| Detainee file was overseen by 'Tiger Team'
A specially created team of military officers played a key role in severely limiting what the Canadian public was allowed to know about the country's role in Afghanistan. Originally created to assist an investigation into the treatment of detainees in Afghanistan, the new team – codenamed Tiger Team – quickly came to scrutinize virtually every public access to information request dealing with the Afghan mission, according to documents obtained by The Globe and Mail. In effect, the team added an extra layer of scrutiny to the access to information process, making it so complicated that an access to information official eventually described it as "convoluted." The added scrutiny also caused many delays in responding to requests, as access to information officers struggled to understand the new system at a time when the government faced harsh criticism over the treatment of detainees.
Ridley Scott's American Gangster
It's just who's going to be ready to do this and who is the most practical of doing this first? Because Russell essentially had actually he's on the screen eight minutes less than Denzel, so when somebody said, "You know. He's awfully good. He's actually really, really, really good, but he's on screen a lot." I said, "There's eight minutes difference actually." CS: Did you have the real Frank Lucas' permission to make the movie? Scott: Yeah, absolutely. Do you think Frank didn't want this movie made? Oh, yes he did. CS: Did you get to spend any time talking to him? Scott: Sure. I mean, I was going to meet with Frank because Denzel said, "You've got to meet with Frank." Frank Lucas came to my office in New York. I thought it would be for a half hour cup of coffee. Five and a half hours later and two bottles of red wineand I thought he didn't drink, Jesus Christ--and we really got to actually talk about Westerns and how he wanted to be in a Western.
Tribune News Service
In a global spectrum, they also want synchronisation of the Punjabi keyboard and a single universal font for the language so that it can be used on the Net and be accessible to millions of Punjabis abroad as well as others who want to learn the language. Surprisingly, nothing is being done on both fronts, say the scholars, adding that talk of punishment for those who do not use Punjabi in official functioning is the only popular boast of government officials and politicians at functions where they have to speak for safeguarding the interests of the language. The aim to take action against babus not using Punjabi in official communications also remains on paper alone. Noted writer B.S. Bir, whose book Roshni Da Pyramid bagged the Gurmukh Singh Musafir Award at the inaugural function held at the State Language Department today, while talking to TNS, said the situation at present had become such that schoolchildren did not have proficiency in any language.
Outdoors calendar
10 a.m. Dec. 10, 17 and 31, Alan Bergeron Loop, Mukilteo to Everett and back, meet at Harbour Pointe Evangelical Lutheran Church, 5425 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo; 44 miles; 425-349-5065.
McClinchy Mile planning meeting: 7 p.m. Dec. 13, conference room 6A04, Snohomish County Administration Building, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett; pizza dinner provided.
10 a.m. Dec. 13, 20 and 27, Mukilteo to Monroe and back, meet at Harbour Pointe Evangelical Lutheran Church, 5425 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo; 53 miles; 425-349-5065.
Meandering Mondays, 9:30 a.m. 92nd Street Park, Mukilteo Speedway, social pace, 25 to 40-plus miles; 425-743-7593.
Burke Museum events: UW campus, at NE 45th Street and 17th Avenue NE, Seattle; 206-543-5590, www.burkemuseum.org.
Willy Northpole and the Phoenix hip-hop scene explode
Under the bright club lights at The Door on Scottsdale Road, Willy Northpole is shining like a gold star. The Phoenix-born-and-bred rapper is wearing a shimmering designer shirt that hugs his bulging biceps, and several thick gold chains hang from his neck. The diamond studs in his earlobes flash when he turns his head. He's got a beautiful woman with him; she's wearing a classic little black dress and being very quiet. .
Shopping around
Lucky Magazine, the publication all about shopping and style, let its readers know something Murfreesboro residents have known all along: This city is a great place to shop. The magazine gave kudos to one of the 'Boro's hidden treasures, Grand Palace Records in its February issue. Grand Palace is actually part recording studio, part record store and part printingshop and is located at 128 1/2 Church St. on Public Square. .
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