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Homicide detectives are investigating after a 27-year-old man died following a fight at a westside apartment Saturday night.

The third floor was taped off and markers could be seen on the building’s entry door yesterday as homicide and forensics investigators gathered evidence.

Police said they were called just after 10 p.m. to the Baywood Apartments building.

The man, who was allegedly stabbed, died later in the Royal Alexandra hospital.

April Ledger called police after hearing a thud that sounded like someone falling down the stairs.

Ledger said her building’s residents are generally respectful

Anyone who may have information is urged to call the Edmonton Police Service at 780423-4567, Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477 or go online to tipsubmit.com.

Police do not have any suspects in custody, but the EPS helicopter could be seen searching the area following the incident.

and polite.

“Usually people are pretty quiet,” said Ledger. “If I am with my daughter, they usually hold the door open for me.”

Ledger hadn’t even noticed the gathering in the suite above hers before hearing the noise.

“If it was a party, it was the quietest party ever,” she said.

Actress Kate Winslet and actor Guy Pearce of Mildred Pierce pose in the press room after Winslet won for outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or movie and Pearce won for outstanding supporting actor during the 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards last night in Los Angeles. For more, go to metronews.ca/edmonton.

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Gary Mar speaks to reporters yesterday after earning 41 per cent of votes cast in the first ballot to choose a new Alberta Tory leader.

Second-choice candidate could be key in Tory race Former health minister Gary Mar has commanding lead after first ballot Rivals Alison Redford and Doug Horner remain upbeat with two weeks left

Suspects sought in graffiti spree RCMP in St. Albert are looking for one or more suspects in a graffiti spree on and near the Kinex and Akinsdale arenas last week.

According to police, the side, front and rear doors of the arenas and several areas around the arenas along Atwood Drive and Abbey Crescent had gold spray all over them.

The RCMP are looking for the public’s help on this and are asking anyone with information to call 780-4587700. METRO

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Cops charge man after high-speed chase A 21-year-old Lethbridge man is facing numerous charges after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car.

RCMP were notified of the stolen vehicle travelling out of Lethbridge at a high rate of speed and Fort Macleod and Claresholm RCMP deployed a spike belt, which the suspect avoided, police said.

Police said the vehicle was clocked at 160 km/h in a 70 zone, and RCMP chased the car north of Nanton where another spike belt was laid and the highway closed. When the driver attempted to avoid the belt, he hit the ditch and rolled. The car then burst into flames, police said. The driver sustained minor injuries and was taken into custody. METRO

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Some Alberta voters could have more of an impact on the race for premier with their second-choice candidate, analysts say.

If Gary Mar, Alison Redford or Doug Horner are not able to top the 50 per cent mark on the second ballot Oct. 1, the thirdplace finisher’s votes are given to whomever supporters indicated as their second choice.

Mar earned nearly 41 per cent of votes cast in the first ballot Saturday, but he is not unbeatable,

said Calgary political scientist Keith Brownsey, who believes the second-choice provision favours Redford, the former justice minister “There’s no telling in this process,” he said. “It happened in 2006 and it’s how the province got Ed Stelmach.”

Stelmach, the outgoing premier, was the overwhelming second choice on ballots that favoured Ted Morton in the last Tory race, and used that support to push past fellow candidate Jim Dinning.

Redford said name recognition may have served some of her rivals better early on, but be-

Voters Gary Mar expressed concern yesterday over low voter turnout (59,361) Saturday night in the first Tory ballot. “As leader, I would be fully committed to reengaging Albertans about the things that are impor-

tant to them,” he said.

When asked about the second-choice ballot provision yesterday, former deputy premier Doug Horner said his campaign is targeting first-choice supporters and is focused on getting them to the polls Oct. 1.

lieves many voters are quickly warming to her campaign.

“In some of those cases where you might see that second-choice phenomena, it’s partly because they may have had familiarity with another candidate and are still pondering all

that through,” she said.

But Edmonton political scientist Chaldeans Mensah believes Mar would do very well as the second choice on ballots.

“His support is crosscutting the divides in the party — north, south, rural and urban,” he said.

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Woman groped in Southgate Edmonton police are looking for a bald Asian man in his mid-20s wearing thin-frame metal glasses, a black jacket and long black basketball-style shorts, after an alleged sex assault in the Southgate area Thursday.

According to police, the suspect approached a 19-year-old woman on the pedestrian bridge at 114 Street and Whitemud Drive. The man hopped off his bike and exposed himself to the woman, police say, then followed her and allegedly groped her in a sexual manner.

Police are still interviewing witnesses and are asking for the public’s assistance. Call 780-423-4567 if you have any information.

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Crash claims Historical the life of buildings 59-year-old broken into A 59-year-old man died after his convertible struck an abandoned trailer on Wye Road Saturday evening.

Strathcona county RCMP say speed and alcohol were not factors.

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A few of the 500 walkers who hit the streets yesterday for the annual Scotiabank AIDS Walk For Life.

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Hundreds showed their support for those affected

by HIV in Edmonton’s annual AIDS Walk for Life, yesterday.

A pancake breakfast fuelled up a turnout of about 500 individuals and teams for the five-kilometre jaunt from Churchill Square.

Though final numbers were still being tallied, early estimates pointed to stepped-up funds this year.

“We’re about $15,000 ahead of target,” said Joyce LaBriola, Edmonton’s AIDS Walk consultant. “Usually, we’re at about $68,000, but we were at $82,000 this morning.”

Yesterday marked the fourth year Judy Dube, chair of Grandmothers of Alberta for a New Generation (GANG), has taken part.

While focusing on the

14 million orphans of parents who’ve died of AIDS being raised by their grandparents in Africa, the non-profit organization also participates in 21 programs in Alberta, two of

Walk history The first HIV/AIDS fundraiser and awareness walk was held in Vancouver in 1986 and it became a national event in 1996.

More than 40 communities have AIDS Walk For Life events slated from Sept. 17-25.

Since 1996, the national Walk For Life has raised more than $34 million for community-based AIDS groups and seen more than 500,000 participate.

The goal of the walk is to raise awareness of social, cultural and economic implications of HIV/AIDS across Canada.

which are in Edmonton.

“There’s become a real movement of older women (fundraising),” said Dube.

“We have lots of skills we have developed over the years.”

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Omnibus tops Commons agenda Parliamentarians are back to work today It’s the first chance the Conservatives have to move on their law-and-order election promises JESSICA SMITH

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The Conservatives are set to introduce a massive omnibus bill on terrorism, youth crime, wiretapping and other planks of their tough-on-crime platform.

Terrorism tops the list.

The Tories campaigned on allowing victims to sue terrorists and supporters.

Two controversial temporary anti-terrorism measures implemented after 9-11 will be reintroduced, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a recent TV interview.

Crime legislation — on young offenders, sentencing and child predators — that was introduced but not passed before the election is also expected.

The opposition parties are already raising alarms.

The New Democrats say measures that would allow law enforcement to

monitor Internet activity without a warrant will amount to “legalized widespread snooping on average citizens.”

The Tories say the measures will give law enforcement agencies “up-to-date tools” to fight crime.

The bill Here’s what the omnibus bill is expected to do on: TERRORISM Allow police to detain terrorism suspects for up to three days without charges.

Let judges jail witnesses who won’t testify about terrorism.

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Simplify pre-trial detention rules so youths accused of serious crimes — including property crimes over $5,000, sexual exploitation and murder — can be jailed before trial.

Expand “violent offence” definition so youths who endanger public safety during a crime can be jailed.

Make telecom providers install surveillance software, allowing police to track Internet and mobile-phone activity.

Make telecoms disclose customer information to authorities.

SENTENCING End house arrest for perpetrators of violent crimes, including sexual assault.

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Quake rocks India, Nepal Rescuers search for people trapped under rubble

A man looks on from a damaged house after an earthquake yesterday in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on the outskirts of Katmandu.

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A strong earthquake shook northeastern India and Nepal, killing at least 16 people, damaging buildings and sending lawmakers in Nepal’s capital

running into the streets.

The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, struck at 6:10 p.m. local time yesterday and was felt across northern and east-

ern India. It triggered at least two aftershocks of magnitude 6.1 and 5.3, Indian seismology official R.S. Dattatreyan said.

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Aircraft sent Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered to send troops to help.

The airforce sent five aircraft to help with the rescue efforts.

Pneumonia kills Tiqa the whale VANCOUVER. Tiqa, the Van-

couver Aquarium’s young beluga whale, died early Friday of pneumonia, according to preliminary necropsy results.

Veterinarian Dr. Martin Haulena spent most of Friday conducting Tiqa’s necropsy at the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Health Centre in Abbotsford. PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS IN VANCOUVER

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top military commander has dismissed a suggestion from the prime minister that he pay back taxpayers for his personal use of government jets.

Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Walter Natynczyk says he uses the air force’s Challenger jets as part of his command-and-liaison role and sees no reason the public treasury needs to be reimbursed.

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Ex-Air Canada ePassports pilot, wife could carry killed in Reno hefty price tag air show crash The first version of A former Air Canada pilot and his wife were among nine people killed in Nevada after a 1940s-era plane crashed during an air show.

George Hewitt, 60, and his wife Wendy, 57, were sitting with a group of vintage military plane owners when a P-51 Mustang crashed near a grandstand at the Reno air show on Friday, killing them instantly.

The couple reportedly had moved recently from Washington to Fort Mohave, Ariz., after Hewitt retired. He was born in Winnipeg and flew as a pilot with Air Canada for about 40 years.

Canada’s new electronic passport carries a hefty price tag — an ominous sign that the general version being issued late next year might cost triple or more what Canadians pay today.

Since January 2009 the federal government has issued 40,000 so-called ePassports to government officials and diplomats.

An expense claim filed

by Prime Minister Stephen Harper indicates the cost of the diplomatic version is far more than the $87 that adult Canadians pay now. Harper purchased four diplomatic ePassports for himself, his wife and two children, at $225 each.

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Jobs over austerity: Obama Plan proposes minimum tax rate for earners of more than $1 million Even as President Barack Obama prepares his opening bid on long-term debt reduction, the White House wants to keep the focus on jobs and is determined to avoid getting sucked into another budget fight with lawmakers.

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Quick, name an Edmonton painter.

Edmontonians often talk about what a hotbed of creTERENCE HARDING ativity this city is, but few of METRO EDMONTON us know just who the creatives are and what contribution they make to the cultural life of Edmonton.

Too many of us self-edit and assume that somehow painting, poetry, sculpture, dance and theatre are things meant for other people and not for us.

That is certainly the case with paintings.

If you go to gallery openings, you are likely to see the same people each time.

I can understand that. Often, what is exhibited isn’t very accessible to the average person.

They cannot understand why a big red dot or broad horizontal bands of colour are considered great “His paintings of works of art. It’s time to start changing that, and abandoned you can do so by going to homes in the see Gordon Harper’s paintcity give them a ing exhibition Temporary City at the Peter mystery and Robertson Gallery. dignity that is Harper’s work is quite surprising and accessible and is very likely to resonate with you. He compels you to think about the has chosen to paint the ordinary and turn it into lives that have something extraordinary. unfolded in their That is what a good artist does. interiors and His paintings of what the future abandoned homes in the holds for them.” city give them a mystery and dignity that is surprising and compels you to think about the lives that have unfolded in their interiors and what the future holds for them.

The odds are pretty good that you will find a painting of a house that you have passed by on the bus or in your car.

If you come up 105th Street on the way to work, you will immediately recognize Harper’s painting of two houses that have been demolished to make way for a new development.

If you live in Belgravia, you will probably recognize houses that were razed to make way for the LRT extension. And if you live in the Northeast you will see some very familiar properties.

If you don’t want to take the chance that you are going to see something that will not interest you, go to probertsongallery.com and take a look at some of his work online.

But don’t be fooled into thinking that you have actually seen his paintings. I think you would be surprised at just how moving the real paintings actually are.

Harper’s show runs from Sept. 22-Oct. 11, with the opening reception on Thursday, Sept. 22 from 7 p.m.9 p.m.

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The world has no shortage of food. Americans, Canadians and Europeans are dying of diabetes, cholesterol and obesity. The western countries are consuming too much food at the expense of the rest of the planet. Just to feed our appetite for meat requires huge amounts of agricultural land to grow plant-based feed to fatten livestock animals.

We are on a downward spiral. We treat our pet rocks and gardens better than children and people experiencing real human suffering.

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Recovered message in a bottle a ‘miracle’ A Japanese teenager expressed her gratitude yesterday after a U.S. sailor in Hawaii found a bottle she had tossed into the sea off Japan’s southern coast as a child.

Saki Arikawa, 17, said she had almost forgotten about the bottle and initially couldn’t believe it was found after five years.

She said “it’s a miracle” the bottle was found. “It’s incredible,” she said.

The clear glass bottle was found Thursday by Navy Petty Officer Jon Moore during a beach cleanup at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai island.

The bottle contained four origami cranes — symbols of peace in Japan — as well as a photo of Arikawa’s elementary school class and a note dated March 25, 2006, and signed by Arikawa saying she wanted it to be “a graduation memory.”

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Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman stars in Dolphin Tale.

Dolphin-friendly Freeman Actor Morgan Freeman talks about working with Winter the dolphin in Dolphin Tale STEVE GOW

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There are few actors that can upstage legendary Oscar-winning thespian Morgan Freeman. But of course that’s exclusively including human actors. In his latest movie, Freeman’s co-star is a dolphin.

“That’s why they play such big roles (in our lives),” said Freeman recently about the animals’ natural acting ability.

“And it’s like they’re doing their own thing — you

don’t know if they’re trained to do this stuff or if they’re showing off. I’m fascinated by them because I’ve seen them do stuff like that in the wild.”

Specifically, Freeman is talking about Winter, the charming subject and star of this Friday’s release of Dolphin Tale, an inspiring story of a young marine mammal that was saved with the use of a prosthetic after losing its tail in a tragic accident.

“I think this is a particularly special dolphin,” in-

sisted director Charles Martin Smith. “She has so much personality and she’s such a character.

She’s basically the equivalent of a human 10-yearold … when I first started working on the script for this I sat with her for three days and watched her and (observed) all the things that she does that I could write into the script.”

Among those traits included some interesting human-like habits and even an affinity for human contact. For Freeman, it

was an agreeable improvement on some of his previous co-stars.

“I worked with a bear one time and the guy said ‘don’t look him in the eye’.

That’s a note I need — don’t look the damn thing in the eye,” laughed Freeman. “(Winter) has been in this aquarium for most of her life and even if she was wild, it wouldn’t bother me because somehow it appears that (dolphins) have the same kind of affinity for us as we have for them.”

Freeman’s animal love Morgan Freeman on his love of animal movies: “The first book I ever read was about a horse — Black Beauty — and I was lost in animal stories after that,” said Freeman. “We have a kind of symbiosis with animals that we interact with.”

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It’s 1994 all over again, with a rerelease of The Lion King opening at the top of the box office.

A 3D version of the Disney favourite earned a surprising $29.3 million in its first weekend in theatres, according to Sunday estimates.

Last week’s No. 1 movie, Contagion, dropped a spot in its second weekend.

Drive came in at No. 3 with just over $11 million.

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Fleshing out female characters on TV

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Whitney Cummings hopes her new show challenges female TV stereotypes When provocative comedy writer and performer Whitney Cummings was developing her own self-titled series, she didn’t have to dig deep into her imagination to come up with a

unique lead role.

Her own life was already far different from those of the female characters she was seeing in most TV comedies, and seemed a rich source from which

to mine funny stories that her generation could relate to, she says.

“I found myself not finding anyone on TV, except for maybe Tina Fey, who I thought was a

strong, funny, outspoken woman who is in charge,” the 29-year-old statuesque standup star, who lives in Los Angeles, said during a recent stop in the city.

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In the debut episode, she and her boyfriend, Alex (Chris D’Elia), attend a wedding, where Whitney commits several faux pas.

The episode also sees Whitney trying to put the spark back in her relationship with Alex by seducing him — a move that proves disastrous.

Cummings, who is also executive producer of the

“Most TV shows have women on the sidelines and women are the setups for the jokes and very onedimensional, so that kind of bored me, and there were not a lot of women on TV for women to look up to.”

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Charlie Sheen seems to have buried the hatchet.

Appearing on Thursday’s Tonight Show, the former star of Two and a Half Men radiated a forgiving mood toward his old workplace. Asked by host Jay Leno if he’s still angry at the sitcom’s producers and network, he said no: He would have fired himself had he been in their shoes. Then he added with a laugh, “Well, maybe not like they did.”

Sheen was dumped last March after the actor railed against his bosses, and they blasted him for his unpredictable behaviour as a drug-abusing, reckless playboy. “It was bad,” Sheen said, summing up the clash, “and I own my part in that, and I just want to make everything right.”

Asked why he thought he should have been fired, Sheen explained, “I should have been a little more re-

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sponsible about the condition I was showing up in.”

He told Leno he has not had any contact with his former castmates, but said he felt no animosity toward them.

The hit CBS comedy returns today for a new season with Ashton Kutcher as Sheen’s replacement.

He praised Kutcher as being “accomplished,” and when asked if he had any advice for his successor, he said he’d like to give him a hug and tell him, “Make me proud, dude.”

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Was life with Jen ‘pathetic’ for Brad?

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The more the merrier Maybe David and Victoria Beckham aren’t done having kids after all, as the soccer star hinted to Ellen DeGeneres that they’d be welcome to another baby.

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riage was something that it wasn’t.”

But Pitt insists he’s been taken out of context.

“It grieves me that this was interpreted this way,” Pitt says in a statement.

“Jen is an incredibly giving, loving and hilarious woman who remains my friend. It is an important relationship I value greatly. The point I was trying to make is not that Jen was dull, but that I was becoming dull to myself — and that, I am responsible for.”

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“We always spoke about having a big family. We love children.

“We are very blessed to have four healthy children, so if one comes along that would be amazing.”

DeGeneres pointed out that another child would make five, bringing them to a family of seven, David’s lucky number.

“What can I say? I love the number seven,” he responded.

Ryan Gosling’s rumoured girlfriend, Eva Mendes, has a lot to live up to.

“I had two of the greatest girlfriends of all time.

I haven’t met anybody who could top them,” Gosling

says of exes Sandra Bullock and Rachel McAdams, according to Hollyscoop.

Plus, any relationship now takes a backseat to his career. “There’s interest, but I’m in a committed relationship with film. I’m giving as much to it as a marriage,” he says.

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“It started feeling pathetic. It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn’t living an interesting life myself,” Pitt told the magazine.

“I think that my marriage (to Aniston) had something to do with it.

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Rose Reisman’s Swap It The British scone has always been thought of as a small biscuit-like cake that’s not too sweet and presumably healthier. Guess again! The butter croissant is actually better.

This Squash Crumble will work as a side dish or even as a tasty dessert MATTHEW MEAD/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The natural sweetness of butternut squash makes it a wonderfully versatile ingredient. This spiced and baked dish, for example, can be served as a sweet side alongside a roast and the traditional fixings or topped with ice cream for a delicious dessert.

Ingredients: Filling: • 45 ml (3 tbsp) brown sugar • 15 ml (1 tbsp) cornstarch • Pinch salt • 2 ml (1/2 tsp) cinnamon • 1 ml (1/4 tsp) nutmeg • 1 butternut squash (about 900 g or 2 pounds), peeled, seeded and cut into 2.5 cm (1-inch) chunks • 3 baking apples (such as Granny Smith), peeled, cored and cut into small chunks

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Heat oven to 180 C (350 F). Coat a 23-by-33-cm (9-by-13-inch) baking dish with cooking spray.

To make filling, in bowl mix brown sugar, cornstarch, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.

Bring pot of water to boil. Add squash and cook 6 minutes, or until just tender. Drain thoroughly. In bowl, mix squash and apples. Add brown sugar mixture, toss well; transfer every-

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To make topping, in a food processor combine flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Add butter and pulse until mix resembles coarse

crumbs. Add pecans and pulse to chop and combine. Sprinkle topping evenly over apples and squash. Bake for 45 minutes, or until squash and apples are tender.

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Reclaiming the backyard TIMBER PRESS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New book shows how to find stuff for your yard without making a trip to a store Learn what you can do Trash talk has helped Matthew Levesque fashion an inventive career in garden design.

He holds “creative reuse” workshops, and his “yardscaping” creations made from locally available items have become austerity-chic collectibles.

“I’m trying to get people thinking about alternative sources for their materials,” said Levesque, author of The Revolutionary Yardscape. “Lots of landscape people are beginning to pay attention.”

A slumping economy is forcing consumers to be as imaginative about finding landscaping supplies as they are about using them.

Levesque is a master at crafting yard decor from

cast-off materials that otherwise would stuff landfills or litter vacant lots. He turns toolboxes into planters, and makes walkways from tumbled, recycled glass. He uses doors for fences and links small ceramic tubes into rain chains, a substitute for downspouts.

“It’s the art of using what we’ve got,” said Levesque, who also operates what he describes as a “thrift store for house parts” in San Francisco. “I use my garden as a test kitchen, trying things out to see if they work.”

Ignore the cookie-cutter garden furnishings sold at big box stores and nurseries, Levesque said. Instead, reclaim building

This walkway is made from scrap steel plates and remnant cedar planks from a fence.

materials with recognizably local origins so you

can make one-of-a-kind statements.

“What is a flowerpot but a hole with a bottom

and sides? Through reuse, a great many things can fit that description,” he said.

Where should you look for reclaimable building supplies? Salvage yards are great spots to start, Levesque said.

“They generally offer goods at reasonable prices, and often the proceeds go to an affiliated non-profit endeavour,” he said. “This is a quick place to find beautiful old windows, doors, racks of sheet metal and other useful stuff.”

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CHEWING OVER USE OF PLASTIC NIGHT GUARDS Many of us chew plastic night guards eight hours a day; one third of our lives. I asked our dentist if these plastic products have harmful chemicals.

His response was, ‘They say not, but I don’t believe it.’ What do you know about night guards? Tara of Vancouver

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I don’t know very much about the plastic used to

make night guards. However, my mom happens to be a dental assistant.

She was able to get the manufacturer’s Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for night guards from a dental lab.

Unfortunately, the MSDS sheet isn’t all that helpful. Half of the ingredients are ethyl

methacrylate (48 per cent), hydroquinone (one per cent) and P-methyoxyphenol (one per cent).

The other 50 per cent of the ingredients are called “Confidential Ingredient A”, registered as a trade secret. Ethyl methacrylate is a base material for coatings and adhesives.

It’s used in a host of things, from resins to paper finishing to dental products.

I can’t speak to its safety, and the trade secret ingredient is a huge stumper.

You don’t need to be related to a dental assistant to find out about the products used in your

mouth.

Ask your dentist to find out more about the product and get contact information for the company.

Another point worth mentioning is that the Canadian Dental Association is one of 12 national organizations representing all areas of the health

sector, along with the David Suzuki Foundation, that have produced a joint statement spelling out a commitment to creating an environmentally responsible health sector.

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Percentage of educated Canadians high: OECD A new study has found Canadians’ education levels are outpacing those of many countries.

Statistics Canada reports 92 per cent of adults aged 25 to 34 had completed secondary school compared with 80 per cent of those aged 55 to 64.

The 12-percentagepoint gap was smaller than the average across the 34 countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), where the proportions stood at 81 to 61.

StatsCan also says the proportion of adults aged 25 to 64 with a college diploma or a university degree rose to 50 per cent from 39 per cent between 1999 and 2009, outpacing the average OECD increase.

Canada’s employment rate for adults aged 25 to 64 who had not completed secondary education was 55 per cent in 2009, while the rate for graduates of college and university programs was 82 per cent.

Canada devoted six per cent of its gross domestic product to educational institutions in 2007, about the same share as the OECD average.

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Canada’s billion-dollarman ‘just worked hard’

Our country’s third wealthiest person, according to Forbes, came from humble beginnings

TURNING POINT

Tough times Jim Pattison’s 10 tips for surviving a downturn.

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He is a superstar entrepreneur and according to Forbes, is worth $5.8 billion. Jim Pattison has come a long way from growing up in poverty and watching his family struggle to make ends meet.

He bought a car dealership in Vancouver, got into leasing and then moved on to media, the food industry and other ventures.

Today, the Jim Pattison Group is Canada’s third largest privately owned company, but when I ask him to share his story he stops me quickly.

“At our company we don’t talk about ourselves,” he says quietly.

“We’re not fancy and we

1 2 3 4 Jim Pattison believes that to be successful in the business world you must learn to let go of certain ideas and to interpret change as a window of opportunity.

didn’t do much different.

We just worked hard.”

After much cajoling, I finally convince him to talk about business and the affable billionaire is willing to share his thoughts on how to survive in a challenging econ-

omy.

“When there’s lots of change in the world there’s also lots of opportunity. You have to follow up on the opportunities. If you stick with what you believe in you’ll be successful.

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Find the resources to make it happen.

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Have the best price and quality to be competitive on a world wide basis.

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Out of adversity and change comes opportunity for something new.

Be alert and keep your eyes open.

But it’s all about hard work and timing.

There’s no sense in bashing your head against the wall if it’s not going anywhere.

There are a lot of people with good ideas but if it’s not commercially viable there’s no sense sticking with something that isn’t going well.”

Pattison cautions everyone to be realistic in an

If timing is on your side you have a chance Treat people the way you want to be treated.

We all make mistakes but the key is not to “live” with your mistakes.

Know when it’s time to move on.

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What works in Newfoundland may not fly in B.C. What’s the bottom line from one of the best entrepreneurs ever to emerge from Canada?

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Getting sloppy with the send button Clicking without care can lead to a loss of respect

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In the age of autospellcheck, it’s tempting to thumb out double-time memos with no regard for the art of spelling.

Still, career counsellors warn, your lack of SMS manners could cost you.

“People are losing the

a greater importance on spelling, she adds.

“Some people will really consider your spelling, whether you know the difference between ‘your’ and ‘you’re.’ Just respect the person to whom you’re writing. That’s what etiquette is.”

art of putting together a complete couple of sentences,” says career coach Sue Thompson. “You need to consider to whom are you writing.”

“It’s all about building rapport,” agrees Shirin Khamisa, founder of Careers By Design.

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Personalize your signature Save the LOLs and BRBs for your pals outside of work.

no “Hey, how are you,” no “Nice to hear from you” — then you might, she suggests, keep your correspondence curt.

“But if it’s a person who has a more personal touch, then I would recip-

rocate,” she adds.

“Those niceties are very important in building relationships, even online — and especially online — because we need that glue to hold us together.”

Older workers, Thomp-

son notes, can be made uncomfortable by an overload of web abbreviations.

“Baby boomers are going to expect a fairly concise, but formal email,” she says.

And they’ll likely place

If a picture’s worth 1,000 words, then a low-resolution headshot can’t hurt.

“Attach a small photo in your signature,” says Khamisa. “The next time you meet, you’ll notice a difference in how you’re received.”

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Rays continue to close gap on Red Sox The ball struck David Price in the chest and bounced in the air, a hit that could have devastated Tampa Bay’s playoff chances.

But Evan Longoria fielded the carom and threw to first for the out, Price stayed in the game and the Rays beat the Red Sox 8-5 yesterday to take three out of four in Boston and close within two games in the AL

who play the Rays seven times in the last 10 games. “To be able to do this against this team here, if that can’t bolster your confidence nothing really can,�

Rays manager Joe Maddon said. “Now it becomes more viable. You can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and now it’s not attached to an oncoming train.�

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The Red Sox have lost 11 of 14 and are left rooting for the New York Yankees,

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Boston’s Dustin Pedroia, left, walks to the dugout after an eighth-inning strikeout yesterday.

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Patriots quarterback unstoppable again Sets pair of NFL records

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, celebrates a touchdown last night in Foxboro, Mass.

Big-yardage games are becoming routine for Tom Brady. So is setting records.

Brady threw for 423 yards yesterday — six days after setting a single-game team record of 517 — and led the New England Patriots to a 35-21 win over the San Diego Chargers. “It seems like he’s always great,� linebacker Rob Ninkovich said. “He’s the best quarterback in the league.�

The NFL mark for most yards passing in the first two games of a season, 854, lasted about three hours. Carolina rookie Cam Newton set that before Brady ended the day at 940 yards.

Brady became the first player in NFL history to follow a 500-yard passing performance with a 400yard game, and the Patriots scored 30 points for the 10th straight regularseason game. He threw

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three touchdown passes and went 31 for 40 with no interceptions as the Patriots (2-0) scored on each of their four first-half possessions.

The Chargers (1-1) turned the ball over inside the Patriots’ 35-yard line three times, leading to 17 points. They also were stopped on a fourth-andgoal at the one-yard line, and the Patriots started a 99-yard drive that ended with one of Brady’s two scoring passes to Rob Gronkowski.

Brady, who connected with seven receivers, said simply, “We were able to spread the ball around.�

“I didn’t have that much left in the tank, but just enough to play one more match.

I left everything out there. Lot of it was adrenalin.�

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2012 C 250 COUPE TOTAL PRICE1: $42,512** FINANCE APR

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE

NFL WEEK TWO

EAST DIVISION

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

EAST DIVISION

New York Boston Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore

W 91 87 85 77 62

L 60 65 67 75 89

Pct GB .603 — .572 41/2 .559 61/2 .507 141/2 .411 29

x-Philadelphia Atlanta New York Washington Florida

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L 64 75 78 87 92

Pct GB .582 — .500 121/2 .487 141/2 .435 221/2 .391 29

Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago Houston

CENTRAL DIVISION x-Detroit Cleveland Chicago Kansas City Minnesota

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WEST DIVISION

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Texas Los Angeles Oakland Seattle

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L 65 69 84 89

Pct GB .575 — .546 41/2 .451 19 .414 241/2

Arizona San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado San Diego

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65 70 76 82 88

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x — clinched playoff berth

x — clinched playoff berth

Yesterday’s games Toronto 3 N.Y. Yankees 0 L.A. Angels 11 Baltimore 2 Tampa Bay 8 Boston 5 Chicago White Sox 10 Kansas City 5 Cleveland 6 Minnesota 5 Detroit 3 Oakland 0 Texas 3 Seattle 0 Saturday’s results N.Y. Yankees 7 Toronto 6 Cleveland 10 Minnesota 4 Oakland 5 Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 4 Boston 3 Baltimore 6 L.A. Angels 2 Kansas City 10 Chicago White Sox 3 Texas 7 Seattle 6 Today’s games Baltimore (Guthrie 8-17) at Boston (Weiland 0-2), 1:05 p.m., 1st game Minnesota (Diamond 1-4) at N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 10-11), 1:05 p.m.

Seattle (Furbush 3-9) at Cleveland (D.Huff 25), 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (J.Williams 3-0) at Toronto (R.Romero 15-10), 7:07 p.m.

Baltimore (Matusz 1-7) at Boston (Lackey 1212), 7:10 p.m., 2nd game

Yesterday’s results Milwaukee 8 Cincinnati 1 Washington 4 Florida 3 N.Y. Mets 7 Atlanta 5 Houston 3 Chicago Cubs 2 San Francisco 12 Colorado 5 Arizona 5 San Diego 1 L.A. Dodgers 15 Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 5 Philadelphia 0 Saturday’s results Chicago Cubs 2 Houston 1 Atlanta 1 N.Y. Mets 0 Florida 4 Washington 1 (13 innings) Philadelphia 9 St. Louis 2 Milwaukee 10 Cincinnati 1 San Francisco 6 Colorado 5 San Diego 3 Arizona 1 L.A. Dodgers 6 Pittsburgh 1 Tonight’s games St. Louis (Lohse 13-8) at Philadelphia (Halladay 18-5), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Minor 5-2) at Florida (Nolasco 1011), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (Happ 6-15) at Cincinnati (Willis 06), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Narveson 10-7) at Chicago Cubs (C.Coleman 2-8), 8:05 p.m.

San Diego (Luebke 5-9) at Colorado (Millwood 3-2), 8:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Karstens 9-8) at Arizona (I.Kennedy 19-4), 9:40 p.m.

CFL WEEK 12

R U G BY

EAST DIVISION Winnipeg Montreal Hamilton Toronto

GP W L 11 8 3 11 6 5 11 5 6 11 2 9

T 0 0 0 0

PF PA 265 252 340 276 296 308 226 320

Pt 16 12 10 4

T 0 0 0 0

PF PA 267 250 288 290 292 244 267 303

Pt 14 14 10 8

WEST DIVISION Edmonton Calgary B.C. Saskatchewan

GP W L 11 7 4 11 7 4 11 5 6 11 4 7

Yesterday’s result Winnipeg 25 Montreal 23 Saturday’s results B.C. 32 Calgary 19 Saskatchewan 30 Toronto 20 Friday’s result Edmonton 38 Hamilton 23

WORLD CUP At Sites In New Zealand

FIRST ROUND

Yesterday’s results At Napier France 46 Canada 19 At Dunedin England 41 Georgia 10 At Hamilton Wales 17 Samoa 10 Saturday’s results At Invercargill Argentina 43 Romania 8 At Auckland Ireland 15 Australia 6 At Wellington South Africa 49 Fiji 3

PGA BMW CHAMPIONSHIP At Lemont, Ill. Par 71 Final Round

EAST New England Buffalo N.Y. Jets Miami

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Justin Rose, $1,440,000 John Senden, $864,000 Geoff Ogilvy, $544,000 Luke Donald, $384,000 Webb Simpson, $320,000 Jason Dufner, $278,000 Camilo Villegas, $278,000 Chez Reavie, $248,000 Brandt Jobe, $232,000 K.J. Choi, $208,000 David Toms, $208,000 Robert Allenby, $162,000 Sergio Garcia, $162,000 Martin Laird, $162,000 Y.E. Yang, $162,000 Keegan Bradley, $116,000 Bill Haas, $116,000 Jerry Kelly, $116,000 Ryan Moore, $116,000 Carl Pettersson, $116,000 Gary Woodland, $116,000 Aaron Baddeley, $68,444 Matt Kuchar, $68,444 Chris Stroud, $68,444 Nick Watney, $68,444 Jim Furyk, $68,444 Brandt Snedeker, $68,444 Kyle Stanley, $68,444 Jimmy Walker, $68,444 Mark Wilson, $68,444

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SOUTH Houston Jacksonville Tennessee Indianapolis

NORTH Cincinnati Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh

WEST Oakland San Diego Denver Kansas City

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST Washington Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants

SOUTH New Orleans Tampa Bay Atlanta Carolina

NORTH Green Bay Detroit Chicago Minnesota

WEST San Francisco Arizona St. Louis Seattle

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Yesterday’s results Atlanta 35 Philadelphia 31 Buffalo 38 Oakland 35 Cleveland 27 Indianapolis 19 Dallas 27 San Francisco 24 (OT) Denver 24 Cincinnati 22 Detroit 48 Kansas City 3 Green Bay 30 Carolina 23 Houston 23 Miami 13 New England 35 San Diego 21 New Orleans 30 Chicago 13 N.Y. Jets 32 Jacksonville 3 Pittsburgh 24 Seattle 0 Tampa Bay 24 Minnesota 20 Tennessee 26 Baltimore 13 Washington 22 Arizona 21 Tonight’s game St. Louis at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.

NHL PRE-SEASON Today’s games All Times Eastern Nashville (ss) at Florida (ss), 3 p.m.

Carolina at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Nashville (ss) at Florida (ss), 7:30 p.m.

FINAL CLEAROUT OF ALL 2011 ACURA MODELS

SOCCER MLS

GOLF

44 43 31 57

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LPGA NAVISTAR CLASSIC

Lexi Thompson, $195,000 Tiffany Joh, $120,057 Angela Stanford, $87,093 Brittany Lang, $60,800 Karen Stupples, $60,800 Stacy Lewis, $40,753 Meena Lee, $40,753 Morgan Pressel, $29,469 Jenny Shin, $29,469 Jennifer Johnson, $29,469 Paula Creamer, $23,071 Giulia Sergas, $23,071 Becky Morgan, $23,071 Haeji Kang, $18,601 Se Ri Pak, $18,601 Gwladys Nocera, $18,601 Juli Inkster, $18,601 Na Yeon Choi, $15,144 Wendy Ward, $15,144 Hee-Won Han , $15,144 Brittany Lincicome, $15,144 Hee Kyung Seo, $15,144 Chella Choi, $13,278 Maria Hjorth, $13,278 Yani Tseng, $10,787 Song-Hee Kim, $10,787 Jin Young Pak, $10,787 Pornanong Phatlum, $10,787 Amy Yang, $10,787 Paige Mackenzie, $10,787 Inbee Park, $10,787 Suzann Pettersen, $10,787 Heather Bowie Young, $10,787 Also Adrienne White, $3,234 Samantha Richdale, $3,234 Alena Sharp, $3,234 Jessica Shepley, $3,024 Lisa Meldrum, $2,892 Stephanie Sherlock, $2,728

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NATIONWIDE BOISE OPEN At Boise, Idaho Par 71 — Final Round

Jason Kokrak, $130,500 John Mallinger, $78,300 Camilo Benedetti, $37,700 Jonas Blixt, $37,700 Ken Duke, $37,700 Paul Claxton, $22,693 Brian Smock, $22,693 John Riegger, $22,693 Billy Horschel, $22,693 David Hearn, $22,693

Also Jon Mills, $5,419

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CHAMPIONS SONGDO IBD CHAMPIONSHIP At Incheon, South Korea Par 72 — Final Round (x—won on fifth playoff hole) x-Jay Don Blake, $456,000 John Cook, $225,800 Mark O’Meara, $225,800 Peter Senior, $225,800 Tom Lehman, $150,000 Michael Allen, $106,000 Mark Calcavecchia, $106,000 David Peoples, $106,000 Tom Pernice, Jr., $106,000 Chien Soon Lu, $81,000

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Also Rod Spittle, $69,533

71-66-74—211

TENNIS WTA CHALLENGE BELL

At Quebec City Singles — Championship Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (6), Czech Republic, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles — Championship Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears (1), both U.S., def. Jamie Hampton, U.S., and Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, 6-1, 3-6, 10-6 (tiebreak).

DAVIS CUP: CANADA VS. ISRAEL At Ramat Hasharon, Israel

CANADA WINS SERIES 3-2 SUNDAY Reverse Singles Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Peter Polansky, Thornhill, Ont., 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

Vasek Pospisil, Vancouver, def. Amir Weintraub, Israel, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

SATURDAY Doubles Vasek Pospisil, Vancouver, and Daniel Nestor, Toronto, def. Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, Israel, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

C I S FO OT B A L L WEEK THREE Saturday’s results Acadia 38 McGill 9 Bishop’s 36 Mount Allison 23 British Columbia 40 Alberta 30 Concordia 55 St. Francis Xavier 9 Laval 40 Sherbrooke 27 Manitoba 26 Saskatchewan 16 McMaster 21 Windsor 19 Montreal 11 Saint Mary’s 10 Queen’s 58 Wilfrid Laurier 35 Toronto 21 Guelph 12 Western Ontario 41 Ottawa 13 York 20 Waterloo 18 (OT) Friday’s result Calgary 51 Regina 1

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NEW 2011 MDX MODELS

EASTERN CONFERENCE Columbus Kansas City Philadelphia Houston New York D.C. United Chicago Toronto New England

GP W L T GF GA 29 11 10 8 35 37 29 10 9 10 43 37 28 9 7 12 36 30 30 9 9 12 38 39 28 7 6 15 43 38 26 8 8 10 37 38 28 5 8 15 33 37 30 6 12 12 32 52 29 5 12 12 32 46

WESTERN CONFERENCE x-Los Angeles Seattle Real Salt Lake Dallas Colorado Portland Chivas USA San Jose Vancouver

GP 29 29 27 29 30 28 29 28 28

W 16 14 14 13 10 10 7 6 4

L 3 6 7 9 9 12 12 11 14

T 10 9 6 7 11 6 10 11 10

GF GA 43 22 46 31 38 22 36 32 40 39 36 41 34 36 30 37 28 46

Pt 41 40 39 39 36 34 30 30 27 Pt 58 51 48 46 41 36 31 29 22

x — clinched playoff berth.

Note: Three points for a win, one for a tie.

Saturday’s results Toronto 2 Colorado 1 Los Angeles 3 Vancouver 0 Chicago 3 Chivas USA 2 Houston 2 San Jose 1 New York 1 Dallas 0 Philadelphia 1 Columbus 0 Real Salt Lake 1 Kansas City 0 Seattle 3 D.C. United 0 Friday’s result Portland 3 New England 0 Wednesday’s games All Times Eastern Chivas USA at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at New York, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

ENGLAND PREMIER LEAGUE

Yesterday’s results Tottenham 4 Liverpool 0 Fulham 2 Manchester City 2 Sunderland 4 Stoke 0 Manchester United 3 Chelsea 1

FRANCE LIGUE 1

Yesterday’s results Evian 2 Paris Saint-Germain 2 Lyon 2 Marseille 0 Rennes 1 Nancy 1

GERMANY BUNDESLIGA

Yesterday’s results Hannover 2 Borussia Dortmund 1 Schalke 0 Bayern Munich 2

ITALY SERIE A

Yesterday’s results Atalanta 1 Palermo 0 Bologna 0 Lecce 2 Catania 1 Cesena 0 Lazio 1 Genoa 2 Napoli 3 AC Milan 1 Parma 2 Chievo Verona 1 Siena 0 Juventus 1 Udinese 2 Fiorentina 0

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Taurus April 21-May 21 By the end of the week you will be back to your best Gemini May 22-June 21 Both at home and at work you should adopt a couldn't-care-less attitude Cancer June 22-July 22 If someone is down on their luck and comes to you for assistance you won’t have the heart to turn them away.

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