VIDEO - Why Did China Just Ban McDonald’s New Genetically Modified Super Potato But The US Did Not?

Simplot, an agribusiness which supplies McDonald’s with over 3 billion pounds of potatoes annually, has just announced its latest genetic experiment with a potato appropriately titled ‘Innate.’

According to RT, the genetically modified (GM) potato has been engineered to bruise less easily as well as to not turn brown for hours after it’s been cut. Simplot has assured the public that Innate is coming to the market after almost “a decade of scientific development, safety assessments and extensive field tests,” which have taken place in Florida, Indiana, Idaho, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin -between 2009 and 2011.

But the biggest bonus Innate has to offer is its impressively lessened levels of acrylamide, a well known carcinogen which is substantiated under high heat by deep-frying foods. The potato would produce 75% less acrylamide than their current french fry buy silencing certain genes and enzyme production.

Should We Be Concerned About The New GM Potato?

The USDA boasts there have been no observed dangers to other crops in the vicinity of the Innate crop, and it is rumored that the FDA will approve the potato within the month. However, the medical implications of the alterations have not been tested, according to RT.

McDonald’s China has denied that it has imported or used genetically engineered potatoes after the US Department of Agriculture approved the Innate potato, “McDonald’s China does not use genetically modified potatoes. The potatoes that McDonald’s China uses are in line with the national laws and regulations,” the public relations department of McDonald’s China told the Global Times Monday.

Simplot has come forward to address concerns raised about the GM product, stating that Innate is only manipulating genes from the potato crop itself rather than taking genes from bacteria and other organisms.

The GM potato being produced by Simplot is stated as being more resistant to bruising as well as browning after its been cut.

The company plans to use the potato’s main benefits for a two-pronged assault on the market. The spuds will be sold as a healthier alternative, and will also be supplied pre-cut to supermarkets and restaurants, due to the fact that they remain pristine-looking for longer. In fact, while the purported cancer effect will grab the headlines and curry public opinion, it is the longevity that really gives Innate its market advantage. 

Nevertheless, the announcement has garnered concern from anti-GMO activists who believe that RNA interference is not yet fully understood.

“We think this is a really premature approval of a technology that is not being adequately regulated,” said Doug Gurian-Sherman, a plant pathologist and senior scientist at the Center for Food Safety, told the New York Times.

Anti-GMO Activism Has Worked In The Past

Activism can truly have an impact, as we’ve seen with the fallout of Monsanto’s GM NewLeaf potato over a decade ago.

The power of activists should not be underestimated, as we’ve already witnessed how activist concerns can influence mega companies such as Monsanto. Between the years of 1996-2001 Monsanto’s GM NewLeaf potato gained popularity for its ability to resist the Colorado beetle and the PVY virus.

However as activists continued to rally against the use of GM foods, McDonald’s and other fast food chains turned their backs on the NewLeaf potato. Simplot also stopped using the crop, and Monsanto then moved their efforts towards more successful products, such as corn and soy.

The Food and Water Watch group has hoped to repeat the trick, already sending a petition signed by over 100,000 people, asking McDonald’s to ban all Innate potatoes. Simplot refuses to back down, however, and is already talking about future plans for the Innate potato which will have a resistance to late blight, the cause of the infamous Irish Potato Famine.

This is truly a situation of which is the lesser of the two evils, as neither genetically modified potatoes nor acrylamide ridden potatoes sound desirable to the health-concerned population. Regardless of whether the Innate potato is using genes from other potatoes, the implications of the gene alteration haven’t been properly tested for human safety.

What are your thoughts on McDonald’s new Innate potato? Should the potato be put through more testing to ensure its safety? Share with us below!

VIDEO - Tradition trumps modernity for Thailand's Lisu tribe

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(CNN) -- With their distinctive, colorful headwear, Lisu women stand out from the lush green fields of northern Thailand.

Where once opium was grown, cash crops like rice and corn are now harvested, providing a simple way of life for members of one of Thailand's most remote tribal groups.

Around 50,000 members of the Lisu tribe live in Thailand, many in isolated village communities near the border with Laos and Myanmar.

Descendants of semi-nomadic, ethnic Tibetan tribes, their traditions, culture and animistic beliefs remain a strong part of their lives.

Elephants provide therapy for autistic

Lanterns 'soar to the heavens'

"We have a simple happy life," explains the youthful-looking head of the village of Ban Man Pa.

During torrential rain it's easy to imagine how hard life can be for villagers as dirt roads become muddy streams and people shelter in simple wooden buildings.

Yet most seem content, even if they could do with electricity.

But they don't live completely without the conveniences of modern life, says the village head. Once his family used to own Thai horses, but now they have Japanese ones he jokes. "They're called Toyota."

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VIDEO - They train for this: Crews rescue World Trade Center window washers

New York (CNN) -- Emergency crews on Wednesday rescued two window washers who were trapped on a hanging platform dangling perilously at the 68th floor of the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center building in lower Manhattan.

Rescue workers used a diamond saw to tear through three layers of glass panes -- the thickest nearly two inches -- to pull the workers to safety about 2:15 p.m., authorities said.

FDNY: Biggest concern was glass shards

Union VP: Tragedy averted in WTC accident

How are scaffold workers tethered?

The men were taken to Bellevue Hospital Center with mild hypothermia, police said.

The workers had been tethered inside the apparatus, fire officials said. Additional personal safety cables were lowered from the roof of the 104-story building.

"I see two heads dangling over the scaffolding and one of the guys -- they just keep looking down," Reginald Moye, who watched the incident unfold from the 24th floor of a nearby hotel, told CNN. "They look like they're maybe five feet in the middle of the scaffold, hanging."

A cable on one side of the hanging platform developed slack, leaving it suspended in a near-vertical position, authorities said. The cause was under investigation.

The men were identified as Juan Lizama, 41, of New Jersey, and Juan Lopez, 33, of the Bronx, according to 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, which represents about 600 window cleaners in New York City.

Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said emergency personnel from the NYPD, the New York Fire Department and Port Authority police practiced a rescue from such a rig 10 days ago.

"They were more than ready to operate here," he told reporters. "The result: two men are going to go home tonight."

But it wasn't easy.

"In this case, the glass is three layers thick and, of course, they're 68 stories up," Nigro said. "It does present a little more of a challenge."

Television images showed the rig dangling precipitously at a sharp angle. A Twitter photo from the fire department showed the rig as seen from inside the tower, with New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty in the distance.

Officials said emergency workers communicated with the window washers via a portable radio lowered by rope from the roof.

The men worked for a company called Upgrade, according to Erica Dumas, a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

2 workers trapped on WTC scaffold

Photos: Scaffolding rescue at WTC

"They were going up, washing the windows, and I was amazed at the view," Moye said. "Wow. Such a dangerous job. So, suddenly, I didn't see it collapse, but once I looked over and said, something is wrong, it was dangling."

Officials at Tractel, the company that designed, built and installed the window-washing rig, had no comment.

Tractel also designed the scaffolding that collapsed at the Hearst Tower in Manhattan in June 2013, according to aerial and CNN footage of both scenes.

In the 2013 incident, two workers were rescued more than 550 feet above the streets of midtown Manhattan after their scaffolding buckled near the top of the tower, fire officials said.

The workers, who spent 90 minutes dangling near the top of the building, suffered no injuries. Firefighters cut through a double-paned window on the 45th floor and brought the workers in through the newly created hole.

At 1,776 feet tall, the One World Trade Center building surpassed Chicago's 1,451-foot Willis Tower as the nation's tallest building.

The new building officially opened November 3, when the first tenant, publishing company Conde Nast, moved in. Many of the floors remain unoccupied. It is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, with a 408-foot spire atop the 1,368 foot tower.

Its predecessor, the Twin Towers, were destroyed 13 years ago when al Qaeda terrorists flew two hijacked passenger jets into the buildings, killing 2,753 people on September 11, 2001.

Asked if emotions surrounded the rescue, fire department Lt. Billy Ryan said:

"It's business. The task at hand is what you worry about. You separate yourself from that. This is business."

Separated at birth, reunited on Facebook (VIDEO)

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(CNN) -- Anais Bordier and Samantha Futerman have the same laugh and the same freckled cheeks. They wear their hair the same way and have since they were babies. They share a hatred of cooked carrots, a love of the same color nail polish and the need to sleep 10 hours a day.

The pair tease, poke and prod each other like they've grown up together, but they didn't. Neither woman knew she had an identical twin sister until less than two years ago.

Neither Samantha Futerman, left, nor Anais Bordier knew she had an identical twin sister.

That's where the power of the Internet, a lot of luck and a series of "what ifs" enter the picture.

I sat down with the 26-year-old sisters in Central Park recently to talk about their new book "Separated @ Birth: A True Love Story of Twin Sisters Reunited," which chronicles their thoroughly modern reunion.

Bordier, who grew up in Paris, is an aspiring fashion designer who was studying in London. On a Saturday in December 2012, while she was on a bus, a friend sent her a screen shot of a YouTube video featuring Futerman, who is an actress.

"I'm automatically thinking, 'Oh, who posted a video of me on YouTube?' " she said with a laugh. The resemblance was uncanny. When she got home, she looked again and realized it wasn't her but a girl who looked exactly like her who lived in the United States.

The twins marvel at how they were raised separately and still had the same hairstyles as babies.

She looked for credits on the video to find the woman's name but couldn't find anything, so she dropped the matter.

That was until the same friend who sent the screen shot said he saw the girl from the video in a movie trailer, also on YouTube, about a month later.

Bordier's investigative instincts kicked into overdrive. She learned Futerman's name and discovered they shared a birthday and were both adopted in South Korea.

"I stalk her a little bit more, learn that she was actually born in the same port city in Korea, and yes, started looking through all her pictures."

She got up her nerve and decided to contact Futerman via Facebook, sending her a friend request and a message.

A modern day "Parent Trap"

Bordier, left, and Futerman, in Paris in February, met for the first time in London in May 2013.

The similarities between her story and the film "The Parent Trap," featuring Lindsay Lohan in the most recent version, were not lost on Bordier. She wrote in her message to Futerman: "I don't want to be too Lindsay Lohan, well ... but ... how to put it ... I was wondering where you were born?"

Futerman, who was raised in Verona, New Jersey, and who has two brothers (her parents' biological sons) and a half-brother from her father's previous marriage, at first didn't know what to make of Bordier's friend request and message.

"It's pretty strange to get a message from yourself on Facebook," she said. "It's a really weird experience."

It took her a few days to respond.

Futerman, left, and Bordier with Futerman's dad, Judd Futerman.

"I thought, 'Wow, this could actually be true,' " Futerman said.

The first time they talked on Skype, they were supposed to chat for 90 minutes but ended up talking for three hours -- a conversation that proved to be life-changing.

"We were 25 at the time, and it's like that quarter-life crisis thing when you think it's all downhill," Futerman said. "I have to buy my health insurance. I'm getting kicked off my parents' (plan). There's nothing good any more, and then it teaches you that anything's possible."

For Bordier, an only child, discovering she had a sister was amazing, but realizing that she had a twin was "even crazier, because you have so much in common."

"You have a very strong bond that you can't actually explain, but we understand each other without even really talking," Bordier said. "I could see her body language. ... We understand each other right away."

Futerman, right, with Bordier and her parents, Jacques and Patricia Bordier.

Their first meeting: 'Really scary'

A DNA test proved what they already knew -- that they were, in fact, twins -- and now they planned to meet in person for the first time in London.

"The only way to explain it is being the most intense long-distance relationship and talking over months on social media and Skype," Futerman said.

But connecting on the Internet was one thing; meeting in person was "still really scary," she said.

Bordier said she found herself at that first meeting needing to keep her distance, because it all felt "very strange," but at the same time wanting some proof that her identical twin sister was real.

"So I just poked her," she said during the interview, at which point they both laughed. That same laugh.

CNN's Kelly Wallace was blown away by the connection the twins had despite being separated at birth.

Their reunion, which they each chronicle in alternating chapters in the book, is also part of a documentary, which they are producing and hope to release next year.

The support they have received as their story has gotten national attention and the interest they have had from other adoptees and twins have motivated them to try to raise awareness and provide resources for international adoptions.

"It inspired us to become something bigger than just ourselves and to share our story for a reason," Futerman said.

She and Bordier have teamed up with Futerman's friend, fellow actress Jenna Ushkowitz, a Korean-American adoptee and cast member on "Glee," to start a foundation called kindred. The foundation is focused on helping adoptees, both in the U.S. and worldwide, with family reunions and any other issues they might encounter.

"It's such a joy to find your family," Bordier said. "I guess when you're adopted, you're always looking for somebody that looks like you, that will understand you."

Both women say their parents are delighted with the news, although they were upset initially, since neither set of parents knew the girls had a twin. Their adoption papers list their births as a single birth, they said.

"Of course, my mom was very protective and said, 'We would have taken both of you' when they felt that we were missing out on growing up together," Futerman said.

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They have tried to reach out to their birth mother but reveal in the book that she has not been interested in connecting with them.

"If we've learned anything in this story, it's that things will happen as they should," Futerman said. "And if one day she wants to reach out to us, then we're here, and we're willing, and we're ready."

An unbreakable bond

Though they still live halfway around the world from each other, Bordier in Paris and Futerman in Los Angeles, they text multiple times every day.

"Basically, I wake up to 20 text messages, 'What are you doing?' 'I'm on my way to work.' 'It's cold out,' " Futerman said. "It's just completely arbitrary things that happen during the day. And it's constant."

Bordier says Futerman is always waking her up in the morning via text because of the time difference. She'll get messages like, "Wake up, you're late," she said.

"It's amazing to feel that someone is always awake somewhere in the world, and you feel protected," Bordier said.

They may have been torn apart as babies, but they say they are now forever bonded.

"We're not worried about being separated again," Futerman said.

What do you think about the twins' story? Tell Kelly Wallace on Twitter or CNN Living on Facebook.

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Space probe scores a 310-million-mile bull's-eye with comet landing (VIDEO)

London (CNN) -- Imagination became reality Wednesday when a mechanical space traveler called the Philae probe plunked down on its target, a comet with a much less romantic name -- 67P -- some 310 million miles from Earth.

European Space Agency scientists and executives high-fived and hugged each other when the landing was confirmed. Spacecraft have crashed into comets before, but this is the first soft, or controlled landing, in history.

Later, ESA said there was a glitch.

After leaving the mother ship Rosetta and descending, Philae may have bounced, rather than gently settled, on the surface of the comet, ESA scientists said at a news conference. Comet 67P has a very weak gravity, so anchoring harpoons were designed to shoot into the comet to fix the spacecraft to the surface. They failed to fire and Philae is not firmly secure, ESA said.

"So maybe we didn't land once -- we landed twice," Philae lander manager Stephan Ulamec said. "Did we land in a soft sandbox or is there something else happening? We don't fully understand what happened."

Ulamec said scientists hope to know more on Thursday. In the meantime ESA isn't letting that problem ruin its big day.

'A place in the history books'

"Our ambitious Rosetta mission has secured a place in the history books: not only is it the first to rendezvous with and orbit a comet, but it is now also the first to deliver a lander to a comet's surface," Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA's director general, said in an article posted on the ESA website.

Many people, and not just the ones who work for ESA, are excited about what kind of information Philae will deliver.

"Rosetta is trying to answer the very big questions about the history of our solar system," Matt Taylor, ESA Rosetta project scientist, said in the article on the ESA website. "What were the conditions like at its infancy and how did it evolve? What role did comets play in this evolution? How do comets work?"

And science fiction writer Alastair Reynolds said: "This is science fiction made real in terms of the achievement of the mission itself, but Rosetta is also taking us a step closer to answering science fiction's grandest question of all: Are we alone?"

Rosetta took off from Earth 10 years ago carrying Philae and traveled 6.4 billion miles before arriving in early August at the comet.

The Philae lander separated from the orbiting Rosetta around 3:30 a.m. ET Wednesday and landed on the comet seven hours later.

ESA lander system engineer Laurence O'Rourke told CNN that the orbiter Rosetta had to be in the right position to allow the lander craft, which had no thrusters, to "free fall" on the correct trajectory so it landed on the comet.

The lander weighs about 220 pounds and is the size of a domestic washing machine. The target comet is only four kilometers, or 2.5 miles, in diameter.

Named after Rosetta Stone

Shortly after landing was confirmed, the probe tweeted: "Touchdown! My new address: 67P!" Later, it tweeted again: "I'm on the surface but my harpoons did not fire."

What can we learn from comet landing?

The mission has historic allusions.

The spaceship is named after the Rosetta Stone, an inscribed piece of volcanic rock found in Egypt in 1799 that allowed scientists to decipher hieroglyphics and thus understand the ancient Egyptian culture, ESA said. The lander is named after an island in the Nile River where an obelisk was found that helped decipher the Rosetta Stone, ESA said.

Led by ESA with a consortium of partners including NASA, scientists on the Rosetta comet-chasing mission hope to learn more about the composition of comets and how they interact with the solar wind: high energy particles blasted into space by the sun.

The comet is currently 500 million kilometers (310 million miles) from Earth and pictures from the Rosetta mission to track it on its orbit around the sun have amazed scientists.

 

Philae is equipped with an array of experiments to photograph and test the surface of Comet 67P as well as to find out what happens when the roasting effect of the sun drives off gas and dust.

Built by a European consortium, led by the German Aerospace Research Institute, the landing probe has nine experiments.

According to details on ESA's Rosetta website, sensors on the lander will measure the density and thermal properties of the surface, gas analyzers will help detect and identify any complex organic chemicals that might be present, while other tests will measure the magnetic field and interaction between the comet and solar wind.

What is a comet and what will Rosetta discover

Philae also carries a drill that can drive 20 centimeters (8 inches) into the comet and deliver material to its onboard ovens for testing.

Scientists are already pleased with progress of the mission, and they're wowed by what's already been accomplished.

ESA project scientist Matt Taylor said: "The orbiter will remain alongside the comet for over a year, watching it grow in activity as it approaches the sun, getting to within 180 million kilometers (112 million miles) in summer next year, when the comet will be expelling hundreds of kilograms of material every second."

Daniel Brown, an astronomy expert at Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom, said: "Apart from the amazing scientific results, the sheer challenge and ambition of such a mission is outstanding and illustrates how our space exploration of the solar system has become more advanced and successful. It gives us much to hope for in future missions."

"It's got an awesome profile -- the adventure of the decade-long journey necessary to capture its prey, flying past the Earth, Mars and two asteroids on the way," NASA's chief scientist, Ellen Stofan, told CNN: "No one has ever gotten data like Rosetta has gotten. No one has ever been able to land on a comet the way Philae just did."

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The top 30 sandwiches in Toronto by neighbourhood

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The top sandwiches in Toronto display an astounding variety, offering everything from classic childhood faves like tuna melts and BLTs to prevailing picks like banh mi, veal, panini and grilled cheese.
Here are my picks for 30 sandwiches that are neighbourhood heroes.

THE ANNEX
Solid sandwiches can be found at Victory Cafe and Vinny's Panini but if you want a really deluxe bagel sandwich with thick cream cheese and smoked fish, Schmaltz on Dupont is the place for you.
THE BEACHES
Tori's Bakeshop is home to scrumptious veggie BLTs, daiya grilled cheeses and, country vegetable pate with pickles, sauerkraut and mustard on rye buns
BLOORDALE VILLAGE
Brock Sandwich is a specialist on Bloor West where chicken piri piri on a bun, and shrimp and giant squid po'boys are menu staples.
BLOOR WEST VILLAGE
Baka Gallery Cafe is a perfect spot for paninis like muffuletta, or braised brisket with fried onions.
CABBAGETOWN
Adjacent to Steak & Chops butcher, St. Jamestown Deli piles custom sandwiches high with cured meats, assorted cheeses and fresh veggies.
THE DANFORTH
Oyster po'boys and Southern fried chicken sandwiches at The Wren are mighty fine examples of sandwich artistry.
DUNDAS WEST
Dundas West is a diverse pocket of delicious sandwiches but when it comes to picking favourites, it's hard to ignore Porchetta & Co. where porchetta and crackling sandwiches doused in truffle sauce are the house specialty.
EAST CHINATOWN
Rose's Vietnamese Sandwiches offers incredible value for banh mi layered with assorted cold cuts, pickled veggies and fresh sprigs of cilantro.
ETOBICOKE
Hot Italian sandwiches at SanRemo are okay, but the thing I like best at this Etobicoke bakery is the giant slab sandwiches built on whole loaves layered with cold cuts and crispy fried onions.
FINANCIAL DISTRICT
BLTs and coronation chicken sandwiches are among the stellar selection of hot and cold sandwiches at Brick Street Bakery in the PATH.
JUNCTION
Locomotive in the Junction is a top pick for its breakfast sandwiches, pressed tostas and meaty pada buns loaded with house-cured or brined meats like roast chicken, porchetta or beef brisket.
JUNCTION TRIANGLE
Sterling Social is a good bet if you want delicious made-from-scratch sandwiches with top quality meats. The humble ham and swiss here was one of the best I've had, made with hand carved chunks of roast ham with maple mayo and mustard.
KENSINGTON MARKET
There are lots of good sandwiches to be had in Kensington Market but my go-to is Sanagan's where the lunch counter serves up supremely delicious sandwiches loaded with fried chicken sandwich always impresses.
KING EAST
Over two dozen grilled sandwiches at Sky Blue Sky offer enough variety to eat something different for lunch everyday of the month. If the selection overwhelms, start with
the "Say You Miss Me" with roasted beef brisket, barbecue sauce and Swiss cheese.
LEASIDE
Proper tuna melts with cheddar and tomato are among the nostalgic classics on the menu at the Millwood Melt. Along with sides of tomato soup and pickles it's like the quintessential nostalgic Canadian lunch spot.
LESLIEVILLE
The east side is home to excellent options served between sliced bread. Rashers is a good source for a BLT fix, but the real winner is Completo for its churrasco sandwiches loaded with avocado and hot sauce.
LIBERTY VILLAGE
The lunch hour hero in Liberty Village is Merci Mon Ami where baguettes are packed with things like prosciutto, roast beef, chicken souvlaki or eggplant parm.
LITTLE ITALY
While Bitondo's and San Francesco Foods duke it out for the title of best Italian sandwich in this hood, Yunes' Fish Sandwiches (The Fish Store) is a worthwhile lunch option where fresh grilled fish sandwiches are a highlight.
NORTH YORK
Classic deli is the specialty at Ben & Izzy where pastrami, corned beef and rubens on rye are among the favourites. Inquire about the knish-wich -- it's nothing short of exceptional.
QUEEN WEST
Queen West is like sandwich shop central but my fave is the seasonal soft shell crab sandwich from Fresh Off The Boat. It's one impressive and delicious seafood sandwich.
ROSEDALE
Don't be deterred by the line-up that snakes out the door at lunch hour - it moves fast anyway and it's only a testament to the greatness of Black Camel sandwich shop. Pulled pork, brisket and BLTs are among the house specialties.
SCARBOROUGH
Focaccia layered with deli meats and veal or meatballs on a bun from the well stocked Italian hot table at Agincourt Bakery are exceptional examples of the fresh, home-style foods made with love at this longstanding lunch destination.
ST. CLAIR WEST
The Stockyards does many things well and sandwiches are no exception. The menu features five varieties stacked with delicious goodies from the smoker like pulled pork, brisket and bacon.
ST. LAWRENCE MARKET
Carousel Bakery's peameal is perhaps the most famous sandwich in the city, beating out other stellar sandwiches like Buster's lobster roll and Mustachio's fried eggplant.
WEST QUEEN WEST
West Queen West has seen a recent surge of sandwich purveyors but for me Sud Forno is the winner with a line up of sandwiches on fresh house-made bread.
YONGE & BLOOR
Grab and go concept, Picnic in the underground is a great source for affordable, ready-made sandwiches stuffed with wasabi tuna, curry chicken, or brie and apple slices.
YONGE & DUNDAS
The Barberian's Steak House spin-off, TLP is home to superbly tasty steak sandwich loaded on a bun with cremini mushrooms, peppers and garlic butter.
YONGE & EGLINTON
Boar is a popular pick in this neighbourhood thanks to a solid roster of veal, chicken and meatball sandwiches but the under the radar top pick is La Salumeria, a no frills Italian deli where they make old school sandwiches with thick stacks of cold cuts.
YONGE & LAWRENCE
Belly Busters at Yonge and Lawrence is another old school sandwich shop, best known for submarine sandwiches slapped with cold cuts and a no frills assortment of toppings on squishy bread.
YONGE & ST. CLAIR
The toasty "Spicy Bird" sandwich with buffalo chicken, blue cheese and shredded carrots is among the many reasons Delica Kitchen is my top pick in this neighbourhood.
What did I miss? Disagree with my selections in the comments.

Horton: ‘I can’t stand up like a normal person’

Nathan Horton’s future in the NHL doesn’t sound promising and his current state of living sounds like a living hell.

In his first public comments since the start of the season, the Columbus Blue Jackets forward opened up about his back injury (he was reportedly diagnosed with degeneration of the entire lumbar region of his spine in October) that has kept him from playing this season.

“I can’t stand up like a normal person; I can’t bend over,” Horton told Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch. “I can’t run. I can’t play with my kids. To get in and out of the car, I’m like a 75-year-old man…so slow and stiff. I can’t sleep at night. I try to lay down and my back seizes up and I can’t move, so sleeping is out. I’m like a zombie in the daytime.”

Horton says spinal fusion surgery is a possibility to alleviate pain, but that could mean the absolute end of his hockey career.

“I don’t want to have surgery, because of what that means,” Horton explained. “I don’t want to live with this pain, but I don’t want to make that decision. It’s hard for me to say that, at 29 years old, I’m done. I mean, really? Done at 29?”

Since signing a seven-year deal worth $37.1 million with the Blue Jackets as a free agent before the 2013-14 season, Horton has suited up in only 36 games.

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