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Last year, Windsor shattered its 21-year rainfall record.

The icon of a rain cloud seemed to be a permanent fi xture over our city on

weather maps in 2011, receiving over 1,500 mil-limetres of rain, breaking the previous record of 1,121 millimetres, set in 1990, according to Envi-ronment Canada.

Despite recording our hottest day in history on July 21, when the mercury at Windsor airport hit 37.6 C, above the previous record of 35.4 C set in 1998, the sun could still not dry up all the rain and fl ooding reaped havoc on Windsor area homes and busi-nesses.

The majority of fl ood damage occurred in South Windsor and in Essex County, primarily in Amherst-burg, Harrow, Belle River and Tecumseh. Insurance companies estimate over $25 million in property damages due to fl ooding to close to 1,000 area homes.

“The severity of the weather is becoming more and more apparent. Our sewer backed up this summer, fl ooding our basement, and there were areas around me where we had streets that were literally impass-able,” said Jim Brophy, adjunct faculty of the soci-ology department and Riverside Drive resident.

“The levels of rain here have been 75 per cent higher than the normal for this region, which has created huge problems for farmers, municipalities and home owners,” he added.

The City of Windsor is offering affected home owners grants to replace and upgrade sump-pumps and backfl ow valves, while the severely hit Town of Amherstburg is waiting on the completion of a municipal report before announcing a similar as-sistance plan.

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SACKVILLE, N.B. (CUP) — I don’t usually comment on American politics. Sure, what they do down there affects Canada somewhat directly, but I generally take the stand that what they do with their country is their business.

Recently, Congress put forward a bill that makes my indifferent position towards U.S. policy untenable. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is being debated in con-gressional hearings this month. It is, in my opinion, a bill put forward by someone with good intentions who lacks the experience to word it properly (Rep. Lamar Smith).

The bill would allow the U.S. Department of Justice to seek court orders against any website found infringing copyright regardless of where in the world the website was hosted. Search engines and companies that take payments such as PayPal could be prohibited from doing business with or linking to a targeted website. There is a whole bundle of sovereignty issues here, but let’s put it aside for now.

The main problem with SOPA is it holds sites respon-sible for the acts of its users (and that the bill has vague defi nitions). YouTube, Facebook and Wikipedia all have infringing material on them somewhere. And due to the nature of those sites, they will likely be fi ned through SOPA again and again. Websites that do movie reviews, gameplay videos or satire could potentially all be blocked by the poorly worded SOPA. In short, this bill is an Internet-killer. It could also potentially kill the jobs that depend on an open and obstruction-free Internet.

But back to sovereignty for a moment. If such a bill came into effect, the rest of the world would likely ignore the over-reaching U.S. Congress — except for Canada. Our laughably underdeveloped Internet infrastructure relies heavily on American infrastructure. There is also the is-sue of changing norms: if this kind of blocking becomes the norm, what is to stop Syria or Iran from blocking sites they don’t like (i.e. pro-democracy sites)?

Of course, there are heavy-hitting opponents to this bill, including Google, Wikimedia, Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter and, recently, Microsoft. And when Microsoft comes out against a bill to fi ght online piracy, you know — you just know — the bill is a piece of trash.

If this bill passes without some major editing, the Internet may become a shadow of its former self.

James Wilson — The Argosy (Mount Allison University)

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Students can add more than waiting in line at the University of Wind-sor Bookstore and the Student

Awards Offi ce to their to do list this January.

The University of Windsor Students’ Alliance’s Frost Week 2012 begins Monday, Jan. 9 with a series of themed pub nights at the Thirsty Scholar.

Monday night’s Mock New Years Eve party will feature DJ Joey Beatz. The UWSA will shuttle students off to Charles Clarke Square for a free eve-ning of skating on Tuesday at 9 p.m. to coincide with their Luck O’ the Lancers pub night. Please RSVP to Josh Pa-glione at joshp@uwindsor.ca to reserve your space on the bus.

Wednesday night’s dirty bingo will begin at 9 p.m. in the pub with sexy prizes provided by downtown Wind-sor’s Maxine’s Adult Playground.

Thursday’s Legendary Pub Night will transform the Thirsty Scholar into a winter wonderland featuring DJ Josh Karmin, doors open at 9 p.m..

The weeks events will close with an

‘80s themed “Tight and Bright” pub night. For further details about Frost Week events, please visit the UWSA’s Facebook page.

Mental Health Awareness Week will kick of on Monday, Jan. 16 with former Bare Naked Ladies front man Steven Page speaking about is own struggles with mental health issues. The event will take place at 7 p.m. in the St. Denis Centre. Admission is free for University of Windsor students, $2 for St. Clair College and high school students and $5 for general admission. Check out next weeks issue of the Lance for our exclusive interview with Page.

Running from Monday, Jan. 16 to Thursday, Jan. 19, MHAW will feature, free fi tness classes, a health fair, plays dealing with mental health issues, sui-cide prevention training, stress preven-tion workshops and a series of panel discussions. For a complete schedule of planned event’s please visit, uwindsor.ca/mentalhealth.

The Students Orienting Students pro-gram is looking for a few good men, and women. The SOS will be recruit-ing students to help run Head Start Orientation,Windsor Welcome Week and various planning committees. Those students wishing to gain experience in a leadership capacity are encouraged to apply atuwindsor/sos by Jan. 31.

Rain, rain, go awayDraining the wettest year on record

Frost Week 2011 at the Thirsty Scholar • photo courtesy thirsty scholar

“Many municipalities are thinking about this, but the resources are not yet in place. You cannot wait until all of the ‘i’s are dotted and ‘t’s are crossed before you take action,” said Brophy. “I think we got a bit of a wakeup call this past year in terms of fl ooding.”

Record rain and fl ooding continued through the autumn, as storms washed out Windsor-Essex through November.

A record single-day total of 75 millime-tres, recorded on Nov. 29, was equiva-lent to the amount typically received in the city for the entire month. November itself was added to our damp record collection as our wettest on record with 187.4 millimetres, 111.9 more than our normal of 75.5 millimetres.

While the wet weather undoubtedly saw the sale of umbrellas and Wellington boots rise, other businesses were less lucky.

“It’s defi nitely affected sales, especially on the back of the economic downturn,” said Iggy Power, owner of Power Cycle motorcycles on Walker Road. “But luckily there are a lot of baby boomers who are retiring with a healthy dispos-

able income, and even though we’ve had the wettest year on record they are still buying.”

Power hopes that next year is drier and the oldest continuously published weather guide may give him that hope.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac, which, despite the old in its name, employs state-of-the-art technology and the use of three scientifi c disciplines— solar science, climatology and meteorol-ogy— was fairly accurate in predicting the weather last year.

For 2012, the Almanac predicts Janu-ary’s temperatures to be 2 C above aver-age, with a few more inches of snow than usual in the fi rst month of the year. In February, it forecasts temperatures 3 C below average with 35 millimetres of snow, 10 millimetres below normal.

For the rest of year the Almanac claims summer will be cooler and drier than normal, with the hottest temperatures in early June and mid-July.

September and October is predicted to be slightly rainier than normal, a reminder of 2011, the year that the Heavens almost opened daily.

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January

January 11Flooding and mudslides in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro kills 903. January 12

A stolen snowplow leads Toronto police on a chase, crashing into several cars. Toronto police offi cer Sgt. Ryan Russell died and the alleged thief ended in hospi-tal with gunshot wounds.

January 14Arab Spring: The Tunisian government falls after a month of increas-ingly violent protests. President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fl ees to Saudi Arabia after 23 years in power.

February 11Arab Spring: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns after wide-spread protests calling for his departure, leaving control of Egypt in the hands of the military until a general election can be held.

February 13 Arcade Fire are announced as the winners of the 2011 Album of the Year for their album the Suburbs at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards.

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March 7Despite his arguments, Charlie Sheen’s “winning” streak ends as Warner Bros. parts ways with Sheen in response to the Two and a Half Men star’s outlandish behaviour and drug use.

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February 22 - March 14Uncertainty over Libyan oil output causes crude oil prices to rise 20 per cent over a two-week period following the Arab Spring, causing the 2011 energy crisis.

March 11A 9.1-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hits the east of Japan, killing 15,840 and leaving another 3,926 missing. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories. Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake.

March 20Lancers Women’s Basketball team wins their fi rst national 2010-2011 CIS Championship title. March 23 - Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress dies.

April

April 29 An estimated two billion people watch the wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London.

May 1U.S. president Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant group Al-Qaeda, has been killed during an American military operation in Pakistan.

May

May 2 The 41st Canadian federal election is held with the Conservative Party winning a majority government. For the fi rst time, the NDP becomes the offi cial opposition and Green Party leader Elizabeth May wins an elected seat for in parliament.

May 7 - Willard Boyle, Canadian Nobel physicist dies.

May 20Randy Savage, American professional wrestler dies. May 27 - Gil Scott-Heron, American poet and musician dies.

June

June 3Detroit native, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, dies of cancer at the age of 83. Kevorkian was Dubbed “Dr. Death” for causing a media storm by helping over 100 terminally ill patients end their lives during the 90s.

June 15Riots break out in Downtown Vancouver after the Vancouver Canucks lose Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals to the Boston Bruins.

June 23 – Peter Falk, American actor dies.

July

July 7The world’s fi rst artifi cial organ transplant is achieved, using an artifi -cial windpipe coated with stem cells. July 8

Betty Ford, American feminist, activist and philanthropist dies

July 2276 people are killed in twin terrorist attacks in Norway after a bomb-ing in the Regjeringskvartalet government centre in Oslo and a shooting at a political youth camp on the island of Utøya.

July 23Troubled Grammy Award winning singer Amy Winehouse dies of an accidental alcohol overdose. It was later revealed that her blood alcohol level was fi ve times the legal limit in Britain.

August 5NASA announces that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured photographic evidence of possible liquid water on Mars.

August 5Juno, the fi rst solar-powered spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

August 18Ground is broken on the 11 km $1.4 billion Windsor-Essex Parkway. The gateway project, running to a new boarder crossing in West Windsor’s Briton Beach area, is set to be completed by 2014 and will generate an estimated 12,000 jobs.

August

August 20–28Arab Spring and the Libyan civil war: In the Battle of Tripoli, Libyan rebels took control the nation’s capital effectively overthrowing the government of Muammar Gaddafi .

August 22Jack Layton, 61, the Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the NDP dies of cancer. The fl ag atop the Peace Tower, as well as federal buildings in Toronto, fl y their fl ags at half-mast.

September

September 22The mysterious rumble reported by Windsor residents throughout 2011, dubbed “The Windsor Hum,” is attributed to the heavy indus-trial centre on Michigan’s Zug Island. Offi cials have yet to pinpoint which company is causing the disturbance most often reported from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. by area residents.

September 17Thousands of Occupy Wall Street protestors, inspired by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, take over New York City’s Liberty Square to stand against injustice at the hands of the wealthiest one per cent of the population. Over 1,500 communities join the movement worldwide. The protest is ongoing.

September 30Ralph M. Steinman, Canadian Nobel immunologist and cell biologist dies three days prior to receiving the award.

September 3072-year-old Canadian serial killer Clifford Olson,who was serving a life sentence for killing 11 children in 1982, dies of cancer.

October

October 4In Thailand, 650 people are killed by fl oods during a severe monsoon season, with 58 of the country’s 77 provinces affected

October 5 - Steve Jobs, American computer engineer and founder of Apple dies.

October 6 The Ontario general election sees the Ontario Liberal Party form a minority government, with the Progressive Conservative Party of On-tario serving as the Offi cial Opposition and the NDP as a third party.

October 15Over 100 Windsorites march down Ouellette Avenue in support of Ocuppy Wall Street and set up camp at City Hall’s David Croll Park until Dec. 10. Though city offi cials didn’t demand it, after “making their point,” Occupy Windsor decides to be one of the few protests to leave peacefully in order to focus on a more political approach to fi ghting inequality.

October 20Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is killed in Sirte. National Transition-al Council forces take control of the city and end the war. October 23

A magnitude 7.2 Mw earthquake jolts eastern Turkey near the city of Van, killing 604 people and damaging about 2,200 buildings.

October 27After an emergency meeting in Brussels, the European Union an-nounces an agreement to tackle the European sovereign debt crisis, which includes a writedown of 50 per cent of Greek bonds, a recapi-talisation of European banks and an increase of the bailout fund of the European Financial Stability Facility totaling to €1 trillion.

October 31 - Global population reaches seven billion.

November 12Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi resigns amidst anxieties over an imminent Italian fi nancial disaster.

November 26Windsor reports its fi rst homicide since Sept. 9, 2009 qhwn 40-year-old Lance Peter Smoke was stabbed to death by 30-year-old Jesse Meloche. The end of Windsor’s murder free streak was picked up by media outlets across North America.

December

December 15The United States formally declares an end to the Iraq War.

December 17Kim Jong-il, Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea dies.

December 21The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves drug trials for an HIV vaccine developed by Dr. ChilYong Kang of the University of Western Ontario.

December 22Windsor police chief Gary Smith steps down following accusations of police assault and cover-up, resulting in a $14.2 million lawsuit.

November

July 21Space Shuttle Atlantis lands successfully at Kennedy Space Center after completing STS-135, concluding NASA’s space shuttle program.

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I’m on the phone with James Yii-Jen Tien talking about some delicious food items; chocolate and cranberries. These aren’t going in a cake or tart– they are instead destined to wind up in Double

Chocolate Cranberry Winter Stout (bet-ter known as Winter Beard), a seasonal winter ale made by Muskoka Brewery in northern Ontario.

Yii-Jen Tien is the brewer responsible for this different concoction.

“I made the first batches in my kitchen,” he recalled. “But I didn’t realize how tart fresh cranberries are. I assumed they’d be sweet, like the ones out of the can.”

After a series of tests, Muskoka Brewery was finally able to produce a commercial batch of Winter Beard, a thankfully sweet ale that would make a perfectly respectable desert.

While many of our fathers are happy kicking back with a Labatt Blue, a new generation of beer drinkers are demand-ing variety. They want beers as inven-tive as those available in Europe but, importantly, they want ones that have been produced locally.

Microbrewers province wide have been rising to the challenge. They have been producing ales that make the most of seasonal products. Now, beer drinkers have something new to look forward to in the cold winter months: dark and heavy winter ales.

Great Lakes Brewery in Toronto was one of the first breweries in Ontario to venture into the seasonal beer market. Their Pumpkin Ale, a fall seasonal beer, continues to be a top seller at the LCBO. It was natural for them to next create their Winter Ale, a spicier beer with notes of orange and ginger. For Great Lakes Brewery, it was a combi-nation of client demand and love that

brought the beer to fruition.

“We definitely started getting requests for a seasonal beer with body and spice,” said David Bieman, a Great Lakes brewer and sales representative. “But we do all the beers for ourselves initially.”

Great Lakes Winter Ale was in fact first made as a home-brew in a kitchen be-fore it was deemed ready for the public.

Ten years ago, it would have been dif-ficult to believe that any beer consum-ers in Ontario would be willing to try something as different as winter ale. Canadian consumers had been reared on ales and lagers, beers that are tradition-ally light and gold in colour. “When we first started producing sum-mer wheat beers,” Yii-Jen Tien said, “people complained that the beer was hazy. They didn’t know that’s how it was meant to be.”

Getting the public to start drinking On-tario produced-microbrews came with education. The LCBO and Beer Store was the key in spreading the word about beers coming from smaller producers.

David Cacciottolo, acting category manager of beer and cider at the LCBO said a number of LCBO programs help engage their consumers in new local and international brews. “We have beer ambassadors at a number of LCBO locations, who educate both clients and staff about the beers available in store.”

There has also been an increase in popularity of beer tasting’s at select LCBO locations. Similar to a wine tast-ing, people can try samples of the beer with cheese and other snacks.

Local Ontario breweries also have taken a grassroots approach to promoting their product. At Great Lakes Brewery, that includes some trial and error, but the ap-proach allows them to reach out to their local fan base.

“Once we have a mix we like we start getting the beer out to local bars and restaurants to gauge response,” said Bieman.

The result of these educational pro-grams has been a huge increase in sales for Ontario-based microbreweries. Cacciottolo noted that microbrewed beer has seen a 30 per cent increase in sales over the last 10 years and is one of the LCBO’s fastest growing market segments.

Seasonal ales, which get about 10 to 14 releases every four months, also saw a 21 per cent sales increase in 2011 over the previous year.

Yii-Jen Tien is already thinking about next year’s batch of Winter Beard. Changing and improving the beer is his job as head brewer, and he wants something to appeal to more of the beer connoisseurs that want winter ale.

“I’m thinking about aging the next batch,” he mused. “That way, you could cellar the beer for a few years after you buy it. The taste would be different each year you let it sit.”

A winter’s (t)aletaking a sip of seasonal microbrews

With over 10 winter ales on the shelves of the LCBO this year, its hard to pick out which one goes best with dessert, which one is a meal on its own and which one will just get you in a good mood. the Lance assembled a crack team of beer experts (re: beer drinkers) to evaluate four winter ales on sale this year.

Double Chocolate Cranberry Winter Beard

This offering from Muskoka Lakes brewery is not kidding about the dou-ble chocolate. The cocoa taste overwhelms the pallet on first sip, making it hard to pick up the cranberry notes until later in the tasting. The ale is also thick, making paring it with any actual food difficult. On its own however, it makes a rather tasty dessert to any big meal.

Pair with: Nothing. The brave of heart could use it as a base in a beer float with vanilla ice cream.

Great Lakes Winter ale

The most divisive beer tried by our crew, and the most different one on offer during our taste testing. Great Lakes Brewery steered away from a sweet tasting beer and instead

created a spicy, aromatic beer with hints of orange, ginger and cloves. Half the table loved it and wanted another glass; the other half described it as being akin to cough medicine. Not everyone is going to love this beer, but those that do love it a whole lot.

Pair with: Gingerbread cookies.

Lake of Bays Mocha Porter

By far the best response from our tasters was to this choco-laty beer from Lake of Bays Brewery in Baysville, Ont. The chocolate in this smoky beer was far more subtle, and there were significant coffee notes thanks to the fact that the beer was made in conjunction with a cof-feehouse. It was also a smooth drinking beer that, while thick, wasn’t so much that it couldn’t be paired with food.

Pair with: Smoked meat or cheese.

southern tier Crème Brulee stout

Based on smell alone this stout from Southern Tier Brewery in New York State was poised to be the most popular. We felt like we were going to dive into a pint glass filled with

butterscotch. That’s why the taste of the beer was such a disappointment. It was so unbelievably sweet that even the tasters who professed to like it had trouble finishing it. And once you were able to get to a taste resem-bling beer, it was bitter and unappetizing. To quote one of our tasters, “it’s a lot like drinking a really terrible English ale and eating a Caramilk bar at the same time”.

Pair with: The diabetes you will have developed by the time you finish all 22 ounces.

So, what were the final results? The Crème Brulee stout was a pass for most of the group. Great Lakes Winter Ale had its fans– if you’re willing to be more adventurous with your beer tasting this is probably the winter ale for you. While the Double Chocolate Cranberry was a tad chocolaty for a majority of the group, it got top marks for its bottling, which features a great bearded man on the label and a stopper lid which means you can enjoy the beer over the course of a few days. But the definite overall winner was Lake of Bays Mocha Porter, a smooth, smoky chocolate beer that will go well with dinner or all by itself.

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F*CKED UP - DAVID COMES TO LIFE (Matador)

If one album deserves its praise, it’s Fucked Up’s apparent closing decree. The level at which the rest of the band subverts the expec-tations Damian Abraham’s growling, shouting vocals sets up is at a new high, with bursting but melodic backing making this album both their most accessible and most creative. But beyond that, it just feels like an amazing piece of art from start to end. There is a story being told here, with the lyrics matching the music’s alternating uncertainty, amazement and sense of undoubted purpose.

THE HORRIBLE CROWES - ELSIE(SideOne Dummy)

If you liked: Adele’s 21, Destroyer’s Kaputt

Brian Fallon, frontman of the Gaslight Anthem, seemed to need an escape from the “Bruce Springsteen-meets-punk” comparisons that have fallowed his band from the start. In a collaboration with friend and frequent road

technician Ian Perkins, the Horrible Crowes took the likeability and grit in Fallon’s voice and put a soul and gospel infl uenced engine behind it. The results are positively gorgeous, dynamically layered and undeni-ably powerful. Every song on Elsie is full of heartbreaking effort and Gaslight-reminiscent work ethic. It’s a beautiful album from a familiar voice that manages to cover new ground.

The best of the restDANIEL ROMANO - SLEEP BENEATH THE WILLOW (You’ve Changed)

If you liked: Bon Iver’s Bon Iver, Wilco’s The Whole Love

Daniel Romano’s follow up to Workin’ For the Music Man is less modern roots-rock pep and more sweet Nashville standards. Romano digs

deeper into his country infl uences, producing a slow, dark 70s classic country record in line with Waylon Jennings and Townes Van Zandt. Although sonically moving even farther from his past in Attack in Black, Sleep Beneath the Willow is a loving, careful tribute to the styles Romano is now indebted to.

DOOMTREE - NO KINGS (Doomtree)

If you liked: Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne

As unlikely as it sounds, Minnesota is home to America’s busiest underground hip-hop scene. The collective known as Doomtree contains some of the Twin Cities’ best artists dropping aggressive and pointed verses over clamor-ous punk-infl uenced production. The main draws here are the mem-bers with the most successful solo careers (P.O.S. and Sims), but the dynamic between the quintet of MCs and pair of producers is what sets the album on its own course, with a purpose defi ned outside each individual member. Amoung all the voices and producers, it never feels overcrowded; every member is there with a defi ned purpose and contribution. No Kings provides a busy, raucous party of an album that is propelled forward at every moment.

W ith every new year comes the inevitable best of lists, reminding you, the reader, about what music you should have been listening to over the past 12 months. While these albums all have their merits, The Lance has looked past the attention hogging albums of 2011 to the unrightfully overlooked acts who released material that will appeal to fans of the genre and are equally worthy of their time.

D-SISIVE - JONESTOWN 2: JIMMY GO BYE-BYE (UrbNet)

If you liked: Drake’s Take Care

This year solidifi ed D-Sisive as the torch-bear-ing champion for the underground in Canadian hip-hop. His lyrics are biting without being cheap diss tracks, every note ringing true with honesty, and self-assessment that is free of any fear of embarrassment. D-Sisive released two albums this year that are equal contenders for another Juno nomination, but the ambitious and frightening Run With the Creeps is so much better after acquaint-ing oneself with the MC through Jonestown 2, which communicates his continued mission statement. D-Sisive plays the underdog because he is the underdog, with his frustration at the world at large spitting him out—despite his innovation and unbridled passion for what he does.

THE HYPNOTICS- STATIC FUZZ RADIO (Ind.)

If you liked: The Black Keys’ El Camino, Wild Flag’s Wild Flag

Windsor’s the Hypnotics are energetic and like-able. They’re a group that sounds exactly the sum of its parts: three old school punk nerds who’ve decided to create what they love in-

stead of simply consuming. It’s not breaking new ground, but anyone realistically expecting that from a band that is two parts Ramones, one part Buzzcocks and one part garage rock playfulness can’t really know what they want anyway.

JUNIOR BATTLES - IDLE AGES(Paper + Plastik)

If you liked: Blink 182’s Neighborhoods

In any given year, there are innumerable punk albums that are beloved by fans and applicable press but never even given a fi rst listen by anyone else. It was no different in 2011, with

albums from Night Birds, Spraynard, Bomb the Music Industry, Andrew Jackson Jihad and Joyce Manor receiving and deserving a lot of love. But the most criminally overlooked album comes from Toronto’s Junior Battles. Idle Ages is an aggressive thesis on the self-loathing and melancholy that comes with the monotony of breaking into early adult life. Angry, aggressive and thoughtful, it does what the great pop-punk of the past has done: take the seemingly minute obstacles of life and show the listener just how crushing their weight can be.

WEDNESDAY JAN. 4

Kenneth MacLeod.Dominion House, Free, 9 p.m.

Dusty.Manchester Pub, Free, 10 p.m.

Chris Barrette.The Dugout, Free, 10 p.m.

THURSDAY JAN. 5

Vice Aerial.Manchester Pub, Free, 10 p.m.

The Mellow Shelf.The Dugout, Free, 10 p.m.

FRIDAY JAN. 6

Star Trek: The Band.FM Lounge, Free, 10 p.m.

Sophist, We Can Be Heroes, The Riptide Project, WeirdoniaThe Coach & Horses, $5, 9 p.m.

The Blue Stones wsg. Kess Carpenter and the PhonogardePhog Lounge, $5, 10 p.m.

SATURDAY JAN. 7

The Nefidovs wsg. East End Radicals, Protect Ya Neck, the Rowley Estate and Earthbound.Dominion House, $5, 8 p.m.

Seven Year Riot wsg. Naked ThursdaysThe Dugout, Free, 10:30 p.m.

Shift the Frequency.Magic Stick (Detroit), $12, 8 p.m.

MONDAY JAN. 9

Trophy Case Gallery Opening.LeBel School of Visual Arts, Free, 3 – 6 p.m.

Open Mic Surgery with James O-L.Phog Lounge, Free, 10 p.m.

Open Mic with Clinton Hammond.Manchester Pub, Free, 9 p.m.

Live Jazz with the Monday Milkmen.Milk Coffee Bar, Free, 9 p.m.

TUESDAY JAN. 10

Jamie Reaume’s Tuesday Night Music Club.Manchester Pub, Free, 9 p.m.

Open Mic with Eric Welton Band.Villains Beastro, Free, 9:30 p.m.

ONGOING

“You Don’t Know What You Are Seeing” by Joseph Hubbard.Art Gallery of Windsor, until Jan. 8.

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Best surprise Decapitation – Game of thrones

Game of Thrones is everything that HBO does best– great production val-ue, excellent casting and more shock and awe then a Michael Bay fi lm.

The fantasy epic drew a broad fan base thanks to down to earth plot lines about political scheming, but it was the surprise death of one of the lead characters that had fans howling with rage all over the Internet. If you think that was bad, just wait for season two: George RR Martin— author of the original book series on which the series is based— doesn’t pull punches and isn’t afraid to kill off your favou-rite character.

Best reason to Date the Help – Downton abbey

Just know that if you start watching Downton Abbey— a PBS series writ-ten by Oscar winner Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park)— you’ll be giving up a day of your life to do so. Once started, this addictive show about the exploits of an aristocratic British family and their servants is impossible to stop watching. The sinking of the Titanic kick starts the drama when it’s discov-ered that the heir to the Abbey died on board, and a lowly common lawyer is now going to inherit the whole kit and caboodle. The real fun is watching the characters scheme their way up and

down the house’s food chain, whether it is trying to get the butler position or fi nd a husband of a good standing. Maggie Smith is especially notable as the family’s elder matriarch who always has a well-placed zinger at the ready.

Best (Possibly) Cancelled Show – Community

Like Arrested Development before it, Community is a rare show that captures the zeitgeist of culture at the exact mo-ment it is happening. When we hang out with our friends we drop movie and TV references without even rec-ognizing it– Community does the same and with so much skill that you barely know it’s happening. A recent episode was a direct homage to Apocalypse Now documentary Heart of Darkness, as possibly autistic Abed (Danny Pudi) made a documentary about an ad about Greendale Community College that spirals out of control. Sadly, Com-munity isn’t coming back to NBC in the winter, leaving fans wondering whether we’ll get a satisfying ending to this brilliant series.

Best reasons to Believe the end is Nigh – the Human Centipede 2, twi-light: Breaking Dawn, and alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Here are some truly heart chilling facts: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked grossed higher at the box offi ce than both Hugo Cabret and The Muppets. Its producers also clearly have some good info on both Jason Lee and David Cross to get them to

star in all three of these monstrosi-ties. Then there’s the abstinence (and possible spousal abuse) promo fi lm Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part I, which works better as a comedy than as a drama. But the most offensive of all has to be The Human Centipede 2. The fi rst fi lm, while gross, at least caught people’s attention with a unique concept. The second is a bloated mess of a fi lm with strange meta overtones. Worst of all, it just isn’t scary.

Best actor Who Will Cuddle With You – ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling has been circling super-stardom ever since he melted our collective hearts kissing Rachel McAdams in the rain in The Notebook. This year he starred in three major, but vastly different, fi lms. His abs made us drool in Crazy, Stupid Love, and he got to go up against acting heavyweight George Clooney in the political thriller The Ides of March. But it was in Drive that he gave us his most memorable role to date. Gosling was almost silent for the entirety of the fi lm, but through his actions and a well-placed smile, he became one of the most engaging characters to appear on screen in 2011. His likeability only increased with his off-screen antics, cheering his mom on at her McMaster University gradua-tion, breaking up a street fi ght in New York City and becoming the subject of the wildly popular “Hey girl” Internet meme in which Ryan promises to take us all out for ice cream. The super-star status has arrived for Gosling and it is certainly well deserved.

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T he most important aspect of 2011 for Windsor ska-punk work-horses the Nefidovs has been the

continuation of their tireless work ethic and adherence to their “for the music” mindset.

Trumpet player Jon Liedtke and guitar-ist/vocalist Doug Clarke are the only members remaining from the band’s original four-piece conception in 2009.

“Graham Kennish left the band at the end of the summer in 2010, and I was asked to join around late August or early September,” said drummer and oc-casional vocalist Adam D’Andrea.

Shortly following that, bassist Craig Munt departed and was replaced by Rich Jennings. Trombone player Kirk Guthrie joined last January after moving back to Windsor from Sudbury, along with saxophone player Nick Munk.

After building up a reputation that went beyond the group’s friends and former bandmates, the Nefidovs independently released their first album Set Faces to Stunned last summer.

The band has been busy writing since then— “without exaggeration, probably somewhere close to about 20 songs,” according member Jon Liedtke— and they plan to record a new album early this year, to be released by the summer.

“In my opinion, the next album will be a much more cohesive unit than the first album, and will almost work like a con-cept album,” said D’Andrea. “As fun as it is, Set Faces to Stunned was almost more of a ‘grab bag’ of songs. It was basically, ‘here’s what we’ve written so far. Enjoy.””

With a three-piece horn section, calling the Nefidovs a ska-punk band is easy, but they are certainly far removed from the happy-go-lucky third-wave ska of the 1990s, associated with bands like Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish, alternating from punk to jam band to hardcore from song to song.

“We don’t consider ourselves a ska band, whatsoever,” Liedtke said. “We certainly employ ska lines, and have ska influences, but the fact of the matter is, we consider ourselves punk with horns. To simply define ourselves as ska would be limiting.”

Very limiting, as the band’s scope of

styles is apparent very quickly.

“Being a band with six members, there’s a lot of different influences that slip in there,” D’Andrea said. “The horn players all listen to punk and whatnot, but they also bring a lot of jazz, funk and blues influence to the table. Doug brings a lot of the early 90s punk sound to the band. Myself and Rich bring more of the older punk sound, both of us being fans of the Clash and Dead Kennedys. And of course, we all love reggae.”

Whatever point in their influences they are currently reflecting, the band never seems to perform at anything less than full-throttle, under vocals that range from Clarke’s burly raspiness to D’Andrea’s delightfully hardcore-remi-niscent shouts.

“A lot of that comes from the lyrical content of our music,” D’Andrea said about the bands heavy tendencies. “Most of our songs are about the working class and unions, a subject that most bands around Windsor don’t really address, as far as I’ve seen.”

Even beyond the lyrics, “hard working” is something that seems to be a building block of the band’s philosophy. They are relentless performers, playing a different venue in the city nearly once a week, and on a couple of occasions, several times a day.

“We feel that playing a lot around Windsor is important to really get our name out there,” D’Andrea explained. “Keep in mind that we generally play with a vast variety of bands and don’t restrict ourselves solely to Windsor’s punk scene. Very rarely do we turn down shows because we don’t feel like we’ll ‘fit in.’ Screw that. Music is music.”

The new paradigm in DIY music is the necessary skill for a group to utilize the Internet to spread their work to the greatest amount of people possible. The Nefidovs have been more than able to keep up with this, ranging from simple show promotion to streaming their songs, to offering some of it for free to those who care enough to download it.

However, that is just the bare minimum, and with new material on the way comes more oppor-tunies to utilize the resources at

the band’s disposal

“Up until this point, it hasn’t made sense for us to actively use all of the resources to promote ourselves on the internet, as we’ve known that we will have a full length soon which will better represent us,” Liedtke said. “Expect to see it scattered across social media sites, internet messaging boards and hopefully through a viral release of a music video on numerous blogs and websites that you wouldn’t expect. We’re all fairly technical nerd type guys.”

Despite their heavy show schedule, work and school commitments between the six members tend to keep the band tethered to Windsor. They have ven-tured further north before— recently playing an opening slot for Detroit’s Electric Six in Sarnia— and are open to

the possibilities of small tours. But for the time being, they are content with contributing to music in this city.

“Without the support we’ve received in Windsor we’d be nothing. A lot of our lyrics revolve around stuff we’ve seen and lived through in Windsor. I’ve seen a lot of local bands that are extremely reluctant to play in Windsor either because of personal reasons or because they claim that there’s a crummy music scene. How can you complain that there’s no music scene when you’re not doing anything to help it? Doesn’t make much sense to me.”

The Nefidovs’ next performance at the Dominion House on Jan. 7 with East End Radicals, Protect Ya Neck, the Rowley Estate and Earthbound. The show is $5 and starts at 8 p.m.

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Team Ontario heads into the semi-finals of the World Under 17 Hockey Challenge with a perfect

4-0 record. Team Ontario defeated Team Quebec 6-2 Monday night to end the preliminary round.

Team Quebec opened the scoring but Ontario fired back with two quick goals from Hunter Garlent and Mitchell Dempsey to finish the first period with a 2-1 lead.

In the second period, Chris Bigras put Team Ontario up 3-1 with an unas-sisted tally. Four minutes later, Garlent netted his second goal of the night with assists going to Nick Baptiste and Brent Pedersen.

Team Ontario ended the second period up 5-1 after Bo Horvat put a puck into the back of the net.

Yan-Pavel Laplante scored 30 seconds

into the third period for Team Quebec, but it was not enough to spark a come-back.

Stephen Harper gave Team Ontario the 6-2 lead with just under nine minutes remaining in the game. Garlent earned the assist on the play. Spencer Martin got the win in net for Team Ontario with 22 saves.

The win gives Team Ontario the top spot in Group A heading into Tuesday’s semi-final games. They will face Rus-sia at 7 p.m. at the WFCU Centre. The other semi-final match up features Team USA taking on Team Sweden at 2 p.m. at the WFCU Centre.

Russian beat Canada West 6-3 Monday and finished preliminary play 3-1. Swe-den and USA also finished 3-1.

The winners of the semi-final games will face each other Wednesday night at 7 p.m. The losers of the semi-final games will play for bronze at 2 p.m. Both games are being held at the WFCU Centre.

Revisiting New Orleans Lancers Men’s Hockey team returns to a city still in shamblestanya quaglia LaNCe WrIter______________________________

The Windsor Lancers Men’s Hockey team is used to long road trips, but their longest this season

was a 3,000 km trip to New Orleans over the holidays to rebuild a city still in need of repair.

The team arrived on Dec. 27 to help rebuilt areas that were hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. They were led by head coach Kevin Hamlin, who’d already done a similar trek to the U.S. port city with members of the team in 2008.

“[Our] area looks like it’s somewhat recovered,” said Hamlin on the team’s fifth day in the city. “Although, there are reminders all around that this area was devastated by Katrina. We are working on a brand new house and the house across the street has been boarded up since 2005. We hope when we come back there are no vacant homes left.”

The team worked on the ravaged house of an elderly family in the city’s eighth district, repairing drywall on the second floor and the sidewalk outside the home.

“They’ve been out of a home since 2005 and were the unfortunate recipi-ents of contractors fraud. The contractor was given the money and took off.”

Despite being there less than a week, the Lancers hockey team could see the difference they were making and wit-nessed appreciation all around.

“They are so grateful … there is a huge sense of gratitude,” Hamlin said. “The small impact we made is significant … a lot of this would never get done if people did not come here and help.”

After seeing the devastation Hurricane Katrina caused during their initial visit in 2008, the Lancers coaching staff de-cided to make a return trip in December.

“2008 was a great experience. It was a costly trip that we fundraised for and [the team] paid their own way. It makes it more significant. They worked real hard so they can go and help.”

The team is not only working hard to make the lives easier for the people who were devastated by Katrina, they’re also making memories they will never forget.

“This program is more than just wins and losses,” Hamlin said. “We are try-ing to give student athletes a memorable experience. They may forget a win or loss but they will never forget their trip to New Orleans and they will reflect on this trip the rest of their lives.”“We are fortunate in the Windsor area

[away] from natural disasters, and this area is constantly pounded by hurri-canes,” he added.

According to Hamlin, the experience is meant to help the Lancers grow into leaders both on and off the ice. It will also give them a sense of global aware-ness.

“Our objective is real simple—give our guys an opportunity to see how they can help, in some small way, the people around them. Our guys are leaders in their own way. What I want them to do is reflect on how they can lead in their own communities and how they can have an impact back home.”

The impact of the New Orleans trip is

expected to be a lasting one and coach Hamlin also sees the adventure as a great bonding experience for the players on the team.

“It’s all about teamwork,” Hamlin said. The guys get it. They know this family has fallen on hard times and it doesn’t matter that they are Canadian or Ameri-can.”

Although delayed a day when their bus broke down en route to Windsor, the team arrived at Windsor Arena Monday afternoon. The Lancers start the second half of the OUA regular season Satur-day when they host Guelph at Windsor Arena at 2 p.m. The Lancers Women’s Hockey team are at Waterloo Friday, where they’ll face Laurier at 7:30 p.m..

Matt McCready of the Lancers Men’s Hockey team stands before a destroyed home in the eighth ward of New Orleans. The water table in the area reached 13 feet above ground level as a result of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 • kevin hamlin

Hoops for the holidays

university of Windsor’s emily abbott picks up fraser Valley’s tessa Klasen early in the position, friday at the st. Denis Centre. the nationally second-ranked Lancers beat the Cascades 78-59 and finished the Holiday Classic 3-0. Jessica Clemencon led Windsor with 17 points and seven rebounds. Thursday, Miah Langlois posted 18 points in a 75-61 win against Ryerson while Clemencon added 15 points and, in Wednesday‘s opener, Windsor beat Bishop’s University 71-40. • photo m.n. malik

U-17 hockey: Ont. 6, Que. 2

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the CIs defending champion Lancers Women’s Basket-ball team, 6-2 and second to Brock in the Oua West, start the second half of their season with two games this week at the st. Denis Centre. they’ll play Wednesday against McMaster and saturday against Guelph. Games are at 6 p.m. “I feel re-ally good about our game at this point in time,” head coach Chantal Vallee said.

the Lancers Men’s Basket-ball team play McMaster and Guelph following the women’s games at 8 p.m. the Lancers return to the regular season after an 0-2 performance at the Chuck Daly Memorial Classic over the holiday in West Palm Beach, Fla. They fell 81-69 to defending NaIa champions Cornerstone university and posted an 84-60 loss to NaIa-leadering Northwood.

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the Lancers Women’s Hockey team start the second half of their season at the Oua-leading Laurier Golden Hawks (13-0-1) at 7:30 p.m. The men’s team (8-9) faces Guelph (4-9-4) Saturday in Oua West-action at Windsor arena at 2 p.m.

Lancers Volleyball

the struggling Lancer Women’s Volleyball team, which won its last two of three games before the holidays, hosts the toronto friday at 6 p.m. and ryerson saturday at 1 p.m. the men’s games will follow the women’s, at 3 and 8 p.m. all games are at the st Denis Centre.

Can-Am Track Classic

The 31 annual meet runs Jan. 13-14. Both track and fied events run Friday from 5-7:55 p.m. saturday’s events start at 8:30 a.m. Track events start at 10:30 a.m.

LANCERSWomen’s basketball

date opponent time/result

1/4/2012 McMaster Marauders 6 p.m.

1/7/2012 Guelph Gryphons 6 p.m.

1/11/2012 Waterloo Warriors 6 p.m.

1/13/2012 at Brock Badgers 7 p.m.

Men’s basketballdate opponent time/result

1/4/2012 McMaster Marauders 8 p.m.

1/7/2012 Guelph Gryphons 8 p.m.

1/11/2012 Waterloo Warriors 8 p.m.

1/14/2012 at McMaster Marauders 2 p.m.

Women’s hockeydate opponent time/result

1/6/2012 at Laurier Golden Hawks 7:30 p.m.

1/14/2012 at Brock Badgers 3:15 p.m.

1/15/2012 at Guelph Gryphons 2 p.m.

1/20/2012 at Laurier Golden Hawks 7:30 p.m.

Men’s hockeydate opponent time/result

1/7/2012 Guelph Gryphons 2 p.m.

1/13/2012 at Guelph Gryphons 7:30 p.m.

1/14/2012 at Western Mustangs 7:30 p.m.

1/20/2012 at Waterloo Warriors 7:30 p.m.

1/21/2012 at Laurier Golden Hawks 7:30 p.m.

1/26/2012 Western Mustangs 7:30 p.m.

Women’s volleyball1/6/2012 toronto Varsity Blues 6 p.m.

1/7/2012 ryerson rams 1 p.m.

1/13/2012 at Waterloo Warriors 6 p.m.

1/20/2012 at Western Mustangs 6 p.m.

1/28/2012 York Lions 1 p.m.

Men’s volleyball1/2/2012 at Loyola university L 3-0

1/4/2012 at Lewis university 7 p.m.

1/6/2012 toronto Varsity Blues 8 p.m.

1/7/2012 ryerson rams 3 p.m.

1/13/2012 at Waterloo Warriors 8 p.m.

Track & Fielddate opponent time/result

1/13-14/2012 Can-am Invitational

1/20/2012 at Mike Lints Invitational

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University of Windsor teams secured three national titles, the football and volleyball

programs saw significant changes to its coaching staff and several Lancers, past and present, were called upon by their country to perform internationally for their country. Listed here are some of the more notable Lancer highlights, highs and heartbreaks of 2011.

FEBRUARY

Basketball The men’s team loses an OUA West semifinal 85-82 to Laurier. Isaac Kuon, now of the St. John Mill Rats, leads the Lancers with 28 points in his final game with the team.• Women’s head coach Chantal Val-lee sets an OUA record with 60 wins over three-years after beating Laurier at Waterloo 66-60. The Lancers rolled on undefeated in eight more games en route to capturing the CIS title.

Hockey The women’s team lose 2-1 in double overtime against Queens and are eliminated in an OUA playdown while the men’s team is swept in a best-of-three, first-round playoff series against sixth-ranked Western.

Volleyball The men’s team lose for a second-straight year to rival Guelph 3-2 in and OUA quarter-final. The women’s team fails to see playoff action, falling 3-0 to Brock in a final regular season game and wrapping up the year at 6-22.

MARCH

Track & Field The men’s and women’s track and field teams win the CIS championship title. It is the third title in as many years and 10th title overall for the women, who were led by Noelle Montcalm with one gold- and three silver-medal finishes. It is also a sweet moment for the men’s team, who cap-tured their seventh CIS crown after last season’s one-point loss.

Football Joe D’Amore accepts an offer to become the interim head coach for the Lancers football team.

Basketball The Lancers women’s team captures the CIS Championship, beat-ing the Saskatchewan Huskies 63-49 at the St. Denis Centre. The victory is a first for the CIS program.

APRIL

Volleyball Shawn Lippert is named head coach of the men’s program, replacing Huub Kemmere, who retired after 20 years with the Lancers team.

Lancer awards Basketball’s Clemen-con and volleyball’s Kyle Williamson are named OUA athletes of the year.

MAY

Basketball Lancers forward Jessica Clemencon is named CIS athlete of the year.

JUNE

Volleyball Marilyn Douglas’ tenure as head coach of the women’s team comes to a end. She’s replaced by interim head coach Lucas Hodgson.

JULY

Basketball Korissa Williams and the national women’s team finish 8-1 at the FIBA U19 world championships in Chile. Canada suffered its only lost in a quarterfinal to Spain, 69-55.

AUGUST

Basketball At the Universaide Sum-mer Games in Shenzhen, China, Lancer Lien Phillip and the Canadian men lose in the final to Serbia 68-55 • Lancers Miah Langlois and Raelyn Prince and the Canadian women finished sixth following a 71-52 loss against Russia at Universaide • The men secure their first win against an NCAA Div. I, beating Oakland University 86-82 in exhibition.

Soccer Lancer midfielder Massimo Megna and the Canadian men’s team finished ninth at Universaide, following a 1-0 win against Columbia.

Track & Field Former Lancer Jamie Adjetey-Nelson’s bid for a berth at the 2012 Summer Olympics is hindered by a hamstring injury at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, S. Korea.

SEPTEMBER

Football Late founder of the Lancers football program and CFL star Gino Fracas is inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. • The Lancers break into the CIS rankings for the first time since 2006 with a spot at No. 10 after wins over Toronto and Laurier.

OCTOBER

Soccer The women’s team falls in an OUA quarter-final to McMaster 3-0 while the men reach OUA West quarter-final action where they lose at York 5-2.

Golf Meaghan Potoschnik wins by two strokes over a Guelph opponent to win the first individual gold for the Lanc-ers women’s program at the OUA golf championships. The men are led by Mike Ayotte, who finishes tied for 17th.

Fastball The Lancers fastball team loses 10-4 to Durham College in the bronze-medal game at the National Inter-Collegiate Championships held at St. Clair College.

NOVEMBER

Football In their most successful sea-son since 2006, the Lancers lose 33-27 to Western • D’Amore is named coach of the year by the OUA. First-team all-stars include Jordan Brescacin, Seamus Postuma, Matt McGarva and Shea Pierre. Austin Kennedy and Cory Fer-nandes are named to the second team.

Cross Country The men’s cross-coun-try team finish runner-up to Guelph at the OUA championship in Ottawa. The Lancers women’s team finished fourth, earning a CIS championship berth.

DECEMBER

Football Interim head coach Joe D’Amore signs a three-year deal to become the fourth head coach in the Lancers history.

Cross Country The men’s team fin-ishes second behind six-time consecu-tive champion Guelph Gryphons at the CIS championships in Quebec City.

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