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of Surrey

Creative Pacific Media For Advertising Please Call 778-988-1468 www.tidbitssurrey.com

Aug. 12, 2011 Issue #00003

FREE

WANT TO RUN YOUR OWN BUSINESS?Publish a Paper in Your Area

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Call 1.866.631.1567 (CAN)1.800.523.3096 (U.S.)

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SANJANA KHAIRA LAW CORPORATION HAS OPENED AT TWO LOCATIONS

Practice areas include:

Personal Injury• ICBC accidents• Slip & fall

General civil litigation• Adding or removing liens on property title• Collections

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Call anytime, 604.338.4860, to make an appointment to see me at either my Surrey or Vancouver location.

Vancouver Office: #202 - 3457 Kingsway Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5R 5L5Surrey Office: #273 - 8128 128th Street, Surrey, BC V3W 1R1

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SANJANA KHAIRA LAW CORPORATION HAS OPENED AT TWO LOCATIONS

Practice Areas Include:General civil litigation• Adding or removing liens on property title• Collections

Personal Injury• ICBC Accidents• Slip & Fall

Free notarizations for all MBC members until the end of this year!

Call anytime, 604.338.4860, to make an appointment to see me at either my Surrey or Vancouver location.

SANJANA KHAIRA LAW CORPORATION HAS OPENED AT TWO LOCATIONS

Practice areas include:

Personal Injury• ICBC accidents• Slip & fall

General civil litigation• Adding or removing liens on property title• Collections

Free notarizations for all MBC members until the end of this year!

Call anytime, 604.338.4860, to make an appointment to see me at either my Surrey or Vancouver location.

Vancouver Office: #202 - 3457 Kingsway Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5R 5L5Surrey Office: #273 - 8128 128th Street, Surrey, BC V3W 1R1

Telephone 604.630.8767 • Direct 604.338.4860 • Facscsimile 604.630.7307Email [email protected]

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Email: [email protected]

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TIDBITS® TAKES A LOOK ATSTRANGE LAWSUITS

by T.A. Tafoya

There is no shortage of lawsuits. Layers keep busy defending weird and wacky cases. Tidbits looks at a few frivolous lawsuits for a laugh, but don’t try them yourself! Frivolous lawsuits rarely make it through the courts and usually end up costing the plaintiff.

• Richard Overton took the advertising message of Anheuser-Busch a bit too literally. In 1991, he sued the company for $10,000 claiming to have suffered emotional distress, mental injury and financial loss because drinking Anheuser-Busch beer did not bring to life the beautiful women in tropical settings as was advertised. The supposed false advertising led him to buy and drink more Bud Light. The case was dismissed.

• An episode of “Fear Factor” prompted Austin Aitken to sue NBC for $2.5 million in 2005. Aitken claimed to have suffered injury and great pain after watching contestants on the television eat rats. This caused him to become light-headed and dizzy, which resulted in him vomiting and running into a doorway. The judge threw out the lawsuit.

turn the page for more!

TIDBITS IS HERE!Welcome to our FREE weekly paperNo Bad News or Political Viewpoints

Just fun family friendly articles, puzzles, trivia and MORE

For more information or Ad Rates please call Glenn at

778-988-1468

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• In 2006, Allen Heckard sued Michael Jordan and Nike founder Phil Knight for $832 million. In the suit he claimed to suffer defamation, permanent injury and emotional pain and suffering because he was often mistaken for Michael Jordan. He said that continual public harassment because of the alleged resemblance “has troubled his nerves.” Heckard dropped the lawsuit later that year.

• After eating Cap’n Crunch with Crunch Berries over a period of four years, Janine Sugawara realized that the “Crunch Berries” in the cereal were not real fruit. She filed a class-action suit against Quaker’s parent company PepsiCo in 2009 for fraud and breech of warranty, seeking full restitution of all money gained through misleading labeling and a court order forcing Quaker to disclose to the public the true composition of Crunch Berries. The case was dismissed.

• In 1910, Olaf Olverson was desperate for cash, so he sold his body to the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, for medical research after his death. A year later, he inherited a fortune. He tried to “buy himself back” from the institute, but they wouldn’t cooperate. When Olverson refused to donate his body, the institute sued him for breach of contract. Olverson lost the case. The judge ruled that he not only owed his body to the Institute, he owed them money for the two teeth he had removed without the Institute’s permission, saying Olverson had illegally tampered with their property.

• Bobby Mackey’s Music World in Wilder, Kentucky, was sued by J.R. Costigan in 1993. He claimed a ghost “punched and kicked him” while he was using the bar’s restroom one night. He sued the bar for $1,000 in damages and demanded that a warning sign of the ghost’s presence be put up in the restroom. The club’s lawyer filed a motion to dismiss the case, citing the difficulty of getting the ghost into court to testify for the defense. The case was dismissed.

• In 1976, at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, doctors removed John Moore’s spleen in a successful effort to cure his cancer. Doctors later found

that the spleen possessed unique cancer-fighting cells. Experiments with the cells led to a new discovery worth an estimated $3 billion. Moore tried to sue the University of California, claiming his spleen was pirated. The spleen had belonged to him so he should share in the commercial value. He sued for part of the profits, but in 1990, 14 years after the operation, Moore lost the case.

• Computer designers at Apple codenamed a new computer model Sagan in 1993. Traditionally, this is an honor. “You pick a name of someone you respect,” an employee explained, “and the code is only used while the computer is being developed. It never makes it out of the company.” This didn’t matter to Carl Sagan; his lawyers complained that the code was “an illegal usurpation of his name for commercial purposes” and demanded that it be changed. The designers changed it to BHA, which stood for “Butt-Head Astronomer.” Sagan sued again, contending “Butt-Head” is “defamatory on its face.” Apple won.

• Chicago lawyer Frank Zaffere sued his ex-fiancé Maria Dillon when she broke off their engagement in 1992. Zaffere filed a suit for $40,310.48 to cover his “lost courting expenses.” He did send a letter along with court papers to his ex stating: “I am still willing to marry you on the conditions herein below set forth: 1) We proceed with our marriage within 45 days of the date of this letter; 2) You confirm [that you] . . . will forever be faithful to me; 3) You promise . . . that you will never lie to me again about anything.” He closed with: “Please feel free to call me if you have any questions or would like to discuss any of the matters discussed herein. Sincerely, Frank.” The case was dismissed and so was the wedding.

• Andrea Pizzo, a former student of the University of Maine, sued her alma mater for failing to protect her from a cow with a “dangerous disposition.” While taking a class in livestock

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You sometimes go to extremes to prove a point. But this time, you won’t have to. Supporters are ready, falling over themselves to help you make your case.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Venus might be your ruling planet, but Mars is in the picture as well. So don’t be surprised if your romantic relationships are a bit rocky at this time. But they’ll soon smooth over.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Geminis might rush into romance and risk being wrong about someone rather than be left with no one. But this is one time when it’s wiser to be wary of where your heart takes you.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) With all (or most) of those pesky problems be-hind you, take time for your family and friends. Travel aspects are favored, with long-distance journeys high on the list.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) You might have started to question the wisdom of being open with someone you hoped you could trust. But be assured you won’t be disap-pointed. You’ll soon hear good news.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You have a reputation for honesty and integrity, and that will help turn around a situation that was not only disappointing but also quite unfair. Good luck.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A happy event creates a closer tie with a fam-ily member who seemed hopelessly estranged. Positive aspects also dominate in important career matters.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your ruling planet, Pluto, helps you adjust to change. So, stop putting off that long-delayed move, and make it with the assurance that you’re doing the right thing.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) You have a wonderful capacity to learn quickly and well. This will help you when you are faced with an opportunity to move on to a new path in life.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Good news: You suddenly find that you’re not facing that new challenge alone. You now have someone at your side, ready to offer whatever support you might need.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Your versatility -- which is just one of those aspects of yourself that make you so special -- helps you adapt to the challenges of a new and exciting opportunity.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your sensitive nature picks up on the needs of others. But what about your desires? You need to take more time to assess what your goals are and, if necessary, redirect them.

BORN THIS WEEK: You give your trust openly and easily. People find you easy to be with and enjoy your wit, your good sense, and your capacity to love and be loved.

(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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management, a 400-plus-pound Bovine head-butted her into the wall of its pen. Pizzo suffered knee and wrist injuries, so she sued the college for an unspecified amount. In her suit she claims the school “should have known that the heifer had a personality problem.” Verdict unknown.

• Cynthia Economou was sued by Karl Lambert in Florida court; he claimed that Economou stole his foot. Lambert’s foot was severed in a car accident, and Economu, the paramedic on site, took his mangled limb to help in the training of her body recovery dog. In her defense, Economu said, “It was an unrecognizable mass of flesh ... It wasn’t a clean cut. You couldn’t even recognize it as a foot ... If I had thought it was somehow re-attachable and usable, I would have gone to my commander.” She was charged with second-degree petty theft and received six months of probation.

1. Name the group that released “Good Times.”

2. Which band had hits with “19th Nervous Breakdown” and “Mother’s Little Helper”? Name the year.

3. Which group had a U.S. and U.K. hit with “The Boys Are Back in Town” in 1976?

4. Which group released “Sultans of Swing,” and when?

5. Name the one-hit wonder that had a hit with “Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’”

6. Which all-girl Go-Go’s song mentions dances called the Pony and the Watusi?

(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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By Sam Struckhoff

EDITOR’S NOTE: DVDs reviewed in this column will be available in stores the week of Aug. 15, 2011.

PHOTO: Jeff Bridges

PICKS OF THE WEEK“Jane Eyre” (PG-13) -- A young woman in Victorian England, plain in appearance, leaves a troubled past behind and finds herself in the em-ploy of a charming and complicated man. It’s an-other in a long series of adaptations of Charlotte Bronte’s novel, and this one stands out among the rest.The pace of the film is handled with care, but keeps in mind that motion pictures just don’t have time like novels do. The story has quite a few twists and turns as the tides change for the protag-onist, yet the film still takes the necessary time to get every drop out of the astounding scenery and the smoldering performances of Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender.

“That’s What I Am” (PG) -- This coming-of-age dramedy set in mid-’60s America tack-

les issues of tolerance, determination and principles. The story follows the trials of Andy, a fairly typical 12-year-old boy, as he sets his sights on his first crush. When wise, compassionate eighth-grade teacher, Mr. Simon (Ed Harris) pairs Andy with the class reject -- a lanky, awkward red-haired boy called “Big-G,” lessons are learned all around.It’s a touching family movie that is noth-ing short of a full-on surprise from World Wrestling Entertainment Productions. You may recognize a wrestler trying on a dra-matic role, and holding it up well enough. But Harris does the real heavy lifting, as he puts even-handed wisdom in a suplex and breaks a chair over the head of adolescent issues.

DOG OF THE WEEK“Priest” (R) -- In an alternate world where man-kind has been at war with vampires since the begin-ning, the Priests are an elite vamp-killing order es-tablished by the church. Well, they’re not vampires so much as slimy, eyeless, computer-animated rep-tiles that don’t do well in sunlight. For a movie that has no problem playing fast and loose with rules for vampires and priests, it sure doesn’t take any chances trying to be original in any other way. The characters, the dialogue, the plotline, and especially the setting are all straight-faced, unapologetic, 100 percent recycled material.

CULT CORNER“The Big Lebowski” (Limited Edition) [Blu-ray] (1998) -- The definitive set for any devotees of The Dude. The new edition comes with all the bells and whistles, packaged in a 28-page book full of extras, set photography and an exclusive interview. Follow the story of Jeffrey Lebowski (Jeff Bridges), possibly the laziest man in LA, as he is thrust into an absurd pulp mystery, beset at every turn by the most ridiculous characters and circumstances ever put together by the Coen brothers.

MORE RELEASES“Hoodwinked Too: Hood vs. Evil” (PG)“No Eres Tu, Soy Yo” (PG-13)“Something Borrowed” (PG-13)“The Conspirator” (PG-13)“Dexter: The Fifth Season”“Must Love Cats”“Paranormal State: Season 5” “Voltron: The Legend Begins”

(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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It was noted psychiatrist and sleep re-searcher William C. Dement who made the following sage observation: “Dreaming per-mits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.”

For reasons that aren’t entirely clear in the record at hand, it’s illegal to wear a hat while dancing in Fargo, N.D.

Despite the fact that the English language is very large in terms of the number of words available to those who can use them, it seems that much of our writing is made up of only a few words. In a study once con-ducted by lexicographer G.H. McKnight, it was found that approximately one-quarter of all the words in any given sample of writing in English is one of the following nine: and, be, have, it, of, the, to, will and you.

Some species of squid can swim up to 35 mph.

If you’re an avid hiker, you might want to keep in mind that the most dangerous trail in America, according to Backpacker maga-zine, is located in Canyonlands National Park in Utah. The trail known as The Maze earned this distinction thanks to numerous dead-end canyons, few sources of water and temperatures that soar to over 100 degrees F. in summer.

If you’re like me, you’re a turophile: a lover of cheese.

When the eggs of the Darwin frog hatch and the tadpoles emerge, the babies are swallowed by a male frog. They’re not victims of cannibalism, however; the father keeps the tadpoles in his vocal sac for two months. Once they’ve matured and become tiny frogs, the young ones are coughed up and have to fend for themselves.***

Thought for the Day: “It’s not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest wife, anyway.” -- Norman Mailer

(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Overcoming the Odds:Falling from the Sky

What would you do if you were in an airplane miles above the earth and the unthinkable happened — the plane breaks apart, and you suddenly find yourself in a free fall? If you were above 10,000 feet, you would quickly loose consciousness due to thin air. When you reached 10,000 feet, you may wake up. A free fall from 35,000 feet would take about three minutes with a landing speed of around 125 miles per hour! (Of course, the time and rate of speed depend on your weight and the amount of air drag created by the position of your body.) The following stories are about two amazing survivors of free-falling experiences. • In April 1944, Pilot Joe Herman of the Royal

Australian Air Force and his crew were on a mission to bomb munitions factories at Bochum.

After dropping its bombs, the plane was struck by enemy fire. Herman ordered his crew to bail out, but before he could secure his parachute, the plane exploded, and he was thrown into the night air.

• As he was falling, he bumped into what he thought was debris. In a panic, Herman grabbed on, but then realized it was the leg of mid-upper gunner, John Vivashand, who at that moment was opening his parachute. The parachute inflated slowly, which helped Herman maintain his firm grasp. The two men came down safely with Herman hitting the ground first. His only injury was two broken ribs.

• On Christmas Eve, 1971, LANSA Flight 508 from Lima, Peru, to Pucallpa, Peru, was struck by lightning at 21,000 feet. A fire started, and systems began failing, causing the pilots to loose control of the aircraft. The plane soon

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went into a dive. • The turbulent forces on the wings caused

them to tear away from the aircraft as it came crashing down into a mountainous region of the Amazon. Amongst the debris, 17-year-old Juliane Margaret Koepcke regained consciousness after an unknown amount of time, still strapped in her seat.

• All the other 91 people aboard — six crew members and 85 passengers, including Koepcke’s mother, were dead. Koepcke miraculously sustained only a broken collarbone. She spent the next 10 days alone and lost in the jungle with only a bag of candy for food.

• Her father once told her to survive in the jungle, follow water. Koepcke waded from tiny streams to larger ones until on the tenth day, she made it to the bank of the Shebonya River where she saw a canoe tethered to the shoreline.

• After climbing up an embankment, she found a hut. As it turned out, it belonged to a group of lumberjacks. They found her the next day.

The incident was seen as a miracle of divine intervention in Peru, and free-fall statistics seem to support this thought. Her story has been the subject of two films, the most recent being a Werner Herzog documentary called “Wings of Hope.”

FALLING FROM THE SKY (continued):

1. In 2010, San Francisco’s Buster Posey had a 21-game hitting streak, the longest by a Giants rookie since when?

2. Three pitchers between 1966 and 1987 started at least 20 games a season for 20 consecutive seasons. Name two of them.

3. Who was the first football player in ACC history to have at least 1,000 yards rushing and 500 yards receiving in the same season?

4. Name the last NBA player before New Orleans’ Chris Paul in 2007-08 to average at least 20 points, 10 assists and 2.5 steals for a season.

5. What NHL team other than the Edmonton Oilers (five times) has tallied 400-plus goals for a season?

6. In 1928, Sonja Henie became the youngest Olympic figure-skating champion. How old was she?

7. Who was the last men’s golfer before Tiger Woods (2005-06) and Pad-raig Harrington (2007-08) to win consecutive British Opens?

(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

You can whiten chopping boards with lemon juice. Just use the cut side of a lemon to scrub the board, let it sit for up to 10 minutes, and rinse clean.

If you’re stuffing pillows or a child’s toy with foam-rubber chips, rub a bit of fabric softener over your hands first. The tiny pieces won’t get stuck to your hands with static, and it will smell nice to boot!

Here’s a fun activity for the kids: Let them “paint” cookies. Using clean craft brushes or watercolor brushes, the kids can use food coloring to paint designs on cookies. They can even paint the dough before it’s been cooked, and then see how the design spreads and settles.

“We made our own umbrella stand by tak-ing the bottoms off of two large coffee cans and then stacking them on top of a third can with only the top removed. We taped the cans together and covered the whole thing with leftover wallpaper, which we sealed where it overlapped.” --

If you have stubborn shellac on your paint-brush, try dissolving it by soaking it in alco-hol. Make sure you do this in a well-ventilat-ed area.

Need a funnel quickly? Double a sheet of aluminum foil and roll into a funnel shape. It works!

(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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ANSWERSFlashback Answers

Sports Quiz Answers

LAWSWhat are laws, and how do they govern our lives? Here is a brief look at the intended meaning and purpose of laws.• Everyone and everything lives by some

kind of law. Even if you lived on a deserted island by yourself, your life and activities would still be ruled by the law of gravity and other natural, universal laws. Even ants live by their own set of laws.

• The Babylonian king Hammurabi is credited as the first in history to record a set of written laws in about 1786 B.C. They are known as the Code of Hammurabi.

• All civilized societies depend on laws to define the structure in which people relate to one another and to keep order. Laws affect all aspects of society, including everything from economics to social interactions.

• Yet laws alone do not ensure order and peaceful relations. Every law must be enforced to carry any weight. In many countries and communities today, laws are enforced by police and a system of courts.

• There are many different classifications of laws. Contract law governs both simple and complex business transactions. Property law outlines the rights and obligations concerning the ownership of real estate (land and buildings) as well as movable objects like cars, televisions, etc.

• Financial assets are overseen by trust laws, while tort law allows people to seek compensation if their rights are infringed upon or their property is damaged. Criminal law, also known as penal law, protects us by giving the government the ability and authority to prosecute someone that harms another person’s rights or property.

• Labor laws and safety standards ensure that our workplaces are safe. Restaurants and grocery stores we frequent are governed by health codes that keep us safe from spoiled, dirty or diseased food products that could make us sick.

• Written works, movies, music and other forms of expression are protected from being copied by copyright laws. And when using the Internet, we are subject to emerging laws governing this new medium.

• America came into existence due to a dispute over laws. Whether or not the laws of the British Empire should apply to the

colonies in North America was the question, and it found colonists and the crown staunchly adhering to opposing answers. The result was war and the American Revolution.

• Today in the United States, the Constitution outlines our most basic rights and is the basis for the creation of law, the protection of human rights and the election of political representatives.

• Society is not always in agreement with the laws that regulate our conduct or how the institutions that implement the laws behave. Oftentimes, we are in rebellion against some

of their provisions.

• The Greek philosopher Aristotle is credited with saying, “Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.”

• As the population grows and technology advances, the need for ever-changing laws exists. New and improved rules are written every day. One of the best designs of the American legal system is the power of the individual to collectively make or change laws through the right to vote.

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Information for Tidbits re: new Library in City Centre

The new Surrey City Centre Library, designed by Vancouver-based Bing Thom Architects (BTA), is set to open on September 24, 2011. This new building marks the next phase of a major civic investment that will continue the transformation of downtown Surrey. This new civic development will ultimately include a new City Hall, a large urban plaza, underground civic parkade and a performing arts centre – all of which will be close to one of the most heavily used transit hubs in Metro Vancouver. As the first piece of this new devel-opment, Surrey City Centre Library is the anchor that will contribute to the vitality of downtown Surrey.

Beth Barlow, Chief Librarian for Surrey Libraries notes, “Surrey Libraries attracted over 2.4 million visitors last year. We know that the new building will attract even more people to connect and share information, knowledge, and culture. As our largest Library, equipped with the latest in technology, including free wire-less access, as well as community spaces, a large childrens’ library and a coffee shop, we are anticipating that the new library will quickly become a destination.

The Design of a 21st-Century Library

The role of the library is changing and that the book collection is no longer the central focus. While the Library will continue to act as public institution that inspires learning, advances electronic information means that providing ‘people spaces’ for evolving library activities is now the priority. These activities range from the traditional research and education roles to a gathering place in the community.

The Library’s design features include large windows, a welcoming entrance with clear sight lines that allow visitors to quickly orient themselves in the space, and an upward winding staircase and a skylight. The form of the building is inspired by the curve of University Drive with an added feature provided by outward-sloping walls. Designed to LEED standards, the outward sloped walls also provide solar shading.

With a grand, center atrium and private study areas, the building includes 3 community multipurpose rooms, a 12 seat computer classroom, a meditation room, and a teen lounge and gaming area. In addition, the Libraries’ Read-Ability Services for the blind and visually impaired will be relocated from the Guildford Library to a much more accessible ground floor space at City Centre.

About Surrey Libraries

Programs and Services Provided: Includes information services, Internet access, computer training, books in other languages, storytimes for children and programs for adults.

Surrey Libraries serves a community of over 450,000.

• 1,909,000 website page views to our website at www.surreylibraries.ca .

• 2,437,500 people visited the Library in 2010

• 4,047,000 items borrowed

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