesttotal in school history. Yliniemiwas 37-of-43 on field goalattempts at Oregon State.

• NBA Ed Tapscott, the firstemployee hired when the NBAgave Charlotte the expansionBobcats, stepped downyesterday as president and CEOof the second-year team.


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Suns seize opener vs. Mavs

Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki, right, tries to block a shot by Phoe-nix Suns’ Steve Nash during Game 1 of the NBA WesternConference finals in Dallas last night. The Suns won 121-118.

The Dallas Mavericks stillcan’t stop Phoenix’s inside-

and-outside playoff combi-nation, even with AmareStoudemire on the benchthis year.

Boris Diaw took overStoudemire’s starring rolefrom last NBA post-season,scoring 34 points — includ-ing a turnaround seven-foot-er with 0.5 seconds left — tocap a tremendous closingfinish, sending the Suns past

the Mavs 121-118 last nightin a thrilling, fast-pacedstart to the Western Confer-ence finals in Dallas.

Victoria’s Steve Nash re-mained the outside force,scoring 27 points and adding16 assists, the most by any-one this post-season and oneshy of his career playoff high.

Devin Harris scored a ca-reer-high 30 points for Dallasand Dirk Nowitzki had 26points and 19 rebounds.

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What you want is aroom that conveys history,

personality and warmth,rather than one that lookslike a showroom. One way

we achieve that look is tointroduce antiques intothe decor.

Antiques have always been extremely popular,in large part because of their quality and timeless

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well-made, and the style istimeless,” says Kenn Ban-nerman, marketing spe-cialist at Cornerstone Fine

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You’ll never tire of real artW hen you live in a

small space likea studio apart-

ment, you can get tired of These Four Walls prettyquickly. You dress up theplace with more trinketsand throw pillows butsoon it’s a tarted-up mess.

You lust for ultra-minimal-ism but when you finallyget down to near-nothing,

your barren space has allthe charm and depth of adentist’s waiting room.

It’s unfilling — not tomention a waste of timeand money — to be a decorswinger, moving from onetype to the next, neverquite satisfied, never com-mitted.

The best way to keep your relationship with your home alive is withart. No, this doesn’t mean

bee-lining it to Ikea forone of the million-issue

black-and-white photos of tulips or the Eiffel Tower.

That’s not art; those are just more accessories that you will abandon once you realize that thousandsof homes all over the

Western world have thesame pictures above the

same Ikea sofas. (Whereare those ubiquitousposters of the two Raphaelangels or The Screamnow? Exactly.)

You will not tire of real,unique artwork. You start

with one, you add anotherto change it up, you addanother for a grouping,

you move it all around,store a piece for a while,then rediscover it ... It’scalled an art collection,and if you’re in the habitof dropping $50 for a nicedinner out once a week,

you can afford art. A great starting point is

Granville Island, specifi-cally the ever-expandingEmily Carr Institute. If youcaught the annual gradshow that wrapped upMonday, you were over-

whelmed by room afterroom of paintings, instal-lations, fabric arts, pho-

tography, sculpture andmedia works. Humbling.

But there are alwaysother shows. Emily Carr isa goldmine for original art

without the gallery mark-up — yet. ECIAD communi-cations manager Moira Mc-

Dermottputs it moreeloquently:“Recentgraduateshave ach-ieved a highlevel of tech-nical and

aesthetic competence intheir work, but are pricedlower than well-knownartists because mass mar-ket demand hasn’t devel-oped yet for their cre-ations.”

Check out the website

(www.eciad.ca ) for showsand news, or drop by theschool to see what’s newon the foyer walls and inthe Charles H. ScottGallery. If you see some-thing you like, jot downthe e-mail address listed

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Min Sung (Jacklyn) Kim’s “Spiritual Rising” (acrylic, 4.5 ft. by 6ft.) is one of many intriguing visual arts pieces in the EmilyCarr Institute’s undergraduate exhibition catalogue.

Ceiling fansmake forcool décor

Ceiling fans do more than just bring about breezes,they add design and style toa room. Style-conscious con-sumers are looking for high-tech, contemporary designswith brushed nickel, steel,pewter, copper and bronzefinishes. Painted finishesand washes are also hot sell-

ers.“The traditional OldWorld look is very popularright now,” says NathanFrampton, vice president forFanimation, a Zionsville,Ind., manufacturer. “Alsopromising to be very hot is

Asian fusion, a new designwe are introducing.”

With more than 14 millionceiling fans sold annually,most do double-duty, light-ing a room as well as movingair. Frampton says, “Peopleare looking for beautiful de-sign, as well as flexibility.Our customers like to beable to change out the hous-

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Every summer, Canadiansmove outside. This meansthat the great outdoors be-comes a second living roomand outfitting the deck or thepatio with furniture andlighting is serious business.

Because tea lights have be-

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One style that comes tomind immediately is the Mo-roccan lantern.

The lights come in glassstar shapes, pierced metalversions and ornate hugelanterns that can either hangfrom a patio roof or be posi-tioned on the floor. Thepierced ones, especially, castgorgeous shadows on walls

and ground and can be con-sidered a lighting staple. InMorocco, these lights areroutinely placed along thepathways of the garden tohighlight mosaic stone treat-ments and to light the way of guests.

Indian-paint-ed clay pot lightsare another wayto light the gar-

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Provence —source of quilts,dried lavender and olive oilsoap — also comes throughon the lantern front. On hotsummer nights, brass andpleated fabric lanterns arehung in the garden. Nowa-days, these lights are manu-factured worldwide but stillevoke la belle époque.

T h e r eare manyinterpre-t a t i o n sbut hurri-c a n el a m p sand metall a n t e r n swork beau-tifully in adeck or patio setting. Hurri-cane lamps were designed toprotect the light elementfrom strong winds and were

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For those of us who lovenovelties such as strings of chiles, pigs or cacti, this cat-egory is definitely up our

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Britney bailson KabbalahPEOPLE Pop star BritneySpears has stopped studyingKabbalah because churchleaders kept asking her formoney, reports say.

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“I don’t think Jesus wouldbe mad at me and the mes-sage I’m trying to send,” shesaid.

U.K. and U.S. churchgroups condemned the actafter the singer began aworld tour in Los Angeles.

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labama’s soulful brother Taylor Hicks was crowned the new

American Idol during lastnight’s two-hour finale ex-travaganza.

After months of scouringthe U.S. and turning downthousands of wannabe popstars, the race betweenHicks and southern belleKatharine McPhee was defi-nitely a close one. But inthe end, 63.4 million votes— more than any presidentin the history of the UnitedStates has ever received —revealed Taylor had wonand would be the nation’snext singing superstar.

And after weeks of Hicksperfecting his vocals andputting on charismatic per-formances, it’s no wonderhe won. McPhee is deserv-ing of a career in the music

business, but this wasHicks’ singing competitionto win. Both competitorsalso won a Ford MustangConvertible each.

Last night’s show saw thereunion of the Top 12competitors:Hicks, Mc-Phee, Elliott

Yamin, ChrisDaughtry,Paris Ben-nett, Bucky Covington,Kevin Covais, MelissaMcGhee, Mandisa, Lisa

Tucker, Ace Young and Kel-

lie Pickler. The stars were also out in

the audience to help sup-port the new American

Idol, including actor DavidHasselhoff and Canadianproducer and songwriterextraordinaire David Foster.

On stage, joining the Top12 singing solo and groupnumbers were some of themusic industry’s best from

Al Jarreau, Live, Meatloaf,Mary J. Blige, Toni Braxton,Dionne Warwick, the pur-

ple wonder known asPrince and Burt Bacharachon piano.

Last year’s winner Carrie

Underwood also joined inon the festivities, as didseason one runner-up Clay

Aiken. Throughout the show,

viewers were treated tomore annoying Ford com-

mercials as well as an American Idol awards showof their own. Host RyanSeacrest gave out a series of statuettes that resembledan Oscar trophy, in what hecalled The Golden Idols.

Awards were handed outto contestants for best out-standing male vocalist, bestoutstanding female vocalistand more.

They also took a few tripsdown memory lane, andgave out the award formale bonding to the BrokeNote Cowboys — three com-petitors who couldn’t singa note to save their life.

And before Seacrest an-nounced the results fromthe votes cast after Tues-day’s final performanceshow, where Hicks andMcPhee took to the stagefor the last time beforeputting their fate in thehands of the American vot-ing public, the two per-formed a rendition of (I’veHad) The Time Of My Life,the Bill Medley-Jennifer

Warnes hit from the DirtyDancing soundtrack.

“Thank you so much, it was a dream come true,I’m so thrilled to be here,”

McPhee said.“Soul patrol! Soul pa-trol!” shouted Hicks beforeending the fifth season of

American Idol singing hissingle Do I Make YouProud.

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Taylor Hicks, right, of Birmingham, Ala., celebrates being named the new American Idol lastnight as fellow finalist Katharine McPhee of Los Angeles looks on during the show’s finale atthe Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

Pop stars making crossover into countryIf pop star Michelle Branchand her pal Jessica Harp hadtheir way, their new countryalbum Stand Still, Look Prettywould have registered evenhigher on the twang scale.

“We had people holding

the reins back and sayingmaybe you should approachthis very slowly and adjustas you go,” Branch said of theduo, called The Wreckers. “Ithink if Jessica and I totallyhad our way it would havebeen a bluegrass record.”

The group, whose album

came out Tuesday, is amonga spate of artists from out-side Nashville who are goingcountry and finding success.

The Bon Jovi-JenniferNettles duet Who Says YouCan’t Go Home hit No. 1 on

the country singles chart andstayed there two weeks,while new albums by VanMorrison and Norah Jones’outfit The Little Willies alsoare doing well (Nos. 24 and27, respectively, on the coun-try album chart).

The Wreckers’ first single,

Pick Up the Pieces, was atNo. 29 on Billboard and ris-ing after six weeks.

Pop and rock artists havelong been drawn to countrymusic for its vivid storysongs and crack musicians.

Everyone from Bob Dylan toElvis Costello to Kid Rockhave flirted with Nashville.

But there’s been a spikerecently.Neil Young made analbum and concert film herethat channel country’s gold-en era. Morrison and Jonesmined the classic country

songbook for their respectivediscs. Mark Knopfler teamedwith Emmylou Harris for hislatest project, All The Road-running. And former Pixiesfrontman Frank Black tappedNashville session players for

his record Honeycomb.“If there were a commontrait among all these artistsit is that they all treat coun-try music and country musi-cians with terrific respect,”said Brian Philips, generalmanager of Country MusicTelevision. ASSOCIATED PRESS

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‘I was really excitedI got to die’: BartonMischa Barton says it wasbetter to be killed in a carwreck on The O.C. than toleave the Fox teen drama in“one of those lame farewells.”

Barton’s character, Maris-sa Cooper, died in the armsof ex-boyfriend Ryan At-wood (Benjamin McKenzie)after Ryan lost control of hissport utility vehicle andcrashed. The third season’scloser aired last week.

“Well, I was really excitedthat I get to die, to be honest,”the 20-year-old actress tells

Newsweek magazine. “I’vedone pretty much everythingelse with the character. Itwas better than one of thoselame farewells.” Marissa hadbeen central to The O.C. since

the show’s debut in 2003.The Newport Beach teen hadbattled depression and drugand alcohol abuse, had abrief lesbian relationship andwas expelled from her highschool for shooting a man.

Although rumours flew inrecent months she was readyto leave the show, she saysher departure was the pro-ducers’ decision. “But I reallythink it’s best to do moviesnow,” says Barton, who co-stars with Hayden Chris-tensen in Guilty Pleasures,

slated for release next year.“I was also thinking of

spending a month in Lon-don, living there and takinga course in acting,” shesays. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mischa Barton says she’s glad she didn’t leave The O.C. in“one of those lame farewells.”

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Ludacris, Kanye in plagiarism battle

With some jurors nodding theirheads to the beat, lawyers sparred incourt over whether rappers Ludacrisand Kanye West stole the essence of another song to create the 2003 hitStand Up.

“The benefits are reaped by thosewho have celebrity status,” lawyerMel Sachs charged as he urged a juryin U.S. District Court in Manhattanon Tuesday to conclude that co-writ-ers Ludacris and West stole the lyricsand beat of a song produced by aNew Jersey company.

Sachs asked the jurors not to be“blinded by celebrity,” alluding to thepopularity of Ludacris, who has beenpraised for his music and his actingroles as Anthony in the Oscar-win-ning Crash and as Skinny Black inHustle And Flow.

Ludacris, whose real name is ChrisBridges, is scheduled to testify. Hedeclined to comment outside court.

West, who also is expected to tes-tify but was not in court, has won sixGrammy Awards for his two multi-platinum albums, The College

Dropout and Late Registration.Sachs played snippets of the song

Straight Like That, by the East Or-ange, N.J., group I.O.F., to show the

jury that it was similar enough toStand Up that Ludacris, West and

the music companies for which theywork should be held accountable.

A lawyer for the rappers and EMI April Music Inc., Christine Lepera,played both songs and urged the juryto reject the claims of BMS Entertain-

ment/Heat Music LLC. Two of the 10 jurors nodded their heads to the beatof Ludacris’ song, but did not move tothe beat of Straight Like That.

“The first time they ever heard of the song Straight Like That waswhen this lawsuit was filed,” Leperasaid of Ludacris and West.

At issue in the trial are the words“like that,” repeated more than 80times in each song, though one songprecedes the phrase with “straight”while the other precedes it with“just,” Sachs said.

He said he would prove that Lu-dacris heard the song before hemade his breakthrough hit, eventhough Straight Like That nevermade it beyond some air time on col-lege radio after copies of it were re-leased in September 2001.

“The defendant had access to thesong on numerous occasions,” Sachssaid, noting that Stand Up was re-leased in the fall of 2003 on Ludacris’album Chicken And Beer.

He said hundreds of promotionalcopies of Straight Like That were dis-tributed, a common practice by mu-sicians seeking to land record deals,and BMS Entertainment was con-tacted by one of Ludacris’ recordcompanies. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Essence of hit Stand Upstolen from group I.O.E.,lawyers allege in court

Kanye West and Ludacris, inset, are expected to testify at the hearing.

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Below is a partial list of win-ners at the 41st Academy ofCountry Music awards onTuesday:

◗ Entertainer: Kenny Chesney◗New male vocalist: JasonAldean◗New female vocalist: CarrieUnderwood◗New duo or group: Sugar-land◗Male vocalist: Keith Urban◗Vocal group: Rascal Flatts◗Vocal duo: Brooks & Dunn◗Album: Time Well Wasted,Brad Paisley◗ Single: Jesus Take TheWheel, Carrie Underwood◗ Song: Believe, Brooks &Dunn◗Video: When I Get WhereI’m Going, Brad Paisley and

Dolly Parton◗Vocal Event: When I GetWhere I’m Going, Brad Paisleyand Dolly Parton◗Home Depot HumanitarianAward: Vince GillASSOCIATED PRESS

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Americang o u r m e twas famousf or i nt ro -d u c i n gFrench cui-s i n e a n dc o o k i n gtechniquesto mainstream Americathrough her many cook-books and TV shows. Shedied in August 2004, justtwo days short of her 92nd

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Second Brown bookset for big screenFILM Buoyed by the box-of-fice success of The Da VinciCode, Columbia Pictures isplanning to turn author DanBrown’s first bestselling reli-gious thriller, Angels &Demons, into a movie, thestudio said Tuesday. TheSony Corp.-owned film dis-tributor has signed a dealwith Oscar-winning screen-writer Akiva Goldman, whoadapted The Da Vinci Codefor the big screen, to create ascript for a sequel based on

Angels & Demons, a Colum-bia spokesman said.

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AFTER WORKING TOGETHER on Brokeback Moun-tain, Oscar-nominated couple Heath Ledger andMichelle Williams have joined the all-star cast of theBob Dylan movie I’m Not There. REUTERS

JOHN MALKOVICH has signed on to play the title role inThe Great Buck Howard. The story follows a luckless magi-cian (Malkovich) and his assistant (Colin Hanks) as theystruggle to reinvigorate his career. REUTERS

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN director Ang Lee,right, will start work on the Chinese-languagespy thriller Lust, Caution in the fall. The projectis set in World War II-era Shanghai. REUTERS




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Former White Zombie frontmanRob Zombie is being tapped to host alate night cult movie showcase, as

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HELL HATH NO FURY: The DixieChicks made an unflattering com-ment about The View in a recent

Time magazine interview, which ap-parently led to a show-long savagingof the country trio by the hosts of the show, according to a New YorkPost story.

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The 49th annual eventwill take place Feb. 11 at theStaples Center in Los Ange-les for the fourth consecu-tive year. CBS will broadcastthe show live for East Coastviewers, the Recording

Academy said.The Grammys’ Wednes-

day-night telecast in Febru-ary took a big hit from head-to-head competition from

American Idol. It drew 28.7million viewers, comparedwith the awards show’s 17million.


The Apprenticelawsuit settledLAW A man who claimsNBC Universal, DonaldTrump and the creator of NBC’s The Apprentice stolehis idea has settled his law-suits in state and federalcourt, his attorney said.

Mark Be-thea allegedhe and Ve-locity En-tertainmentGroup cameup with theidea for anunscriptedseries calledC.E.O. that would have beenhosted by Trump and set ina corporate office environ-ment.

Bethea claimed hepitched the idea to MarkBurnett, producer of Sur-vivor, and his partner, Con-rad Riggs, in 2001 and theylater lifted “substantial andintegral material” from theproposal.

NBC and Trump werenamed as defendants be-cause they profited from theshow.

Bethea’s attorney, RonaldMakarem, said that thelawsuits in Los Angeles Su-perior Court and U.S. Dis-trict Court were settled re-cently, but declined to dis-close terms of the settle-ment. ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Tom Cruise and Katie Hol-mes reportedly got into

a big fight — that endedwith Holmes decid-ing to take baby Suri toOhio to introduce thetwo-month-old to fam-ily and friends. reportsJeannette Walls’ TheScoop.

Cruise, who is ru-moured to have arocky relationshipwith Holmes’ par-ents, won’t be join-

ing them, according to Life& Style Weekly.

“He told Katie he wasn’tgoing, considering the badrelations between him andher family,” an “insider”told the mag. “Katie wasreally happy he said that,because she’d been afraidto admit to him that shedidn’t want him to go.”

The couple allegedly hada “huge argument,” whichended with Holmes declar-ing, “I’m doing this and you

can’t stop me.” Her rep de-nies the story. Cruise re-

portedly decided to fly hisfiancée and tot to Toledo,drop them off and fly backto pick them up.

The episode, however,may be giving Holmes sec-ond thoughts. A “confidant”of hers told the mag, “Ka-tie’s very unhappy and be-ginning to realize she mayhave made a major mistakebeing with Tom.”


abandoned!

Heather Mills, the soon-to-be ex-bride of Paul McCartney, hasgone into hiding — in Slovenia,PageSix.com reports. She flewthere over the weekend, minus

the wedding ring given toher four years ago by Mc-Cartney, the Daily Mirrorof London reported. Afterlanding in Ljubljana, Millsdrove off in a rusty old Fiatwith a female friend.


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Costner denies splitKevin Costner has fired back at reports suggest-ing he and his wife are on the verge of splittingup, imdb.com reports. The movie star’s publi-cist says the story is false. The split rumourscome just a month after allegations from amasseuse that Costner performed a lewd actin front of her while he was honeymooningin Scotland in 2004.The unnamed 34-year-old claimshe grabbedher whileshe wasmassag-ing him,

before drop-ping his towel andexposing himself.

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Ashton Kutcher is working overtime tostart a family, reports Jeannette

Walls’ The Scoop. The actor is soeager to have a child that he re-portedly took a jet to spend timewith wife Demi Moore whenshe was fertile. His rep deniesthe story.


Ashton on the daddy track?

Victoria Beckham is brimmingwith jealousy over ex-Spice Girlbandmate Geri Halliwell’s re-cent birth to a baby girl. Hal-liwell welcomed baby BluebellMadonna — whose father issaid to be The Terminal screen-writer Sacha Gervasi — lastweek at London’s Portland Hos-pital.

According to Reveal maga-

zine, Beckham, although happywith her three boys, is yearningfor a little mini Posh Becks. “It’sa really bittersweet moment forVictoria because although she’sdelighted for Geri, holding ababy girl of her own is some-thing she is so desperate todo,” a friend of the Beckhamsrevealed to the British mag.

“She’s even chosen a name,

Luna, and David is alwaystelling her to keep all herclothes and jewels for theirlittle daughter. Vic and Davidhave got all these booksabout how to improveyour chances of conceiv-ing a daughter. She’s de-termined that the nextSpice baby girl will behers.” WEEKLY SCOOP

Geri’s baby makes ex-Spice mate jealousMills hiding out in Slovenia

The secret of Tom Hanks’ long hair maybe out, PageSix.com reports. Derma-tologists believe the actor, whosehairline has headed north in

recent years, popped the hair-growth drug Propecia to gethis locks back. “I haven’t aclue,” the actor’s flack re-sponded.


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The saga continues ...“I gave Axl my blessing — if he wants to date myex-wife, that’s fine with me.” That’s what TommyHilfiger’s adopted brother, Michael H., says hap-pened when Axl Rose asked if he could romanceMichael’s ex, Diane O’Connor, PageSix.com re-ports. The Guns N’ Roses singer’s relationship withO’Connor was rumoured to have been a factor in

last week’s brawl. But Michael H.says the brawl was a misunder-standing. “I don’t think Axl knew

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GEMINIMay 22-June 21

A buddy wants you torun errands. Someoneelse wants you to com-promise to get results. Acontact will be leavingthe scene soon.

CANCERJune 22-July 22

Hilarity and mirth willplease you. Getting offon the wrong foot weak-ens a bid to impress any-one.

LEOJuly 23-Aug. 23

There should be happi-ness at home. News pro-gram inhibits a debate.Forces beyond your con-trol will interrupt yoursleep.

VIRGOAug. 24-Sept. 22

You’ll be watched as anachiever would. Stay fo-cused on what needs tobe done. People will askyou for advice. Theweather affects a man’smood.

LIBRASept. 23-Oct. 23

A cowardly man behavesoddly due to high anxi-ety level. Check thatyour assertions are true

before arguing.

SCORPIOOct. 24-Nov. 22

Tiresome assignment isfinally completed. You’llget a well-deserved rest.A relationship improvesafter a talk with an op-ponent.

SAGITTARIUSNov. 23-Dec. 21

Putting cash aside forrainy day is a good ideanow. Inspiration arriveswhen you ask for timeto think.

CAPRICORNDec. 22-Jan. 20

Be glad for the patienceof a friend. Temptation iseverywhere but keepyour eye on your goals.Prepare to horse aroundwith a nature lover.

AQUARIUSJan. 21-Feb. 18

Happiness flows due tosomeone else’s decision.Don’t ignore other peo-ple’s needs. You will getapplause for a fine job.

PISCESFeb. 19-March 20

Someone will feel theneed to check that amessage has been sent.You’ll be walking to findwhat you need. Befirmer when lodging acomplaint.

AVATAR VENUS

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F I L E T K O P H A HL O A D V I I C U R EU N D S A T D I G I N

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2 4 7 6 9

8 3 4

9 1 8

7 6

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3 2

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2 6 7 5 9 4 8 1 3

5 9 1 8 3 2 6 4 7

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8 1 2 6 5 9 7 3 4

7 5 9 1 4 3 2 6 8

3 2 6 4 8 7 5 9 1

9 7 5 3 2 1 4 8 6

1 4 8 9 6 5 3 7 2

InstructionsThe digits 1 through

9 will appear exactlyonce in each row, eachcolumn, and eachzone. (A zone is an out-lined 3x3 grid withinthe larger puzzle grid.There are nine of these

zones in the puzzle.)Do not enter a digitinto a box if it alreadyappears elsewhere inthe same 3x3 zone, orin the same row acrossthe puzzle, or columndown the puzzle.

Solve time:Under 13 minutes Genius13-17 minutes Scholar17-21 Smart21-25 Pretty goodMore than 25 Keep practising

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Alfred Molina

Name: Alfred Molina

Best known for: Roles inThe Da Vinci Code, Spider-man 2, Frida and Chocolat.Interesting fact: He wasquoted saying, “Whenyou’re kind of my sizeand look the way I do,leading man romanticleads aren’t going tocome your way.”

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