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air links between Moscow and Nadi and significantly boost the number of Russian tourists visiting Fiji. The signings capped a day of intense activity in Moscow, which began when the Prime Minister laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier along the Kremlin Wall in the centre of the Russian capital. This was followed by a meeting between Commodore Bainimarama and Prime Minister Medvedev at his official residence, Gorky House, on the outskirts of Moscow. The two leaders pledged to strengthen their bilateral relations and improve trade and economic ties. These were officially described as having been largely sporadic and uncoordinated in the past. In his welcome statement, the Russian leader said he would like to see a celebration of the relationship between Russia and Fiji next year to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1974. To this end, he invited a Fijian delegation to visit Russia next August to mark the occasion. Prime Minister Medvedev expressed the Russian Government's continuing support for Fiji's contribution to United Nations peacekeeping efforts. One hundred and eighty two (182) Fijian troops left Fiji to join the UN contingent in the Golan Heights. Mr Medvedev said Russia wanted to pay particular attention to assisting Fiji with its UN peacekeeping deployments. After PM Bainimarama had given him an update on Fiji's progress towards the election in September 2014, the Russian Prime Minister said Fiji had the right to be left alone to map its own way forward without being dictated to by other countries. Russia, he said, respected the sovereignty of every nation, big or small, and their right to decide on their development and their future. The Russian leader also accepted an invitation from the Fijian Prime Minister to send a senior representative to the summit meeting of the Pacific Islands Development Forum in Nadi in August. He indicated that his Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, would be the most likely official to lead the Russian delegation.
NZ Pleased With Fiji's Progress: Mccully
Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, says Fiji should not be dictated by other countries, but rather be free to map its own way forward. He said Russia respects the sovereignty of every nation, big or small, and their right to decide on their development and their future. During a meeting with Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama in Moscow, he pledged the Russian Govts continued support and assistance to strengthen bilateral relations and improve trade and economic ties between the two countries as well as
Fiji Should Be Left Alone: Russia PM
assist Fiji with its UN peacekeeping deployments. Medvedev also invited a Fijian delegation to visit Russia in August next year to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1974. The Russian leader also accepted an invitation from the Fijian Prime Minister to send a senior representative to the summit meeting of the Pacific Islands Development Forum in Nadi in August. He indicated that his Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, would be most likely to lead the Russian delegation.
New Zealand is pleased with Fijis progress towards democracy and will send independent monitors during the 2014 elections if needed, say NZ Foreign Minister Murray McCully. McCully told NZ newswire that their support towards Fijis election was discussed during a meeting with foreign ministers from Australia and Papua New Guinea in Brunei. Today's discussions between Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand was an opportunity for us to look at how we can make sure we're fully joined up and coordinated in offering support, McCully said.
We will wait until a little bit closer to the time to see what the nature of the invitation looks like to the members of the international community, he said. Meanwhile a committee was earlier setup to identify what resources international countries are willing to contribute during Fijis 2014 elections. Attorney General Aiyaz SayedKhaiyum said their top priority is making sure that elections are conducted in a smooth, transparent and political manner, using best international practices and partnership with the international community is most welcome.
The Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) filed abuse of office charges against a former divisional land surveyor of the Lands Department. The case was called before the Magistrates Court in Labasa where Tevita Nalawa, the former surveyor appeared alongside an Abdul Hamid who was charged with one count of obtaining property by deception. Hamid was represented by defence lawyer Amrit Sen and the court heard that he pleaded not guilty to the offence. Nalawa asked the court for more time in order to find a lawyer and his plea was deferred to another date while Prosecution served their first phase of disclosures.
Former Surveyor Charged With Abuse Of Office
Both men have been released on bail and ordered to report to FICAC twice a week between 6am-6pm and also warned not to interfere with Prosecution witnesses. The case has been adjourned to August 6. It is alleged that in July 2011, Hamid dishonestly obtained $2500 from Macuata Muslim League with the intention of permanently depriving Macuata Muslim League of the said amount. It is also alleged that in 2011 between October 28 and 31 Nalawa directed one Kavita Kiran Prasad to receive $2500 as a lease processing fee from Hamid, without following the proper procedure and without a requirement to receive the money from Hamid.
A three-member overseas group which includes a rep from the New Zealand elections office will carry out a gap analysis to assess preparation for Fijis 2014 elections. The group includes a representative from the Commonwealth and the European Union. Attorney General and Minister for Elections Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said the group would help identify areas that needed to be dealt with before the elections, including problems that may arise to ensure that anomalies that occurred in 2006 are not repeated. We have decided to carry out a gap analysis for what we call a need assessment. We had asked the UN to carry out a needs assessment but
Elections Analysis To Begin On Monday
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A 14-year-old student is currently admitted in hospital after getting thrown out of a bus in Nadera, Nasinu while he was still in the process of boarding the public transport. According to police, the boy was thrown out as the bus driver had allegedly moved the bus. As a result the front tire of the bus went over the victims leg causing injuries. He was conveyed to the Valelevu Health Centre and later transferred to CWM Hospital and is currently admitted at the Acute Surgical Ward. Director Traffic SSP Mahesh Mishra said this is a serious incident and
Student Thrown Off The Moving Bus
nothing really came out of it so we are carrying out this assessment, SayedKhaiyum said. The needs assessment will be critical not just in terms of coordinating assistance, but also areas where elections offices can be built. He said they have been meeting with stakeholders and various representatives from overseas embassies in the country and have managed to form a smaller sub-committee to look into the various donations and assistance for elections next year. Sayed-Khaiyum further said it was important that all forms of assistance coming towards elections are monitored to ensure they are used wisely. The assessment starts on Monday. Public Service Vehicle (PSV) drivers must ensure the safety of their passengers should be looked after at all times. He said the fact that the driver allegedly moved the bus before the student had taken his seat or in this case was allegedly still on the first step is a serious safety breach and we will not be treating this case lightly. Police is currently liaising with the Land Transport Authority to take the necessary action as investigations continue and bus drivers have been urged to take more responsibility of their passengers safety.
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iTaukei chiefly title disputes continue to rise. This was confirmed by the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of the iTaukei Affairs, Mr Savenaca Kaunisela. Mr Kaunisela said staff of the Native Lands and Fisheries Commission (NLFC) had been visiting the troubled villages to solve the various disputes. Mr Kaunisela said that in most cases the cause of the title dispute was the wrong information used by the claimants. Most of these people were using information not found in the Vola ni Kawa Bula (VKB). In fact, Mr Kaunisela said this particular group was disputing the sworn statement s recorded in the VKB.
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The Ministry of Agriculture is targeting a thousand tonne consignment of ginger when it begins exporting to Australia in September. Ministry of Agriculture, Deputy Secretary, Uraia Waibuta said that the Ministrys initial target was 1000 tonnes which will be confirmed later in the year. We are looking at about 1000 tonnes of ginger in our first consignment and this figure will be finalised in August upon completion of the necessary ground work, Mr Waibuta said. We should then be able to finalise whether we will be sending 500 tonnes or 1000 tonnes.
Ginger Exportation To Australian Market To Begin Soon
Mr Waibuta added the Ministry would continue to register farmers and advise them on ginger production expectations. We are focusing on how well we can harvest the existing crop and also meet the requirements of the Australian market in accepting the first shipment of ginger, Mr Waibuta said. There are certain standards which we are required to meet so the Ministry is working towards that. The Ministry has also identified farmers and two exporters who would be involved in the ginger exportation process to Australia.
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Puisine Judge Lal Sirimevan Abeygunaratne takes his oath before senior High Court judges. Fijis judiciary has welcomed a new Prior to his appointment to the Fijian addition to its ranks following the High Court, Mr Abeygunaratne swearing in of a Puisne Judge to the practiced as an attorney at law in the Sri Lankan courts from 1978 to Fijian High Court. Puisne judge Mr Lal Sirimevan 1992. Abeygunaratne was sworn in by the He was also the director general of President, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, at the Consumer Affairs Authority of Sri Lanka. Government House.
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High Tech X-Ray Machines Boost Airport Security

The Fijian Governments commitment towards strengthening Fijis borders and gateways got a boost with the commissioning of four new xray machines at the Nadi International Airport. These new technology enhances efforts of the state to modernise equipment processes and systems that will assist border security officers better facilitate safety travels for the public. In commissioning the new machines, acting Minister for Defense Mr Timoci Lesi Natuva said the machines, which cost government $750,000 are stationed at the Nadi international airport and puts Fiji on par with other international airports such as Hong Kong and Korea. These machines are state-of-theart and provide us with a new and upgraded line of defence against the importation of contraband and illegal items into Fiji, Mr Natuva said. Every incoming passenger will have their luggage screened in a manner that complies with the latest international standards, which Fiji is committed to meet. Mr Natuva said these international instruments will provide the impetus for better and wider coverage of contraband and illegal items. In May this year, the Immigration Department launched a new system called Integrated Border Management Systems (IBMS) which allows quicker access to information on individual
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arriving passengers. Now, we are here to commission the updated Inbound Baggage Screening System another measure which indicates the Governments commitment to protect our borders, Mr Natuva said. Everyone in Fiji can be assured that from today, we are all more secure. Mr Natuva added that the Nadi International Airport would undergo a major refurbishment program later in the year to upgrade it to international standards because some of the present facilities date back to the 1960s and
are inadequate to cater for todays demands. So this upgrade will be good for passengers using the airport and good for those who work here, Mr Natuva said. The Ministry of Defence, National Security and Immigration have collaborated with government stakeholders to purchase the latest equipment for the airport including with the Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority, the Biosecurity Authority of Fiji, Airports Fiji Limited and the support from the Ministry of Defence, National Security and Immigration.
Have To Be A Citizen To Vote

GOVERNMENT has clarified that Fijians who have revoked their Fijian citizenship will not be able to register and vote in the 2014 general elections. Attorney-General and Minister Responsible for Elections Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said only Fijian citizens could register to vote in the upcoming general elections. "If you are a person living overseas, one of the key documents you will require to be able to register will be your current Fijian passport. That is critical. So you have to be a Fijian citizen when you go and register," Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said. He said Fijians with dual citizenship could also register. The government is also working on ways of registering Fijians abroad. "We need to ensure there is integrity in the data. The data previously has also been polluted with identity theft so we need to ensure that it's not polluted." Meanwhile, in the third phase of the electronic voter registration, an estimated 28,576 voters have been registered in the provinces of Ba, Naitasiri, Macuata and Rewa. However, indications are that more people are yet to be registered in these provinces, according to elections office acting principal secretary Asenaca Kolinivala. "We found out that most voters in these provinces still need to be registered because of the high population count and the remoteness of some of these areas," Ms Kolinivala said during a radio talk show. "We are happy to see that so many Fijians managed to register on this third round of registration which is more than the target for the second round of the EVR." Ms Kolinivala said they planned to set up permanent voter registration centers around the country to register people who had not participated in the EVR process and for those who would be turning 18 soon or before the elections. "The new voter registration centres would be used to register Fijians who have just turned 18 years old," she said.
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More Registered Voters

The third phase of the electronic voter registration or EVR, organised by the Elections Office has registered an estimated twenty eight thousand, five hundred and seventy six (28, 576) voters in the provinces of Ba, Naitasiri, Macuata and Rewa. However indications are that more people are yet to be registered in these provinces, according to Elections office acting principal secretary Ms Asenaca Kolinivala. We found out that most voters in these provinces still need to be registered because of the high population count and the remoteness of some of these areas, Ms Kolinivala said during a radio talk-show. We are happy to see that so many Fijians managed to register on this third round of registration which is more than the target for the second round of the EVR. Ms Kolinivala said they plan to set up permanent voter registration centers around the country to register people who have not participated in the EVR process and for those who will be turning 18 soon or before elections in September 2014. The new voter registration centres would be used to register Fijians who have just turned 18 years old, she said. She said the Elections Office had also received numerous reports of missing EVR cards and the new voter registration centres would be able to issue lost cards. We received a total of 3,402 reports of missing EVR cards and we are planning to set up more voter registration centres where we can issue new cards, Ms Kolinivala said. Elections Office senior administrative officer Ms Lanieta Gadolo has requested members of the public to bring proper identification in order to get registered. Those who wish to be registered need to bring their birth certificate, passport or FNPF card, driving licence, social welfare card or any other employment identification cards, Ms Gadolo said.
July 4th - 237 Years Of Liberty

THE US Embassy commemorated 237 years of independence on July 4th with a ceremony that included food, drinks, live music and the theme 'Lady Liberty'. At the ceremony, which was attended by about 900 guests including President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, permanent secretary for Foreign Affairs Amena Yauvoli conveyed his congratulations to the US Government and people on behalf of the people of Fiji. "We can only stand back and admire the struggles and achievements that have paved the way to what America has become today," Mr Yauvoli said. US ambassador to Fiji Frankie Reed delivered her message, saying the embassy not only saw the day as a political celebration, but also as a celebration of common humanity. "What many embassies are doing, especially ours in Suva, is celebrating the connection of people and culture," she said. Ms Reed said she was having "a great time in Fiji", and thanked the numerous sponsors who made the event possible. "In the United States, we often celebrate Independence Day in the sun with friends and family and over cold drinks and hot barbecue," Ms Reed said. "So today, we are delighted to bring our Fijian friends just a small taste of this cherished American tradition." Embassy staff members got a day off, as July 4 is a national holiday in the US. The US gained its independence from Great Britain following American revolution, and the declaration of independence was approved by Congress on July 4, 1776.
Outrigger on the Lagoon Fiji has recorded a strong first six months with a turnover in excess of 12 per cent this year. In celebration of it achievement, the resort treated its management team to a cocktail party at the newly-opened Vahavu, the resorts adults only exclusive swimming pool and bistro last week. The bistro was opened last month at the cost of $2 million. The result is placed on the direct benefit from the resorts 90 per cent and above occupancy rates since March. Resort general manager, Peter Hopgood said, noted the achievement could not have been possible without the support of the team. The best thing is that even at these high occupancies we continue to be rated as the number one large resort on Tripadvisor for guest satisfaction, Mr.
Outrigger Fiji Records A Good Profit
A 14-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to two counts of rape at the Nadi Magistrates Court. The 14-year-old is alleged to have raped a seven-year-old student in Nadi. The suspect a school dropout appeared before Magistrate Mohamed Ajmeer.
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Hopgood continued. Our managers and supervisors are the backbone of our resort and our executive team wanted to take the time to say thank you for a job well done! We know that as a team we can only get better in the next 6 months and we plan to end 2013 with even better results. Supporting achievements Guest Services manager Salote Bali was awarded a top Outrigger Enterprises award as a values host. This was with the fine dining restaurant Ivi taking out the exceptional achievements team award in May. Tripadvisor also awarded the resort with a certificate of excellence for 2013. The Outrigger vuvale (family) were recent winners of the two AON Excellence in Tourism awards in February 2013.
The State prosecutor objected to bail, saying the offence was serious and that there was tension in the area where the suspect and victim lived. The accused is currently been kept in remand at Suva Boys Centre and is likely to be sentenced on July 10 at the High Court in Lautoka.
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Ship Crew Tie Up Alleged Conman
A man posing as a Post Fiji Limited employee was tied up by crew members of a vessel. This was after he was caught trying to intercept a consignment of money bound for an outer island. The incident happened at ort Mua-iWalu on board the MV Lady Sandy which was set to sail to the Lau Group. Police are trying to ascertain whether the alleged conman is also linked to $40,000 cash that went missing in March in a similar episode. Durga Prasad, owner of the MV Lady Sandy said they were fortunate to have the suspect caught. When the last mail bound for Yasayasa Moala got missing, we copped the blame because it was in our care, Mr Prasad said. We were interrogated by the police and we tried to put the puzzle into pieces upon liaising with Post Fiji. The the reporter arrived at the scene later, gathered that the office of the MV Lady Sandy (Seaview Shipping Limited) received a call informing them that there was a wrong mail bag in the cargo section. The caller, believed to have been the impersonator, said that the mail bag was supposed to be taken to Taveuni. It had originally been registered for Kabara. The alleged imposter said he was on his way to pick up the mail bag to be delivered back to the main Post Fiji Office.
We suspected that the call was not a genuine one so we informed Post Fiji about it. Post Fiji had made it clear that future dealings with them should be in writing. A person without it should not be allowed to handle the mails, Mr Prasad said. One of their bosses had to come down. He hid amongst the crowd to see if he could identify the person. It was revealed that the man came dressed in a Post Fiji uniform, wearing an identification card (ID). Once the crew members were notified that he was an impersonator, they beat him up before calling the police. One of the crew members said they were really frustrated because they were blamed for the missing money in March. It is understood that some crew members had to have their wages deducted in order to pay back the missing money. When contacted, Post Fiji acting manager mail operations Rusiate Qereqeretabua confirmed that the suspect was not an employee of Post Fiji.He said the matter was now with the police. Police public relations officer Ana Naisoro confirmed that two men are in police custody. $5000 worth of cash was in the Post Fiji bag when the suspect who was wearing a Post Fiji uniform informed the staff to hand the bag over to him, she said.
Fijis oldest political party, the National Federation Party (NFP) is willing to include former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in its campaign for the 2014 election should he wish to join a political party. This comes after Rabuka hinted to Radio New Zealand that he would be running for election next year on the National Federation Party ticket. Rabuka said none of the four parties registered so far have asked him to join but he has been asked to stand for election by his provincial chief. He said it could mean being under the umbrella of the United Front for a Democratic Fiji which includes old rivals. Qarase doesnt want to work with me, Chaudhry I know doesnt want to work with me, but if those two pull or push for the Federation Party not to field me as a candidate then I cannot help it. Then Im out. However, NFP President Raman Pratap Singh said they would welcome Rabukas inclusion to the party. He comes with great experience and the party will welcome him as
Sitiveni Rabuka Is Welcome To Join Us: NFP
a member before he can apply for an expression of interest with our selection board before contesting for elections, Singh said. We have no restrictions for those wanting to be members and Rabuka is very welcome to be one.
FNPF Employer Amnesty Ends

Fijis National Provident Fund (FNPF) amnesty period for the waiver of surcharge against employers who have not paid their workers contributions has now ended. Employers who fail to clear contributions owed at the end of the period will be penalised under the provisions of the FNPF Decree 2011. This penalty is charged at two per cent of the total owed as stipulated in the old FNPF Act. FNPF chief executive Aisake Taito earlier said that under Section 40 of the FNPF Decree 2011, defaulting employers will be surcharged $100 per month per employee and this is in addition to contributions owed. As such a company with 100 employees with unpaid contributions will be surcharged $10,000 per month until such a time the contributions are cleared, he said. Payment of these contributions can only be made in cash or bank cheque. As of May 31, FNPF has collected more than $614,000 from 200 employers.
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The Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) plans to bid $5.5 million from the Indian government to fix some of the problems faced by the mill upgrade project. This was confirmed by the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Sugar, Lieutenant-Colonel Manasa Vaniqi. Lieutenant-Colonel Vaniqi said the amount was put forward to the government of India by the sugar experts who had conducted a report on all the four sugar mills in the country. The experts Rajesh Kumar, Consultant (m/s) National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories Limited (NFCSF), New Delhi, Bommaiah Shivanna, Technical Adviser, NFCSF, New Delhi, and Chitturi Venkata Rao, manager designs at VRL Automation Engineering 7 Projects Limited had returned to India and had prepared a report on their mission. The sugar review team according to Lieutenant-Colonel Vaniqi have presented their report to the Indian government. FSC executive chairman Abdul Khan also confirmed that a meeting would take place in New Delhi where they would discuss the work required and how the money would be allocated and used. On the replanting programme Mr Khan said it was going well and they did not see any real problem in meeting their annual forecast of 4000 hectares. He was also asked on sugar politics and said: It is difficult for me to comment on this. We are focussed on ensuring that we have a successful cane processing season again. As crushing begins, Mr Khan said they expected to process around 1.8 million tonnes of sugarcane.
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THE winning piece of art that stole the show at the Ministry of Health art display last week will be up for sale at the closing of the Environment Day celebration in Labasa. The art was a collaborative effort of two artists. Satend Chand's creative ideas and his cousin Kamla Prasad's joinery experience saw them create a beautiful two piece sofa set and a coffee table made from used tires. Mr Prasad said he was able to create the items with the help of his cousin. "My cousin received an invitation from the ministry to participate in the event and he approached me to make the
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THERE is no refund for people paying double taxes, says Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority. Following the recent double taxation agreement signing with the government of Qatar where Fiji citizens would not have to pay tax in both countries, FRCA said the DTA was effective from the date it was signed by both countries. "That is, after the agreement is signed and ratification process is completed. If Fijians are working in Qatar, they would have to pay tax there given that they have been staying there for a number of years. We will allow credit here," FRCA said. In an earlier statement, FRCA CEO Jitoko Tikolevu said the agreement allowed for the avoidance of double taxation where a taxpayer would pay taxes in Fiji and Qatar. "Investors will be able to know the exact tax implication of their investment in either country as the DTA will clearly spell out the withholding tax rates, treatment for interest, dividend or royalty. "The DTA also clearly defines the rule for taxing in both countries," he said. The DTA between Fiji and Qatar was sealed by the head of the Fiji delegation to the country, Ministry of Finance permanent secretary Filimone Waqabaca and the Qatar director of Public Revenue and Tax Department Moftah Jassim Al-Moftah.
items," he said. "He browsed through the internet and got some ideas on how to go about making a sofa set and tables from tires. "My woodwork experience of 18 years assisted me to make this beautiful piece of art and it's a relief to see that my hard work has earned me a place at the display." Mr Chand thanked the ministry for introducing such an event as it brought out the best untapped potential in people. The two walked away with $150 as the winner of the art and craft display and their creation will be put up for sale on Friday.
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THE Ministry of Agriculture is looking at the possibility of introducing new breeds of sheep in the country. Minister for Agriculture Lieutenant Colonel Inia Seruiratu said they were considering cross-breeding new breeds of sheep with the ones already in stock. "Fiji has had sheep since 1981 and we have our own Fiji Fantastic breed," LtCol Seruiratu said. "There is an opportunity here for us to work with the private sector and through their networks perhaps, we will see a huge impact in the way forward for this particular commodity." He said this step was important for the continued improvement of the breed's genetic line.
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With the Tourism industry getting bigger and better in Fiji, efforts are put to bring out the best skilled and trained employees for the industry. National Training and Productivity Centre of the Fiji National University organized a Chefs Apprenticeship Program Awareness to provide employers with information on the new scheme. The programme is franchised from TAFE Western Sydney Institute was organized at the Holiday Inn Suva on Tuesday night. Institute International Development manager Allan McCarlie said the new programme is supposed to boost the tourism industry with skilled and highly trained professionals. We want to expand the cooks trade in Fiji and with NTPC to offer the program here, we hope to broaden the knowledge of the industry, Mr McCarlie said. The meeting brought in employers from around Suva with another consultation being held at the same time at Port Denarau. The main objective is to get employers and discuss the kind of apprenticeship programme before we actually install it in Fiji. We cannot just bring the same program from Australia and implement it in Fiji and that is why we need the tourism industry to be part of it. The program will be undertaken by the National Training and Productivity Centre to commence in 2014 is
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expected to be a four-year programme. However, discussions are underway to negotiate and bring out solutions for the course to be implemented in Fiji. National Training and Productivity Centre director Kamlesh Prakash said the new program is expected to boost the chefs trade in Fiji as tourism and hospitality is the largest revenue earner. The programme is structured to support the apprentices with strong curriculum and employment both during and after course, Mr Prakash said. The beauty of the programme is that apprentices will be graduating as industry professionals with years of experience rather than novices who are yet to see inside a professional kitchen. Growing great people is fundamental for tourism and hospitality industry and through this program; we hope to deliver capable hospitality professionals in Fiji. The programme aims to produce a highly trained and skilled workforce and communities and also economically and socially empowered individuals through learning and employment. According to Mr Prakash, apprenticeship program goes back to 1974. Over the years, the program has graduated 8000 apprentices in 28 different trades. In 1980, the chefs apprenticeship program was introduced and currently there are 54 employers actively
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I Still Have Something To Offer - Rabuka

First coups leader and former Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, arrived back from New Zealand confirming he is keeping his options open for next years elections. He believes that he still has a lot to offer to the people of Fiji. If given the opportunity, I think I can still hold my own with the people, Mr Rabuka said. Mr Rabuka had disclosed his continuing political ambitions during an interview with New Zealands TV3. The National Federation Party president Raman Pratap Singh was quick to welcome him into the fold if he wished. He said: If the party appeals to him, then he is most welcome to join us as a member. Of course, we have our policies regarding party candidates, but he is most welcome. Mr Rabuka acknowledged that Mr Singh was the only party leader that did not reject him outright. On whether he will join the proposed party to be led by Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, Mr Rabukas answer was a resounding No! Mr Rabuka said: The good thing now is everybody has seen what I did, what Frank has done, what Lai did, though Mahen did not perform long enough for people to really know but they saw him there for one year, they saw him being disruptive as an opposition member and in all his career. deliver. For Government, they have given us the bait theyve sweetened everything for most people. They are now hopeful. The people expect more things to come and it doesnt happen. Mr Rabuka believes the new government after the election will have difficulty because they will no longer be a dictatorial government but a parliamentary one. There will be a lot of discussions, not only in Parliament, but on the streets and also in the newspaper.
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While Mr Rabuka had reservations at first, he later said: In a way it is good because now party supporters will know who they are. So its a good thing that people should be financially independent, people in leadership should not be broke. They should be strong people who can stand on their own and not put their hands up for bribes.
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On the United Front for a Democratic Fiji, Mr Rabuka said: Why didnt they just register as one party? Under one umbrella it will probably give rise to their own differences, particularly the selection of their candidates. Going against a party is not the way to fight an election. You tell the people, we are going to do this. You dont try and destroy the other people, you just stand on issues.
Over the weekend, Mr Rabuka was part of the University of Otago Foreign Policy School programme. A New Zealand media report said former New Zealand High Commissioner to Fiji, Michael Powles called Rabuka a criminal who had taken part in a crime of treason. Mr Powles was quoted as saying: It is something that makes me angry that he is here . He is the person who let the genie out of the bottle. Mr Rabukas response was: Well thats democracy at play. He saw the list of speakers, if he didnt want to come, he shouldnt have come. He should have shown his protest by not coming. That is democracy at play. I was invited and I went and that is Pacific protocol which he does not understand, he said.
Elections Sitiveni Rabuka with his six-year-old grandson Waisale Rabuka
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THE second batch of tourists is expected to disembark from the Captain Cook cruise ship Reef Endeavour at Malau in Labasa on Saturday. The tourists will be taken on sightseeing activities with tour guides from the ship, including the Labasa Tourism Association. Tourists will be accorded a traditional welcome ceremony before they visit places such as the Naag Mandir Temple in Nagigi, Labasa, the FSC mill and Labasa Town. Labasa Tourism Association chairman
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To appeal to first time voters, Mr Rabuka said much will depend on party opportunities and promises like education. But education is not everything its what the educated people will do after education; these two must go together the development of the labour force of the country, the human resource development and also the employment opportunities.
You have to widen the labour market, increase the labour market to be able to absorb people coming out of schools. Whoever provides a good programme will pull it. As for the current government, Mr Rabukas view was they are not doing enough for education and they have not grown the labour market where people can be employed.
While some critics have been pessimistic about next years election, Mr Rabuka said we should go ahead and encourage each other to fight the elections. Lets be positive about it. Big things will happen when we get to elections. Lets get to elections first. One step at a time.
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Quoting from the book by entitled, Man on horseback, Mr Rabuka said the perfect climate before a revolution is the rising expectations of the masses and the failure of the Government to
Just advice to those who will be running. All I can offer is my gift is that I act in love, I accept that some are stronger than others. Ill do whatever I can to give them a good life, doesnt mean that Ill make it easy for them but to give them the feeling that its worth fighting to have a better standard of living. The character of each person got to come out, a nation of principled and strong characters.
Paul Jaduram said tourists from Australia, New Zealand and the US were expected to be part of the trip. "We are looking into identifying more historical sites so tourists can visit and learn more about Vanua Levu. "This is the second trip this year, the first one arrived in February," Mr Jaduram said. Mr Jaduram added talks were still in progress with relevant stakeholders on the installation of passenger trains to transport tourists from Malau Jetty to Labasa Town.
Elections office acting principal secretary Asenaca Kolinivala says they received a total of 3,402 reports of missing EVR cards. The office is planning to set up more voter registration centers where new cards can be issued. New voter registration centers would be able to issue lost cards.
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Twenty of the 111 new Fiji Police Force recruits have been selected for a special leadership training. According to Police Director Training Seru Savou the twenty recruits, consisting of males and females, were handpicked and are to be groomed for future leadership roles within the Force. We are following a different format altogether now. The twenty selected were identified after undergoing exercises, activities and psychological examinations, Mr Savou said. The selected recruits will undergo a one-year leadership training after
finishing the six months long basic recruitment training. Meanwhile, Assistant Commissioner of Police Ravi Narayan addressed the new recruits during the opening of the recruit course. He said it was important for them to determine if they were capable of learning leadership. The natural leader will stand out like you did during your selection as a cadet, ACP Narayan said. He said it wasnt enough for people to have leadership potential. They must have character and the right setting in which to grow.
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The Ministry of Agriculture organised Crest Agriculture Show 2013 received a timely boost of $5000 from traditional supporters, the Fiji Development Bank as part of its ongoing commitment to develop the agriculture sector in Fiji. FDB chief executive officer, Mr Deve Toganivalu said the sector was a priority for the bank since its inception 50 years ago. Even though agriculture contributes to only about 10 per cent of the economy, it is the single most important sector for our people as some 65 per cent of our total population rely on it for their livelihood, Mr Toganivalu said, while handing over the cheque to Ministry of Agriculture permanent secretary, Mr Ropate Ligairi. For the bank, lending to this sector is a priority area because we understand the importance of the sector in terms of Fijis food security. Mr Ligairi said the bank had been working closely with the sector and most achievements in agriculture have been made possible through its assistance. He added that while a major chunk
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of the funding for the show, to the tune of $150,000, was being given by Government, sponsorship from the private sector and other agencies contributed towards the total budget of $250,000. Not only does the theme for this years show 'Agriculture for Fiji's Health and Wealth' capture the economic contribution it makes towards Fiji, but also takes into account agricultures contribution to the well being of the people. FDBs agricultural portfolio as of June 30, 2013 stood at $57.2 million with 38.5 per cent of its clients from this sector. Mr Ligairi said they have also invited hotels and overseas embassies to be part of this years show. Internationally renowned manufacturing and distributing company, Goodman Fielder Ltd have again shown support for the event providing a funding of $40,000 in cash and $5000 in kind support. This years agriculture show will be in Lautoka from September 3-7, 2013.
Former Fijian Prime Minister MajorGeneral Sitiveni Rabuka says he deeply regrets his role in leading the 1987 military coup and is likely to seek office in next year's planned elections in his homeland. General Rabuka made the comments during a wide-ranging talk at the University of Otago's latest annual Foreign Policy School. Despite his role in the 1987 coup, General Rabuka supported later collaborative efforts, including a Constitutional Review Commission,
Rabuka Regrets Coup Role
chaired by the late Sir Paul Reeves, which helped produce the 1997 Fiji constitution. This constitution was later abrogated in 2009 after a further military coup in 2006, led by Fijian military head Commodore Frank Bainimarama. General Rabuka said that after meeting some people he had deposed in the 1987 coup and reflecting on the situation, he had felt a "very strong message" about the folly of what he had done, and he felt obliged to apologise to everyone who had been affected.

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Workers at the Fiji Ports Corporation Limited (FPCL) and its subsidiary, Ports Terminal Limited (PTL), are to receive a substantial share of yet another big boost in the Groups profits. About 170 permanent staff is being awarded pay rises of two per cent backdated 18 months to January 1st, 2012. The Attorney General and Minister for Public Enterprises, Aiyaz SayedKhaiyum, said he was delighted to announce the increases to a dedicated workforce that had not had a pay rise for four years. The Bainimarama Government firmly believes in the principle of rewarding hard work in our public enterprises. Only through a constructive partnership with workers and management - without third party intervention - can we hope to grow these businesses and the Fijian economy as a whole, he said. The Minister noted that the Fiji Ports Group had recorded a significant
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improvement in financial performance in the past few years. The Group recorded a net profit after tax of $7.31m for the 2012 financial year - a 30% increase over 2011. Ports Terminal Limited recorded a loss of $26,415 in 2010. But the Group says that with vigilant Board oversight, effective organisational leadership and the hard work and commitment of the employees this position was completed turned around, with PTL recording successive profits of $1.28m in 2011, and $1.96m in 2012. We want to congratulate and thank all those responsible workers and management - for an impressive performance, the Minister said. This is bound to boost morale and the retention of key staff and we look forward to even better times ahead with our agreement with the Aitken Spence group of Sri Lanka to manage Ports Terminal Limited, he added.
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Data from the Australia Bureau of Statistics and Statistics New Zealand suggests positive visitor arrival turnaround in the coming months from two of our major tourism markets. The positive indication comes on a backdrop of five per cent decreased visitor arrivals during the first quarter of this year when compared with same period last year. This has been highlighted in the Reserve Bank of Fijis Economic Review for June. The review further established that short term departures to Fiji from these two traditional source countries for April alone were higher over the year by 30.3 per cent. Construction activity Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank noted a significant increase of 30.1 per cent in domestic cement sales in the first four months of the year when compared with same period last year.
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Cement sales is a partial indicator for domestic construction activity. Financial system The review noted growth in net domestic credit was driven largely by commercial bank lending which accelerated to 13.7 per cent on an annual basis. Interest rates in the banking sector continued their downward trajectory over the May review month with outstanding lending and time deposit rates falling to 6.18 percent and 2.13 percent respectively, it said. The savings deposit rate slightly rose to 0.76 per cent. Liquidity rose in May by $103.6 million to $585.2 million underpinned by foreign reserves which increased by $136.6 million over the same period. Foreign reserves are currently stands at around $1,684.4 million, sufficient to cover 4.8 months of retained imports of goods and non-factor services.
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The Russian Federation has praised Fiji for its growing presence on the world stage and says it will stand by Fiji as it continues its reform process leading up to the 2014 elections. The undertaking was given by Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, to the Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, during formal talks in Moscow, which also produced an agreement to set up a Russian cultural centre in Fiji for the entire South Pacific. Mr Lavrov singled out Fiji's contribution to United Nations peacekeeping efforts and the recent deployment of 182 Fijian troops in the Golan Heights as an example of Fiji's continuing commitment to engage with the international community. He praised Fiji's leadership at the UN, saying that it has placed not only Fijian interests on the global agenda but the interests of the entire South Pacific region. The Russian Foreign Minister reiterated comments made earlier to Prime Minister Bainimarama by his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, that Fiji should be allowed to determine its future without being dictated to from outside. After Prime Minister Bainimarama briefed him on the constitutional and electoral reform process in Fiji, Mr Lavrov said Russia looked forward to Fiji finding its own style of democracy for the benefit of its people and their future and could count on Russian support as it carried out that process. Russia, he said, believed in respecting each country irrespective of size and wealth. The Foreign Minister said Russia and Fiji both looked forward to celebrating the 40th anniversary next year of the establishment of their diplomatic relationship. He invited Commodore Bainimarama to make a return visit to Russia to commemorate the anniversary.
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Phase One Of City Work To Be Completed By Year End

The much-awaited and most anticipated Waila City project, will complete the first phase of its ten-year long development towards the end of the year. This was confirmed by Housing Authority of Fiji spokesperson, Dwain Qalovaki. The project which will see phases over the span of 10 years is 15 kilometres from the capital and is in close proximity to the Nausori International Airport. The multi-million dollar project was initiated by Housing Authority and enabled through a Private Participation Partnership arrangement. The phase involves the clearing of the 700-acre area, road and further ground works that is conducted by Malaysianbased development contractor, Top Symphony (Fiji) Limited. Top Symphony had won the development contract when the project was launched in 2011. Actual works now Mr Qalovaki said: Their digger trucks and earth moving machines have begun initial earth works and land clearing activities. Currently the initial earth works have commenced the creation a four-lane road through the Waila City area. This will connect the entire city from Princess Road near Nausori to Adi Lady Davila Ganilau Road in Nakasi, he said. May last year saw the authority and the contractor sign a commercial agreement to outline roles and obligations which must be undertaken by all parties. These are in relation to infrastructure like roads, drainage, sewerage and energy needs for the site. Residential interest And with the development finally taking shape, a survey noted that about 3000 Fijians have indicated their interest to own a housing unit through registration. The city is expected to yield 5000 housing units catering for low, middle and high income earners in Fiji. Currently there are approximately 248,000 Fijians who reside in the central division and the aim of creating an eco-friendly self-contained city in Waila, Mr Qalovaki said. This is to provide a comprehensive solution that will adequately meet the huge demand for affordable housing in the Suva Nausori corridor. There will also be a few commercial spaces that will provide functional opportunities for businesses to provide goods and services to these residents, Mr Qalovaki added. Impact Assessments Mr Qalovaki said the development company had set up office and ground works following procedure regulatory approvals were made. Regulatory approvals involve Environmental Impact Assessment granted upon submission of a detailed Construction Environmental Management Plan. This also falls alongside the Operational Environmental Management Plan and Traffic Management Plan he noted. Both plans outline the steps by the developer to incur minimal damage to the environmental and as per the plans approved. Stakeholders workshop Last month, a workshop was conducted with a team of engineers from Malaysia and local stakeholders to finalise logistical issues on designs and phases. The workshop was attended by various stakeholders such as the Nausori Rural Local Authority, Water Authority, Fiji Electricity Authority, Department of Town and Country planning among others, Mr Qalovaki said. The purpose of holding the two-day stakeholder meeting was to finalise the designs to be used in the first phase of construction for residential complexes that will be targeted at low income Fijian families. Housing features The housing features are part of Housing Authority and the developers commitment to be at par with the 21st Centurys construction process. As part of the specifications for the housing component, Housing Authority and its developer will work to mitigate past building problems using materials in the construction process that is comparable with housing in the 21st century. This includes building materials that are fire retardant, termite proof, can be assembled faster and is more durable to our climate. The vision is to create a new city in Waila that is attractive and sustainable for living, working and for recreational activities he added. Residential development features * The overall project will be developed in a phased approach spanning 10 years and will feature 4 storey Walk Up style apartments with 2 and 3 bedroom housing units targeted at low income families in the affordable range. * It will also feature various types of house designs from single storey terrace houses and bungalows to mid-rise apartments as well as a wide range of commercial spaces that are functional and accessible to its residents. * As part of the specifications for the housing component, Housing Authority and its developer will work to mitigate past building problems using materials in the construction process that is comparable with housing in the 21st century. * This includes building materials that are fire retardant, termite proof, can be assembled faster and is more durable to our climate.
Anita Cranston Admits Holiday Fraud After E-Mail Blunder
A woman has admitted deceiving would-be holiday makers out of thousands of dollars after a judge caught her out on the finer points of sending email. Anita Cranston denied 24 charges of using emails to get $60,000 worth of deposits from would-be holiday makers looking to rent a luxury villa in Denarau, Fiji. The Crown said she continued to take deposits from holiday makers, despite the home being the subject of three separate legal bids. Cranston also double-booked some of the families who then had to re-book accommodation at the last minute. Eight days into her trial at the Auckland District Court, Cranston changed her plea. She was in the witness box giving evidence in her defence when she was asked a series of questions by Judge David Harvey. Cranston had told the court she mistakenly sent Mericia Waqanimaravu an email in April, 2011, confirming her booking for the home that included four bedrooms and bathrooms, a pool, spa and a garage full of holiday toys including a golf cart. Cranston also asked for $2097 as a deposit. But she told the court she had meant to send the email to a person called Mericini - not Mericia. However, Judge Harvey pointed out that Cranston's email was a 'reply to' email. "You can't make that sort of mistake," said the judge. Cranston said she had made a mistake but Judge Harvey persisted. "Give me some credit, Ms Cranston, for knowing a little bit - not a lot - but a little bit about how technology works. It doesn't work that way." After the exchange Ms Cranston's
lawyer Alice Kemp asked for an adjournment. Crown prosecutor Rachael Reed presented a new charge that included all the complainants. Cranston pleaded guilty. The news has brought relief to Cranston's victims who are still waiting for their money back. Leonie Wallace booked the Fiji home and was looking forward to celebrating her brother's wedding a year after her mother was murdered. She said she emailed Cranston a number of times in January 2011 before phoning her to confirm the booking and paying a $2625 deposit. "The tone was very friendly and I guess that's what made it possible to open up," she told the court. She told the media that giving the evidence had been hard. "We got taken for a ride. At the end of the day, we were totally sick of her lies." Ms Wallace said Cranston knew what her family had been through but "she just brushed it off". Another witness in the case was accountant Paul Moodie who flew up from his home in Dunedin to give evidence at the trial. Mr Moodie paid $6375 for a deposit on the Fiji house and was planning to celebrate his 50th birthday with family and friends. The celebration went ahead - but like Ms Wallace's family - the Moodies had to find alternative accommodation. "I wasn't going to let her destroy my 50th and we were committed to going anyway." Mr Moodie said Cranston sent him emails making promises and blaming everyone else for things going wrong. "I think she was living in a dream." Cranston is yet to be sentenced.
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While work seems to move along smoothly and you are able to do all that you had hoped to, the problems seem to be personal relationships. Minor hitches or snide remarks could become an issue if you allow it to happen. Try to be more understanding towards those who love and care for you
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An overseas or long distance journey is indicated and will be fruitful. Financial gains are predicted. Your recent success will bring you more into the limelight and your mate or partner will be instrumental in promoting you. A happy time with your beloved is foreseen. Communication, travel, and children's affairs work out favourably for you. However, certain aspects that you have been discussing with colleagues about your personal life could now lead to a great deal of embarrassment. Try not to react or retaliate as it will only make you more vulnerable to negative influences.
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work or profession. You will find plenty of time to devote to extracurricular activities and favourable hobbies. Some of you may even visit a place of entertainment or holiday resort .The married may have to cope with an irate and angry mate. A little bit of love and attention will resolve the situation.
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You will receive work offers of your choice and on your own terms and conditions. Now is the time to branch out into a new field of activity which has been on your thoughts for a long time. The married have a difficult task to balance a hectic work schedule and domestic responsibilities.
A rather busy hectic schedule seems to be getting the better of you. A change of routine or a different approach to your work will go a long way in making you feel more relaxed. There is a possibility of purchasing some land or property or bringing about some changes at home. Work will get concluded on time and you can look forward to some good news coming your way. A seminar, presentation, or exhibition that you may have planned for this week will also have a favourable response. Business persons will sign new deals which will assure them of long-term benefits. You may decide to go out with friends and colleagues this week.
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You may be uncertain about a certain venture proposed by a partner or a close friend. It is better to be honest and state your misgivings about this project rather than be good to the other person. In matters of finance you have to be clear if you wish to safeguard your interests. Help is at hand from a quarter that you least expect.
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You will be able to achieve wonders at work through further financial investments and also because of the support of family and your partner. New work proposals are also likely to materialize. The employed will get the good news of an important career development. Interesting work proposals are likely to turn up.
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An absorbing and financially beneficial week lies ahead. A close associate or partner may have a good idea which is worth developing. Travel abroad is indicated for some of you. Independent entrepreneurs may opt for a complete change. Romantic associations formed now will be enduring.
You will make rapid progress in your
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An easy inflow of money will tempt you to go on a shopping spree. The purchase of an expensive item of security or investment is also likely. Family life is happy and congenial. Some of you will be making plans to travel, perhaps to develop a hobby or personal interest. There is an air of romance and excitement showing that you will develop intimate links with someone who has been wooing you for long. Pisces - A busy schedule will keep you constantly on the move. At a meeting, your ideas and plans will receive approval. Income will balance your expenses this week. The health of a close relative causes concern. You may have to seek medical advice for this person.
Braised Lamb Shanks

6 New Zealand Lamb shanks 1/3 cup cooking oil 2 medium sized onions, chopped 1 cup chopped celery 2 carrots, sliced 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/2 teaspoon rosemary 1 bay leaf 1 cup boiling water 1 can (7 1/2 oz) tomato sauce 4 tablespoons flour 1/3 cup water 1 Cube Bouillion cube Heat oil in large saucepan; brown shanks in hot oil; remove shanks. Add vegetables and saut for 5 minutes. Add vegetables and saut for 5 minutes. Add shanks; add garlic powder, salt, pepper, rosemary, and bay leaf. Combine bouillon cube and boiling water; add to meat and vegetable mixture. Stir in tomato sauce. Cover tightly and simmer for about 2 hours or until shanks are tender stir occasionally. Remove bay leaf. Combine flour and water; stir into mixture, stir, and cook until thickened.
Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients for Wraps:
1 pound ground chicken 8 scallions, white and green part chopped 1 (8oz) can water chestnuts, drained, rinsed and chopped fine 1 red bell pepper, chopped fine cup reduced-sodium soy sauce 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce 1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger 1 tablespoon water 2 teaspoons sesame oil 1 large head butter lettuce, wash, dried and leaves separated 1. In a large pan, brown the ground chicken over medium-high heat, breaking up the pieces. Pour into a colander, in the sink and drain fat. Return chicken to pan. When cool enough to handle, break up the chicken pieces until minced. 2. Add the scallions, water chestnuts, red pepper, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, ginger, water and sesame oil. Cook for a few minutes until the scallions and red pepper are soft. Keep warm. 3. In a small bowl, add all the dipping sauce ingredients and mix well. 4. To assemble each chicken wrap: Spoon about cup of chicken filling onto one lettuce leaf and roll it up, if desired. Serve with dipping sauce on the side. This sauce is quite strong. Youll only need 1 teaspoon of sauce per wrap. You can also set up the components on individual plates and serve family style. Let everyone make their own wrap.
Ingredients for Dipping Sauce:

cup reduced-sodium soy sauce 2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar 1 tablespoon sugar tablespoon fresh minced ginger 1 teaspoon sesame oil teaspoon fresh minced garlic
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Barack Obama 'Deeply Humbled' By Visit To Robben Island Where Nelson Mandela Was Kept Prisoner
US president Barack Obama has travelled to Robben Island, saying he was "deeply humbled" by the visit to where ailing former South African leader Nelson Mandela was jailed. Mr Obama's visit was part of his threenation tour of Africa, and he and his family were guided around the island by Mr Mandela's close friend and former inmate, Ahmed Kathrada. The president stood in the cell where Mr Mandela spent much of his 27-year prison sentence and visited the quarry where inmates were forced to work during the apartheid regime. Mr Obama wrote in the visitor's book that he was deeply humbled by the experience. "On behalf of our family, we're deeply humbled to stand where men of such courage faced down injustice and refused to yield," he wrote. "The world is grateful for the heroes of Robben Island, who remind us that no shackles or cells can match the strength of the human spirit." Mr Mandela is in a critical but stable condition in hospital in Pretoria. The 94-year-old is receiving treatment for a lung infection. Mr Obama later made the Nobel Peace laureate the keystone of an address urging students at the University of Cape Town and elsewhere across the vast continent to make a difference. "I took my first step in politics because of South Africa," he said, recalling his attachment to the anti-apartheid movement in the 1970s as a student in California. While Mr Obama acknowledged that Africa was moving forward, he said more work needed to be done. "There is no question that Africa is on the move, but it is not moving fast enough for the child still languishing in poverty... It's not moving fast enough for the protester who is beaten in Harare, for the woman who is raped in eastern Congo." Mr Obama's warm welcome however was not universal. Riot police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at around 300 hundred protesters on Saturday in the township of Soweto, once a flashpoint in the anti-apartheid struggle. His tour of Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania is aimed at changing perceptions that he has neglected Africa since his election in 2008, while also countering China's growing economic influence in the resourcerich continent. Mr Mandela's illness placed Obama in a tricky political spot, forcing him to balance his desire to push for a new economic relationship with Africa, with the need to properly honour his hero, who has been in intensive care for more than three weeks. On Saturday, the president and his wife Michelle called Mr Mandela's wife Graca Machel, and the president then privately visited several daughters and grandchildren of Mandela, to offer support and prayers. But he decided against visiting Mr Mandela, worried that he would disturb his peace.
Tour aimed at changing perceptions
Echoing Robert Kennedy's call for nonviolent change that was made in the same wood-paneled hall half a century ago, Mr Obama urged the students to help shape a continent that is moving forward apace. He recounted Kennedy's electrifying words that day in 1966. "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope. "And crossing each other from a million different centres of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest
walls of oppression and resistance."
Mr Obama said leaders like Mr Mandela and Kennedy were a challenge to him "but more importantly they stand as a challenge to your generation". "They tell you that your voice matters, your ideas, your willingness to act on those ideas, your choices can make a difference. "If there is any country in the world that shows the power of human beings to effect change, this is the one. "You have shown us how a prisoner can become a president."
Obama challenges students to make a difference
Firefighters Killed In Fast-Moving Arizona Blaze

Nineteen firefighters have been killed battling a fast-moving wildfire in Arizona, in one of the deadliest incidents of its kind in the United States in 80 years. The elite firefighters died while racing to contain a wildfire at Yarnell Hill, north of Phoenix. The deadly blaze came amid baking temperatures and tinder-dry conditions across the US south-west, with records broken over the weekend in Arizona and California, US president Barack Obama, who is travelling in Africa, issued a statement paying tribute to those who lost their lives in what he called a "terrible tragedy". "They were heroes - highly-skilled professionals who, like so many across our country do every day, selflessly put themselves in harm's way to protect the lives and property of fellow citizens they would never meet," the statement said. The Yarnell Hill fire, which is believed to have been ignited by lightning, broke out last Friday (local time). Local forestry officials say the blaze has already covered over 800 hectares and has spread rapidly through the dry, forested area amid strong winds. An update on an Arizona public information website said the firefighters were overcome by the fire after deploying fire shelters, a lastditch protection measure. Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo said he was "devastated" by the loss of lives. "We just lost 19 of some of the finest people you will ever meet," he said at a press conference. "We take safety precautions, but sometimes unfortunately sometimes it just doesn't work out." Officials expect at least 250 homes would be destroyed in the blaze, which has forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents/ Andy Greenberg, of Newstalk Radio in Phoenix, says the damage has been widespread. "It's burnt 250 buildings which is about half of the town of Yarnell," he said.
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India Launches Huge Cheap Food 6.1 Quake Hits Indonesia, 11 Programme Ahead Of Election Dead
An earthquake killed six children and left 14 others trapped when a mosque collapsed during a Koran reading session in Indonesia's Aceh province, bringing the confirmed death toll from the disaster to 11. The strong 6.1-magnitude quake left hundreds more injured as it rocked a region that was devastated by the quake-triggered tsunami of 2004. The earthquake reduced houses in parts of Aceh to rubble, set off several landslides and badly damaged roads. Rescuers were struggling o find the children still trapped after the mosque collapse in Blang Mancung village, Central Aceh district. "Our search and rescue teams are struggling to evacuate an estimated 14 children still trapped under the rubble," Subhan Sahara, the head of the local disaster management agency, said. "I hope they can be found alive but the chances are very slim," he added, explaining they were reading the Koran together when the quake struck. The quake, which hit at a shallow depth of just 10 kilometres, injured more than 200 people and damaged more than 300 houses in Aceh, said national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. As police and military personnel struggled to reach affected areas late Tuesday, there were two aftershocks of more than 5.0 magnitude. In a village in Bener Meriah district, one man was killed when a landslide engulfed a coffee plantation, said disaster agency official Fauzi. "A man was working at a coffee plantation with his wife when a landslide caused by the quake struck. His body was found under a pile of earth soon afterwards," he said, adding that his wife and another woman were missing at the site.
The Indian government has launched a giant programme to provide subsidised food to two-thirds of the population. The food security ordinance will provide 5kg of cheap grain every month to nearly 800 million poor people. Ministers were criticised for passing the measure as an ordinance, after failing to win parliamentary support. Critics say the plan is a political move to win votes and will drain India's finances. Supporters say it will help reduce poverty. "The union cabinet has approved the food security ordinance unanimously," Food Minister KV Thomas told reporters after the cabinet meeting. He said the measure would be sent to India's president for approval later on Wednesday, meaning it will come into law immediately. But it must eventually be ratified by parliament.
Malnutrition
The ambitious National Food Security Bill is being called one of the world's largest welfare schemes. It was an election promise made by the ruling Congress party and, correspondents say, its implementation will help the party in general elections due next year. But the scheme is intended to combat hunger - despite impressive economic growth in recent years, India still struggles to feed its population. It has more malnourished children than any other country in the world.
The bill proposes to provide a kilo of rice at three rupees (six cents; four pence), wheat at two rupees and millet at one rupee. The measure will apply to 75% of Indians living in rural areas and 50% of the urban population, the BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says. Supporters say it will go a long way in reducing poverty, especially in parts of the country which are worse off than sub-Saharan Africa, our correspondent reports. But there are many economists who question how India can fund the expensive scheme, which will see the country's annual food subsidy bill double to more than 1.3 trillion rupees ($23.9bn; 15.8bn). The government insists money will not be a problem. Opponents of the scheme also criticise the method of delivering the food - via India's notoriously corrupt and inefficient state-owned cheap food ration shops. Many politicians criticised the move to push through the bill as an ordinance rather than putting it to a vote by MPs. The government says it made several efforts to make sure the bill was discussed, but it was not debated amid disruption in parliament. The ordinance will be put before parliament to be ratified within six weeks of its first sitting, the government says. Last month, the government said a special session could be called to pass it into law.
Another four people died in hospitals in the district from injuries sustained in the quake, he said. One of the fatalities was a child who died when a wall collapsed, Ema Suryani, a doctor at a health clinic in Lampahan city in the district, told AFP. "We have received around 50 people with injuries sustained when the walls of their houses collapsed," added the doctor. "There are around 30 people seriously injured, some with head injuries. The rest have only light injuries like minor cuts and grazes." Injured people had been transported from several affected villages in two trucks, she said. People ran outside in Banda Aceh as the quake shook houses, and in Medan city to the south of the province on Sumatra island. "The quake was felt strongly for around 15 seconds, from Bener Meriah to Banda Aceh. People panicked and rushed out of their homes," national disaster agency spokesman Nugroho said. Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra, is regularly hit by quakes. In 2004 a massive tremor sparked a tsunami that killed 170,000 people in the province and tens of thousands more in countries around the Indian Ocean. In April last year an 8.6-magnitude quake struck 431 kilometres off Banda Aceh, prompting an Indian Oceanwide tsunami alert. Five people died and seven were injured in Aceh in the quake and following aftershocks. In September 2009 a major earthquake near Padang city on Sumatra killed more than 1,000 people. Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where tectonic plates collide, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.
A 42-year-old man who allowed his seven-year-old son to drive through Surfers Paradise has faced court on the Gold Coast. Southport Magistrates Court was told Peter John Sivewright intends to plead guilty to the dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and being an adult in charge under the influence of liquor. Police say they became suspicious after noticing Sivewright's car being driven down the Esplanade without its lights on. Upon closer inspection, they discovered his 7-year-old son was behind the wheel while Sivewright sat
Peter John Sivewright To Plead Guilty
in the passenger seat, allegedly drunk. The magistrate refused a request for Sivewright's name to suppressed. Lawyer Vince Boss says his client has been forced to move his family out of their neighbourhood. "There have been people who have made adverse comments toward Mr Sivewright, now that's understandable," he said. Sivewright is pleading guilty to dangerous operation of a vehicle and being an adult in charge under the influence of liquor. He has been granted bail and is due to reappear in court next month.
Two Elderly Vic Women Indecently Assaulted TWO elderly Victorian women have been the victims of indecent
Sex crime investigators are searching for a man who allegedly assaulted the women in Carrum in Melbourne's southeast last month. They say the man knocked on the door of the first victim's home about 4.15pm (AEST) on May 26, but was told the door would not be answered. He gained entry through the back door then sat down next to the 70-year-old woman and indecently assaulted her.
assaults in their own homes.
He was told to leave, which he did. Police say he then approached another house on the same street where he pushed himself inside and exposed himself to the 73-year-old female occupant. The man is described as being Caucasian, aged in his mid-40s, about 150cm tall with a bald head. He was wearing pants with white paint flecks on them and carrying a blue backpack at the time of the incident.
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Cirque Du Soleil Performer Dies After Falling 25 Metres
Army Ousts Egypt's President Morsi

blind to the call of the Egyptian masses. He spoke of a new roadmap for the future, and said that the chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Adli Mansour, would be given the task of "running the country's affairs during the transitional period until the election of a new president". After Gen Sisi's address, both Pope Tawadros II - the head of the Coptic Church - and leading opposition figure Mohammed ElBaradei made short televised speeches about the new roadmap for Egypt's future which they had agreed with the army. Mr ElBaradei said the roadmap aimed for national reconciliation and represented a fresh start to the January 2011 revolution. "This roadmap has been drafted by honourable people who seek the interests, first and foremost, of the country," added Pope Tawadros.
The head of Egypt's army has given a TV address, announcing that President Mohammed Morsi is no longer in office. Gen Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said the constitution had been suspended and the chief justice of the constitutional court would take on Mr Morsi's powers. Flanked by religious and opposition leaders, Gen Sisi said Mr Morsi had "failed to meet the demands of the Egyptian people". Anti-Morsi protesters in Cairo gave a huge cheer in response to the speech. The army's move to depose the president follows four days of mass street demonstrations against Mr Morsi, and an ultimatum issued by the military which expired on Wednesday afternoon. TV stations belonging to Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood went off air at the end of the speech and state news agency Mena said managers at the Cirque Du Soleil Performer Sarah 'Sassoon' Guyard Dies After Falling movement's Misr25 channel had been arrested. 25 Metres later, a notice went up on Mr A performer with the world-famous plummeted down," witness Dan Minutes Morsi's Facebook page denouncing the Cirque du Soleil circus has died after Mosqueda told the Las Vegas Sun. move as a "military coup". plunging from a high wire before a "A lot of people in the audience thought army statement asked Egyptian citizens horrified crowd at a Las Vegas show, it was part of the choreographed fight. The both civilians and military - to "abide the organisation confirmed on Sunday. "You could hear screaming, then the constitution and the law and not Cirque du Soleil said all performances groaning, and we could hear a female by to respond to this coup". of Ka have been cancelled until further artist crying from the stage." ousted leader's current In a statement posted on Facebook, The notice. are unclear. However, The death of a Cirque de Soleil Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte whereabouts reports said security forces had performer has been ruled accidental by said he was devastated by the tragic earlier imposed a travel ban on both him and the Clark County coroners office in accident. other leading figures in the Muslim "I am heartbroken," he said. Nevada. In a statement posted on its website,the "I wish to extend my sincerest Brotherhood. 'Roadmap' for the future office says the death of Sarah Guillot- sympathies to the family. Sisi said on state TV that the Guyard was accidental and related to "We are all completely devastated General armed forces could not stay silent and with this news. Sassoon was an artist multiple blunt force trauma. Sarah Guyard, who media reports with the original cast of Ka since 2006 identified as a 31-year-old mother of and has been an integral part of our two, fell to her death towards the end Cirque du Soleil tight family," he said, of the circus's popular Ka production referring to Ms Guyard by her stage staged at the MGM Grand casino on name. "We are reminded, with great humility Saturday. Witnesses quoted by US media reports and respect, how extraordinary our said Ms Guyard fell from a height of artists are each and every night. Our around 25 metres as she was being focus now is to support each other as hoisted upwards on a wire for one of a family." "The entire Cirque du Soleil family the show's battle scenes. It is believed to be the first fatality in the is deeply saddened by the accidental history of Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian- death of Sarah Guyard," the statement based animal-free circus troupe known said. "We have been working with the for its offbeat performances. "[Ms Guyard] was being hoisted up appropriate authorities and have the side of the stage and then just offered our full cooperation."
Fireworks
The army is currently involved in a show of force, fanning out across Cairo and taking control of the capital, BBC correspondent Quentin Sommerville reports. He described seeing eight armoured personnel carriers heading for Cairo University in Giza, where one of the main pro-Morsi demonstrations was being held. The tens of thousands of anti-Morsi protesters on the streets of Cairo are now celebrating, with fireworks lighting up the night sky and car drivers honking their horns in excitement. But Morsi supporters elsewhere in the city are reported to have shouted: "No to military rule.''
Woman's Newborn Seized Over Poppy Seed Bagel

A woman who had her newborn taken away because she failed a hospital drug test after she ate a poppy seed bagel has settled a lawsuit over the case. Lawrence County's child welfare agency and Jameson Hospital have paid US$143,500 to settle the suit filed on behalf of Elizabeth Mort by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, which announced the settlement Tuesday. Mort sued in October 2010, alleging that a poppy seed bagel she ate shortly before arriving at the hospital spurred a positive test for opiates in April 2010 that prompted the seizure of her 3-dayold daughter, Isabella Rodriguez. Mort said she was home with her baby when a county child welfare caseworker arrived with an emergency protective custody order and took Isabella. The lawsuit alleged Mort was never told in the hospital that she had failed a drug test, nor was she asked if she had eaten anything that could have affected the test results. The infant was returned five days later, after local officials agreed there was no evidence the mother had used illegal drugs. The suit argued that Jameson Hospital used a much lower threshold for drug screening than federal guidelines, resulting in more false positives from common foods and medicines. The federal standard is 2,000 nanograms per milliliter, but Jameson Hospital used a reading of 300 nanograms, according to the lawsuit. ACLU officials said the hospital and county have implemented policy changes so newborns aren't taken from parents based only on maternal drug tests, which can be inaccurate. "We hope that this case will encourage hospitals that routinely test pregnant women for drug use to reconsider that practice due to the harm that can result from false positives," said Pennsylvania ACLU staff attorney Sara Rose.
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Qantas has been ordered to hand over the passenger list for a flight during which a jet engine exploded mid-air over Indonesia in November 2010. A Sydney Supreme Court made the order as part of a class action against engine manufacturer Rolls Royce after the explosion on the Australian-bound flight. Last week crash investigators confirmed the cause of the explosion was the stub pipe designed to carry oil and lubricate the Rolls Royce Trent 900 engine. According to the investigation the stub pipe had cracked, leaking oil and causing the engine to explode minutes after take-off from Singapore. At the time Qantas quickly blamed Rolls Royce, with the airline's chief Alan Joyce launching legal action that was settled with the manufacturer within months for $90 million. Now, compensation lawyers LHD
Qantas Ordered To Hand Over Passenger List For Class Action Against Rolls Royce Over Mid-Air Explosion
hope the class action nets a similar result to rectify both economic and non-economic losses for passengers and flight crew. Most of the cabin crew on board the flight has signed up to the class action and lawyers are urging passengers to join them. something happened again and I started to realise passengers had started turning on their phones," she said. "I was petrified, because it's not a good idea for them to be turning on their phone with the fuel out there. "[Now] I have problems refilling my car and I get a panic attack every time I smell the vapour of the fuel, and I even get anxiety when I'm sitting in the passenger seat while other people are refuelling." Ms Lam has since been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and has twice failed to return to her job. The events now threaten her career. "I don't know what to do in the future; I have no plan of doing anything else," she said. "It seems there is no option for me; I can't see my future here."
Cabin crew: 'We knew how dangerous it was'
For 31-year-old flight attendant Sandy Lam, one of the 18 flight attendants signed up to the class action, the trauma of the catastrophe lives on. "It's scary because we knew how dangerous it was and we have a lot of information from our manager at the time telling us there's a lot of issues," Ms Lam said. Ms Lam knew the landing would be risky, but said the plane's hour-long taxi on the tarmac also scarred her. "I thought it was over but then
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An American doctor arrived in Vietnam carrying an unlikely piece of luggage: the bones of an arm he amputated in 1966. Dr. Sam Axelrad brought the skeletal keepsake home to Texas as a reminder that when a badly injured North Vietnamese soldier was brought to him, he did the right thing and fixed him up. The bones sat in a closet for decades, and when the Houston urologist finally pulled them out two years ago, he wondered about their true owner, Nguyen Quang Hung. The men were reunited Monday at Hung's home in central Vietnam. They met each other's children, and grandchildren, and joked about which of them had been better looking back when war had made them enemies. Hung was stunned that someone had kept his bones for so long, but happy that when the time comes, they will be buried with him. "I'm very glad to see him again and have that part of my body back after nearly half a century," Hung said by telephone Monday after meeting Axelrad. "I'm proud to have shed my blood for my country's reunification, and I consider myself very lucky compared with many of my comrades who were killed or remain unaccounted for." Hung, 73, said American troops shot him in the arm in October 1966 during an ambush about 75 kilometres from An Khe, the town where he now lives. After floating down a stream to escape a firefight and then sheltering in a rice warehouse for three days, he was evacuated by a U.S. helicopter to a nofrills military hospital in Phu Cat, in central Binh Dinh province. "When I was captured by the American forces, I was like a fish on a choppingboard," Hung said last week. "They could have either killed or spared me." When Hung got to Axelrad, then a 27-year-old military doctor, his right forearm was the color of an eggplant. To keep the infection from killing his patient, Axelrad amputated the arm above the elbow. After the surgery, Hung spent eight months recovering and another six
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assisting American military doctors, Hung said. He spent the rest of the war offering private medical services in the town, and later served in local government for a decade before retiring on his rice farm. "He probably thought we were going to put him in some prisoner-of-war camp," Axelrad said. "Surely he was totally surprised when we just took care of him." As for the arm, Axelrad said his medic colleagues boiled off the flesh, reconstructed the arm bones and gave them to him. It was hardly common practice, but he said it was a reminder of a good deed performed. The bones sat in a military bag in Axelrad's closet for decades; along with other things from the war that he didn't want look at because he didn't want to relive those experiences. When he finally went through the mementos in 2011, "it just blew me away what was in there," Axelrad said at a hotel bar in Hanoi early Sunday, hours after arriving in Vietnam with his two sons and two grandchildren on Saturday evening. "That kind of triggered my thoughts of returning." It had taken a little luck for Axelrad to reunite Hung with his amputated arm. He traveled to Vietnam last summer partly for vacation, but also to try to find the man. He said he wasn't sure Hung was still alive, or where to begin looking for him. Axelrad visited An Khe but didn't ask for him there because he assumed Hung would be living in northern Vietnam, where he grew up. By chance, Axelrad toured the old Vietnam War bunker at the Metropole Hotel in downtown Hanoi. His tour guide was Tran Quynh Hoa, a Vietnamese journalist who took a keen interest in his war stories. Hoa later wrote an article in a widely read Vietnamese newspaper about Axelrad's quest to return the bones to their owner. Hung said his brotherin-law in Ho Chi Minh City read the article and contacted the newspaper's editors. Hoa, now a communications officer for the International Labour Organization, arranged Monday's reunion in An Khe, near the coastal city of Qui Nhon, and served as an interpreter for the veterans. "It's just time for closure," Axelrad said a day before the meeting. Hung was surprised to be reunited with his lost limb, to say the least. "I can't believe that an American doctor took my infected arm, got rid of the flesh, dried it, took it home and kept it for more than 40 years," he said by telephone last week from his home. "I don't think it's the kind of keepsake that most people would want to own. But I look forward to seeing him again and getting my arm bones back." Hung served Axelrad and his family lunch, shared memories and reflected on all the time that had passed. Axelrad said he was pleased to learn where and how Hung had been living for so many years, and to meet his children and
grandchildren. "I'm so happy that he was able to make a life for himself," Axelrad said. Vietnam is now a country full of young people who have no direct memory of the war, which ended in 1975 and killed an estimated 58,000 Americans and 3 million Vietnamese. But the war's legacy persists in the minds of combat veterans who still are processing the events and traumas they witnessed in their youth. John Ernst, a Vietnam War expert at Morehead State University in Kentucky, said he knows of a few American veterans who have traveled to Vietnam to return personal items to former enemy soldiers as a way to bring closure. "It is a fascinating phenomenon," Ernst said by e-mail Sunday. "I always wonder what triggers the decision to make the gesture."
A man defrauded a supermarket of $153 at the self-service checkout by putting through expensive items like meat and peppers as carrots, a court has been told. Darren John Gardner, 22, of Dobson, was living in Napier at the time of the offend but has since moved back to the Coast. He appeared in Greymouth District Court where he was sentenced for five counts of fraud and other unrelated offences. The court was told he falsified prices at the self-service checkout of a Napier supermarket five times after realising he could get peppers for a fraction of their price by punching in 'carrots' on the screen. His offending intensified and he was
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soon labelling $60 meat packages as carrots and paying $6 for them. Lawyer Richard Bodle said Gardner's situation was caused by need not greed, but Judge Jane Farish disagreed. "I don't accept that, he keeps going back getting more and more ... he got greedy." The judge said Gardner had a bad history of dishonesty and disobedience, and had been on release conditions from a prison sentence when committing his latest crimes. She sentenced him to four months' community detention, 180 hours' community work, 12 months' supervision, disqualified him from driving for 12 months and also ordered that he pay reparation of $153.
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RBC, AMA Rejecting Alberta Flood Claims Others Accept

Some homeowners in flood-ravaged Alberta are banding together in an attempt to name and shame insurance companies that have rejected their claims for sewer backup damage following recent floods. Residents of the Elbow Park neighbourhood in Calgary say some insurance companies are approving claims while others are not despite similar policy wording. That just doesn't make sense to Tom Carter, who is exhausted after spending the last week gutting his finished basement of contents that were ruined by two metres of smelly sewer water. "It is disappointing, Carter said Tuesday after his claim was rejected by AMA Insurance. "I was sick to my stomach. You think you are covered and then you find out that you are not. "The houses on either side of us are covered through other companies." Carter, his wife, Julia, and their two sons now must manage without their living room, spare bedroom, furnace, washer and dryer, TV and the children's toys. The basement also needs structural and electrical repairs. Insurance companies inconsistent in assessment of claims, residents say Two that have been singled out for "These are sewer backup situations. denying claims include AMA Insurance Adjusters are going to determine what the situation is," Kee said. and RBC Insurance. Troy Bourassa, director of claims for Paul Smith, Carter's neighbour, said the AMA Insurance, said it all comes down insurance industry is going to suffer a public-relations black eye if it doesn't to the precise wording of a policy. "Each insurer has different language sort the mess out. that responds to sewer backup, and our Smith, whose insurance claim was particular language is very clear," he approved by Aviva Canada, said it is incredible that companies can treat said. "Ours excludes damage caused by people differently when they've all flood and excludes sewer backup suffered property losses under the damage when that sewer backup was same circumstances. caused directly or indirectly by flood." "I think it is an unacceptable position Bourassa said the quick ruling by the for the insurance industry to find adjuster will help Carter, because it themselves in, and if the insurance will provide him with paperwork he companies are not very careful, they will need to file a disaster recovery are going to find themselves in a very prolonged public-relations campaign," claim with the Alberta government. RBC Insurance did not address why said Smith, who is chief financial officer of Calgary-based Talisman some claims were being denied. "During this very difficult time for Energy. Albertans, we have increased the "I think insurance companies should number of teams on the ground to reflect and look at some of their review each homeowner's situation competitors who are taking the high individually and process claim road and ruling on the side of the payments quickly," the company said insured rather than on the side of small in an email to The Canadian Press late print." Insurance ombudsman can Tuesday afternoon. "We are reviewing each case review cases individually to look for ways to help our People who have uninsured property clients. We are also assisting in other damage can apply to the Alberta ways including deferring payments for government for disaster recovery money to make some household auto and home insurance." repairs and to replace some essential Bad PR for companies Steve Kee, a spokesman for the items, but there are restrictions on what Insurance Bureau of Canada, said people can claim. such disputes are strictly between Joanne Aime, another Elbow Park policyholders and their insurance resident, is upset with RBC Insurance for denying her claim. companies. He said every policy and house is Aime said it is great that RBC has different. It's up to trained professionals donated money to Alberta flood relief and that some company employees to make the call. have volunteered to help during the crisis, but that isn't what she needs from the company. "When we purchased our insurance from RBC, we trusted them as a company that would do the right thing in a situation such as this," she said. "To get a blanket denial for our claim left us both surprised and deeply disappointed." Carter said he believes some insurance companies are counting on governments and taxpayers to pick up the tab for some claims that really should be covered by insurance. He said he hopes to appeal the rejection of his claim with AMA Insurance but has been told he must wait until company managers return from vacation later this month. The Alberta government regulates the insurance industry in the province but doesn't get directly involved in adjudicating disputes between consumers and private businesses. Chris Bourdeau, a spokesman with Alberta Finance, said a dispute can be appealed to a national body called the General Insurance Ombudservice. He said the government expects companies to honour their contracts and hopes they keep the best interests of their clients in mind, especially in light of the recent devastation suffered by people in southern Alberta. "We are seeing many Albertans and Alberta companies really step up and go that extra mile to help their neighbours, their friends, their communities, their clients deal with this incredible situation we have down there," he said. "The insurance industry is no different."
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The inconsistency in insurance assessments is making people angry and frustrated, Carter said. They wonder why an insurance adjuster from one company approves a claim for sewer backup in one home while another adjuster from another company says no in a house next door, blaming the sewer backup on flooding? Some people whose claims have been rejected have put up signs on their property chiding their insurance companies for not stepping up to help them.
Canada will accept as many as 1,300 Syrian refugees by the end of 2014, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Wednesday in Edmonton. But the government is relying on private sponsors for the vast majority of those cases. The federal government will resettle 200 "extremely vulnerable, urgent cases," a news release from Kenney's department said Wednesday. But it will be up to private sponsors to take the remaining 1,100. The 1,100 spots for privately sponsored refugees will be above and beyond the current annual limit set for that program, the department said. Kenney also announced Canada will provide nearly $1 million to send up to five staff members to help resettle displaced Syrians in Turkey, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon, and is speeding up processing for family-class applications from the war-torn country. Aid organizations estimate the number of Syrians forced by violence to flee their homes will hit two million this summer. Most have gone to Lebanon and Jordan, with the majority settling in urban areas rather than in refugee camps. "Things are only getting worse, unfortunately," said Faisal al Azem, a spokesman for the Syrian Canadian Council. He said the resettlements are too slow that it can be up to two years before
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refugees arrive in Canada. Refugees fleeing the violence find the camps aren't much of a refuge, al Azem said. "A lot of people have left, for example, refugee camps in Jordan to go back to Syria and go back to death." Mike Weickert, World Vision's team leader in Jordan, said some of the Syrians he talks to want to come to Canada but not all of them. "Most of the Syrians I've talked to just want to go back home, actually." The United Nations has called thirdcountry resettlement critical for Syrians forced to leave their homes. Care Canada said last month that 77 per cent of those who have fled Syria are living in cities where they have little chance to work and earn a living, and World Vision has said about half of the Syrians forced to leave their country are children. Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently announced $115 million in new funding for people in Syria and neighbouring countries dealing with the influx of refugees. Canada had previously announced a three-year package for Jordan worth $100 million to help it cope with the growing refugee population and other issues. Kenney visited Syrian refugee camps in Turkey earlier this year and said he was deeply moved by the experience.
A B.C. woman who went missing in a boat off the coast of Honduras has been found safe. Tasha Brown, 20, from Grand Forks, set off in a boat Saturday with two Americans and five Hondurans. The group was last seen in Roatan, which was their destination, but the U.S. and Honduran coast guards were sent to look for the boat when it failed to return to Utila. Brown's mother, Natalie Zmurchyk, said she got word on Facebook
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Wednesday morning that the boat and her daughter had been found about 100 kilometres from shore. "I am so thankful," Zmurchyk said. "I am thankful to our Lord who looks after them and us. If it wasn't for all those prayers out there throughout the world, I don't know if they would have been found." Brown is a medic from Grand Forks, B.C., who was in Honduras on a working holiday.
Westside-Kelowna Byelection Advance Voting Starts

B.C. Premier Christy Clark seeking a seat in the legislature Advance polling opened Wednesday in the Westside-Kelowna riding as Christy Clark has a chance to join WAC Bennett and his son, Bill Bennett, as the third premier elected in the Okanagan region. Clark is running in a byelection created when Liberal Ben Stewart gave up his seat to create a vacancy after Clark was defeated in her Vancouver riding on May 14th. Clark is being challenged by Kelownaarea candidates including the NDP's Carole Gordon, Conservative Shawn Upshaw, a B.C. Vision hopeful and four Independents. Advance polls run from now until Saturday, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. PT, at three churches around Kelowna and West Kelowna, and at a West Kelowna hotel, with voting day set for one week from Wednesday.
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There were an estimated 40,000 people gathered in Victorias Inner Harbour for Canada Day when, it appears, two figures slipped into the crowd and planted a series of packages they likely hoped would shower nails, bolts and washers onto as many revellers as possible. My suspicion is that they wanted to cause as much damage as they possibly could, said B.C. Premier Christy Clark at a press conference midday Tuesday in front of the B.C. Parliament Buildings; mere steps from where the devices are alleged to have been discovered. Just as surreptitiously as they were placed, however, the devices were carted away as evidence by a team of investigators that had been on the tail of the would-be bombers since February. Crowds packed onto the lush green lawns of B.C.s seat of power were apparently none the wiser that they had set out lawn chairs on the staging ground for one of the most potentially deadly terrorism plots in recent Canadian history. Although both suspected plotters came from across the Salish Sea, in Surrey, they chose to target a city known for its fervent commitment to tranquility. As the Canadian city known for its unusually snow-free winters, Victoria hosts one of the countrys highest proportions of senior citizens. Horsedrawn carriages ply the downtown, citizens perform meticulous counts of the citys flowers each spring, Victoriaarea municipalities appoint official town criers and a robust community of tea rooms compete for cruise ship passengers High Tea dollars. It comes, Im sure, as a shock to everyone, both because of the intention of the crime and that the intention was to be here, in this amazingly safe community, said Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin on Tuesday. On Monday, as the climax of a five-month, multi-agency terrorism investigation played out around them, Victorians spent July 1 assembling on the lawn of the provincial legislature grounds to construct a human Canadian flag, before settling in for a night of live music and fireworks. Premier Clark said she was in the interior-B.C. city of Kelowna on the morning of July 1 when she was first informed of the thwarted plot after receiving a phone call from B.C. Attorney General Suzanne Anton. What I know is that they placed
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the bombs around the Parliament Buildings, said Ms. Clark. They appear to have been powerful devices and my strong suspicion is they hoped to damage the buildings and the people around it. The devices, which had been rendered inert by prior police action, would likely have had little effect on the buildings heavy granite exterior if they had detonated. Nevertheless, the spray of debris would likely have left a human aftermath similar to that of the Boston Marathon bombings. Let me say this about those who would resort to terror; you will not succeed, you will not succeed in damaging our democratic institutions, said Ms. Clark. Despite being among the few Canadian cities to hit the crosshairs of Islamic terrorism, life went on pretty much unabated on Tuesday. Aside from reporters and a bank of news cameras, among the press conferences only other attendees were a small crowd of tourists bedecked in Hawaiian shirts, Tilley hats and fanny packs, with whom the Premier agreed to pose for snapshots after speaking. Six unarmed legislative security agents kept the peace. Victoria police were aware of the operation, but as far as the public was concerned on Canada Day, the police departments chief concern on Canada Day appeared to be largely watching out for teenage ruffians and searching backpacks for liquor. The nature and extent of our contribution cannot be disclosed due to the fact that this is now before the court, wrote Victoria Police Department spokesman Const. Mike Russell in a statement given to the National Post. We can reiterate, however, that the public was never at risk during this operation. Despite its non-violent reputation, Vancouver Island is not completely immune to terrorist activity. Nearly 30 years ago, Duncan, B.C., just 50 minutes of Victoria, was linked to the 1985 Air India terrorist bombing, which killed 329 people and still stands as the largest mass murder in Canadian history. Collaborators Inderjit Singh Reyat and Talwinder Singh Parmar bought bomb components in Duncan and used the woods outside the town to test an explosive device mere weeks before the attack.
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Summer vacation has just begun, but British Columbia's new education minister is urging parents of small children to start saving for postsecondary education now. On Wednesday, Peter Fassbender reannounced the plan for a B.C. Training and Education Savings Grant, a onetime offer of $1,200 to go into new RESP accounts for children who were born in 2007 or later. "What we're trying to do is to help people to understand that when they invest in their child's future, the time to start is when they're very young," he said. Critics of the grant say it will do little to improve access to college and university, and even with interest it will hardly make a dent in overall tuition fees. If the grant was put into a registered education savings plan with a six per cent rate of return when a child is six, it would grow into $2,415 by the time the student enters post-secondary education at 18. With a slightly higher rate of return at eight per cent, the grant itself could grow instead to $3,022. Fassbender said the intent of the grant is mainly to get parents to start thinking about saving money earlier. "It really helps them develop that discipline. It also gives them an opportunity for grandparents to support them and contribute to it," he said. Parents who want to take advantage of the $1,200 grant need to apply for a social insurance number for their child, and they must register the RESP plan before the child turns seven.
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You might be able to enjoy a beverage on a patio well into the evening if Vancouvers mayor gets his way. Gregor Robertson wants you to be able to have a drink on one of the citys patios after 11 p.m. The issue is expected to be raised at council in the near future and presumably a number of options are on the table. Urban planner Brent Toderain says its about time to discuss the issue and he doesnt think one hard and fast rule for the whole city is the right answer.
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I dont think it has to be a black and white answer, I think it can be a nuansed answer recognizing that not every street in the downtown area is the same. He says some areas have no residential neighbours and could remain open later while those with neighbours should have their say before any changes. Toderian explains why increasing the role of patios in the city should be the overall goal. Anything we can do to make patios more viable is a good thing. A warning from Vancouver Police to lock your windows and doors, following a bizarre break-in. Police say at around 7 p.m. Tuesday, a man found a naked stranger standing in the kitchen of his east Vancouver home, cooking eggs. When confronted, this man fled the home, says Constable Brian Montague with the VPD. Police were called and the suspect, still naked, was found a short time later in Trout Lake Park. Its believed that this person was in the home for about 20-25 minutes before he was discovered, adds Montague. A 30-year-old man from Burnaby is in custody and is made a court appearance. Police believe drug use might have played a role in the break-in, though Montague says he does not know what kind of substances the suspect might have been taking. The officer says there have been more than 1,100 break-and-enter cases this year, and in 400 of them there has been no sign of forced entry. Which means the suspect or thief has entered through an open window or an unlocked door, he says. Were asking residents to remain vigilant, lock your windows and doors so that we can avoid what we call warm weather B&Es. Also, Montague says if you are in the backyard, you shouldnt leave the front door unlocked. The same advice stands for the back door is you are spending time in the front yard.
Canadian Man Pleads Guilty To Supporting Terrorist Group In Sri Lanka

A Canadian man faces up to 15 years in prison after admitting to helping funnel sophisticated military technology to a terrorist group in Sri Lanka. Suresh Sriskandarajah, 32, who earned university degrees in Waterloo, Ont., pleaded guilty Tuesday in Brooklyn, N.Y., to conspiring to provide material support to the Tamil Tigers. Sriskandarajah and several coconspirators six of whom have already been convicted of terrorism offences helped research and acquire aviation equipment, submarine and warship design software, night vision equipment and communications technology for the Tamil Tigers, the U.S. Attorneys office said in a news release announcing the plea. Sriskandarajah used students to smuggle items in to Tamil Tiger-controlled territory in Sri Lanka between September 2004 and April 2006, the prosecutors said. He graduated from the University of Waterloo with an electrical engineering degree a few months before he was arrested following a joint FBI-RCMP investigation. Sriskandarajah was the president of the Tamil Students Association at the university. The defendant helped the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), an organization that pioneered terrorist tactics and has killed numerous civilians in brutal terrorist attacks, obtain sophisticated military technology and equipment, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said in a statement. Claiming to fight for freedom, the LTTE instead created a climate of fear and bloodshed, systematically
assassinating those who stood in the way of their terrorist goals. Sriskandarajah also helped launder Tamil Tiger proceeds, the U.S. prosecutors said. The Tamil Tigers, notorious for suicide bombings and political assassinations in their fight for an independent homeland in Sri Lanka, were declared a terrorist organization by the U.S. in 1997 and by Canada in 2006. Sriskandarajah, who came to Canada from northern Sri Lanka as a boy, was arrested in 2006 and was ordered extradited in 2009, though he was freed on bail. Sriskandarajah fought his extradition up to the Supreme Court of Canada, which denied his appeal in December 2012 and he was sent to the U.S. to face the charges. In the meantime, he had completed an MBA at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo and started a PhD while working as a consultant. Piratheepan Nadarajah, a man from Brampton, Ont., was extradited alongside Sriskandarajah and is charged with conspiring and attempting to acquire equipment such as heatseeking anti-aircraft missiles and missile launchers, as well as conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Tamil Tigers. Prosecutors there allege Nadarajah and co-conspirators negotiated with an undercover FBI agent to buy and export $1 million of high-powered weapons and military equipment for the Tamil Tigers. Media reports indicate he pleaded not guilty upon his extradition.
More than 300 fires so far this season Dozens of people got tickets over the southeastern part of the province last long weekend for being careless with weekend. their campfires. It was especially an A large number of tickets were issued for abandoned campfires, she said. issue in the Kootenays. Its been a relatively quiet wildfire For an abandoned campfire, you can be season so far, but with temperatures issued a $345 ticket, warns Catherall. If climbing and the ground drying out all compliance with regulation continues to be an issue, we are left with no option than over BC, the risk is growing. Erin Catherall with the Provincial to impose [an individual] campfire ban. Wildfire Management Branch says She says of the 305 fires theyve had to thats why its so disappointing they deal with so far, more than 240 of them had to hand out 78 tickets in the were caused by people.
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Home sales in the Vancouver area were up 11.9 per cent in June compared with a year ago, according to the latest MLS figures. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says there were 2,642 homes sold through its Multiple Listing Service last month, up from 2,362 sales in June 2012, but down from the 2,882 sales in May 2013. New listings in Greater Vancouver totalled 4,874 in June, down 13.2 per cent from the 5,617 new listings reported a year ago and down 13.8 per cent from the 5,656 new listings in
Vancouver Area Home Sales Up 11.9 Per Cent From Year Ago, Board Says
May of this year. The board said the June sales were 22.2 per cent below the 10-year average for the month, while new listings for the month were 11.5 per cent below the 10-year average. The total number of properties listed for sale on the MLS system in Greater Vancouver was 17,289, down six per cent from a year ago and up 0.4 per cent compared with May 2013. The MLS Home Price Index composite benchmark price for Greater Vancouver was $601,900, down three per cent compared with a year ago.
Pattullo Bridge To Close Over Three Weekends This Summer

You wont be able to use the Pattullo Bridge over three weekends this summer, as TransLink repairs and inspects the 76-year-old structure. There will be no traffic allowed, including pedestrians and bicycles, over the following weekends: July 20-21 August 10-11 August 24-25 The closures will be in effect from 9
Closures will be for repairs and re-paving
p.m. Friday through 3 a.m. Monday. September 7th and 8th will be the backup weekend if heavy rain affects the schedule. Jiane Ling with TransLink says the repairs will cost nearly $300,000. The closures will enable crews to repair the concrete deck under the surface [they are] temporary repairs and will last about two to four years.
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We all need some sun exposure; it's our primary source of vitamin D, which helps us absorb calcium for stronger, healthier bones. But it doesn't take much time in the sun for most people to get the vitamin D they need, and repeated unprotected exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays can cause skin damage, eye damage, immune system suppression, and skin cancer. Even people in their twenties can develop skin cancer. Most kids rack up a lot of their lifetime sun exposure before age 18, so it's important that parents teach their children how to enjoy fun in the sun safely. With the right precautions, you can greatly reduce your child's chance of developing skin cancer. Facts About Sun Exposure The sun radiates light to the earth, and part of that light consists of invisible ultraviolet (UV) rays. When these rays reach the skin, they cause tanning, burning, and other skin damage. Sunlight contains three types of ultraviolet rays: UVA, UVB, and UVC. UVA rays cause skin aging and wrinkling and contribute to skin cancer, such as melanoma. Because UVA rays pass effortlessly through the ozone layer (the protective layer of atmosphere, or shield, surrounding the earth), they make up the majority of our sun exposure. Beware of tanning beds because they use UVA rays as well as UVB rays. A UVA tan does not help protect the skin from further sun damage; it merely produces color and a false sense of protection from the sun. UVB rays are also dangerous, causing sunburns, cataracts (clouding of the eye lens), and effects on the immune system. They also contribute to skin cancer. Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, is thought to be associated with severe UVB sunburns that occur before the age of 20. Most UVB rays are absorbed by the ozone layer, but enough of these rays pass through to cause serious damage. UVC rays are the most dangerous, but fortunately, these rays are blocked by the ozone layer and don't reach the earth. What's important is to protect your family from exposure to UVA and UVB, the rays that cause skin damage. Melanin: The Body's First Line of Defense UV rays react with a chemical called melanin that's found in skin. Melanin is the first defense against the sun because it absorbs dangerous UV rays before they do serious skin damage. Melanin
is found in different concentrations and colors, resulting in different skin colors. The lighter someone's natural skin color, the less melanin it has to absorb UV rays and protect itself. The darker a person's natural skin color, the more melanin it has to protect itself. (But both dark- and light-skinned kids need protection from UV rays because any tanning or burning causes skin damage.) Also, anyone with a fair complexion lighter skin and eye color is more likely to have freckles because there's less melanin in the skin. Although freckles are harmless, being outside in the sun may help cause them or make them darker. As the melanin increases in response to sun exposure, the skin tans. But even that "healthy" tan may be a sign of sun damage. The risk of damage increases with the amount and intensity of exposure. Those who are chronically exposed to the sun, such as farmers, boaters, and sunbathers, are at much greater risk. A sunburn develops when the amount of UV exposure is greater than what can be protected against by the skin's melanin. Unprotected sun exposure is even more dangerous for kids with: moles on their skin (or whose parents have a tendency to develop moles) very fair skin and hair a family history of skin cancer, including melanoma You should be especially careful about sun protection if your child has one or more of these high-risk characteristics. Also, not all sunlight is "equal" in UV concentration. The intensity of the sun's rays depends upon the time of year, as well as the altitude and latitude of your location. UV rays are strongest during summer. Remember that the timing of this season varies by location; if you travel to a foreign country during its summer season, you'll need to pack the strongest sun protection you can find. Extra protection is also required near the equator, where the sun is strongest, and at high altitudes, where the air and cloud cover are thinner, allowing more damaging UV rays to get through the atmosphere. Even during winter months, if your family goes skiing in the mountains, be sure to apply plenty of sunscreen; UV rays reflect off both snow and water, increasing the probability of sunburn.
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An Urgent Need To Become Bone Marrow Transplant Donors Within The South Asian Community For Leukemia
world. What are blood stem cells? Blood stem cells are unspecialized cells that can mature into red blood cells (which carry oxygen), white blood cells (which fight infection) or platelets (which help stop bleeding). They can be found in bone marrow, umbilical cords or freely circulating in blood. They treat a variety of illnesses including leukemia, lymphoma, aplastic anemia, inherited immune system and metabolic disorders, and Sickle-Cell disease. For many people, a stem cell transplant is the last and best hope of recovery. Note: Blood stem cells are not embryonic stem cells. Is there a cord blood bank in Canada? Work is actively underway to establish the National Public Cord Blood Bank. The National Public Cord Blood Bank will benefit Canadian patients and the countrys health care system by providing those in need of stem cells with increased opportunity for transplant and reducing Canadas current 100 per cent reliance on internationally sourced cord blood stem cell donations. Canadian Blood Services is launching a $12.5-million fundraising campaign to build a national public cord blood bank. The goal is to secure the first $6-million by summer 2013 and to raise the remainder of the balance by 2014. You can make a financial donation to support the building of a national public cord blood bank by visiting www.blood.ca/ campaign. How does a stem cell transplant work? Because bone marrow, blood or cord blood are sources of stem cells, all transplants are stem cell transplants. Depending on where the stem cells are taken from, they can be referred to as bone marrow transplants from the bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cell transplants from the blood flow, and cord blood transplants from an umbilical cord. Essentially a patients diseased marrow/stem cells are replaced with the donors healthy stem cells. It works like this: the patient is given radiation and chemotherapy to destroy both of their diseased bone marrow/ stem cells and their immune system. This is necessary to prevent rejection of the donors cells. The donors stem cells are then collected and given intravenously to the patient. How can someone register/donate? We are looking for healthy individuals committed to helping any patient in need anywhere in the world. Research indicates that younger male donors are associated with better long term survival rates. The best chance of finding a match comes from the patients own ethnic group. Canadas database consists of 75 per cent Caucasian and 25 per cent of ethnic origin. For these reasons, OneMatch is making a concerted effort to recruit younger male donors and diversify the ethnic representation in the database. To donate, register online at www. onematch.ca. We will send you a buccal swab kit with clear instructions and cotton swabs that you will use to swab the inside of your cheek (much like on TVs CSI and Bones). Youll send the sample back to us in the return envelope provided. Well enter your name into the database and contact you when a match is found. What happens after someone registers with OneMatch? After completing the registration, the buccal swab sample will be tested and added to the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network database. Daily, the test results from your swab sample will be compared to any patient in the world needing a stem cell transplant. If a registrant is identified as a match, OneMatch will contact him/her to re-confirm health status and commitment to the program. At that stage, further testing will most likely be required to see if the potential donor is the best match for the patient. This testing is typically a blood test and can involve other health and infectious disease testing. If the potential donor is deemed as the best match, he/she will be asked to donate stem cells in one of two ways: through blood or bone marrow. Once stem cells are collected from the donor they will be given intravenously to the recipient. The donation could have a life-saving effect on the patient. What about diversity? Why is this important? Every ethnicity has specific inherited Haplotypes and/or Alleles that differentiate members of that ethnic group from others and provide more opportunities for a successful match. This is why patients are most likely to find their donor from their own ethnic group. The OneMatch Network consists of 75 per cent Caucasian and 25 per cent of ethnic origin. To accurately reflect the changing face of Canada, we need more potential donors from diverse backgrounds such as Aboriginal Canadians, Chinese, South Asians, Southeast Asians, Blacks, and Hispanics. Can I donate to a patient in my community? OneMatch is supportive of community efforts to raise awareness about the need for donors and efforts to increase the size of our donor pool. However, as a national organization supporting roughly 1,000 Canadian patients in need of stem cells, our focus is on recruitment for all patients and not just for a specific patient. It is important to note that when registering to join OneMatch, it means that the registrant must remain committed to helping any patient, anywhere in the world, anytime; this is the same commitment that allows us to access more than 20.6 million donors worldwide. You cannot direct your donation for a very important reason. Joining OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network means you are committed to helping any patient, anywhere in the world. This is the same commitment that volunteer donors around the world have made. It is this commitment that allows us access to more than 20.6 million donors worldwide. Currently, more than half of the stem cell transplant patients in Canada rely on international donors. Things that you need to be aware of when making an informed decision, so that you are accountable and responsible towards this cause that will help the community and maybe your loved ones someday, but please be responsible and only register and become a donor because of the following reasons: You fit into the criteria of 17- 35 years of age, are male or female who has never had children. You are committed and will not change your mind after registering to become a donor, because you maybe taking away someone's hope of living from them If you feel that you have any doubts, do not let register, but to think first, it is very big Commitment and you do not want to give a recipient false hope Remember that every time you educate people, let them know of their commitment to the cause Fact Sheet A stem cell transplant can be used to treat a number of illnesses including: leukemia, lymphoma, aplastic anemia, inherited immune system and metabolic disorders, and blood diseases such as Sickle-Cell. Less than 25 per cent of patients who need stem cell transplants will find a match in their family. Most people depend on an unrelated donor. In addition to the OneMatch Network, a national public cord blood bank is especially important for Canadian patients because of our countrys ethnically diverse population. The national public cord blood bank will be collecting cord blood donations from volunteering mothers across Canada at designated collection hospitals. As part of Canadian Blood Services OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network, the cord blood
Savitri Singh - Carlson, BScN, MSN, PhD Continued From Last Week Useful Resources The following web sites may provide further helpful information: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada The Canadian Cancer Society The following information is put together to inform those who are 17-35 years of age, preferably male who can become donors of bone marrow and stem cells. This information is provided by www.onematch.com that is part of the Canadian Blood Services. Here is what you can do for the community.
OneMatch Q&A What is the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network? Canadian Blood Services OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network is a program that: recruits blood stem cell donors conducts searches for patients who need a blood stem cell transplant coordinates the collection and delivery when a match is found OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network has more than 340,000 volunteer donors registered to help any patient in need. What about international registries? OneMatch is a member of World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) a network of accredited registries around the world. OneMatch is part of 69 registries and 47 cord blood banks that transmit their donor HLA typing results to Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide (BMDW). As a result, when searching on behalf of Canadian patients, OneMatch has access to more than 20.6 million volunteer donors and more than 600,000 cord blood units from 48 cord banks in 31 countries. Similarly, other registries part of this network, have access to searching the OneMatch database. This is why our donors have the potential to help patients in Canada, and around the This information is provided for knowledge and educational purposes only. Individuals should visit their physicians for more information on their health.
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donations will be listed within the network and available to all Canadians patients. To build a national public cord blood bank, fundraising is a vital part of this work. One of the key ways to help is by becoming part of Canadian Blood Services major financial gifts campaign, For All Canadians. You can make a financial donation to support the building of a national public cord blood bank by visiting www.blood.ca/ campaign. Canadian Blood Services is launching a $12.5-million fundraising campaign to build a national public cord blood bank. The goal is to secure the first $6-million by summer 2013 and to raise the remainder of the balance by 2014. At any given time, roughly 1,000 Canadians are searching for an unrelated stem cell donor. Right now, there are 37 South Asian patients searching for a matching stem cell donor. OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network is a member of World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) and has an obligation to provide both Canadian Transplant Centers and international registries the best donor available or, optimal donor for their patients. The international transplant community has defined an optimal donor as young (age 17-35), male and ethnically diverse. Younger stem cells from male donors routinely offer patients a better post-transplant outcome by reducing post-transplant complications such as graft vs. host disease. The best chance of finding a match
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Foods That Boost Your Energy

We all hate to work; why? Because we are usually too tired from the previous day's work or because each work day leaves us with little to no energy for a fun evening. Well, here are 10 foods that will boost frying pans, what we are looking for is your energy in an instant, guaranteed. Omega 3 in fish - a natural oil that your Firstly, to pump up your energy you body needs for general health. It will need foods that provide sufficient enhance your energy as well as help calories and stimulants. Secondly, fight heart related ailments. you need foods that will increase your Caution: Eat in moderation and use metabolism. So pull up your socks, healthy cooking methods. stop making excuses and get ready to Leafy greens - The key ingredient in leafy vegetables is folate or B-9. do the locomotion. Glucose - This component is found in It increases metabolism, as well as carbs. Yes! You need carbohydrates; it increases blood count which improves is a means of providing energy to the the intake of oxygen. This, in turn, brain, muscle and the nervous system. produces energy. Spinach is 'the' veggy But bad carbs can increase the level of for folate. As you may recall Popeye sugar in the blood that will not only had a surge of energy after he ate increase your appetite but also the fat spinach, now you know why. accumulation. Hence when it comes Caution: Wash spinach well and add a to carbohydrates, stick to whole wheat little bit of salt to it while soaking prior bread, cereals, brown rice - essentially, to cooking. the good carbs that aren't processed Water - Everyone must have told you to drink 8 glasses of water a day. And now and refined. you know why. Science says that if you're Caution: Consume in moderation. Fiber - It has several reasons to be tired, you're dehydrated, which results in part of your daily diet, since it curtails lowering the rate of metabolism. Also no certain types of cancer, improves water, no energy and coke, caffeine or tea memory as well as energy, and aids won't do as substitutes. smooth digestion. Fiber takes longer to Caution: Drink up and make sure the digest, which results in higher energy loo is accessible. supply. A great way to start your day Fresh fruits - Slice it, dice it, or mix it. is oatmeal. Other foods with plenty Fruits not only hydrate you, they also of fiber are: Fruits, grains, lentils, give you a glow while improving your energy levels. Watermelon, pineapple, vegetables, nuts and beans. Caution: Choose high-fiber foods that various berries, oranges, etc are freely aren't loaded with calories or fat. Ex - available in every market. It can be a even though almonds are rich in fiber, midday snack or dessert. You can add fruits to your cereals for breakfast, to you can't eat too many every day. Dry fruits - Almonds, dried figs and some yogurt for a snack, or some nuts cashews may be a great accompaniment and honey for a dessert. Fresh fruits are with alcohol, but there's more to it than the most versatile energy foods of all. meets the eye. Unsalted nuts, closest to Caution: Have a fruit salad as a snack their natural state, contain magnesium not as a meal. that converts sugar into energy, while Addictives - These, in our everyday dried figs purge your blood of toxins. lives, imply coffee, tea and chocolates. However, figs are naturally high in While some of us over-indulge in them, which is bad, some consume them sugar so don't over indulge in them. Caution: The nuttier you are, the more within limits. This helps increase your energy levels in an instant. You are magnesium you have. Lean meat - Meat eaters will love alert and bright but for a short period of this one. Whether you love chicken, time. Consume in small quantities after pork, beef or turkey you're assured long intervals, and you're assured to be of sustained energy. 'But' it has to be awake from nine to five. skinned and trimmed, in other words, Caution: Don't get addicted. as lean as possible. Your brain needs Coconut water - The summer drink two types of chemicals - dopamine and as well as a great hangover cure can norepinephrine, and both are propelled also boost your energy levels. Coconut water hydrates your system and washes by tyrosine found in meat. Caution: Strip the fat, but consume in out toxins. Coconut water is organic and loved by the young and old alike. moderation. Fatty fish - It's strange that meat has Caution: Indulge in coconut water but to be lard-free while fish needs to be limit the coconut flesh to 1-2 servings fatty. But before you reach for those a day.
comes from within a patients own ethnic group. Canadas database is 75 per cent Caucasian and 25 per cent ethnically diverse. OneMatch is making a concerted effort to engage younger male donors and widen the ethnic representation of the database. South Asian donors make up only 4% of all the donors registered with OneMatch. In 2012, 427 Canadians received unrelated stem cell transplants. Approximately 340,000 Canadians have volunteered to donate stem cells. When searching on behalf of Canadian patients, OneMatch has access to more than 21 million volunteer donors in 50 countries and more than 570,000 cord blood units from 49 banks in 32 counties. Joining the network is a long term commitment; donors wait an average of seven years before a match is found. The number of available donors can be affected by donor availability for example, even if a match is found, the donor must be available (easy to locate) and eligible to give (e.g., in good health). Patients can have difficulty finding a matching donor, depending on the complexity of the HLA typing they have inherited. Right now, patients undergoing transplant surgery are in immediate need of blood and blood products. We urge everyone to continue helping Canadian patients by donating blood regularly at a local blood donor clinic. Please go online at blood.ca or call 1 888 2 DONATE to find out more on becoming a blood donor.
A new technique that removes the nerves that connect the brain and kidney has shown promise to reduce blood pressure and decrease the risk of stroke, heart and renal disease. The procedure, which has very few side effects, has already shown promising results in hard-to-treat cases of high blood pressure. The technique was performed by a team led by Professor Julian Paton at the University of Bristol who found that in an animal model of hypertension removing nerves connecting the kidney to the brain reduced blood pressure and improved its long-term stability. Inspired by these results, cardiologists Dr Angus Nightingale and Dr Andreas
Removing Nerves Connecting Kidney To Brain May Help Reduce High BP
Baumbach from the Bristol Heart Institute (BHI) adopted the technique called 'renal denervation' to remove the nerves to the kidney in patients with high blood pressure. The procedure, which has been successfully trialled on 19 patients at the BHI and is performed using a fine tube that is inserted in an artery in the patient's leg and positioned in the artery feeding blood to the patient's kidneys. Dr Nightingale, who runs the Specialist Hypertension Clinic at the BHI, said: "This is an exciting new treatment for these patients who have struggled with high blood pressure which tablets are not controlling."

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Auckland Girmit Day Honours Elders, While Rekindling International Awareness

Recipients, among, others who were on hand to receive them were former Carpenters employee Goving Prasad, former National Farmers Union executive Kapil Deo Singh and wife, Auckland old-timer and a friend of former Prime Minister Helen Clark, Narain Prasad his wife Rai Mati Singh, Shiu Mati Prasad and Audh Raji Vishwanath. One notable gentleman was former distinguished Ba resident, Alliance Minister and a long time Fiji politician, James Shankar Singh. Our Girmitiyas are not present now, but we are proud and thankful for their input in Fiji. It is through them who and what we are. It is nice to see that our Girmitiyas and elders are not forgotten said an elated Singh after receiving Girmit Medal from Chairman of Girmit Foundation of New Zealand, Devakar Prasad. Former National Farmers Union President and regular contributor to Shanti Dut Hindi newspaper in Fiji, Kapil Deo Singh was equally overjoyed at being recognised for the sacrifices of his forbears. I feel very honoured for this recognition and thanks to Girmit Foundation for this novel gesture to remember Girmitiyas who need to be recognised by our history as well. We are thankful for their vision and priority in education and preserving our Hindi language, Kapil said. Another octogenarian, Mrs Shiu Mati Prasad, sister of former Lautoka and Suva City Town Clerk/CEO Late Vishnu Chand, was equally overjoyed for this honour of being rewarded. She did recognise that sacrifices was by their fathers, but was honoured to be remembered. I am thinking of our Girmitiyas and am thankful for their sacrifices. I am thankful for this event which I first attended last year, said Mrs Prasad. That event was Girmit Remembrance Day which Fiji Girmit Foundation New Zealand held to commemorate the 134th anniversary of Girmit at the Skipton Hall, Mangere at Auckland on 18 May, 2013. The afternoon was named Ek Shaam Girmitiyon ke Naam a name in honour of Girmitiyas. The theme for the function was: Reconnecting, Reclaiming and Restoring Indo-Fijian History. We all sang national anthem of New Zealand, Fiji and India, maintained a minutes silence and laid wreath in memory of the departed Girmitiya forbears. Some old tales were told and students of Pooja Trust took turns to sing Bidesia, based on Girmit in Fiji, playing the harmonium themselves. It was a stunning performance that captivated the audience and raised the profile of a folk song that belonged to a bygone era. Bidesia was widely sung by the Girmitiyas, which had the power to ease pent up emotions that broke into sobs, crying and wailing until they could cry no more. Oration delivered by young people on Girmit clearly showed that the young were appropriately being brought up with full knowledge of their early history. Pundit Ram Kumar Sewak is doing a commendable work in South Auckland among the young children and the fruits of his endeavour were in display at the function. The Fiji Girmit Foundation New Zealand is committed to reconnecting, reclaiming and restoring Indo-Fijian history and would work closely with the Fiji Girmit Council to support its aims and objectives, ensuring that Girmit is embraced as the foundational history of the community and is respected, revered and commemorated regularly. Girmit Remembrance Day provided opportunity to Indo-Fijian families to resurrect the memories and pay our respects to our Girmitiya forebears for the sacrifices that they made and the legacy that they left for successive
Thakur Ranjit Singh As the medals were eased into the ageing and wrinkled necks of Girmit descendant octogenarians (those 80 years and over), the silence of the moment spoke deafeningly. This moment was etched in their memory, and brought smiles to their crinkled and parched lips as they eased out of chairs with shaking hands and crackling joints and legs that were protesting. Some had walking sticks for support, other had relatives. But the electricity of the moment was such that they eased out of chairs, with a bit of help from relatives and committee members, and inched their way to the main stage where executives of Fiji Girmit Foundation did the honours of putting the medals in their necks. They all eagerly waited for their names to be called. These were the first generation descendants of Girmitiyas, as their parents had served Girmit. Very soon we may not have anybody from this lot left, as we move to second generation. They were being rewarded for sacrifices of their parents who never received any honour for their sufferings and vision. While these people did not directly contribute anything to Girmit, they are living proof of the first descendants who heard stories of hardship and sufferings from their parents. As names were called out, you could sense a feeling of satisfaction on their smiling faces. Half the recipients were from the first batch of octogenarians of first Girmit Day held in 2012 by Waitakere Indian Association.
generations. The event remembered suffering, sacrifices and vision of our forbears through oratory, poems, music and tales of the past. This was a journey through memory lane which provided exposure to a history that is dormant and yet it is a fascinating history of suffering, struggle and sacrifice. The Foundation intends to strengthen our unique Indo-Fijian culture, language, customs and traditions to ensure that our children remain connected to the jewels of their inheritance. Radio stations and other media helped us reach people. It is hoped, in a small way, the initiative, foresight and vision of Aucklanders are going to inspire our Indo Fijian Diaspora in Canada (Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Toronto etc), USA (San Francisco, Sacramento, Modesto Hayward etc), Australia (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne etc) and even in Fiji to appreciate that we get organised and tell our new generation the tales of Girmit that history has failed to acknowledge. With two Girmit events in Auckland, one at Calvary Church and the other at Skipton Hall, with one additional one at Wellington, we Kiwis hope to initiate a turnaround and raise international awareness on Indo-Fijian history. Girmit Remembrance Day 2013 in Auckland was an opportunity to recognise and reward the sacrifices of our forbears in proxy, but most importantly, to show them love and honour which their Girmitiya parents were denied in Girmit. May their souls rest in peace. [E-mail: thakurji@xtra.co.nz]
Chairperson of Fiji Girmit Foundation New Zealand, Pundit Devakar Prasad Interviewing former Fiji Alliance Minister, James Shankar Singh, after awarding him the Girmit Medal. Looking on is a Girmit Foundation and Manukau Sanatan Executive, Pradeep Chand

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Mani's Debut Film Premieres In Suva
Neetu Chandra's Bhojpuri production "Deswa" has been chosen for the Fiji film festival and the actress will visit the island country next month. "It is the first film in 50 years to be chosen in Indian panorama from Bhojpuri. I am proud of it. Right now it has been selected for Fiji film festival and I am going there next month," Neetu said. Neetu is also awaiting the release of
Neetu Chandra's Bhojpuri Production At The Fiji Film Festival
her Greek-English film and two Hindi films. "My Greek-English film 'Let Not the Americans Know' will release October worldwide. My two Hindi films are also ready for release. So I am taking it slowly, choosing work because you don't get many chances in the industry," she said. Neetu's next Hindi release is "Kusar Prasad Ka Bhoot" and "Shooter."
Nirankush - a Psychological thriller featuring Fijian born actor Anil Mani premiered in Suva. More than 150 guests attended the event at Village 6 Cinemas which was organised by Fiji National University. Minister for Health Dr Neil Sharma who was the chief guest at the premiere said it was encouraging to see a Fijian artist making it big in Bollywood and added that Mani is a leading example to Fiji's youths who want to pursue a career in films and acting. "Anil is the first Fijian actor to get a major role in Bollywood and we should be proud of his achievement. He has shown that with a committed heart and mind, a person can go far in life." "We as Fijians should support him and our talented youths should get inspired by his hard work in life. The movie is based on a health concept and it should be worth watching."
Actor Mani was overwhelmed with the attendance and support and said the audiences are the best judge and he hopes they will love his work. "This was my first project in Bollywood and I hope people here will like my work. The journey was tough as competition is hugely immense in India with the industry only selecting the best out of hundreds and thousands of artists who lineup daily for roles in movies." "I am to continue working in more films and currently I have 3-4 projects lined up. I hope to fly Fiji's flag higher in Bollywood and just need the support and prayers of my people," he added. Mani plays the character of "Dudda"an accomplice of the lead actor in the movie. He has a powerful role after the intermission. Nirankush officially screens in Village 6 and Village 4 cinemas.
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Salman Helps Romanian Beauty Lulia Find A House
Two Hotties Who Made Tusshar, Vinay And Ranvir Suddenly Turn Punctual
They say in the throes of passion, men can even move mountains
Salman Khan has been known to extend his generosity on his girlfriends. A caring Salman has helped his current girlfriend, Lulia Vantur find a house. She is a Romanian TV actress. The apartment which Salman has hunted for his girlfriend is located on Carter Road in Bandra, Mumbai. Salman along with his parents is also staying at the same location as his original residence Galaxy Heights is undergoing a renovation. A source says, Salman has given her a place to stay. The star and his parents have been living there since the last three months. Well it seems that now Salman Khan can spend some quality time with his girlfriend. Salman had earlier helped his ex girl friend Katrina find a house in Khar. It is believed that Salman Khan and Lulia Vantur have been dating each other for the past two years. On one of the abroad trip, he found his love in this Romanian beauty. A source said, Salman met her two years ago during one of his trips abroad. He has always been in touch with her and now they have become extremely fond of each other. Recently Salman Khan went to Hyderabad in connection to his movie
Mental. Lulia also accompanied him. But both of them tried to escape shutterbugs at the airport and hence exited from the airport in different cars. A bodyguard of Salman escorted his girlfriend to airport. Both of them stayed at the same hotel but no further detail has been known. Salman has been spotted at various public places with his girlfriend. A few days back they were spotted together at a sub urban hotel. A source said, Salman is extremely serious about his new girlfriend and she has been in his life for around two years but no-one had got any wind 0f it. He also added, He is now being open about his relationship with her and people who are close to him are aware of her existence in his life. In fact, everyone is suggesting to Salman to get married to her. However, he is being mum about his plans. On the other hand, Salman Khans father, Salim Khan has rejected all the news as rumors. Salman's father said, Theres nothing to it, absolutely nothing. He further added, He meets thousands of people because of his work and travel. The girl you are talking about is a friend! It's nothing that serious.
But for this strapping bunch of actors, it didn't take much to remind them of the virtues of punctuality. On the sets of director Shashant A Shah's next film, Bajatey Raho, it was hardly a secret that Tusshar Kapoor, Ranvir Shorey and Vinay Pathak were firm believers in the late to bed-late to rise policy. But the sudden appearance of two striking ladies on the sets had the trio running straight from their beds to the sets, much before their call time. According to insiders, while shooting in the Delhi winters, all the three actors found it extremely trying to wake up early and report to the sets on time. So the rest of the cast and crew were in for a major surprise when the actors turned up, much before their scheduled time on the day when Maryam Zakaria and
Scarlett Wilson arrived to film their item number. Our source says, `Shashant could not believe his eyes. Despite his many threats, the three actors would always be late. And as soon as the two hotties landed, Tusshar, Ranvir and Vinay were right on time for a change.` Shah confirms that boys' antics and says, `They always had some or the other excuse for coming late. Their shoot schedules were almost of 12-14 hours every day. But when I was to shoot the Nagin track, the boys reported for work several hours in advance.` The director even managed to turn their trick on them by not informing them when the item song was completed. Apparently, the three actors continued to report on the sets on time.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan have become proud parents of a baby boy through surrogacy, media reports said on Wednesday. Khan's baby boy was born on May 27. "BMC officials have received a birth report with details that a baby boy was born on May 27 to parents listed as Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Shah
SRK-Gauri Blessed With Third Child - Surrogate Baby Boy
Rukh Khan at Masrani Hospital for Women in Andheri," The Times of India reported. "The child was born at 34 weeks of pregnancy and weighed 1.5 kg at birth," Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) executive health officer Dr. Arun Bamne told the newspaper. "We have received from Masrani Nursing Home a birth report, which
has to be mandatorily filed by nursing homes and hospitals to register every birth in the city," Bamne said. The boy was taken from Masrani Hospital to Nanavati Hospital. He was later shifted to Breach Candy Hospital, reports said.
It is believed that the baby has been discharged from Breach Candy Hospital and he is currently with the Khans. Khan and Gauri tied knot in 1991 after long years of friendship. They have two children - son Aryan (15) and daughter Suhana (13)
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Not One, Lata Wants Five Winners On 'Indian Idol Junior'
Just Like Old Times For Satish Kaushik, Anupam Kher
It seems all's well between Satish Kaushik and Anupam Kher as they join hands to do a film once more Former friends Satish Kaushik and Anupam Kher are all set to work together again. For a while, their longstanding friendship had gone through a rough patch, but it seems all that is now a thing of the past. The two have joined hands to work on the Bollywood remake of a Bengali film that is being produced by Ratan Jain. A while back, the two formed a production house and even made a film together but then parted ways, which resulted in the banner folding up. While Kaushik remained unavailable for comment, Anupam says, `We are old friends and we have been together for 37 years now. Business does not affect personal lives, as we are friends. Sometimes in friendship, there could be a moment of pause. But you can pick up the
Participants of singing reality show Indian Idol Junior have impressed Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar so much that she feels it would be unfair to choose just one winner. Anmol Jaswal, Nirvesh Sudhanshubhai Dave, Debanjana Karmakar, Sonakshi Kar, Akash Sharma, Anjana Padmanabhan, Aryan Das, Priyam Borpatra Gohain, Sankalp Yaduwanshi, Eman Chaudhar and Sugandha Amol Date are vying for the title. The 83-year-old shared her views through her tweets on the microblogging site Twitter. She posted: I am watching 'Indian Idol Junior' and the kids are singing really well, especially Anmol. It's very unfair that only one winner is selected in such shows. I request the team of 'Indian Idol Junior' to give away awards to the
top five, this will make them happy and interested to pursue singing as a career. Even actors Salman Khan and Farhan Akhtar have praised the children participating in the show. Salman tweeted: 'Indian Idol Junior', 13-year-old Akash was superb. So happy for him and his father. The singing reality show started June 1 and it gave platform to children between the age group of 5 to 15. The Sony Entertainment Channel's show is judged by singer Shreya Ghoshal, composer-singer Shekhar Ravjiani and Vishal Dadlani. Farhan, who recently appeared as a guest on the show to promote his film "Bhag Milkha Bhag", wrote: "What a treat the 'Indian Idol Junior' is. . . Pure talent. So lucky to have heard them live. Best wishes to them all. "
threads from where you left them. Similarly, nothing has changed in our relationship.
Boman Irani's friends may be jealous of him as he gets to work with young actresses, but the actor feels sad for himself as he just gets to play their father on screen. "They (friends) are jealous of me because I get to work with the most beautiful women in the country. They ask me what's Kareena (Kapoor) like, what's Deepika (Padukone) like and I feel very happy. But inside, I also feel very sad because I only play their father," the 53-year-old said at St.
Boman Rues Playing Father To Young Actresses
Mary's School, where he studied. He was there to attend a function. His two sons also studied in the same school. "Both my sons also studied in this school and it was an amazing feeling to be a parent in the school where we used to be so naughty... It's quite a wonderful feeling to be back," said Boman, recently seen in legal satire "Jolly LLB". He will soon start shooting for Farah Khan's "Happy New Year".
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has spilled the beans about his "Chennai Express" co-star Deepika Padukone's appetite, saying that she eats a lot! Shah Rukh, Deepika and "Chennai Express" director Rohit Shetty were present on the sets of Colors' "Comedy Nights with Kapil" to promote their movie when comedian Kapil asked the model-turned-actress her fitness secret. Deepika instantly turned to SRK, and said: "You asked him to ask me this, didn't you?" Shah Rukh denied, but told everyone about Deepika's diet. King Khan and Rohit referred to her "elephant's appetite" and said that she eats every two hours. "When we were shooting in the mountains somewhere, all we could eat were biscuits and tea because Deepika ate all our food on the journey,"
SRK Takes A Swipe: Deepika Has An Elephant's Appetite
quipped Shah Rukh. "She doesn't restrain herself from eating, she ate everybody's food on the set, including the spot boys'," he added.
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At The Movies White House Down (PG) * * * * Hijacked!

Failsafe devices have little effect when a madman or two decide to take The Presidents house over in White House Down, a decidedly wicked little thriller with major consequences. Presented by Columbia Pictures this action device is timely, effective and fun. Fit for all adrenalin junkees get in on the assault at the Empire Esplanade 6, Empire Studio 12, Colossus and Cineplex Odeon Theatres around B.C. Mention the name Roland Emmerich and most film followers. Here the noted director of Independence Day and a host of other natural disasters turns his sights on a renegade band who target 1600 Pennsylvania Attitude. Using the headlines of today our president is a man of peace. Oscar winning actor Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained) comes clean as a Barack Obama type who wants a place in history by securing peace in the Middle East. By no means an easy task, a group of terrorists have other plans. Think Die Hard and you may in fact be rooting for another John, John Cane, who just happens to be in the wrong place at the right time. Heartthrob Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street) buffs up and t-shirts down as a muscle-flexing good guy who only wants to join the Secret Service. Its quite lucky for the powers that be that this man is in the house along with his politically savvy young daughter Emily. Expect big things to come from the dynamic work of Joey King who rises to the occasion and then some as a little girl who plays quite the pawn in this cat and mouse game when this band of cutthroats do harm and considerable band on the American administration. Keen Hollywood observers will note that a similar themed movie called Olympus Has Fallen came out a few months back. Comparisons between the two seizure films have a lot in common. Where White House Down clicks into overdrive is the relationship between the president and lowly John Cale with the comical elements extremely well delivered and received Once the carnage begins its a madhouse as a cat and mouse game ensues. Explosions get bigger and the brawn gets more pronounced as director Emmerich delivers a knockout punch . Superior stunts and over the top special effects enhance this 131 minute spectacular that is full value fun. Aided by classy performances from the likes of James Woods and Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary) White House Down has lots of surprises and quite a witty script. No, you cant take any of this seriously but the film turns out to be a great shoot-em-up with Tatum particularly effective as a misguided father who just wants to keep his daughter safe and coming to the rescue of not only The White House but the free world left hanging in the balance. Smart, stylish and perfect summer time popcorn movie fare, White House Down is an engaging action thriller that fans of this genre should warmly embrace. Oh, and lets not forget the work of always great Richard Jenkins who further rallies the troops
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Man of Steel
Bipasha's First International Film 'Singularity' Back On Track

Bipasha Basu's first international project co-starring Josh Harnett to finally get a release
According to sources, the film starring Bipasha along with Hollywood actor Josh Harnett had initially stalled due to budget constraints. Directed by Roland Joffe, the project was also slated to premiere at the 65th annual Cannes International Film Festival in May 2012. Currently, the film is said to have been finally completed and will apparently release in India soon. A source says, `In June, 2012 a Belgium-based company pumped in money into the project, post which the last few scenes were filmed in London. It will now release in Russia in October and in India too. ` Bipasha's film was also shot across various parts of MP like Orchha and Gwalior. Writer of the film Ajay Jhankar, who is currently in the US, did not reply to our SMS. Bips, who is shooting in Ooty, also remained unavailable for comment.
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Mauritius is a filmmaker's dream, a couple's retreat and a family's perfect vacation! Enjoy the exotic beaches and the captivating blue sea at this beautiful getaway!
Think of endless white sandy beaches and about a hundred shades of blue in the ocean. Add miles of lush sugarcane plantations, abundant bird-life and scenic mountains. Garnish with a fascinating potpourri of cultures, colourful traditions and festivals and you have Mauritius. Mauritius is part of the Mascarene island group and is located in the south-western Indian Ocean, some 855 km east of Madagascar and 1800 km east of the African continent. Sights to see Black Gorges National Park The Black Gorges National Park, located in the south-west of the island and home to many endangered species like the echo parakeet, is an absolute treat for the eyes. The park is fringed by coniferous trees and casuarinas, making you forget for a moment that you are in the heart of the tropics. You can hope to spot many rare trees like the tambalacoque (dodo) tree, apart from animals like monkeys and deer. University of Mauritius The academically inclined or the simply curious should visit the town of Moka, home to the University of Mauritius and the Mahatma Gandhi Institute. The Gandhi Institute's Folk Museum traces the history of Indian immigration to the island. Port Louis The capital of Mauritius, Port Louis, is a bustling urban center during the day, with the nightlife leaving something to
Mauritius: A Tropical Paradise
Located in the Okanagan Valley, purpose well. ThereBC are several
be desired for. Pamplemousses This place has more to recommend it than just a charmingly exotic name! The reason most tourists flock to this town is most definitely the Sir Seewoosagar Ramgoolam Botanical Gardens. Fragrances of sandalwood, ginger, cinnamon and cardamom are
very common here. Getting there There will be no problem finding flights from Mumbai, New Delhi, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Perth and Melbourne. Getting around Bus Mauritian bus services serve their
tour operators, and although no single company covers the entire length and breadth of the island, you should have little difficulty in getting to the place you want to. Car You can rent a car with ease in Mauritius. An international driving license will suffice, but car rental companies require proof that you are over 23 years of age. Best time to visit Mauritius has typical coastal tropical climate, which means that there are no extreme changes in temperature and no high or low season. The 'winter' is from July to September, when humidity and heat are slightly lower, making this probably the best time to visit. What to carry Apart from sun protection, anti-malaria medicines and mosquito repellent, what you should bring depends on how you plan to spend your time in Mauritius. If you are here for the surfing, then take necessary gear, otherwise it can be hired. A good pair of hiking boots is invaluable for taking advantage of the innumerable lowland and highland trekking opportunities in Mauritius.
Mauritius Travel Tips DOs and DONTs

Welcome to Mauritius!
The soul elevating and the boundless beauty of Mauritius is Africas wealthiest city, a fascinating paradise on earth with the beauty of azure sky, turquoise sea, the pristine, serene beaches, and the gleaming sands. The island is loaded with historic sights, cultural diversity, geographic variation and almost limitless activities besides natural beaches, the mountains, forests and green nature reserves. Mauritius is a blend of diverse cultures and religions, constitute of Hindus, Creole, Chinese, Muslims and Europeans, who respect each other and enjoy different ways of life with different traditions and customs. So for a tourist, its important to respect their values and not to be in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong attitude. The following Mauritius travel tips, dos and donts will provide a guideline for this. should note that nudism and topless sunbathing are frowned upon on public beaches. No hotel permits nude sunbathing on beaches. Do not involve in drug trafficking which is illegal and carries very heavy penalties. Do not go alone to isolated locations or on deserted beaches at night, although Mauritius remains a safe place with a low criminality rate. Do not leave your valuables and important documents in a rented room, nor leave your personal belongings or valuable items such as camera, purse, wallet, or handbag unattended in public places. Do not swim in the sea where a danger notice is displayed. Do not accept rides from strangers, especially if you are alone. Do not make jokes about bombs or security threats. This is a criminal offence. Do not be surprised to see girls holding hands together. In Mauritius, female friends often hold hands while walking and touching. Mauritius Travel Dos Do shake hands. Handshaking is the customary form of greeting, although friends and family commonly share a kiss on each cheek. Do address properly. In most hotels, walking around in surfer shorts or bathing suits after sunset is simply prohibited. Mauritian women are very conservative. Do remove shoes (and possibly leather belts) when entering mosques and temples. Women should carry a scarf if planning to enter a mosque. Do respect local customs. It is prohibited to introduce sugarcane and parts thereof, soil microorganisms and invertebrate animals. Do bring a gift for appreciation if invited for a meal. Do tip for excellent services although tipping is not compulsory. Do have travel insurance cover for yourself and your family. Do take one or two tubes of mosquito repellant if you intend to visit Mauritius in summer.
Mauritius Travel Taboo
Talk about sex and pornography in Mauritius is taboo. The state does not allow pornography of any type on the island even erotic is a taboo.
Mauritius Travel Donts

Do not wear shorts, mini-skirts or sleeveless shirts when visiting religious shrines. Do not touch the statues, carvings and religious artifacts in places of worship. Do not sunbath topless. Sunbathers
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Top Five Myths About Drinking And Driving

Too many people especially young men still drink and drive and make excuses for why its OK. But if you drive while impaired this summer, chances are youll get caught at a roadcheck, as part of a province-wide campaign by the Province, ICBC and police. Although CounterAttack roadchecks, advertising, stricter penalties and rehabilitation programs have helped cut the number of deaths from drinking and driving by more than half in the past 30 years, its still a serious concern that kills an average of 116 people every year*. Here are the top five myths about drinking and driving that some drivers still believe: - I can hold my booze: Too many guys think drinking a six-pack of beer and then driving is OK, which is why 81 per cent of all impaired drivers in alcohol-related crashes are male*. So guys, if you think driving drunk will impress the ladies, think again. Remember those pick-up lines you thought sounded slick but actually acted as repellent? Alcohol not only impairs your ability to score a date, it impairs your vision, concentration and ability to react to unexpected hazards on the road. - I know that Im sober enough to drive: While you may be able to see and walk without staggering after drinking a few beers the reality is you cant always tell when impairment kicks in it actually starts with your first drink. Alcohol affects more than your vision and coordination. It affects your judgment, attention span, alertness, reaction time and ability to do more than one task at a time vital things you need when you get behind the wheel. - All I need is something to eat and Ill be fine: While having a burger with your beer is a good idea, a full stomach where there may be increased traffic volume. Check for road and weather conditions before setting out. No. 2 Check, check, check: Long road trips can be tiring for drivers and passengers but also on your vehicle, so make sure its up to the drive. Remember to check your engine oil, washer fluid, lights and inspect your vehicle tires, including the spare, to make sure they are in good condition and properly inflated. If youll be towing a recreational trailer, make sure you do a thorough pre-trip check before you hit the road. Drive to an empty parking lot to practice manoeuvring your vehicle while towing a trailer. No. 3 Secure it: Make sure you properly secure all items inside and on your vehicle, like bicycles and items on your roof rack. During rest breaks, take a few moments to check that your cargo is still properly secured. No. 4 Drive smart: Remember that although you may not encounter a lot of traffic along highways, its important is not an effective defence against impaired driving. And no amount of coffee, cold showers or fresh air will sober you up either. The only cure is time. In fact, it takes about six hours for your body to eliminate all the alcohol from your body when you have a blood alcohol concentration of .08, the legal limit. - I wont get caught: Police have stepped up CounterAttack roadchecks across the province this summer. Drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs face a range of penalties from 24hour driving prohibitions and vehicle impoundments, 90-day administrative driving prohibitions to criminal charges, fines and jail time. Plus, drivers who have one or more driving-related criminal convictions or two or more driving prohibitions on or after January 1, 2008, will pay a Driver Risk Premium, separate from insurance premiums. On top of fines, all convicted drinking drivers who receive multiple driving prohibitions are required to attend an alcohol rehabilitation program and may have an alcohol interlock device installed in their vehicle to prevent them from starting or continuing to drive while impaired. - I dont drink and drive but driving after a joint is fine: Numerous studies have shown that stoned drivers can be every bit as dangerous as drunk drivers. Depending on what youve smoked, swallowed or injected, drug impairment ranges from slowed reflexes, flawed depth perception to hallucinations and seizures. And if youve been mixing alcohol and drugs and are tired from partying all night, this combination can be even deadlier. New legislation now allows police to test drivers for drug impairment and charge those who refuse to provide blood, saliva or urine samples. ability to stop. Remember that wildlife is also more common along highways. No.5 Are you covered? If youll be renting a vehicle this summer, make sure you have adequate insurance coverage. You might be surprised to learn that youre already covered by your auto insurance company so check with them first. If not, shop around for the best rate and coverage for your needs.
As British Columbians are enjoying the warm summer days, for many that also means summer getaways. If youll be hitting the road, you can help make our highways safer by slowing down and making smart driving decisions. Take all the necessary steps to have a safe and enjoyable summer vacation. If your activities will include alcohol be safe dont drink and drive. The dangers are well known and police are out in force to keep drinking drivers off the road. And remember it is now illegal to use hand held devices while driving. A distracted driver is a dangerous driver. In the summer months of July and August, over the years 2005 to 2009, there is an average of 1,232 crashes and 361 injured victims on B.C. roads every weekend. Here are additional tips from ICBC for safer summer road trips: No. 1 Be realistic: Plan ahead and be realistic about travel times. Allow extra time for rest breaks and possible delays, especially over a weekend
ICBC'S Tips For Summer Road Trips

to stay within the posted speed limit and always maintain a safe travelling distance at least three seconds on high-speed roads or if youre behind a motorcycle. You might think that by speeding, youre cutting down on your travel time but what youre really doing is decreasing your reaction time. The weight of your vehicle (especially with extra cargo), will also impact your
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Reasons To Eat Mangoes And Health Benefits

Fights Cancer
Mango is called the king of fruits not just for its taste and super flashy yellow colour, but also for the array of health benefits it offers. Below are sone reasons why you should stock up on mangoes this summer.
Antioxidants like quercetin, isoquercitrin, astragalin, fisetin, gallic acid and methylgallat present in mango protect the body against colon, breast, leukemia and prostate cancers. Keeps Cholesterol in check Mango has high level of vitamin C, pectin and fibres that help to lower serum cholesterol levels. carotenoids keep your immune system healthy.
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Skin Cleanser
Mangoes help you unclog your pores and add freshness to the face. Mangoes are applicable to any skin type. Alkalises the Body According to natural health school. com , mango is rich in tartaric acid, malic acid and traces of citric acid that primarily help in maintaining the alkali reserve of the body.
Weight Loss
Mango has a lot of vitamins and nutrients that help the body feel fuller. Also, the fibrous fruit boosts the digestive function of the body by burning additional calories, helping in weight loss.
According to care2.com, one cup (225 gms contain) contains the following percentages that apply to daily value. 105 calories 76 percent vitamin C (antioxidant and immune booster) 25 percent vitamin A (antioxidant and vision) 11 percent vitamin B6 plus other B vitamins (hormone production in brain and heart disease prevention) 9 percent healthy probiotic fibre 9 percent copper (copper is a cofactor for many vital enzymes plus production of red blood cells) 7 percent potassium (to balance out our high sodium intake) 4 percent magnesium
Body Scrub
Regulates Diabetes
Not only the fruit but the leaves of mangoes are healthy too. For people suffering from diabetes, just boil 5-6 mango leaves in a vessel, soak it through night and drink the filtered decoction in the morning. This is helps in regulating your insulin levels.
Eye Care
Aphrodisiac
Did you know that mango is rich in vitamin A. One cup of sliced mangoes equals 25% intake of your daily need of vitamin A. Mangoes help in promoting good eye sight, fights dry eyes and also prevent night blindness.
elimination.
Heat Stroke
Mango has aphrodisiac qualities and is also called the love fruit. Mangoes increase the virility in men
Helps in Digestion
Mango contains enzymes that help in breaking down protein. The fibrous nature of mango helps in digestion and
When the sun is bogging you down this summer, just chop of a mango in a juicer; add a little water and a tbsp of sugar free or honey. This juice will instantly cool you down and prevent heat stroke.
Make a paste of mashed mango, honey and milk and use as a body scrub, you will feel that your skin is tender and smooth. Aids Concentration and Memory Feed mangoes to children who find it difficult to concentrate on studies. The glutamine acid found in mangoes help in keeping cells alive and boosting memory.
High Iron for Women
Strengthens Your Immune
The deadly combination of vitamin C, vitamin A and 25 different kinds of
Mango is rich in iron, hence it is a great natural solution for people suffering from anemia. Menopausal women can indulge in mangoes as this will increase their iron levels and calcium at the same time.
Have a healthy breakfast
Stop worrying about your weight, just eat right. Here are five tips you need to keep in mind. Foods that are high in fibre and are good levels. The fibre and vitamins in them it with skimmed milk or yogurt. sources of protein, can help you feel play an important role too. Opt for skimmed milk full for a very long time. And that, will Snack on nuts through the day help you control unnecessary bingeing. Stay away from fried and salted nuts Protein has a very high satiety index but you can munch on raw, unsalted and that is why proteins an essential ones almonds, and walnuts. These part of your meals. have essential roughage, protein, fat, Go for the grain minerals and micronutrient. A handful can keep hunger at bay and provide energy. Milk and its products are rich in calcium and can help keep your bones strong. Skimmed milk, low fat cheese and yogurt helps to break down fat cells. Bean it Grains have complex carbohydrates which during digestion release glucose slowly. Jowar, bajra and ragi etc can help in maintaining your blood sugars
5 Things To Eat To Lose Weight
The cardinal rule to any weight loss programme is never to miss breakfast. And oatmeal, a complex carbohydrate is ideal. It is a satisfying breakfast cereal, and compared to any other grain it provides more protein per serving. The fact that it takes longer to digest and hence releases energy slowly makes it perfect because you feel full for longer. Oats also keep blood sugar and insulin levels stable, which helps prevent fat storage. Have
This information is provided for knowledge and educational purposes only. Individuals should visit their physicians for more information on their health.
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Places You Forget To Protect With Sunscreen

Even if you think you're being diligent about sun protection, you're likely forgetting to apply sunscreen to these body parts Be sun smart You know the drill dont venture outdoors without a slathering of sunscreen. But have you been skimping on your application, leaving areas of your skin vulnerable to the suns harmful rays? According to the Canadian Dermatology Association, skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Canadians, and its main cause is exposure to high amounts of UV radiation. During 2013, the Canadian Cancer Society predicts that more than 81,700 new cases of non-melanoma skin cancers (basal and squamous) will be diagnosed, and approximately 6,000 Canadians will be told that they have melanoma the deadliest form of skin cancer that will claim 1,050 Canadian lives this year. Dont become a statistic. Here are some places on the body that you need to remember when applying sunscreen. The scalp Eyelids
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The ears
Carroll says that dermatologists dont commonly see skin cancers on the eyelids, but its still a good idea to protect this area with sunscreen in addition to wearing sunglasses and hats. The problem with the eyelids is that chemical sunscreens can be irritating to the eyes. Around the eye area, I use stick-type sunscreens. Their waxy component doesnt slide into the eyes if you sweat. Carroll also says that choosing sunglasses with broad arms will provide additional protection for the sides of the eyes. Underarms
Wide-brimmed hats and baseball caps can easily set sail on a strong summer's breeze, so make sure that your scalp is protected with sunscreen along the hairline and parting. People who have their hair parted always miss that spot, says Dr. Julia Carroll, a Toronto-based dermatologist and director of Compass Dermatology. And guys who are losing their hair and thinning on top, they need sunscreen there. Carroll understands that people might be hesitant to apply a greasy sunscreen in their hair, so she suggests using a spray sunscreen instead. Sprays penetrate through the hair and dont usually leave an oily residue. The lips
Sunburn in this area can be incredibly dangerous. The most common place for melanoma on a woman is the back of the legs, says Carroll. Dont make the mistake of only applying sunscreen to the front of your legs. Be sure to slather a generous amount on the entire leg, front and back. To avoid confusion about how much sunscreen to apply to your body, Carroll says to visualize a shot glass, or a golf ball this amount should be sufficient to cover your entire body while wearing a bathing suit. The sides of your face
People totally forget their ears, says Carroll. A woman who has long hair applies sunscreen and thinks that shes covered, but she doesnt realize that she might tuck her hair behind her ear, or later shell be playing sports with a ball cap on. Thats why we see more skin cancers on the top of the ear. When youre putting sunscreen on your face, go a little further and give some attention to your ears, too. Like the lips, the ears can be prime targets for aggressive squamous cell carcinoma. The feet
Like the backs of the knees, the underarm area and its adjacent skin tucked along the chest is often left exposed. Thats an area that I see all the time thats been missed and its bright red, says Carroll. You need to put sunscreen around your bathing suit, or tank top straps because they can move and leave skin unprotected. The hands
We tend to steer clear of the lips when applying sunscreen, but they shouldnt go bare. There are great stick products that have a waxy base that will stick to tricky areas like the lip, says Carroll. Sun protection for the lips is extremely important because once sun damage has occurred, this area has an increased risk of developing into an aggressive form of squamous cell carcinoma. Ombrelle and Banana Boat both make stick sunscreens that will help keep lips
You coat your nose, chin and forehead with UV protection, but often youre not as diligent with the outer reaches of your face. People dont want to get sunscreen in their hair, so they dont push it to the edge of their face where they should, says Carroll. Your entire face is at risk for sun damage, so a thorough application is a must. Carroll recommends using a broad spectrum product for your face and body that specifically covers both UVA and UVB rays. It should be at least an SPF 30, and for extra assurance look for the Canadian Dermatology Association logo.
Enjoying summer in your sandals, flip flops, and bare feet? Continue your sunscreen regime past the ankles; cover the whole foot (including the sole), each toe, and under the nails malignant melanoma can be diagnosed on the soles of the feet, as well as under toenails. The easiest way to do this when you jump out of the shower, cover your body with sunscreen from head to toe. Treat it like youre moisturizing yourself and then youre not playing a guessing game, says Carroll.
Hands are often the first location where aging becomes visually apparent, and UV exposure is typically to blame. Whatever youre doing to prevent aging on your face and sunscreen is a part of that do the same thing for your hands, says Carroll. Always cover the skin on the palms and backs of your hands with sunscreen, and remember to reapply it through the day. Hand washing will remove the products protective qualities leaving your hands exposed to sun damage and possibly, melanoma, or squamous cell carcinoma.
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The Vancouver Canucks brought their year-long goaltending serial drama, equal parts comedy and horror, to a stunning end Sunday when general manager Gillis made the best deal he could to end a problem he largely created. After being wrong on goalie Roberto Luongos $64-million-US contract, the trade market for him and projections about where a new Collective Bargaining Agreement would take the National Hockey League, Gillis ended his series of miscalculations by trading the top goalie he had and returning to the Canucks crease the second-best one, who proved to be untradeable. And even then, we must wait to see if Gillis erred again by surrendering 27-year-old rising star Cory Schneider to the New Jersey Devils for only a lone first-round draft pick in a trade that stunned everyone when it was announced on the draft floor here Sunday afternoon. With that ninth pick, the Canucks drafted impressive London Knights centre Bo Horvat, who better be as good as Bo Jackson or at least Mike Richards, who is the 18-year-olds favourite player. Other than the rules, there is often little fair about how professional sports treats people. It wasnt fair that Schneider rightfully earned Luongos starting spot and was told repeatedly he was No. 1, now and for the future, only to be traded because his contract was portable. It wasnt fair that Luongo, understanding that his days as the starter in Vancouver were over, displayed remarkable grace and patience asked of him while awaiting a trade, only to find out hes stuck as the second-choice starter on a Canuck team from which hed already begun to disconnect emotionally. In Gillis defence, it wasnt fair that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman exacted his revenge upon the Canucks and other teams that had signed perfectly legal if, in some cases, perfectly stupid long-term contracts under the previous CBA by conjuring a cap recapture penalty so punitive that even an excellent goalie like Luongo became untouchable. And, largely overlooked, its not fair that Bo Horvat must now become a star or else. The two-way centre from little Rodney, Ont., was fully aware of the Canucks goaltending saga who in hockey was not? and knows the focus on him will be intense and unyielding. In a year or so, Schneider will succeed Devils starter Marty Brodeur, one of the best goalies in NHL history. I think its more exciting than anything, Horvat said. Im just really happy to be part of the organization. I cant wait to get there to show them that I can be that guy that they picked at (No. 9). It was all a shock to me. But anything can happen on draft day. Horvat appears to be equipped to survive the inferno he faces. He had 61
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points in 67 games for the champion Knights, and was named the Ontario Hockey Leagues playoff MVP for scoring 16 times in 23 games. He is supposed to be a big-game player. Teammate Max Domi, drafted 12th by the Phoenix Coyotes, said the Knights call Horvat Mr. Perfect because he rarely makes a mistake. He does everything hes asked to do, Domi said. Hes a guy who goes out and competes every shift; hes a poster boy for that. Hes going to be a great hockey player. Hes a very intense guy. Hes very similar to Jonathan Toews. He does whatever it takes to win. Hes going to be a captain in the NHL one day; thats just who he is. Another Captain Serious like Toews? Domi nodded. The Canucks were elated to get Horvat ninth. The Hockey News had him ranked 16th, although ESPN reported the Carolina Hurricanes came close to choosing Horvat with the fifth pick. Ever since I was little, even my parents say, I wanted to be a hockey player, Horvat, 6-0 and 206 pounds, said. Im pretty much living the dream right now. I dont feel any pressure, actually. To hear my name called is every kids dream and my dream came true today. Not so much for either Schneider or Luongo, who politely declined The Vancouver Suns interview request on Monday. Luongo may have been busy with Canuck owner Francesco Aquilini, who flew to South Florida to do damage control and convince the goalie he can again be a trusted starter in Vancouver. It was clear that Luongo was blindsided and upset at the Canucks violent change of course, but the 34-year-old probably isnt skating away from the $40 million he is owed over the next nine years. He knows hes untradeable because his contract, as Luongo himself noted in April, sucks. It still sucks and the Canucks are stuck with it. Hes been a resilient guy, Schneider said of his friend and mentor during a Sunday night conference call. Hes been through a lot. Hes been counted out and hes always gotten back up. I dont know what his intentions are
right now, but ... I just know hes a great goalie. Whether thats in Vancouver or anywhere else, I think hes going to play his hardest and be his best. Schneiders name surfaced in trade buzz Saturday after the Canucks staged a hockey-operations summit in New York and decided the only way to solve their goaltending/salary-cap crisis was to take offers on their starter. Schneider displayed no animosity after the trade, although he said it would have been nice had the team warned him what was coming. It was a unique and difficult circumstance, he understated. The landscape of the game changed with the
Coach John Tortorella certainly is happy Roberto Luongo is still with the Vancouver Canucks, saying the goaltender will be "the backbone of our team." Speaking to TSN Drive radio, Tortorella on Wednesday addressed the situation that leaves Luongo as the Canucks' No. 1 goalie after Cory Schneider was traded to the New Jersey Devils at the 2013 NHL Draft on Sunday. The deal ended more than a year of goaltending controversy in Vancouver. "I think Roberto's a hell of a goalie," Tortorella said. "I've done many interviews, and people start saying, 'Well, Schneider's going to be the starter, and he's the backup.' Roberto Luongo isn't a backup. I watched him in the Olympics, I've watched him through his career. He is a really good goalie. "I'm not sure what happened along the way, how this all got into this here, but I'm hoping he will get himself straightened out mentally. I believe he will because everybody I've talked to said he's just a great guy and a great pro, and he's going to be the backbone of our team." Schneider became the Canucks' starter during the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs and seemed destined to be their goalie of the future. But general manager Mike Gillis was unable to trade Luongo and his long-term, expensive contract, leading to the deal of Schneider on
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new CBA. Could it have been handled differently? I dont know. I think thats a question you have to ask them. It was asked of Gillis, who said he tried to get a roster player with the draft pick but couldnt. I cant look into a crystal ball, he said. Obviously, we had an established player with a no-trade (clause) who had to participate in a trade. We had a changing landscape with a lockout and new CBA. If I had a crystal ball, would we have done things quicker or earlier? I dont know. Maybe. But I dont have one. If you have one, let me know. Defiant until the end, Gillis even said at one point Sunday that the plan three years ago was to develop Schneider into a top-flight goalie, then trade him. And thats what we ultimately did, he said. But making him the starter wasnt part of the plan. Nor was embarrassing Luongo or creating a sideshow or, when a trade finally happened, dealing from a weak position because the Devils and everyone else knew the Canucks were in a bind. For the last year, weve explored every option that we could possibly have, Gillis explained. Things were heating up this week and we just felt we couldnt wait any longer. We had to do something to get this situation resolved and this was the best opportunity we had. Or the least bad one.
Sunday for the No. 9 pick, which the Canucks used on forward Bo Horvat. Luongo at the time said, "I'm shocked. I have to let this sink in and figure out what I'm going to do." Tortorella said he has spoken to Luongo since the trade. "I think I needed to," the coach said, "and I hope what will help him is that you have new guys coming in as far as a coaching staff, and how they feel." Luongo, 34, went 9-6-3 with a 2.56 goals-against average and .907 save percentage in 20 appearances in 201213. Schneider, 27, went 17-9-4 with a 2.11 GAA, .927 save percentage and five shutouts. Each goalie started two games of the four-game first-round playoff sweep by the San Jose Sharks. "It's kind of a unique situation going on with the goalies here, with [Schneider and Luongo]," Tortorella said. "From afar, I watched it last year and I thought those two players handled themselves tremendously. Again, I only saw a little bit of it. ... It was a really precarious situation." Tortorella said it's his job to push the Canucks to the Stanley Cup, and he expects Luongo to be the goalie when he does. "If you just wipe away what's happened, he is our No. 1 goalie, and I think that's the way he's got to look at it," Tortorella said. "And he's got to try to put our team on his back and carry 'em."
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Labasa Football Association assistant secretary Nilesh Lal has resigned. In his letter to the LFA, Lal alleged that his resignation was because of recent developments happening within the association. Lal also alleged that on June 13 he received a letter from Fiji Football Association chief executive officer Bob Kumar informing him of his suspension. This is a farce because I have not
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Labasa Soccer Official Resigns

breached any Fiji FA statutes, Lal said. To date, no charges have been laid. I was fighting for LFA and you can imagine my disappointment that LFA has to date not challenged or denounced this unfair and illegitimate suspension. When the reporter contacted Kumar, he confirmed that they had suspended Lal but refused to make any further comments.
League Concludes This Month

The Fiji Sun/GP Batteries National Football League season will come to an end later this month. Amitesh Pal, national league board secretary says the competition for this year is nearing to completion. The league matches so far has been on track and we are left with few of the matches but it will be played in the coming weeks. After a break the National Football League will resume from this weekend with the number of matches to be played at the venues around the country. We have got some of the exciting matches to be played this weekend at the various venues around the country. Firstly, ANZ Stadium will host five matches over the two days which includes three Super Premier matches and two premier division matches. The teams had a break after the Vodafone Fiji FACT but they will be coming in the full force to win and better their standing on the points table while Prince Charles Park will host the Fiji FACT champions Nadi and the semifinalist Rewa on Saturday which is going to be one of the exciting match this weekend as Nadi lost to Rewa and the jetsetters would want to take revenge while Rewa would want to keep they recent record intact, Pal said. Premier division Youth league is also commencing this week and Pal says it is they are looking forward to finish all the matches in the National Football League at the end of this month. The commencement of the matches in the Premier division youth will start from this weekend with Rakiraki Youth and then from next week Southern division Premier league will start with Lami, Tailevu Naitasiri and Nasinu participating, The Northern Premier division league matches will resume from later this month where the winner from the north will play the winner from Viti Levu. Northern Premier league matches will be played from 19 to 21 of this month at Subrail Park in Labasa, the winner from the northern zone will qualify to play Nasinu as the winner from Viti Levu has already been decided. he said.
Futsal referees from Fiji will be officiating at the Oceania FUTSAL championship at The Trusts Arena in Auckland, New Zealand from July 23 27. Amitesh Behari and Jainud Dean from Fiji will be officiating at the championship as the duo has been influential in the local tournament organised earlier this year. Behari has already officiated at the two FIFA futsal world cup and has a vast experience says he is very happy of what he ahs achieved so far following his fathers footstep who has been one of the top referees in the past. It is a very proud moment for me to be selected to officiate at the championship and I always listen to the advice which my father gives me to become better referee as he always tells me to have patience and work hard in life, Behari said. He knows the toughness of the
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Fiji Signs Landmark Agreements With Russia

NZ Pleased With Fiji's Progress: Mccully

Fiji Should Be Left Alone: Russia PM

Former Surveyor Charged With Abuse Of Office

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Friday July 5, 2013

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