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DeathPicnic comes to Stanley Park DeathPicnic. Death. Picnic.

If you are wondering what those two words are doing next to each other, if you are intrigued as to what could possibly constitute a picnic of DEATH, then you owe it to yourself to take a visit to Prospect Point this Monday night. However, be prepared for an evening of enlightening conversation on the difficult subject of death, as opposed to strychnine-laced finger sandwiches.

Death, of course, is all around us. Yet despite its inevitability, to mention it in polite conversation remains taboo. The organizers of DeathPicnic want to change that.

The event bills itself as “An evening of stories about things that die”,

bringing together some of Vancouver’s most noted scholars and authors telling stories about the things they work with, the things they live with, and the things they love... that ultimately die.

Stories range from the death of ideas and empires, humans, pets and other animals, to the death of stars. Reminiscent of the tradition of telling stories around the campfire, the public is invited to bring a picnic and spread out a blanket in Stanley Park for an inspiring evening of stories on one of the last taboos.

The stories are free and everyone is welcome. The event takes place from 5:30-8:30pm at Prospect Point picnic grounds. DeathPicnic.ca –Robert Mangelsdorf

Hey batter batter! Vancouver’s own baseball-themed punk band, The

Isotopes, are stepping back up to the plate to knock one out of the park for the Vancouver Food Bank. The ‘Topes will be going up against the Vancouver Black Sox in their second annual Charity Hop Rock ‘n’ Roll Baseball Game at Hillcrest Park this Saturday at 4pm. The fun is free, but donations are appreciated.

Tea off at Garden Party and Croquet Classic As Labour Day looms, we’re guessing that you love the thought of a garden party to help finish out the summer in style. On Aug. 23, Vancouver’s worldrenowned VanDusen Botanical Gardens (5251 Oak) will play host to the inaugural Garden Party from noon-6pm.

Pink roses will compete for the cameras alongside austere hedges, cheeky garden gnomes, polished croquet mallets, and of course, the dapper crowd.

Most importantly, one of the finest outdoor summer sports will be entertaining the guests. Croquet, requiring delicacy and skill, goes in hand with lively competition and the delightful added bonuses of fresh air and great company. Register a team of four to

square off in the Croquet Classic. The title of Vancouver’s greatest is yours to take. In keeping with the theme of the distinguished, there will also be the serving of high tea at noon, alongside live performance art, champagne, and craft cocktails created by award-winning Australian export Jacob Sweetapple. And it wouldn’t be a garden party without some delectable canapés. The mouth waters at the promise of blueberries with maple mascarpone cream and mint; an assortment of freshly baked scones with clotted cream, date chutney, and jams; sandwiches such as turkey on corn bread and deviled ham choux; and more.

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Free Wi-Fi comes to city buses TransLink and Telus pilot project offers free WiFi on 99 B-Line bus

By Jenny Peng

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ave you spotted the bus with the flying piglet that delivers free Wi-Fi? With businesses and public spaces increasingly providing free Wi-Fi, TransLink and Telus have launched a pilot project offering riders free Wi-Fi on three Metro Vancouver buses. Due to the popularity of the 99 B-Line route, one bus shuttling to and from CommercialBroadway SkyTrain station and UBC has offered free Wi-Fi since Aug. 11 and will continue doing so for six months.

Rider Rick Sutter, who uses his mobile device to surf the Internet 80 per cent of the time on transit, says it’s likely he was on that bus but may have missed the signs.

The exterior of the buses are wrapped in a white canvas with Telus advertising, flying piglet logos, and free Wi-Fi bus labels. Log-in informa-

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Riders on a special 99 B-Line bus will soon be able to surf the web for free thanks to a pilot project between TransLink and Telus. Jennifer Gauthier photo tion is available inside the bus.

It’s the first project in Western Canada to provide transit users free Wi-Fi as long as users have a Wi-Ficapable device, according to Telus spokesperson Liz Sauvé, noting access is available to everyone regardless of their service provider. She added that the project was inspired by a 2014 study by DePaul University in Chicago that concluded at least 60 per

cent of transit riders use their I use it to go to school like mobile devices en route. every day for like a year… So Jean Pai travels daily on probably it’s going to reduce the B-Line, and although she some of my data.” doesn’t use her mobile, she Passenger Adan Uribe says free Wi-Fi would benefit agreed. He said free Wi-Fi young people and tourists on the bus means he won’t who need information have to curb his data usage instantly. during transit to chatting Jessica Li, who “can’t and email and instead could live without data,” says the play online games and watch time she spends on the 99 movies. “It’s a pretty good B-Line would add up to huge idea because sometimes on savings if the service was a the telephone, Internet is permanent fixture. “BecauseT:10.25” not faster as you wish. If you

are travelling for big distance you could see a movie or some stuff that you could not do with your regular Internet phone.”

An emailed statement from TransLink said the organization has no plans to expand the number of buses with Wi-Fi. The other two bus routes in the pilot are 351 Bridgeport Station from White Rock to Richmond, and the express bus 555 Braid Station/Carvolth Exchange from Surrey to New Westminster.

Since launching, news of the project has garnered mixed reviews online at Mobile Syrup, a popular Canadian tech site covering mobile technology that first reported the story. Some commenters at the site argue transit-based Wi-Fi is an attempt by corporate interests to monitor users’ online activities and sell ads to them based on that information. Others said the project demonstrates how Canada is behind other countries which have Wi-Fi on buses. At least one person was alarmed at how many people were already “buried” in their phones while on the bus. –Courtesy of Vancouver Courier

Vancouver named North America’s most liveable city The Economist has released its annual ranking of the world’s most livable cities and although Vancouver hasn’t topped the list since 2011, the city is still considered one of the best places in the world in which to live.

Vancouver takes top spot in North America and is the third-most livable city in the world.

The city received an overall rating of 97.3 out of 100, getting full marks for healthcare, which looks at quality and availability of both private and public healthcare.

The city also got top marks for education and culture and environment. The city’s lowest score, 92.9, was for infrastructure, which looks at the quality of road networks, public transport, energy provision, telecommunications and water provision, among other factors. Melbourne, Australia was found to be the world’s most livable city, which received full marks for infrastructure.

Vienna, Austria, came in second place. –BIV.com

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Save On Meats owner Mark Brand sued over unpaid bills Food supplier Sysco Canada Inc. is suing Mark Brand and the muchhyped Save On Meats restaurant for allegedly failing to pay for more than $324,000 worth of food products.

Sysco Canada, doing business as Sysco Vancouver, filed a notice of civil claim in BC Supreme Court on July 25 against Mark Brand Inc., doing business as Save On Meats, and Brand as a guarantor.

According to the lawsuit, Brand opened an account in May 2011, and, between May 2011 and April 2013, cheques provided to Sysco were “occasionally” returned

by the defendants’ financial institution. Sysco also created another account for the defendants’ location on the campus of Vancouver Community College, but the account eventually racked up an unpaid balance of more than $92,000, according to the claim.

By July 16, 2014, Sysco claims, Brand and Save On Meats owed $324,688 for food products and $38,757 in accrued interest.

The allegations have not yet been proved in court, and the defendants had not filed a response by press time.

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trio of Vancouverites are hoping to turn the city’s alleyways into art galleries and make street art accessible to masses thanks to a new mobile app they’ve developed. Torin Kline, Sam Wempe, and Gary Yarbrough each met at UBC as students and share a common love of art. The trio has spent the

past year and a half combining their efforts to create the Curb app, which allows users to find nearby examples of street art on their mobile device.

While works of street art exist all over the city, many are tucked in alleys, under bridges, and hidden away so they won’t be painted over or covered up, making them hard to find.

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The app’s content is crowdsourced from users and the artists themselves. Users can snap a photo of a particular piece of street art, and Curb uses the GPS data to plot the artwork on a map. The app also features a newsfeed with the latest art that has been uploaded.

The line between vandalism and art can be vague, however, and not everyone shares Kilne’s opinion of street art. While some may see it as a way to beautify the cold concrete confines of the city, others consider it a defacement of property.

Since Curb users can share and like their favourite works of street art, it gives legitimate pieces more visibility, while filtering out the garbage.

“Terrible art, terrible tags will fall down the list and not get noticed,” says Kline.

Users can also flag a piece if it’s inappropriate. While Kline recognizes art, especially street art, is often intended to provoke, he says Curb draws the line at anything gratuitously offensive, such as blatant racism.

The app is basically a prototype right now, but Kline and his team hope to add more features – including augmented reality – and would love to expand the reach of Curb to cities around the world.

To take Curb to the next level Kline and Co. are hoping to raise money through a crowdsourcing campaign in the coming months.

“This is a passion project for us,” says Kline. “We all have full-time jobs.”

Curb has already commissioned one mural by Steve “The Creative Individual” Hornung in the West End to help promote the launch the app last month, and Kline says they hope partner with local community groups to do more murals in the future.

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back to school Canadian post-secondary students feel anxious, overwhelmed, and depressed according to a survey conducted by the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services.

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Anxiety 101: How to beat the college blues Depression is common among Canadian post-secondary students

Canada and it wouldn’t happen again.

Travel was my escape – an expensive but thankfully not life-threatening addiction.

It’s not an option or a solution for everyone, however, and according to the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services (CACUSS), more than half of

By Kelsey Klassen Canadian students will experience exactly what I did.

In June 2013, CACUSS published the ith the lid descending on the largest amount of data ever collected on the annual back-to-school pressure health of Canadian post-secondary stucooker, I can vividly recall my own battle with depression dur- dents. Of the 30,000 respondents, nearly 90 per cent reported feeling overwhelmed by ing my time at university. their responsibilities, while more than 50 Three months into the first year of my per cent said that science program, my brain things felt hopeless. began whispering that it The results also didn’t matter if I went to revealed that more class. That I would feel better than a third had, at if I just slept a little while some point in the longer. past 12 months, By second year, it was felt so depressed telling me to not answer the that it was difficult door when my dorm-mates to function, and knocked. It was saying that more than half had sleeping was now more experienced overimportant than eating. It whelming anxiety. convinced me that my thenOn the issue of long-time boyfriend couldn’t –Canadian Association of College suicide, a sobering and shouldn’t love me. and University Student Services 9.5 per cent said The campus psychologists that they had seriwere supportive, but they ously considered weren’t with me every hour taking their own of the day, and they weren’t lives in the past year. with me at night.

When I reached out to Dr. Aneesa Shariff, The nights were the hardest. a psychologist with UBC Counselling ServicBy third year, my body was shutting down. es, to discuss student mental health, the first Stress-related illnesses eventually led to an thing I wanted to know was if it’s only those evening of emergency surgery, and, when I “born anxious” who suffer, or if previously woke up, my mind and I finally agreed: I was healthy and well-adjusted high schoolers a failure. I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t finish my were at risk of college implosion as well? degree.

“Some people have always struggled with I withdrew, moved back in with my parents, and started working and saving to travel that, but there’s also a big situational and environmental component. So you can take to places where no one would know how someone who has been pretty calm and not inadequate I felt. had any of these issues throughout school, I was gone for two and a half years. and then they come to [university], things Looking back on the time I spent abroad, get stressful, and there are a lot of changes,” it was the only thing that eventually gave she says. “They may be away from home me enough perspective on my strengths and for the first time. They may be a first-year abilities and passions to start arguing with student, and struggling to adjust to massive my troubled mind. To tell myself that I knew lectures – you know, 50,000 students on more than my depression did. That my anxicampus trying to navigate their way around, eties were wrong, and I was in control. And, and not being followed as much by the inmost importantly, that I could come back to

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Almost 90 per cent of students say that they feel overwhelmed by college life, while more than 50 per cent say they feel hopeless.

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structor and just being left to themselves to get the work done on their own. All of that stress can bring on situational anxiety and depression.”

Yet the counselling staff see everyone from first-years to graduate students, international newcomers to stay-at-homers, paidin-fullers to scholarship-winners.

“It’s very unpredictable around here. Our top presenting issues tend to be depression and anxiety, and then relationship breakups. But from one person to another it can vary from that to transitioning to university to something as severe as symptoms of psychosis and mental illness that has gone undiagnosed.”

Shariff, who has worked with UBC Counselling Services for almost four years, says treatment typically starts with addressing how each student thinks and acts, using cognitive behavioral therapy.

“We spend a lot of time looking at both the person’s thoughts and the role of the anxious thoughts and worries that are driving their emotional state and their subsequent behaviors.”

The counsellors also teach behavioral skills such as relaxation techniques and exercise.

“Cognitive behavioral therapy is an evidence-based first-line treatment for many different anxiety disorders,” she explains.

According to Shariff, people experience anxiety in two primary ways.

“Some people experience it very physically in their bodies, so they may notice a lot of physical symptoms that may be quite scary: Shortness of breath, pounding or racing heart, dizziness, feeling stomach distress like nausea or like their stomach is in knots, muscle tension,” she says. “Other people experience it in the sense of just worries. Worries that feel uncontrollable, that they can’t seem to let go of. Worrying for a large portion of their day. And it just seems to be those ‘What if?’ hypothetical kind of thoughts. They tend to be worst-case scenarios that we play out in our head.”

People who worry incessantly before bedtime, or find it hard to relax, will report insomnia, nightmares, restless sleep, and sleep that is non-restorative, which leaves them feeling drained upon waking in the morning.

“Some people will also notice changes in their appetite, like they don’t feel like they

can keep a lot of food down,” she adds.

That may sound like every student, but Shariff says there is one key question students can ask themselves when debating whether to seek help: Are the symptoms altering or impairing their behavior, or causing them to miss classes and withdraw socially?

“Once the symptoms start to impact their actual behavior, and their ability to meet their responsibilities and do what they need to do, that’s when it starts to become a problem requiring professional help.”

Mental illness and Canadian youth: • An estimated 10 to 20 per cent of Canadian youth are affected by a mental illness or disorder – the single most disabling group of disorders worldwide.

• The total number of 12 to 19-yearolds in Canada at risk for developing depression is 3.2 million.

• Suicide is among the leading causes of death for Canadians 15 to 24 years old, second only to accidents; 4,000 people die prematurely each year by suicide.

• Mental disorders in youth are ranked as the second highest hospital care expenditure in Canada, surpassed only by injuries.

• In Canada, only one out of five children who need mental health services receives them.

(Source: Canadian Mental Health Association)

Where to find help: Crisis Line Association of BC Mental Health Information Line, 24 hours • 310-6789 (no need to dial area code) YouthInBC.com, 24 hours • 604-872-3311 (Greater Vancouver) Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre • 1-800-665-1822

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Vancouver’s 50 best Happy Hours

The frugal student’s guide to imbibing on the cheap

By Robert Mangelsdorf

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post-secondary education isn’t cheap, and even if you do manage to squeeze in a part-time job, in all likelihood you’re not going to have a lot of cash at your disposal.

But here’s the good news! Just because you’re going to be broke, doesn’t mean you have to be sober.

Thanks to recently passed legislation by the provincial government, bars, pubs, and restaurants are now able to offer happy hour pricing on alcohol, as well as food.

So with the frugal student in mind, WE Vancouver has compiled the most extensive list of happy hours in our city, featuring the 50 best places to get discount drinks and budget bites. Just make sure you make it to class in the morning.

The Academic Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

1619 W. Broadway DonnellyGroup.ca Bar None Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

1222 Hamilton DonnellyGroup.ca Biltmore Cabaret Saturdays 10:30-11:30pm: $3.50 highballs, $4 sleeves, $5.50 doubles.

2755 Prince Edward BiltmoreCabaret.com The Bimini Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

2010 W. 4th DonnellyGroup.ca Bismarck Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 highballs and house wine, $4 draft beer sleeves, $6 food menu.

526 Abbott Bismarck.ca The Blackbird Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

905 Dunsmuir DonnellyGroup.ca The Brighton Everyday from 6-7pm: $3.50 highballs.

2471 E. Hastings

Browns Socialhouse Point Grey Everyday from 3-6pm: $4 daily drink specials, $7 wings and dry ribs.

3651 W. 10th BrownsRestaurantGroup.com Browns Socialhouse Kitsilano Everyday from 3-6pm: $4 daily drink specials, $7 wings and dry ribs.

2296 W. 4th BrownsRestaurantGroup.com The Butcher & Bullock Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

911 W. Pender DonnellyGroup.ca The Cascade Room Sunday-Thursday from 5-7pm: $4 house wine, $5 pints, $6 cocktails.

2616 Main TheCascade.ca Ceili’s Modern Irish Pub Everyday from 3-6pm and 9pm to close: Featured menu items for under $5, and rotating drink specials.

1774 W. 7th Ceilis.com Celebrities Nightclub Thursdays from 10-11pm: Rotating drink specials.

1022 Davie CelebritiesNightclub.com

The Cellar Thursdays 9pm-close: $3 drinks.

1006 Granville CellarVan.com Charles Bar Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 highballs and house wine, $4 draft beer sleeves, $6 food menu.

136 W. Cordova TheCharlesBar.ca Cinema Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

901 Granville DonnellyGroup.ca Clough Club Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

212 Abbott DonnellyGroup.ca Cobalt Friday and Saturdays: Rotating drink specials.

917 Main TheCobalt.ca Colony Bar Kitsilano Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 highballs and house wine, $4 draft beer sleeves, $6 food menu.

3255 W. Broadway ColonyKits.com

Doolins Irish Pub Weekdays 3-6pm: $4 highballs, $5 pints, $5 house wine, $4.50 food menu.

654 Nelson Doolins.ca The Emerald Everyday from 5-6pm: Half-price appies.

555 Gore EmeraldSupperClub.com FanClub Everyday from 4-6pm: $3.99 food menu, with beverage purchase.

1050 Granville VancouverFanClub.ca

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back to school Speakeasy on Broadway Everyday from 3-6pm: $3 wine and draft beer, 25% off appies.

901 W. Broadway TheSpeakeasyGroup.com

The Pint Public House Weekdays 3-6pm: Free pound of chicken wings with purchase of any draft beer pint.

455 Abbott ThePint.ca

Speakeasy on Granville Everyday from 3-6pm: $3 wine and draft beer, 25% off appies.

921 Granville TheSpeakeasyGroup.com

The Portside Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

7 Alexander ThePortsidePub.com

St. Regis Bar and Grill Everyday from 3-6pm: $3 Stoli & soda, $3 sleeves, $3.75 cider, $3.75 house wine, $5.50 pints.

608 Dunsmuir StRegisBarAndGrill.com

The Railway Club Every day from 4-6pm: Rotating food and drink specials.

579 Dunsmuir TheRailwayClub.com

Happy hour draft pints are only $5 at The Blackbird (905 Dunsmuir) from 3-6pm on weekdays. File photo Fortune Sound Club Friday and Saturday: $4 Cariboos.

147 E. Pender FortuneSoundClub.com Granville Room Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

957 Granville DonnellyGroup.ca Johnnie Fox’s Irish Snug Everyday 3-6pm: Rotating food and drink specials.

1033 Granville JohnnieFox.ca Jimmy’s Tap House Everyday from 3-6pm: Half-price appies.

783 Homer JimmysTapHouse.com

Killjoy Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

1120 Hamilton DonnellyGroup.ca Kingston Taphouse and Grille Everyday from 3-7pm: Rotating food and drink specials.

755 Richards KingstonTaphouse.com The Lamplighter Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

92 Water DonnellyGroup.ca Library Square Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

300 W. Georgia DonnellyGroup.ca

London Pub Everyday from 3-6pm: $3.50 draft beer sleeves.

700 Main JenningsCulture.com Manchester Public Eatery Everyday from 3-6pm: $3.50 draft beer sleeves.

1941 W. Broadway JenningsCulture.com Metrople Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

320 Abbott DonnellyGroup.ca The Moose Vancouver Everyday from 3-6pm: $4 pints, $4 Jameson.

724 Nelson

The Morrissey Everyday from 3-6pm: $3 highballs, $4 sleeves of 1516; Half-price appies from 3-8pm and 3-6pm on Sundays.

1227 Granville TheMorrisseyPub.com The New Oxford Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

1144 Homer DonnellyGroup.ca

Tavern Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

1141 Hamilton DonnellyGroup.ca

Republic Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

958 Granville DonnellyGroup.ca Revel Room Everyday from 3-5pm: $5 whiskey sours, $5 feature pints, $7 house wine, $8 sour cocktails.

238 Abbott Street RevelRoom.ca The Roxy Everyday from 3-6pm: $4 highballs, $4 sleeves, $3 bottles, $4 house wine, bites from $2.50 and up.

932 Granville RoxyVan.com

The Three Brits Weekdays 3-6pm: $3 draft sleeves, highballs, house wine, $5 draft pints.

1780 Davie DonnellyGroup.ca Wise Hall and Lounge Everyday from 7-9pm: $3.50 feature bottle beer/ cider, wine, or shot.

1882 Adanac WiseHall.ca Yagger’s Kitsilano UBC Appreciation Fridays: $5.22 Jager bombs, $3.70 highballs, $3.70 pints.

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Back-to-school beauty 12345 finds for your dorm

By Kelsey Klassen

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very summer, student staple London Drugs reveals its fall roster of beauty products at a turbo-charged media event (think helicopters full of journalists and an airport hanger full of mascaras, bronzers, and blow dryers). If that sounds like any old trip to the drug store, even beauty writers who have “seen it all” discover products that have them throwing wet nails to the wind and furiously typing on their tablets.

Of the dozens that we try to see and test in the four hours we’re given, here are the Great Eight hitting shelves this season:

Cargo Swimmables Shadow Sticks – $19 With the “swimmable” blushes (sweat-proof, waterproof) already selling out across the Americas, Cargo is now débuting Shadow Sticks – the chubby form of the popular Swimmables Pencil Eyeliners. With these in your gym bag, we predict that you and the pool will be best friends all semester.

Chella A visit to the Chella Brow Bar was a fantastic introduction to this line, which is now making its Canadian début.

A few brow makeovers and tutorials later, we were raving about the Chella Ivory Lace Highlighter ($20), which is an all-in-one pencil that

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highlights, contours, conceals, and brightens the brow area. Add in the eye-opening Heated Eyelash Curler ($24.50) and the long walks between lectures will feel like the red carpet.

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Nyx Two Timer Dual-Ended Eyeliner – $11.99 Racing from the class to the cab for a night on the town?

Go from cat eyes to smoky eyes in one flick of Nyx’s new two-in-one weapon – its beloved precision liquid liner now with the ease of a kohl pencil in a sleek package.

Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Nail Colour – $7.99 Time is not money when you’re in university, it’s grade point average, and you won’t have much of either if you’re spending all your time in the salon. Enter beauty mainstay Sally Hansen with its nolight-necessary gel manicure.

The innovative two-step process does away with cumbersome UV lights and the nasty acetone-pool removal process, leaving you with up to 14 days of chip-free nails that can be erased with regular nail polish remover.

Philips PureRadiance Facial Cleanser – $149.99 No longer the sole domain of oral care, Philips wants to drive its sonic cleansing power between your pores, too. The Sonicare toothbrush creators capped this point with a mind-blowing skincare demo. We filmed it as evidence: The new Philips sonic facial brush is so gentle, it can scrub an egg yolk without breaking it. Gimmicky yes.

Effective, totally.

Philips Precision Perfect Trimmer – $19.99 And the consumer-product pros continue to take over the bathroom counter by entering the battle against body hair. This petite pink trimmer discretely dispenses with brow, lip, and bikini line disarray in the blink of an eye. It’s perfect for those impromptu trips to Wreck Beach.

St. Tropez Self Tan Bronzing Mousse – $40 Hang on to summer with some help from St. Tropez.

The Kate Moss-endorsed selftanning mousse is now available at London Drugs and, with its easy to apply and slow-to-build tint, you can be the golden girl on campus well into the winter.

Honourable mention: Annabelle’s Biggy Bronzer ($11.99) has become an everyday fave. It’s not new, but it’s new to me. Named Elle Canada’s Best Bronzer Under $30, the powder contains zebra-striped shades of bronze and gold to create a natural summertime tan, and the compact is big enough to handle body brushes for an all-over glow.

Hand-painted mugs; Anthropologie. $14 ea.

Whether your vice is coffee or tea, caffeine has allowed most of us to survive the university years. Hip mugs not only provide a vessel to get the goodness down, they offer a stylish statement. I’m super into the global chic appeal of these hand-painted mugs from Anthro; lush colours and texture create visual interest and add an element of design to even the most mundane routine. I’m loving the merchandising display of these mugs as well – with little or no cupboard storage, why not take advantage of wall or shelf space to showcase your fab ceramic-ware?

Graphic art prints, framed; Chapters Indigo. $31-$62.

Fun art doesn’t have break the bank and makes an ultra chic impact to a dorm room that can easily read as drab.

These graphic typography prints come in a multitude of palettes and styles, offering up a modern decor piece with words to live by. With the streamlined white frames, they make a statement grouped together in various size, or are simple yet eye-catching with one or two hung gallery style.

Ikat area rug; Home Sense. $299 for 6.7ft x 9.6ft size.

As Jeff Lebowski knows better than anyone, a good rug can really tie a room together. This becomes especially key with ultra small spaces like a dorm room. I love this muted Ikat piece because it reads as fresh and fun when paired with stronger graphic elements and high contrast colours, yet can be super chic if paired with a more elegant, sophisticated palette. In a dorm setting where many of the larger pieces are already provided (and definitely non-negotiable), using floorspace to make a design statement can be high impact.

Handmade all-natural soaps; LUSH. Priced by weight.

One of quickest luxuries to disappear in a dorm is a lavish grooming routine. While you won’t be able to transport a fabulous claw-foot soaker tub to the school grounds, you can bring a little touch of “spa” with you. LUSH soaps are handmade, 100 per cent vegan and cruelty-free (a must in my world), and are created from natural soy, vegetables, fruits and essential oils. With names as creative as their ingredients, I’m all over the Karma Soap (spicy patchouli, lemongrass, and orange) and Honey I Washed The Kids (honey and caramel? Delish!).

Hipster Glasses toss pillow; Urban Barn. $29.

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Put down the plonk: Here’s 10 decent wines for under $10 City Cellar

By Kurtis Kolt

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ey, I get it. It’s back to school time, you’re digging deeper into debt, but the time always comes when a little wine’s in order. When you have to go super-cheap with wine, there are a small amount of good options, a bigger amount of not-sogood options, and a massive amount of horrible, horrible stuff.

If I only had 10 bucks in my pocket and needed to grab a bottle of something,

here are 10 wines I’d be likely to reach for.

All of them are available in good supply at BC Liquor Stores, so you should be able to track ‘em down, no problem.

You may note that I haven’t included vintages this week. At these price-points, these kinds of wines are made in high volumes and get a reputation for dependability and, more than anything, consistency.

Whether you happen upon the 2011 or 2012, it really shouldn’t make much of a difference.

Three whites and seven reds, I’ve arranged both colours from lighter to heavier styles.

Enjoy!

Grass Hopper Grüner Veltliner | Hungary | $9.99 Refreshing, dry and lime-y, get to know this aromatic, white grape variety that offers plenty of delight from Eastern European countries like Austria and Hungary. Get it nice and cold, it’s patio sippin’ at its finest.

Fairhills Viognier | South Africa | $7.99 I can’t really say this has many viognier characteristics; there are no peaches, orange blossoms, or

honey for a country mile, but if your thing is crisp, citrusy and herbal whites with good expression of minerality, you should dive right in.

Hardy’s Stamp Series Chardonnay Sémillon (pictured) | Australia | $8.99 until August 31/$10.99 Classic Aussie chardonnay flavours of apples and tropical fruit are streamlined by a little sémillon in the mix, giving all that fruit a wave of clean, lemony notes to ride.

little balsamic reduction and cloves here. While the fruit flavours have good intensity, the wine keeps a nice, medium body that you’ll find makes it easydrinkin’.

Parallelo Salento Primitivo | Italy | $8.39 A nod to potpourri on the nose makes way for candied dark fruit, orange liqueur, cardamom, allspice and star anise.

Quite reminiscent of mulled wine at Christmas,

and perfect for cold, rainy nights.

Fonseca Periquita (pictured) | Portugal | $9.99 Blackberries, stewed blueberries, a hint of Kalamata olive and a couple flecks of dark, bitter chocolate all have a slight hint of vanilla sailing through.

Castano La Casona Old Vines Monastrell | Spain | $9.99

a good wedding wine, this is always near the top of my list. It drinks like something way pricier, and is always a crowd pleaser with black fruit and mocha flavours, all kept bright and lifted with a hint of spearmint.

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Farnese Sangiovese Daunia | Italy | $9.99 The red and purple fruit here is light and jovial with a smattering of white pepper alongside freshpicked basil and thyme.

Castano Lujuria Monastrell Merlot | Spain | $9.99 Dark plums and blackberries pave the way for both red and black licorice cameos, all resulting in a generous and juicy quaffability.

Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet | Australia | $8.99 The Shiraz brings black and purple berry fruit with a few turns of the ol’ pepper grinder, while the Cabernet comes running up from behind with currants and a hint of eucalyptus.

Nice to get a classic sense of place, or terroir, at this quite-reasonable price.

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10 cheap college eats

By Anya Levykh

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he birds are chirping and the bells are ringing – school bells, that is. For post-secondary students, one of the biggest questions always is, “Where can I fill up for cheap?” And, while fast food is definitely low-cost, its effect on your learning skills and energy are questionable. Here are 10 spots that offer hearty, delicious meals at student-friendly prices.

Bestie Authentic bratwurst, housemade sauerkraut, pickles and curried ketchup, pretzels…yes, this is the home of Vancouver’s best currywurst, right in the heart of Chinatown. A plate of sliced thick sausage with the ketchup and fries is $8 or switch it up with sauerkraut and mustard for $9.50. Sausage selection changes regularly, is all-natural, and from local suppliers. Bonus: Open until 1am Friday and Saturday nights.

105 E. Pender | 604-620-1175 | Bestie.ca Boca Boca is home to some of the best Central and South American sandwiches in the city, called bocadillo. Grilled hot, these are all $9 for a meaty two-fister. Try the pastel de carne, a Columbian meatloaf made with ground beef, pork and Filipino Longanisa sausage. Pair with the jicama slaw or the chicken tortilla soup for a soul-satisfying munch.

1513 W. Broadway | 604-620-1262 | Boca2Go.ca Congee Noodle House It’s all about the starchy, rich broth and thick noodles here. Most bowls are under $7 and can feed two. Try the dried oyster with preserved egg and shredded pork, or barbecue duck. Pair it with the lo bak, a pan-fried “cake” that is great to dip. Cash only.

141 E. Broadway | 604-879-8221 Hai Phong The area of Kingsway heading east from Fraser past Clark is now known as Little Saigon, but the Vietnamese cafes and restaurants that line this strip have been here for many years.

One of the best is the little hole in a strip mall

known as Hai Phong. It seats 50 and offers such deals as garlic butter chicken wings ($6.95 for a half-order) that come with a small dish of pepper sauce or grilled lemongrass chicken or beef pho (around $9 for a massive bowl) with fresh noodles. Don’t miss the pork pattie bánh mì ($5.75) for a solid lunch on the go.

1246 Kingsway | 604-872-3828 | HaiPhongRestaurant.com Hawker’s Delight Malaysian and Singaporean street-style food fills the roster here at ‘90s prices (think $5-6 per dish). Try the laksa, a curried noodle dish with puffed tofu, hardboiled egg and minced pork, or the Hainanese chicken. Lots of vegetarian/vegan options. Cash only.

4127 Main | 604-709-8188 Hokkaido Santouka Ramen While there are many ramen places in the city, this chain, which originated in Japan, boasts some of the best char-siu pork in the city and nightly line-ups that start early. Try the shoyu (soy flavoured) ramen with the legendary pork for less than $9 and you’ll have leftovers for lunch the next day.

1690 Robson | 604-681-8121 | Santouka.co.jp Longtail Kitchen Angus An of Maenam made New Westminster students and residents very happy when he opened Longtail Kitchen at the revitalized River Market. The menu is inspired by Thai street food and includes standouts like the chicken satays ($7), som dtam green papaya salad ($7), and the plump chicken wings with tamarind sauce ($8). #116 – 810 Quayside Dr, New Westminster | 604-553-3855 | LongTailKitchen.com Los Cuervos Mexican street food at its finest is what you can expect to find at this little taqueria. Tacos are mostly made with large white corn tortillas and served open-face. You can fold or roll as you see fit, but at $3.75-$4 each, it’s not hard to fill up for much less than $20. Try the pibil, a Yucatan-style pulled pork with tamarind and pickled red onions or the beef brisket marinated in achiote and beer. The authentic and

Bestie’s bratwurst (top), Longtail’s green papaya salad (right), and Santouka’s char-siu ramen (left) are among the best budget-friendly meals in Vancouver.

Anya Levykh photos delicious margaritas make a nice change from Friday night kegs.

603 Kingsway | 604-558-1518 | LosCuervos.ca Meat & Bread Porchetta. Porchetta. PORCHETTA. Italianstyle rolled roast pork chopped with crackling and stuffed into a bun. It’s $8 of heaven.

Period. Or try the meatball with grana padano for the same price. For dessert? The maplebacon ice cream sandwich, natch.

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Whistler’s Food District beckons gourmet travellers Summertime is the best time to check out theats on Main Street

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histler in the summer is so underrated.

It actually attracts more tourists in the summer than the winter, given all the festivals, and there are a ton of summer activities and sports.

While I’m not really the “active” type, I went ziplining at Superfly Ziplines, summer bobsledding at the Whistler Sliding Centre, and scootering with Spitfire Scooter Rentals, and actually enjoyed all of it (although I don’t recommend ziplining in the rain… wasn’t so fun).

However my favourite activity is always a food adventure, and after working up a sweat (not that any of those activities require any sweating), you need to regain all those calories, and I’m great at that.

I was invited to a “Summit Summer” retreat with Summit Lodge Boutique Hotel & Spa and was introduced to some neighbouring restaurants in an area I often forget.

The area is a bit nameless, but recently it has

ham and brie stuffed french been referred to as “Main toast, which is a sight for the Street”, or in the past eyes (best shared), and corn perhaps “Whistler’s Food fritters topped with pancetta, District”. So it’s kind of spinach, poached eggs, and surprising I overlook it. hollandaise.

It actually The brunch has a lot of menu isn’t set affordable up as tapas and indepenthough and dent eaterthe portions ies though, are big enough which is nice as mains, so when many just beware restaurants and bring a big in the village By Mijune Pak appetite. tend to have “resort pricing”. It’s kind of Green Moustache expected, but if you’re not It’s relatively new and it there for destination dinfills a void in Whistler as a ing, there are alternatives. casual cold pressed juice, Here are three Main smoothie, and live food Street restaurants worth bar. They use 100 per cent trying. organic ingredients and have quickly become known Elements Tapas Bar for their “cheesy nutritional I’m not just saying this yeast” salad dressing, even because it’s associated with though owner Nicolette the hotel. I actually came Richer let’s inquiring cushere on my own time and tomers know it’s just the dime last year and had a recipe from the Hollyhock pleasant experience. It’s cookbook. The dressing been wining “Best Tapas doesn’t have the greatest Bar” every year since 2005 name and I’m no healthand I always hear locals nut, but I loved it. It has rave about it. So far I’ve miso like qualities, but there only tried their brunch and is no miso.

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The honey ham and brie stuffed french toast at Elements Tapas Bar in Whistler is best shared. Mijune Pak photo

Alta Bistro I call it the “L’Abattoir” of Whistler (one of Vancouver’s most beloved “Euro-Canadian” restaurants). I was a fan of Alta Bistro since my first visit a couple years ago, and I wish I had more chances to go back. It doesn’t get foot traffic and it’s still a bit “undiscovered” and is a hidden gem in the most

honest sense. It’s sophisticated and seasonal food and cocktails with reasonable prices for the caliber of somewhat upscale dining – not fine dining. Try their killer elk tartare. I still dream about it.

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Prontino brings cocktails to south Cambie The Dish

By Anya Levykh

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hen Pronto Caffe opened in the Cambie Village a few years ago, I was blown away by the signature porchetta sandwich (that lovely Italian rolled roast that is stuffed with herbs and topped with crackling, sliced to order).

A tiny kitchen space meant that the menu never got much bigger than sandwiches, pastas, and a couple of rotating mains, but it was enough to keep the space happily buzzing.

With the May opening of wine bar Prontino next door and a much larger shared kitchen space, Cambie finally has a proper, adult space for wine and snacks.

The room, from designer Scott Cohen, is all warm, smooth wood, cozy raised deuces and magnificently decked-out bar. It definitely has that neighbourhood hang-out feel, and the West Side Rietman’s set seem to have made it their Friday night base.

Oddly, the bar also features pepperoni sticks in large glass pitchers (in

lieu of flowers?). The ones closest to the kitchen had wilted like three-day-old tulips, and I’m wondering if the charcuterie plate should be avoided.

Service is highly casual, and not always in a good way. While everyone is friendly and shorts in August are perhaps not to be wondered at, it’s a bit much when one night our server, instead of taking a couple of minutes to explain the specials to us, left us his cell phone, on which he’s photographed the menu board. He didn’t come back for 15 minutes, at which point he smelled strongly of cigarettes – an aroma that dogged us the whole night.

At first glance, the drinks menu reads very well indeed. Classic cocktails like Negronis (barrel-aged) and Sicilian Mules range around $8-$11. There’s also an excellent range of gins and tonics, allowing for mix-and-match G&Ts. My Bellini, with prosecco, white peach puree in white wine, maraschino liquor and syrup, was, unfortunately, undrinkable and

Prontino has been a godsend for South Cambie cocktail-swillers since it opened its doors in May. Rob Newell photos bitter. A Pimm’s Cup, a special one night, was marginally better, although so heavy on the fizz that the Pimm’s itself was barely discernible. The sprig of rosemary in it was an odd

touch, and did nothing for the drink. Maybe stick to the solid by-the-glass selection or something off the small but well-chosen hops list.

As for the food, confusion is the most consistent reaction. A special one night of “fresh” BC white anchovies in chili and olive oil ($6.50) arrived with a strong vinegar wash. Off the menu, the meatballs ($8) were too firm and the tomato sauce was highly

acidic. Both could have used more time on the stove. Gnocchi in a creamy pesto and topped with crispy pancetta ($18) was slightly better. The gnocchi are light and pillowy, and the pesto is flavourful, but the pancetta is overly salty, to the point of being inedible. The porchetta (served as a platter with roasted potatoes for $15) is still worth a visit, but the rest of the menu needs some serious fine-tuning.

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Despite the misses, I’m crossing my fingers that Prontino gets over its growing pains and flourishes. The neighbourhood needs a place like this, and, hopefully, the food and service will soon match the room.

All ratings out of five stars.

Food: ★ Service: ★★ Ambiance: ★★★ Overall: ★★

★: Okay, nothing memorable. ★★: Good, shows promise. ★★★: Very good, occasionally excellent. ★★★★: Excellent, consistently above average. ★★★★★: Awe-inspiring, practically perfect in every way.

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Prontino | 3475 Cambie St. | 604-722-9331 | Facebook.com/Prontino Anya Levykh has been writing about all things ingestible for more than 10 years. Hear her every Monday on CBC Radio One’s On the Coast and find her on Twitter @foodgirlfriday and Facebook.com/FoodGirlFriday.

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This final event for Chefs for Oceans will feature multiple chefs, including Robert Clark, Quang Dang, Frank Pabst, and more. Tickets $40. ChefsForOceans.com

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The ninth annual Well Seasoned BBQ Off the Bypass is back on Sunday, Sept. 14, from 10am-4pm, at a new location (#117 – 20353 64 Ave, Langley).

This free event includes live music, tasty vendors and lots of barbecue creations to sample. Want to compete?

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SCENE | HEARD Big Rock Urban Brewery is opening a microbrewery in Vancouver, with Jody Hammell as brewmaster. The new space on West 4th will include an eatery, tasting room, growler station, and cask parties. BigRockUrban. com At long last, Los Cuervos is expanding their restaurant into the long-vacant yoga space next door. This means the tiny 25-seat taqueria will double its space. A new drinks list will also be created, but here’s hoping the authentic margaritas stay exactly as is. LosCuervos.ca Heirloom Vegetarian on South Granville is planning to open up Heirloom Juice Co. at 2861 Granville by Labour Day. The menu at the new space will feature salads, paninis, cold-pressed juices, and smoothies.

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DRINK | DINE Hy’s Steakhouse has updated and expanded their menus for the first time in many years in anticipation of their 60th anniversary next year. Long known for their steaks, tableside Caesar salad, cheese toast, and martinis, the lunch and dinner menus now also include tableside chateaubriand for two and steak Diane, Muscovy duck confit, and various lunch specials.

HysSteakhouse.com The Gastown BBQ & Chili Festival is back Aug. 30-31 on the 200-block of Carrall Street between Water and Cordova. Twelve Gastown restaurants will compete in an exciting outdoor cookout featuring barbecued pork ribs, chicken wings, beef brisket, and more. Plus, there will be live music, dancing, food vendors, barbecue and chili samples for sale, and celebrity judging.

Partial proceeds to benefit Athletics for Kids, a nonprofit that provides financial aid to help children throughout the province participate in organized sports. GastownBBQ.com Since July 1, chef Ned Bell of Four Seasons Vancouver has been cycling across Canada to raise awareness about sustainable seafood.

His journey will conclude in Vancouver on Sept. 12 with a sustainable seafood tasting and welcome-home celebration at the Four Seasons.

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Also on Sunday, Sept. 14, the 11th Annual Scotiabank Passions gala fundraiser in support of The Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation will be held at The Imperial. This has become one of Vancouver’s epic culinary events and features over 20 of the city’s top chef chefs and bartenders, as well as local and international wines and spirits. Early bird tickets $225 until Sept. 1.

DrPeter.org New events for Top Drop Vancouver have been announced, including the main event on Sept. 16, which is a grazing-style evening featuring 24 wineries, four craft breweries, and local artisan food purveyors.

A special wine dinner at Cinara on Sept. 15 has also been added. The two-day consumer and trade festival celebrates terroir-driven wines from BC and around the world.

TopDropVancouver.com The BC chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier will be honouring John Bishop on Oct. 3 at an iconic multichef, multi-course dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver. Bishop, who is one of Vancouver’s most iconic chefs and restaurateurs, is the creator of the farm-to-

table movement in Canada’s restaurant scene. Guest chefs will be flying in from all over the country and include Michael Allemeier, Wendy Boys, Adam Busby, Andrea Carlson, Ned Bell and Jeff Van Geest. Tickets are $325 and available on Eventbrite. LesDames.ca Provence Restaurants has launched their fifth annual Tomato Festival.

Running all this month, each restaurant offers special three-course prix fixe menus featuring local tomatoes. Menus are different at each restaurant and include dishes such as fresh tomato tarte, chilled yellow Campari tomato soup, tomato and nectarine salad, Dungeness crab and tomato stew, halibut puttanesca and dessert.

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Chef Kai Leitner of Lily Mae’s in Gastown will be introducing a menu of wild game next month.

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Wild game on the menu at Gastown eatery to taste the same,” says Leitner. “You have to approach it as a totally different dish.”

With menu items such as wild venison tartare, and boar and elk pot-au-feu, Leitner hopes to make wild game converts of Vancouver restaurant-goers.

Leitner has sourced the game from producers in the Interior, and all of it is government-inspected.

“These aren’t animals we’ve gone out and hunted ourselves,” he says. “You can sell wild game with a licence as long as it’s government inspected, but it gets snatched up so quick in the small towns, it never gets to Vancouver.”

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26 and 27 in honour of the harvest moon, featuring moose, wild elk, boar, venison, and foraged shellfish.

“This food is a part of BC’s heritage, and I think we’re losing touch with that,” says Leitner.

Wild game is still a rarity on Vancouver menus, not only because it is hard to come by, but also because of the public’s misconceptions about it’s flavour – something Leitner hopes to change.

While some may dismiss wild meat as “game-y”, Leitner says proper technique complements the flavours, instead of forcing them to be something they aren’t.

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Leitner is paying tribute to the flavours of the BC back country with a menu consisting of wild game, set to launch next month for the fall season. Lily Mae’s is also hosting a special six-course dinner on Aug.

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Nationally, the total number of units sold was 41,476 – an increase of 0.8 per cent.

“On the surface, national sales activity in July was similar to what we saw in May and June,” said CREA president Beth Crosbie.

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The average sale price of homes in Vancouver was $824,352. This is a month-over-month increase of 2.6 per cent from $803,287 in June.

The average price in British Columbia was $562,505, which is up 0.7 per cent compared with a month ago. The average selling price for homes across Canada in June was $404,490.

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1879 Barclay #201 Top floor West of Denman, 665 sq. ft. Hardwood & heritage feel. $298,000.

1740 Comox #1903 Ocean & mountain views at The Sandpiper. 1 + enclosed den. $429,900.

1934 Barclay #10 West of Denman 3 level 2 bdrm + office townhouse. 1240 sf. Big deck. $550,000.

1740 Comox #302 High quality English Bay strata.

Water views. 1 bdrm + den. Pets Ok. $319,000.

OFFER PENDING 1949 Beach #104 Ocean view 1272 sq. ft. English Bay 2 bdrm. Views. $819,900.

OFFER PENDING 1055 Harwood #103 1 bdrm + den + sleeping nook at Harcrest Apts. $324,900.

CARNEY’S CORNER STuDenT’S DReam, value & vIewS aT kITS beaCh! Oversize studio offers comfortable living with room to study, entertain & enjoy fit, healthy lifestyle at the beach. This practical home in solid building features open plan kitchen with breakfast bar, good storage, u/g parking & balcony to enjoy stunning city, water & mountain views; gorgeous day or night. Fab location less than half block to Kits beach, park, pool & seawall. Shops & services just a stroll. $278,000

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ChIC COal haRbOuR vIewS Out of the pages of a magazine this top floor corner two bdrm, two bath PH home providing sweeping views from West End, English Bay, Stanley Park, Lost Lagoon, Coal Harbour marina, north shore mountains, Lions’ Gate bridge, fab sunsets & city lights satisfies many needs. Whether upsizing from smaller condo, downsizing from a house, investing for great furnished or unfurnished rental return or retiring to city pad this executive home provides style & comfort in perfect location. Step out to Coal Harbour seawall, wide range of shopping & dining, sports & entertainment.

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gaRDeneRS PaRaDISe East side price, West side location. Amazing large one bedroom home surrounded by astounding 1155 sf fenced garden with its own gate & terraced patios. SW corner enjoys great light, shaded by mature trees with enough sun for all your plants to flourish. Mature rhododendrons in rich reds, yellows & ivories mix with plum trees & your choice of annuals & pernennials. Spacious living area, gas fireplace, king size bedroom good storage & u/g parking. Two blocks to Granville shopping. $267,800

CITY STYLE Centrally located, this one & den corner suite borders downtown/West End with easy access to Yaletown, Granville Island, False Creek, seawall, English Bay, Stanley Park, sports & entertainment venues. Transit, any shopping needs & almost any style of restaurant available just steps from your door. This pet & rental friendly strata offers insuiite laundry, spacious bedroom, kitchen with passthrough & wall to wall windows to enjoy greenery & cityscape. Den makes great office & could accommodate occasional guest. Good storage, parking, gym, sauna, games room, live in caretaker & guest parking. Steps to St. Paul’s. $338,000

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• This 1 bdrm plus den is Cressey built with all the premium finishing including 9’ ceilings, open plan kitchen w/ SS appl., granite counters, engineered h/w floors, custom built-ins & more • Enjoy the large balcony for BBQs & gardening, the unit has terrific easterly views • Building amenities incl. fully equipped exercise room, sauna, steam room, swirl pool, lounge & recreation room w/ billiards table • Great access to transit, be downtown in minutes • Shopping is convenient with Metrotown, High Gate Mall and Big Bend strip mall on Marine Way.

NEW LISTING THE JACOBSEN LOFTS PENTHOUSE, $509,000 506-256 E 2ND AVE • Ultra modern live/work subpenthouse loft in SOMA • 9’2” ceilings, wall to wall windows, polished concrete flrs, XL entertainment patio & panoramic city & mountain views • 1 bdrm & den with wide, open floor plan and translucent glass panels allowing for moveable interior walls • Spa-like bath & rain shower • Sleek european soft close cabinets are complimented

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OFFER PENDING CHILCO TOWERS TOWERS, $998,000 201-710 CHILCO ST

Irreplaceable park like setting across from lost lagoon, views of Stanley Park, Lost Lagoon, + mtns • This 1600sf beauty has been completely renovated w/ the highest quality millwork, tiling, lighting, doors, moulding, etc. • This is old world charm at its finest! • A dream kitchen right for entertaining + warm bathrooms to luxuriate in • No expense has been spared... • Quiet culde-sac, the city’s premier coop!

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Time to retire these Expendables THE EXPENDABLES 3

Starring Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson Directed by Patrick Hughes

Sly and his merry band of weathered mercenaries are back for another testosteronefueled adventure but things are getting a little tiresome this time around.

Most of the original gang has returned, alongside new series additions like Wesley Snipes, Kelsey Grammer, Antonio Banderas, and Harrison Ford, with a few somewhat unfamiliar faces representing the plucky young guard. Mel Gibson serves as the central villain but he’s never quite manic enough to pull it off effectively.

The Expendables 3 has most of the elements fans have come to expect from these movies – bombastic action, sexual performance jokes, and a cacophony of star power.

Despite its star-studded cast, Sylvester Stallone’s Expendables 3 is an unnecessary dud.

Stallone himself stated from the beginning that these films were meant to pay homage to the over-the-top macho flicks of the ‘80s. It’s an intriguing idea that never quite succeeds.

Much of the action is cloaked in a haze of CGI and many sequences are shot far too tightly to give them any sense of depth or scale.

Would it have killed them to take a page from John McTiernan’s expertly crafted scenes Thor in Die Hard or Predator?

Diakow The whole exercise smacks of manufactured gloss; nothing feels organic. An early meta joke poking fun at Snipes’ recent prison stint works initially but Banderas’ comic relief is too forced and Ford piloting a helicopter in the finale reeks of a primer for his upcoming return to the Star Wars universe.

There is no doubt these grizzled veterans can still pull off this genre but a little innovation wouldn’t have hurt.

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Plot holes nag The One I Love THE ONE I LOVE

Starring Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss Directed by Charlie McDowell Cut from the same high-concept cloth as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (although not fashioned into a finished product nearly as accomplished), Charlie McDowell’s first feature starts as a simple two-hander but quickly transforms into something far stranger and more complex.

With their marriage in jeopardy, Ethan (Mark Duplass) and Sophie (Elisabeth Moss) must endure the indignity of “compatibility exercises” assigned by their therapist (Ted Danson).

Soon in need of more radical therapy, they’re sent to a pastoral retreat that comes equipped with copious amenities, including their perfect doppelgängers.

Which is to say: exact duplicates who conduct themselves in a manner ideal for the complementary spouse.

Ethan’s double is more receptive to

Sophie’s emotional needs, while her lookalike cooks Ethan bacon for breakfast.

Needless to say, the spectre of infidelity that hoovers over the proceedings is of a rather unique strain. Sometimes content to coast on his everyman charms, Duplass rises to the challenge of pulling double duty here. There’s considerable pathos to his portrayal of a man slowly losing his wife to the version of himself that he just can’t seem to be. Of course, that does raise the nagging question of why this idealized Ethan is so taken with a supposedly inferior Sophie...

Alas, McDowell’s film (scripted by Justin Lader, another newcomer) doesn’t provide many satisfying answers or even ensure that its internal logic is sound.

However, it certainly amuses with its bedroom farce comedy, locked door mystery intrigue and nimble performances. It’s all good fun but we can’t shake the feeling that there’s a superior version of this film waiting for us somewhere.

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The What If word FUBAR and Goon filmmaker Michael Dowse explores relationships with some help from Harry Potter

By Curtis Woloschuk

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iven that The F Word has had its name changed stateside to What If, undergone overdubs to further ease the ratings board’s moral indignation (apparently “masturbating in a kitchen” is far less offensive than “masturbating on a kitten”) and reshot scenes since its 2013 TIFF premiere, it’s not surprising that director Michael Dowse (Goon) and Vancouver-raised screenwriter Elan Mastai can readily catalogue the various other iterations of their romantic comedy (which hits screens Friday).

For instance, one “what if” would’ve seen the story set in Vancouver, which would’ve been fitting given that the source material is a Fringe play that Mastai caught in a Granville Street bar. “I believe that’s where Angels in America began as well,” he quips while seated across from Dowse in a downtown hotel. And while subsequent drafts relocated the story (and Mastai) to Toronto, the plot travelled extremely well. As Mastai asserts, “When you’re young and in love, every city is Paris.”

The would-be lovers in this case are Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe), a med school dropout, and Chantry (Zoe Kazan), an animator who’s already in a committed

relationship. Able to bring out the weirdest in one another with just a few digressions, they commit themselves to giving friendship a go. And while The F Word undeniably takes a few pages from When Harry Met Sally..., it’s founded in Mastai’s own observations and obsessions.

“We say ‘just friends’ but to me, the ‘just’ part is what’s interesting,” he remarks. “You can have an intense relationship that’s over in two weeks or you can have a friendship that lasts your entire life. But we carry this sense that romance trumps friendship. I was interested in mucking around in the messiness of male/female relationships.”

This, of course, required a lead actor willing to get dirty in terms of both morally dubious dilemmas and MPAA-baiting dialogue.

Were they surprised to find their man in the former boy wizard?

“Yup,” admits Dowse. “But after meeting him, you really get a sense of how funny he is.”

Radcliffe’s deadpan, self-deprecating approach undeniably benefits from a script well-stocked with witty conversational banter. As Mastai explains, “To me, the funniest joke in the world is a joke you have with your best friend that maybe no one else gets.

We wanted to create that sense that you’re sitting and watching some of your funniest friends riffing. I’m really proud of the dynamic we captured.”

Likewise, both Dowse and Mastai were pleased to have committed some of the writer’s favourite haunts in his adopted home – be it the coffee shop where he reworked the script or the Lake Ontario beach that reminds him of Vancouver – to the big screen. As Dowse says, “I think one of the

Daniel Radcliff stars in The F Word (also known as What If) an edgy, Canadian romantic comedy by FUBAR filmmaker Michael Dowse. Supplied photo cornerstones of these romantic comedies is that they use their locations almost like a character.”

“I feel that specificity makes everything more universal,” adds Mastai. “The more specific the sense of humour, the more specific the characters, the more specific the environment... It actually makes it all the more universal because none of us live in an anonymous every-city and talk in a stylized banter that doesn’t make specific reference to anything anywhere. We don’t live vaguely, we live specifically.”

It’s plainly apparent that both men have

a legitimate affection for the often maligned rom-com genre. Ultimately, their enthusiasm proves infectious. You legitimately care about Wallace and Chantry, value their relationship and grow trepidatious about them threatening it with romance. And damn it if the grand romantic gestures don’t strike a chord.

“I think you earn the sincerity by letting the audience know that you’re not going to be indulgent,” suggests Mastai. “When we get to the more sincere moments, I think we did the hard work of making the audience fall in love with the characters.”

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Stuntwoman rolls with the punches Vancouver’s Maja Aro might just be the toughest – and happiest – stuntwoman in the business

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By Sabrina Furminger

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ost people wouldn’t grin while describing what it feels like to hurtle through the air and smash through a window. But Maja Aro isn’t most people.

When the fashion student turned stunt performer talks about the time she landed face-first in a pile of glass on the set of The Tomorrow People, she does so with so much enthusiasm that the people sitting nearby in Milano Coffee shift uncomfortably in their seats.

“Usually we dodge the danger, but occasionally it happens, and I just landed face first in a big pile of glass,” says the Vancouverbased stuntwoman, pointing to a faded scar running the length of her left cheek.

“In that moment, I was lying on the ground and knowing that my face was cut and bleeding, and I said, ‘Come take the continuity photos, I’m good,’” she says.

“I know the risk. I know what I’m doing, and I love my job.”

There isn’t much that scares Aro (who, until she married fellow stunt performer Jeff Ong, was credited as Maja Stace-Smith; the pair chose their new last name as an homage to Mount Kilimanjaro, where Ong proposed), and maybe that’s what’s made her one of the busiest stunt performers in the city.

As Ginnifer Goodwin’s stunt double on Once Upon a Time, she’s scaled walls, dodged fairytale monsters, and played opposite some of the best actors in the business.

Her work was particularly critical in the final episodes of the third season, when Goodwin was eight months pregnant. “I actually had to learn all of her dialogue for all those episodes because I was doing her dialogue with the actors and then they’d ADR her in,” she says.

Aro had just graduated from fashion school (“I’m probably the girliest stunt girl because, when I’m not on set, I love dressing up”) and was waitressing when she befriended a group of stunt guys who frequented the restaurant where she worked.

“They said, ‘Whoa, you do a lot of sports, you should try to be a stunt girl,’” recalls Aro, who’d raced in the downhill skiing competition circuit as a teen. “I had no idea it was a job, but I said, ‘Well, I’ll try.’”

That was nine years ago, and she’s been working steadily ever since: As a stunt double, stunt fighter, and stunt actor on big budget and independent film and TV productions like The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Jennifer’s Body, The A-Team, Supernatural, Smallville, and The Killing.

For Aro, stunt fighting is

(Clockwise from left) Fashion-student turned stuntwoman Maja Aro brings the big guns; With husband Jeff Aro (in costume) on the set of pilot Beauty and the Beast; As Snow White’s stunt double on Once Upon a Time. Submitted photos its own distinctive martial art: You need to create the illusion of force without doing any damage.

“You have to be super aware of the length of your arm and enclosed spaces and if you’re extending an arm with a weapon, how long your reach is because you want to look like you’re hitting someone but not actually make contact,” she says.

And let’s not forget the mental fitness. “Sometimes

we’re not doing something that’s really hard.

Sometimes we’re doing something that’s really shitty. Standing outside in your bra and underwear in minus ten. I’ve done stunts like that,” she says. “Those ones, they’re not physically hard per se, but they’re mentally hard.”

And the stunts don’t stop when she leaves work for the day. When Aro and her husband were designing their home, they decided

they didn’t want to venture far to bounce on a trampoline or throw each through the air – so they built a stunt facility in their living room, complete with rigging and a sprung floor.

Aro’s skilled, driven, and talented – and the global stunt community is taking notice. Earlier this summer, Aro was one of two Canadians nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award; it was a stunt in Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (where she

tested stunts and doubled for Gemma Arterton) that earned her a nomination.

“There’s nothing like this job,” says Aro. “I feel like I’m always on an adventure. It’s kind of like every little girl’s dream, in a weird way, because I get to play dress up every day, I get to try on different wigs and different hair because I’m pretending to be different people, and it’s very stimulating, and very rewarding.”

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High on the hog The riders of noisy motorcycles will tell you it’s about safety but they’re lying.

What they really enjoy is the vibration. Harley Davidson is the world’s largest manufacturer of anal stimulators.

Atop every noisy motorcycle is a large tingling sphincter.

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1 The Parallel 49 team celebrates the launch of their newest beer, Filthy Dirty IPA, at the Cobalt Bar last Thursday, Aug. 14. Photo by Robert Mangelsdorf. Local luminaries were in full force at the media preview of Lululemon’s new Robson Street flagship Aug. 19: 2 Vancouver Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom with Lululemon’s Karen O’Connor (left) and Lindsay Claydon (right). 3 Ballet BC executive director Branislav Henselmann (right) with friend Josh Drummond. 4 Violinist and Shane Koyczan collaborator Hannah Epperson with architect Michael Green, who is pioneering the construction of wooden skyscrapers in Vancouver. Photos by Kelsey Klassen 5 Chef Emmanuel Joinville of Jules Bistro (on right) with guests at the Gastown restaurant’s summer party on Aug. 14. Photo

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“Best (and worst) from Squamish Fest”, Aug. 11 • anonymous: The weather truly made this festival what it was. Gorgeous scenery and fantastic live performances, as well as an awesome selection of food trucks to satisfy any craving were all great, but what about us campers that had to return from all this greatness to our “sandlike paradise”? Disappointment city, here we come.

Where was the grass to match all the scenic beauty?

Apparently not seeded, leaving us with dirty sand sticking to anything and everything for the next four days. Sure, I know, I’ll take a shower! But, what is this?

Lineups for days? I’ll take my business to the neighboring glacial river, thank you very much. Porta potties: Horrifying. Security: A joke. Squamish, I had a good time, but you’ll have one less festival camper next year. Good luck to all you troopers out there!!

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good for driving fun, can it?

However, that ageless beauty is only skin deep. While there’s much to like about the interior of the Accord in terms of spaciousness, the application of technology leaves something to be desired.

There’s no denying that Mr. Honda was a genius, but he also nearly ran his company into the ground. Obsessed with perfection, he backed up the production line time and again with new innovations and insights – the engineers eventually set up a desk for somebody to field all his brainwaves.

Just as the split-level instrument binnacle on the Civic has its detractors, the Accord’s twin screen setup is going to puzzle more than a few people. Why’d they do that? The top 8” screen looks nice, but it’s operated by a rotary control, while a second lower screen handles the audio functions, and is at a lower resolution.

It was no way to build a car, even if the car in question was actually pretty good. The Honda 1300 was the first proper Honda passenger car, and it had any number of clever tricks; sadly, it wasn’t a sales success.

The next car to come along was the Civic, and we all know how that went. However, this time Mr. Honda was forced to allow his engineers to stop pulling their hair out in frustration and work together in a more harmonious fashion. Little wonder than they’d soon produce a vehicle called the Accord.

It’s odd, but it works – and yet a simpler layout probably would have been better. Having said that, the integrated LaneWatch sideview camera is the sort of clever innovation that only Honda could come up with: every time you put your right turn indicator on, a camera mounted on the right mirror shows a nice clear display down the side of the car, making watching for cyclists easy, and parallel parking a cinch.

But then something happened. The svelte little Hondas of the 70s, 80s, and 90s ballooned into huge machines that were somewhat spongy. The Accord grew so much it crossed from mid-sized to full-sized; comfy, sure, but where’s the personality? Happily, a proper Accord returned last year and the harmony is back.

Other than that, the back seats are simply enormous, and ditto the trunk. This Accord might be slightly smaller than the previous generation, but the nips and tucks don’t seem to have diminished the interior space much at all.

Design:

Not much has changed for the 2014 year in terms of the Accord’s sheet metal, assuming you discount the optional Hybrid version with its blue-green enviro-cues.

It’s a conservative design, yet the more I look at it, the more there is to like.

Performance:

While slightly shrunk in size, this is still a big, wide car, yet the clean styling avoids it looking cumbersome. You get 18” alloys on both the Touring and Sport trims, but the stock 17” rims look just fine, and will have cheaperto-replace tires anyway.

There is the slight worry that the LED treatment on the Accord’s front headlights is going to start looking a bit dated as the LED-as-decorative style fades out of the luxury market. However, as an overall effort, the front fascia manages to look distinctively Honda without looking too distinctive. This is a car that should age well on the outside.

Truth be told, Honda’s nailed this transmission. Unless you’re brutal with the throttle, it doesn’t whine and rubber-band too much, and is extremely smooth and efficient. Even better, the Accord’s chassis is that of one of the ballerinas the H-badge used to put out, meaning that it’s really quite quick and nimble.

The electric power-steering is well managed, without being over boosted, and it frankly feels like a return to form.

Tackling a curving on-ramp, the fourcylinder Accord carried enough speed through the corner that little power was actually needed for extra acceleration. That’s just the way an old Honda would have made the most of its power, and the payoff is a great driving experience with minimal penalty at the pump.

Features:

Standard equipment in the mid-size sedan segment is usually very good and the Accord is no exception. The 8” display and a backup camera are standard, as is Bluetooth handsfree, automatic headlights, and heated seats. Move up to the Touring-spec trim and get leather heated seats fore and aft, satellite navigation, and a multi-angle rear camera.

One feature that all Hondas used to have was a fun-todrive essence that extended right across the range. No wonder kids were hopping up hand-me-down hatchbacks back in the day: those cars had dual-wishbone suspension and carved up corners like they were born on a track.

Fuel economy is rated at 7.8L/100kms in the city and 5.5L/100kms on the highway. The new five-cycle testing would likely indicate a 10-15% bump in those figures, but the Accord did return very good fuel economy in the real world, particularly the way the CVT worked in the city.

While the Accord is far more refined than the Hondas of yore, it still has a bit of that racing spirit tucked under the hood. The four-cylinder option makes a reasonable 184hp at 5000rpm and 181lb/ft of torque at 3900rpm. The dual exhausts on the Sport models uncork an extra 5hp, and the V6 stomps out an impressive 278hp and 252lb/ft.

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Golda Meir was prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. Her admirers described her as “strong-willed, straight-talking, grey-bunned grandmother of the Jewish people.” She had a good sense of humour, too. “Let me tell you the one thing I have against Moses,” she said. “He took us forty years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place in the Middle East that has no oil.”

I bring this up as a teaching story for you, Sagittarius. If you plan to make any big moves, transitions, or journeys in the coming months, I suggest you choose destinations that will allow you to gain access to wealth-building resources.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): You are about to make the transition from plodding to skipping; from moping to exulting. You will no longer be bogged down by cloudy doubt, but will instead be buoyed by giddy hope. To what do we owe this imminent turnaround in your fortunes? One reason is that it’s Justifiable Narcissism Week – for Tauruses only. During this jubilee, the Free Will Astrology Council on Extreme Self-Esteem authorizes you to engage in unabashed self-worship – and to corral a host of other people who want to join in celebrating you, praising you, and helping you.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): An eagle does not catch flies.

A lion won’t hunt for mice. A gourmet chef shuns recipes that call for canned soup and potato chips. And I trust that you won’t indulge a hankering for non-nutritious sweets and treats that would spoil your appetite for more robust sustenance. You understand I’m not just talking about your literal eating habits, right? Interpret this oracle metaphorically, please.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Now is an excellent time to phase out fantasies that bog you down or drag you backward. Are you up for that challenge? Can you summon the courage to leave the mediocre past behind? If so, here are your assignments: Wean yourself of longings to reconstruct bygone pleasures. Forget about trying to be like the person you used to be and to have the keys you used to have. Stop feeding the feelings that keep you affixed to obsolete goals.

Break any taboo that makes you scared to change what needs to be changed.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): The artist Amedeo Modigliani lived in Paris from 1906 until his death in 1920. For most of that time, he was destitute. Proprietors of local stores and restaurants sometimes accepted his art work as payment in lieu of actual money. They didn’t necessarily appreciate it, though.

One food seller used Modigliani’s drawings as wraps for the fried potatoes he sold. Another stashed the artist’s paintings in his cellar, where they turned into feasts for rodents.

Too bad for these short-sighted people and their heirs: The worth of Modigliani’s works eventually increased, and some sold for millions of dollars. In the weeks ahead, Leo, don’t be like those food sellers. Know the value of what you have, even if it’s still latent.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): I’ve got three new vocabulary words for you. I need them to provide you with the proper oracle. First is the German term Schwellenangst. It refers to timidity or nervousness about crossing a threshold and heading into unknown territory. The second word is a new English term, “strikhedonia.” It means the joy that rises up when you feel the courage to say “to hell with it.” The third word is from Portuguese: Desenrascanço. It means the spontaneous improvisation of haphazard but ultimately effective plans. Now let’s put them all together: To conquer your Schwellenangst, you must summon a bolt of strikhedonia and have faith in your ability to carry out desenrascanço. (Thanks to Other-Wordly.Tumblr.com for the new words.)

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Desire can conquer fear. Love trumps cowardice. The power that your tenderness affords you may not completely dissolve your doubt and worry, but it will quiet them down so much that they will lose their ability to paralyze you. These truths are always good to keep in mind, of course, but they are especially useful to you right now. No obstacle will faze you, no shadow will intimidate you, as long as you feed your holy longing and unshakable compassion.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): On Aug. 2, 1830, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, was King of France for 20 minutes. (It’s a long story.) I offer this to you as a cautionary tale. A few weeks from now, I don’t want to have to be comparing you to him. If you hope to hold your new position or continue to wield your added clout for longer than just a little while, you should take all necessary steps.

How? Nurture the web of support that will sustain you, for example. Don’t burn a single bridge. Cultivate real empathy,

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PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): “God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls, and coal into diamonds by using time and pressure,” says pastor Rick Warren. “He is working on you, too.” Let’s make that idea your meditation, Pisces. If the word “God” doesn’t suit you, substitute “life,” “nature” or “Wakan Tanka,” the Lakotan term for “The Great Mystery.” The essential point is that you are being worked on and shaped by forces beyond your conscious awareness. Some of them are vast and impersonal, like your culture, the media, and the entertainment industry. Others are intimate and close at hand, like your genes, your childhood imprints, and the characters you encounter daily.

Now is an excellent time to contemplate all the influences that make you who you are.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Do you know what phase of your cycle it is? Here are a few hints. It doesn’t come around often. It’s not characterized by predictable events or boring certainties. And it may allow you, even encourage you, to take a break from being your usual self. Give up?

OK. I’ll tell you. You have entered the Nicholas Cage phase of your cycle. Cage is a Capricorn, but not a typical one.

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You’re entering a phase when you’ll be wise to add a bit of humility to your bold self-presentation.

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