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rcMP assist in laying charges for illegally selling wild meat On December 12, 2014, shortly before 3pm, Portage la Prairie RCMP assisted Natural Resource Officers with Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship in arresting and charging two men in relation to the selling of wild elk meat.

Wild elk meat seized by Portage la Prairie RCMP and Natural Resource Officers.

Natural Resource Officers had been conducting a year-long investigation into the selling of wild meat, leading to a request to the RCMP to assist in apprehending the accused.

RCMP report that 40-year-old Brian Hofer of the RM of South Norfolk, and 55-year-old Kerry Meeches of Long Plain First Nation, are charged with offering to sell wild meat. The maximum penalty for selling meat of big game is $50,000 and/or 12 months in jail. In addition, other items, such as the vehicle used to transport the meat, may be forfeited.

Police say that both men were arrested without incident. Meeches’s truck was seized, as were the remains of two adult elk found in the bed of the truck. The two men will appear in Portage Provincial Court in February.

RCMP would like to remind the public that it is illegal to buy, sell, trade, barter or offer to buy, sell, trade or barter the meat of a wild animal.

The Pas rcMP investigate homicide On December 12, 2014, at about 5am, The Pas RCMP received a report of a stabbing at a location on Tremauden Avenue in The Pas, MB. Local RCMP, along with The Pas Emergency Services, responded to the scene.

Police say that a 42-year-old male from Opaskwayak Cree Nation was transported to the local hospital for treatment, but later died from his injuries.

Investigation and results of an autopsy have lead to the arrest of 19-year-old Race Evan Shingoose of Opaskwayak Cree Nation. Shingoose has been charged with second degree murder and has been remanded into custody. He will have his first court appearance in The Pas. Investigation also revealed the two men were known to each other.

The Pas rcMP investigate marijuana trafficking On December 30, 2014, at approximately 1:05pm, The Pas RCMP executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at a residence on Seta Street in Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN), Manitoba. The Pas and OCN RCMP assisted with the search.

During the course of the search, police seized more than one kilogram of marijuana and more than $15,000 in Canadian currency.

in relation to the investigation, but was later released without charges.

RCMP would like to remind the public that those who traffic in illicit drugs destroy lives, homes and communities. RCMP remain fully committed to enforcing laws against illicit drugs to their fullest extent. Anyone with information regarding drug trafficking is asked to call their local police agency or RCMP detachment.

Thief returns to Winnipeg store to pay for stolen merchandise Winnipegger Dave Rand said posting surveillance video of a theft in his store Capitol Motorsports online has paid off.

Marijuana and cash seized by rcMP at a residence on Seta Street in Opaskwayak cree nation.

RCMP rerport that a 34-year-old male from OCN was arrested on scene and later released from custody. Garry Douglas Anthony Munro has been charged with possessing marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and possessing the proceeds of crime. His next scheduled court appearance is March 3, 2015, in The Pas, Manitoba. A 27-year-old female from OCN was also arrested

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Rand uploaded security footage of two men entering his store on 157 St. Anne’s Rd. Saturday looking for winter gear.

One of the men in the video asks the female employee to help him look for gloves.

While she was distracted, the second suspect walks out of the store with a jacket, dumping the merchandise outdoors before re-entering to get his friend.

On Wednesday, the man recorded taking the jacket came back to the store and paid Rand the jacket’s full ticket price. He told Rand he felt bad after seeing the video posted on social media.

“He was remorseful, and definitely felt some pressure,” said Rand. “I actually sat with him for 45 minutes, you know, told him how it affected myself, my employees, my family."

Rand said he has accepted the man’s apology and gave him some advice.

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page 3 “I actually told him to make some better choices in his life,” said Rand. “As far as I am concerned, the matter is over."

calls to 911 from Winnipeg cell phones rerouted to rcMP WINNIPEG — When you call 911 you expect to get help and fast. But for some calling on cellphones from the outskirts of Winnipeg those calls could be redirected to a provincial call centre and from there to the RCMP – not the Winnipeg Police Service.

calling 911 in October to report three suspects breaking into their home at around 4 a.m.. One man in the family managed to apprehend a suspect and was holding that person while his wife and daughter called for help.

Their call was allegedly put on hold for up to 15 minutes and transferred to the RCMP. By the time they were transferred to the Winnipeg Police Service all three suspects had escaped.

“The Winnipeg Police Service has informed me this is not just an issue in my community but it’s an issue for any person who lives near the boundary of the city of Winnipeg and the outskirts of the city and is an issue right across Canada,” said Wyatt. He said that anyone living within a kilometer of the perimeter should use a land line when calling 911 but if there is only access to a cell phone to immediately say the call is regarding a Winnipeg emergency.

Mountie arrested on drug, weapon charges A city hall committee asked Winnipeg police to look into the issue.

City Councillor Russ Wyatt received a call from one family living in Transcona who tried

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WINNIPEG – The RCMP says its serious and organized crime unit has arrested a veteran Mountie in Manitoba on 13 drug and weapons charges.

Police say Const. Daniel Daudet was arrested in a rural municipality southeast of Winnipeg.

Raymond Ulasy, 50, is one of 10 Winnipeggers charged following a 15-month investigation worked on by more than 200 police officers from Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C. in what the forces call Project Distress.

Ulasy, who garnered more than 4,000 votes but was defeated by Transcona Coun. Russ Wyatt in the October 2014 election, is charged with two counts of firearms trafficking.

He faces possession of cocaine, possession of a prohibited firearm obtained by crime and other charges.

RCMP say Daudet, who is 42, has been a Mountie for 13 years.

He has been released from custody and is to appear in Steinbach provincial court on Feb. 19.

Police say he has been suspended with pay.

council candidate among 14 charged with trafficking, weapons offences WINNIPEG – A former candidate for city council is among 14 people arrested and charged with drug trafficking, proceeds of crime and weapons offences Wednesday following a multiforce police investigation.

His family says they were blindsided by the charges.

“I have no idea how he is involved, it is shocking,” said Angela Dowd, Ulasy’s sister.

The investigation, which started in October 2013, focused on “high-level members of drug trafficking cells” in Manitoba, police said in a news release. Investigators used wire taps and intercepted more than 80,000 private communications, they said. continued on page 4

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page 4 Five search warrants were executed on Dec. 10 in Winnipeg, the Manitoba rural municipality of MacDonald and Port Coquitlam, B.C. Six kilograms of cocaine, eight kilograms of methamphetamine and other drugs were seized during the course of the investigation.

Police also seized three handguns, 17 long-barrel guns and ammunition as well as $70,000 in cash.

Dowd said the guns taken from Ulasy’s home were simply hunting weapons.

“Everybody on this street is probably thinking their neighbour is a drug lord but it is not what happened here,” she said. “What was seized here are fire arms used for hunting.”

“We believe it will have a significant impact on the drug trade in the province going in and out,” said Supt. Len Del Pino, with the RCMP. The RCMP, Winnipeg Police Service, Brandon Police Service, Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team, Peel Regional Police Service and Canada Border Services Agency were all involved in the investigation.

Global News has learned a civilian agent, similar to police informant, was used in this case. RCMP would not comment on what type of pay off that person may have received.

“That matter is before the courts and all that will come out in due order,” said Del Pino.

The mandate of the operation “was to disrupt and dismantle organized crime in the province of Manitoba,” police said.

The other people arrested were: Jared Romeo Devloo, 35, of the RM of MacDonald; charged with conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance (cocaine), three counts of trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine) and three

counts of possession of the proceeds of crime.

Jason Morris Ong, 28, of Winnipeg; charged with conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance (cocaine), three counts of trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine) and three counts of possession of the proceeds of crime.

Ryan Christopher Martinzed, 24, of Winnipeg; charged with conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance (cocaine), two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine) and two counts of possession of the proceeds of crime.

Marlon Delim, 35, of Winnipeg; charged with conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance (cocaine), trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine) and possession of the proceeds of crime.

Michael Hidalgo, 32, of Winnipeg; charged with conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance (methamphetamine), conspiracy to possess proceeds of crime, five counts of trafficking in a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and five counts of possession of the proceeds of crime.

Reighner Delacruz, 25, of Winnipeg; charged with conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance (methamphetamine), conspiracy to possess proceeds of crime, five counts of trafficking in a controlled substance (methamphetamine), six counts of possession of the proceeds of crime, possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking (cocaine) and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking (methamphetamine).

Kara Lynn Peralta, 22, of Winnipeg; charged with possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking (cocaine), possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking (methamphetamine) and possession of the proceeds of crime.

Randy Baldovi, 31, of Port Coquitlam, B.C., formerly of Winnipeg; charged with trafficking in a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and possession of the proceeds of crime.

Michael Tuan Van Nguyen, 25, of Mississauga, Ont., formerly of Calgary; charged with conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance (cocaine), trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine) and possession of the proceeds of crime.

Alexey Shuster, 27, of Edmonton; charged with conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance (cocaine) and trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine).

Darren Raymond Colomy, 40, of Winnipeg; charged with trafficking in a controlled substance (steroids) and possession of the proceeds of crime.

Police are still looking for: Sean Frederick Demchuk, 31, of Winnipeg; charged with conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance (methamphetamine), conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance (cocane) and two counts of possession of the proceeds of crime.

Christopher Houston Gordon, 30, of Winnipeg; charged with three counts of trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine) and three counts of possession of the proceeds of crime.

Hotel Wi-fi comes with major privacy concerns

A woman who received an anonymous warning after logging onto a Winnipeg hotel's Wi-Fi is afraid she may be a victim of identity theft.

The woman checked in to the Canad Inns Fort Garry, and got a phone call from a stranger that night.

"He didn't actually say who he was," she said. "He said he was a guy sitting in the pub of the hotel having a drink on his cellphone, and he could access all of this information."

The stranger had an urgent warning for the woman.

"He said, 'I know your husband's name. I see your passport. I see all your computer information. You have to log off of your Wi-Fi right now because I can see all your credit card numbers, I can see your photos -- everything!'

He could see everything. It was quite creepy," she said.

The woman realized her laptop's file sharing had been activated from the last time she was on her home network.

She travels internationally on a regular basis, and keeps a copy of her birth certificate and passport on her computer as backup.

Now, she doesn't know if anyone else accessed or copied her files while they were visible.

Canad Inns could not be reached for comment.

‘This happens every day’ Michael Legary with Winnipeg-based internet security company Seccuris, said it's a common problem.

"Anyone on that same network can see your computer, and if you have shared files open or things not locked down, others on that

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OnTAriO GirL MAkAYLA SAuLT, WHO refuSeD cHeMO in fAvOur Of TrADiTiOnAL MeDicine, DieS

Makayla, a member of the New Credit First Nation near Caledonia, Ont., made national headlines last year when she refused chemo for her leukemia. The province’s Children Aid Society chose not to intervene after her family decided to pursue alternative medicine.

decided to stop the treatment in the spring of 2014 after suffering severe side effects.

“Chemotherapy did irreversible damage to her heart and major organs.

This was the cause of the stroke,” the family statement said. “We continue to support Makayla’s choice to leave chemotherapy. At this time we request privacy from the media while we mourn this tragic loss.”

A statement from the family published in the Two Row Times said Makayla died on Monday at 1:50 p.m. after suffering a stroke Sunday morning.

“After a valiant fight, almost a year from diagnosis, our daughter, Makayla Sault suffered a stroke on Sunday morning that she just couldn’t recover from,” read the statement. “Surrounded by the love and support of her family, her community and her nation – on Monday, January 19 at 1:50 PM, in her 12th year, Makayla completed her course. She is now safely in the arms of Jesus.”

She had been receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia at McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton when she

McMaster Children’s Hospital contacted child welfare authorities to force the girl to resume chemotherapy, but an Ontario Court decision in the case of another First Nations girl who also refused chemo ruled aboriginal parents have a constitutionally protected right to choose traditional treatments for their children.

The hospital respected the court’s decision and did not appeal the ruling.

TORONTO – Makayla Sault, the 11-year-old Ontario girl who refused chemotherapy treatments in favour of indigenous medicine, died Monday.

network can browse your system just as easily as you could at home," said Legary.

Michael Legary, of Winnipeg-based internet security company Seccuris, says there's an affordable, quick fix for hotels to better protect customers who use Wi-Fi. "This is extremely common and to the point where a lot of folks don't realize how to do the basics of locking down their computer … other individuals actually target that and look for people using hotel services in an unprotected way so this happens every day.”

He said if a computer’s file sharing is left open on a public network, it means others might be able to see and access music files, photos, financial information, resumés or word documents. That leaves those files open to be copied, altered, destroyed or encrypted.

Leaving file sharing open also makes hotel guests vulnerable to identity theft.

"Depending on what the person has on their system, they might have credit card information, personal health information, in this case passport information, so it can be used to create a fake identity, make false purchases,” said Legary.

Tips to protect yourself

There is a simple option available, though.

Hotels have ‘simple fix’ available, expert says

5 tips to protect yourself on hotel Wi-Fi1:42

Legary gives these tips to hotel guests: v

Always turn your computer firewalls on and turn file-sharing settings off. v Try not to use hotel Wi-Fi at all; instead, tether electronic devices to phones. v Use a VPN, or virtual private network. VPNs can be downloaded for free on smartphones, tablets and computers. They create a protective "tunnel" between the user and the internet source.

He said most hotel chains haven't updated their Wi-Fi service packages in years, and introducing security measures to protect guests could be costly.

"The challenge that a lot of them have is that no one wants to pay for the internet so the costs for securing it become that much harder," he said. "The other challenge for securing it is that they have to look at certain kinds of information and that leads down a slippery slope of what should they filter and what shouldn't they."

"A simple thing called network segmentation allowing only your computer to see the internet and not the rest of the people on the network is one very small, cheap step that almost any hotel could do but many don't," he said.

Legary estimates implementing network segmentation would cost the average hotel chain $10,000 to $15,000.

As for the woman in Winnipeg, she said she’s unnerved and feels violated after the phone call.

But she is also thankful for the heads-up.

"It could have been that I was wiped out. My husband and I could have been wiped out of all of our funds,” she said.

Now, she has changed her computer's privacy settings and isn't taking any chances.

"New credit cards, new banking numbers,” she said. “It’s a huge hassle. I don't want to do that. Nobody wants to do that, but I guess I need to do that right now.”

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would have reason to cover their routes.

"There are a number of criminal elements using the trails or off trails to go about their illegal activities. That is such that sometimes they wouldn’t want to be followed and would place those booby traps," he said.

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Deninu kue first nation gets rights to diamond benefits The Deninu Kue First Nation in Fort Resolution, N.W.T., has signed its first impact benefit agreement, or IBA, with the owner of a diamond mine, De Beers Canada.

The agreement, signed in December 2014, will provide the band with money, jobs, training and scholarship funds when production begins at De Beers' Gahcho Kue diamond mine, which is expected in 2016.

“This is Akaitcho territory,” says Louis Balsillie, chief of the Deninu Kue First Nation.

Previously, diamond companies denied that Fort Resolution, which is south of Great Slave Lake, had any right to claim benefits from the diamond mines. However, the band did its homework and looked at band member's traditional activities north of the lake where the diamonds are.

Balsilllie says his band has missed out on previous IBAs and watched in frustration as other Akaitcho groups signed agreements with mining companies.

'This is Akaitcho territory,' says Louis Balsillie, chief of the Deninu kue first nation.

The agreement with De Beers — and its partner on Gahcho Kue, Mountain Province Diamonds — changes that.

“All the other First Nations are getting IBAs. Deninu Kue hasn't received one. We've signed two other ones, with Tamerlane and Avalon, but they didn't move forward with any of their projects

yet. So this one here, it's a big deal for us.”

The agreement with Deninu Kue is the last IBA to be signed for Gahcho Kue. An agreement with the NWT Métis First Nation was inked just before the end of 2014.

"The social commitment piece is really important to us," says Tom Ormsby, De Beers' director of external and corporate affairs in Canada. "This is a really important step, to have them all concluded."

This is the first agreement of its kind that the Deninu Kue First Nation has signed with the owner of a diamond mine.

Balsillie adds that his band is in talks with Dominion Diamond Corporation about signing IBAs for the Ekati and Diavik diamond mines.

rcMP warn of potential booby traps on snowmobile routes Law enforcement officials say that the threat of booby traps persists along popular paths through the region’s lesser populated areas, suggesting that criminal elements in the region could be seeking to cover their tracks.

"The skidoo season has started again and we the police agencies will be back on the trail again," RCMP Const. Jean Juneau recently told Media reporters. He further urged snowmobilers in the area to remain vigilant and pay attention while on their machines.

The issue of booby traps came to light last winter, when the Cornwall Regional Task Force discovered a thick rope suspended at neck height near an area bridge. A press release said officers narrowly missed being caught in trap.

"It is clear that the rope was intentionally positioned in such a fashion that any snowmobile operator going through this area could have been seriously hurt or killed," reads a press release.

They urged anyone with information about the trap, or any others, to come forward.

While police haven’t said who or what might have been behind the traps uncovered last March, Juneau said criminals in the area

Cornwall is a major hub in Ontario’s eastern region, which has seen a number of recent stings on smugglers and contraband dealers.

In October, a task force arrested three people allegedly behind the smuggling and sale of contraband tobacco. The RCMP alleges the men attempted to deliver a 471-kilogram load of contraband tobacco from New York State to Quebec.

In November, several other attempts to smuggle drugs and illegal cigarettes through the region were stopped by police, who patrol the areas highways and along the St. Lawrence River.

Indeed, the discovery of the booby trap last March came after a reported increase in contraband being smuggled by snowmobile.

In the month prior to its discovery, members of the Cornwall task force observed, on two separate occasions, groups of snowmobilers carting toboggans laden with cartons of contraband cigarettes. In one instance, the vehicles were too far away to pursue. In another, those responsible managed to flee after cutting loose their payload.

With the snowy stretch of winter still ahead, it is possible smugglers will return to these routes. And as Juneau notes, if that is the case they will not want to be followed.

Those who are set to enjoy the eastern Ontario outdoors in 2015 should keep that in mind. Watch for traps, and be safe in the snow.

Sinking oil prices How low will they go? Canada is already feeling the impacts of the global drop in oil prices, with Alberta bracing for the hardest hits and concern from government, industry and consumers across the province and western Canada. With effects on longer-term factors like commodity prices, gas prices, housing prices in Alberta and even future pipeline projects, the decline in oil's value looks to cause a major economic shakeup in 2015.

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Mountain bike traps trigger arrest of north vancouver woman Police say 64-year-old caught on hidden cameras placing dangerous objects across popular trails

canada's richest province headed into recession CALGARY, Alberta - The Canadian province of Alberta, whose oil sands are the single largest source of U.S. oil imports, may be poised to slip into recession as investment in the petroleum sector plunges due to low crude prices, a research group said.

In a recent report, the Conference Board of Canada said the province of four million will see rising unemployment as the price

This image of a tree trunk laid across a mountain bike trail was posted on a North Shore Mountain bike forum. Many of the bikers using the forum say they frequently encounter rocks and logs deliberately placed across trails.

A 64-year-old woman is facing criminal charges for allegedly setting traps on some popular North Vancouver mountain bike trails.

Police said she was arrested after local mountain bikers caught her on hidden video cameras placing dangerous obstacles across the trails on Mt. Fromme.

The mountain bikers first became concerned about the problem in August when they noticed that someone was placing logs, branches and rocks across the Quarry and Lower Skull trails every week.

Two mountain bikers used a wildlife camera to capture images of a woman dragging obstructions onto some popular mountain bike trails.

Two bikers decided to buy and install some security cameras on the trails in the hopes of capturing an image of the culprit.

Police said the woman, whose identity has yet to be released, was arrested on Sunday at the head of Quarry Trail.

She appeared before a justice of the peace and was released on the condition that she not to go near any biking trails, said police.

North Vancouver RCMP Cpl. Richard De Jong said police have recommended Crown prosecutors lay criminal charges of setting a trap and mischief to property.

"These are serious charges. These are public trails and one should not interfere with the lawful enjoyment of the trails and set up traps or obstacles to potentially endanger the lives of people using them," De Jong said in a statement released on Wednesday.

"Fortunately no one was seriously hurt or injured in these incidents."

of oil, its largest export, continues to plunge to less than half what it fetched in June and oil companies slash investment to cope with lower returns.

"You've essentially cut your revenue stream in half in terms of oil revenues," said Pedro Antunes, deputy chief economist at the Conference Board. "That will have important repercussions and it will trickle down through all parts of the economy though we are most concerned about investment."

Nearly all of Canada's big oil companies have cut their capital budgets for 2015, with Canadian Natural Resources Ltd saying this week it would further cut its spending by 28 percent and delay a big oil sands project because of low oil prices.

There have been few indicators so far that show the effect of oil prices on Alberta's economy. In December, the province's unemployment rate rose just 0.2 percentage points to 4.7 percent, below the national rate of 6.6 percent.

Housing starts in the province in December, at 2,495, were similar to year-prior levels while prices rose 10 percent to C$630,758 ($528,008), Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp reported.

However Antunes said he expects the effects of the investment cuts to show up soon, much as they did when the province was last in recession during the 2009 financial crisis. Then investment in the province fell by C$18 billion, 30,000 jobs were cut and housing starts fell by 75 percent.

"We should start to see some of the ramifications of this fairly quickly," he said.

To be sure, the Conference Board's expectation that the Alberta economy will slip into recession is not yet shared by many others.

CIBC Economics said in mid-December that Alberta would likely see growth of 1.7 percent this year compared to an expected 4.1 percent in 2014.

However Peter Buchanan, an economist at the bank, said the

forecast assumed oil will average $70 per barrel, a level that may be too optimistic, given recent prices of close to $45.

Ottawa teen pimp ringleader to serve out her sentence at adult facility OTTAWA - The convicted ringleader of an Ottawa teenaged prostitution ring will serve the rest of her sentence in an adult facility.

Kailey Oliver-Machado, 18, who was handed a 6 1/2-year sentence in November, will spend her remaining time at a women's penitentiary in Kitchener, Ont. With credit for time served, she has three years remaining on her sentence.

In her ruling Wednesday, Justice Diane Lahaie said it would be in Oliver-Machado’s best interest to serve the time at the Kitchener facility because of the services available to help her rehabilitate.

Oliver-Machado was just 15 when she was arrested in June 2012 for drugging, beating and snapping nude photographs of five fellow teenagers and blackmailing them into prostitution.

She was found guilty of 27 charges at trial including human trafficking, sexual assault and making and possessing child pornography.

The judge decided to sentence her as an adult, citing her "despicable'' actions.

At the time of her sentencing the court also lifted the ban on publishing her name.

Target fail in canada The collapse of Target in canada can be partly blamed on the giant retailer neglecting to recreate the u.S. Target, says a business expert.

That is, shoppers expected the same type of store that drew them across the border but what they found was higher prices and a lack of the products they wanted, said Barry Prentice, a professor with the Asper School of Business in Winnipeg. continued on page 8

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continued from page 7 "The service wasn't the same," he said, adding Target maybe misunderstood the Canadian market.

"They may have had signals, based on cross-border shopping, in which they thought 'well, all of these Canadians are coming down, they must love us.' And perhaps they thought the Canadian retail [market] must be weak or something wrong if all these Canadians are coming across the border, therefore it would be a cakewalk to come in.

"Things went wrong, obviously."

On Thursday, Target announced it is pulling out of Canada, closing all 133 stores and putting 17,000 employees out of work.

It has already filed an application for protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. The decision comes less than two years after the first Canadian stores opened in March 2013 in Ontario.

Target opened its stores in the Kildonan Place and Southdale shopping centres in May 2013, and the Grant Park shopping centre location in November that same year. The biggest Winnipeg location, a 107,000-square-foot, stand-alone store near the Polo Park Shopping Centre, opened its doors just three months ago.

Shopper was heading into the Polo Park Target store Thursday morning.

"I'm just here 'cause I got a Target gift certificate from my daughter, $50. Hey, I better get some credit out of this before they take off on me," he said.

The exchange rate changing probably had some impact on why Target's prices were higher in Canada than the U.S. locations, but the Canadian retail market is also competitive, maybe more so than Target thought.

"You have entrenched retailers here and coming in is very expensive to get started and established and they just probably had a hard time making ends meet and therefore it wasn't a profitable thing for them to do."

"So rather than continue to lose money, they decided to cut their losses and retreat.”

Target lost almost $1 billion in its first year in Canada.

Yukon judge rules phone wedged between ear and shoulder is 'hands-free' A Marsh Lake, Yukon, man has found a legal loophole that could make enforcing the territory's ban on driving while using a cellphone more difficult.

Yukon Judge Don Luther says it was not illegal for Ian Pumphrey to be driving with his phone lodged between his shoulder and his ear.

Luther says it may have been an oversight on the territorial government's part when it passed the law governing the use of electronic devices while driving.

He says the Yukon cabinet would be well advised to clarify the law through regulations.

The judge says Ian Pumphrey was given the ticket by an RCMP officer when he was observed to be driving with his phone on his shoulder.

He says Pumphrey had received a phone call several minutes earlier, pulled over, put his phone on speaker, wedged it between his shoulder and ear, and then continued driving. The judge says there was no indication it led to Pumphrey driving in a distracted manner.

Luther notes the legislation that allows hands-free cellphone use while driving does not put any restrictions on what hands-free means.

He says while the intent of the law is clear, it's not up to the courts to fill in gaps that could easily be filled by government regulations.

Loose tire smashes right into car windshield There are few things more horrifying than an object speeding right at you on a busy highway.

That's what Andrew Sukhdeo faced when a runaway tire appeared in front of him on Toronto's Highway 401.

The tire, which had come loose from another vehicle, bounced over the median and sped towards his 2014 Toyota Corolla. Before he could blink, the tire smashed into his windshield.

"Everything was happening so quickly that there was not time to react or think," Sukhdeo told reporters. "I just kind of ducked."

The incident was captured on Sukhdeo's dashboard camera.

He later uploaded it to YouTube. continued on page 14

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Ian Pumphey says he challenged the ticket because he believed he was not guilty.

Luther says other jurisdictions, including B.C. and Ontario, had the foresight to specify exactly what hands-free use means.

Pumphrey says he challenged the ticket because he believed at the time, and still does, that he had not broken the law.

"It's unfortunate, I try to be a law-abiding citizen, and you know the way the law reads you may use a cellular device in hands-free mode, and I mean I was clearly doing that when the officer pulled me over."

He says he doesn't want people to take this decision and start driving in a dangerous manner.

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news Headlines from Around the russia says ukrainian pilot behind MH17 crash

ukrainian pilot fired a missile on the day of the Malaysia Airlines crash, russian investigators have claimed.

Russian investigators said they had new proof from a witness that a Ukrainian pilot fired a missile on the day of the Malaysia Airlines crash which killed 298 people.

The witness, who was not named, worked at an airfield in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk where he claimed to have seen a warplane take off on July 17 with air-to-air missiles and return without them.

An Investigative Committee statement said the testimony of the man "is important proof that Ukrainian military was implicated in the crash of the Boeing-777."

The MH17 flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down over territory in eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists, who have been fighting Kiev forces since April.

Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of supplying the rebels with a surface-to-air missile launcher, but Russia has issued several opposing theories, one of which involves a Ukrainian military jet allegedly seen next to the Boeing.

The man, who was filmed by the paper with his back to the camera and even the back of his head blurred, said he saw a Sukhoi25 jet take off armed with air-to-air rockets and return to the base without them. "(The plane's operator) could have launched them into the Boeing out of fear or revenge," the witness said, identifying the pilot of the jet as Voloshin. "Maybe he mistook it for another plane."

Komsomolskaya Pravda claimed the witness showed up at its office by himself and that his identity checks out, but did not identify him because his family is still in Ukraine.

The Investigative Committee said that the man – who is now officially a witness – may be enrolled in a witness protection programme.

There was no evidence previously that Russian investigators

had launched an official probe into the crash, in which citizens from 11 countries died, but no Russians.

Dutch authorities have been charged with establishing exactly what brought down the plane and are reconstructing part of the aircraft as part of their probe. Preliminary findings indicate only that the plane broke apart due to damage that came from outside.

Monsanto seeks to bring GM corn to the ukraine Monsanto has been making headway toward bringing GMOs (genetically modified organisms) into Ukraine. Former Ukraine President, Viktor Yanukovych, rejected a proposed $17 billion loan to Ukraine from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in late 2013, because the loan required the introduction of GMO seeds and Ukrainian law bars farmers from growing GM crops. Long considered “the bread basket of Europe,” Ukraine’s rich black soil is ideal for growing grains, and in 2012 Ukrainian farmers harvested more than 20 million tons of corn.

By May 2013 Monsanto had modified investment plans into Ukraine’s agriculture by using a non-GMO corn seed plant. This $140 million dollar investment would give Monsanto access to what they see as Europe’s richest farmland.

In November of 2013, six large Ukrainian agriculture associations had prepared draft amendments to Ukraine laws banning GMOs, pushing for “creating, testing, transportation and use of GMOs regarding the legalization of GM seeds.” With the regime change in the Ukraine, Monsanto is looking forward to introducing GMO seeds into the country.

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Another Perspective on the uS, china, and containment Writing on the occasion of President Obama’s November 2014 trip to Beijing for the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, John V. Walsh asks whether China might contain the United States. Walsh inverts the conventional question—Can the U.S. contain China?—and observes that, as far as East Asia is concerned, “History tells us that the West with its missionaries and soldiers, Obama’s predecessors, bathed the region in suffering and bloodshed.” In that expanded context, Walsh considers whether China might “restrain the U.S. from doing more damage in East Asia” and elsewhere in the developing world. Due to its economic and military powers, Walsh writes, “China should be able to provide to the world alternatives to the diktats of the West.”

For example, Walsh analyzes China’s developing relations with Russia. The second of two major petroleum pipeline deals between Russia and China, involving the Western or Altai line provides China with “abundant petroleum resources that cannot be interdicted at sea by the massive U.S. Navy.” In addition to petroleum, China has led in the creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which will provide capital for regional investments. Just a few weeks before the APEC meetings, 21 nations—including India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Pakistan—joined China in launching the AIIB. Three nations that did not join—Australia, Indonesia, South Korea—are widely believed to have backed out due to U.S. pressure. In this view, China’s infrastructure and economic projects “herald a new and welcome multipolar world,” Walsh writes. Beyond its economic power, he continues, China has sufficient military strength to repel an attack by the West.

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GENEVA - The Ebola virus is still spreading in West Africa, especially in Sierra Leone, and the number of known cases globally has now exceeded 20,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

The death toll from the outbreak, which has been mostly confined to West Africa, has risen to 7,905, the WHO said, following 317 fatalities recorded since it last issued figures on Dec. 24.

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The #1 pot-smoking state isn’t colorado

uSA Taking your legal marijuana home and turning it into hash oil is illegal Colorado’s Attorney General said the state’s landmark marijuana legalization law does not allow people to extract the drug’s potent hash oil from plants in their home.

Attorney General John Suthers said Amendment 64, which was passed by voters in 2012 and legalized recreational marijuana for adults, “expressly prohibits” people from personally producing butane hash oil due in part to the threat it poses to the public.

Colorado is the most weed-famous state, having enjoyed legalized medical and recreational marijuana for a year now (along with the state of Washington). But surprisingly, neither of these contain the largest concentration of pot smokers. According to the recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the tiny state of Rhode Island wins the largest concentration of pot smokers in the U.S. This, of course, doesn’t equate to the largest number of pot smokers. In Rhode Island, about 15.76 percent of people aged 12 and over reported having used marijuana in the past month.

Washington, D.C. followed up with a close second, at 15.17 percent. The states that one would assume would have the highest percentages — Colorado, Oregon, Washington state, or Alaska, the only four states in the U.S. that have legalized recre-

ational marijuana — were at 14.90 percent, 13.92 percent, 13.74 percent, and 12.93 percent, respectively.

The national average for people aged 12 and over using marijuana over the past month was at 9.27 percent, according to the report. The West and Northeast had the highest rates, “To decriminalize dangerous and unreasonable behavior in which people are getting hurt and houses are blowing up, defies the intent of the voters,” Suthers said in a statement.

“Colorado is experiencing a real public safety issue as a result of unsafe and unlicensed manufacturing and production,” he added.

Suthers filed a brief in a Mesa County criminal case against Eugene Christenson, who allegedly caused an explosion at his home while attempting to produce the oil.

The Denver Post said dozens of explosions have been sparked at homes across the state this year due to amateur attempts at hash oil extraction.

In May, 2014 Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed legislation regulating the amount of concentrated marijuana that can be sold to an individual.

The bill closed a legal gap that treated one ounce of leafy pot the same as an equivalent amount of more powerful forms, like hash oil.

while the Midwest and South had the lowest.

While Rhode Island still hasn’t legalized recreational marijuana, it has joined 22 other states in legalizing medical marijuana.

Whether Rhode Island will join the ranks of Colorado and company in legalizing recreational marijuana is yet to be seen, however.

Pesticides May contribute to farmers’ Depression and Suicides The pesticides that farmers use are supposed to kill nerve cells in crop pests, but they may also be leading many farmers to depression and suicide. As Brian Bienkowski reports for Truthout, an October 2014 study published in Environmental Health Perspectives links seven specific pesticides to depression. As Karen Lo reports, the 20-year study, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, reveals “stark data about the relationship between the use of pesticides and the rate of depression in male farmers.” Another researcher—Cheryl Beseler, an environmental health re-

searcher at Colorado State University—is careful to point out that the studies do not prove that pesticides cause depression, but animal testing indicates that this is possible.

According to Bienkowski’s report, an Environmental Protection Agency spokesperson, Cathy Milbourn, writes that of the seven pesticides examined, “only aluminum phosphide, diazinon,

page 13 and malathion are still registered and in use.” The EPA cancelled the registrations of ethylene dibromide, 2,4,5-T, dieldrin, and parathion, Milbourn said. Aluminum phosphide, diazinon, and malathion are undergoing EPA review.

Farmers already live stressful and demanding lives. Studies indicate that heavy pesticide use over short time periods can double farmers’ risks of depression. Furthermore, a UCLA neurologist, Dr. Beate Ritz, has found that those in California who have been exposed to pesticides have a greater risk of Parkinson’s disease later in life.

Many convicted of crimes They Didn’t commit The exact number of people convicted of crimes that they did not commit is unclear. As George Lavender reports, the University of Michigan Law School’s National Registry of Exonerations currently lists over 1,400 exoneration cases. In 2014 the National Registry recorded more than fifty cases in which “a person who has been convicted of a crime is officially cleared based on new evidence of innocence.” Over the last two decades there has been a continual rise in the number of recorded releases because of innocence. The number of releases is challenging to document because data is typically maintained at a county level and hardly ever comes to national attention.

that as a black man who had been accused of raping a white teenager, he should try to avoid a jury trial. Mistaken identification led to Phillips being charged. New DNA evidence led to his exoneration.

ports, “The lawsuit claims that Towns was repeatedly ‘drivestunned’ (where the Taser makes physical contact with the victim instead of using the prongs to connect the circuit) in an attempt to get him to move” after a foot chase.

‘excited Delirium’ and the Suspicious Death of kenwin Garcia Kenwin Garcia was a 25-year-old African American man from Newark who died in 2008 on the side of a highway, after an altercation with state police. Christopher Baxter from NJ Advanced Media states that his death was claimed to be a result of “excited delirium.”

The term is used to describe a lethal overdose of adrenaline that leads to heart or respiratory failure. But there is little medical evidence to

The lawsuit alleges that Weems and Eberhart violated the East Point police department’s stun gun policy. The policy states that officers should not stun any handcuffed suspect. Furthermore, Tasers should not be used to escort or prod someone, or in cases where suspects passively resisting. According to a Fulton County medical examiner’s office autopsy report, “Towns died from hypertensive cardiovascular disease exacerbated by physical exertion and conducted electrical stimulation.” The Georgia Bureau of Investigation filed a report on the case, so the District Attorney Paul Howard is determining if the case should be brought before a grand jury.

Why are people falsely convicted? The reasons include mistaken witness identification, false confession, official misconduct, perjury, false accusation, and false or misleading forensic evidence.

As Lavender reports, “The factors involved in a wrongful convicsupport this official judgment in Garcia’s case, and there is wider controversy surrounding the interpretation of the symptoms that constitute the syndrome. In Garcia’s case specifically, an autopsy found he suffered severe internal injuries, including a broken breastbone and ribs, a torn kidney and extensive bleeding.

Baxter reports that, dashboard cameras in five patrol cars were not recording, and another was turned off during the struggle. Calls to 911 were not recorded, which officials blamed on an equipment malfunction. According to this report, Garcia’s family and the public have never been given a complete account of what happened to him, but one aspect of the case is clear. Critics contend that law enforcement officers invoke excited delirium, the official cause for Garcia’s death, as a justification for using excessive force on victims. tion vary depending on the crime.” In child sexual abuse cases, for instance, over 80% of exonerations involve perjury or false accusation. By contrast, in sexual assault cases, a majority of exonerations hinge on mistaken witness identification.

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The registry includes people in prison for years and, in some cases, for decades. For example, George Lavender discusses the case of Michael Phillips. In July 2014, Phillips took a step towards clearing his name after being convicted of the 1990 rape of a 16 year-old girl in Dallas, Texas. He pleaded guilty because his attorney told him

A Georgia family is suing two police officers for the death of their father, which occurred after he was Tasered at least 13 times while handcuffed. According to the allegations, officers Marcus Eberhard and Howard Weems used excessive force to subdue 24year old subdue Gregory Lewis Towns, Jr. As Terri Osborne re-

Las vegas police helicopter crashes into residential street A Las Vegas police helicopter crashed on a residential street and two police officers were hospitalized with injuries that weren't believed to be life-threatening, authorities said.

It wasn't immediately clear what caused the Hughes 530 helicopter to go down just before 1:30 p.m. northeast of downtown Las Vegas.

The aircraft didn't catch fire, and the Federal Aviation Administration reported that the injuries to the two people aboard the aircraft weren't life-threatening.

Police Officer Laura Meltzer said the two officers were taken to University Medical Center, and there were no reports that anyone on the ground was hurt.

The wreckage came to rest in a neighbourhood of single-story homes.

At least one of the four main rotor blades appeared to be missing and a landing skid broke, leaving the white helicopter with a red tail and green and gold stripes incapacitated in the street.

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Alberta premier Prentice considers sales tax to ďŹ x ailing, oil-based economy EDMONTON - Alberta's prideful boast of being the only jurisdiction in Canada without a provincial sales tax may soon be history.

Premier Jim Prentice, after declaring for weeks that a sales tax was off the table, conceded Tuesday that it's up for discussion as low oil prices continue to bleed billions of dollars from the treasury.

"I don't think Albertans generally advocate a sales tax, but I'm prepared to be educated and to hear from people," Prentice told a downtown lunchtime audience.

He told reporters later that a sales tax is not his preferred choice either.

"I'm not embracing a sales tax. Let's be clear," he said.

"I've simply said I want to hear what Albertans think about cost containment, about deficits and about revenue increments to the government.

"Certainly there are people who have views about a sales tax, and I welcome their opinions."

He said government members will fan out to communities in the coming weeks to hear firsthand from Albertans on what needs to be done, given forecasts that low oil prices may last for several years.

Decisions flowing from those conversations will be reflected in the upcoming budget, but said he's also working on a multi-year plan to balance the books and get Alberta off the roller coaster of fluctuating oil prices.

The government will also listen to arguments on any changes to the tax structure, including Alberta's 10 per cent flat tax on income that critics say benefits the wealthy at the expense of the middle class.

The province, with a $40-billion budget, expects to take in $17 billion in combined corporate and personal income tax this year.

Todd Hirsch, chief economist with ATB Financial, said a gas tax might be the way to go.

"I know a sales tax isn't going to be on the table for anybody, but maybe the introduction of a B.C.-style gasoline tax," Hirsch said. "With gas prices in Edmonton at 72 cents and 79 cents, now is the time to do this."

Hirsch questioned whether a sales taxes would be good idea with Alberta's economy slowing down.

"What they might want to do is say 'when the economy picks back up and we're growing at four per cent, then we'll introduce a sales tax and then maybe some other stable source of revenue.'"

Prentice also said that public-sector workers are among the best paid in Canada and will need to step up in tough times. He didn't elaborate.

"I'm not here to criticize doctors or nurses or teachers," Prentice told the lunchtime crowd.

"But in every level of public employment we have we are paying vastly more than anyone else in the country. And it's not sustainable.

"We're going to have to start containing costs and ratcheting costs down, at the same time being innovative and leading the country."

NDP critic Brian Mason said the Progressive Conservatives have failed for decades to diversify the provincial economy, which has left Alberta perpetually hostage to boom-and-bust cycles.

"I don't think that it's fair, nor do I think people will accept, that the middle class and working families in this province are being asked once again to bear the brunt of the government's economic mistakes," Mason said.

Opposition Wildrose critic Shayne Saskiw said there is no need for new taxes or tax increases.

The budget, he said, contains enough bloat and excess that can be cut without compromising service.

"You can't tax your way out of a recession," said Saskiw.

"There's so much waste in this government, we need look at all the waste."

Prentice said the problem cannot be solved by cutting alone.

He noted that Alberta's projected budget surplus this year has turned into a $500-million deficit. Even if oil rebounds to a projected rate of US$65 a barrel next fiscal year, that still leaves the province almost $7 billion short.

"Fifteen per cent of the province's revenue stream has evaporated," he said. "We can't go on like this."

Last week, Prentice said oil prices are not expected to rebound sufficiently to allow the government to balance the books until 2018.

On top of day-to-day deficits, the province also owes $11 billion for borrowing to pay for capital projects.

It also has $5 billion set aside as a rainy day contingency fund.

Prentice has said that money will be used to pay off the deficit in this year's budget.

canadians going to u.S. for long stays need to be mindful of changes A B.C. MP is warning constituents about a new information-sharing agreement between Canada and the United States that could put travellers who spend a lot of time in the U.S. at risk of significant consequences.

The Entry Exit Initiative allows officials to track how many days Canadians have spent in the U.S. Prior to the agreement, the country could only track exit dates, not re-entry.

Gail Hunnisett, constituency assistant for Alex Atamanenko, MP for B.C. Southern Interior, said she's been fielding a lot of calls since her office put out the information.

"We were specially wanting to alert people that this could potentially be a problem for them if they were being careless about their travel," said Hunnisett.

She said a common misconception is that Canadians can spend up to 182 days, or six months, in the U.S. It's actually 120 days, or four months and that includes all trips to the U.S. in a single year.

Hunnisett said that to extend their stay to 182 days, Canadians have to fill out a special form.

People who overstay their welcome are at risk: - being considered a U.S. resident and having to pay taxes on worldwide income - losing their Canadian residency and their health care - being deemed illegally in the U.S. and being banned from the country for three to 10 years.

"Anyone who travels to the U.S. regularly should keep a log and make sure they're accurate if they're asked to substantiate their time across the border," said Hunniset.

She said the rules of length of stay haven't changed; only the information that can be shared between borders.

Hunniset so far she hasn't spoken with anyone who's been caught.

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Holywood’ s ProPaganda Hollywood helps Americans feel good about being part of an empire that kills other peoples at will. “Movies have become a happy arm of the united States government as they advocate for violence and war crimes.” Tales of torture and wanton killing are blockbusters in the uSA.

By Margaret Kimberley

There isn’t any part of popular culture which allows the American citizens to escape the glorification of American imperialism.

One can’t watch a football game without seeing an honor guard present the colors, or soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, or in the worst case scenario a flyover of military jets. Commercials advertising everything from cars to dog food present endless images of soldiers returning home from the battlefield.

The movie industry has embraced the glorification of militarism and American violence practiced abroad as eagerly as professional sports or advertising. There is scarcely a big budget action movie whose plot doesn’t include a scene on an aircraft carrier and even children’s cartoons and games are brought back to life with story lines made in cooperation with the Department of Defense.

Now the propaganda has migrated from the backdrop of action movies to being the focal point of serious drama. Two recently commercially successful and award winning movies were all about the empire. They were praised by critics and popular with audiences as they spread vicious lies and or defended the worst impulses of the American government.

Osama bin Laden had barely taken his last breath when Hollywood gave the green light to dramatize the story of his assassination. The film Zero Dark Thirty filled the bill, complete with a validation of torture, which is considered a war crime nearly everywhere on earth except the United States.

“The movie industry has embraced the glorification of militarism and American violence practiced abroad as eagerly as professional sports or advertising.”

The producers of Zero Dark Thirty were given access to classified documents, an action which ought to have impugned the film makers’ integrity and made it unacceptable to audiences and critics.

The Obama administration forgot about its draconian whistle blower punishments in order to make sure that the president and his policies were lionized on film.

While in one instance propaganda demanded a speedy take on history, in another case an old story suddenly became interesting.

Thirty years after Americans were taken hostage at their embassy in Iran, Hollywood came calling at an opportune moment politically. Argo won an Academy Award at the precise moment that the Obama administration is making its most serious case for war against Iran.

The story of the six hostages who escaped to the Canadian embassy would seem to be interesting enough on its own merits, but the filmmakers added a climactic but completely fictional chase down Hollywood helps Americans feel good about being part of an empire an airport runway just in case any that kills other peoples at will. “Movies have become a happy arm of viewers didn’t hate Iranians the united States government as they advocate for violence and war enough by the end of the movie. crimes.” Tales of torture and wanton killing are blockbusters in the uSA. Not to be outdone in the propaganda department, the lead role was played by a white actor when government as they advocate for violence and war crimes to be the real life and still living protagonist, Antonio Mendez, is Latino. carried out around the world.

Hollywood is after all an important part of corporate media. Like If there was any doubt that government propaganda was the order of the day in entertainment, first lady Michelle Obama pre- other media, it is now shaped by fewer and fewer players, with sented the best picture award for Argo at the Oscars. She was sur- large conglomerates replacing the creative people who once made films interesting. The endless sequels and big budget action movies rounded by military personnel in uniform as she did so.

It is a little known fact that the Central Intelligence Agency has a now comprise most of what we can expect to see at the multiplex. film office. Its entertainment industry liaison office came into being In a country becoming more and more imperialistic every day, it in the 1990s and has been used to by movie and television producers isn’t surprising to see the Pentagon’s world view on screen.

While not surprising, it shouldn’t be acceptable. If Barack to shape the agency’s image. Of course, that means lying about history. The producers of Argo gave passing recognition of the CIA Obama or any other president declares that there will be war operation which over threw a democratic government in Iran and against Iran, then most Americans will approve. Sadly, that applaced a monarch in power in the early 1950s. They didn’t raise the proval will be even harder to fight against if the powerful and apquestion of why all the hostages weren’t released until Ronald Rea- pealing images seen on the silver screen are perceived to be part gan’s inauguration day or delve into charges that his administration of the call to arms. thwarted Jimmy Carter’s efforts to end the standoff.

Margaret Kimberley's Freedom Rider column appears weekly “Argo won an Academy Award at the precise moment that the Obama administration is making its most serious case for war in BAR, and is widely reprinted elsewhere. She maintains a frequently updated blog as well as at: against Iran.”

There was a time when the entertainment industry promoted an http://freedomrider.blogspot.com.

Ms. Kimberley lives in New York City, and can be reached via anti-establishment counter culture, consciously creating a space for nonconformity. Movies and music were means of escaping the e-Mail at Margaret.Kimberley(at)BlackAgendaReport.com.

This article was originally posted at BlackAgendaReport.com dictates of the status quo. Now they are part and parcel of the establishment and leave no outlet for true creativity or independent continued on page 34 thought. Movies have become a happy arm of the United States

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There are moments in life that are so monumentally significant and yet you don’t even know it until they’re past. It happens a lot, and then the moment is lost to the annals of our memory. But when you have a smartphone, and a finger quick to draw, you can find yourself documenting the most unbelievable moments: Such as your last moments of life.

When Selfies Go Wrong

3 Camel aren’t generally speaking the nicest of animals. However, Justine and her boyfriend thought otherwise. While traveling through Perth, Australia, Justine decided it would be a good idea to take a selfie with a camel. Obviously she was wrong… Thankfully camels aren’t carnivorous, and most likely this one was just being a d**k. That being said, Justine was lucky, because it could have ended much worse. Take it from someone who had several stitches on her head because a horse bit her head.

1 James Crowlett, 34, was on his honeymoon, and hours away from flying back home when the ocean called to him. He just wanted to go for a quick dip, take a selfie underwater and show off to his friends. The photo was uploaded to his Facebook page automatically, and unfortunately that shark was real. As you can see in the photo the shark is ready to strike, and it did just a moment later. It tore of Crowlett’s leg off before lifeguards managed to get to him. He died on the way to the hospital after losing massive quantities of blood.

4 There’s just something about Australia. This guy, for some inexplicable reason, thought it was a good idea to run TOWARD a tornado. He narrowly escaped with his life, but nonetheless his actions should NOT be mimicked. There are things people can claim that are worth risking your life – is a selfie one of them??

2 How many times in your life have you heard the phrase: “Be brave!” Courage, however, shouldn’t just be a matter of ignoring your fears, but rather calculating a way in which it is best to overcome them. Climbing over an 8.5m. bridge with no safety harnesses is NOT a way to do that. Xenia Ignatyeva, 17, ignored her fears – or else didn’t have them – and thus failed to preserve her life. Just moments after this photo was taken she lost her balance and fell to her death.

to the world the reasons for her decision, and promised the man who had broken her heart to haunt him. When she was done, she jumped to her death.

6 If this woman had died during her jump this would’ve made an extremely epicly morbid selfie.

7 This selfie portrays a golden moment for all conspiracy theorists. This man was in that plane in the background when it crashed into the ocean off Hawaii’s coast. There was one fatality, and guess who it was! None other than Loretta Fuddy, the health director who released US President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.

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It wasn't immediately known if weather was a factor. The crash happened on a cold day with overcast skies and occasional snow flurries in mountain elevations, but no flakes accumulated in the downtown and Las Vegas Strip area. Winds were light, about 16 km/h.

The helicopter is one of five operated by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

florida teen saves the police officer who was arresting him

Thanks to Rutledge’s actions, nearby officer Todd Bunin ran to the scene and found Foulks on the ground, “clenching his chest in distress.”

Bunin notified police dispatch to send Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue as he removed Foulks’ gear and shirt. Two other officers, Robert Norvis and Raymond Ketchmark, overheard Bunin’s radio transmissions and joined Bunin, with Norvis performing CPR on Foulks while Ketchmark sought out an Automated External Defribrilator to stimulate Foulks’ heart.

The officers updated responding rescue units on Foulks’ condition until fire personnel arrived.

It wasn’t long before Foulks was transported to Broward Health Medical Center, where staff praised the quick response of Rutledge and the three officers, crediting them with saving the officer’s life.

All four heroes were publicly honoured at the City of Fort Lauderdale Commission Meeting on Jan. 21.

Foulks is expected to return to full duty by the end of the next month.

coke and Pepsi see way to grow in shrinking sodas NEW YORK, N.Y. - Americans want to cut back on soda, and they're willing to pay more to do it.

With people drinking less soda amid health concerns, Coke and Pepsi are pushing smaller cans and bottles that contain fewer calories and, they say, induce less guilt. That all comes at a price: Those cute little cans can cost more than twice as much per ounce.

Man rescued off coast of Mexico

by Disney cruise ship A man who fell overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship off the coast of Cozumel, Mexico, was rescued hours later by a passing Disney Cruise Line ship after a passenger heard him calling for help.

A juvenile offender is being hailed a hero for helping to save the life of the Fort Lauderdale police officer who was processing his arrest last fall.

On September 10, 2014, Officer Franklin Foulks was processing the arrest of teenager Jamal Rutledge for probation violations when the officer suddenly collapsed.

According to a statement from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Rutledge, who was still handcuffed at the booking facility, “immediately began to kick the security fence and yell to alert officers in the area.”

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"This man was reborn. Most people that experience, that kind of fall, break their neck. It’s like hitting concrete.”

The 22-year-old man, who was not identified by authorities, somehow fell off the Royal Caribbean ship during the early-morning hours of Jan. 8.

Scott Campbell, a passenger on the Disney ship, told reporters that he was on his balcony with his daughter at about 6:30 a.m. when he heard the man calling for help.

A Disney spokeswoman confirmed that the Disney Magic cruise ship picked up a passenger who had fallen overboard from another cruise ship on Jan. 8 but declined further comment.

Cozumel Port Captain Alfonso Rodriguez told news reporters that the man, who does not remember how he fell into the water, was treated at a local hospital before being flown back to the

The shift means 7.5-ounce "mini-cans" and 8-ounce and 8.5ounce glass and aluminum bottles are taking up more space on supermarket shelves. The cans and bottles have been around for a few years, but Coke and Pepsi are making them more widely available and marketing them more aggressively.

As part of its "Share-a-Coke" campaign that printed popular names on cans and bottles last year, for instance, Coke says it distributed a million mini-cans.

The focus on pushing smaller packages signals a shift from the past couple of decades, when beverage makers measured success by the sheer volume of soda they sold. Yet soda consumption has declined persistently in recent years, with public health officials blaming it for making people fat and calling for special taxes and even warning labels on cans.

Soda hit its peak in 1998, when Americans on average drank the equivalent of 576 cans of it a year, according to data from the industry tracker Beverage Digest. That figure was down to about 450 cans a year in 2013.

Instead of fighting what seems to be a losing battle, Coke and Pepsi are pushing smaller cans and bottles that give their products a sense of newness among the growing proliferation of beverage choices. The companies also say the tiny sizes cater to people's desire for more modest servings.

"Coca-Cola is so delicious, but it's like sun tanning or cigarettes — they're these wonderful things that we now know are horrible for us," said Lauren Utvich, a 31-year-old food stylist in New York,

page 19 who bought the Coke mini-cans when she first spotted them.

Utvich doesn't normally drink soda, but she likes that the minicans turn Coke into a relatively guiltless treat. But that's not the only reason she bought them. "Let's be honest. I like them because they're freaking adorable," said Utvich, who didn't pay attention to how much they cost.

During a presentation in November, Coke's North American president Sandy Douglas said the health and wellness trend has set up "a tremendous opportunity for the Coca-Cola brand with our smaller packages."

He noted a regular 12-ounce can of Coke on average sell for 31 cents. By comparison, a 7.5-ounce mini-can sells for 40 cents.

That translates to 2.6 cents-per-ounce for a regular can, versus 5.3 cents-per ounce for the mini version.

Coca-Cola said that while it may be selling less soda, smaller packs are pushing up revenue. Sales of Coke's smaller sizes — which include a 1.25-litre bottle as an alternative to the 2-litre bottle — were up 9 per cent last year through October, according to the presentation by Douglas. By comparison, sales of its 12-ounce cans and 2-litre bottles edged up 0.1 per cent.

That doesn't mean Coke and Pepsi are abandoning their more generous servings, which still dominate the industry. And it's not clear how big the appetite for the newer cans and bottles can grow over time. In 2013, mini-cans accounted for 1.1 per cent of sales volume in supermarkets, according to Beverage Digest. But they accounted for 2.4 per cent of sales dollars, more than double their volume share.

Bonnie Herzog, a Wells Fargo beverage industry analyst, said the smaller options are part of how Coke is repositioning itself amid changing habits around soda. She noted the company is also pushing Coke Life, a reduced-calorie drink sweetened with a mix of sugar and stevia.

"It's responsible and it's realistic," Herzog said, noting the smaller sizes are marketed as "moments of pleasure" people don't have to give up.

Soda's bad reputation, after all, is in part the result of mushrooming sizes. For decades, Coke was sold primarily in 6.5-ounce glass bottles. In 1955, the company started introducing larger servings after Pepsi-Cola marketed a bigger glass bottle, according to Dan Deane, president of the Coca-Cola Collectors Club.

Eventually, he noted Coke sold a 3-litre plastic bottle in some regions.

Fountain sodas got bigger, too. In 1976, 7-Eleven introduced its 32-ounce Big Gulp, followed by a Double Gulp that holds 64 ounces, or a half-gallon of liquid. A small drink at McDonald's today is 16 ounces, while a large is 30 ounces. But the bigger sizes that helped enrich Coke and Pepsi also backfired, with many now seeing them as a culprit for the nation's obesity rates.

In November, voters in Berkeley, California approved a special, per-ounce tax on sugary drinks.

Even as Coke and Pepsi fight such measures through their industry lobbying group, they're embracing the mantra of moderation.

This fall, Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper pledged at the Clinton Global Initiative to slash calorie consumption from beverages in the U.S. by 20 per cent over the next decade. It sounds dramatic, but calories from drinks were falling anyway as people moved away

from soda on their own in favour of options like bottled water.

One of the ways the companies promised to achieve their goal: Smaller sizes.

florida auctioneer fined $1.5 million for selling rhino horns A Florida auction house owner pleaded guilty to selling illegal rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory and will pay a $1.5 million fine as well as face possible jail time, US authorities said Wednesday.

Christopher Hayes, the president and owner of the auction house Elite Estate Buyers Inc., doing business as Elite Decorative Arts in Boynton Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty Wednesday in a US District Court in Miami.

Hayes, 55, pleaded guilty to “an illegal wildlife trafficking and smuggling conspiracy in which the auction house sold rhinoceros horns and objects made from rhino horn, elephant ivory and coral that were smuggled from the United States to China,” the Department of Justice said in a statement.

Hayes was caught in a sting that came as part of an ongoing special investigation called Operation Crash that has netted numerous criminals in the rhino horn trade in recent years.

Court records show Hayes and his company sold six endangered black rhino horns. Two were sold for $80,500 to a Texas resident involved in smuggling the horns to China.

Undercover agents with the US Fish and Wildlife Service bought two more, and another undercover agent consigned two horns for auction.

“Elite aided foreign buyers by directing them to third-party shipping stores that were willing to send the wildlife out of the country with false paperwork,” said the statement.

“As part of today’s plea agreement, Hayes and Elite have admitted to being part of a far reaching felony conspiracy in which the company helped smugglers traffic in endangered and protected species in interstate and foreign commerce, and falsified records and shipping documents related to the wildlife purchases in order to avoid the scrutiny of the FWS and US Customs and Border Protection.”

Hayes has not yet been sentenced but could face up to five years in prison.

florida police chief doesn’t want new officers to be shocked with Taser during training South florida police chief has changed a policy requiring new officers to be shocked with a Taser during training.

Daniel Oates, chief of Miami Beach police, issued a memo Wednesday reversing the long-standing policy requiring officers to have a Taser used on them before carrying the nonlethal weapon while on duty.

“I don’t agree with this rule,” Oates said in the memo. “I have been shocked by the Taser, and it is extremely unpleasant. I don’t believe an officer needs to go through that experience in order to be well trained in how to use the weapon.”

The memo was issued the same day that the Miami Beach city commission approved funding to buy updated Tasers for the department.

Many police departments, including neighboring Miami police and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, require officers to undergo the training to help prove in court that Tasers are a non-lethal tactic.

But Oates said there’s already enough evidence to prove that without injuring new officers.

“I think my decision today is a compassionate decision with regard to my employees, and you would apply that rationale to the use of other, less lethal weapons that we use and say everybody

should be hit with a nightstick, and it doesn’t make sense,” the chief said in the memo. “I don’t believe it’s a valid, legal reason.”

Oates said new officers may choose to have a Taser used on them, but he will not require them to do so.

Some city commissioners said they would ask to the chief to reconsider his decision.

“I disagree with that, I think that the process going through the experience of what you’re going to subject other people to is important,” said City Commissioner Jonah Wolfson.

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Sierra Leone accounted for 337 of 476 new laboratory-confirmed cases since Dec. 24. They included 149 in Freetown, the highest incidence in the capital in four weeks.

The urgent need for assistance in Sierra Leone prompted the United States Agency for International Development to airlift two ambulances to Freetown from Liberia's capital Monrovia, once the worst Ebola hotspot, the United Nations said.

However, the number of cases in Sierra Leone over a threeweek period has fallen below 1,000 for the first time since Sept. 28, suggesting the spread of the disease is slowing. In neighbouring Guinea, the three-week total rose for a second week to 346, suggesting the epidemic is growing there.

Nine countries have now reported cases of Ebola. In Britain, a nurse was diagnosed with the virus this week upon her return from Sierra Leone. She is being treated with blood plasma from a survivor of the virus and an experimental antiviral drug, the London hospital treating her said on Wednesday She had travelled from Sierra Leone to Glasgow via London and did not show symptoms during her journey, although she was "believed to have become febrile around the time of arrival to London", the WHO said.

Ebola broke out for the first time in West Africa a year ago when a two-year-old boy died in southern Guinea on Dec. 28, but the socalled "index case" only came to light in March by which time the disease had spread widely.

Liberia lifted a curfew imposed to curb the spread of Ebola so that people could attend New Year's Eve church services, as Medecins Sans Frontieres warned of growing complacency over the disease in the country.

The haemorrhagic fever, which causes vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding, is spread by contact with bodily fluids. It has no known cure but several major drug makers are developing vaccines already being tested in clinical trials.

The Ebola crisis in West Africa is likely to last until the end of 2015, according to Peter Piot, a London-based scientist who helped to discover the virus in 1976 in the former Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Secret Service shake-up: four senior officials sacked after security lapses

The U.S. Secret Service will remove four senior officials while another has opted to retire, the latest shake-up after a series of security lapses at the agency charged with protecting the president, an agency official said on Wednesday.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmedActing Director Joseph Clancy had told the four assistant directors who oversee the agency’s missions of protection, investigations, technology and public affairs that they must leave their jobs.

The departures represent a house-cleaning within top management. “Four assistant directors have been notified that they’re being assigned to other positions,” the official said.

Recent lapses by the agency include allowing a knife-carrying man to jump a fence and run into the White House last September in one of the worst security breaches since President Barack Obama took office in 2009.

Clancy told Congress in November he was seeking to establish a culture of trust within the Secret Service after replacing Julia Pierson, who resigned under fire as agency director on Oct. 1.

The assistant director in charge of Secret Service training, who also headed Obama’s protective detail, disclosed in recent weeks that he was retiring.

Several other incidents have tarnished the agency’s reputation.

In 2012, Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to prepare for Obama’s arrival at a summit meeting capped a night of partying at strip clubs by taking several prostitutes back to their hotel.

Last March in Amsterdam, a Secret Service agent was found passed out drunk in an the hall of a hotel, where he was helping prepare for an Obama visit.

In 2011, after an Idaho man opened fire on the White House with a semiautomatic rifle from the street, no one realized the building had been hit by seven bullets until four days later when a housekeeper found a broken window and piece of concrete on a balcony.

On Nov. 19, Clancy, who formerly led Obama’s protective detail, told a congressional panel that a lack of trust had driven some employees to take concerns about internal problems to people outside the Secret Service rather than trusting their supervisors and agency leadership to confront issues head-on.

"If my good friend Dr. Gasparri says a curse word against my mother, he can expect a punch," Francis said half-jokingly, throwing a mock punch his way. "It's normal. You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others."

His pretend punch aside, Francis by no means said the violent

attack on Charlie Hebdo was justified. Quite the opposite: He said such horrific violence in God's name couldn't be justified and was an "aberration." But he said a reaction of some sort was to be expected.

Many people around the world have defended the right of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo to publish inflammatory cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed in the wake of the massacre by Islamic extremists at its Paris offices and subsequent attack on a kosher supermarket in which three gunmen killed 17 people.

Others, though, have noted that in virtually all societies, freedom of speech has its limits, from laws against Holocaust denial to racially motivated hate speech.

Recently the Vatican and four prominent French imams issued a joint declaration that, while denouncing the Paris attacks, urged the media to treat religions with respect.

Francis, who has called on Muslim leaders in particular to speak out against Islamic extremism, went a step further

There are limits to freedom of expression when faith is insulted Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when it insults or ridicules someone's faith.

Francis spoke about the Paris terror attacks while en route to the Philippines, defending free speech as not only a fundamental human right but a duty to speak one's mind for the sake of the common good.

But he said there were limits.

By way of example, he referred to Alberto Gasparri, who organizes papal trips and was standing by his side aboard the papal plane.

“Change is necessary to gain a fresh perspective on how we conduct business,” Clancy said in a statement. “I am certain any of our senior executives will be productive and valued assets either in other positions at the Secret Service or the (homeland security) department.”

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"There are so many people who speak badly about religions or other religions, who make fun of them, who make a game out of the religions of others," he said. "They are provocateurs. And what happens to them is what would happen to Dr. Gasparri if he says a curse word against my mother. There is a limit."

In the wake of the Paris attacks, the Vatican has sought to downplay reports that it is a potential target for Islamic extremists, saying it is being vigilant but has received no specific threat.

Francis said he was concerned primarily for the safety of the faithful who come to see him in droves, and said he had spoken to Vatican security officials who are taking "prudent and secure measures."

"I am worried, but you know I have a defect: a good dose of carelessness. I'm careless about these things," he said. But he admitted that in his prayers, he had asked that if something were to happen to him that "it doesn't hurt, because I'm not very courageous when it comes to pain. I'm very timid."

He added, "I'm in God's hands."

cold hard cash in china, man wakes from coma after nurse waves cash under his nose Who needs smelling salts? Cold hard cash might do the trick.

It’s a story out of China we’re having a hard time believing: A man who had been in a coma for over a year recently woke up — after a nurse waved cash under his nose.

Apparently, in August 2013, 30-year-old Xiao Li of Shenzhen, China, fell into a coma after he went nearly a week without sleep as he researched business ideas at an Internet café.

After remaining in that coma for over a year, his odds of recovery were slim — and then a nurse waved a 100-yuan ($19 CAD) bill under his nose.

“It was extraordinary,” chief medic Dr. Liu Tang told Central European News. “I’ve never seen anything like it in 20 years as a doctor.”

“We had asked his family what really drove him, and they were very clear that it was money,” Tang said. “When we learned about his fondness for money, we experimented with notes and change.”

“Memories of smell and sound can be very powerful stimu-

lants,” he added. “We found that a crisp, new 100 yuan note crumpled under his nose worked best.”

Doctors are remaining cautiously optimistic about Li’s outlook.

“He still has some way to go before he is discharged,” Tang explained. “But he is making good progress.”

If this unbelievable story is true, we’re recommending a new passion for Li: a healthier sleep schedule. After all, what good is cash if you fall into a coma while chasing it?

Most British Jews feel they have no future in europe LONDON, UK - A quarter of Jews in Britain have considered leaving the country in the last two years and well over half feel they have no long term future in Europe, according to a survey published on Wednesday.

Additionally, anti-Semitic beliefs are widely prevalent among the wider public with 45 percent of Britons agreeing with at least one anti-Semitic sentiment, the YouGov poll for the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) group found.

The survey comes a week after four French Jews were killed in an attack on a Kosher supermarket in Paris which led to police stepping up security at synagogues and other Jewish venues across Britain.

"Whilst anti-Semitism in Britain is not yet at the levels seen in most of Europe, the results of our survey should be a wakeup call," said Gideon Falter, chairman of the CAA in a foreword to its report.

"Britain is at a tipping point: unless anti-Semitism is met with zero tolerance, it will continue to grow and British Jews may increasingly question their place in their own country."

Last July, the Community Security Trust, which provides security advice to Britain's estimated 260,000 Jews, said antiSemitic incidents in Britain had risen to a near record level amid fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinians in Gaza.

According to the CAA's poll of 2,230 British Jews, 58 percent felt Jews might have no longterm future in Europe, 45 percent felt their family was threatened

by Islamist extremism and more than half had witnessed more anti-Semitism in the last two years than ever before.

The survey of the wider public found a quarter of Britons believed "Jews chase money more than other British people", and one in six agreed that "Jews

think they are better than other people" and "Jews have too much power in the media".

In all, 45 percent of the 3,411 questioned believed at least one anti-Semitic statement shown to them to be true.

France has posted almost 5,000 extra police officers to protect Jewish sites after last month's killings, and on Tuesday, British Prime Minister David Cameron met Jewish leaders to reassure them and see if there was more that could be done to ensure their safety.

"I think we have to recognize that in a modern democracy you can never protect every threat but we should do everything we can and be as vigilant as we can to help reassure," he told them.

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True Tales of Bad Behavior flight Attendants Tell All

Most travel days are long and tedious, so it makes sense that when people board a plane, they want to settle in quickly and get comfortable. But some passengers take that a bit too far: The ones who kick off their shoes and socks and then rest their feet up on the seat in front of them. The ones who start demanding drinks before the plane has even taxied down the runway. The ones who transform the aisle into a playground for their toddlers.

12 Surprising Things a flight Attendant can’t Do for You (So Stop Asking) And if the actions of inconsiderate travelers annoy you, imagine how irritating they are for flight attendants who have to deal with them all day, every day. (need we remind you of Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who got so fed up with rude passengers that he grabbed two beers and exited the plane by deploying the evacuation slide?) While most passengers are respectful and polite, flight attendants still have to put up with some seriously bad behavior. We talked to slew of stews who shared irritating situations that top the list.

exit (row) strategy Most travelers get to select where they sit on a flight. Those who choose an exit row seat have to agree that they can handle the safety responsibilities that come with it. Not surprisingly, most are just in it for the legroom. “I am required to ask, ‘Are you willing and able to operate this exit?’” says Nick Stracener, a flight attendant with American. “I had one passenger answer back, ‘Um, I don’t know, am I?’ And that’s good; some don’t answer at all.”

Problem is, the FAA requires these passengers to provide a verbal affirmation. “It’s really irritating because they don’t take it seriously,” Stracener says. “And these are the people everyone will have to rely on in case of an emergency.”

connection conversations “I had someone die on one of my flights,” says Stracener, who had been on the job for only three months at the time of the incident.

“The man had an aneurysm, and his wife found him in the bathroom, unconscious. When we landed, the paramedics brought him to the jet bridge to do CPR. We asked the passengers to stay seated while they tried to save his life. During it, I had passengers yelling at me about how they were going to miss their connections. It’s amazing how selfish people can be. A man died, but yes, we’ll make sure you get to your vacation.”

Make yourself at home — not really Airlines and their crews want to make sure your flight is comfortable and relaxing. But there are limits to how comfy you should get. Passengers who walk to the bathroom without socks on, clip their nails, and trim their nose hairs (yes, this happens) need to stop

record. “When they are done, they have to fight their way upstream to get back to their seat. They hold up other passengers who are still boarding and get in the way of us loading the beverage carts by blocking the aisle. It’s tight quarters to begin with, and hindering the boarding process doesn’t help.”

Diaper disasters Babies need to have their diapers changed. We get it. But where you change your baby is a big deal when traveling in such close quarters. “A lot of passengers change their babies’ diapers on the seats. I’ve actually seen a woman lay her baby down and change it on the tray table,” says one grossed-out flight attendant. “We have changing tables in the bathroom. They fold down off of the wall.

Use them. Please.”

Getting your drink on Beverage service can be an especially irritating time.Beverage service can be an especially irritating time.

immediately. “It’s just so gross,” says Stracener. “And people in first class are even worse — they think it’s their house. I’m like, this isn’t yourhouse. This is our house. You’re our guest. Behave that way. We have to live on the plane even after you leave and don’t want to clean up after you.”

Go to the bathroom before boarding is complete Waiting to board a plane can take hours, leaving passengers plenty of time to tinkle in the terminal. And that’s exactly what flight attendants want you to do. “My main pet peeve is when people get on the plane and immediately go to the bathroom all the way in the back,” says one flight attendant who agreed to speak to us off the

A day of travel can create quite a thirst, and passengers can be a bit demanding when it comes to getting quenched. “There is nothing more irritating than when a passenger comes straight onto the plane and asks for a soda. I’m like, ‘Seriously?’” says Stracener.

“There’s a laundry list of safety-related things that I need to get done before I can get someone their Diet Coke.” Equally irritating: food hoarders. “There was one woman who was with her two small children. They had already had their beverage and snack when she asked for more. I thought it was for the kids, so I brought her extra ones. She took them from me and put them in her purse to go. She was basically stocking up for later.”

Talkin’ trash The call button is a handy feature. It summons a flight attendant when there are urgent matters or pressing needs. But it can be beyond irritating when passengers use it to discard an old newspaper or a chewed piece of gum. “We walk up and down the aisle throughout the flight with a trash bag to collect trash,” says veteran flight attendant Abbie Unger, founder of Flight Attendant Career Con-

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Does Your Dog really Miss You When You’re Gone You’re preparing to leave your house. You head for the door and pick up your keys along the way. The moment your keys give a little jingle, your dog is at your side, barking incessantly (with some howling thrown in for good measure). it almost seems like he knows you’re leaving and he’s trying to block your path to the door.

Separation anxiety is one of the most common canine behavioral problems. It is estimated that about 15 percent of dogs suffer from this problem. A dog with separation anxiety will become extremely distressed when he realizes that you are about to leave home. Once you’re gone, he may howl, bark, urinate, defecate, or otherwise wreak havoc throughout the house. If your dog is misbehaving, either when you’re getting ready to leave, after you

house when you are home by giving him something to occupy his time, like chewing on a bone. You can also periodically jingle your keys or jiggle the doorknob without actually leaving the house so your pup stops associating these actions with being left alone.

When it’s time to leave the house, don’t make a big deal about it, but simply walk out the door without looking at him. It may also help to leave the television or radio playing while you’re gone so

the house is not completely quiet.

Remember that dogs need companionship. They covet quality time with their owners and would love nothing more than to spend every waking minute with you. Even if this is not a possibility, you should make an effort to spend at least one or two hours a day with your pup, playing, walking, training, or simply cuddling. If you know that you will not have enough spare time in the day to give your dog the attention that he needs, you may want to consider enrolling him in a doggie daycare program or hiring a dog walker to visit with him and get him some exercise when you can’t be there.

In the wild, dogs live in packs. They use barking and howling as means of getting the back together. If your dog is barking and howling, he is probably lonely and trying to call in some companionship.

Another way to help a dog that is suffering from separation anxiety is to try adding another dog to your household. A furry friend can help to calm and soothe your dog during moments of anxiety.

An additional way to help rid your pup of separation anxiety or to keep him from developing this problem in the first place is to teach him some basic obedience commands. When your dog has gained some skills, he will be more confident and will naturally lose some of his anxiety.

If you feel like you’ve tried everything and your dog is still exhibiting significant problem behaviors, you made need to seek the help of a professional.

leave, or at both times, consider the possibility that he may have separation anxiety. As tempting as it might be to get upset with your dog, you should take a moment to consider what the underlying causes might be.

First of all, your dog may be afraid that when you leave you will not return. If your dog was previously abandoned, he will be especially susceptible to this fear. Another cause might simply be confusion. If you spent a few weeks at home with your new dog or were home for summer vacation, for example, your dog will have gotten used to spending time with you. If you return to work or are away for any reason for an extended length of time, your dog will be confused by this unexpected alone time and will perhaps think you’re not coming back. In both of these situations, it may take a while for him to learn that you haven’t permanently left him.

So how can you help a dog that is suffering from separation anxiety? Try to work on gradually desensitizing your dog to being left alone. First, discourage him from following you around the

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Do this in a gym, not during your flight.

Personal space is a big thing when you are, well, in space. And most flight attendants need a little when working so hard and standing on their feet for hours. So it’s pretty annoying to them when passengers decide to sneak in a quick yoga

single one of my flights.”

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9 Stupid Things People Have Done After Winning The Lottery Winning the lottery jackpot might just be the dream that every one of us has in common. Most of us already have a bucket list of what we would do and what we would spend our winnings on, should we win the millions promised by our lottery tickets. Yet, almost everyone who buys a ticket knows, the hope of winning is much larger in the head than the actual probabilities of winning are. Still, the hope that each lottery ticket represents is enough to get us dreaming.

So, everyone knows what they would do if they ever won the lottery, right? You’d be surprised at just how many people have got it all wrong, despite having it all planned out in their heads. Yes, the usual spending of that large mansion, the fast car and the haute couture wardrobe are always there, but just because someone has won some money, does not actually mean that it is an inexhaustible supply!

The following nine people really went all wrong with it and hence, feature in our list of ten stupid things that people have done after winning their lotteries. Whether it was greed or the mistaken notion that their winnings would never deplete, or sheer absent-mindedness, or the mistaken sense of ‘I can get whatever I want now’; but these nine have been lucky enough to win their millions and stupid enough to lose them all on their own accord!

tickets do not come with the names of the people purchasing them, handing them over to someone else, however trustworthy they may be, is a little crazy. Yet, when one actually wins a million dollar lottery, how indeed can one be in the right frame of their minds? California’s Etta May Urquhart has the same story to tell.

After playing the lottery for over 18 years, when Etta actually won a jackpot, she was hit by a fit of nerves. As she couldn’t stop shaking when she went to claim her prize, she asked her son, Ronnie to sign the ticket and claim the jackpot on her behalf.

Greed however can overpower even the closest of relations and to Etta’s disbelief, Ronnie claimed the jackpot as his own and went on a spending spree with the money he had claimed. Etta is fighting out a court battle for fraud and abuse against her son.

8. Losing it Out Over Misplaced Trust Anyone in their right minds would know that since lottery

6. Losing it Out To Bad Allocation Just an extension of the vice of greed that was taken up in the last point, here’s a case of direct stupidity that resulted from it.

Former Waffle House waitress, Tonda Lynn thought she could easily get away with keeping her millions from being shared with two of her waitress colleagues, when the three of them had verbally agreed to share the winnings if any of them ever won from tickets that they got as gifts from the joint’s patrons. Since verbal agreements related to gambling do not hold up in court, she did win the case that her colleagues filed against her. Yet, in her fear that she might lose the case, she did something really stupid. She placed her winnings in a corporation and made her family 51 percent of the stakeholders. According to the US Tax Court, Tonda thus became eligible for a gift tax of $1,119,347.90 for her $10 million winnings. No kidding!

5. Losing it Out To Being Too kind

9. Losing it Out To Absent-Mindedness We have heard about all the stories out there, where lottery winners have misplaced their winning tickets only to have to go on a massive treasure hunt to retrieve them. Most of them claim to have rifled through their trash, retraced their steps and even went so far as to turn their houses upside down in search for them.

For a lot of them, the hard search has paid off, with them finally staking claim over their monies, but there are a few unlucky ones out there who have been living with the thought that they may have lost their millions because of their absent-mindedness! Ian Galtress, an engineer from Merseyside, faced the very same emotions when he realized that he had lost his winning, one million pounds lottery ticket! How did he know for sure?

Well, because he had purchased another ticket for his girlfriend and it was just one digit away from his, which of course, turned out to be the winning one, when he had lost it! Similar is the case of Wattford couple, Mr. & Mrs, Tott, who lost out on millions because an investigation that held them to be the real winners took longer than the 30-day deadline that had the company under obligation to pay out!

clearer. It seems that all the workers in the company usually pooled their monies in order to buy lottery tickets, and it was one such cash pool that yielded the winning ticket. Americo's statement about the ticket being really his and hence, was not obligated to share his winnings, did not hold water with the jury and he lost his case. He has had to divide the winnings minus the taxes and share the money with his former colleagues.

Then, there’s the similar story of Jose Antonio Cua-Toc, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala. When he won the lottery in Georgia, he knew he couldn't legally claim his prize and sent his employer, Erick Cervantes to claim it for him. Of course, one can guess that Cervantes claimed the winnings as his own and the two fought it out in court, where Jose Antonio won back his money minus taxes and attorney fees!

7. Losing it Out To Greed Greed is always the precursor for a case of breach of ethics and that is what happened with Americo Lopes. Construction company worker, Americo was delighted when he won the lottery in 2010. He immediately quit his job on the pretext that he required foot surgery. While none of this appeared suspicious for a person who had just won millions, it was only months later, when his co-workers filed a lawsuit against him that things became

Philanthropy is usually a virtue, but not in this case! When the 52 year old wig-shop owner from St. Louis, Janite Lee won 18 million dollars in 1993, she initially spent it all on the usual stuff. Later though, she went on a philanthropic binge that went unchecked, still she had lost everything and had to file for bankruptcy. The South Korean immigrant took her donations to educational programs, community services and political organizations a tad bit too far. Her expensive philanthropy, coupled with her habit of gambling, made sure that she eroded her wealth in a matter of years. After all, it was hardly inexhaustible, though it was a whopping 18 million!

4. Losing it Out To Lack Of Prompt Action You have to be one of three things, if you have to do something as stupid as 1 million jackpot winner, Amanda Clayton. You either have to be too greedy to give up on welfare coupons, even though you’re rich now, too dunce to notice the welfare coupons that you still continue to get, despite not needing them, or too lazy to know that you have to stop them. Amanda Clayton was arrested for welfare fraud when it came to everyone’s notice that she’d still been collecting her welfare checks, even when she had a million dollars in her bank account. Five years in jail did not kill her though, a drug overdose did!

page 33 3. Losing it Out To Willful non Disclosure When Denise Rossi won the California lotto for the tune of $1.3 million dollars, she did not wish to share it with her then husband, Thomas. She left her husband without a word of her winning and despite him thinking that something was fishy, Thomas agreed for a divorce. As fate would have it, Thomas came about the truth and filed a lawsuit against ex-wife Denise.

Now, since we all know that greed never pays, it is no surprise that Thomas won the case and without even purchasing a lotto ticket, the lucky guy got every single cent of his ex wife’s winnings.

quickly came to be known as the ”lotto lout”. He went on a crazy binge of purchasing houses and cars, as expected of most lotto winners, but he took his over-indulgence a tad bit too far when he used the back yards of those very same houses, as open areas to hold demolition derbies that featured the cars he had bought!

Let’s take a moment to take stock here. I mean, it is pretty stupid to buy multiple houses, flatten out their yards, buy a few expensive cars and crash test them there for fun! Add to the mix a lot of many other addictions, and we already know that he would end up in jail and end up penniless soon enough. That’s exactly what happened, enough said!

1. (Almost) Losing it Out To The Law

2. Losing it Out To Over indulgence When Michael Carrol won the 2002 jackpot in England, he

There’s a relatively happy story to end with. It is also not a story about stupid things that were done after winning a lottery,

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but rather about it being a stupid thing to buy the lottery ticket in the first place. Timothy Elliott had always wanted to win the lottery at any cost and he was caught in a armed robbery once, which he only undertook in order to get money to buy lottery tickets!

During his trial for the same, he was diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder and hence, the court put him on probation with mandatory mental counseling instead of sending him to jail.

The terms of his probation were the usual no drugs, no gambling and no getting into any trouble! Timothy did take this to heart, but he did not stop purchasing his lottery tickets. When he finally lucked out in 2011 and won his million dollars, he was arraigned for breaking the terms of his probation. What did he do you ask?

Well, technically buying a lottery ticket is gambling, isn't it?!

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Zero Dark Thirty is another great silver screen propaganda piece which spurred outrage last year. It exploits the horrific events of 9/11 to present torture

The Deep Politics of Hollywood has a long history of promoting uS policies.

as an effective and necessary evil.

Zero Dark Thirty is disturbing for two reasons. First and foremost, it leaves the viewer with the erroneous impression that torture helped the CIA find bin Laden’s hiding place in Pakistan. Secondarily, it ignores both the illegality and immorality of using torture

Sometimes Hollywood makes films to tell an important story within

as an interrogation tool.

our shared history. Sometimes it's to give visual presence to an unknown

The thriller opens with the words

story of war, or to simply viscerally entertain. But other times, it's to push

“based on first-hand accounts of actual

a political agenda and sway perspectives.

events.” After showing footage of the With Michelle Obama awarding Ben Affleck’s Argo the Oscar for

horrific 9/11 attacks, it moves into a graphic and lengthy depiction of tor-

In 1917, when the United States entered World War I, President

best movie, the industry showed how close it is to Washington. According

ture. The detainee “Ammar” is subjected to waterboarding, stress posi-

Woodrow Wilson’s Committee on Public Information (CPI) enlisted the

to Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, Argo is a propaganda film concealing the

tions, sleep deprivation, and confined in a small box. Responding to the

aid of America ’s film industry to make training films and features sup-

ugly truth about the Iranian hostage crisis and designed to prepare the

torture, he divulges the name of the courier who ultimately leads the CIA

porting the ‘cause’. George Creel, Chairman of the CPI believed that the

American public for an upcoming confrontation with Iran.

to bin Laden’s location and assassination.

movies had a role in “carrying the gospel of Americanism to every corner of the globe.”

Foreign policy observers have long known that Hollywood reflects and promotes U.S. policies. This fact was made public when Michelle Obama

It may be good theater, but it is inaccurate and misleading. (Marjorie Cohn, “Zero Dark Thirty”: Torturing the Facts)

announced an Oscar win for “Argo” – a highly propagandist, anti-Iran film.

For a real account of the Iranian hostage crisis, a

The Golden Globe awards made some analysts criticize Hollywood’s

CIA covert operation, Global Research recommends

dark “celebration of the police state” and argue that the real Golden Globe

reading Harry V. Martin’s article published in 1995:

winner was the US military-industrial complex.

The Real Iranian Hostage Story from the Files of Fara Mansoor:

Argo won best movie and best director. It glorifies the CIA and Ben Affleck spoke with the highest praise for the CIA. And best actress went to Jessica Chastain of Zero Dark Thirty, a movie

Fara Mansoor is a fugitive. No, he hasn’t broken

that has been vilified for propagandizing the use of torture.

any laws in the United States. His crime is the truth.

What he has to say and the documents he carries are

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equivalent to a death warrant for him, Mansoor is an Iranian who was part of the “establishment” in Iran long before the 1979 hostage taking.

The Military Industrial Intelligence Complex is playing a more and more pervasive role in our lives. In the next few years we’ll be seeing movies that focus on the use of drone technology in police and spy work in the USA. We’ve already been seeing movies that show how spies can violate every aspect of our privacy– of the most intimate

“One of the most pervasive trends in 21st century western culture has

parts of our lives. By making

become somewhat of an obsession in America. It’s called “Hollywood

movies and TV series that celebrate

history”, where the corporate studio machines in Los Angeles spend hun-

these cancerous extensions of the

dreds of millions of dollars in order to craft and precisely tailor historical

police state. Hollywood and the big

events to suit the prevailing political paradigm.”

studios are normalizing the ideas they present us with– lying to the

Black Hawk Dawn, Zero Dark Thirty and Argo, those are only a vey

public, routinely creating fraudu-

few major recent productions showing how today’s movie industry pro-

lent stories as covers for what’s re-

motes US foreign policy. But the motion picture has been used for prop-

ally going on. (Rob Kall cited in

aganda since the beginning of the 20th century and Hollywood’s

Washington’s Blog, The CIA and

cooperation with the Department of Defense, the CIA and other govern-

Other Government Agencies Dom-

ment agencies is no modern trend.

inate Movies and Television)

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anonymous flight attendant adds, “I simply say, ‘Our company policy doesn’t allow us to lift bags. But I would be happy to gate-check it for you at no additional charge.’ It’s so funny how fast they lift it on their own into the overhead bin after that.”

earphone etiquette Take these off when you talk to the flight attendant.

Listening to music or watching a movie certainly helps pass the time during a long flight, but passengers who don’t take off their headphones when having a convo really annoy flight attendants. “One time I was at the beverage cart, asking a passenger what they wanted to drink. After a few minutes he finally took off his headphones and was like, ‘Huh?’” says Steagall. “I was like, I’m standing here with a beverage cart. What do you think I’m asking you?’ Adds Stracener: “Some people don’t even make eye contact with us. We are trying to get you to your destination; the least you can do is take your headphones off and look at me for five seconds. It’s so disrespectful.”

The breastfeeding debate There are some awkward moments that flight attendants can’t address but would love to. The main one: breastfeeding moms who let it all hang out. “On one flight, we were trying to take off, and a 3-year-old in the front kept screaming, ‘I want booby! I want booby!’” shares a flight attendant off the record. “The mom whipped it out and started feeding him. I mean, I know you’re a mom and it’s hard, but it’s disrespectful to other passengers to not cover up or go someplace more private.”

Safety first As boring as safety instructions can be, flight attendants take them very seriously.

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She showed the group a lovely hillside where many goats were grazing. These, she explained, were the older goats put out to pasture when they no longer produced.

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"Yeah I know," said the patient, "but I'm gonna report this tomorrow...."

Sympathetic visitor A big, burly man visited the pastor's home and asked to see the minister's wife, a woman well known for her charitable impulses.

"Madam," he said in a broken voice, "I wish to draw your attention to the terrible plight of a poor family in this district. The father is dead, the mother is too ill to work, and the nine children are starving. They are about to be turned into the cold, empty streets unless someone pays their rent, which amounts to $400."

"How terrible!" exclaimed the preacher's wife. "May I ask who you are?" The sympathetic visitor applied his handkerchief to his eyes. "I'm the landlord," he sobbed.

Mind Your Own Business!

The little boy was sitting on a park bench munching on one chocolate bar after another.

After the 6th one a man on the bench across from him said, "Son, you know eating all those chocolates isn't good for you. It will give you acne, rot your teeth, make you fat."

The boy replied, "My grandfather lived to be 107 years old."

The man asked, "Did your grandfather eat 6 chocolate bars at a time?"

The little boy answered, "No, he minded his own damn business!"

Horoscope Aries

(March 21 - April 19) Strangers and people who barely even know you trust you on sight, and it wont be long before they’re asking you for advice over anything, from jobs to love, money to ambitions. There’s an aura of wisdom emanating from you that others are drawn to. Just don’t let yourself become everyone’s agony aunt. If you feel that certain issues are running away with you, you’d be best to stand still, take a step back, catch your breath and slow things down to a more manageable pace.

Leo

(July 23 - August 22)

Normally described as an open book, you’re a lot harder to fathom emotionally these days than you were late last year. Be as open and honest as you can to others and let them know you’re not worrying about anything or they’ll worry about you.

You just need some alone time. Your close connection to a strong person in your life, possibly an old friend, bonds even more when you realise they’re looking out for you and have been all along. Don’t let mistakes from the past haunt you!

Sagittarius

(nov. 22 - Dec. 21) The more you’re out and about among people, the better it will be for you. You’re going to be told some very interesting pieces of information, some of it gossip admittedly, but some that will rock you on your heels. There’s a lot going on in your home zone which leaves you feeling concerned about someone, but that will lift by the 18th and everyone will be back on the same page and working together. Looking for laughter and love?

It's on your doorstep. Continue to focus on long term objectives.

Taurus

(April 20 - May 20) You’re more than capable of getting your own way when it suits you, but your intuition lately has been off the charts. This gives you an edge when dealing with others professionally and personally, and you can use this to steer situations in your favour.

Clever bull. A business contact from your past may get in touch with the offer of some kind of union or partnership, but its unclear whether they want it to be business or pleasure. Accept every social invitation where you can shine.

virgo

(August 23 - Sep. 22)

February Gemini

(May 21 - June 21) Your strength lies in your popularity with others, and it seems you’re on a winner in your social life as you’re never short of a good idea for having fun. If you can keep on top of things professionally, which you can, you’ll have the best of both worlds. You can be very generous with your time and energy, but no one ever gets to hear about it as its not your style to blow your own trumpet. Somehow word has got around of a good deed you’ve done and others are queuing up to applaud your selfless behaviour. Lovely.

Libra

(Sep. 23 - Oct. 23)

Is there someone in your vicinity you don’t trust? Use your intuition to single them out, then let everyone know what a snake they are.

Concentrate on the most important matters you need to face and everything else should fall into place shortly. Unexpected luck over money matters sees you beaming from ear to ear, and no wonder. Your creativity is going through the roof, so use it to swell the coffers. Just remember that quality is just as important as quantity and with luck you may get both.

Do you really feel that getting what you want from life is more important than anything or anyone in your life? Really? Be careful as this can make you sound quite selfish, which you really aren’t. You have such a sharp edge to you over work negotiations and its always stood you in good stead when it comes to getting what you want, but try to keep work and home issues separate, or your partner will tell you straight they don’t like you like this. Avoid family arguments especially if you’re not even involved.

capricorn

Aquarius

(Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) You’re as friendly, as open, and as communicative as you always are, but there are some awkward people on the periphery of your circle that seem to be going all out to make you look foolish or incompetent. They’re jealous of your popularity. Don’t worry about it. Certain people can be quite difficult to deal with, so you know you’ll always need a great deal of patience in your interactions with them. Just as well you can be super tolerant when you make your mind up.

(Jan. 20 - feb. 18) Try to balance the physical side of your nature with the intellectual side and you’ll have the best of both worlds. Apart from feeling somewhat dreamy and romantic, remember to accept all social invitation to have fun, as there’s a lot of choice. People from your past may turn up unexpectedly.

Getting others round to your way of thinking is much more successful right now than it was a month ago, so you’ll get ahead brilliantly. There’s a bit of luck on your side and actually turns out to be fantastic for you.

cancer

(June 22 - July 22) There’s friction and underlying tension in the air, so do your utmost to avoid being dragged into arguments. If you have the bad luck to wander into a heated discussion by mistake, do what you can to resolve it and get out of there fast. It’s nice to dream that money worries would mysteriously disappear, but don’t be tempted to indulge in get rich quick schemes as you’ll only get your fingers burned and could lose even more money in the process. Turning a hobby into a small business would be a better idea.

Scorpio

(Oct. 24 - nov. 21) You’re more than aware that compromises need to be made soon, especially when it comes to group situations. It would be in your best interests to take a back seat and go with the flow, not that you like being ion the background, but it may be your best option for survival. Being original and innovative in your approach will get you back on track and at the top of your tree. Put your enthusiasm and determination to good use by mapping out your hopes and dreams for this year, then take steps to start them.

Pisces

(feb. 19 - March 20) Try not to rise to the bait if you feel you’re being goaded this month. Someone wants to see you fall on your face, and they’re doing what they can to make it a reality. Rise about it and call upon your off hand, cold, aloof persona. It seems you’re more than willing to pit yourself against any sort of challenge just to show how courageous you can be. But remember, there are always guidelines you need to follow to make sure you stay safe.

Don’t push your luck and don’t be tempted to gamble.

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