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Desperately ill Sanil Kumar and his family are sickened by the uncertainty of what their future holds. Kumar, 30, had his work visa declined last July after developing renal disease. He is originally from Fiji and moved to New Zealand in 2010. The resident of the Auckland suburb of Glendene is battling Immigration New Zealand whose staff say there are New Zealanders suitable or able to be trained to take over his job as a metal trades worker. But Kumar's former boss Mark Eade, owner of Avondale's Copper Rainwater Products, says the position hasn't been filled yet because it's hard to get people into the industry. Immigration New Zealand has threatened deportation and a five-year ban from the country, giving Kumar until February 28 to leave. But the Kumar family hopes to reach a compromise. Loved ones are trying to raise $130,000 for a kidney transplant and Kumar will go back to Fiji once the funds are available. Meanwhile he needs to remain in New Zealand for eight-hour peritoneal dialysis every night - treatment that's not available in his homeland as it is too expensive. He could only get haemodialysis in Fiji and the family says most patients using it die because of uncontrollably high infection rates. Kumar needs a $30,000 operation before he can undergo haemodialysis

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and would have to travel six hours from his home in Ba to Suva for fourhour treatment three times a week. The procedure costs $350 a session, more than $1000 a week. Kumar's family say maintaining ongoing costs is unrealistic. "We know there will be a time when people say they can't help us anymore, " cousin Ashika Aujla says. Aujla, 27, and her sister Asheelta Kumar, 26, have agreed to be kidney donors if the money is raised. Kumar's uncle, Ashok Kumar is paying the peritoneal dialysis costs of $46 a day or $350 a week and says Immigration New Zealand's decision is a death sentence. Kumar says there's not much hope for his future at this stage but he is hoping people can help. "I'm really disappointed with Immigration New Zealand.

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"I'm doing dialysis every night and I feel like a normal, healthy person," he says. About $30,000 has been raised for the transplant so far through donations, food sales and raffle tickets. Kumar already owes $30,000 to the Waitemata District Health Board after initial operation and medical costs. His family is paying off the debt. Immigration New Zealand's acting compliance operations manager Natalie Gardiner says all migrants must have an acceptable standard of health to minimise costs and demands on New Zealand's health services. "Mr Kumar has already incurred significant health debts and his ongoing dialysis treatment is costing the health board $1500 a month," she says. HOW TO HELP People can donate directly to ANZ bank account, 01 0721 0106892 55 or through givealittle.co.nz.

Flooding In Fijian Tourist City

Fijis national minimum wage (NMW) has been set at $2 per hour following cabinets approval. The NMW was the second wage rate that was proposed by national wage consultant, Dr Mahendra Reddy, after further consultations with SMEs who felt that the initial proposed rate of $2.32/hr was still too high for them to afford. The new minimum wage rate will come into effect in March. The wage rate means workers in the informal sector like bottle collectors and babysitters working 45 hours a week will earn a weekly wage of $90. An order to regulate the NMW will be released next month and Labour Minister Jone Usamate says penalties will apply. The NMW will be reviewed on a yearly

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basis. The Ministry of Labour will employ 18 additional staff to monitor and ensure the NMW is implemented. Addressing the media, Usamate said drawing up the wage rate was a balancing act, "making sure that it not only lift the wages of workers in the informal sector but also making sure that we do not kill small businesses and put people out of work." He further said that although this individual income is still lower than the $186 Basic Needs Poverty Line (BNPL) income for a four-member family, there are several established poverty alleviation measures set up by government that they could benefit from including the bus fare scheme, free education and food voucher programmes.

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Thousands of people are being urged to head for higher ground as Fiji's tourist capital, Nadi, is hit by a severe rainstorm that is expected to last several days. The Nadi Emergency Operation Centre says the Nadi River had broken its banks in several places and large areas of the city of 43,000 are being flooded. High tide is expected to worsen residents' plight. "If you live in an area prone to flooding, please secure your belongings and move to an evacuation centre nearest to you," the centre warned. Nadi special administrator Robin Ali said the town business area was closed and people would not be allowed inside it. Domestic flights at Nadi International Airport have been cancelled but some international flights are still operating. Nadi is the main centre for Fiji's tourism industry with dozens of major resorts on its outskirts. The US embassy in Fiji's capital, Suva, has broadcast a warning to US citizens saying that torrential rains have "created widespread flooding in low-lying areas throughout Fiji". "Roads may be closed or difficult to use because of downed power lines and debris." It warns the airport may be closed and resorts may be encountering difficulties. Armed forces, health officials on standbyFiji's Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has instructed all army personnel including health

officials to be on standby amid adverse weather conditions experienced around the country. At a briefing with DISMAC officials, the head of government stressed that all relief and disaster management stakeholders be on alert to provide assistance where needed. He also stressed that all evacuation centres must have adequate resources as he calls on parents to keep a close eye on their children at all times. Currently 11 evacuation centres have been opened in the West while some bridges and roads have been closed to traffic. Schools have been ordered closed until further notice. Five domestic flights have also been cancelled by Fiji Airways. Closed recently is the USP Campus in Lautoka. The Nadi Weather Office is also predicting more rain in the coming days. As a result, residents in flood prone areas especially in Nadi which has parts of it already under water have been advised to secure their belongings and move to an evacuation centre. People have been advised to take enough ration to last the next 24 to 48 hours. Authorities have also advised the public that all evacuation must take place before nightfall. Evacuation centres opened in the West include the St Andrew Primary School, Nadi College, Sangam SKMC and Nadi Muslim College.

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Workers of Fiji Water, who were made redundant in 2011, have received their Bonus Payment, which was payable to them before their redundancy. Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Mr Jone Usamate confirmed this. He said about 85 workers from the villages of Rabulu, Drauniivi, Togavere and other surrounding villagers received their payments last year in December and in January this year amounting to about $40,900.00. The issue was brought to the Ministers attention by the workers during one of the Ministers Road Shows held last year. Consequently, investigations were carried out by the Ministrys Complaints Resolution Team (CRT), and with continuous networking and cooperation from the Fiji Water management, the team was able to facilitate the workers bonus payment. The CRT was formed primarily to focus on speedy resolution of all employment related cases referred by the Minister and PS for Labour and other senior government officials, Mr Usamate said. So far the CRT has managed to resolve 80 per cent of the cases received during the Road Shows, and it is our intention that the pending cases be settled by

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next month. who was made redundant was elated The Minister thanked the Fiji Water to receive her payment and thanked the and its management for honouring Ministry of Labour and the company their commitment towards the workers for the timely response. and closely collaborating with the I would like to thank the Ministry Ministry for the successful resolution of the cases. The Minister was thankful that the company was willing to do the 4 right thing for those who had worked for it in the past, which sets a good example for other employers in Fiji. 4 A WOMAN has been given another Fiji needs employers who care for chance after the Suva Magistrates Court their workers, and even for those who did not enter a conviction against her. have worked for them in the past, to Manjula Devi, who was charged ensure that they are not deprived of with assault, told the court she would what is rightfully theirs. I am thankful represent herself and entered a guilty that we have been able to work together plea. with Fiji Water to assist these workers. According to the summary of facts, in I only wish more employers would November last year Mrs Devi walked show the same kind of concern for into the house of the complainant in social justice shown by the Fiji Water. Vatuwaqa and asked her if she was My Ministrys role is to ensure social having an affair with her husband. justice, and in this case, with the full The court heard Mrs Devi then co-operation of their employer we proceeded to punch the complainant. have been able to do that. Thank you Fiji Water, the Minister said. Workers who received their outstanding payments were delighted and expressed their deepest appreciation towards the government and the Fiji Water for the quick response on the settlement of their cases since its lodgment last year. A worker Mrs Loasana Turagabeci

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In mitigation, Mrs Devi told the court she was married and had a child to look after, and that she was sorry for her actions. Magistrate Chaitanya Lakshman told Mrs Devi there were ways other than violence to deal with such matters. Magistrate Lakshman said Mrs Devi and her husband must understand what happened and ensure they ironed out all matters between them. Magistrate Lakshman told Mrs Devi not to re-offend as the court conditionally discharged her.

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Boyfriend Gets Reduced Term After Appeal India, Fiji Sign Pact To Avoid Double Taxation
A man who abducted his on-and-off girlfriend in 2013 has had his jail term reduced by the high court in Lautoka following a successful appeal. Poasa Manakiwai is said to have abducted and confined for two days his girlfriend of three years, Leilani Agnus on July 30, 2013 at Naidovi in Sigatoka after she took out a restraining order against him a month earlier. Manakiwai was found guilty of one count of abduction and one count of disobedience of lawful order and jailed for two years by the Sigatoka Magistrate Court on August 2, 2013. He later appealed the sentence and will now only serve one year and seven days. This is after high court judge Justice Sudharshana De Silva quashed the initial sentence after acknowledging that Manakiwai's grounds of appeal were legitimate. In his appeal submission, Manakiwai stated the sentence was harsh and excessive in exceeding the starting point tariff of 12 months, that the magistrate failed to give proper credit of a reduction a third of the sentence to reflect the early guilty plea and that the breach of a restraining order against him was wrongly considered. "Accordingly, I take a starting point of 2 years and add 1 year for the aggravating factor that the victim was kept away for two nights. I deduct 6 months for the mitigating factors and another 1 year for the guilty plea. The final sentence for the first charge is one year and 6 months," Justice De Silva said. "The sentence for the second charge to stand at 12 months as the appellant violated the DVRO within short period of time." Justice De Silva ordered that the sentences run concurrently. And because Manakiwai had been in remand since August 5, 2013, for a period of five months and 23 days, Justice De Silva ordered that it be deducted from the final sentence. He further said it would be inappropriate to give Manakiwai suspended sentence as he had nine previous convictions.

India and Fiji have signed a double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) that provides for, among other things, exchange of banking information for tax administration purpose. This is the first time both countries are entering into a DTAA. The pact also includes certain specific provisions to prevent treaty abuse. The agreement was signed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram on behalf of the Indian Government and Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Attorney General and

Minister of Justice, Anti-Corruption, Tourism, Industry and Trade on behalf of the Fiji Government. According to the pact, business profits will be taxable in the source state if the activities of an enterprise constitute a permanent establishment in the source state. Also, dividends, interest, royalty and fees for technical or professional services will be taxed both in the country of residence and in the country of source.

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Fijian diplomats Brigadier-General Ioane Naivalurua and Isikeli Mataitoga were granted temporary travel exemptions to travel to New Zealand, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Murray McCully said. But Mr McCully told the reporter: Travel sanctions on military personnel remain in place. Brigadier-General Naivalurua, the former Police Commissioner, is the highest-ranking Fijian military officer on military or civilian duties to visit New Zealand after the 2006 takeover. Diplomatic sources say it is a strong indication of the rapid thawing of relations between the two countries as Fiji prepares for the general election. Brigadier-General Naivalurua and Mr Mataitoga, who has extensive legal experience as a lawyer, are meeting NZ government officials about public sector reforms and related issues. Mr McCully said despite the sanctions there is discretion to provide temporary exemptions for individuals. He said: New Zealand has progressively eased sanctions in response to progress towards credible elections in Fiji in 2014. Last year, we formally lifted all sporting sanctions. We intend to continue to review sanctions as further progress is made toward free and fair elections.

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Mr McCully added: Brigadier-General Ioane Naivalurua, Ambassador at Large, and Ambassador Isikeli Mataitoga, Fijis Ambassador to Japan, Russia and the Philippines are visiting New Zealand this week to meet with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the State Services Commission as part of a study tour on public sector reform. Both Ambassadors were granted temporary travel exemptions to travel to New Zealand. Brigadier-General Naivalurua was recently appointed as Ambassador at Large in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which means he can take on any diplomatic role assigned to him. In his trip to New Zealand, his designation is Prime Ministers Special Envoy. Thats a very special assignment and the PM has rewarded him for his loyalty. This means that he represents Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama. He can speak on any issues on behalf of the PM as he meets his NZ counterparts. Brigadier-General Naivalurua was earlier touted as one possible candidate for the post of Commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces when Commodore Bainimarama steps down next month. It now appears he is being groomed for a new career in the diplomatic service.

Fiji Presides At First Regular Session 2014 Of UNDP/UNFPA/ UNOPS Executive Board
The First Regular Session in 2014 of the Executive Board of UNDP/ UNFPA/UNOPS got underway in New York under the chairmanship of the Executive Boards 2014 President, Ambassador Peter Thomson. UNDP Administrator, Miss Helen Clark, was present to address the Executive Board, along with the UNDP Assistant Administrators for Africa and for Asia-Pacific. The First Regular Session will cover UNDPs gender equality strategy, country programmes, evaluation, South-South cooperation, and financial, budgetary and administrative matters. During its UNFPA segment, the session will cover evaluation, country programmes and related matters, as well as hearing a statement from UNFPA Executive Director, Dr Babatunde Osotimehin. UNOPS Executive Director, Mr Jan Mattsson, will also be addressing this weeks session. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UNs global development agency working to provide knowledge, experience, and resources to help create countryowned solutions to global and national development challenges. Funded entirely by voluntary contributions, UNDP manages an annual budget of approximately US$5 billion. UNDP serves as the manager of the UNs development system, ensuring greater UN coherence at country level. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is a subsidiary organ of the UN General Assembly, and is established to address population and development issues with an emphasis on reproductive health and gender equality. UNFPA has an annual budget of approximately US$1 billion and seeks to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young persons potential is fulfilled. The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is the operational arm of the UN. It has a mission to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the UN, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner. UNOPS works in over 130 countries, implementing more than US$1 billion worth of aid and development projects every year. UNOPS is the only entity in the UN system that is entirely self-funded, operating as a fee-forservice organisation.

Narendra Prasad has been appointed chairperson to the Board of Directors for the Housing Authority and the Public Rental Board. Commenting on the appointment, the Attorney-General and Minister for Housing, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, said Mr Prasad would bring a wealth of financial and operational experience to the management of the Housing Authority and the Public Rental Board. Mr Prasads background and expertise, including his previous tenure as CEO of the Housing Authority from 1999 to 2003, will be a valuable asset to the team

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and we look forward to him advancing the Bainimarama Governments and the authoritys mission to help Fijians, in particular those in the lower socioeconomic brackets, to own their own home, Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said. The Attorney-General also thanked the outgoing chairperson, Colonel Mosese Tikoitoga, for his service in furthering the Bainimarama Governments commitment to providing decent and affordable housing to all Fijians. Mr Prasads appointment is effective from January 16, 2014 for a period of two years.

All school accounts will be audited at the end of the first term before payments are made for the second term this school year. Government this year allocated $268 million with the aim of improving and making education easily accessible. Minister for Education, National Heritage Culture and Arts and Library Services Filipe Bole said this is to done to monitor all funds and ensuring that funds are utilised properly. We will audit all school accounts towards the end of this term before we issue grants for the second term,

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Minister Bole said. Its a decision we have taken seriously and if schools are not complying, we will cut the grants of schools, Mr Bole said. Mr Bole highlighted to ensure that grants are not terminated schools should ensure that they follow the guidelines set by the Public Service Commission. With the school grants given by Government schools are expected to improve education facilities and ensure children are educated in conducive, friendly environment.

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EU Assists Ginger Exporter

Kaiming Agro Processing Limited, 8 a ginger export company based in Navua has taken positive steps towards ensuring its products meet high food safety standards. Assisted by the Increasing Agricultural Commodity Trade (IACT) project, the company has acquired ISO22000 accreditation. This means that Kaiming Agros food safety management system is of an international standard. The IACT project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). The accreditation is expected to increase the companys competitiveness in the global market. The Managing Director of Kaiming Agro, Kaiming Qiu, said that the staff and adequate documentation of production of safe food for consumers, accreditation will help his company techniques, methods and procedures to and efficient management of its food comply with the strict international help ensure and maintain the quality of safety system. market requirements, especially those our products to the markets we supply, Ms Cegumalua this was not an easy imposed by western countries. he said. feat, as any company hoping to achieve Having ISO22000 certification will Kaiming Agro expansion international accreditation would need give our current buyers and potential Since starting in 2006, Kaiming Agro the ongoing commitment of its top customers more confidence in us. It has expanded greatly. management and workers to ensure will certainly increase our market share 8 Last year, the company made around that safety practices are maintained. and our profits, he said. $4 million, mostly from the export She said that, once accredited, the Technical support of processed ginger products such as responsibility was on the business to Mr Qiu commended the key role 8 ginger confectionery, but also from the monitor its practice and maintain the played by the IACT project in assisting sale of other root crops. standards; renewal of certification Kaiming Agro with training of staff, Their markets are in New Zealand, depends on a successful annual audit. system introduction, documentation, Australia and the USA. Cegumalua and her team, together with professional consultancy and financial Mr Qiu expects to export to other a consultant, worked with Kaiming support for the audit required for the regions in the near future, as demand Agro to help the company reach the accreditation. for Fiji-grown ginger continues to compliance level to be ISO22000 Given the technical support provided increase in the US and European certified. This process lasted almost Shamima by IACT, we now Ali have better trained markets. nine months. His company is one of 42 enterprises Other projects being supported in the Pacific by the The IACT project is currently working IACT project. with four enterprises in Fiji and two This project aims to strengthen the in Tonga to achieve Hazard Analysis export capacity of Pacific Island and Critical Control Points (HACCP) range of areas including Engineering, countries and territories in the primary systems compliance and accreditation. Health Studies including Medicine, industries of agriculture, forestry, The Fiji-based enterprises are Bula Island Food Supplies, Maqere Exports Finance, Economics, Special aquaculture and livestock. Commitment Limited, Popular Kava Limited and Education. The IACT Export Processing Officer, Crab Company (Fiji) Limited, while This represents a major investment in tertiary education for Fiji and Apiame Cegumalua, says that Kaiming the Tongan companies are Nishi complements our other significant Agros accreditation is evidence of Trading Company Limited and Jones programs in primary education, the companys commitment to the Trading Limited. maternal and child health, community development and economic empowerment. However, students want more than Immigration Counsellors Ltd. mere assurances. It pains us to see that AusAID boasts in the media of assisting Fiji through education, but the runaround that we have been given after getting WE KNOW IMMIGR ATION MAT TERS! selected as priority candidates is very unpleasing, one student said. WE ARE AN EXPERIENCED AND We have been degraded to the level FULLY QUALIFIED CERTIFIED TEAM of a beggar, no offence intended, OF IMMIGRATION EXPERTS. whereby we have to keep checking about our studies every semester SUP ER VISA and keep getting same excuses no Provincial Nominee programs for all Provinces funds, awaiting word from Australia, British Columbia you will be notified later. As usual, the Sasketchewan @mkcoca notification never comes. Manitoba The students feel there is more to this Family Class Sponsorship; issue than availability of funds. 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A number of Fijian students who are confirmed recipients of Australia Awards Scholarships (formerly AusAid) are unsure when they would be able to start their education in Australia. These students received the scholarships in 2012, but they do not know when they will be sent to Australia or to regional Universities to further their education. They claim that the Australia High Commission in Fiji has not been of any help. These students approached the media and spoke on condition of anonymity. They claim that they have been told to wait until the second semester of 2015 before their scholarship details are finalised. A spokesperson for the Australian High Commission in Fiji said a budget revision forced them to defer some placements. Revision to the global aid budget in late 2012 and early 2014 have meant that a number of placements have had to be deferred, the spokesperson said. We are currently mobilising students who were deferred from 2013, as well as some of the students selected for 2014 scholarships. Whilst awaiting the announcement of this years aid budget reductions, we were unfortunately forced to defer some awardees to either July 2014 or January 2015. There is no intention to defer students until the second semester of 2015. At the end of 2013, 46 AAS graduates successfully completed studies in a

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Threat To Walk Out, Unionists Role Queried

What started off as teething problems in Fijis newest political party, the Peoples Democratic Party is starting to look serious. It is understood that party spokesman, Nirmal Singh, threatened to walk out of the party if trade unionists continue to be involved in party affairs. Felix Anthony is the National Secretary of the Fiji Trades Union Congress (FTUC) and general secretary of the Fiji Sugar and General Workers Union. He is also one of the founders of the new party. Daniel Urai is president of the Fiji Trades Union Congress. Since last year, the pair has been speaking at various PDP branch set up around the country. Their role in the party is now being questioned because of the rules set out in the Political Parties Decree regarding the involvement of trade unionists. Trade unionists, among others, are not eligible to hold office in a political party. They shall not engage in political activity that may compromise or be seen to compromise the political neutrality of that persons office, the Decree states. If Mr Anthony does not relinquish his role as a trade unionist and continue in party politics, he may well jeopardise the very existence of the party he helped to set up. Party stand PDP secretary, Sat Narayan confirmed that Mr Singh was still the party spokesman. On the role of Mr Anthony in the party, he said: You know the party was formed by the trade union. They are not officials but it depends if they want to speak, they speak at party meetings on invitation. On the Political Parties Decree and the involvement of trade unionists, Mr Narayan said that the matter is a legal to get a constitutional law expert, an economics expert and executives from the employers federation. We hope this will iron out any doubts and questions, he said. Nirmal Singh When contacted, Mr Singh was not available for a comment. However, it is understood that he has been meeting with senior party officials since last week to determine his next step. An announcement is expected to be made on the weekend. Felix Anthony Apart from his role in the trade union movement, Mr Anthony was elected to Parliament after the 2006 General Election. He stood in the Vuda Open Constituency for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP). After his election, he had a fall-out with the Labour leader, Mahendra Chaudhry, over the way the Senate nominees were chosen.

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The Attorney-General and Minister for Industry and Trade, Aiyaz SayedKhaiyum, met the Mauritian Minister for Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection, Sayyad Abd-Al-Cader Sayed, in Bangalore, India. Both Ministers were attending the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Partnership Summit 2014. During the meeting, the Ministers agreed to finalise a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between their two Governments, which will allow close cooperation between Investment Fiji and the Mauritian Bureau of Investments. The Attorney-General said that the meeting will enable both countries to develop relations between their respective Government agencies and encourage mutually beneficial opportunities. "The MOU will facilitate close collaboration between Fiji and Mauritius in facilitating investments and will drastically improve the ease of doing business, he said. He further mentioned that Mauritius has already developed and implemented its restructure program over the past two decades and since both Mauritius and Fiji have similar demographics, the

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Fiji Water workers who were made redundant in 2011 have been paid more than $40,000 in bonus payment. A government statement, said the payout amounting to $40,900 which rolled out in December to 85 workers from the villages of Rabulu, Drauniivi, Togavere and other sorrounding villages was completed recently. In 2011, these workers at the bottling plant in Yaqara were laid off following the elimination of one of three of the company's production lines. The issue was brought to the attention of the Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment, Jone Usamate, by the workers last year. Investigations were carried out by the ministrys Complaints Resolution Team (CRT), and with continuous networking and cooperation from the Fiji Water management, the team was able to facilitate the workers bonus payment. Usamate thanked the Fiji Water and its management for honouring their commitment to affected workers. Fiji needs employers who care for their workers, and even for those who have worked for them in the past, to ensure that they are not deprived of what is rightfully theirs," Usamate said. "I am thankful that we have been able to work together with Fiji Water to assist these workers. I only wish more employers would show the same kind of concern for social justice shown by the Fiji Water." Vateria Raibulu, a widow who provides for her four children was grateful to receive her bonus saying it was timely as the money was used for her late brother's memorial service and family needs.

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An 18-year-old woman who was found at the bottom of a swimming pool at a Hamilton motel has died in hospital. Police said Fijian woman Deepika Rani Kumar, who was believed to be in New Zealand to attend the Parachute music festival, died at 10.40pm Sunday. Ms Kumar was found at the bottom of a swimming pool at an Ulster St motel about 4pm. She was revived after 30 minutes by paramedics and taken to Waikato Hospital in a critical condition. Senior Sergeant Dave Litton said the woman was on her own for 20 minutes before she was found at the bottom of the pool. "We're unsure as to how long she's actually been under water,'' he said. Mr Litton said other guests at the motel gave the woman CPR until an ambulance arrived. Paramedics and firefighters then worked for half an hour to revive the woman. "They managed to get a pulse back.'' Mr Litton said she was taken to Waikato Hospital where she was in a critical condition in intensive care. She died about 10.40pm. Mr Litton said there was no doubt what occurred was a tragedy, but perhaps her misfortune may help to save others from being caught out in similar predicaments. "Without commenting on the specifics of this case, police would advise against people swimming alone and ask that you ascertain the depth of the water before you get in. "If diving or jumping into a pool, lake or river, look before you leap and be mindful of your abilities and those of your group before entering the water.'' Police earlier said Ms Kumar had been in the country to attend the Parachute music festival as part of a church group. The Anglican Archbishops of New Zealand and Polynesia released a statement on Ms Kumar's death, saying it was a tragedy and calling for prayers. Archbishop Philip Richardson said Ms Kumar had been in Wellington since December and was due to return to Fiji this week after attending the Parachute festival. She had lived at St Christopher's Home in Suva, where she was cared for by Sisters of the Community of the Sacred Name. Ms Kumar was enrolled at university in Fiji, where she was due to begin training as a teacher this year. Archbishop Richardson said his prayers were with the Sisters in Suva. "They have lost a young woman who they cared for as a child, and our prayers are with them as well as the sisters who live in Christchurch. The community here and in Fiji have lost a family member.'' The church also asked for prayers for St Mary's Parish in Whitby, which "became a spiritual home to Deepika while she was in Wellington''. Ms Kumar had stayed with a parish family who "treated her as a daughter''. "This is such a tragedy to hold alongside a life that was to offer so much. Our prayers are with those who have cared for Deepika and will now miss her,'' Archbishop Richardson said.

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Fijian Government Signs Agreement With Korea University For Health Capacity Cooperation
A new partnership signed by the Ministry of Health is aimed at reducing Soil Transmitted Helminthes (STH) infections around the country. The Health Minister Dr Neil Sharma signed the partnership on behalf of the Fijian Government with the College of Medicine Seoul National University. This development will allow health authorities to take control of this form of communicable disease; often prevalent amongst communities with poor sanitation. While explaining the causes and symptoms of this infection, Minister Sharma said that this new development with the University will position health authorities to effectively address the infection. Soil Transmitted Helminthes is a group of intestinal parasitic diseases that occur commonly in our population caused by intestinal roundworms such as hookworms, ascaris and whipworm. Anaemia, vitamin A deficiency, poor intellectual development and stunted growth are all associated with chronic STH, Dr Sharma said. I am quite positive that our collaboration will assist the Ministry of Health to achieve its strategic health goals in reducing the prevalence of Anaemia and improving the health of our school age children. The Ministrys Fiji Centre for Communicable Disease Control at Mataika House will be the focal institution for this collaboration. As well, the first stage of this project saw the commission of a parasitology lab at Mataika house, the provision of equipment such as microscopes and lab testing consumables and initial training from the Seoul National University on the use of these equipment. Dr Sharma said this new partnership will build local capacity and reduce the burden of STH infections on vulnerable reach communities. Fiji had already started significant work on the control of STH through the anti-Filariasis campaign and the National Iron and Micronutrient Supplementation (NIMS) program with mass drug administration initiatives.

Grants Are To Be Used Not Saved: Bole

Fijis Minister for Education, Filipe Bole, is reminding school heads to use up the term one grant for the purpose of enhancing students learning and not save up. Schools should not have surpluses in their account after a year, he said. If the schools do not use the grant, the remaining sum will be deducted from the allocation of the next terms grant. The children should benefit from the grant and should enjoy quality education in an environment that is conducive to learning. He said grants are to be utilised well in

each term of the academic year. That is the very reason the three batches of grants were dispersed early January to all schools, Bole said. The schools can utilise it to meet the needs of the school such as buying textbooks, new furniture, computers, construction of new classrooms and in the renovation of school buildings. Meanwhile, school heads are also reminded that audited financial report of their 2013 accounts should be submitted to the Ministry of Education before May 31in order for Term 2 grants to be released.

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About 235,000 ANZ home loan customers will receive refunds totalling roughly $70 million after being overcharged for interest repayments. The bank says it is writing to customers around the country offering them an average refund of around $300, after errors that in some cases date back to 2003. ANZ says the errors occurred when some mortgage customers were overcharged interest because agreed discounts or offset accounts had not being linked to their mortgage accounts. An apology has been issued for the mistakes, which the bank has blamed on human error. A spokesman said the bank has also paid about $8 million in compensation to customers for the errors. "We have reviewed all our offset

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accounts from 2003 and our Breakfree accounts since 2006," the spokesman said. "We will begin refunding customers immediately, including a compensation amount, with all payments expected to be completed over the next six weeks." The bank has finished a three-year review of its 2.4 million mortgage accounts and has been reviewing other accounts for the past year. It says no major problems have yet been found. ANZ said it has spent more than $4 million to improve its procedures and ensure the errors do not happen again. It said the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been kept informed throughout the process. ANZ says the refunds will not have a material impact on its results.

A COLORADO high school student walked in to his school cafeteria and set himself on fire, severely burning himself. Westminster Police Department spokeswoman Cheri Spottke said the 16-year-old didn't make any threats or statements before starting the fire at Standley Lake High School in Westminster, northwest of Denver. "There is no indication there were any threats to any schools," she said. Diana Wilson, a Westminster Fire Department spokeswoman, told the Denver Post that the student had burns to 80 per cent of his body. It's not clear what caused the student to walk into the cafeteria around 7.15am and start the fire. Ms Spottke said the fire was contained to the cafeteria and was put out by a caretaker with a fire extinguisher. There was also extensive smoke in the building. Jefferson County Public Schools spokeswoman Lynn Setzer says Standley Lake High has been closed for the day and students were sent home. The school has been closed for the rest of the day. Students who take the bus or were dropped off were bussed to nearby Wayne Carle Middle School, where they were being picked up by parents. Students with cars were asked to drive home, the school district said. No additional details about the fire's cause were released. "Our focus now is making sure the kids are safe," Ms Spottke said.

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A New Zealand man has survived being attacked by a shark: driving it off with his knife, stitching his own wound onshore and going to the pub for a beer before heading to hospital. Junior doctor James Grant was stabbed at the shark. spearfishing with friends near Colac "I am not sure how effective it was. I Bay at the base of the South Island guess it let go so something must have last Saturday when he was attacked happened, put a few nicks in it." by what he believed was a seven-gill He quickly made it onto rocks on shore. shark. It wasn't until he took off the wetsuit The 24-year-old was in about 2m of borrowed from a friend - that he saw the murky water when he felt a tug on his bites, up to 5cm long. He was thankful leg, which he initially thought was a for the 7mm of wetsuit neoprene. mate playing a trick on him. He gave himself stitches using a first "I looked behind to see who it was and aid kit he kept in his vehicle for pig got a bit of a shock," he told the media. hunts. He didn't see the shark and had no idea He and his friends then went to the how big it was. He thought it might Colac Bay Tavern, where he was given have been about 20cm across the jaw. a bandage because he was dripping However, he wasn't scared. blood on the floor. "(I thought) bugger, now I have to try The stitching was finished off when he and get this thing off my leg." went to Invercargill Hospital, where he He already had a knife in his hand and was back at work on Monday.

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Heroin sold in McDonald's Happy Meals in Pittsburgh, police say

Customers looking for drug were allegedly told to say, 'I'd like to order a toy' in drive-thru An employee of a McDonald's a toy." The customer would then restaurant in Pittsburgh is charged with be told to drive to a window, where selling heroin in Happy Meals. they'd hand over their money and get Investigators in the county district a Happy Meal box containing heroin attorney's office received a tip that in exchange. an employee was selling heroin at a Undercover agents on Wednesday McDonald's in the East Liberty section set up a fake drug buy and arrested of the city. 26-year-old employee Shania Dennis Officers say customers looking for of East Pittsburgh. heroin were told to go through the Dennis denied wrongdoing to reporters drive-thru and say "I'd like to order as she was being led away in handcuffs.

A Canberra serial child molester has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail for the public rape of a three-year-old girl and the racially motivated bashing of his neighbour. In September, Shane Williams, 40, from Campbell, was making his way to a police station for his annual sex offender check-in when he decided to stop at the Belconnen Library to use the toilets. He was browsing the books inside when a three-year-old girl wandered over to him and said hello. He then sexually assaulted her. The child's mother was just metres away using a computer and did not initially notice that her daughter had wandered off. She screamed when she spotted the toddler nearby in the arms of a crouching Williams. ACT Supreme Court, prosecutor Sara Gul described the attack as despicable. "It's clear that he is a significant danger to the community," Ms Gul said, before detailing Williams' extensive history of sexual assaults against young children stretching back more than two decades. "He really is what can only be described as a chronic child molester." Williams' lawyer James Sabharwal agreed the attack was concerning and offered his client's only excuse that he was both drunk and high on drugs at the time. "The only saving grace I can put to

Serial Child Molester Jailed For Raping Toddler In Canberra Library

your honour is that the little girl was not required to give evidence," Mr Sabharwal said. Chief Justice Helen Murrell said it was difficult to know if the victim would suffer any future impacts from the assault. "She was too young to understand concepts such as stranger danger," Ms Murrell said. "But one would have expected in those circumstances that their daughter would have been safe." Williams also bashed his neighbour Williams was on bail at the time of the rape for bashing his neighbour. Police documents read to the court reveal that in November 2012 Williams became upset with his neighbour over his African appearance. Williams started whingeing at him about how he was trying to take over his country before launching into an unprovoked attack. He punched the man several times and left him in hospital for three days, requiring plastic surgery to his face. "He is a danger to the community, to the most vulnerable people in the community," Ms Murrell said. For both the assault and the rape, Williams received a 25 per cent discount on his sentence for pleading guilty. Ms Murrell sentenced him to a total of seven years and six months in prison. He will be eligible for parole in fourand-a-half years.

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Britain To Give 'Most Vulnerable' Syrian Refugees Temporary Residence

'I Gave Him A Kidney, Then He Dumped Me'

Britain has announced it will give temporary residence to hundreds of vulnerable Syrian refugees, targeting those most traumatised by the three-year civil war. Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg says refuge will be provided for female victims of sexual violence, the disabled, the elderly and torture victims. Though there is no set quota, his office says the overall number is likely to be in the hundreds. Britain will work with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on a case-by-case basis to identify those most in need. "I am pleased to be able to announce today that the UK will be providing refuge to some of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees," Mr Clegg said in a statement. "We are one of the most open-hearted countries in the world and I believe we have a moral responsibility to help. "The UNHCR - which backs our new resettlement program - has said the highest priority should go to women and girls who have experienced or are at risk of sexual violence; the elderly; survivors of torture and individuals with disabilities, so that's who we'll target. "Sadly we cannot provide safety for everyone who needs it, but we can reach out to some of those who need it most."

London has defended its policy of focusing on giving aid rather than offering a comprehensive resettlement program. Britain has committed 600 million pounds (around $1.1 billion) in humanitarian aid to help alleviate the situation for displaced Syrians, making it the second-largest donor after the United States. The number of refugees has grown fourfold in a year, from 588,000 at the end of 2012 to 2.4 million in late 2013 according to UN figures. Britain has granted asylum to more than 2,000 Syrians since the uprising against president Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011 - 1,500 of them last year. "We'll continue to support the peace talks currently taking place in Geneva, because only a political resolution between the Assad regime and Syrian opposition will provide a permanent end to the suffering," Mr Clegg added. Amnesty International said last month that EU leaders should "hang their heads in shame" at their failure to provide safe haven for Syrian refugees. The European Union has accepted 55,000 asylum seekers from Syria, according to the Amnesty report.

SAMANTHA Lamb gave one of her kidneys to her ex-husband Andy to save his life - now she wants it back after he dumped her. Mr Lamb was suffering from renal failure and was surviving on dialysis, until his wife Samantha convinced him to accept one of her kidneys. At the time, she said: "He needed a new kidney or he would die. He was on dialysis three times a week. I told Andy he should go through with it [the transplant]." Mrs Lamb, 41, underwent the kidney transplant operation in October, 2009, after she lost enough weight to be able to have the procedure. The couple were also filmed for a BBC show which documented their story but it did not end happily ever after as they first thought. After Mr Lamb, 45, was given her kidney, he walked out on her nearly three years later in August, 2012. One night, while she was working at Tesco, Mrs Lamb claims he moved out of their home, and took the TV and stereo before he posted the keys through the letterbox without a note or letter. Mrs Lamb claims their marriage fell apart because her ex-husband was having an affair with her friend. But Mr Lamb denies any cheating occurred. She said that if she could turn back the clock, she would give her kidney to another person who was more deserving," she said. "I would definitely go through the operation again but I wouldn't give the kidney to him. "I hate him. If I could, then I would take it back and give it to someone else. "Obviously I don't want people to be put off putting their names on the organ donor list. "But all I want from him is his name on the divorce papers." The couple, from Devon, met when they were both drivers for a private ambulance firm in 2004. They later married in 2007. Mr Lamb said he never wanted her to go through with the kidney transplant as the procedure carried too many medical risks. "I never wanted her to donate her kidney because it was a big risk. But she insisted and I'll always owe her my life," he said. "I loved her but our relationship wasn't working. We had big rows and her family never liked me. "Despite what Samantha believes, I have never been with her friend. I just helped her to train her dog."

The number of passengers and crew who fell ill aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has climbed to more than 600, many vomiting and using biohazard bags for anything they touch. The updated sick count aboard the Explorer of the Seas, which cut short its Caribbean cruise and was expected to dock in New Jersey, is more than double the 300 originally thought to have been felled by gastrointestinal illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Among those sick with vomiting and diarrhoea were some of the onboard entertainers, which caused shows to be cancelled, passengers said.

Hundreds Ill On Royal Caribbean Cruise

"I started with upset stomach and vomiting, and that lasted all night and into the morning," passenger Joseph Angelillo told CNN in a telephone interview. Another ill passenger, Arnee Dodd of Connecticut, wrote on Twitter: "I've been sick and quarantined... Everything I touch goes in a biohazard bag." Altogether, 595 passengers and 50 crew members fell ill aboard the ship, said CDC spokeswoman Bernadette Burden. The ship was carrying 3,050 passengers and a crew of 1,165. The ship departed Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, New Jersey, on January 21 and will cut its planned 10day cruise short by two days, returning to its home port, the cruise company said. "Disruptions caused by the early wave of illness means that we were unable to deliver the vacation our guests were expecting," Royal Caribbean said in a statement issued. The CDC said the cause of the sickness was unknown but that an environmental safety officer and an epidemiologist boarded the ship on Sunday in St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands to determine the cause of the outbreak and the proper response. Stool samples were gathered and sent to a CDC lab to determine what type of pathogen is to blame, Burden said. "We likely will have a determination

or identification of the pathogen later this week," she said. "Our team will be remaining on board the duration of the voyage." The ship's crew increased cleaning and disinfection procedures and collected specimens from those who reported feeling ill following the outbreak, the CDC said. "After consultation between our medical team and representatives of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we think the right thing to do is to bring our guests home early, and use the extra time to sanitize the ship even more thoroughly," Royal Caribbean said in the statement.

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Astrology

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Aries:

Partnership will do very well and tremendous profits are indicated. Financially an extremely rewarding week. Love life sparkles with happiness. Those keen on starting a family or moving house can look forward to some good news in this week.

Cancer:

Taurus:

A favourable meeting will lead to good things in the near future. An expanse on a family get-together is likely. A close relative will be in touch. A major achievement in your work or career will make you feel happy. Love life is fulfilling.

Libra:

This is a period of expansion and growth for many of you. The employed among you will receive additional facilities or an extra allowance. Do not seek a change of job or work at this juncture. You will feel romantically drawn towards a colleague or a close associate. You now will begin to spend more time together. Educational, social and cultural activities are highlighted. Those in academic or creative fields will do well. A social gettogether with friends will be enjoyable. This could lead to a late night which would be quite tiring this week.

Leo:

Avail of the opportunities that come your way now. Gains from fresh investment and overseas projects are likely. Travel for work will be fruitful. An extremely favourable week to launch new work or expand your existing activity. Matters at home are happy and congenial. You will succeed in concluding a certain project which has been dragging on for quite some time now. This will release the money blocked in this venture. Regular work activities also indicate a good source of income. You will be entertaining at home this week.

Scorpio:

Independent decisions regarding work could be biased. Seek the help of a senior person or a close associate. Joint venture yields goods results. An important career decision will have to be made. Family life is happy and congenial. A happy event will be celebrated.

assured.

Capricorn:

An earlier project gets concluded bringing in good profit. You will sign new contract and begin work at once. A youngster or child who has been away will be in touch or return. A personal talent will lead to gains.

Gemini:

Virgo:

Attend to your routine work and avoid bringing about any changes right now. Try to be practical and don't give in to emotions because there is really very little you can do but flow with tide. Resisting will only lead to frustration and disappointment. There will be moments of leisure and romance with the one you love.

Aquarius:

Some of you will be sent overseas on a special project which will open up several new opportunities for further growth in your career. Work may separate you from your mate for a few days, and you are going to miss your the happy times immensely.

Pisces:

Sagittarius:

A busy week at work. A meeting will have beneficial results. Some news you receive this week will be encouraging and lead to gains. At a social gathering you will be very much in demand. Happiness in the family set-up is

A close associate from overseas may have an interesting work offer which is worth considering. Increased work activities will keep you busy. You will have to do a lot of paperwork which is very tiring. Try to relax whenever possible. There could be some news about travel or an unplanned journey.

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2 2boneless skinless chicken breastboneless skinless chicken breasts 3/4 tsp 3/4tsp(4 mL) (4 mL) salt 3/4 tsp 3/4tsp(4 mL) (4 mL) pepper 3 tbsp 3tbsp(45 mL) (45 mL) extravirgin olive oil 2 cups 2cups(500 mL) (500 mL) cherry tomatocherry tomatoes 1 1small onion, sliced 8 8garlic clovegarlic cloves, sliced 1 tsp 1tsp(5 mL) (5 mL) dried oregano 2 cups 2cups(500 mL) (500 mL) coarsely shredded, firmly packed radicchio leafradicchio leaves or whole spinach leaves, (firmly packed) 4 4green oniongreen onions, sliced 12 oz 12oz(340 g) (340 g) linguine pasta

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Ingredients: 12 Large prawns 1 tbsp Chinese wine or dry sherry 1 Clove garlic, crushed 2 tbsp Light soy sauce 1 Egg, beaten Breadcrumbs for coating Peanut oil for deep frying 1/2 tsp Finely grated fresh ginger 1/2 Cup corn flour Salt to taste How to make Butterfly Prawns: Shell the prawns don't remove the tails Remove black veins From the interior curve, cut the meat leaving the thin layer on the back Mix soy sauce, garlic, wine, salt & ginger Dip prawns into corn flour Now dip the prawns into the beaten egg Use breadcrumbs for coating Fry the prawns properly until they become crispy.

Cut chicken crosswise into strips; season with half each of the salt and pepper. In large skillet, heat 1 tbsp (15 mL) of the oil over medium-high heat; saute chicken until golden, about 3 minutes. Transfer to plate. Add tomatoes, onion, garlic, oregano and remaining oil, salt and pepper to skillet; saute for 2 minutes. Add radicchio; saute until tomatoes begin to split and soften, about 2 minutes. Return chicken to skillet; add green onions and heat through. Meanwhile, in large pot of boiling salted water, cook linguine until tender but firm, about 10 minutes. Drain and return to pot; add sauce and toss to coat. Serve sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.

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A stash of 27kg of gold worth more than $1.5m (956,023) has been discovered hidden on a commercial plane in southern India, reports say. The gold was concealed in mobile phones packed in boxes in the cargo of the plane at Chennai airport. India is one of the world's main gold consumers and imports are seen as a major contributor to the country's account deficit. It raised duty on imports of gold jewellery to 10% from 8% last year . The government is trying to curb demand for the precious metal, which

Gold Worth $1.5M Found In Plane Cargo In India

many Indians traditionally hoard in the belief it will bring financial security. The central bank says gold imports amounted to $3.9bn during the quarter ending last December, down from $16.4bn in the previous three months. It is not clear who the sender and the recipient of gold discovered at Chennai airport were, but officials said the plane arrived from Hong Kong. Last November cleaners found a stash of 24 gold bars worth more than $1.1m in the toilet compartment on board a Jet Airways flight at Kolkata airport. The plane had arrived from Bangkok.

Regrets, Hillary Clinton's Got One: She Hasn't Driven A Car Since 1996

Payout For Girl Who Had Glue Injected Into Brain In Botched Op At Great Ormond Street Hospital
High Court approved the settlement against Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Trust. The victim will also receive $A729,177 a year until she turns 19, which will increase to $A805,331 per year for as long as she lives. The court heard how there were no labels on the syringes to identify which was glue and which was dye. "We can't wind the clock back,'' said the trust's lawyer Nick Block. "We hope there are now systems and procedures in place to ensure such a tragic mistake cannot be made again.'' Maisha's father Sadir said his daughter's life was "ruined''. "I hope that by bringing this case, lessons will have been learned to avoid this happening to other families,'' he added. Maisha was healthy when she entered hospital, despite suffering from a rare condition in which arteries and veins can become tangled. She is now wheelchair-bound and has lost most of her bodily and cognitive abilities, the court heard.

A FAMOUS London's children hospital has agreed to pay out $A5.33 million to a girl left brain damaged when glue was accidentally injected into her brain. Maisha Najeeb was 10-years-old when she underwent an operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital in 2010, which involved injecting glue to block bleeding blood vessels. She was also meant to have dye injected into an artery in her brain as part of the procedure, but the syringes got mixed up, leaving her with permanent brain damage. Judge William Birtles at London's

She's been America's first lady, secretary of state and is tipped to be the nation's first female president but Hillary Clinton is missing one of life's simple pleasures - driving a car. The prominent Democrat politician has She decided to take the battery out of the told a national gathering of car dealers car after every time she drove, "taking in New Orleans that she hasn't been it into my dorm room so it would be behind the wheel since 1996 because warm before I put it back in. That was of security restrictions. the limit of my understanding." "The last time I actually drove a car Her next car - a yellow Fiat - was myself was 1996," Clinton said. "I stolen after she'd lent it to a friend and remember it very well. Unfortunately, involved in a high-speed chase with so does the Secret Service, which is police. why I haven't driven since then." "They [police] said it was in a highNot being able to put her foot on the speed chase and had crashed and gas is something she clearly misses. totalled," she said. "My first reaction "I have to confess: One of the regrets was I could not get that car to go very I have about public life is that I can't fast. I couldn't understand how the drive anymore," she said. robber had been able to pull that off. Clinton also took a gentle swipe at So I'm a little proud of the fact that the husband, and former president, Bill car performed right before it died." Clinton's driving skills. "My husband Clinton, who is strongly tipped to run thinks that [her not driving] is a for president in 2016 after a failed bid blessing, but he's the one who should against Barack Obama in 2008, also talk," she joked, according to the revealed her father's love for enormous media. vehicles - such as Cadillacs. Despite her regret, the 66-year-old is "He wanted a car big enough so that we not likely to be jumping in the driving wouldn't have to stop, so he didn't have seat anytime soon. She has had Secret to pay for a motel. And we never did," Service protection since being first she said, explaining her family would lady, which includes being driven from sometimes pull "into a nature preserve point to point, and she'll continue to or a supermarket parking lot to get a receive it for the rest of her life. few hours of sleep". Speaking to the National Automobile On a more serious note, Clinton praised Dealers Association's annual the economic importance of the auto convention, Clinton also happily industry, asserting that "building and delved into her experiences with her selling cars to a great extent created two first cars. the American middle class, and the She bought her first car - a 1963 resurgence of the auto industry over Oldsmobile Cutlass that had "seen the past few years has been a driving better days" - for $120 and soon had force behind our economic recovery". trouble starting it. She also said her biggest regret as "I didn't know what to do and I had no secretary of state - the nation's top money," said Clinton, who was in law diplomat - was the deadly attack on the school at the time. "I concluded that it US consulate in Benghazi in 2012. Four was the cold - and the battery would get Americans died, including ambassador cold, and that's why it wouldn't start." Christopher Stevens, in the assault.

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Canada Threatens Import Tariffs Border Officials To Share Travellers Info With Federal Government Over U.S. Food Labelling Bill
Canadas agriculture minister says hes hoping to avoid an all-out trade war with the United States over food labelling. But Gerry Ritz warns that, if there is a If negotiations fail, if a WTO ruling war, hes prepared to fight it. fails to change the Americans mind on Ritz has launched a last-minute appeal this again, its about the only tool we to American lawmakers to change U.S. have left. And so it will make some food labelling rules through a 950-page products more expensive in Canada, farm bill that could come to a first vote thats for sure. as early as Wednesday. In the meantime, Ritz says Canada will Im hoping that cooler minds will support industry stakeholders in the prevail, that the pressure that the United States and Mexico in a bid to American industry is bringing to bear obtain a court injunction preventing the in the next day or two will cause some U.S. government from implementing legislators to step back, said Ritz. the bill. Canada has long complained that The Canadian Cattlemens Association, the so-called Country Of Origin representing more than 68,000 Labelling provisions adopted by the beef farms and feed lots across the U.S. government in 2008 hurt meat country, said it too would support the industries on both sides of the border. government taking the fight to the Hopes for a settlement of the dispute WTO. were dashed Monday when U.S. The (association) fully supports lawmakers reached a deal that did the government of Canadas efforts not include changes to the labelling to pursue WTO approval to impose requirements. retaliatory tariffs, the organization Failing any last-minute amendments, said in a statement. Ritz says Canada will return the dispute Country-of-origin labelling rules are to the World Trade Organization, with blamed for complicating the import arguments in the case expected to of meat and livestock into the U.S., begin Feb. 18. driving up the cost of business, and Thats a good thing, said Ritz. It causing an estimated $1 billion a year starts to move it ahead. in losses. If the WTO rules in Canadas favour, The rules require segregation of beef, tariffs could be imposed by early 2015 pork and chicken so it can be labelled on U.S. exports of everything from with details about the origins of the beef and pork products to grains and meat before being sold in U.S. stores. fresh fruits. For beef producers, Ritz said the But that should only be used as a requirements add about $100 to the last resort measure because tariffs cost of each exported animal. would be costly both to businesses Some American companies have said and consumers, warned Lyle Stewart, they cant afford to sort, label and store Saskatchewans agriculture minister. meat from Canada differently than meat Its not the ideal situation, but its from domestic animals. In October, about the only weapon if everything Tyson Foods Inc., one of the largest else fails, Stewart told the provincial buyers of Canadian cattle in the U.S., legislature. said it would stop buying from feedlots However, Stewart said he would north of the border because of the higher support retaliation, if necessary. cost of complying with the regulations. Canadian border officials plan to share personal information obtained under a new Canada-U.S. border data exchange program with other federal departments, as reported. The program, in which Ottawa and people travelling through land border Washington will start sharing their crossings, including Canadian and citizens travel and biographic data this American citizens. summer, means anyone from Canada Ultimately, in the programs final travelling to or from the United States phase, Canada will develop a system to by land can have his or her information establish exit records similar to those passed on to federal departments. in the United States, where airlines are The Canada Border Services Agency required to submit passenger info on confirmed the new practice and said outbound international flights. data would be passed on only in The personal information collected accordance with stringent rules. includes a travellers name, date of But the revelation is raising questions birth, nationality, sex, document type, about privacy, how the information document number, work location code/ will be used and whether the federal port of entry code, date and time of government plans to use this data entry, and the country where the travel to crack down on immigration, document is issued. citizenship, health and tax cheats. The Entry/Exit initiative will allow With this system, it is a blank cheque the Government of Canada to better to the Big Brother. Where you go and manage access to Canada to enhance when you go becomes government security capabilities, said CBSA in an property, said immigration policy internal operational bulletin issued in analyst Richard Kurland. June. Kurland said the data collected can It will also increase the effectiveness be used as an enforcement tool of of its border management and enable immigrant residency and citizenship targeted policy development and laws for newcomers, as well as in the implementation in the future. application of health care and taxation To maintain Canadian permanent rules for Canadian citizens by counting residency, a person must be in Canada their days spent in Canada. for at least two years within a fiveCBSA spokesperson Esme Bailey year period. Many so-called phantom would not say if this new program immigrants, who land here and return would be used as an enforcement to their home country, often cheat the tool for purposes other than border system by leaving and returning to security. However, she said access Canada through the U.S. land border. to the information will be limited to And when they apply for Canadian designated users with an operational citizenship, which requires them to requirement for the information on a be physically present for at least three need-to-know basis. years or 1,095 days over the previous All personal data received will four years, theres no record of their be stored in a secure database and absence in Canada. IT safeguards and restrictions will With the extension of the data collection be in place in accordance with the to Canadian citizens, Kurland said the Government of Canada security policy implication will be even more policies and standards. far-reaching since the applications of The CBSA wouldnt specify which laws such as income taxes and healthdepartments would have access, but care eligibility are built upon residency, added the data wouldnt be shared with which has traditionally been hard to the provinces. track and enforce. Currently, under the bilateral Entry/ Officials will now have the tool to go Exit Initiative, Canada and the after Canadians who claim to be nonUnited States are already collecting residents in Canada to avoid paying and exchanging the entry data at all income taxes but yet have spent more land border ports of entry of third- than 182 days in the country to meet country nationals, permanent residents, the threshold, said Kurland. visitors, foreign students and those Many provinces also impose a threewho are here on work permits. month wait for health care and a person But beginning this summer, the scope loses coverage after an extended period of the program will be extended to all of absence, he added.

RCMP officers were hit by an out-of-control motorist in police parking lot Surrey RCMP say at least one police negligence causing bodily harm after officer has been taken to hospital allegedly driving his green SUV into in serious, but not life-threatening the Surrey RCMP parking lot at high condition, after a motorist struck a speed and smashing into two police parked police car, pushing it into cruisers. another police car in the Surrey RCMP A female RCMP corporal was on parking lot. her computer sitting in her police An RCMP officer, who was on foot cruiser when it was struck by the between the two cars, was pinned and green SUV. Her car was pushed into has been taken to hospital with non-life an adjacent car, pinning another police threatening injuries. officer between the two vehicles. Police say another officer in the car that Both officers were treated and released was first struck also sustained injuries. from hospital, one suffering minor leg RCMP have arrested the motorist, who injuries and the other, a torn rotator cuff. was not injured. The incident happened at the Surrey James Burton Weaver, 47, has been RCMP police parking lot in the 7200 charged with two counts of criminal block of 137 Street, Surrey, B.C.

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British Columbias top court has upheld a decision to revoke almost a decade of medicare coverage for an immigrant couple, confirming in a rare judgment that provinces have every right to deny health funding to people who spend too much time living abroad. B.C., like most provinces, requires that patients spend at least six months annually in the jurisdiction to benefit from medicare, and alleged Sayed Geissah and Souad Khalaf had lived most of the past several years in the Middle East. The pair had argued that the Canadian citizenship they obtained gave them the right to reside wherever they wanted, and that B.C.s medicare agency could not force them to live in Canada when it was too expensive for them to do so. The Court of Appeal said in a judgment this month that the province had acted legally when it retroactively stripped them of coverage for a nine-year period. It may be the first time the courts have ruled on medicare residency laws, and has potentially broad ramifications given that millions of Canadians live in other countries, said Sergio Karas, a Toronto immigration lawyer. People residing most of the year outside Canada usually do not pay income taxes here. Winters in Canada are pretty harsh, we all know that, and cost of living is cheaper abroad, he said. Unless there is some mechanism for enforcement, the damage could be substantial for the

Immigrant Couple Loses Appeal To Regain Medicare Coverage Revoked For Spending Too Much Time Outside Canada

provincial coffers. The case could give other provinces added impetus to enforce residency laws in similar situations, said Mr. Karas. Mr. Geissah and Ms. Khalaf could not be reached for comment. Kristy Anderson, a spokeswoman for the B.C. Health Ministry, said she could not comment directly on the case for privacy reasons, but confirmed the department periodically carries out residency reviews to ensure people qualify for coverage. With the current pressures facing our health-care system we need to be sure our resources are focused on eligible residents, she said. The family immigrated to Canada in

1994, became eligible for medicare three months later, and some time after that became citizens, according to the ruling. Their sons moved about 12 years ago to Egypt, Dubai and Qatar and the parents claimed they spend just six months each year visiting them and their grandchildren. The B.C. Health Ministry launched an investigation in 2011. The couple refused to provide records of their travels, the ruling said, but the department concluded the timing of their health-care claims with none in 2004 or 2005 and few in the rest of the 2000s suggested they had not made their home in the province. British Columbias Medical Services Commission ruled they were ineligible

for coverage from December 2001 until July 2010, though it has so far declined to seek repayment of health services they received in that period. Mr. Geissah and Ms. Khalaf asked for a court review of the decision, and then appealed to the high court when the first judge ruled against them. They made several arguments, including that the claims evidence failed to prove they were not residents, and that they received Old Age Security from the federal government, which showed they were residents. They also suggested the citizenship ceremony granted them the right to live anywhere, and that it was illegal to force them to reside in Canada when they cannot afford to do so, said the appeal court ruling, written by Justice David Frankel. I find no merits in any of the arguments, he said. Meanwhile, B.C. is introducing a new rule in March, allowing people to stay outside the province a total of seven months, for vacation purposes only, and still be eligible for medicare. Mr. Karas said the court case also highlights the issue of so-called Canadians of convenience, immigrants who obtain citizenship, then end up living much of their lives in their home countries. The Asia-Pacific Foundation estimated in a 2009 report that 2.8 million Canadian passport-holders live outside Canada, about a million of them in the U.S., and smaller numbers in Hong Kong, the U.K., Taiwan, China and Australia.

Up To 32 Presumed Dead After Canada Retirement Home Fire

Police in Canada say 32 people are presumed to have died in a fire that swept through a retirement home in the eastern province of Quebec. Bitter temperatures had forced exhausted search teams to take a break, but they are now slowly going through the debris of the residence in the small town of L'Isle-Verte. The blaze at the 52-unit property, located 450 kilometres north-east of Montreal, broke out after midnight last Thursday (local time). Within about an hour, the wood-frame, three-floor building was completely engulfed in flames, fanned by frigid winds of up to 70 kilometres per hour. The charred remains of the building are encased in a thick sheet of ice that measures 60 centimetres thick in some parts, police said. Families of the presumed victims have provided DNA samples and medical records to facilitate the process. Brutally cold temperatures hampered efforts to recover the remaining bodies, with temperatures dipped to minus 30 degrees Celsius. Cause of blaze unknown Investigators have yet to identify what caused the deadly inferno in the French-speaking Canadian province, but police sources believe it started in one of the rooms of the occupants. Radio-Canada reported that a cigarette was to blame, saying one of the residents lit up in his room instead of outside. But police spokesman Mr Lapointe stressed it was just "one hypothesis among several". Officials said the building met safety codes, but initial indications suggest the oldest part of the building, constructed in 1997, was not equipped with an automatic fire sprinkler system. A special mass was held at the town's Catholic church. The community is very tight-knit and many people have some connection to someone who lived in the building. Some of the first firefighters on the scene had relatives living at the seniors home. More than a dozen psychologists and social workers are now in the town to help people come to terms with the tragedy.

The Canadian government has announced it is barring senior Ukrainian officials from entering the country, in response to violent clashes between protesters and police in Kyiv. "Effective immediately, we will restrict entry to Canada for key Ukrainian government officials that have been responsible for the oppression and silencing of opposition voices," Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said Tuesday afternoon. Alexander said the government was compelled to take action following "utterly deplorable" and "recent actions by members of Ukraine's ruling elite in the face of popular and growing protests." "Canada continues to stand with the Ukrainian people as they defiantly and courageously speak out in support of freedom and democracy," Alexander said. Canada's decision comes as Ukraine's prime minister resigned Tuesday and the Ukrainian parliament voted to repeal its contentious anti-protest law. Alexander was accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird who warned Ukraine of further sanctions. "I think this is an important step.

Ukraine Government Officials Barred From Canada

We'll obviously continue to follow it and increase action if and when it is required," Baird said Baird said the Canadian government is monitoring the situation in Ukraine on an hour-by-hour basis. "This is not a final step for Canada, this is just another process in our engagement and support of freedom and prosperity in Ukraine." Baird said he had been in touch with Catherine Ashton, the European Union's representative responsible for foreign affairs and security policy, in the hour before Canada's announcement. He said he would also be in touch with U.S. officials. Liberal immigration critic John McCallum called today's move "meaningless." Instead, the Liberals are proposing the federal government freeze Ukrainian assets and fast-track the application of refugees from Ukraine to Canada. "Canada should send a strong message," McCallum told CBC News in a telephone interview. On Monday, members of parliament condemned the Ukrainian government for its actions following an emergency debate in the House of Commons.

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Vancouver Airport Gets A New Designer Mall

Stolen Id, Forgery Operation Found During Traffic Stop

Revenue from the 3,250-square-metre retail space will go toward airport infrastructure A new luxury mall is being constructed year drive south of the border to shop at Vancouver International Airport to at Seattle's Premium Outlet mall," says attract cross border shoppers and tourists. Vancouver Airport Authorty's Tony The new 3,250-square-metre retail Gugliotta. space is being designed by developer "We're hoping those Canadians will McArthurGlen, which is known for stay in Vancouver and shop here at the designing malls in Europe that sell airport." brands like Armani, Burberry, Coach, Gugliotta says revenue from the mall Michael Kors and Prada at a discount. will go toward airport infrastructure "I think there's a pressing demand for and keeping airline costs down. a designer outlet centre. Right now The first store is scheduled to open in probably three million Vancouverites a early spring 2015.

Top 5% of families with children to benefit more than bottom 60% A proposal to allow couples with children reducing the overall amount of tax the under 18 to split their incomes for tax family pays. purposes would provide no benefit to Sole-earner families gain the most 86 per cent of Canadians, according to Macdonald, who says his study used a new study by the Canadian Centre for the most recent Statistics Canada taxPolicy Alternatives (CCPA). modelling software, concluded that The measure would also cost the income splitting benefits sole-earner federal and provincial governments families the most. billions of dollars in revenue. Lower-income families, however, The study, entitled Income Splitting cannot afford to have one partner drop in Canada. Inequality by Design, by out of the workplace in order to take senior economist David Macdonald of advantage of income-splitting. "The the CCPA, concludes the richest five people who can most take advantage of per cent of families would benefit more these programs are the people who least than the bottom 60 per cent combined. need support in the first place," he said. Macdonald estimates the top five per Macdonald said income splitting and cent of families have incomes of over pension splitting are hugely expensive $150,000 a year. programs. He estimates pension splitting Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has said will cost $1.7 billion in 2015. "These that if the budget is balanced by 2015, costs are going up over time," he said. he plans to introduce income splitting His study calculates that income for families with children, similar to the splitting for families with children, policy he introduced in 2007 that allows if it happens, will cost the federal pension splitting for senior couples. government $3 billion and the "This is guaranteed to provide the provinces $1.9 billion, for a total of wealthiest families with the biggest $4.9 billion. benefit and the poorest families with The pension splitting scheme already the least benefit, "said Macdonald in a in place benefits well-off seniors the phone interview. "One in 10 of the top most, he said, adding that the lost 10 per cent of families are going to get government revenue could have been a $5,000 cheque." directed instead to lift seniors out of Income splitting is a benefit when one poverty, especially the poorest group member of a couple earns significantly older single women. more than the other or if one member "This is income inequality by design, has no income at all. The tax burden purposefully making Canada a less is spread between the two adults, equal place, " he said.

Income Splitting Aids Wealthiest Families Most, Says Study

Bags of mail and hundreds of stolen ID found in rental van of Surrey man A 27-year-old Surrey man has been handcuffs and knives, which were part arrested after RCMP allegedly found of a robbery kit, police say. bags of stolen mail and hundreds of RCMP say the stolen items were taken pieces of stolen ID in a vehicle during during robberies, break and enters, and a traffic stop. thefts from vehicles and mailboxes Benjamin Best was driving in the from around the Metro Vancouver area. Lower Lonsdale area in a rented cube More than 500 potential victims may van when he was stopped by North have had their mail or identification Vancouver RCMP on Jan. 15. taken. Police are asking anyone who Police allege they found bags of mail may have had their ID or mail stolen to and identification including passports, contact their local police agency. driver's licences, SIN cards and credit Best is charged with identity fraud cards belonging to other people inside under section 403 of the Criminal Code the van. and is scheduled to make his next court They also recovered sophisticated appearance Feb. 11. Best could be equipment used for forging documents facing more charges, said Cpl. Richard and zap straps, balaclava, pepper spray, De Jong in a statement.

Super Mailboxes Hit By Thieves, Says Langley Councillor

Langley Township Councillor Steve Ferguson says super mailboxes in his community have been broken into at least ten times in the last year and a half, forcing him to drive 10 kilometres to pick up his mail at a depot instead. In December, Canada Post announced it will phase out urban home delivery, replacing it with the community mailbox system over the next five years. But Ferguson questions whether super mailboxes will be secure enough once the transition happens. "They should bring in equipment that's Crime Prevention Through Community and Safety Police designed. They should work with our police.They should work with us. We have to have a product at the end of the day that works and should be safe for people using the mail." Canada Post says the company is in the process of replacing Ferguson's super mailbox and is also replacing boxes in high-risk areas with reinforced mailboxes. A CBC investigation in July, found more than 4,800 reports of incidents involving community mailboxes in 130 B.C. communities between 2008 and 2013. In December, RCMP reported they were investigating 53 mailbox thefts in the south Okanagan town of Oliver, plus additional thefts in Cawson, Keremeos and Kaleden over a threeweek period. Postal workers rally On Monday, the union representing postal workers held rallies across Canada to protest the looming cuts. B.C. postal workers rallied in Victoria. Workers want plans to raise the price of stamps, and to cut home delivery and 8,000 jobs reversed. Canada Post says if it doesn't make the cuts, the corporation will face a billion dollar deficit by 2020. Janet Barney, the president of the Victoria local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers says she doesn't believe it. "Canada Post is making money. You know, it's like we have to do something before, you know, it goes broke, and it's not broke. It's working. It's what, like, 17 of the last 18 years we've been making money." Sunday hundreds of postal workers protested the proposed cuts in front of the Prime Minister's office in Ottawa.

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hefty house mortgage onto someone else in the future at a profit. Otherwise, I don't see houses as investments: they are simply a place to live in and a liability if you don't have cash funds available to pay them off fast. 5) Don't shop for recreation. You just accumulate stuff. It is far more useful to shop for continuing education or other assets such as a rental property. Spend the money you would on Walmart junk on more education. Or travel experiences. Or real life experiences. Buying stuff is not a useful way to invest your income. 6) To build up a cash position quickly, get a second job for a certain period of time. Work in retail or sales on weekends. Just get some money in and stash it. 7) It is not that difficult to save money if you are determined. If you don't have the determination, no one can give you the right set of tips to get you to save. You have to decide to "just do it". 8) Don't drive a brand new car. If you can get a decent second hand car and check insurance rates. Try to use the public transit system as much as you can. 9) Don't think deprivation; think control. By saving money, you are being wise with your resources. Every time you look around and see your savings flushing money down the toilet, think assets not depreciating product purchases. It is possible to have a happy life without buying a lot of stuff, working yourself to death and following the scripts of our upbringing. Money is important but it isn't as important as life. 10) We use our credit card (one) to buy all our groceries, non-food purchases and gasoline for our car; we get PC points back that we use for decreasing our food bill. But we don't carry a balance. We have money in the bank before we charge anything. With large purchases (over $200) we wait for at least a month before we decided to buy and only when we have researched the product. We only buy a product if we can't get it secondhand or if it is a computer related product. We never carry a credit card balance and paying interest is simply a poor use of our limited resources. For high end product purchases - such as a new home purchase, take your time before you buy. We waited five years. Yes, we paid more for our house but we got the house we wanted in the area we wanted. Could we have bought a starter house and then resold and made money and bought the second house? Yes. But we were saddled with debt from student loans, a rental house mortgage and my husband was just starting out in his second career. We waited. We paid off our debt. We deferred gratification. I did not make money in the real estate market, but I still have my house. And all our other debts are paid off. Financially, we are in a stronger position than if we had gone the first house, second house route. 11) I follow our expenses monthly tracking them with our credit card statements. If expenses appear to be going too high, I cut back. Savings must always be much higher than expenses. 12) I sweat the small stuff. I make my coffee at home. I pack lunches. I don't buy the kids everything they want and I do say "NO". I show our boys the expenses for maintaining our household and the income flow in. They learn that there is money available for whatever they desire but we choose not to spend like our friends. Sad for them, but good for our net worth. 13) Take a small portion of savings and do get maximal returns on that cash: go for a trip, buy the computer, have a family reunion. Saving money to leave to the kids is not in our plan. Our plan is to be self reliant, independent and ensure that our kids have the education, skills and mindset to be high earners and not dependent on their parents. I think it makes good sense for people to get the maximal return for their work time. If you aren't earning as much as you can in the work you are enjoying then it is always a good policy to review this state of affairs and try to maximize earnings in your field. Still can't get more money? Learn new skills that will bring more money in. Low earners, as we learned from our own experiences, just do not have a chance to accumulate assets. Their earnings go towards survival requirements. Thus, we will be encouraging our kids to go into high income generating areas that they have an interest in. 14) Change jobs judiciously to increase

Friday January 31, 2014

Ways to Save on a Small Income

I didn't earn much for several years, but I always managed to put money away. The big thing to remember is how much you have going out vs. how much is coming in, and not to live beyond your means. The big thing for me was to separate my needs from wants. When my friends were buying rims and stereo systems for their cars, I was maxing out a Roth IRA. The same thing goes for clothes, entertainment, etc. Have nice clothes for work, a dependable car, a have a good time, but don't go overboard. The ideas for earning side income were also good. Keep your eyes open for opportunities! :) And finally, the advice ended with the long (17 suggestions!) but wellthought-out and valuable comment that follows: 1) Housing is the biggest cost; share your rental house/apartment with one or more roommates. The money they contribute to your housing costs can be saved for an emergency fund. My husband and I did this while we were graduate students and while there is a decrease in privacy, you don't have to allocate such a large portion of your income to housing costs. 2) Buy everything second hand. Everything. Furniture, clothes, shoes, cooking utensils. Thrift stores are utilized more heavily now than when we were students but it is still possible to get stuff that you can wear, use and sit on. Try and get family to give you their old, extra pieces of furniture for free. Don't bother to buy any nice furniture until you have assets. Don't buy too much furniture until you have your own house; you'll just end up selling the stuff or lugging it all to the new place. 3) Save 25% of your income. It can be done. You won't be going to bars on a regular basis but if you learn to cook, BBQ and have pot luck social affairs, you can decrease your entertainment and food costs which if I remember my student days, were fairly high. Start small, and move up to the 25% amount. Place this money in your RRSP (retirement funds) or another account that you cannot access easily and forget about it. Pretend it doesn't exist and you won't be tempted to pillage it. I did this while I was a twenty something and the money I saved in the forgotten account became my 50% down payment on my first house. 4) Don't follow the crowd. Don't spend like the crowd and don't take on debt like the crowd. The only debt that makes sense is a house mortgage but only after you have a 25% down payment, are committed to living in the house buying area for a decade and that you aggressively pay off within ten years. Debt is a waste of your income and should be viewed as EVIL. The current practice of taking on debt to fuel investment is sustainable only if the current bubble market in real estate persists and you are able to off load a your income and skills. Try and get good benefits. Be brave. Members of our family took risks and started businesses. They are well rewarded for their efforts. If your first career doesn't provide you with a good standard of living and skill set - change it. Go back to school and do it over again. Just don't debt yourself into slavery. There are tons of scholarships, grants and if you cannot get an education freely in this manner - work and build up an education reserve so you can pay for the second career education. And if your employer can pay for you to do this - do it. 15) Pay off your student loans. We did it as soon as we could. I don't see the advantage of carrying a student loan just for the tax value. Far better to use the money you pay for student loan payments to pay your mortgage off quickly. 16) Simple entertainments save you money: walk, hike, bike, no T.V., get together with friends at homes, hobbies like quilting, writing, reading or low cost trips to local parks and lakes to get away from it all. 17) Basically, it boils down to this: live like a student on your early earnings, save, invest and spend judiciously and later on, when you really, really want to do something such as go off to Nepal to write a book on mystics you will have the money, the mental discipline and the simple lifestyle to make your dreams truth. If more people lived like this, i.e. lived their dreams, I don't think we would all be malling away our very brief lives as we currently are doing. We would be living our lives. Good stuff!!!!!!

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Child Allowance

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An allowance can be a great way to teach kids money management skills. With an allowance, your child can learn how to make decisions, deal with limited resources, and understand the benefits of saving and charitable giving. There's no single correct way to handle allowance. As you decide when to start, how much to give, and whether you want to link the allowance to chores, it's important to make choices that fit your family. Starting an Allowance No particular age is best for every kid, but consider starting an allowance by the time a child is 10 years old. By then, most kids have had experience making thoughtful spending decisions but still look to parents for guidance. How much allowance should you give? It's depends on your financial situation and what kind of commitment you feel that you can comfortably keep. Experts generally recommend that kids get 50 cents to $1 per week for every year of their age $3.50 to $7 for a 7-yearold, for example. Regardless of how much you choose, give the allowance regularly and increase the amount as your child gets older. Allowance and Chores Should an allowance be tied to chores? Again, it's a personal choice. Some experts think that it's important to make this connection so that kids learn the relationship between work and pay. Others say that kids should have a responsibility to help with housework, above and beyond any financial incentive. Ultimately, you must decide what works best for you. Whatever you decide, be sure that all parties understand the arrangement. If you give an allowance for doing housework, make sure that your kids understand what their responsibilities

are and the consequences of not doing them. You might want to involve them in choosing the chores, and then keep a chart posted to remind them what needs to be done. It's important to be consistent. Following through on your promise to give a regular allowance sets a good example for your kids and is incentive for them to honor their end of the bargain. If you don't keep up with the allowance, they might lose that incentive and stop doing the chores. Using an Allowance How should kids spend their allowance? It's a good to have them use it for discretionary things, not essential purchases such as food or clothing. This lets kids make buying decisions and mistakes without dire consequences. You may want to encourage kids to put away a portion for charity and another portion for savings. If so, let them choose where to donate the money. It may be a cause that a child can relate to in some way, like an animal shelter or a group that helps sick kids. If some of the allowance goes to savings, consider setting up an account at a local bank. This way, your child can keep track of the money. Many banks offer special bank accounts for kids, and yours may enjoy the experience of getting mail, even if the mail is a bank statement. Beyond Allowance Once kids become teenagers, you may want to provide a quarterly clothing allowance in addition to the weekly allowance. If you do, establish a reasonable budget and allow your kids to spend it as they wish but also to honor its limits. If your son chooses to buy a $95 shirt or your daughter opts for a pricey handbag, for example, they might have to make compromises on other clothing choices.

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Women And Health Care

Screening reminders for women of all ages * Mammogram for breast cancer yearly screening for women over 40 years of age * Pap smears screening every 2 years * Physical that includes blood pressure check, breast exam, hormonal check if close to menopause * Calcium level check in order to avoid osteoarthritis * Routine colonoscopy if over 50 years of age to prevent colon cancer * Diabetes blood levels will be taken * Discuss any abnormalities you have noticed because remember you know your body best, so discuss these changes with your family physician Physical activity and health care: know the importance of physical activity and why it is important. To be active is to stay healthy. Ask your family physician for these screening when you visit him or her next. Remember you are own advocate for your health care. Information on any type of cancer including the causes, risks, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, types and stages is available on the website at http://www.bccancer. bc.ca/default.htm Women's Healthcare Guidelines The National Women's Health Information Center offers the following 10 things you can do to help live longer, live better, and live happier: 1. Be Informed. Learn about health promotion and disease prevention and ask your physician for specific information regarding your needs. 2. Be Good To Your Bones. For healthy bones, be sure to replenish your stock of calcium every day with plenty of foods such as milk and dairy products, tofu, leafy, green vegetables, canned salmon or sardines, and calcium-fortified juices or breads. Speak with your physician about calcium supplements. 3. Avoid Illegal Drugs and Alcohol. For women, the definition of moderate drinking stops at one glass. And, where illicit drugs are concerned, there is no such thing as "moderate" use. 4. Take Medicine Wisely. Read the labels, follow the instructions carefully, and remind your physician or pharmacist about any other medicines or supplements you might be taking that could interact with your medication. If you have any questions about possible side effects, call your physician or pharmacist. 5. Play It Safe. Avoid injuries. Buckle up. Wear a bike helmet. Use smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Wear sunscreen and UV protected sunglasses. Use street smarts and common sense. Practice safe sex. 6. Get Checked. Get regular checkups, preventive examinations, and immunizations. Do not forget selfexaminations, too. 7. Do Not Smoke. Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in our country. 8. Eat Smart. It is the secret to good health. Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and grains. Enjoy a variety of foods, balance foods from each food group, and exercise moderation. 9. Get Moving. The other secret to good health: just 30 minutes of physical activity, accumulated over the course of each day, can radically improve the way you look and feel, both physically and mentally. 10. Be Happy. Take time for yourself. Get connected with family, friends, and community. Do things you enjoy! Routine activities for women to ensure good health: These charts provide general healthcare guidelines for women, but are not meant to replace any advice and guidance given by your physician. Please use them as a reminder to take care of your personal healthcare needs, and also as a list of topics you may want to discuss with your physician.

Savitri Singh - Carlson, BScN, MSN, PhD Women of all ages should be familiar with the normal look and feel of their breasts. If you notice any of the following changes you should see your medical advisor immediately. Regular Self Examination 1. LOOK Whilst standing in front of the mirror with shoulders back and hands on hips. * Check for changes in size, shape and colour of both breasts. * Note if there is any dimpling, puckering or bulging of skin. * Be aware of whether the nipple has changed position or if it has inverted. * Monitor for redness, soreness, rashes

or swelling. * It is also recommended to do this whilst the arms are raised in the air. 2. PRESS Apply minimal pressure with the thumb and forefinger to each nipple and check for discharge (milky, yellow fluid or blood). 3. FEEL Feel your breast while lying down, sitting, standing or in the shower. * Use a method which you become familiar with and record your observations on a monthly basis. * When checking the left breast use your right hand (right breast use your left hand) and work gently on the top layer and then a little firmer as you press deeper into the tissue with your middle three fingers feeling down to the ribcage. * Be sure to check all over your breast with a sequence you can remember. From the armpit to your cleavage, and from the top of the collarbone to top of your stomach. * All the time feeling for irregular lumps, lumpiness or thickening, particularly in one breast only. What else can I do? * Eat for health - choose a varied diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables * Maintain a healthy body weight * Be physically active on most, preferably all, days * Limit your alcohol intake.

A new study has found that physical activity significantly extends the lives of male cancer survivors. During the period while the men were followed, those who expended more than 12,600 calories per week in physical activity were 48 percent less likely to die than those who burned fewer than 2,100 calories per week. Kathleen Y. Wolin, PhD, of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, is co-author of the study. Many cancer survivors are living longer, due to earlier diagnosis and better treatment, and their numbers are increasing rapidly. "Thus physical activity should be actively promoted to such individuals to enhance longevity," the researchers concluded. There has been extensive research showing that among generally healthy, cancer-free populations, physical activity extends longevity. But there has been relatively little such research on physical activity among cancer survivors.

Physical Activity Can Increase Lifespan Of Male Cancer Survivors

Researchers examined data from the Harvard Alumni Health Study, an ongoing study of men who entered Harvard as undergraduates between 1916 and 1950. Researchers looked at 1,021 men (average age 71) who previously had been diagnosed with cancer. In questionnaires conducted in 1988, men reported their physical activities, including walking, stair-climbing and participation in sports and recreational activities. Their physical activities were updated in 1993, and the men were followed until 2008. Compared with men who expended fewer than 2,100 calories per week in physical activity, men who expended more than 12,600 calories per week were 48 percent less likely to die of any cause during the follow-up period. This finding was adjusted for age, smoking, body mass index, early parental mortality and dietary variables. (By comparison, a 176-pound man who walks briskly for 30 minutes a day, five days a week burns 4,200 calories.)

A new poll has revealed that laughter is the best medicine to cure flu. According to the poll, conducted by 'Day and Night Nurse', three out of four people claimed that a chuckle can make them feel "energized", 29 per cent said a hug from a loved one was

Laughter Is The Best Medicine To Ward Off Flu

beneficial and 14 per cent insisted listening to music soothed away the symptoms, as reported. The poll found that women are skilled at harnessing the power of laughter, as 83 per cent agreed that it cheers them up, while only 70 per cent of men agreed to the same.

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Fish Oil Could Help Prevent Alzheimer's

Fish has long been hailed as 'brain food,' and now a new study has revealed that fish oil supplementation can help ward off diseases such as Alzheimer's. It was found that people with higher levels of the omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in fish oil, may have larger brain volumes in old age equivalent to preserving one to two years of brain health. Shrinking brain volume is a sign of Alzheimer's disease as well as normal aging. For the study, the levels of omega-3 fatty acids EPA+DHA in red blood cells were tested in 1,111 women who were part of the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study. Eight years later, when the women were an average age of 78, MRI scans were taken to measure their brain volume. It was found that those with higher

levels of omega-3s had larger total brain volumes eight years later. Those with twice as high levels of fatty acids (7.5 vs. 3.4 percent) had a 0.7 percent larger brain volume. "These higher levels of fatty acids can be achieved through diet and the use of supplements, and the results suggest that the effect on brain volume is the equivalent of delaying the normal loss of brain cells that comes with aging by one to two years," study author James V. Pottala, PhD, of the University of South Dakota in Sioux Falls and Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc., in Richmond, Va, said. Those with higher levels of omega-3s also had a 2.7 percent larger volume in the hippocampus area of the brain, which plays an important role in memory.

Maintaining the right balance of carbohydrates and proteins in meals together with right time gap can help in a smooth journey of weight loss and appropriate sugar levels, it has been revealed. 'Weight loss' and 'controlling blood sugars' are two seats of a sea-saw, hence a balance between the two phases is very important to maintain the health of an individual, as reported. It was suggested that if a person with diabetes is given a crash diet with very less proteins and fibre, there will be muscle wasting which in turn can

Weight Loss May Help Control Blood Sugar Levels

affect the insulin action. Eating less or skipping your meals can go against your aim to reduce blood sugar. However, blood sugar control and proteins can help one in preventing complications of diabetes like neuropathy, retinopathy and nephropathy. Complex carbohydrates not only help in controlling sugars but also to give satiety in turn helping a person to curb hunger and reduce weight. But, only diet alone can't help lose weight, exercise or daily walk can enhance your performance, productivity and longevity.

The Benefits Of Green Tea

Green tea can weaken the effects of a commonly prescribed blood pressure pill, experts warn. Japanese researchers found the herbal drink blocks special cell transporters that normally help the body absorb the beta-blocker medicine. In tests, people who drank green tea alongside taking their tablets ended up with lower circulating blood levels of the drug nadolol. Experts say consumers need to be aware of this interaction. Like other drugs, the patient leaflet accompanying nadolol tablets warns that certain medicines, including herbal remedies, can interact with their action. But it does not include green tea in this list. Green tea Comes from Camellia sinensis, the same plant as other teas However, it is produced in a slightly different way to produce its unique flavour The leaves are not given the opportunity to oxidise (react with oxygen in the air) as with black tea, leaving the teas green in colour Doctors already advise that certain fruit juices, including grapefruit, can interfere with some common medications, including beta blockers. The study in the journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics found nadolols lowering effect on blood pressure was blunted in the 10 volunteers who agreed to drink green tea. Follow-up tests in the laboratory revealed that green tea blocked a drug transporter present in the lining of the human gut that helps move nadolol into the cells. Weakening effect The scientists estimate that a couple of cups of green tea would be enough to have this effect in humans. It is not clear if other types of tea have a similar effect. And they point out that green tea is also purported to have many health benefits. Green tea is less processed than other teas and, consequently, retains higher concentrations of antioxidants. Sotiris Antoniou, Royal Pharmaceutical Society spokesman and a consultant pharmacist in cardiovascular medicine, suggested to blood pressure patients who still want to drink green tea that leaving a four-hour gap between cups and taking their medicines might get round the problem. He said: This has yet to be confirmed and is only extrapolated from our experience with grapefruit for this type of interaction. What is clear as healthcare providers is that we need to ask patients about their consumption of various fruits and supplements such as grapefruit and green tea, and this needs to be documented in the clinical notes, and where appropriate provide information on avoiding green tea or grapefruit, or better where possible to prescribe an alternative drug that is not affected by the consumption of green tea. Mr Antoniou added: For any individual concerned, they can go to their local community pharmacy where they can clarify any potential interaction.

A new study has suggested that regular exposure to mild cold may be a healthy and sustainable way to help people lose weight. First author of the study said that they hypothesize that the thermal environment affects human health and more specifically that frequent mild cold exposure can significantly affect our energy expenditure over sustained time periods. Marken Lichtenbelt and his colleagues from Maastricht University started studying the effects of mild cold about 10 years ago, mostly because it had received so little attention and found the evidence to suggest that a more variable indoor temperature-

Shivering May Be Secret Of Slimming

A new study led by an Indian origin researcher has found that a major component of olive oil, hydroxytyrosol, may help prevent breast cancer in postmenopausal women. "We know there is a correlation between breast density and breast cancer," Tejal Patel, M.D., breast medical oncologist with Houston Methodist Cancer Center said. "A decrease in density of one percent can potentially translate into a nearly two percent reduced risk of developing breast cancer." Previous research has shown that olive oil provides many health benefits

Olive Oil May Help Prevent Breast Cancer

one that is allowed to drift along with temperatures outside- might be beneficial, although long-term effects still await further investigation. The Netherlands team also found that people get used to the cold over time. After six hours a day in the cold for a period of 10 days, people in their study increased brown fat, felt more comfortable and shivered less at 15 degree Celsius. In young and middle-aged people at least, non-shivering heat production can account for a few percent up to 30 percent of the body's energy budget, they said. That means lower temperatures can significantly affect the amount of energy a person expends overall.

including lowering the risk for heart disease, high blood pressure and possibly stroke. Houston Methodist will enroll 100 patients -- 50 premenopausal and 50 postmenopausal women. Each patient will take one 25 mg hydroxytyrosol capsule for 12 months and undergo checkups every three months. There is no placebo control. In addition to looking at whether hydroxytyrosol has an impact on breast density, researchers will also note possible side effects of the chemical.

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By air Whether you are returning home or visiting, you will follow the same straightforward process to enter Canada. There are three simple steps to follow: Step 1. Pre-arrival: Complete a Declaration Card You will receive a Declaration Card while you are on board the aircraft or other conveyance and must complete it before you arrive. The Declaration Card tells us what we need to know about you, your travels and what you are bringing into the country. Instructions on how to complete the card are attached to help you. Please note that everyone arriving in Canada must complete a Declaration Card. You can list up to four people living at the same residence on one card. Once the Declaration Card is completed, detach and discard the instructions. Please do not fold the card, as this allows us to serve you faster. Be sure to keep the Declaration Card handy along with your identification and other travel documents. You will

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Ekta Kapoors Balaji Films had to suffer a loss and it is all due to a costly undergarment. It might sound funny but Ekta Kapoor had to bear the expenses due to Sunny Leones missing lingerie. While shooting for Ragini MMS 2, the Indo-Canadian porn star turned Bollywood actress Sunny Leones expensive lingerie worth Rs 50,000 went missing from the film set. The undergarments went missing from the set of the film and after extensive search it could not be located. Sunny was suppose to shoot an underwater scene with this expensive lingerie but she could not due to the theft. A source informed that Sunny was wearing a grey coloured lingerie for the shot. The

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production house had to order another set of the same piece as she had worn the same lingerie couple of times in the film and for the films continuity, Sunny requires to wear similar set and with no option left, the makers had to order online one similar set and the producers had also to bear the extra cost to facilitate early shipping. Post the theft, security personals were called. Incidentally, similar incident took place on the set of Kyaa Super Cool Hain Hum when Sara Jane Dias designer undergarments went missing. It is heard that Sunny Leone is very particular about her undergarments and always prefers designer lingerie. She left shocked with the incident.

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Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar said she had not imagined that her song Ae mere watan ke logon will acquire an iconic status and become hugely popular in the country and also abroad. Initially, I did not know Ae mere watan ke logon will become so popular, she said at a function organised to mark the 51st anniversary of her famous song at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse here this evening. Narendra Modi, BJPs prime ministerial candidate, was also present at the occasion, where Mangeshkar sung first few lines of the song. The song, composed by C Ramachandra, was written by Kavi Pradeep in honour of Indian soldiers who lost their lives in the 1962 war with China. Mangeshkar, 84, famously sang the song in the presence of Nehru at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi, on January 27, 1963. Recounting the events before she performed in Delhi, the Bharat Ratna awardee said one day she received a phone call from Kavi Pradeep, who said he has written a song and wanted her to give a voice to it. Mangeshkar told Kavi Pradeep she

was not prepared to sing the song at such a short notice. However, Pradeep insisted, saying main chahta huin tum he yeh gana gao. She then went to Ramachandra for rehearsal. However, since Ramachandra was in a hurry to leave for Delhi, she could rehearse the song only once. But she kept listening to the recorded song. Mangeshkar said after the function ended she was called by Nehru. At first I was nervous, thinking I have committed some mistake. But when I met Panditji (Nehru), I saw tears in his eyes. Lata, tumne aaj mujhe rula diya, she said quoting the Prime Minister. Nehru was very sad over the India-China war and he looked downcast, Mangeshkar said. Later, Indira Gandhi and her sons Rajeev and Sanjay came to see Mangeshkar and they clicked photos with her. I have done over 100 shows abroad and every time I have sung this song. People always request me to sing Ae mere watan ke logon. She thanked Modi for honouring her on the occasion.

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Salman Khan: Nobody Has Failed But Me

The Jai Ho actor said this looking at the box office collections of his recently released film Lazy scripting, direction, poor music Salman Khans Jai Ho has collected and an unremarkable leading lady all around Rs 58 crore in India and Rs 20 detracted from Salman who gamely crore abroad, breaking no records in was Salman, like he is in film after the process. While these are fantastic film. Nowadays, people (even Salman numbers for an ordinary leading man, fans) expect something beyond mere they are underwhelming for someone star power, something that a film like of the stature of Salman. These numbers Ek Tha Tiger went beyond and was are thrown into stark relief when placed consequently a grand success. against the gargantuan acquisition cost For Salmans sake let us hope that that Eros International paid for Jai Ho his forthcoming releases Kick and some Rs 150 crore, if sources within Gabbar look beyond Salmans raw the company are to be believed. Eros star power. bought the film sight unseen and upon Eros, meanwhile, is singing a positive finally watching it (according to the tune. Nandu Ahuja, Sr. VP, India same source), decided not to throw Theatrical, Eros International Media good money after bad, and kept the Limited said, Salman fans have given print and advertising expenditure to a huge thumbs up to Jai Ho. The film is a minimum, which possibly explains packed with Salman style action along the thanda promotional campaign that with the emotion and message of the directly led to a lack of buzz. human chain of goodness and it has While all monies spent will be recovered in the long run, thanks to media. If the initials havent been up the mark, because, after collections in touched the right chord with his fans. cable, satellite, home video and other to the mark, then nobody has failed the Rs 17 crore range on Friday and This is an outstanding opening and his ancillary sales, the underperformance but me. However, the megastar Saturday, numbers soared to Rs 26 highest where we didnt have the added of the film raises the question of how was perplexed by something. The crore plus on Sunday. However, even advantage of a long weekend. it affects Salman Khans image. reactions inside the cinema and the Salmans composure cracked when a Pranab Kapadia, President, Marketing Speaking at the launch of a motorcycle collections are not matching up. It is media lady asked him yet again about & Distribution, Eros International plc brand at a suburban Mumbai hotel a strange combination, Salman said. the poor collections and he admonished added, With January usually being on Monday, Salman wielded all the Sense of humour intact, Salman said her for repeatedly rubbing it in, saying a slow start in the overseas markets, the overseas weekend for Jai Ho was tough questions at him with good that his message in Jai Ho, not to thank that it hurts. grace and humour, but the fact that he someone for a good deed, but instead Die hard fans may flock to the cinema excellent. This also being a non-holiday was smarting at the box office result to go and help three other people in large numbers during the days ahead period reflects very well on the films was evident for all to see. How can instead, was perhaps interpreted by his and make the film a massive hit, but opening. It is trending at a similar or you calculate somebodys thinking? fans as go and watch the film on the the fact remains that content-wise Jai better level compared to recent Salman Salman asked the massed ranks of the third day. Salman may not be far off Ho is disappointing, even for fans. blockbusters.

Ranveer Singh To Romance Ex-Flame Anushka Sharma

It is heard that director Zoya Akhtar has roped in Bollywoods budding star Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh for her next starring Priyanka Chopra in a pivotal role. Anushka and Ranveer who has worked in movies like, Band Baaja Baaraat and Ladies vs Ricky Bahl have been finalized for Zoyas next. The couple will play love interest and Priyanka will be seen in the role of Ranveers elder sister. Off late exes are open to work with one another, Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor are not the only exception. Ranveer and Anushka dated for a year before the couple call it a quit. Their love story blossomed on the set of Band Baaja Baraat and the duo was spotted in various events getting intimate. Ranveer and Anushka share a cordial relationship today and the actor once confessed in an interview that Anushka taught him a lot about the medium and acting when he ventured into acting. The two biggest influences have to be Anushka (Sharma, co-star Band Baaja Baaraat, 2010) and Sanjay Leela Bhansali (film-maker). She taught me so many things about the medium and acting. I was fortunate to have her as my co-star. She was one of the biggest influences. Anushka taught me a lot since I was only a beginner. She taught me everything that a novice needs to know before giving his first shot. said Ranveer on being asked about the biggest influence in his acting career. We really hope that Anushka and Ranveer will able to impress their audience with their on-screen chemistry.

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Balsamic Glazed Salmon

Ingredients 4 fresh salmon fillets (5 oz/140 g each) 2 tbsp (30 mL) olive oil Freshly ground black pepper 1 cup (250 mL) CAMPBELL'S Ready to Use 30% Less Sodium Chicken Broth 3 tbsp (45 mL) balsamic vinegar 1 tbsp (15 mL) cornstarch 1 tbsp (15 mL) brown sugar 1 tbsp (15 mL) orange juice 1/2 tsp (2 mL) grated orange peel Directions 1. In a mixing bowl, mix together the oil, pepper, broth, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, orange juice and orange peel. Marinate the salmon fillets for 30 minutes in the refrigerator and then grill over medium heat until fish flakes and juices run clear. 2. In small saucepan, take the remaining marinade, add the corn starch and heat to a boil over mediumhigh heat. Cook and stir until mixture boils and thickens. Simmer for 2 minutes. 3. Place salmon fillets onto a platter and serve with glaze. Recipe Tips When grating citrus fruits you'll want to avoid rubbing too deeply into the peel. There's a white layer between the outer peel and the flesh, called the pith, which can be bitter.

aside, discarding excess corn starch. 2. In a medium size bowl, combine broth, white wine, lemon juice, brown sugar and 1 tbsp of corn starch ingredients and mix well. 3. Warm oil in a large frying pan or wok over medium high heat and fry chicken until crispy and golden brown, about 4-5 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside. 4. Lower heat to medium and add onion, carrots and mushrooms to the pan, stirring occasionally, about 2-3 minutes then add garlic and ginger and cook 1 minute more. 5. Add sauce to pan, ensuring it is mixed well and cook for 4 minutes, covered. Add broccoli and cook 2 minutes more, covered. 6. Add snow peas, broccoli and cooked chicken. Mix well and serve over cooked rice or noodles. Garnish with cilantro.

Grilled Fish With Tomatoes, Potatoes And Lemon

1 fish fillet 2 small potatoes, scrubbed but leave skin on, boiled till just tender, then sliced into 1 cm discs 1 medium tomato, cut crossways into 1 cm slices 1 quarter red onion, peeled and thinly sliced Juice of half a lemon, the other half is to serve with the fish. Cut the lemon crossways. A scattering of "tomato herbs" Olive oil or melted butter Salt and pepper 1. Preheat the oven to 180C. 2. Brush a baking tray with oil or melted butter. 3. Make a base of the potato slices, red onion slices and tomato slices and a few herb sprigs, one base for each fish fillet. 4. Season with salt and pepper. 5. Put into the preheated oven for 10 mins, this will start to wilt the tomato and soften the onion. 6. Remove and place a fish fillet on each base. 7. Brush the top of the filet with oil or melted butter, season with salt and pepper. 8. Squeeze the juice of the half lemon across this stack. 9. Return to the oven and cook until the fish is just flaking, the time will depend on what fish you are using. 10. Remove from the oven and plate up, serve with the other lemon half (you may like to grill the lemon in a hot pan to add colour).

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Digital Film Festival Bond Is Back!

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Better brace yourself for action. James Bond is back - and Cineplex Odeon has got him. Mark your calendars for Feb. 4 when Scotiabank Theatre unleashes two 007 classics: On her Majesty's Secret Service and Thundeball. Part of the one of a kind digital festival these two 1960s adventures will appeal to younger audiences and those who long for the past. Smart choices indeed are these wild and diverse entries in the Bond cannon. Distinctive for sure with a capital D is OHMSS. For the first (and last ) time ever we get to see a "new" man play the heroic man with the license to kill. Enter Austalian model George Lazenby, sent on a mission to thwart a wild plot by S.P.E.C.T.R.E master criminal Ernst Stavropol Blofeld, played for the second time by Telly Savalas ( The Dirty Dozen). Bond entry number six came out in 1969 and is really a live story at heart with Bond falling fast and furious for Countessa Theresa, portrayed in style by Diana Rigg (The Avengers). Shot in snowy scenic Switzerland and warm balmy Portugal this movie futures fantastic death-defying ski chases, where unfortunately one unfortunate stuntman became injured for life. This film despite being a touch long had superb action sequences including a dynamic toboggan race not to be missed. Now let's get down to serious business: Thunderball. In 1964 marking his

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Justin Bieber Charged With Assault

fourth appearance as Bond Scottish actor Sean Connery is in top form as Mr. kiss Kiss bang Bang, as the Italians called him. The first superstar of the movies Connery solidified his fame and fortune in Thunderball which became a global hit and ushered in he James Bond phenomena hot on the heels of 1964's classic Goldfinger. Original director Terrence Young, who helmed the trendsetting Dr, No and From Russia With Love, this time has Bond tangling with evil S.P.E.C.T.R.E. No. 2. Emilio Largo played with suave elegance by Italian Adolfo Celi with eyepatch et.al. Canada is mentioned briefly in this film before Bond puts his aquatic skills to good use in the tropical Nassau, the Bahamas, in a valiant attempt to recover two stolen atomic balms and prevent the destruction of Miami. Ladies on Jame's always full plate include Domino and Fiona Volpe, played by French beauty queen Claudine Auger and a sizzling Luciana Paluzzi. Wall to wall action, unbelievable underwater fights and Connery at his undeniable best make Thunderball see movie on the big screen with a live audience. Tickets only cost $6 to see these James Bond classics Show times: Feb 4. 7:00 pm. OHMSS Scotia Bank Theatre 9:50 pm. THUNDERBALL

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has been charged with assault over a December incident in Toronto involving a limousine driver. Bieber arrived at a police station in a black SUV and was met by a crowd of journalists as well as screaming fans braving temperatures of minus 10 degrees Celsius. Wearing a baseball cap on backwards and a hooded black coat, Bieber was mobbed by photographers and fans pushing for a closer look as bodyguards and police officers cleared a path for him to enter the station. A statement issued by police said the alleged incident occurred about 2.50am (local time) on December 30. Police allege that: "A limousine picked up a group of six people outside a nightclub .... (and) while driving the group to a hotel, an altercation occurred between one of the passengers and the driver of the limousine. "In the course of the altercation, a man struck the limousine driver on the back of the head several times. "The driver stopped the limousine, exited the vehicle and called police. The man who struck him left the scene before police arrived." Bieber is scheduled to appear in court on March 10. Representatives for the 19-year-old could not immediately be reached for comment. Bieber has been in trouble with authorities in the US this month. He was charged with driving under the influence in Miami after police caught him drag racing a rented Lamborghini.

He told police he had taken prescription medicine, had been smoking marijuana and had consumed alcohol. According to court records, he pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to those charges in a written plea submitted by his lawyer. If convicted, Bieber could face up to six months in prison, although experts say he is likely to receive a lighter sentence because it would be his first offence. Bieber is scheduled to make a court appearance on February 14 to formally answer the charges. He was also charged with driving on an expired licence and resisting arrest without violence. Bieber, a native of Ontario, Canada, first shot to fame as a child when his mother posted YouTube videos of him singing. He became a musical and social media sensation with a devoted following of young, mainly female fans. The Boyfriend singer's life off-stage has been rocky in the past year, with problems ranging from scuffling with paparazzi in London to a felony investigation into whether he pelted a neighbour's house with eggs in his gated community near Los Angeles. Also on Wednesday, an online petition asking the Obama administration to deport Bieber after his Miami arrest from the United States passed the 100,000 signature threshold required for a White House response. Bieber was unlikely to be deported because federal law dictates that a visa can only be revoked or denied for a conviction of a violent crime with a minimum one-year prison sentence.

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You've been missing your routine at the gym very often thanks to your busy schedule (or plain laziness) and suddenly you realize that in one week you have to attend a wedding. You want to wear your favourite saree or figure-hugging dress but are worried about your flabby stomach bulging out. Well, you still have a last option. While you cannot reduce fat, you can lose belly fat by decreasing your total body fat percentage. And you don't have to completely alter your daily habits to get a flat stomach within 7 days! of 20 repetitions should be done. Also, do planks by holding your body in a push-up position on your elbows for 30 to 60 seconds for four sets.

Steps To A Flat Tummy In 7 Days

Relationships
Continued From Last Week 'You know what's on my mind' Want to make her feel like a supreme goddess? Well, then all you need to do is tell her that she knows what's on your mind before even having to tell her. Whether it is preparing your favourite dish for dinner, buying a gift that you had wanted to buy for yourself or the intensity with which she turns you on in bed. Once she is convinced she knows you better than you do, she won't mind giving you more than you have asked for. Madhuri Bhargava, 35, senior manager in a private bank in Noida shares, "I have been married for nine years and my husband always tells me that I know him better than he knows himself, or perhaps even his mom does. It makes me feel exceptionally good when he says that. It attaches with itself a sense of belonging to someone and that is what matters the most to me." Hear say: "Women generally like to be pampered by saying that they know it all. It's important to convince her that she knows everything about you. It will help keep the spark in your relationship

Step three:

Step one:

If you want to build muscle and burn fat at the same time, you have to perform circuit training, three days per week. How can you achieve this? Indulge in full body exercises like lunges, pushups, and pull-ups, for one set of 15 repetitions. Don't forget to follow every exercise with one minute of jumping rope. You should be able to burn around 500 to 600 calories per workout.

The kind of food you will eat in this period is vital in bringing about any change. Natural foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grain breads and pastas, chicken, beef, fish and low fat dairy should replace processed foods full of sugar.

Things Women Simply Love To Hear

alive," says Dr. Sushma. 'I love you' Even though you have said it in every possible way - women place much more importance to these three magical words. So, make sure you say it at the right place and the right time, but when she is least expecting it. Wondering why? Who doesn't love surprises? Especially if you are in a committed relationship, make sure you say it even more often. "I was thrilled when my boyfriend recently proposed to me. Although I knew that he loves me right from the beginning, but I was just waiting for him to pop the question and say those three special words. I had been dying to hear it from him since a year. It was the most memorable moment of my life," says Shruti, 23, a management student. Hear say: "There's nothing better that a woman would want to hear from her man. No matter how much you say it through your actions but most women like men who are expressive. It is very important to say what you feel to keep the romance alive. The more often you say, the better it is," says Manmeet.

Step four:

To minimize water retention, lower your sodium intake. This means you need to avoid salt. You can flavour your food with other herbs and spices instead.

Step five:

Step two:

You have to work on your abdominal muscles three times in the week. Crunches and leg raises for three sets

Stressing and anxiety can cause the over-production of a certain hormone called cortisol, which encourages weight gain about the belly area. So try to keep your cool!

Want that enviable washboard ab? Practicing these moves regularly will help you
Don't want to end up injured or exhausted? Don't overdo things on the workout front. Instead, aim for a brisk 20-minute walk every day to burn fat, plus do the following exercises to help tone your abdominal muscles. Bicycle crunch: angle. Pull your abs in to balance. Extend your arms at shoulder height past your knees. Hold for five slow breaths and return to your starting position. Repeat five times a day.

Simple Exercises For A Flat Tummy

Lie down with your back pressed onto the floor. Bring your hands behind your head. Starting with your legs bent at a 45-degree angle, bring the right knee into the chest while straightening out your left leg. At the same time, rotate your top half so your left elbow goes to your right knee, then switch to the other side. Repeat for one minute,three times a day. The boat: Sit on the floor, with your knees bent and feet flat and tilt back, extending your legs so your body forms a right

The plank: Lie face down then lift yourself up on to your toes and forearms, with your elbows bent at 90 degrees. Keeping your core muscles - your stomach and bottom tight and your legs straight, hold for 10 seconds. Repeat three times a day, gradually building to 40 seconds each.

While men ogle women and start forming their opinion, women too notice a few primal things in men as soon as they see them, and this first unspoken impression opens the door for future communication. We give you five tips to make that first impression count. Physical appearance how you approach things, positively Your physique or physical build is or negatively. Accordingly, they get the primary feature that any woman positive or negative vibes from you. notices within a few seconds of seeing Be positive and humble while talking you. This includes everything from to a woman and put forward your height to weight, features, hair, eyes point too. However, don't try to lead a and more. So, guys spend some time at conversation, have a conversation with the gym to stay healthy inside out. And, her. Don't try to act smart. don't forget about personal grooming. Communication Please keep your hands and nails clean, Women label you boring if you can't for instance. keep up the conversation. So, leave Style sense those one-liners, hold her attention In next few seconds, your fashion and and make the session lively. The more style sense is on her scanning radar. you communicate, the more she will The way you dress up speaks a lot know about you. She might notice your about your personality. This doesn't communication skills, so be yourself mean that you have to look like a movie and avoid arrogance. star all the time, but avoid making Sense of humour silly fashion mistakes like wearing Women love guys who have a good sport shoes on formal pants. You may sense of humour and who can make not know, but she will notice all these them laugh. They are quite popular with things and more. women and they feel comfortable and Confidence candid with such men. Start the first Women love bold, upfront and conversation on a light and funny note confident men who have opinion and to churn out the positive results. Avoid views. During initial conversation, she dirty jokes during first conversation and tries to know how confident you are and earn bonus points with healthy humour.

Things Women Notice About Men

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It's time for a new slim-down mantra: Eat more to weigh less. The right foods help you drop up to two pounds a week by revving your calorie burn and curbing cravings. Dig in to these delicious, nutrient- Dig in to eggs, yolks and all: They won't Lentils are a bona fide belly flattener. Swap plain noodles for this hearty packed superfoodsfrom steak to harm your heart, but they can help you Eating them helps prevent insulin variety; you'll slip into your favorite Greek yogurt. trim inches. Omelets and scrambles are spikes that cause your body to create jeans in no time. Buckwheat is high in Apples obvious choices, but if you can't cook excess fat, especially in the abdominal fiber and, unlike most carbs, contains before work, bake a frittata on Sunday; area. There are many varieties of lentils, protein, so it's harder to overeat chill it and nuke slices for up to a week. but red and yellow cook fastest (in buckwheat pasta than the regular stuff. Kale about 15 to 20 minutes). Add cooked Cook this pasta as you do rice: Simmer lentils to pasta sauce for a heartier dish. it, covered, over low heat. For a light Their mild flavor blends right in, and meal, toss cooked buckwheat pasta because they're high in protein, you with broccoli, carrots, mushrooms and onions. can skip meat altogether.

Superfoods For Weight Loss

Goji berries

Blueberries

An apple a day can keep weight gain at bay. People who chomped an apple before a pasta meal ate fewer calories overall than those who had a different snack. Plus, the antioxidants in apples may help prevent metabolic syndrome, a condition marked by excess belly fat or an "apple shape." Eat more Apples are the ideal on-thego low-calorie snack. For a pie-like treat, chop up a medium apple and sprinkle with 1/2 tsp allspice and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Pop in the microwave for 1 1/2 minutes.

This green has been buzzy lately. One raw chopped cup contains 34 calories and about 1.3 grams of fiber, as well as a hearty helping of iron and calcium. Mix chopped raw kale into cooked black beans. Or slice kale into thin strips, saut it with vegetable broth and top with orange slices. Make it a meal by tossing the mix with quinoa.

Oats

Steak

These chewy, tart berries have a hunger-curbing edge over other fruit: 18 amino acids, which make them a surprising source of protein. Snack on them mid-afternoon to stay satisfied until dinner. The calorie cost? Only 35 per tablespoon. Mix 1/4 cup of the dried berries (from health food stores) with 1/4 cup raisins and 1/4 cup walnuts for a nourishing trail mix. Or for dessert, pour 1/4 cup boiling water into a bowl with 2 tbsp dried berries; let sit 10 minutes. Drain, then spoon over 1/2 cup lowfat vanilla frozen yogurt.

Wild salmon

All berries are good for you, but those with a blue hue are among the best of the bunch. They have the highest antioxidant level of all commonly consumed fruit. They also deliver 3.6 grams of fiber per cup. Instead of topping your cereal with fruit, fill your bowl with blueberries, then sprinkle cereal on top and add milk or yogurt.

Almond butter
All oats are healthful, but the steelcut and rolled varieties (which are minimally processed) have up to 5 grams of fiber per serving, making them the most filling choice. Instant oats contain 3 to 4 grams per serving. Instead of using breadcrumbs, add oats to meat loafabout 1 cup for a recipe that serves eight.

Beef has a rep as a diet buster, but eating it may help you peel off pounds. Try to consume local organic beef; it's healthier for you and the environment. Grill or broil a 4-ounce serving of top round or sirloin; slice thinly to top a salad, or mix with veggies for fajitas.

Lentils

Not only do fish fats keep your heart healthy, but they shrink your waist, too. Omega-3 fatty acids improve insulin sensitivitywhich helps build muscle and decrease belly fat. And the more muscle you have, the more calories your body burns. Opt for wild salmon; it may contain fewer pollutants.

Buckwheat pasta

Eggs

Adding this spread may lower bread's glycemic index (a measure of a food's effect on blood sugar). A study from the University of Toronto found that people who ate almonds with white bread didn't experience the same blood sugar surges as those who ate only the slice. Try it for a change from peanut butter in sandwiches, or make a veggie dip: Mix 1 tbsp almond butter with 2 tbsp fat-free plain yogurt. Or add a dollop to oatmeal for flavor and protein. Continued Next Week

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The future for football in Fiji looks bright as a four-year plan to take football to greater heights was drawn during the FIFA/Fiji Football Association Long Term Development Planning workshop earlier this month. Fiji FA district affiliates, vicepresidents, technical and administration staff attended the three-day workshop which was led by FIFA Development Officer Glenn Turner. Turner says the objective of the workshop was to draw up a plan which will be followed by Fiji FA in the next four years. It has to be four years or otherwise it will be making no sense going through the whole process. The plan will now be reviewed and some amendments will be made over the period of the four years but this plan has to be a tool for the staff working, the President and the executives because it is their plan, Turner explained. It is not my plan. My role is to facilitate in terms of assisting in the documentation. The plan will be a simple one to follow and it is going to give more guidance and direction to the chief executive officer. Turner adds that the involvement of the

Friday January 31, 2014

Fiji Wins Bowl

Four-Year Plan Takes Shape In Fiji

Fiji national 7s rep Semisoni Viriviri attacks against Kenya during their Bowl final match at the USA 7s in Las Vegas. Fiji won 35-0. The Fiji national 7s team won the Bowl much to the disappointment of Ryan, final beating Kenya 35-0 in Las Vegas. Fiji came out firing on the third and Skipper Osea Kolinisau said they were final day and beat Wales 40-12 in the not satisfied winning the bowl as their Bowl semifinal. initial plan was to win the tournament. Levani Botia scored Fijis first try after This is not what we planned, beating five defenders to score. Kolinisau said. Fiji led 21-0 at halftime after tries We are playing for our places for by Donasio Ratubuli and Samisoni Wellington and I am glad the coach Viriviri. [Ben Ryan] said what he did as it made Henry Seniloli and Leo Naikasau the boys work harder. scored in the second half for the 35-0 Having been knocked out of the Cup, scoreline. A former national soccer captain has called for an end to the culture of district pride at the expense of national and international success. Esala Masi says the focus now should be improving Fijis FIFA ranking. The former national and Ba captain did not mince his words after a report that Fiji is currently ranked 182 in the world, sixth in OFC behind leaders New Zealand (91), New Caledonia (121), Tahiti (141), Solomon Islands (172) and Vanuatu (179). He called on Fiji Football Association officials, players and the public to learn from the success of Fiji international Roy Krishna, who became the first Fijian to seal a full-time professional playing contract with A-League side Wellington Phoenix. I think it all comes down to players getting more exposure and commitment to the cause and Roy (Krishna) over the years I have seen hes been committed not just playing for a club in Auckland, but for an A League club, he told Radio Apna Sports in Auckland. Who knows he might end up playing in an even bigger league and Fiji FA knows they should support that.

various football stakeholders was vital for the planning. It has been a very positive workshop and I was very pleased. The district officials were being listened to and it has been confirmed that the districts are willing to work with Fiji FA, he said. Nadi FA vice-president Mohd Hafiz and chief executive officer Salen Kumar, who were both in attendance, believe the workshop has been a positive step towards the development of football in Fiji. The three-day workshop was a very educational one and will assist the district associations to work with Fiji FA in the development of football and administration. Nadi FA will take on board of all that was discussed at the workshop, Kumar said. Ba FA president Rishi Kumar labeled the workshop as a successful one and has called on for more workshops and seminars. Fiji FA chief executive officer Bob Kumar says the plan will be documented and presented to the executive committee for approval before being implemented in the football system.

Put Fiji First

Having tournaments back home only brings success to local clubs. We need players to make it big at international level. Masi became a first Fijian to play in the Malaysian league. He played for Johor FC in 2005 after semi-professional stints in New Zealand and Australia. For a player like Roy Krishna to reach this stage, as a Fijian, its very proud moment, he added. I never miss a game watching on television back home, I think its a good thing for an upcoming player for this era. Roy is a role model for upcoming players and hes not done just for his club in Auckland but has done Fiji proud. Masi is the first Fijian to be selected for trials with English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United Jets (A-League). Masi made his debut for the Fiji in 1997 against New Zealand, earned more than 30 caps, averaging almost a goal a game. He led the Sydney Masters side to a well-deserved victory over New Zealand masters in the final of the over-40 category veterans tournament last weekend.

Tailevu coach Lance Whippy has already been confirmed as one of the coaches for the Fiji Warriors team, which will play in the Pacific Rugby Cup. Fiji Rugby Union acting chief executive Berlin Kafoa says they had approached Whippy and Nadroga mentor Esala Nauga for the job. Nauga, is back in the country from Australia and will confirm to the FRU if he will join up with Whippy to coach the team. They will take over from sacked Flying

Lance Whippy To Coach Fiji Warriors

Fijians mentor Inoke Male. Kafoa says they will give chances to local provincial coaches to take charge of teams such as the Warriors and Under-20. He adds the two coaches had proven their worth on the local front and it was fitting they were given a chance. Flying Fijians manager Jo Browne will manage the Warriors. Meanwhile, the U20 side for the Junior World Cup will be coached by Suvas Salimoni Ravouvou and former sevens mentor Iliesa Tanivula.

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South Africa celebrates after winning the USA 7s at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas Defending champions South Africa retained their USA 7s title in Las Vegas by beating New Zealand 14-7 in the final. In winning a second successive tournament title this season, South Africa assume a one-point lead over New Zealand in the IRB Sevens World Series standings. They also extend their winning streak against the Kiwis to five matches, stretching back to December 2012. Scott Curry gave New Zealand the lead in a bruising final at the Sam Boyd Stadium, but tries by Branco du Preez and Werner Kok were enough to seal the South Africans title defence as they conceded just 14 points en route to their victory. Powells side reached the Cup final in Las Vegas with a 14-0 win over the 2010 and 2012 USA Sevens champions Samoa. A jubilant, if disbelieving South Africa coach, Neil Powell: It was very intense and what a gutsy performance that was from the guys. They all played for each other. Just the way they showed the commitment was tremendous. There is still a long way to go to keep us at the top. A try either side of half time from Chris Dry and Sampie Mastriet ensured the blitzbokke reached a third final in four years still having conceded just one try in their first five matches. New Zealand set up a repeat last years Cup final coming from 7-0 behind to beat Canada, appearing in only their second Cup semi final, 26-7 including two tries from Bryce Heem. Canada went on to finish third, their highest-ever finish at a World Series event, coming from 12-0 behind to beat Samoa 22-19 and claim 17 Series points thanks to Phil Mack, named in the Las Vegas Dream Team, scoring a penalty drop goal with the last play of the match to take his tally to 11 in the match. Results: Cup final: South Africa 14-7 New Zealand Third place: Samoa 19-22 Canada Semi-finals: South Africa 14-0 Samoa Canada 7-26 New Zealand Plate final: Australia 24-26 England Plate semi-finals: Argentina 19-24 Australia France 12-21 England Bowl Final: Fiji 35-0 Kenya Five different try scorers crossed the line for Fiji as they beat Kenya 35-0 in the final of the Bowl. Bowl semi-finals: Kenya 21-7 Scotland Wales 12-40 Fiji Shield Final: Spain 0 31 United States Shield semi-finals: Spain 19-12 Portugal United States 28-14 Uruguay

The cash-strapped Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) sacked coach Inoke Male on Monday in a money-saving move less than a month before it starts its defence of the Pacific Rugby Cup. Male was one of five staff dismissed in a restructuring that follows a damning International Rugby Board (IRB) review which included the suspension of financial aid. "Included in these terminations is the position of (the) national 15's coach which will be advertised locally and internationally," an FRU statement said, without naming who had been axed. A disappointed Male, who was appointed head coach in January 2012, had no warning his job was in jeopardy. "My termination is out of my power. That is something the FRU board has decided," he said. "I would have loved to have taken the team to the Pacific Rugby Cup, the World Cup qualifier against the Cook Islands and the Test matches in Europe in November."

Fiji is due to defend the Pacific Rugby Cup in a tournament starting in Australia in late February and also involving Tonga, Samoa, an Argentine XV and development teams from Australian Super 15 sides. The IRB announced earlier this month it had axed all direct financial support to Fiji because the FRU had not implemented measures to address "significant concerns regarding the administration and governance of the union". The IRB said it committed 1.1 million ($A2.08 million) in direct funding to Fiji last year as well as significant additional financial assistance to participate in international tournaments. But it was concerned the financial position of the union was "unsustainable and could create instability and impact on the management of the union and key IRB-funded development and high performance programmes". The FRU statement did not say how much it expected to save from the dismissals.

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Roy Picked Striker Of The Decade

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had an extremely solid team but the Fijian provided that X factor, his pace and precise finishing able to unlock the best defences." Watson likewise picked Krishna for the top striker slot. "I pick Roy based on his goals-togames ratio and the fact Waitakere have won four titles in a row. But when you look at the early years of the ASB Premiership and the impact players like Paul Urlovic and Grant Young had for Auckland City when they lifted three in a row, then you immediately see a dilemma," he says. "We're almost comparing two very different eras and it comes down to small details - winning domestic trophies and scoring top quality and important goals. I have to mention Keryn Jordan who for me stands out as a very special footballer with Allan Pearce another who may not be the most glamorous choice on the list but his longevity, goalscoring prowess and title success is, in its own right, worthy of mention." Krishna recently signed a professional football contract with the Wellington Phoenix franchise which is part of the A-League.

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A three- member media panel in New Zealand has named Roy Krishna as the ASB Premiership striker of the decade. The media panel consisted of Terry Maddaford (former NZ Herald football writer), Michael Burgess (A NZ football writer of the year) and Gordon Glen Watson (the current head of Oceania Football Confederation media). Krishna has made 75 appearances in the NZ ASB premiership and scored a total of 55 goals while featuring for Waitakere and Auckland City. In a report on the ASB premiership website quoted Maddaford saying there is only one man for whom the title ASB Premiership Striker of the Decade belongs: Roy Krishna. "Anyone who saw Krishna burst on the scene for Fiji in the OFC U-20 Championship tournament at Trusts Stadium a few years ago quickly recognised a special talent," he says. "For Chris James to be named as the Player of the Tournament was one of the worst possible decisions and a slight on Krishna who was simply outstanding. For reasons best known by Ricki Herbert and Brian Turner, Krishna did not get his chance at the

Phoenix but now has the opportunity to show that special skill he has in combining pace with goal scoring ability." Maddaford told the ASB Premiership website. Burgess echoed similar sentiments. "Its a simple equation - if you had taken

Krishna out of the mix over the last few seasons the suspicion remains that the destination of the ASB Premiership league titles (and many Super City derby results) may have been slightly different," Burgess says. "The west Auckland franchise always

Ben Ryan Has Been Paid: Mazey

Fiji national 7s coach Ben Ryan has been given his first salary, confirmed Fiji National Sports Commission chairman Peter Mazey. Mazey said they had received necessary documents needed to allow the release of Ryans salary. Ryan becomes the first Fiji-based international coach to be paid by the commission under the $2.2 million grant allocated by Government for international coaches hired by Fijian sporting bodies. The payment was made possible after the Immigration Department issued Ryan his work permit. His permit to work and reside has been issued to him, Immigration director Nemani Vuniwaqa told the media a fortnight ago. Yes, we have received his papers and he has received his cheque. He received it last week or the week before that, Mazey said. Meanwhile, the Fiji 7s team arrived at Nadi International Airport on transit to New Zealand for the Wellington 7s next weekend at Westpac Stadium.

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