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While tents from the Occupy Cal-gary movement packed up morethan two months ago, taxpayerswill be swallowing costs of about$100,000 associated with thedemonstration, according to abylaw boss Bill Bruce.
He said his estimates for the totalcosts incurred by the city are basedlargely on staffing, as additionalbylaw officers were deployed.
“We didn’t incur a lot of over-time because our guys were quitewilling to do their shift changes tomake it work so the taxpayer did-n’t take it too hard on the chin, butthere was still a cost for this silli-ness,” said Bruce.
Costs due to wear and tear fromcamping and garbage removalwere also included in the $100,000,but Bruce acknowledged the dam-
ages didn’t result in a large pricetag.
Tavis Ford, a member of theOccupy movement, said the city’sdecision to patrol more frequentlywasn’t necessary as the group was-n’t a threat.
“It’s unfortunate that it wentthis way, but sometimes, in theprocess of change, these costs areincurred by the state, and the tax-
payer does bear the burden of that,”he said. “But it is, perhaps, a nec-essary cost.”
Ald. Diane Colley-Urquhart, avocal critic of Occupy Calgary, saidshe was surprised the costs weren’tmuch higher.
“I think there were a lot of softcosts that went into this that werehard to measure,” she said. “To bequite frank, I honestly thought itwould be a lot more, because thiswent on way, way too long.”
Occupy Calgary cost tops $100,000,according to official
Council will receive a full cost breakdown next month Reportwill also detail lessons learned in dealing with Occupy movement
Oilers demolish Flames
Taking. A shot
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Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff stops a shot
Tuesday in Calgary. The Oilers won 6-1. Story, page 22.
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Court injunction
The City of Calgary obtained acourt injunction, which forcedcamping at Olympic Plaza tocease on Dec. 9.The group had been in the Plazasince Oct. 15. Tavis Ford said the global Occupymovement is planning for a re-occupation in May and said Occu-py Calgary will likely return insome form.
“I think there were a lotof soft costs that wentinto this that were hardto measure.... I honestlythought it would be alot more, because thiswent on way, way toolong.”ALD. DIANE COLLEY-URQUHART ON THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT
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Fouad Jomaa expected tohave already enrolled hisfour-year-old daughterAisha in a public-schoolArabic program.
Instead, he and a num-ber of the other parentsspent Tuesday eveningpleading to Calgary Boardof Education officials andtrustees about the meritsof a program he believeshundreds of kids will at-tend.
The CBE initially an-nounced last May theywere evaluating the pro-gram due to a surge inpublic interest. Parents infavour say they had beentold the program would beunveiled in September.
“It makes it that muchharder on her,” Jomaa saidof the delay, noting Aishacurrently devotes fourhours on the weekend tostudying Arabic instead ofrelaxing.
“It’s not fair to her,”added mother Elham Mer-hi.
Board spokespersonRichard Peter said the pro-gram is still being evaluat-ed and nothing has beenruled out.
“What I heard are par-ents who are very interest-ed in the education oftheir kids — they’re very
keen on education,” hesaid. “They would like toknow there are Arabic-lan-guage options in our sys-tem, and that’s what wehave been discussing withthem for more than a yearand a half.”
Mother Alex Poole haspublicly led efforts on be-half of parents to bring theprogram to fruition, and
fears delays may spell theworst for her cause.
“We certainly hope thisis not an exclusionary deci-sion against Arabic ... andwe are waiting to see whatthe outcome will be,” shesaid.
Entire community behind proposed public-education offering: Advocates Program would be secular Up to half of classes would be taught in Arabic
Elham Merhi, left, and husband Fouad Jomaa still hope to enrol
their daughter Aisha in a public-school Arabic program later this year.
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Parents fear ‘exclusionary’decision on Arabic program
AccusedMountiestabber wasdelusional:PsychiatristCourt heard Tuesday that aCalgary man accused ofstabbing an RCMP in thehead was delusional andsuffering from paranoidschizophrenia. Lee Christo-pher Monrose has alreadyadmitted to harming Sgt.Andy Johnson inside the Al-berta serious incidentresponse team office onJune 1, 2010, but his legalrepresentation has claimedhe was not of sound mindat the time. METRO
‘Challengesahead’ for boardCalgary public school boardofficials have run initialprojections on their shareof the provincial budget,and the chief superintend-ent admits “there are somechallenges ahead.”
Naomi Johnson provideda brief update to trusteesTuesday, but said muchwork remains to determineimpacts to classrooms. Shedid express support for amore predictable, three-year model introduced inthis year’s budget. Official-ly, boards will see a one percent hike to the basicinstruction grant in the falland subsequent two percent increases thefollowing two years. Boardoperating budgets will alsojump 3.4 per cent. METRO
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Attempting to plead theircase, parents pointed outin a letter to CBE trusteechair Pat Cochrane that Ed-monton’s public board hasrun an Arabic program formore than 25 years andmore than 1,000 studentsare currently enrolled.
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Single ladies line up forchance to put a ring on it
Canadian women are in itfor love. Or at least that’swhat the wannabe contest-ants of The Bachelor Cana-da say.
Before the doors to theaudition room had evenopened, dozens of roman-tic hopefuls had lined upfor their chance to be “theone,” but none earlier than21-year-old Natasha Wols-ki, who arrived at the Hy-att Regency at 7:30 a.m.
After following alongwith the American versionof The Bachelor, Wolskisaid she thinks Canadianswill bring a different spinto the reality TV series.
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an girls, it’s just a fact,”she said with a laugh.
Fellow hopeful KaylaTrigiani said Canucks likeher are in it for love ratherthan fame.
“With the Americanversion, a lot of these girlsget on the cover of maga-zines, so I think theremight be a hidden agen-da,” she said.
Casting directorHeather Muir agreed thatthe kind of women theshow is looking for are init for the long haul.
“Canadians bring all thepersonality that the Ameri-cans bring, but I think …we bring a level of passion
and sincerity,” she said.“We’re very hopeful at theend of this process thatwe’ll have a commitment.”
Bachelor Canada auditions held in Calgary on Tuesday Cross-country search for contestants runs through Feb. 28
Natasha Wolski, left, and Kayla Trigiani, both 21,
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Robison caseput over to AprilSHOOTING SUSPECT. A manaccused of the attemptedmurder of two Mountiesnear Killam on Feb. 7 wasnot present for his firstcourt appearance on Tues-day. The case was put overto April 3, at which timeit’s expected that SawyerClarke Robison will applyfor bail. THE CANADIAN PRESS
First murder ofyear in YEGCRIME. Edmonton policehave confirmed that city’s
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Three dead incentral crash HIGH-SPEED COLLISION.RCMP have identifiedthree people killed in acentral Alberta crash onMonday. A Chevy Cavalierwas travelling at highspeed on Range Road 40when it failed to obey astop sign at Highway 39and was struck by a pick-up truck. The victims areEdmontonian WilliamSaunders, 20, and Bretonresidents SpencerGustafson, 21, andMorgan Hetchler, 15. Thedriver of the truck wastreated for minor injuriesand released.
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Mexico beatingvictim faces longrecoveryA Calgary woman whowas severely beaten inMexico has been releasedfrom hospital.
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Mexican authoritieshave charged Jose RamonAcosta Quintero, 28, withattempted murder.
Quintero told a Mexi-can newspaper he wasdrunk and hit her whenshe started screaming,but denied he wanted tokill her. He also said hewas forced to sign a con-fes sion without being al- lowed to read it or speakto a lawyer.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Veteransget pledgeOttawa will make it easierfor veterans to understandtheir disability benefits.
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New rulesprotectsled dogsA working dog’s life hasjust got a little easier.
Almost two yearsafter a gruesome sleddog cull, the B.C. govern-ment has introduced an-other layer of protectionfor working dogs.
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The new rules comeafter the B.C. chapter ofthe SPCA uncovered amass grave of 56 sleddogs near Whistler lastyear. The case drewinternational outrage.
Marcie Moriarty, gen-eral manager of crueltyinvestigations, said theregulations will “provideminimum standardsthat will improve work-ing dogs’ welfare.”THE CANADIAN PRESS
The federal governmenton Tuesday aimed its pen-sion-cutting pitch atyounger Canadians.
Human Resources Min-ister Diane Finley said inToronto the coming feder-al budget will define majorchanges to old age securi-ty, the program that givesabout $500 a month to 98per cent of people over 65.
Unless the governmentacts now, younger Canadi-ans will face impossiblechoices of higher taxes,higher deficits or fewer so-cial programs, she said.
“We cannot allow our-selves to be pegged into asituation where we arefaced with a choice be-tween the country’s finan-cial security, and ourcommitment to agingCanadians who haveworked long and hard tobuild this great nation.”
Finley added: “We will
need to ensure that ourgovernment has the fiscalroom to meet the variousneeds of an aging popula-tion ... without putting anundue tax burden onyounger generations.”
While other countrieshave acted to increase theage of eligibility to keep in
line with aging popula-tions, Canada has stood
still, she said. “It’s tickingalong as if things haven’tchanged demographicallyin 50 years.”
Finley did not say howchanges would affect low-income seniors who de-pend on pension benefitsto stay above water.THE CANADIAN PRESS
“Pushing seniorsinto poverty is notleadership.”NEW DEMOCRAT MP MATTHEW KELLWAY, SPEAKINGAFTER FINLEY’S SPEECH
Human Resources Minister
Diane Finley, pictured in
Toronto on Tuesday, gave her
personal guarantee that current
retirees won’t be touched.
Coquettish corres-pondence between ToryMP Bob Dechert and a Chinese reporter wasmore of a comedy than athriller for Canada’s spyservice, it seems.
Emails suggest some
within the Canadian Secu-rity Intelligence Servicegot a chuckle out of thewhole affair. One emailsays: “Scandal.. haha.”
The emails circulatedaround CSIS after newsbroke of Dechert’s
flirtatious exchange withXinhua news agency correspondent Shi Rong.
Dechert, parliamentarysecretary to ForeignAffairs Minister JohnBaird, has insisted his relationship with Shi was
an innocent friendship. “These emails are
flirtatious, but the friend-ship remained innocentand simply that, a friend-ship,” Dechert said lastyear.
In an email sent on
April 17, 2010, Dechertwrote: “You are so beautiful. I really like thepicture of you by the wa-ter with your cheekspuffed.
“That look is so cute. Ilove it when you do that.
Now, I miss you evenmore.”
The Canadian Press obtained the documentsunder the Access to Infor-mation Act. Shi Rong hasbeen reassigned to China.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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The U.S. apologizedTuesday for the burning ofMuslim holy books thathad been pulled from theshelves of a detention cen-tre library adjoining a ma-jor base in easternAfghanistan because theycontained extremistmessages or inscriptions.
The White Houseechoed military officials insaying that the burning ofQur’ans and other Islamicreading material that hadbeen tossed in a pile ofgarbage was an accident.
But more than 2,000
Afghans protested the inci-dent outside the BagramAir Base that stoked risinganti-foreign sentiment andfueled Afghan claims thatforeign troops disrespecttheir culture and religion.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Kenyan army is blam-ing militants for blockingthe movement of food andother goods into southernSomalia, which officials sayis in the beginning stages ofa humanitarian crisis.
Khadra Muhamud Aden,a Somali woman in her 80s,says food supplies are run-ning low because there isno way to transport foodfrom either the Kenyan bor-der or the Somali port ofKismayo because of fightingbetween Kenyan troops andthe al-Qaida-affiliated So-mali militant group al-Shabab. The cutting of foodsupplies has slowed theKenyan army’s advance to-
ward Kismayo. Troops aredelivering food aid in an at-tempt to win favour in ar-eas formerly controlled byal-Shabab. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Judge defendsruling forabortionA retired Massachusettsjudge is defending her deci-sion to order a mentally illwoman to have an abortionand be sterilized against
her wishes. ChristinaHarms, who retired lastmonth, defended her rulingin a letter she sent Mondayto other Massachusetts fam-ily court judges, saying shebelieved the schizophrenicwoman would have chosento have an abortion if shehad been mentally compe-tent. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Food blockedby al-Shabab:Kenyan army
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Khader Adnan agreed to end his 66-day hungerstrike protesting his imprisonment without charge,after reaching a deal with Israel that will free him inApril, the Israeli Justice Ministry said Tuesday.
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A Palestinian woman holds a poster depicting
Islamic Jihad member Khader Adnan with a locked
mouth during a demonstration in Jerusalem Tuesday.
Afghans outragedover burned Qur’ans
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Kenya sent hundreds oftroops into Somalia in October to pursue al-Shabab militants whomit accuses for cross-borderattacks and thekidnapping of 10 Kenyansand four Europeans, whichthreatened to destroyKenya’s tourism industry, akey source of revenue forthe economy.
Afghan protesters shout
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Lawyers in a commercialdispute were last weekgranted permission to servea suit against a defendantvia the popular social net-working site.
Justice Nigel Teare per-mitted the unconventionalmethod of service during apretrial hearing into a casethat pits two investmentmanagers against a broker-age firm they accuse ofovercharging them.
A former trader and anex-broker, Fabio De Biaseand Anjam Ahmad, are alsoalleged to have been in onthe scam.
Jenni Jenkins, who repre-sents Ahmad, said lawyersin the case had been tryingto track De Biase in order toserve him with legal docu-ments. She said that a copyof the suit was left at his
last known address, butthat it wasn’t clear whetherhe was still living there.
The lawyers didn’t havehis email address, so theyapplied for permission tosend him the claimthrough Facebook.
Jenkins, an associatewith London-based law firmMemery Crystal, said thelawyers were confident thatde Biase’s account was stillactive.
“The counsel told thejudge that someone fromthe firm had been monitor-ing the account and they’dseen that he’s recentlyadded two new friends,which made the judgechuckle,” she said.
De Biase was given extratime to respond to theclaim “to allow for the pos-sibility that he wasn’t ac-cessing his accountregularly,” she added.
Facebook did not imme-diately respond to an emailseeking comment.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Salesslumpdespite discountsCanadian shoppers reinedin spending before Christ-mas this year as retailsales slumped 0.2 per centin December despiteapparent deep discountsales from stores.
The fall-off followed arevised 0.4 per cent pop inNovember, an indicationthat shoppers bought ear-ly and were cautious con-sumers during the holidayseason, analysts said.
An RBC post-holidaypoll released at about thesame time as the StatisticsCanada data found 69 percent of respondents saidthey managed to keeptheir Christmas spendingin check.
Real sales in terms ofvolumes were flat, mean-ing that all the losses weredue to retailers discount-ing prices in order toattract customers.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Chorusworking tocounter WestJetThe parent company of re-gional carrier Jazz Air willwork to help Air Canadacompete with Calgary-based WestJet when theirrival launches a low-fareairline serving smaller do-mestic markets, ChorusAviation chief executiveJoe Randell said Tuesday.
Randell said the agree-ment with Air Canadacovers 83 destinationswith 125 Jazz aircraft op-erating for the mainlineairline. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ten months after the re-lease of Research in Mo-tion’s first tablet, the devicefinally has an app to accessemail.
But analysts say it maybe too late for the Waterloo-based company to make adent in the tablet market,particularly with a newiPad rumoured to be on theway, possibly within weeks.
RIM released an updatefor its PlayBook tablet Tues-day, adding a host of fea-tures including the abilityto access email withoutconnecting to a BlackBerryor using a web-based ac-count. The email app canconsolidate corporate andpersonal accounts as well as
messages from social net-works, including Facebook,Twitter and LinkedIn.
The 2.0 version of thePlayBook operating systemalso includes web-browserenhancements, new calen-dar, contacts and video-chatapps, and an updated ver-
sion of BlackBerry Bridge. That app allows users to
control a BlackBerry asthough it were a remotecontrol for a PlayBook.Users can also open a docu-ment on a BlackBerry andhave it viewed on a Play-Book. THE CANADIAN PRESS
RIM reveals newPlayBook update
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The Oscars are coming up thisSunday.
I love the Oscars — theglitz, the fun, the drama, thesuspense.
Of course, when myfavourite movie doesn’t win and somepiece of schmaltz does, I’m left braying atthe TV: “Who voted for Driving MissDaisy? Who are these people? Don’t theyknow anything?”
Now, thanks to the LA Times, I have theanswer, which is: People Just Like Me.
After an exhaustive and pointless investigation —pointless because even though millions are starving andthe planet is in peril, the LA Times is squanderingprecious dwindling journalistic resources on revealingthe demographic makeup of the Academy of Motion Pic-ture Arts and Sciences — the results confirm your worstnightmare.
Ninety-four per cent of the people who vote theOscars are white. Seventy-seven per cent are male. Theirmedian age is 62, and just 14 per cent of themembership is under 50.
Two per cent are black. This explains a lot. Like why Steven Spielberg must be
nominated for something every year, even if it’s WarHorse. Steven Spielberg is the king of all the old whiteguys.
It explains why your little indie fave did not get nomi-nated for best picture. Extremely Loud and IncrediblyClose, which stars Tom Hanks, the duke of all the oldwhite guys, did.
It explains why Bob Hope hosted the Oscars 18 timesand why Billy Crystal’s back this year, after Oscar’s tragicexperiment with the under-50 demographic last year. Re-member James Franco and Anne Hathaway? Why send acouple of dumb kids out to do an old white guy’s jobwhen you can get Billy?
Eddie Murphy was supposed to host the Oscars thisyear, but quit to support show producer Brett Ratner (oldwhite guy) who was fired for an alleged racial slur. How’sthat for irony?
Anyway, now that Billy’s back, order has beenrestored in the old-white-guy universe, and we can get onwith voting for Steve.
The problem, as anyone who ever hangs out in westL.A. knows, is that almost everyone in the moviebusiness is an old white guy, and it’s really hard to breakin unless, like their descendants, you “know somebody.”So if you’re black, Latino, female and — especially — un-der 50, shut up and go to Sundance.
That said, the boys are suckers for interracial drama(see Driving Miss Daisy). And The Help, which takes atimely, fearless look at interracial drama circa 1963, isnominated this year. So my peeps are going to have atough time deciding between that and Steve Who MustBe Nominated.
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Rihanna, Brown reuniteOn Monday, they both put out tracks featuring each other We all remember what
happened three years ago Should we applaud their collaboration, or be appalled?
You’ll never forget that im-age of Rihanna from 2009,after she was beaten by herthen-boyfriend, R&B singerChris Brown. But can youforgive? Apparently, Rihan-na can: On Monday, she re-leased a remix of her hitsong Birthday Cake featur-ing an appearance byBrown.
“I’ve been missing yourbody,” he raps, while sheadds: “I know you wannabite this, it’s so enticing.”(The YouTube video sheposted has no images, justtext that says: “Yikes.”)
Meanwhile, Brown re-leased a track called TurnUp the Music with vocals byRihanna.
Earlier that day — Rihan-na’s 24th birthday — theduo also tweeted one an-other sweet messages.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAYROBYN,” wrote Brown, us-ing her birth name. Rihan-na thanked him viaretweet, just minutes later.
Their apparent reconcili-ation comes after contro-versy last week, whenBrown was featured promi-nently at the Grammys, in-
dicating the music industryhas also forgiven him.
Tweeting after the showlast week, musician Miran-da Lambert wrote: “Where Icome from, beating up on awomen is never OK.”
The whole drama leavesus wondering what thissays to women who havebeen victims of assaultwithin a romantic relation-ship.
Dr. Sheri Jacobson, clini-cal director of Harley Thera-py, a psychotherapy centre,
believes it could send a dis-turbing message about howmaltreatment can be over-looked, or even accepted:“In a romantic sense, it hasthe danger of a creating afalse reality as not everyonehas the mental or emotion-al capacity for change,” shetells Metro.
“Hopefully it won’t en-courage people to look upto Rihanna and Brown as anew ideal, and make themthink it’s OK to go back to aviolent partner.”
On the other hand,Brown seems to havelearned from his mistakes.He has apologized on televi-sion for the 2009 incident.
“I’d like to think that wecan believe in people to re-pair, heal and develop,”says Jacobson. “Brown ap-pears to have learned hislesson and has certainlypaid heavily for his behav-iour toward Rihanna. Inthat light, it would be dis-tressing if they were to befrowned upon — one strike
and he’s out. “If you really care for
someone,” she continues,“as seems to be the casehere, you tend to overlookand tolerate their behav-iour. You can’t carry itthrough without some kindof human emotion, roman-tic or not.
And whatever happensbetween them, people willalways be watching.”
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Brown was featured prominently at the Grammys this year, indicating the
music industry had forgiven him for beating Rihanna before the 2009 Grammys.
Canuck sound editor DavidGiammarco goes from tirefactory to Oscar red carpet.
Queen concert
Former American Idolsinger Adam Lambert isjoining Queen for oneconcert this summer, atSonisphere 2012.Queen’s Brian May andRoger Taylor confirmedTuesday that the Ameri-can singer-songwriterwill perform vocals forthe band’s headlineset. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Aniston denies beinglatest home wrecker
Jennifer Aniston is putting rumours to bed once again.
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Former Friends’ star also squashes rumours she is pregnant with tripletsSince Justin Therouxbroke up with his girl-friend of 14 years shortlybefore getting togetherwith Jennifer Aniston, theformer Friends star hasbeen dodging claims thatshe’s a home wrecker. ButAniston insists she and Th-eroux — who met whilefilming Wanderlust — did-n’t get together until later.
“Nothing happened onthat movie,” she tells GQmagazine. “It’s a rumour— it’s the easy rumour,but nothing happened. Wewere just friends.”
Speaking of rumours,Aniston continues to useher current press tour toclear up a few stories float-ing around about her.
“I’m not having triplets.Not having twins. Nor am Ihaving one baby. I did notelope,” she tells the maga-zine. “The one time I dosay, ‘Yes! I'm pregnant!’they’ll be like, ‘Pfft.Right.’” METRO
“It’s a rumour — it’sthe easy rumour,but nothinghappened.”JENNIFER ANISTON
Sheen offersan apology toKutcher BUT NO APOLOGY FOR THESHOW. Charlie Sheenclearly had secondthoughts about hisrecent harsh wordsabout Ashton Kutcherand the new season ofTwo and a Half Men, ashe’s issued an apology tohis sitcom replacement— via TMZ, of course.
“Dear Ashton. Mybad. I was disrespectfulto a man doing his best,”Sheen writes. “I got ex-cited and threw you intothe crossfire, but therest of my statement Istand behind. You how-ever, deserve better.Safety in your travelssir.”
The part of his previ-ous tirade that he’s notapologizing for?
“I’m tired of pretend-ing the show doesn’tsuck,” he said, addingthat Kutcher is “saddledwith bad writing.”
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Katy Perry isnot TebowingHYPE FOR HYPE’S SAKETim Tebow insists thathe and Katy Perry arenot dating — much to
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“No, there’s not” anytruth to the hookuprumours, Tebow tellsHollyscoop. “I’m just hav-ing fun and enjoying mylife, trying to enjoy everymoment and not get toocaught up in any of thehype.” METRO
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A new side of FloridaFrom Dali to animatronic dolphins, here’s a side of Florida you never knew existed
David Downing, of the St. Pete and Clearwater visitor bureau, shares what’s hot this winter
Great for families
“Parents magazine just rat-ed our Fort DeSoto Parkthe No. 1 Family Beach inthe USA,” Downing says.He attributes this rankingto the fact the shallowbeach is “almost like aswimming pool.” The pic-nic areas, campgroundsand bike rentals all add tothe family-friendly destina-tion.
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The pier at Fort DeSoto.
Drink up!Although St. Pe-tersburg mighthave a reputa-tion as a sleepybeach town,Downing boaststhat the nightlifeis world-class.
“In a five-block radius,there are 25 bars,restaurants,nightclubs, danc-ing, live music —and most stayopen until 3a.m.”
He tells us one of the best thingsabout St. Peters-burg is the con-venient fact thatyou don’t need a car.
“If you stay inour downtown,you can justwalk around orrent a golf car fora couple of bucksto hit all of thesites,” he says.St. Petersburg at night.
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Leave the umbrella at home. “Wehold the world record for themost consecutive days of sun-shine,” boasts Downing. “We had762 days of sunshine — in a row.”
Live the moviesYou can meet Winter, the world’smost famous animatronic dol-phin and inspiration for the filmDolphin Tale, at the ClearwaterMarine Aquarium. The exhibitWinter’s Dolphin Tale Adventureshowcases Winter as well as setsfrom the film.
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The Dali Museum just cele-brated their first anniver-sary of a new facility,according to Downing. “It’sthe most comprehensivecollection of Dali’s work inthe world,” he says.
October will mark thefirst major visiting exhibi-tion by Jeff Koons.
Also a must-see? The Mu-seum of Fine Arts in St. Pe-tersburg — the newdirector led the educationdepartment at the Metro-politan Museum of Art inNew York for 18 years.
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Florida’s tourismagency says a record85.9 million peoplevisited the state lastyear. Visit Florida saidthat the estimated to-tal was a 4.4 per centincrease over 2010and the highest num-ber since 2007.The number showsFlorida tourism —the state’s leading in-dustry — hasrebounded from acrippling recessionand 2010 oil spill thatkept visitors awayfrom its beaches andattractions.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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From around 1910 to thelate 1920s, the silent filmindustry dominated Los An-geles. Without permits,unions or worries aboutsound, filmmakers couldjust grab a camera andshoot scenes on the spot,transforming various L.A.locales into any place thescript called for.
The Artist, a GoldenGlobe winner and Oscarcontender that hearkensback to the lost art of tellinga story in black and white,without talking, has re-newed interest in that earlygenre. Fortunately, many ofthe locations where exteri-ors were filmed during thesilent film era still exist to-day, and you can find them
A silent journeyWith the new silent film The Artist nominated for best picture at the
Academy Awards this weekend, it’s time to embrace some silent film history
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Harold Lloyd famously hung off a clock on this building
in Safety Last!
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The Jim Henson Company Lot boasts an image of Charlie Chaplin. The lot was originally
built for Charlie Chaplin Studios in 1918.
hidden around the city.“Southern California was
perfectly situated” as abackdrop for all types ofmovie settings, said filmhistorian John Bengtson,author of a number ofbooks about the era, includ-ing Silent Traces: Discover-ing Early HollywoodThrough the Films of Char-lie Chaplin.
“There was a diversity ofgeological features, thebeach, desert,” Bengtsonsaid. “There were rough ter-rains for the Westerns.There were mountains.There were lakes. Down-town Los Angeles was athriving city, so you gotyour urban shots.”
Bengtson started re-searching then-and-now lo-cations from scenes in thefilms of silent comedy starsBuster Keaton, CharlieChaplin and Harold Lloydmore than 15 years ago,without the help of the In-ternet. He’s since identifieddozens of locations, and has
conducted various silentfilm walking tours.
One famous image fromthat era that lives on showsLloyd clumsily climbing upthe side of a building indowntown Los Angeles toescape a police officer inthe 1923 romantic comedySafety Last!
Lloyd, in his signaturestraw hat and round horn-rimmed glasses, thengrasps onto a large clock onthe building. He hangs onfor dear life with trafficrushing far below.
The tall building indowntown L.A. where Lloydshot that famed clock scenestill stands, at 908 S. Broad-way. The clock, constructedspecifically for the movie,doesn’t.
A building facade was ac-tually built on the 908 S.Broadway building’s roof,along with a camera towerto film the set, in order tocreate the illusion of steep
height, keeping the build-ing’s roof out of frame, butwith actual views of thestreet below, said Bengtson.
“They didn’t have CGI(computer generated im-agery) then. They did haveglass paintings,” said RandyHaberkamp, the Academyof Motion Picture Arts andSciences’ director of educa-tional programming. “Theywould paint out part of thecity. You would see a fa-mous hill in the Los Angelesarea, and you would say,‘Where was that housethere?’ The artists of thatera were so clever.”
Actor, writer and direc-tor Chaplin, iconic as a va-grant, big-hearted characterknown as the Tramp inmany of his silent films,complete with bushy shortmoustache and black
bowler hat, filmed allaround L.A. before settlinginto his Charlie ChaplinStudios, 1416 N. La BreaAve., in the heart of Holly-wood.
The structure is now theJim Henson Company Lot,with a statue of Henson cre-ation Kermit the Frogdressed as Chaplin in hisrecognizable hat and jacketabove the main gate. Con-crete footprints of Chaplinare also there.
“Sometimes, when itcomes to talking, some-times less is more. I thinkpeople who love silentfilms really appreciate bodylanguage and other thingsthat are communicated.There’s a deeper human un-derstanding that you canget,” said Haberkamp. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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When allthe glamand glare ofthe Vegas
lights get a bit too bright,not far away lies a littlehaven of casino history, setagainst one of the moststunning and scenic back-drops in Nevada.
Back in the day, LakeTahoe was ‘the’ place wherestars, dignitaries, and eventhe notorious Rat Packcame to stay and play whilerecharging their famousbatteries.
Now, being a majorSinatra fan, it was a particu-lar thrill to pull up to thefront entrance of the veryretro, very cool, very oldschool Cal Neva Lodge, es-pecially since it almostseemed as though Frank,Dean and Sammy mightstill be crooning a tune in-side the Frank Sinatrashowroom.
In fact Frank owned theresort for a few years back
in the ’60s. Even the bigneon sign out front hasn’tchanged much since theRat Pack hung out here.
Once inside it was likewalking back in time. Someslots still actually workedwith real coins instead ofhigh-tech player cards.
One of the main drawcards for me, despite myclaustrophobia, was the lit-tle-known secret under-ground tunnel tour.
Four days a week, Nevaoffers visitors a chance togo deep underground, toexperience a little knownpiece of celebrity history. Ifelt like I was entering anancient brick dungeon, asour guide explained thiscramped tunnel was builtso Sinatra could hide fromthe throngs during his daily
trip from his luxury cabinout back, to the casinoshowroom. Deep in thebowels of this dark andspooky passageway, I no-ticed a small X marked on
the wall, which, it turnsout, marks a very notoriousspot. This is supposedly theexact place where then-president John F. Kennedyand Marilyn Monroe con-summated their clandes-tine relationship, whileunsuspecting gamblersspent their money on thecasino floor directly above.
“Ring a ding ding!” asFrank would say. That’ssome entertaining folklorefor the $10 tour price. TheCal Neva and other Tahoecasinos still have that inti-mate small-town feel. De-spite the fact Tahoe hasobviously expanded overthe years, it has managedto retain its natural beauty.Where else can you ski andhike amid stunning sceneryall morning, and still getback to the casino in timeto lose the kids collegemoney by nightfall?
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at two early classics that won best picture — complete with themed snacks to serve at your Oscar partyMATTHEW MEAD/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
This recipe makes 30 cookies.
Casablanca Potato Chip CookiesPreparation:
1 In the bowl of an elec-tric mixer, beat togeth-er the unsalted butter,with brown sugar.
2 Add the egg and beatagain. Add the flour,baking powder, finely
crushed potato chipsand sliced almonds.Mix just untilcombined.
3 Scoop by teaspoonfulonto parchment-linedbaking sheets and bakefor 10 to 12 minutes ina 180 C (350 F) oven.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ingredients:
• 125 ml (1/2 cup) unsaltedbutter• 250 ml (1 packed cup) ofbrown sugar• 1 egg
• 500 ml (2 cups) all-purpose flour• 5 ml (1 tsp) bakingpowder• 250 ml (1 cup) finelycrushed potato chips• 125 ml (1/2 cup) sliced al-monds
In TheChips:Casablanca
Everybody comes toRick’s Café Américain in
the movie Casablanca,whether it’s for cocktails,food, forged letters oftransit or hopes of win-ning big at roulette.
Though you’ll likelywant to stick to the firsttwo.
If you’re looking to
gamble on somethingnew, why not try some po-tato chip cookies, a twiston the traditional snack.
We can’t guaranteeyour friends will beshocked — shocked! —but they may be mildlysurprised.
Moroccan
Sour Cocktail
Ingredients:• 60 ml (2 oz) whiskey• Juice of half a lemon• 5 ml (1 tsp) sugar• Pinch dry ground gin-ger• Pinch of turmeric• Pinch of cinnamon• Seltzer water or clubsoda• Lemon twist, for gar-nish
Here’s a recipe for aspicy whiskey sour thatwould be right at homein the ’40s nightclubscene that serves as thebackground forCasablanca’s story oflove and war.
Preparation:
1 In double old-fashioned glass, stirtogether whiskey,lemon juice, sugar,ginger, turmeric andcinnamon until sugaris completelydissolved. Add 1 icecube and top with asplash of seltzer wa-ter. Garnish with alemon twist.
Ingredients:
• 1 banana bread• butter for frying• 24 Manchego cheeseslices• 24 toasted pecans
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The Scarlett
Cocktail
Ingredients:
• 60 ml (2 oz) cranberryjuice
• 60 ml (2 oz) cherry juice
• 60 ml (2 oz) citrus vod-ka
• 30 ml (1 oz) lime juice
• Fresh cherries, for gar-nish
A starving ScarlettO’Hara resorts to grub-bing up radishes in thefamous “I’ll never behungry again” scenethat ends the first halfof the classic Gone WithThe Wind.
Luckily, you can trysomething much tastierwith this crimson cock-tail featuring cranberryand cherry juice.
Preparation:
1 In a cocktail shakerfilled with ice,combine cranberry
ScarlettFever: Gonewith theWindServe some Manchegocheese toasts on the sidefor an elegant nibble.
This appetizer uses ba-nana bread, a food thatcame into vogue in the1930s as baking powderand baking soda becamestaples of the Americankitchen.
It’s not likely you'll haveleftovers, but if you do, fid-dle-dee-dee! Tomorrow isanother day.
Manchego BananaBites Preparation:
1 Slice banana bread thin-ly and cut into 5-cm (2-inch) rounds with asmall cookie cutter.
2 In a skillet, melt butterover medium-high.
3 Toast banana breadrounds in buttered skil-let.
4 Serve topped with slicesof Manchego cheeseand toasted pecans.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
juice, cherry juice,vodka and lime juice.Shake and pour intoa martini glass. Gar-nish with fresh cher-ries.
Gone With the Wind
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Fantuzbringsveteraninsight toHamiltonAt just 28 years of age,Andy Fantuz suddenlyfinds himself a CFL elderstatesman.
On Tuesday, the Hamil-ton Tiger-Cats introduced atanned Fantuz, who spentlast week on vacation inAfrica, after agreeing toterms with the free-agentslotback Friday. Fantuzsigned a four-year contractwith the Ticats after spend-ing the first six years of hiscareer with theSaskatchewan Roughriders.
Hamilton dug deep to se-cure Fantuz as the native ofChatham will reportedlyearn $190,000 annually.Fantuz, the CFL’s 2010 topCanadian, will open theseason as the Ticats’second-oldest receiver be-hind 32-year-old slotbackDave Stala and help tomentor the club’s youngtalent.
“I can help them out andteach them some of thethings I’ve acquired ... andsome of the tips on thefield,” Fantuz said. “I wantto work with the wholegroup, really bring theteam together and try tomake it a cohesive unit andbecome a family and try toget us working as a team.”
Saskatchewan andHamilton both pursuedFantuz hard, with the for-mer University of WesternOntario star saying the op-portunity to play close tohome and reunite withcoach George Cortezfactored into his decision.Cortez served as theRoughriders’ offensive co-ordinator in Fantuz’s rook-ie season. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Jordan Eberle, left, celebrates Oilers teammate Sam Gagner’s goal as Calgary’s Olli Jokinen skates away on Tuesday night.
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Sam Gagner scored onceand added two assists Tues-day as the Edmonton Oilerserupted for four unan-swered goals in the secondperiod to stun the Flames 6-1 in Calgary.
Jordan Eberle, RyanSmyth, Taylor Hall, AlesHemsky and Eric Belangerhad the other goals for Ed-monton (23-30-6).
Scott Hannan, with hissecond of the season andfirst in 52 games, had theonly goal as Calgary (28-23-10) lost in regulation for thefirst time since Jan. 31.
Going into the game, allsigns pointed to the Flameshaving a big edge in the Bat-tle of Alberta.
Calgary entered with 5-0-
3 record in February. Mean-while, Edmonton had wonjust once in its last six out-ings and just one of its pre-vious nine on the road.
But the Oilers were thebetter team from the open-ing faceoff. Unlucky to not
be ahead after a first periodin which the Oilers outshotCalgary 17-7, Edmontoncontinued to pressure.
Hall and Eberle rackedup five shots each in thefirst, and the Flames werefortunate to finish the peri-od tied 1-1.
The home side almost es-caped the first period up 1-0but Eberle scored on a greatindividual effort with 1:12
remaining. Kiprusoffstopped a dangerous shotfrom Gagner, jabbed out apad to stop Eberle on hisfirst shot, but the Oilers’top scorer found his own re-bound and lifted a back-hand under the crossbar.
It looked for a time likeit was going to be anotherheadline-stealing game forMiiikka Kiprusoff, who en-tered the night 10-3-3 in hislast 16 games, with a .944save percentage.
However, the constantpressure by the youngerand faster Oilers eventuallyresulted in a breakthroughas Edmonton scored threetimes in less than five min-utes to seize a 4-1 lead.THE CANADIAN PRESS
OILERS FLAMES
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The Detroit Red Wings ac-quired defenceman KyleQuincey on Tuesday in athree-team deal that sentforward Steve Downie fromthe Tampa Bay Lightning tothe Colorado Avalanche.
The Lightning acquireda first-round pick in thisyear’s draft and minorleague defenceman Se-bastien Piche after ex-
changing Downie forQuincey with the Ava-lanche. Tampa Bay thendealt Quincey to the Red
Wings for a first-round pickand Piche.
Quincey was drafted byDetroit in 2003, and playeda role as the Red Wingsreached the Western Con-ference finals in 2007. Heplayed in 13 playoff games,helping fill a void left by in-jured defenceman MathieuSchneider.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wings add depth in 3-team swap
Kyle Quincey
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10The Flames had won10 straight at homeagainst the Oilers andhad beaten Edmontonin 16 of 17 meetings.
“He’s a goodplayer. We’rethrilled to havehim back.”DETROIT COACH MIKE BABCOCK ONRE-ACQUIRING KYLE QUINCEY
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EASTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk
d-NYRangers 58 38 15 1 4 161 118 81 19-7-0-2 19-8-1-2 7-3-0-0 L1d-Boston 57 35 20 1 1 190 132 72 18-10-1-1 17-10-0-0 4-6-0-0 L2d-Florida 58 27 20 5 6 144 162 65 14-8-1-6 13-12-4-0 5-5-0-0 L3NewJersey 59 35 20 1 3 168 162 74 16-10-0-3 19-10-1-0 8-1-0-1 W4Philadelphia 59 33 19 2 5 198 181 73 14-10-1-4 19-9-1-1 4-5-0-1 W1Pittsburgh 60 34 21 2 3 186 160 73 18-8-2-0 16-13-0-3 5-4-0-1 W1Ottawa 61 31 22 6 2 185 183 70 15-11-2-1 16-11-4-1 4-4-2-0 W3Toronto 60 29 24 4 3 181 184 65 16-9-3-2 13-15-1-1 4-5-1-0 L2Winnipeg 62 29 26 4 3 157 175 65 18-9-1-2 11-17-3-1 5-4-1-0 L1Washington 59 29 25 2 3 159 168 63 19-8-0-2 10-17-2-1 3-6-0-1 L2TampaBay 59 27 26 3 3 166 197 60 18-9-1-1 9-17-2-2 5-3-2-0 W3Buffalo 60 26 27 3 4 150 176 59 15-11-3-4 11-16-0-0 5-3-0-2 W2NY Islanders 60 25 27 5 3 139 171 58 13-14-5-0 12-13-1-2 4-5-0-1 L2Montreal 61 24 27 2 8 160 167 58 11-14-2-6 13-13-0-2 5-4-0-1 L2Carolina 60 23 26 7 4 158 181 57 16-12-0-3 7-14-7-1 6-2-2-0 W1
WESTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk
d-Detroit 61 41 18 1 1 191 141 84 26-2-1-0 15-16-0-1 7-2-0-1 L1d-Vancouver 60 38 16 0 6 195 147 82 18-6-0-4 20-10-0-2 7-1-0-2 L1d-San Jose 58 31 20 4 3 170 148 69 18-9-2-0 13-11-2-3 3-6-1-0 L4St. Louis 59 36 16 1 6 150 117 79 26-3-1-3 10-13-0-3 7-3-0-0 L1Nashville 60 35 19 3 3 168 155 76 19-7-2-2 16-12-1-1 5-3-0-2 W2Chicago 61 33 21 4 3 191 179 73 21-6-1-3 12-15-3-0 4-6-0-0 W4Phoenix 60 30 21 3 6 157 151 69 16-10-2-2 14-11-1-4 8-1-0-1 W3LosAngeles 60 27 21 5 7 128 131 66 15-13-0-4 12-8-5-3 3-5-1-1 L3Calgary 60 28 23 5 4 143 161 65 16-9-1-1 12-14-4-3 5-2-2-1 L1Dallas 60 30 26 1 3 155 167 64 16-12-0-2 14-14-1-1 4-4-1-1 W1Colorado 60 29 27 3 1 151 168 62 16-13-0-1 13-14-3-0 3-5-1-1 L1Minnesota 59 26 24 2 7 131 154 61 14-10-1-3 12-14-1-4 2-6-0-2 W1Anaheim 60 25 25 4 6 154 171 60 15-13-2-0 10-12-2-6 6-1-1-2 L1Edmonton 59 23 30 2 4 159 178 52 15-10-2-2 8-20-0-2 5-4-1-0 W1Columbus 60 18 35 2 5 142 198 43 11-16-1-2 7-19-1-3 5-4-1-0 W1d—division leaders ranked 1-2-3 regardless of points; a teamwinning in overtime or shootout iscreditedwith two points and a victory in theW column; the team losing in overtime or shootoutreceives one pointwhich is registered in the OTL (overtime loss) or SL (shootout loss) column.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE NBAEASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GBd-Miami 26 7 .788 —d-Chicago 26 8 .765 1/2Orlando 21 12 .636 5d-Philadelphia 20 13 .606 6Indiana 20 12 .625 51/2Atlanta 19 13 .594 61/2New York 16 17 .485 10Boston 15 16 .484 10Cleveland 13 17 .433 111/2Milwaukee 13 19 .406 121/2Detroit 11 23 .324 151/2New Jersey 10 24 .294 161/2Toronto 9 23 .281 161/2Washington 7 25 .219 181/2Charlotte 4 27 .129 21
WESTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB
d-Oklahoma City 25 7 .781 —d-San Antonio 23 10 .697 21/2Dallas 21 12 .636 41/2d-L.A. Clippers 19 11 .633 5L.A. Lakers 19 13 .594 6Houston 19 14 .576 61/2Memphis 19 15 .559 7Denver 18 15 .545 71/2Portland 18 16 .529 8Minnesota 16 17 .485 91/2Utah 15 16 .484 91/2Phoenix 14 19 .424 111/2Golden State 12 17 .414 111/2Sacramento 10 22 .313 15New Orleans 7 25 .219 18d—division leaders ranked in top four positionsregardless of record.Last night’s resultsMemphis 89 Philadelphia 76Indiana 117NewOrleans 108 (OT)Miami 120 Sacramento 108Cleveland 101 Detroit 100Portland 137 SanAntonio 97Monday’s resultsChicago 90 Atlanta 79New Jersey 100NewYork 92Dallas 89 Boston 73Houston 97Memphis 93Oklahoma City 101 NewOrleans 93Orlando 93Milwaukee 90Denver 103Minnesota 101 (OT)Phoenix 104Washington 88SanAntonio 106 Utah 102Golden State 104 L.A. Clippers 97L.A. Lakers 103 Portland 92Tonight’s gamesAll times EasternBoston at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.Indiana at Charlotte, 7 p.m.NewOrleans at Cleveland, 7 p.m.Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.Sacramento atWashington, 7 p.m.Orlando at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.Atlanta at NewYork, 7:30 p.m.Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m.Philadelphia at Houston, 8 p.m.Utah atMinnesota, 8 p.m.Golden State at Phoenix, 9 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.Denver at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesNewYork atMiami, 7 p.m.Orlando at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.San Antonio at Denver, 9 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.
DEVILS 4,MAPLE LEAFS 3 (OT)First Period1. New Jersey, Sykora 14 (Henrique, Taormi-na) 9:442.NewJersey, Clarkson 23 (Elias, Sykora) 14:163. Toronto, Connolly 9 (Franson, Crabb) 14:32Penalties—Phaneuf Tor (tripping) 7:35, Clark-son NJ (roughing, fighting), Phaneuf Tor(fighting) 16:36, Kessel Tor (tripping) 17:34.Second Period4. Toronto,MacArthur 18 (Kulemin, Grabovs-ki) 14:435. New Jersey, Ponikarovsky 11 (Zubrus,Volchenkov) 18:11Penalties—Boulton NJ (boarding) 2:59, Lom-bardi Tor (hooking) 7:04.Third Period6. Toronto, Kessel 31 (Bozak, Lupul) 19:16Penalties—None.Overtime7.NewJersey,Fayne4(Henrique,Kovalchuck)1:18Penalties—None.Shots on goalNew Jersey 13 8 9 2 —32Toronto 9 13 10 0 —32Goal—New Jersey: Brodeur (W,22-13-2);Toronto: Gustavsson (L,16-13-2). Power plays(goals-chances)—NJ: 0-3; Toronto:-2.Attendance—19,426 (18,819) at Toronto.
PREDATORS 3, CANUCKS 1First Period — No Scoring.Penalty—RomeVcr (tripping) 6:36.Second Period1. Nashville, Fisher 18 (Suter, Erat) 5:42 (pp)2.Nashville,Kostitsyn15 (Fisher,Gill) 13:16 (sh)3. Vancouver,Weise 4 (Malhotra, Lapierre)16:52Penalties—H.Sedin Vcr (tripping) 4:58,C.Wilson Nash (hooking) 8:35, Bouillon Nash(tripping) 12:29, Burrows Vcr,Weber Nash(roughing) 19:23.Third Period4. Nashville, Legwand 14 (Erat, Fisher) 17:09Penalty—H.Sedin Vcr (holding) 8:50.Shots on goalVancouver 12 13 8 —33Nashville 11 8 9 —28Goal—Vancouver: Luongo (L,25-11-6);Nashville: Rinne (W,33-13-6). Power plays(goals-chances)—Vanc: 0-2; Nashville: 1-3.Att.—16,769 (17,113) at At Nashville, Tenn.
OILERS 6, FLAMES 1First Period1. Calgary, Hannan 2 (Byron, Kolanos) 9:122. Edmonton, Eberle 26 (Gagner, Potter) 18:48Penalties—Smid Edm (delay of game) 11:35,Giordano Cal (hooking) 14:12.Second Period3. Edmonton, Hemsky 5 (Hall, Horcoff) 8:094. Edmonton, Belanger 3 (Eager) 12:215. Edmonton, Gagner 14 (Eberle, Smyth) 12:516. Edmonton, Smyth 17 (Gagner, Petry) 18:56Penalties—None.Third Period7.Edmonton,Hall21(Eberle,Whitney)17:29(pp)Penalties—Giordano Cal (holding) 15:37,Giordano Cal (cross-checking) 19:57.Shots on goalEdmonton 17 16 9 42Calgary 7 4 11 22Goal (shots-saves)—Edmonton: Dubnyk(W,11-14-1); Calgary: Kiprusoff (L,27-18-5)(33-29), Karlsson (start third, 9-8). Powerplays (goals-chances)—Edm: 1-3; Cal: 0-1.Attendance—19,289 (19,289) at Calgary.
CANADIANWOMEN’SCHAMPIONSHIPSCOTTIES TOURNAMENTOFHEARTSAt Red Deer, Alta.Province (skip) W LCanada (Holland) 5 1Manitoba (J.Jones) 5 2B.C. (K.Scott) 4 2Saskatchewan (Englot) 4 3NewBrunswick (Atkinson) 4 3Alberta (Nedohin) 3 3Quebec (Larouche) 3 3N.L. (H.Strong) 2 4Ontario (Horgan) 2 4P.E.I. (Dolan) 2 4NWT/Yukon (Galusha) 2 4Nova Scotia (Smith-Dacey) 2 5Yesterday’s resultsNinth DrawManitoba 8 Nova Scotia 3Newfoundland & Labrador 8 P.E.I. 4Quebec 7 Northwest/Yukon Territories 5Saskatchewan 11NewBrunswick 6Draw 10Alberta 7 British Columbia 4Canada 9 Ontario 4Manitoba 8 Saskatchewan 7 (extra end)NewBrunswick 8 Nova Scotia 4Draw 11Quebec vs. CanadaNorthwest/Yukon Territories vs. OntarioP.E.I. vs. AlbertaBritish Columbia vs. Newfoundland & Lab.Monday’s resultsSixth DrawAlberta 8 Ontario 4British Columbia 7 Canada 5Seventh DrawNewBrunswick 8 Northwest/Yukon Terr. 6Nova Scotia 10 Quebec 4Manitoba 8 Newfoundland & Labrador 5P.E.I. 8 Saskatchewan 7Eighth DrawCanada 7Manitoba 3NewBrunswick 8 Alberta 5Nova Scotia 8 British Columbia 7Saskatchewan 10Ontario 3Today’s gamesAll times EasternDraw 12, 10:30 a.m.NewBrunswick vs. Ontario; Canada vs. NovaScotia;Manitoba vs. British Columbia;Saskatchewan vs. Alberta.Draw 13, 3:30 p.m.British Columbia vs. Northwest/Yukon Terri-tories; Quebec vs. Alberta; Ontario vs. New-foundland & Labrador; Canada vs. P.E.I.Draw 14, 9:30 p.m.P.E.I. vs. Nova Scotia; Newfoundland & Lab. vs.NewBrunswick; Quebec vs. Saskatchewan;Manitoba vs. Northwest/Yukon Territories.Tomorrow’s gamesDraw 15, 10:30 a.m.Alberta vs. Newfoundland & Labrador; BritishColumbia vs. P.E.I.; Canada vs. North-west/Yukon Territories; Quebec vs. Ontario.Draw 16, 3:30 p.m.Manitoba vs. Quebec; Saskatchewan vs. North-west/Yukon Terr.; NewBrunswick vs. P.E.I.;Newfoundland& Labrador vs. Nova Scotia.Draw 17, 9:30 p.m.Canada vs. Saskatchewan; Ontario vs.Manito-ba; Alberta vs. Nova Scotia; NewBrunswickvs. British Columbia.
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FLYERS 5, JETS 4 (OT)First Period1.Winnipeg, Byfuglien 9 (Stapleton, Little)12:31 (pp)2. Philadelphia, Giroux 23 (Hartnell, Carle)15:50Penalties—BurmistrovWpg (high-sticking)8:59, Talbot Pha (cross-checking) 12:04.Second Period3. Philadelphia, Hartnell 28 (Simmonds, Timo-nen) 1:08 (pp)4.Winnipeg, Ladd 18 (Wheeler, Stapleton)7:52 (pp)5.Winnipeg, Ladd 19 (Little, Byfuglien) 8:566. Philadelphia, Talbot 17 (Meszaros, Gross-man) 11:14Penalties—EnstromWpg (interference) 0:57,Coburn Pha (hooking) 6:34.Third Period7.Winnipeg, Kane 23 (Stapleton) 4:57 (pp)8. Philadelphia, Simmonds 22 (van Riemsdyk,Giroux) 19:50Penalties—BrierePha (tripping) 3:59,ReadPha(roughing), SlaterWpg (double roughing) 11:39.Overtime9. Philadelphia, Jagr 16 (Briere) 4:16Penalties—None.Shots on goalPhiladelphia 15 16 18 6 —55Winnipeg 10 10 5 1 —26Goal—Philadelphia: Bryzgalov (W,21-11-6);Winnipeg: Pavelec (L,22-21-6).Power plays (goals-chances)—Philadelphia:1-3;Winnipeg: 3-3.Referees—BradMeier, Kelly Sutherland.Linesmen—Scott Cherrey, Shane Heyer.Attendance—15,004 (15,004) atWinnipeg.
ATP-WTARMKCHAMPIONSHIPS& CEL-LULAR SOUTHCUPAt Memphis, Tenn.Men’s Singles — First RoundSergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. RobertKendrick, U.S., 6-3, 7-6 (6).Ryan Sweeting, U.S., def. James Blake, U.S.,6-0, 6-2.SamQuerrey, U.S., def. Alejandro Falla,Colombia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.Women’s Singles — First RoundKsenia Pervak (2), Kazakhstan, def.RebeccaMarino, Toronto, 6-2, 6-4.Pauline Parmentier (5), France, def. AndreaHlavackova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.Stephanie Foretz Gacon, France, def.MelanieOudin, U.S., 6-2, 6-3.Women’s Singles — Second RoundMarina Erakovic (4), NewZealand, def.Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.Varvara Lepchenko, U.S., def. Johanna Lars-son (7), Sweden, 6-2, 6-4.Vera Dushevina, Russia, def. Jamie Hampton,U.S., 6-4, 6-3.
ATPOPEN 13At Marseille, FranceSingles — First RoundRichard Gasquet (5), France, def. Go Soeda,Japan, 6-0, 6-2.David Goffin, Belgium, def. AdrianMannari-no, France, 6-2, 1-0 (retired).Albano Olivetti, France, def.MatthiasBachinger, Germany, 6-4, 6-3.Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, def. Roberto Bautista-Agut, Spain, 6-4, 6-4.NicolasMahut, France, def. Arnaud Clement,France, 6-3, 6-4.Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, def. AndreasBeck, Germany, 6-1, 7-5.Karol Beck, Slovakia, def. Paul-HenriMathieu,France, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-3.Doubles — First RoundMahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna (1), In-dia, def. James Cerretani, U.S., andAdilShamasdin, Pickering, Ont., 6-3, 5-7, 10-3(tiebreak).
WTADUBAI CHAMPIONSHIPSAt Dubai, United Arab EmiratesSingles — First RoundAgnieszka Radwanska (5), Poland, def.Alek-sandraWozniak, Blainville, Que., 6-1, 6-7 (6),7-5.Peng Shuai, China, def.Marion Bartoli (6),France, 6-4, 6-3.Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, def. Francesca Schi-avone (7), Italy, 6-1, 7-5.Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, def. Domini-ka Cibulkova, Slovakia, 3-1 (retired).Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. PetraMartic, Croatia, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, def. PolonaHercog, Slovenia, 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4).SimonaHalep, Romania, def. AnastasiaPavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-4, 6-2.
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EngineThe heart of the transformation to R-Spec from anordinary Genesis sedan sits between the front fenders.The displacement of the automaker’s Tau-branded V8 hasbeen increased to 5.0-litres from 4.6 and thehorsepower/torque rating to 429 and 376 pound-feet from385/333. For comparison, that’s 17 horses more than themuch-celebrated-by-Ford-fans 5.0 in the Mustang GT.
The new Hyundai R-Spec, is now the only Genesis V8model available in Canada and employs the same power-plant as the larger and more luxurious Equus.
The tasteful and even elegant R-Spec has no big wings, no obnoxious colours and no scoops. However, the “R” and “Spec” thing have been done to death
by everyone from Acura to Jaguar to Subaru. The badge is small, at least. Speaking of which, there is no “H” badge on the grille of any Genesis.
In Aretha Franklin’s mon-ster hit, she cried out for alittle “R-E-S-P-E-C-T.” Theone thing you could sayabout that song andHyundai’s similarlynamed Genesis “R-Spec”sedan is that they bothhave plenty of soul.
Hyundai has confound-ed more than a few criticswith the success of its full-size rear-wheel-drive four-door that was launchedfor the 2009 model year.
How could the compa-ny that brought us thelowly Excel and subse-quent econo-runners dareto think that it could runwith the big dogs fromDetroit, Germany andJapan?
The Genesis was a gutsycall for the Korea-basedautomaker, especiallywhen fuel prices weresurging and the economywas losing steam. But thecar’s luxury leanings andcomparatively modestprice tag (likely aided by areassuringly lengthy war-ranty) have allowed theGenesis to carve out aniche. It also spawned thelarger and even more lux-urious Equus.
For 2012, Hyundai isbranching out the Gene-sis, taking it on a paththat involves the develop-ment of a performancebrand dubbed the R-Spec.Forget the rather unorigi-nal “R” and “Spec” to de-note performance, andconsider that this car ac-tually has real perform-ance.
What doesR-Spec spell?
For a sport package, the most obvious omission is the lack
of metal foot pedals. The rest looks like it could come from
Infiniti or Acura, which are likely competitors to the R-Spec.
Artful exhaust finishers, tail chrome and LED lighting are
contrasted by busy 19-inch wheels shod with Bridgestone
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Bells and whistlesThe R-spec theme continues inside with “tuxedoblack” leather combined with bright trim surround-ing the control panel and shifter.
And of course Hyundai’s bells-and-whistles depart-ment has included most of the desirable items. Thatmeans you can count on a standard power sunroof,memory settings for the power front seats, heatedfront and rear seats plus steering wheel, woodgraintrim, front and rear park assist, backup camera and a17-speaker premium sound package.
PerformanceDespite the power bulge, the R-Spec still returns reasonable fueleconomy of 13.1 l/100 km cityand 8.1 highway.
On the performance front,Hyundai expects the R-Spec torun zero-to-60-m.p.h. (96 km/h)in the low-five-second range,which is pretty decent for a hefty1,880-kilogram sedan.
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Types: Four-door, rear-wheel-drive full-size sedan.Engine (hp): 5.0-litre DOHCV8 (429).Transmission: Eight-speedautomatic.Market position: The R-Spec label denotes signifi-cantly improvedperformance in much thesame way that BMW’s “M”cars and Mercedes-Benz’sAMG denotes added sport-ing flavour. None competeat the R-Spec’s price,though. Mileage: L/100 km(city/hwy) 13.1/8.1.
By comparison
Chrysler 300cBase price: $41,700Limo-like V8 has 363hp. 470-hp SRT8right in R-Spec’sprice bracket.
Lexus GS 350Base price: $53,850New rear-drivermissing 120 horse-power, but AWD,hybrid available.
Lincoln MKSEcoBoostBase price: $55,400Sedate sedan cruiseswith 355-hpturbocharged V6and standard AWD.
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The last generation Toyota4Runner was a sport utili-ty vehicle (SUV) built withan appetite for towing, re-al off-road capability andplenty of all-season confi-dence.
Family ready and confi-dent on any road or trail,4Runner offered plenty ofoptions, a high-class cabinand an entireaftermarket’s worth ofparts for customization. Engine
Engine choicesstarted with a four-litre, 245 horsepower V6 or a4.7-litre V8. The V6 engine waseventually de-rated to 236horsepower, while the V8 wasbumped to 260.
Common issuesIf you’re buying an earliermodel 4Runner in this gen-eration, ensure the frame isrelatively free of rust. Toy-ota had some very well-doc-umented structural framerust issues for several years,though these seem to havebeen corrected by time thelast-generation 4Runnercame around.
Signs of heavy off-roaduse may include excessivemud or sand packed intothe vehicle’s lower radiatorarea or underside. Get un-derneath and check forheavy denting or scrapes inthe floor and frame rails.These could be a sign ofabuse.
VerdictIf the used 4Runner modelyou’re considering checksout, you’re likely lookingat a reliable, capable side-kick that’ll serve yourfamily for years to come.
What ownerslikeOwner praise for the last-generation 4Runner mainly comesfrom cargo carrying capacity, drivingconfidence and rugged styling. Manyowners report a comfortable and quietride, too.
What ownersdislikeGripes are limited almostentirely to the fuel mileage complaintstypical from most SUV owners. If youdon’t need an off-road capable 4x4,consider a minivan or smallercrossover.
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Gemini May 22-June 21If you want to get on in the world,you need to accept that setbacksand failures are inevitable.
Cancer June 22-July 22You may feel deflated after theevents of the past few days butthere are a few surprises in store.
Leo July 23-Aug.23 The planets warn there are peoplein your social circle who wouldtake advantage of your generosity.
Virgo Aug. 24- Sept. 22 If you fall behind in your scheduleat work, you’ll have to do a lot ofcatching up and making up later.
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