The Star: December 14, 2017
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>14</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Inside<br />
FROM<br />
THE<br />
EDITOR’S<br />
DESK<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
News....................................3-18<br />
FIGHT OR flight?<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are genes we have but we<br />
usually don’t know which one<br />
dominates the brain until the<br />
unexpected happens.<br />
And when it does you either<br />
stand and fight, make a run for<br />
it, or give up.<br />
Emely van Ras (see page 4,5)<br />
has the fight gene.<br />
And she needed it when she<br />
found an intruder in her house<br />
in the early hours of the morning.<br />
Running was not an option<br />
with young children, asleep, in<br />
the house.<br />
So Emely’s fight gene kicked in.<br />
She took control of the situation,<br />
and let the intruder know she<br />
wasn’t giving in without a fight.<br />
That’s easier said than done,<br />
but it worked, and the suspect is<br />
now in custody.<br />
So what is fight or flight? It’s a<br />
physiological reaction that occurs<br />
in response to a perceived<br />
harmful event, attack, or threat<br />
to survival.<br />
Physiological changes are activated<br />
to give the body increased<br />
strength and speed in anticipation<br />
of fighting or running.<br />
Great stuff Emely.<br />
– Barry Clarke<br />
<strong>The</strong> Christchurch <strong>Star</strong> Company Ltd.<br />
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At a Glance<br />
Take care carving<br />
your Christmas turkey<br />
THIS WEEK IN CANTERBURY’S PAST<br />
This week in history saw the harbour Port Victoria. He and<br />
New Zealand Company agree to his party had been sent by the<br />
reserve two and a half million Canterbury Association<br />
acres as a site for the Canterbury to choose a site for the<br />
settlement on <strong>December</strong> 12, new colony and make the<br />
1849. On <strong>December</strong> <strong>14</strong>, 1907, the necessary preparations<br />
first Plunket Shield cricket match for the arrival of settlers<br />
was played at Lancaster Park. in 1850. On <strong>December</strong><br />
Auckland defeated Canterbury. 15, 1945, the railway line<br />
On <strong>December</strong> 15, 1848, Captain to Picton was completed.<br />
Joseph Thomas, William Fox, On <strong>December</strong> 16, 1850,<br />
and surveyors Cass and Torlesse the Charlotte Jane and<br />
arrived at the site of Lyttelton Randolph arrived at Lyttelton.<br />
in the Fly. Thomas named the On <strong>December</strong> 16, 1864, the<br />
NEWS<br />
8<br />
foundation stone was laid for<br />
Christchurch Cathedral. <strong>The</strong><br />
weather was atrocious.<br />
On <strong>December</strong> 16, 1944,<br />
the reconstructed cob<br />
cottage at Ferrymead<br />
opened. On <strong>December</strong><br />
16, 1984, John Walker<br />
(left) became the first<br />
person to run a sub 4min<br />
mile in Canterbury. He<br />
broke the record at QE<br />
II Park. <strong>December</strong> 17, 1850, Sir<br />
George Seymour arrived.<br />
Readers’ photos......... 21<br />
Viewpoint.....................22, 23<br />
Food...................................25<br />
Gardening.............................27<br />
Travel..........................46,47<br />
Sport..........................................51<br />
Puzzles..............................52<br />
Entertainment.........59-63<br />
Tennis champ honours<br />
beer tradition<br />
SPORT<br />
51<br />
LOCAL NEWS<br />
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DRY CHRISTMAS DAY LIKELY<br />
If history is anything to<br />
go by Christchurch and<br />
Wellington are the main<br />
centres most likely to<br />
experience a dry Christmas<br />
Day, while Auckland and<br />
Hamilton are the least likely.<br />
NIWA meteorologist Bell Noll<br />
has studied past Christmases to<br />
get an indication of the weather<br />
for <strong>December</strong> 25. Christchurch<br />
has experienced just four wet<br />
Christmas Days in the last 30<br />
years.<br />
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