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The federal government is threat-ening to pull the RCMP out of B.C.beginning in 2014 if the provincedoesn’t agree to a new 20-year con-tract by the end of November.
Solicitor General Shirley Bondrevealed the ultimatum yesterdayas she updated the Union of B.C.Municipalities on contract negoti-ations for the province’s police serv-ices.
Bond told municipal leaders thatthe federal government has offereda 20-year, take-it-or-leave-it contractwithout adequate accountability,affordability, cost containment andgovernance.
“I’m not optimistic that we’regoing to make a great deal of head-way. I can’t sign an agreement onyour behalf if the costs are notdefined,” Bond said. “It’s a prettysignificant agreement to sign offon if we don’t have assurances onongoing costs and accountability.”
Langley Mayor Peter Fassbender,who has been an observer in thenegotiations, said he’s furious atthe way the province is being bul-lied. Ottawa is effectively putting
“the gun to our head, and we’ll pullthe trigger,” he said.
“If we’re going to be forced tosign a contract for the next 20 yearsthat’s not in the interest of our tax-payers, why would we do that?” heasked. “We pay the bill. We are ata watershed time.”
B.C. has the largest number ofRCMP officers deployed in thecountry and is the biggest playerin a coalition of provinces and ter-ritories currently in negotiationson new policing contracts.
Bond said the province will payapproximately $300 million forRCMP services this year, and themunicipalities will pay an addi-tional $500 million.
Adding to the difficulties, Bondsaid, are Alberta and Saskatchewan,which both broke away from thenegotiations and signed the feder-al proposal during the summer.
If Ottawa insists on playing hard-ball, Bond said, no one should besurprised when her governmentstarts looking at implementing itsown provincial police force.
“Our mandate is to continue a
contract with the RCMP. The ques-tion is how do we do that and atwhat cost are we prepared to dothat?” Bond said. “If the chatter iswhether the province wants to starta provincial police force, then thequestion has to be whether (the fed-eral government is) willing to with-draw their ultimatum.”
Bond emphasized that estab-lishing a provincial force is not theirpriority but that planning mustbegin on an alternative.
“When we talk about Plan B, it’sa really costly plan,” she said. “It’sa very expensive, very challengingprospect, especially with an ulti-matum.”
Many members of the UBCMasked Bond whether Ottawa couldsecretly be trying to kill the RCMPand force provinces into establish-ing their own forces.
“It’s so disappointing to sit hereand talk about who is going to callwhose bluff. I don’t want to specu-late on their motives,” she replied.“Is this the end of contract polic-ing? We want to get back to thetable.” MATT KIELTYKA
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03metronews.caWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011news: vancouver
Water polo player NathanKotylak, who was caughton camera attempting tovandalize a police car dur-ing the Stanley Cup riot,has been banned fromplaying for the nationalteam for two years.
Water Polo Canada sus-pended the 18-year-oldMaple Ridge native after adisciplinary panel foundhis actions during the June
15 riot “very serious.”In a nine-page ruling,
the panel established thatKotylak was identifiedthrough photos and videosattempting to set on fire acloth hanging from the gastank of a Vancouver policecar, throwing a burningpiece of paper into thefront seat of the car, andfanning the flames of agarbage bin fire.
The decision bans Koty-lak from participating inany national-team eventuntil June 2013, which
means he won’t be able totake part in the LondonOlympics or the Pan AmGames. He will also be inel-igible to receive any fund-ing for two years.
WPC executive directorAhmed El-Awadi said he’ssatisfied with the sanctionsimposed.
“These are formidablepunishments, consideringthe age of the athlete, butin our view they are fullyjustified, given the serious-ness of the situation andthe potential to dishonour
and discredit our organiza-tion, our members andCanadians in general,” hesaid in a statement.
The disciplinary panelalso revoked Kotylak’smembership with WaterPolo Canada, but he can ap-ply for a June 2012 rein-statement. He has alsobeen ordered to repay anySport Canada funding hereceived since June 16.
Kotylak has 10 days toappeal the decision. He wasnot available for commentyesterday.
Must sit out for two years He turned himself in and apologized afterphotos and videos surfaced of him trying to light a police car on fire
Ahmed El-Awadi, executive director of Water Polo Canada, speaks at a news conference in Ottawa yesterday.
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Teen water polo starbanned for riot role
Chris Brownconcert fakedChris Brown’s first concertin Vancouver is a fake.
The promoters ofBrown’s F.A.M.E. tour con-cert were victimized afterfinding out they signedcontracts with an agentwho wasn’t even affiliatedwith the singer.
No tickets were sold forthe Nov. 10 show. METRO
Misreadscans ledto 3 deaths:ReviewThree died and anothernine patients wereharmed due tomisdiagnoses by unquali-fied radiologists, a reviewof thousands of medicalscans in B.C. has found.
B.C. Health MinisterMike de Jong released thereview yesterday and saidthe scandal causedhundreds of other patientsto worry over whetherthey too were affected.
“All of that occurred ata time when they shouldhave been able to solely fo-cus on getting well. To allof those patients and theirfamilies, we are very, verysorry,” de Jong said.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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The province’s determina-tion to create a municipalauditor general hassparked skepticism amongcity leaders.
Ida Chong, the ministerof community, sport andcultural development, gavethe Union of B.C. Munici-palities a status update onthe plan yesterday, but wasmet with questions aboutautonomy, excessive bu-reaucracy and political in-terference.
However, the govern-ment insists an auditorgeneral will help local gov-ernments save money.
“I know there are con-cerns because it is a new
change for local govern-ments. I can assure youwhen provinces brought inan auditor general and thefederal government too,there was some trepida-tion,” Chong said. “At theend of the day, when theysee there are benefits tothis, the municipal govern-ments will embrace theidea. But there are stillsome challenges.”
The UBCM will debatethe policy paper tomorrow.But it said the plan is still ata “conceptual stage” andneeds to be fleshed out be-fore being rushed throughthe legislature.
Questions also remain asto whether the municipalauditor general could makerecommendations at theprovincial level.
“We haven’t heard yesor no,” Port CoquitlamMayor Greg Moore said.“The devil is going to be inthe detail on this. A lot oflocal governments havewritten letters asking whatis going to be audited, whatthey’re going to do with itand why. To this point wereally haven’t had a lot ofgreat examples of whatthey’re going to look at.”
City leaders dubiousabout auditor general
Ida Chong speaks to the media yesterday after addressing city leaders.
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Province plans to create municipal overseer this fallMayors worried about red tape, interference
Unused taxdollars willbe returned:AntonNPA mayoral candidateSuzanne Anton is promis-ing to bring the city’s year-end budget surpluses backto taxpayers.
The lone NPA city coun-cillor said the City of Van-couver is estimated to havean operating and capital-budget surplus of morethan $7.5 million at theend of the second quarterof 2011.
“If we are elected, theNPA will return year-endbudget surpluses directlyback to taxpayers,” Antonsaid yesterday.
But Vision Coun.Raymond Louie describedAnton’s platform as a “flip-flop” on her vote in 2007under the previous NPA-dominated council. He saidAnton voted against a mo-tion he moved to returnmore than $11 million ofsavings from the civicstrike to taxpayers.
“She puts out a press re-lease, but her actions saysomething completely dif-ferent,” Louie said.
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06 news: vancouver
Going, going, ginch
Two Calgary men are driv-ing 11 days on a quest todeliver 35,000 pairs oftighty-whities to home-less shelters across Cana-da.
Philanthropists BrentKing and Robb Pricekicked off GotGinch, across-country underweardrive, yesterday in Van-couver delivering 3,500pairs of clean underwearto Union Gospel Missionon East Hastings.
UGM president BillMollard said that it’s kindof quirky to see two guysdriving from Vancouverto Halifax in an RV full ofunderwear but that what
they’re doing is inspira-tional.
“We’re so thankful be-cause this year there
won’t be a ginch Grinchin these 10 shelters,” Mol-lard said.
King, who started Got-Ginch three years ago,said that he was just sim-ply going to provide un-derwear to a homelessshelter in Calgary but thatthe project expanded intoa national adventure afterfriends and businesses gotinvolved.
Driving to 10 cities re-quires lots of coffee andmiles but it’s all worth it,King added.
“It gets exhausting bythe time we get to Hali-fax, but every time wemake a stop we’re just en-ergized … just seeinggrateful people and know-ing we’re doing somegood,” he said.
Two men drive from Calgary to stop at 10 homeless shelters acrossCanada, delivering 35,000 pairs of underwear Local shelter gets 3,500pairs, enough for about a year’s supply, says the Union Gospel Mission
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Ferry CEO toretire earlyCEO YOU LATER. The CEOof BC Ferries hasannounced plans toretire even as his heftysalary and pensionremain controversial.
David Hahn earnsabout $1 million in salaryand benefits and hasbeen called the “million-dollar man.”
Controversy wasinflamed this year, whenit emerged that Hahnwill receive a $300,000-a-year pension. BC Ferriessays his decision was vol-untary, which means hewon’t receive anyadditional severance pay. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Delta probesshootingDOMESTIC. More details
are coming to light abouta fatal RCMP shooting inNimpo Lake, west ofWilliams Lake.
Delta Police werecalled to investigatewhen a Mountie shot 24-year-old Justin Zinser lastSaturday after the RCMPgot a report of a domesticdispute in which a shoot-ing had occurred.
The Delta investigatorsare investigating to deter-mine exactly how theshooting happened. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Gunfire leadsto lockdownSHOTS FIRED. Vancouverpolice are investigating ashooting in the city’ssoutheast that promptedJohn Oliver SecondarySchool to lock its doors.
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Emergency services andresidents in the Philippinecapital cleaned up and re-stored electricity Wednes-day, local time, after apowerful typhoon un-leashed floodwaters thatkilled at least 18 peopleand sent huge waves crash-ing over seawalls.
Most deaths occurred inand around metropolitanManila, which already wassoaked by heavy monsoonrains ahead of the arrivalof Typhoon Nesat, whichbrought more downpoursand wind gusts of up to 150kilometres per hour.
The typhoon blew out ofthe Philippines on Wednes-day packing winds of 120km/h and was expected tomake landfall on China’sHainan Island on Thursday
evening or early Friday.The Philippine disaster
agency said 35 people werestill unaccounted for andthat 108 had been rescued.
Power supply was gradu-ally restored to the down-town area, which wasstrewn with trash and fall-en bamboo pieces washedashore by storm surges.The Metro Rail Transit alsoresumed operations.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Manila inundated by deadly wavesPhilippine capital cleans up after
typhoon floods kill at least 18 Some areas remain flooded
A woman arrives at an evacuation centre
with her baby after being rescued by
police at the height of Typhoon Nesat
yesterday in Manila.
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Two-year mark
The massive flooding cameexactly a day after thiscoastal city of 12 millionheld commemorations forthe nearly 500 people killedduring a 2009 cyclone.
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Dead satellite madea splash — in oceanU.S. space officials have finally figured out wherethat dead NASA satellitefell.
NASA says debris fromthe 5.4-metric-tonne satel-lite was scattered over thesouth Pacific Ocean aboutas far away from largeland masses as you canget.
It says the U.S. Air Forcecalculated the satellite entered Earth’satmosphere above Ameri-can Samoa.
Pieces started hittingthe water southwest ofChristmas Island.
Experts believe abouttwo dozen metal piecesfrom the bus-sized satellitefell over an 800-kilometrespan.
“It’s a relatively unin-habited portion of theworld, very remote,” saidNASA orbital debris scien-tist Mark Matney.
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His costume put on iceAn ice cream shop in Ocala, Fla., admits it’s licked: It has had to get rid of its ice cream mascot becausepassersby kept mistaking him for something less innocent — a hooded Ku Klux Klan protester.
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Daniel Aviles was meant to look like an ice cream cone. But the costume froze business.
Henry Da Massa and his daughter, Pearl, have been reunited after three years.
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Father’s love never diedAfter three years, he finds missing daughter Mom is in custody
She’s back home with herdaddy.
A tip from a suspicioussubway rider in Montrealhas ended a three-yearhunt for a missing Britishgirl.
Seven-year-old Pearl
Gavaghan Da Massa hashad an emotional reunionwith her father, authori-ties said yesterday.
Police and officials withthe Canadian Centre forChild Protection said Pearlhas returned to her home
in Manchester, along withHenry Da Massa, who relo-cated to Canada to findher.
Police allege the girlwas abducted in 2008 byher mother, Helen Gav-aghan, and spirited
through three countries.“It was only when we
got on the plane that I real-ly knew we were cominghome,’’ Da Massa said.
Gavaghan is in custodyin Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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It’s the first time a legalpunishment has beenhanded down for a viola-tion of the longtime ban inthe ultraconservative Mus-lim nation.
Normally, police juststop female drivers, ques-
tion them and let them goafter they sign a pledge notto drive again.
But dozens of womenhave taken to the roadssince June in a campaignto break the taboo.
The sentence came twodays after King Abdullahpromised to protectwomen’s rights and de-creed women would be al-lowed to participate in2015 municipal elections.
Activists see the sen-tence as a retaliation ofsorts from the hard-lineSaudi religious establish-ment that controls thecourts and oversees the in-trusive religious police.
The driver, Shaima Jas-taina, in her 30s, wasfound guilty of drivingwithout permission, ac-tivist Samar Badawi said.
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Saudi Arabia is the onlycountry that bans women,both Saudi and foreign,from driving.
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Ten lashes — for drivingSaudi woman sentenced for defying ban on females behind the wheel
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In response, Greek law-makers approved a contro-versial new property taxlast night, passing it 154votes to 143 against in the300-member parliament.
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buoyed spirits in financialmarkets.
The current plan is tohave Greece implementpainful debt-reductionmeasures in exchange forrescue loans. Greece relieson funds from last year's$149-billion package, andEuropean leaders have al-so agreed on a second$148-billion bailout, al-though some details ofthat remain to be workedout.
Greek Finance MinisterEvangelos Venizelos saidhis country will get themoney. “The disburse-ment will be decided intime, in line with thecourse of our fundingneeds,” he said yesterday.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Ottawa has approved boldnew labelling for cigarettepackages, telling tobaccomanufacturers they haveuntil March to conform.
The new labelling willcover 75 per cent of ciga-rette packages, and includegraphic pictures of a can-cer-infected mouth, and of
an emaciated, cancer-strick-en Barb Tarbox. She was ananti-smoking activist beforedying of lung cancer at theage of 42. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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a haunted-house attraction in New Orleans.
Canadian Tire is launchinga new installation servicein a bid to expand its reachbeyond its stores and intocustomers’ homes.
The Toronto-based com-pany says it’s rolling out anational program on Fri-day that will make it a“one-stop shop” that en-sures some of its productsare operational in thehome.
The initial rollout willcover garage-door open-
ers, but Canadian Tireplans to expand the instal-lation program to centralvacuums next month.
Some stores will alsohandle installation of hot-water tanks as well asheating and cooling sys-tems.
The services compete di-rectly with similar optionsavailable at competinghardware retailers HomeDepot and Lowe’s.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Canada’s housing marketstands out globally for itsstrength, but economicuncertainty and weakerconsumer confidencecould deter new buyers, aScotia Economics reportsays.
It says Canada’s housingmarket is notable for its“resilience and longevity.”
But even though Cana-dian real-estate priceswere up five per cent year
over year in the April toJune period, they startedto level out in July and Au-gust, Adrienne Warren, aScotiabank senior econo-mist, said yesterday.
“I think the other factorwe’ve seen in the slowingand softening of prices justreflects the fact that thehousing market itself hasbecome fairly balanced be-tween the number of buy-ers and sellers out there,”
she said.“If anything, I think the
cooling off in prices is posi-tive for longer-term afford-ability for buyers.”
While interest rates areexpected to remain low forsome time, the Canadianeconomy is showing signsof losing some momen-tum, a factor that wouldaffect house purchases.
“So the question markwill be to keep an eye on
the job market,” she said.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Housing market cooling: ReportConsumer caution spilling over into real-estate sales House prices
expected to level off over the next couple of years, Scotiabank says
One of the founders ofFacebook says that evenhe needs a break from so-cial media from time totime.
Chris Hughes told busi-ness leaders in Montrealyesterday that while hecherishes the power ofFacebook and Twitter, theycan’t replace old-fashionedhuman contact.
“I want to continue tolive in a world where peo-ple can sit through a mealwithout looking at aphone,” he said. “I want tohave days when I onlyspend a little bit of time infront of a screen.”
Hughes was among thesmall group of Harvardstudents who helped MarkZuckerberg found Face-
book in 2004. He alsoserved as head of onlineorganizing for Barack Oba-ma’s 2008 presidentialcampaign.
These two achieve-ments alone are likely tosecure him a key spot inthe modern history of theInternet, never mind an es-timated net worth of $700million.
But Hughes also de-scribed the limits of socialmedia, noting the inherenttension between connec-tivity and privacy.
“Most of the time I don’twant all of my friendsknowing exactly where Iam at every moment andexactly what I’m doing,”he said. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canada’s real-estate market is weakening but at a
slower pace than most other markets in the developed
world, a Scotiabank report says.
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RIM stockjumps amidrumours ofCarl Icahn investingOne of Research In Mo-tion’s Canadian sharehold-ers says it would supportU.S. investor Carl Icahnbuying into the Waterloo,Ont., BlackBerry maker.
“It’s been poor execu-tion and poor innovation,and Apple has gallopedahead,” said Vic Alboini ofJaguar Financial, which haspressed for changes at RIM.He made the commentsafter RIM shares rose morethan five per cent in after-noon trading yesterday(closing up 3.6 per cent) inthe wake of reports Icahnis buying into the firm.
Icahn has taken stakesin many big U.S. compa-nies — from Motorola toClorox — and forced themto restructure and becomemore profitable. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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OiliPhone eventset for Oct. 4 HYPE MOUNTING. Apple Inc.will likely roll out its long-awaited iPhone 5 on Oct.4, reports suggest. AniPhone event is scheduled
for that date at companyheadquarters in Cuperti-no, Calif. While the com-pany has not releaseddetails, tech watchers be-lieve it will unveil the newiPhone. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nokia’s topphone on saleN9 LAUNCH. Nokia Corp.
has begun shipping itstop N9 smartphone,ahead of the WindowsPhone 7 launch expectedlater this year. Nokia saysthe N9 has freenavigation and voice-guided maps, storageranging from 16GB to64GB and a swipe featureto return to the homescreen. It sells for $480 to$560. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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You’ve heard ofsun tanning inthe nude, but itdoesn’t stopthere ...A man who scrubbed his pickuptruck in the nude at a U.S. car washhas been sentenced to a year of pro-bation.
Robert E. Bailey pleaded guilty onMonday to open and gross conductfor being naked at Economy Car
Wash in North Attleborough, Mass.on May 31.
The Sun Chronicle reports that awoman vacuuming her vehicle atthe business called police after shesaw the 65-year-old Bailey in thenude.
Police say Bailey was wearingshorts by the time they arrived atthe scene and denied doinganything wrong.
A judge also ordered Bailey tostay away from the car wash and thewitness and to continuecounselling. He will also be requiredto register as a sex offender.
The Sun Chronicle reported thatBailey was arrested in 2002 on asimilar charged with a similar sen-tence. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Yesterday, at the end of a longday of strategiccommunications, the usualroute home was blocked bypolice barriers, the sort ofthing traffic reporters call a“police incident,” a long, un-
explained delay leading to gridlock.The barriers, it turned out, were for for-
mer U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney, whowas giving a talk at the Vancouver Club,the local pinnacle of snoot, and for thehorde of protesters milling around theclub demanding his speedy arrest, trial
and conviction as a war criminal.It’s bad enough he’s thought of as a war criminal. He
compounds his Darth Vader reputation by impeding thefree flow of traffic.
Dick Cheney: putativewar criminal … and pylon.
Cheney was invited tospeak in Vancouver by theBon Mot Book Club, whichhas a definite “Let them eatcake” lilt to it. And speakingof cake, I hope they servecherry slice at theirmeetings, and if they do, Ihope they invite me. It’s myfavourite.
Meanwhile, out on thestreet, at the barricades, therighteously indignant fromthe StopWar Coalition et al.wanted Cheney and the BonMot members to choke on
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In between, he waged war on half the world andapproved of interrogation ‘techniques’ such as waterboarding and sleep deprivation, also known as ‘torture.’ Ahard man to like.
Even worse, he remains truculently unapologetic forany of it. His memoir, which he’s currently flogging, is a576-page un-apology that infuriates his critics. He haseven infuriated his colleagues, such as former Secretariesof State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, by callingthem sissies.
Still, to stomp your feet and holler inarticulate clichésdoes nothing to thwart a nasty old hombre like DickCheney. Maybe it makes you feel better, but it leads to in-digestion among the members of the Bon Mot Book Cluband doesn’t do much for weary columnists who would re-ally like to get home, thank you. You’ve got to wonderwho they’re going to invite to their next meeting. Hitler’sdead … isn’t he?
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Libyan forces battled their way into the eastern outskirts ofMoammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte, commanders said, in abid to link up with anti-Gadhafi fighters besieging the city fromthe west and seize control of the loyalist stronghold.
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Singer and actressJennifer Hudsonhopes to show hercommitment to ahealthier lifestylewith the opening ofa new weight losscentre in Chicago.The Chicago nativeopened the JenniferHudson WeightWatchers Centeryesterday. Hudsonhas lost 80 poundsand is a WeightWatchersspokeswoman.Weight Watcherssays it’ll donate aportion of the Cen-ter’s revenue to afoundation in hon-our of Hudson’s latenephew, JulianKing. In October2008, the bodies ofHudson’s motherand brother werefound in the family'shome. King's bodywas found days laterin a vehicle. Allthree had beenshot. Hudson isknown for herOscar-winning rolein Dreamgirls.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ousted director Julie Taymor continues support for Spider-Man;
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Seth Rogen knew that with50/50, he had an importantand entertaining story totell — his friend (andscreenwriter) Will Reiser’sbattle with a cancer diagno-sis at the age of 25. But healso knew it was going to bea tough sell.
So here’s how Rogen,who produced the film andco-stars in it with JosephGordon-Levitt, went aboutbringing a “cancer comedy”to theatres.
Don’t fear the C-word.“The first decision youhave to make is to not shyaway from what themovie’s about. I think youhave to let people knowit’s about cancer and thenlet them know that it’s notf---ing miserable to watch,and that was kind of ourentire goal with the mar-keting, was to really repre-sent what the movie is andreally let them know thatit’s honest and what it’sabout and that it’s going tobe a very truthful experi-ence but at the same timeit’s funny and it’s ultimate-ly an enjoyable experi-ence.”
Selling a cancer comedyFinding the hilarity in cancer — Seth Rogen talks about 50/50
Film was a tough sell but Rogen says it’s both true to life and funny
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, left, and Seth Rogen star in 50/50.
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But don’t put the C-word in the title.“We’re not stupid. Weknow a title like I’m withCancer is repellent to somepeople. I liked it, but some-thing you have to acknowl-edge being a filmmakerwho wants people to seehis movies is that what youlike and what you knowother people are going tolike are two vastly differentthings at times. Wethought it was stupid to gothrough great lengths tomake a movie that was re-
ally accessible and enjoy-able and crowd-pleasingand then give it a title thatwould potentially alienatemost of the people whowanted to go see it.”
Find a new title — fromwherever you can.“It’s hard to think of a f---ing title. We literally had abox on set that crew mem-bers put suggestions in. Weoffered, like, thousands ofdollars if you could thinkof a title. And I don’t think50/50 was any of those ti-
tles. I don’t know whocame up with it ultimately.No one got the prize mon-ey. One guy on the crewput in like 50 names, andso I think we ended up giv-ing him a couple hundredbucks. 50/50 is a fine title,you know, I get it. It’s a ti-tle that doesn’t repel youfrom the movie, which fora movie like this is huge.”
Aim for as large an audience as possible.“I’ve got to be honest, I’mnot the kind of guy that
goes and sees little inde-pendent movies. It’s justnot the types of movies I gosee. I go see big commer-cial movies, generallyspeaking. I honestly don’tthink a movie has to bebuilt for a small audiencein order to be creativelyworthwhile. I think thatyou should be able to takean idea and make it in away that everyone under-stands. To me, that’s whatart is — taking a feelingand articulating it to peo-ple, you know?”
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MANY FILMS DEAL WITH CANCER’S LESSONS
Cancer isnolaugh-
ing matter,but a newfilm starring
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as ayoung man afflicted with arare and deadly form of thedisease is both heartfeltand humourous.
50/50, based on the reallife experiences of screen-writer Will Reiser, was writ-ten to show how he and hisbest friend Seth Rogen(who plays a characterloosely based on himself inthe film) dealt with thetrauma of the diagnosis by
trying “to find the humourin the situation [because]we were not good at talk-ing about it at an emotionallevel.” The result, whichhits screens just in time forBreast Cancer AwarenessMonth, is touching,poignant and funny.
Here are some other in-spirational films about can-cer. The Terry Fox Story, the1983 HBO biopic of the can-cer research activist and hisMarathon of Hope, wasshown in theatres in Cana-da and Britain, but was thefirst television film evermade for a cable networkin the United States.
Starring Eric Fryer, anamputee who, like Fox, losta leg to cancer, the moviedetails Fox’s goal to raiseone dollar from every Cana-dian and create awareness
of cancer issues. Also based on real life is
The Doctor, a 1991 filmstarring William Hurt as aphysician who becomesmore compassionate afterhe is diagnosed with throatcancer. Based on the bookA Taste of My Own Medi-cine: When the Doctor Be-comes the Patient by Dr. EdRosenbaum, the movie co-stars Christine Lahti,Mandy Patinkin and AdamArkin, all of whom alsoplayed doctors on ChicagoHope.
Other films show the dif-ferent ways people react toa cancer diagnosis. In MyLife Without Me Sarah Pol-ley plays a 23-year-oldmother of two diagnosedwith a terminal endometri-al cancer.
Choosing to keep the
news to herself, she makesa secret list of all the thingsshe wants to do before shepasses.
From the sublime —“Tell my daughters I lovethem several times” — tothe ridiculous — “Get falsenails. And do somethingwith my hair.” — the itemson the list give her life pur-pose and meaning.
In Life as a House KevinKline is George Monroe, anarchitect’s model builderwith terminal cancer. Thediagnosis forces him tolook at his life — “Hind-sight,” he says, “it’s likeforesight without a fu-ture”— and rebuild his di-lapidated house as well ashis tattered family relation-ships.
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Pop Montreal wrapped upSunday night, and amongall the international head-liners, the real heroes mayhave been the Canadianbands at the smaller clubs.Here are a look at some ofthe highlights.
HUMANS
Not to be confused withthe Toyah Willcox bandthat puts a ‘The’ before thesame moniker, this elec-tronic duo from Vancouversounds like a cross be-tween LMFAO and LCDSoundsystem.
They bring the partyrock with a song you shallknow by Avec Mes Mecs,(in English, that’s With MyBros), but unlike LMFAOhere’s a heavy indie dancepulse that’s a little bitmore sophisticated thanyelling ‘shots!’ 40 times inthe chorus.
No, HUMANS say: “Whoknew that all we had to dowas party?”
And when Robbie Sladesings that line it’s like he’sstumbled upon a truth ofhuman nature.
His partner in synth, Pe-ter Ricq, then layers thicktextures of fuzz on top ofthe proceedings. Random Recipe
This Montreal four piece
also live up to their name.It’s almost as if the twofront women took the Em-inem/Dido collaborationand said, “Let’s make mu-sic like that.” Incorporat-
ing instrumentation likethe nylon-stringed guitar,glockenspiel, kazoo andgood old fashioned beatboxing, Frannie Holderand Fab harmonize with
one another and rap funnyand salty rhymes. Purity Ring
Listening to this Edmon-ton duo, you might thinkthat your computer is mis-
reading a CD by pop divasof bygone days like NuShooz or Exposé.
The melodies and vocaleffects are so 1980s top 40,but there’s something sickgoing on underneath thesurface, like dubstep sub-bass booms and fat hip-hop beats. But when yousee them live you’ll feellike you’re the one whosesystem is having difficultyprocessing the music.
As Megan James singsher sweet rhymes, CorinRiddick plays an instru-ment that looks like it’s arow of repurposed draftbeer taps, as the pipes illu-minate and the computersensors within spit out dif-ferent notes.
The lighting is a key ele-ment with this perform-ance as Jamesintermittently wails on ahuge elevated bass drumthat is lit up from within.
The north will rise again
Purity Ring, hailing from Edmonton, had heads nodding at Pop Montreal.
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At Pop Montreal, Canadian bandsdelivered the best shows Fromrock to synth, Canucks killed it
Long ago, Joan Jett and theBlackhearts professedtheir love for rock ‘n’ roll.It’s time to see if the feel-ing runs both ways.
The iconic rock act is onthe list of Rock and RollHall of Fame nominees forthe 2012 class releasedTuesday. Women who rockfeature prominentlyamong first-time nomi-nees. Joining Jett, whose ILove Rock 'n’ Roll remainsa classic rock standard 30years after its release, aresister act Heart and Rufuswith Chaka Khan.
They’re joined by Guns‘N Roses, hip-hop pioneers
Eric B. & Rakim, glumglam Goths The Cure andThe Small Faces/The Faces,which includes Rod Stew-art.
Bluesman Freddie Kingand The Spinners are alsofirst-time nominees on theballot for the hall’s 2012class. Previous nomineesup again include TheBeastie Boys, The Red HotChili Peppers, Donna Sum-mer, Laura Nyro, Donovanand War and its an eclecticgroup, running from lushBritish folk to classic earlybeats and bone-crushingpower rock.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Blackhearts see the love
Joan Jett.
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Iconic act gets Hall of Fame nod
Qualifications
How do you get nominat-
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Qualifications An act musthave released its first sin-gle or album 25 years agoto qualify for induction.More than 500 voters willdetermine who makes the
hall. New members will beinducted at a ceremony atthe hall of fame in Cleve-land on April 14.
Jett-setter The tough-as-nails Jett was an early iconfor women. A foundingmember of the all-femaleThe Runaways, she foundsuccess there too.
ter Jess’ best friends andwe talked all about it inToronto.
You play Zooey Deschanel’ssexy best friend in New Girl.There is such intelligenceeven in the few appearancesshe made in the pilot, andshe’s wickedly witty.Yes absolutely! I was so ex-cited when I read thescript to see that bothwomen on the show areconfident, smart womenwho know exactly whothey are and that the twowomen were so support-ive of each other.Women on TVshows are oftenpitted againsteach other.
Cece doesn’t spareJess’ three newmale roommates.This is the thing.She seems harsh.But she justfound out heremotionally dev-astated friend hasmoved in withthree men shemet on Craigslist.What would hap-pen if a sister orbest friendshowed up? Theywould look astough and hard asyou can get. Noth-
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When Simon Cowellbreaks up with agirlfriend, he doesn’t likethem to leave empty-handed.
Cowell claims that hepays his exes after theysplit so they can maintainthe standard of living he’sintroduced them to,
according to Hollyscoop. “You can’t have some-
body in your life who’sbecome accustomed to acertain thing and, just be-cause you don’t want tobe in a relationship anymore, say to them, ‘No,everything is cut off,’”says Cowell, who is
currently engaged tomakeup artist Mezh-gan Hussainy.
He didn’t elabo-rate as to whatsort of paymentshe’s made tohis exes,though.
METRO
Gaga takes hercase to ObamaOutraged over the recentsuicide death of 14-year-old fan Jamey Rodemey-er, Lady Gaga took heranti-bullying crusadestraight to presidentBarack Obama this week,according to ABC News.
The pop star attendeda $35,800 per personfundraiser in Silicon Val-ley, Calif., to press thepresident on legislationthat would makebullying a hate crime.
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Kirsten Dunst, whose newmovie, Melancholia, is be-ing called “beautifully de-pressing,” is opening upabout depression itself.
“I think that most hu-man beings go throughsome sort of depression intheir life. And if theydon’t, I think that’sweird,” she tells Flare mag-azine in an interview.
“People are embar-rassed to talk about it — Iwould never put anyonedown that was in that
kind of space.”One area that isn’t caus-
ing Dunst any sort of de-pression is her love life,and she says the secret isto not date a fellow actor.
“I haven’t dated an ac-tor in a very long time.I’ve dated someone for apretty long time nowwho’s not an actor, and itworks better,” says Dunst,who is currently datingRazorlight singer JohnnyBorrell.
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Kayak in the not-so-desolateDesolation Sound
Majestic views of the coastal mountains await kayakers in Desolation Sound, B.C.Desolation Sound MarinePark, on the SunshineCoast 170 kilometres northof Vancouver, winds its wayaround the twisted shore-line. The park, establishedalmost 40 years ago, is thelargest marine park in B.C.and a popular destinationfor boaters and kayakers.
From the water, the ma-jestic coastal mountainsrise up abruptly from sealevel to more than 2,400metres, high enough toprovide a stunning snow-capped backdrop for pad-dlers and to help them staycool on even the hottest ofdays.
According to legend, itwas Capt. George Vancou-ver who dubbed the areaDesolation Sound after hisfirst voyage here in 1792,struck as he was by the re-mote and forbidding land-scape. But the stunningbeauty of the place — notto mention some rather sig-nificant improvements inaccess, gear and facilities —mean it’s anything but des-olate now.
At times during the peakseason, the biggest prob-lem kayakers and boatersmight experience is findinga place to pitch a tent.
After setting out fromthe small town of Lund,you can paddle to a provin-cial campsite on theCopeland Islands in ThulinPassage, a serene spot onlyabout an hour’s kayakaway.
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Read the BC Parks websiteon Desolation Sound Ma-rine Provincial Park(env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/desola-tion/), in particular theGeneral Wildlife, Marine &Outdoor EthicsInformation.Check the Tidal Charts andplan your trip accordingly. Contact Tourism BC for alist of tour companies whoorganize kayaking trips inDesolation Sound and trav-el with an experiencedguide: hellobc.com.
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The next day, paddle tothe provincial campsite on
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The Milwaukee PublicMuseum is gearing upfor its new exhibit onCleopatra. A five-me-tre granite statue of aking dating fromCleopatra’s dynasty isbeing uncrated at themuseum Today. The5.5-ton Ptolemaic kingwas recovered fromHeracleion, a sunkenancient city nearAlexandria, Egypt.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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1 In a large mixing bowl,whisk together lemonjuice, honey, soy sauce,ginger and garlic. Stir inwhole mushrooms untilcoated. Marinate atroom temperature for30 to 60 minutes,stirring occasionally.Meanwhile, soak bam-boo skewers in water forthe same time.
2 Separate onion wedgesinto individual layers.Remove mushroomsfrom marinade, reserv-ing marinade in a smallsaucepan. Thread mush-rooms, alternating withonion wedges and sugaror snap peas, ontowooden skewers.
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Brad Ham, author ofOwnership Thinking, sug-gests if workers behavedlike they owned a piece ofthe company, their workstyle would change signifi-cantly, as would their levelof job satisfaction.
Ham points to what hecalls entitlement thinking.“Entitlement has becomemore pervasive in our cul-ture over the past few gen-erations. It not onlydamages our economy andorganizational productivity,but, ironically, it destroysself esteem.”
While the owner is con-cerned about risk, competi-tion, their employees, costsand profits, the average em-ployee concerns themselveswith their paycheck, bene-fits, job security and gettingtheir own work done. Ac-cording to Ham, if compa-nies can learn how to getemployees to think aboutthemselves and the con-cerns of the business, therewards will be abundant.
“When employees aregiven the tools, informa-tion, and training to be-come more engaged in the
business, the business willbecome more profitable —guaranteed.”
Companies that don’tpractice the idea of owner-ship thinking are missingout. The average amount ofunrealized profit in small tomedium sized companies,and across all industries, isapproximately eight percent.”
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The perky teen from Tuc-son, Ariz., explores whatshe likes, when she likes,and as deeply as she choos-es every day of the year. Asan “unschooler,” Zoe is un-tethered from the de-mands of traditional,compulsory education.
That means, at the mo-ment, she’s checking outthe redwoods of Californiawith her family, tinkeringwith her website and look-ing forward to making hernext video on her favouritesubject, exogeology, thestudy of geology on otherplanets.
“I love seeing the histo-ry of an area,” Zoe said.“Maybe a volcano eruptedand grew taller over time,or wind eroded rock intosand dunes, or a meteor hitthe ground and made acrater. Finding out howthese and other formationsformed is something I justreally like.”
Zoe’s cheer: “Exogeolo-gy rocks!”
Unschooling has beenaround for several decades,but advocates say there hasbeen an uptick as morefamilies turn to home-schooling overall.
Reliable data is hard tocome by, but estimates ofchildren and teens home-schooled in the U.S. rangefrom 1.5 million to two
million. Of those, as manyas one-third could be con-sidered unschoolers, mean-ing their parents are“facilitators,” availablewith resources and materi-als, rather than topdown“teachers.”
There’s no fixed curricu-lum, course schedule or at-tempt to mimic traditionalclassrooms. Unless, ofcourse, their children askfor those things.
Zoe, for instance, want-ed to know more about ge-ology once she turned 12,so she signed up for a classat Pima Community Col-
lege. “I had to take a place-ment test, which was thefirst test I’d ever taken,”she said. “It was surprising-ly easy.”
She has since taken sev-eral other college classes,including astrobiology, al-gebra and chemistry.Maybe, Zoe said, “I’ll earn adegree, but the importantthing to me is to learnwhat I need to and want toknow. Everything else is abonus.”
John Holt, consideredthe father of “unschool-ing,” would have beenproud. The fifth-gradeteacher died in 1985, leav-ing behind books and oth-er reflections that includehis 1964 work, How Chil-dren Fail.
The book propelled himinto the spotlight as he ar-gued that mainstreamschools stymie learning bycreating feat and forcingchildren to study thingsthey have no interest in.
Colorado unschoolmom Carol Brown couldn’tagree more.
“Being bored makesschool miserable for a lotof kids, plus there is the el-ement of compulsion,which completely changesany activity,” she said.
Brown and her husbandunschooled their oldestdaughter until she left for
col-legeand
their youngest until herjunior year in high school,when she chose to attendTelluride Mountain School,a progressive school nearhome.
“Unschooling parentsare doing what good par-ents do anyway whenthey’re on summer vaca-tion,” Brown said. “We justhad more time to do it.”
Like other unschoolers,Brown’s girls had booksand films, art supplies andbuilding materials growingup. They visited beaches,museums and forests.“There’s no one right wayfor every child to learn orgrow up,” Brown said.
“Freedom is essential forthat reason.”
For Clark Aldrich’s 16-year-old son in Connecti-cut, that meant raisinghens for his own businessselling eggs. “It’s a goodway to learn about ani-mals, commerce and eco-nomics as well asinventory,” Aldrich said.
Rare, unschoolers said,are children who neverfind reasons to pick up thebasics — and beyond. Thatcould mean reading laterthan parents might becomfortable with, or ignor-ing math until they see areason to use it.
Unschoolers have their
own publications, messageboards and websites, suchas Theunschoolersempori-um.com.
The site’s owner, SaraMcGrath, blogs regularlyabout unschooling.
McGrath, who has threedaughters, notes the ap-proach is more hands-on.
“It doesn’t describe aspecific alternative toschooling. It just getsschooling out of the way sovarious unique dynamicpersonal creative ways ofgrowing up, living, partici-pating and contributing tocommunities can develop,”she writes.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Some requiring standard-ized tests or adherence toa set curriculum and oth-ers nothing more than aletter from parentsdescribing what their kidsare up to.
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Kevin John-son was a goodworker. Hehad not been
given any warnings or no-tice that his performancewas unsatisfactory.
In the spring of 2009,Johnson noticed he had notbeen called in for work. Hisroommate who worked forthe same company hadbeen called back but John-son hadn’t heard a thing.
When Johnson called into find out what was goingon he received an unexpect-ed and painful surprise —his employer told him that
because of his disability itwould be too hard for himto work a long shift as hecould not stand that long.
But Johnson didn’t havea disability. He was over-weight. Believing that thisamounted to discrimina-tion, Johnson filed a humanrights complaint.
He testified at the recenthearing that he had weightproblems when he washired and had gainedweight over the course ofhis employment.
However, he had neversubmitted a request for ac-commodation and did notbelieve that his weight neg-atively affected his ability tocarry out the duties of hisjob.
The core issue was thatJohnson’s employer be-lieved that he had a physi-cal disability, and treatedhim negatively because ofit.
Human Rights legisla-tion across the country pro-
tects not only against actualdisabilities, but also per-ceived ones.
This means that all John-son had to prove was thathis employer perceived himto have a physical disabilityand treated him differentlyas a result.
In this case, Johnson’semployer told him flat outthat he was not being of-fered work because of whatthey thought was his dis-ability.
This was a blatant viola-
tion of the human rightslegislation and Johnson wasawarded damages as a re-sult.
Johnson’s case is an im-portant reminder to bothemployers and employeesthat what you see isn’t al-ways what you get.
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After draw with Japan, Canada’s rugby team eyes clash with New Zealand
Canada braces for All Blacks barrage
Canada’s Adam Kleeberger, second from left, is tackled by players from Japan’s rugby team yesterday in Napier, New Zealand.
ALEX LIVESEY/GETTY IMAGES
The challenges for Canadakeep growing. Beating theAll Blacks in New Zealand isone of the rarest achieve-ments in world rugby. Do-ing it on four days’preparation, and comingoff a 23-23 draw with low-ranked Japan, is almost im-possible.
Canada coach — and for-mer All Black — KieranCrowley returned to NewZealand for the RugbyWorld Cup with the targetof finishing third in Pool A.The Canadians have a winand a draw and are in thirdplace now. But if Tonga up-sets two-time finalist
France on Saturday, theCanadians will finishfourth unless they upsetNew Zealand on Sunday.
Only South Africa, Aus-tralia, England — all WorldCup champions — andFrance have beaten NewZealand at home since theturn of the century.
“The All Blacks are an ex-
tremely difficult team andwe have, I think, only twopractices until we playthem so it’s a bit of a shortturnaround,” scrumhalf EdFairhurst told The Associat-ed Press, after Canada over-came an eight-point deficitin the last five minutes tosalvage a draw with Japanyesterday. “It would havebeen nice if we had a littlebit longer to work on somestuff, but that’s just the na-ture of the draw.”
Top-ranked New Zealandhas averaged eight tries agame in the tournament —thrashing Tonga, disman-tling Japan and beating
France heavily.Fairhurst realizes the dif-
ficulty of Sunday’s assign-ment, but is still jokingabout what he will say inthe dressing room.
“I’m sure I’ll use a fewcliches, like ‘They put theirshorts on one leg at a timelike everybody else,’” hesaid.
Canada beat Tonga 25-20in its opener, then lost toFrance 46-19. The team thatfinishes third in each groupearns automatic entry forthe 2015 World Cup, sothere’s a lot riding on thelast weekend of poolmatches. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
107Across 107 years, theNew Zealand AllBlacks have lost just37 matches at home.
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DAVID STERN, AFTERNEGOTIATORS FOR THE NBAAND ITS PLAYERS MET FORABOUT TWO HOURS IN NEW
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TODAY IN AN EFFORT TO ENDTHE LOCKOUT THAT HASLASTED NEARLY THREE
MONTHS.
AL wild-cardtied going into final dayThe Boston Red Sox main-tained a share of the ALwild-card lead last night,using four home runs tobeat the Baltimore Orioles8-7 and set up a dramaticconclusion to the regularseason.
The skidding Red Soxwere 7-19 in September af-ter rebounding to edge thelast-place Orioles. The win,combined with TampaBay’s 5-3 victory over theNew York Yankees, keptBoston and the Rays tiedwith one game left.
The Red Sox send JonLester (15-9) to the moundagainst Baltimore tonightin an effort to get into thepost-season for the fourthtime in five years. Lester,Boston’s winningest pitch-er, will be throwing onthree days’ rest.
Boston will be looking toput together its firstwinning streak sincesweeping a doubleheaderfrom Oakland on Aug. 27. Ifthe Rays and Red Soxremain tied after tonight,Tampa Bay will host a one-game playoff tomorrow.
Rookie Ryan Lavarnwaybecame the unlikeliest ofheroes for Boston, hittinghis first two major-leaguehomers after being thrustinto the lineup because ofinjuries to catchers JarrodSaltalamacchia (sore collar-bone) and Jason Varitek(knee).
Lavarnway, a Yale philos-ophy major who neverplayed a big-league gamebefore August, hit a three-run drive in the fourth in-ning and added a solo shotfor an 8-4 lead in theeighth. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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EngineThe powertrain lineup of the Coupé should befamiliar to Mini fans. Base models are fittedwith a 121-horsepower 1.6-litre four-cylinderengine, while the S features a 181-horseturbocharged 1.6.
At the top of the scale is the John CooperWorks (JCW) edition that pumps out 208 horse-power from its turbo motor. The JCW alsocomes with an aero kit, Brembo-brand brakes,distinctive alloy wheels and a fancier interior.
The roof is interesting, but is it fashion? Buy a Mini Coupé and you’ll have endless debates with your friends and family about it.
People who consider Minia niche brand will under-stand why the all-newCoupé was created.
This sporty two-seater isa rolling fashion statementthat dares to thumb itsnose at practicality andconvention.
It’s a car you wouldwear like an Armani suit orVera Wang dress, which isfor the label as much asthe look and definitely notfor everyday use.
As Minis go, the Coupéis the Mini-est. In the mar-que’s storied 50-year-plushistory it has never built atwo-seat model, much lessa model that shuns the
squared-off look in favourof a rounded roofline.
Still, the car appearsevery inch a Mini, especial-ly the lower body thatlooks as if it was liftedfrom the classic-Mini pro-duction line.
In fact, the car’s basicproportions — length,width and distance be-tween the front and rear
wheels — are similar to thecurrent two-door MiniCooper.
It likely didn’t make anysense to reduce these val-ues since the Mini is al-ready mini enough andmost owners only rarelyuse the rear-seat as a pas-senger repository. The onlykey value that has shrunkis the height, due to the
Coupé’s less upright wind-shield.
Coupé pricing begins atabout $25,000, which isabout $1,500 more than abase hardtop. But as anyfashionista knows, you paymore for trendy bespokeattire than for off-the-rack.
For the no-boundariesadventurous, your Coupécarriage awaits.
Mini has got a little surprise for you
Not your average roofThe Coupé’s signature design piece and easily themost controversial is its helmet-look roof that, foradded emphasis, is painted in a contrasting colour.
The shape appears somewhat jarring and formany viewers will likely remain so. However there’sno denying the lid is a truly audacious feature thatwill cause people to stare wherever the Coupé goes.Edgy shapes such as this odd-looking top take gutsto put it into production and the sculptors (andtheir bosses) at Mini are clearly risk takers.
Active spoilerIn place of the squared-off liftgate on regularMinis, the Coupé features a large hatchbackthat opens very wide and very high toaccommodate a reasonable amount of cargo.
Built into the edge of the cargo door is anactive spoiler (with manual override) thatautomatically extends whenever the Coupéexceeds 80 km/h. The wing isn’t just a deco-rative adornment, as Mini claims it appliesup to 40 kilograms of downforce.
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By comparison
Mini CooperBase price: $23,600Easy on gas, greatroad manners andmore usable spacefor less cash.
VolkswagenGolf/GTIBase price: $21,850Practical, fun todrive and less costlythan Mini. GTI addsperformance-plus.
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In fact, he drove itwith the parkingbrake on. Doesn’tthat make you feelgood? PrinceWilliam the Royal
Navy helicopter pilot? Hiswedding day with a fewpeople watching? Hisfather’s prized ride, givento him by the Queen onhis 21st birthday? Drivingwith the parking brakeon? Come on? That’s goodstuff…
Makes you feel betterabout your own car abuseissues, especially those in-volving other people’s cars.
Theoretical question: ifyou abuse somebody else’scar in the forest, and the
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We got word this weekthat when PrinceWilliam borrowed hisfather’s Aston MartinDB6 Mark II to drive hisnew wife away fromBuckingham Palace ontheir wedding day, hemay have driven thesports car somewhatimperfectly.
owner doesn’t hear aboutit, did the abuse really hap-pen? I say no. You’re actual-ly doing the owner a favourby deciding it didn’thappen. Consider howawkward you would makethem feel, if they had toask you for monetary com-pensation?
Because cars can’t talkback, they can take a fairamount of mild abuse, be-fore they are forced toretaliate somehow. Leavingthe parking brake on is afairly common and mild in-
discretion. So is turning theengine on when it isalready on. You get thatwild screech, to remindyou, and everyone withinearshot, what a bonehead-ed move you just made —but you and your car seemto be able to recover quick-ly.
Another pain I’ve inflect-ed on my cars over theyears is turning the wiperson when they are frozen tothe windshield. This canburn out a wiper motor, orstrip the wiper
transmission assembly. Butworse is the knowledgethat you just condemnedthe wipers and its powersystem to a few momentsof silent, gut-bustingmisery, as they strain tomove in the frozen ice.Horrible.
Once I drove my belovedoriginal VW Beetle on thehighway in third gear. I hadthe stereo so loud I didn’trealize the car was revvingits little head off, until itwas time to downshift tothe gear I was already in.
When I turned Deep Purpledown, I could hear the VWwailing away like anairplane on take-off.
I enjoy looking after avehicle’s maintenanceneeds, so you can’t accuseme, as you might of others,of abusing a vehiclethrough failing to providethe necessities of life.
Not saying it’s you, butthere are owners out therewho haven’t changed theirvehicle’s engine oil or airfilter since the Federal Lib-erals were in power.
And I’ve seen more thanone owner driving aroundwith their Check Enginelight on, like it was justthere as a suggestion, andnot really a call to action.
If you’re one of thosepeople, take heed of whathappened to stand-upcomedian Dobie Maxwell:“My Check Engine lightcame on today. But I could-n’t check it; there was toomuch smoke. Then theGame Over light came on. Ihadn’t seen that onebefore.”
Driving away from Buckingham Palace on his wedding day, Prince William borrowed his father’s
Aston Martin DB6 Mark II. It turns out William made a mistake while driving the vintage car.
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Borrow
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offers include
Delivery
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price includes
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and D
estination of
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license fees,
PP
SA
and
all applicable
taxes are
excluded. Ω
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y com
parison based
on com
bined fuel
consumption
rating for
the 2012
Accent
5Dr
6-Speed
Manual
(4.9L/100km),
manufacturer’s
testing and
2011 A
IAM
C
combined
fuel consum
ption ratings
for the
sub-compact
vehicle class.
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8.7L/100KM
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oupe 2.0T
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ity 10.0L/100K
M)/
2012 A
ccent L
5Dr
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(HW
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4.9L/100KM
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ity 6.7L/100K
M)/2012
Elantra
L 6-speed
manual
(HW
Y
4.9L/100KM
; C
ity 6.8L/100K
M)/2012
Santa
Fe 2.4L
6-Speed A
utomatic
FWD
(C
ity 10.4L/100K
M,
HW
Y
7.2L/100KM
) are
based on
Manufacturer’s
testing. Actual
fuel efficiency
may
vary based
on driving
conditions and
the addition
of certain
vehicle accessories.
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for com
parison purposes only. †O
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ee dealer for complete details. D
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overnment 5-S
tar Safety R
atings are part of the U.S
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ighway Traffic
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HTS
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ew
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rogram
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raduate R
ebate P
rogram.
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arranty coverage
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ost vehicle
components
against defects
in w
orkmanship
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al use
and m
aintenance conditions.
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