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Not taking water for grantedIn honour of World Water Day, the Centre for Affordable Water and SanitationTechnology hosted students from across Calgary who showed off their water-awareness projects. Students were given a $500 grant to create a project thatwould educate their peers.
World. Water Day
Grade 9 students from St. Helena Junior High School, left to right, Aura
Hernandez, Maria Ramirez, Megan D'Souza and Michelle Lobo show
off the reusable water bottles they’re selling, for $10 each, in order
to raise money for biosand water filters.
CBE feeling‘sick’ overjob cuts
Education board attempting to close $61.7Mbudget gap created by provincial budget
Next school year will see 172 fewer positions
Calgarianheads for JapanMan asked to help out in relief effort while on vacation {page 4}
Budget full ofmany goodiesLooming election may get in theway of budget measures {page 6}
School principals and centralized serv-ice staff with the Calgary Board of Edu-cation were informed yesterday theirjobs are in jeopardy due to a large budg-et shortfall.
Although the exact number ofposition cuts will remain unclear untillater this spring, chief superintendentNaomi Johnson said the impact will befelt in all areas of the CBE.
“It will be our young teachers whoare impacted, and we have no idea yethow many that will be, but $61.7million — you can do the math,” shesaid. “That will impact a lot of people.”
Chair of the board of trustees PatCochrane said she felt “sick” about thecuts and called on the province to “stopthis nonsense.”
“If you continue to cut in this way, inthis fairly haphazard way, and make usmake these kinds of decisions, it’sgoing to eventually affect the quality ofeducation that the children get,” she
Chairperson’s concerns
Education Larry Leach, chairperson for theAssociation for Responsive Trusteeship inCalgary Schools (ARTICS), said he’sconcerned about his son’s education.Cut “Usually it’s frontline teachers that getcut, and that’s what affects our children,”said Leach.Money The estimated requirement fromschools is about $100,000 per school.
said.Jenny Regal, president of Calgary
Public Teachers, said these cuts willcontinue to put strain on local teachers.
“I can assure you that the teachers inclassrooms, however many there are re-maining, will do everything they canwithin their power to serve the needs ofthose kids ... but you cannot losehundreds of positions in two years run-ning total without having an impact onlearning.”
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After 15 years behindbars, Darren Peterson saidhis boyhood dreams start-ed to fade.
He had begun experi-menting with drugs in histeenage years and gotcaught up in an unbreak-able cycle of addiction.
To feed his habit, Peter-son turned to crime andeventually landed incourt.
“At one point, a judge
told me I was a menace tosociety — a career crimi-nal that if he could havehis way he would lock meup and throw away thekey,” Peterson said.
That’s when he turnedto Calgary’s drug-treat-ment court. The 18-month program allows ajudge to send addicts forstructured rehabilitativetreatment as opposed toserving jail time.
Peterson said the pro-gram saved his life. Henow has a job, a spouseand a new outlook on life.
“I even got a Visa, andit actually had my nameon it,” he joked.
Yesterday, the provinceannounced it would putmore than $516,000 intothe court for the comingyear to allow others in Pe-terson’s situation the op-portunity to turn theirlives around.
“Offenders now haveaccess to an integrated,individualized approachand it helps them breakthis cycle of drug abuse,”said Justice Minister Ver-lyn Olson.
‘Program-saving’ funds announced yesterday Initiative allows addicts to be sentenced to rehab as opposed to jail time
Darren Peterson said he was “hopeless, useless, desperate and lost” before turning to Calgary’s drug-treatment court.
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Cash fromprovince keepsdrug court going
Man exposedhimself togirl: PoliceCalgary police are on thehunt for a man they sayexposed himself to a 13-year-old girl yesterdaymorning.
Police say the incidenttook place at about 8:40a.m. in the 300 block of Mount Douglas CloseSE.
The girl was able torun to a nearby schooland police were called.
Despite extensivepatrols, police wereunable to locate the sus-pect.
He is described as Cau-casian, about 40 years oldwith a medium build. Hewas wearing a black base-ball cap, black pants anda black coat.
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Stampedepromo getsfederalfundingThe Calgary Stampedecould see a boost in inter-national visitors during itscentennial year afterOttawa announced it willdole out millions for mar-keting.
If passed, the federal budget will grant theCanadian TourismCommission $5 million toreach out to foreigners.
“We market abroad toentice international trav-ellers to visit Canada,”said Margaret Nevin,spokesperson for the CTC.“Of course the CalgaryStampede is one of Cana-da’s great tourism icons.”
She said the CTC mar-kets to 11 countries andits target audience is“high-spend” travellerslooking to see the best ofwhat Canada has to offer.
The Stampede will cele-brate its 100thanniversary in 2012.
KATIE TURNER
Graduating court
Calgary’s drug treatmentcourt, running since 2006,has faced concerns overfunding in the past.Seven people have graduat-ed from the court this yearand another five are slatedto do the same in May.All participants must com-plete three stages: manda-tory residential treatment,rehabilitation to re-enterthe community as well asgraduation and sentencing.
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As thousands continue toflee tsunami-ravaged landson Japan’s east coast, a Cal-gary man is heading intothe hardest-hit area withno idea when he will re-turn.
Darren Polischuk wason vacation in the Philip-pines when he was con-tacted about offeringassistance following the9.0-magnitude earthquakeand the resulting tsunamiand constant nuclearthreat plaguing the Pacificisland nation.
“I left so fast, I didn’teven bring proper, warmclothing,” he said during aphone interview fromTokyo.
The 49-year-old had pre-viously worked as a mis-sionary in Japan from 2004to 2008. He said people’s
spirits are noticeably di-minished this timearound.
“People here are scared,the radiation concern istangible,” he said. “There’sfewer people on the streetand much less traffic thanthere usually is.”
Nevertheless, Polischuk
has kept busy co-ordinat-ing operations from Tokyosince arriving in Japan lastweek. Any day now, he willbe shipped to Sendai, thecapital city of the decimat-ed Miyagi prefecture.
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Aid efforts
The Samaritan’s Purse ad-vance team is alreadyworking in Sendai, Japan.The organization recentlybrought 93 tonnes of reliefmaterial into the area.Darren Polischuk and histeam also purchased$76,000 worth of suppliesin Tokyo earlier this week.His team has been fittedwith radiation-detectingtools and receives constantupdates about the condi-tions in the areas they areworking in.
Darren Polischuk is helping co-ordinate a Samaritan’s Purse operation He hopes to provide victims with ‘a sense of purpose for the future’
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Finance Minister Jim Fla-herty stuffed his budgetyesterday with goodies.
They included a returnof the home energy retro-fit program, tax credits forcaregivers, improved pen-sions for the poorest sen-iors and breaks for tots’art classes and tutoring.
But with all three oppo-sition parties vowing totrigger an early May elec-tion, the likelihood is thatnone of the measures willsee the light of day.
What will survive is thebottom line — the federalgovernment of whateverstripe will have moremoney to spend or tosquirrel away.
Stephen Harper’sminority Conservativegovernment is almost certain to fall this week.
In its budget, new pro-gram spending worth $2.3billion is largely offset bycuts elsewhere as the orig-
inal, recession-fightingbudget of 2009 finally expires.
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“There’s nothing in thisbudget the opposition par-ties couldn’t vote for,”Chisholm Pothier, Flaher-ty’s spokesperson, told abriefing.
How wrong he was.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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“We find that the prioritiesof this government are notthe priorities of ordinaryCanadians,” said LiberalLeader Michael Ignatieff.“Nothing in this budgethas persuaded me that Mr. Harper has changedhis ways. And that’s whythe NDP will not supportthis budget in its currentform,” said NDP LeaderJack Layton.“No tax hikes, no substan-tial spending cuts. I likethat very much,” said Steve Goudy, a 59-year-oldprovincial government retiree living inFredericton. “Stephen Harper clearlyhas the wrong priorities,”said Ken Neumann, a topUnited Steelworkers exec.“Better by the day,” saidJack Layton, when askedabout his health problems.
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Kate Middleton will beswept off to her April 29wedding at WestminsterAbbey in a distinctive 1997Rolls-Royce Phantom VI,and will return to Bucking-ham Palace in a 1902horse-drawn carriage.
The distinctive claretand black Rolls-Royce,which was damaged in De-cember when PrinceCharles and his wife,Camilla, were attacked bystudent protesters, willhave its paintwork andwindows repaired by theroyal wedding day, officialssaid yesterday.
The car was damagedDec. 9 when a mob protest-ing student fee hikes hitthe car with sticks and bot-
tles.“There was paint dam-
age and damage to theglass,” said Alex Garty,transport manager atBuckingham Palace. “The
repairs are ongoing. We’reusing that opportunity togive her a 60-minutemakeover, so she will lookher best for the wedding.”
Royal brides have typi-cally arrived for their wed-dings in special horse-drawn coaches, but Mid-dleton has decided to trav-el to the church by car.
After the ceremony, sheand Prince William willride in an open-topped1902 State Landau horse-drawn carriage for the pro-cession back toBuckingham Palace, unlessinclement weather leadsthem to use the famedGlass Coach, which has afixed roof to keep rain atbay. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Middleton willuse Rolls-Roycefor wedding
The Glass Coach built in
1881 is traditionally used
by Royal brides.
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Prince Charles’ press office indicated the procession will have five horse-drawn carriages
08 news metronews.caWEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2011
Canadian pilotsabort Libya raid
U.S. jet crashes, pilots eject, one hides in sheep penClinton says a Gadhafi son may have been killed
It was just too risky.Canadian military fight-
ers abandoned an attackon a Libyan airfield andavoided civilian deaths yes-terday on their first offen-sive operation againstMoammar Gadhafi since arriving on the weekend.
Defence aide Maj.-Gen.Tom Lawson said the twoCanadian pilots and com-mand elements deter-mined the risk of collateraldamage was too high.
Meanwhile, an Ameri-can F-15 jet crashed in therebel-held east, both crewmembers ejecting.
One of the pilots para-chuted into a rocky field
and hid in a sheep pen ona family farm. The pilotleft in a car, taking withhim water and juice thefamily provided.
The second pilot waspicked up by a helicopter.
U.S. Secretary of StateHillary Clinton told ABCNews one of Gadhafi’s sonsmay have been killed. Shecited unconfirmed reportsand did not say which sonshe meant. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Battles rage
Misrata, Libya’s third-largest city, was beingbombarded by Gadhafi’sforces, tanks and sniperscontrolling the streets.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Plane crash shocks neighbourhoodAt least 19 people were killed and many more wounded when a cargo planecrashed in the densely populated neighbourhood of Pointe-Noire, the economiccapital of the Republic of Congo, officials said. The Antonov 32 buried severalhouses in debris. The pilot was able to escape from the cockpit.
Republic of Congo. 19 killed
The Antonov 32’s tail stands as a stark monument to disaster.
business 09metronews.caWEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2011
CONSUMER NON-CONFIDENCE
Retailsales fallflat Canadian retail sales fellunexpectedly in January,thanks primarily to adrop in new car sales,prompting economists tosuggest that the Bank ofCanada will take its timeraising interest rates.
Retail sales fell for thesecond month in a row to0.3 per cent or $37.1 bil-lion, Statistics Canadasaid yesterday — muchlower than economists’expectations of a one percent increase.
The auto industry hadthe greatest impact on
overall numbers, with carsales dropping 1.7 percent for the second con-secutive month after sev-en months of gains.Gasoline sales also fell 1.4per cent, the first declinesince June.
Outside of the auto in-dustry, sales were alsoflat. Seven out of 11 sec-tors reported selling less,but food, building-supply,sporting-goods and de-partment stores reportedgains.
Peter Buchanan, sen-ior economist at CIBCWorld Markets, said thelower spending togetherwith the weaker core in-flation rate of 0.9 per centreleased last week meanthe Bank of Canadamight put off expectedinterest-rate hikes. THE CANADIAN PRESS
A digital meter flashes on at Atomic Energy Canada
Limited’s plant in Chalk River, Ont. Yesterday’s federal
budget would give the Crown corporation $405 million in
its 2011-12 fiscal year to help with restructuring.
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Small business got a boostin yesterday’s federal budg-et with a break on employ-ment-insurance premiumsand an extension of a pro-gram to buy new equip-ment. However, with thecombined opposition say-ing they’ll vote down thedocument, the proposal ismoot.
The budget measuresare in addition to the bil-lions in corporate tax cutsalready announced that Fi-nance Minister Jim Flaher-ty has defended as acornerstone of the eco-nomic recovery plan.
Small business wouldreceive a credit worth upto $1,000 to offset increas-es in employment-insur-ance premiums. Theone-time credit, whichwould affect about 525,000small businesses, wouldoffset the increase in pre-
miums this year.Flaherty also extended
to 2014 a program that al-lows companies to writeoff the cost of new equip-ment in two years, fasterthan normally allowed.
However, corporateCanada would pay more insome areas. Changes in theway partnerships work thatallowed for the deferral ofcorporate tax, along withchanges in the rules gov-erning the way dividendsare paid between corpora-tions, would have broughtin hundreds of millions ofdollars for the government.THE CANADIAN PRESS
“We will keeptaxes low, whiletaking action toclose unfair taxloopholes.”JIM FLAHERTY, FINANCE MINISTER
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engagement manager, has been fielding hundreds
of responses from participants in Project Next.
Metro Minute with Project NextThose involved with theUniversity of Calgary willhave one last chance todayto weigh in on the futurevision for the institution.
Project Next, started byuniversity president Eliza-beth Cannon, is a strategicplanning process to takethe U of C to its 50th an-niversary in 2016 and be-yond. Those organizing theinitiative have been busyhosting public awareness
events and workshops —the last of which runs to-day at the university’sdowntown campus.
The workshop gets un-derway at 3:30 p.m. and areception will follow after-wards. Those hoping toparticipate but unable toattend can also providefeedback on importantplanning questions onlineat ucalgary.ca/projectnext. METRO
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mentioning
There’s the blowhardbillionaire. The “good oleboy” from the Deep South.The ever-maligned formerAlaska governor. Anotheronetime governor whoseaction-movie-esque promo-tional ad has spurred guf-faws, not respect. And aonetime congressionalguiding light whose adul-terous past still hauntshim.
The Republican race forthe 2012 presidential nom-ination hasn’t officially be-gun yet, but if all thewannabe commanders-in-chief considering taking onU.S. President Barack Oba-ma do throw their hats inthe ring, the battle for theWhite House could be themost entertaining in years.
A recent poll by the WallStreet Journal and NBC
suggests Donald Trump —yes, Donald Trump — has ahigher approval ratingthan two of his would-berivals, Mitt Romney andTim Pawlenty. Trump, thestar of The Apprentice, ispondering a run.
If he does decide to run,Trump could facechallengers that rival himin the fame department,including Sarah Palin, the
former Alaska governorwho recently told Israel to“stop apologizing” somuch, and Newt Gingrich,the onetime speaker of theHouse of Representativeswho hounded former pres-ident Bill Clinton about hisaffair with a White Houseintern while he himselfwas involved in an adulter-ous romance.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Playing the Trump cardYou’re ... hired? THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE
A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE FOR ASSANGEJust sayin’
PAULSULLIVAN F
or many of us, the ideaof “destiny” is quaint,old-fashioned, from atime when the godscould not resistmeddling in the lives
of individuals.Now, science has taught us
that instead of being pre-destined by the Fates, stuff justhappens. The universe is a cold,random place, and we’re justlucky (or unlucky, depending onyour point of view) bits of organ-ized carbon.
But if that’s the case, what’swith Julian Assange and Scandi-navia?
Consider the facts. Assange isthe founder of WikiLeaks andhas upset the global apple cartby leaking scads of U.S. State De-partment memos setting off
scandals in virtually every worldcapital.
The lineup of leaders whowould cheerfully strangleAssange forms over there on theleft, but for somestrange reason, hisnext destinationappears to be Swe-den, where hefaces murky sexualassault charges.“Murky” becausethere appears to bea strong possibilitythat the sex inquestion was con-sensual andAssange may be the victim of hisown personality, as in he’s a cad.
Assange is, of course,Australian, which is nowherenear Sweden. And his beef iswith the U.S. State Department,which usually has little or noth-
ing to do with Sweden.Meanwhile, he’s holed up in theU.K., trying not to be extraditedto Sweden, mainly because he’safraid Sweden will hand him
over to the U.S. Complicated.While he’s in
the U.K. awaitingthe appeal of theSwedishextradition order,he has been nomi-nated for a NobelPeace Prize. If hewins that, toaccept his prize,he will have to go
to … Scandinavia! Oslo, Norway,to be precise, which is right nextdoor to Sweden.
So, in a strange twist of whatcan only be called fate, Assangecould either be incarcerated inScandinavia as the lowest of the
low, a sex criminal, or exalted inScandinavia as the highest of thehigh, a Nobel Peace Prizewinner, alongside Mother Teresaand Nelson Mandela.
Either this guy was a salmonin a previous life and issomehow pining for the fjords ofhis fingerling days, or his ridicu-lously fascinating life hasprompted the gods out of retire-ment and they have arranged agood old-fashioned Norse saga torival Beowulf.
After all, Assange is a littlelike Beowulf, but instead ofGrendel, he has the U.S. govern-ment by the tail. Don’t knowabout you, but I’d rather take mychances with Grendel.
It’s funny how life works.
“Now, sciencehas taught usthat instead
of being pre-destined bythe Fates, stuffjust happens.”
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Deric Ruttan still remem-bers exactly where he wasthe first time he heard Sha-nia Twain on the radio inNashville.
It was 1994, and a then-22-year-old Ruttan had justmoved to the country-mu-sic hotbed in pursuit of amusic career. He was driv-ing his burgundy ’87Dodge Omni hatchbackdown historic Old HickoryBoulevard when a familiarvoice strained through hiscar radio, singing Any Manof Mine.
“I was like: ‘Oh, Shania,cool!’” said Ruttan in a tele-phone interview.
In the 17 ensuing years,Ruttan has remained inNashville and forged a suc-cessful career as a countrysinger/songwriter who fi-nally earned his first Junonomination for country al-bum of the year at thisSunday’s awards gala inToronto (CTV, 8 p.m. ET).
The show will also markthe 45-year-old Twain’s in-duction into the CanadianMusic Hall of Fame, an ho-nour that seems like some-thing of a no-brainer to herpeers given her achieve-ments: more than 75 mil-lion albums soldworldwide, 12 Junos, fiveGrammys, 16 top 10 hitsand multi-platinum albumsales in 32 countries.
But, of course, Twainhasn’t released an albumof new music since 2002,and while country musiccontinues to flourish in
Canada, no Canuck artisthas managed to claim evena fraction of Twain’s State-side success.
While several of thisyear’s countrified Junonominees have carved outsuccessful careers inNashville, the question re-mains: What will it takefor Canada to produce an-other country star whoshines like Shania?
“I think, probably, abeautiful mid-section,”cracked Johnny Reid,who’s up for four Junos atthis weekend’s show. “Igotta tell you, I don’t thinkanybody knows the secret.”Still, while Reid’s right thatthere might not be a recipefor Canucks looking to findinternational stardom, afew of his peers have ze-roed in on some of the in-gredients.
Dean Brody, a Smithers,B.C., product who is up forcountry album of the yearfor his sophomore effort,Trail in Life, had a hit onU.S. country radio with hisfirst-ever single, Brothers.At the time, he lived inNashville — and while he’ssince relocated to NovaScotia, he says a Tennesseeaddress is essential forCanuck country singershopeful for U.S. attention.
“I think the biggestthing, the toughest thingsfor Canadians ... is to makeit in the biggest market,you have to be able to livethere,” he said. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Shania Twain is being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
BRYAN BEDDER/GETTY IMAGES
Can Canada produceanother Shania Twain?
Even if a country star has madeit big in Canada, it means nothingin highly competitive Nashville
Walk of Fame
Bryan Adams is nowenshrined inconcrete.
The Canadiansinger, songwriter,guitarist, bassist andproducer got hisHollywood Walk ofFame star Monday infront of theMusicians Institute.
Adams recalledvisiting HollywoodBoulevard at 16 andmarveling at thestars. He said he washumbled by seeinghis own star.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ralph Macchio on top, MikeCatherwood finishes last as
Dancing begins its 12th season
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Fighting the fight
Director Zack Snyder
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With Sucker Punch, visual-ly inventive director ZackSnyder (300, Watchmen)presents his first filmbased on his own originalidea — and original is put-ting it lightly.
The film follows a groupof girls trapped in an in-sane asylum who use theirimaginations to escapetheir dark reality, trans-porting themselves to fiery,bullet-ridden battlefieldswhere they dispatch ene-mies with stunt-filled fury.
But Snyder admits itwasn’t easy to bring his vi-sion to the screen. Hespoke to Metro about hisinfluences, not going 3-Dand fights with the studio.
You make original movies. Doyou ever get muchinterference from the studio?Oh yeah. That’s the dan-
ger. They have precon-ceived ideas about what agood movie is or what youshould be doing, and Ithink that in the end youreally just have to be trueto yourself.
I feel like this moviepushes the envelope in allof its facets. You know, it’sa female cast, it’s got acomplicated structurethat’s difficult. It has a darkending that’s not necessari-ly what they would’vehoped for. Trust me, theydid not like the ending. Youjust have to fight the fight.
How does having your wife,Deborah Snyder, as your pro-ducing partner help?Those exact fights are thefights that she has everyday to make sure themovie stays the movie Iwant to make. She reallyfights that fight.
You made Sucker Punch while
also completing Legends ofthe Guardians. How did thetwo differ?I wish Rango had come outbefore Guardians becausewhen you see Rango yourealize that they didn’tgive a s--- about the kids atall and they just made acool movie.
We had that potential, Ithink, with Guardians, buteveryone just said, “No,no, no, you can’t do that.You’ve got to make a chil-dren’s film.” And so I gotinto a big fight with thestudio because I just want-ed to make an adventuremovie with owls in it. Butthey were like, “No, no.You’ve got to soften it sothat parents don’t freakout.” But I had a great ex-perience with it.
Was there talk about makingSucker Punch 3-D?Yeah, absolutely ... I’veseen some great conver-
sion stuff. This Koreancompany that was going todo it for Sucker Punch dida conversion of a five-minute sequence of 300that was amazing, and Iwas like, “Wow. If they cando that level, maybe wecan do something cool.”
But to do it over thecourse of a whole movie isjust not that easy. It’s abigger deal than the stu-dios realize. And I thinkthat the field is going tobe leveled soon by costversus return.
Because nobody knows.Right now the studios arejust spending millions andmillions of dollars to makea 3-D movie — like, $30million more than itwould cost to make a 2-Dmovie. So eventuallysomeone’s got to go, “OK.Is it worth it? Are they get-ting that money back?”You really start to wonder,is it worth the fuss?
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Sheen may be back: ExecPEOPLE. Charlie Sheen’sdeparture from Twoand a Half Men will bea temporary one, atleast if Les Moonveshas anything to sayabout it.
The top CBS execu-tive is reportedly head-ing up negotiations toget the high-profilestar back on the show,according to Radar On-line.
“Moonves wants toget the show back onthe air. He’s all for it,”a source says.
“He says certain peo-ple need to forget any-thing and everythingCharlie’s done recentlyand just move on withthe business at hand.”
METRO
PregnantPosh ponderswhat to wearROYAL WEDDING. Every-one is gearing up forPrince William’s wed-ding to Kate Middletonnext month, but theevent has VictoriaBeckham on edge, ac-cording to husband,David Beckham.What’s causinganxiety?
“Victoria is obvious-ly a little bit worriedbecause she’ll be a fewmore months pregnantby then,” David says,according to
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Friends say that’s the reason shebroke up with Bradley CooperRenee Zellweger andBradley Cooper’s two-yearromance may have cometo an end becauseZellweger got tired ofwaiting for anengagement ring, sourcestell Popeater.
“We all thought forsure they were going to betogether forever after theymoved in together lastfall,” a friend of Zellweger
says. “But after that shewanted a ring, and he justwasn’t ready to propose.”Both have been marriedbefore, though, andneither ended well.“Renee was ready to giveit another try withBradley,” the friend says.“She’s 41 and has anOscar. She’s starting tothink about children andsettling down.” METRO
Lindsay Lohan is due incourt Friday to enter a pleain her latest court battle,this one over a $2,500necklace she allegedlystole — and her mom, Di-na Lohan, says Lindsaymay plead no contest.
“Obviously she’s not
pleading guilty. My chil-dren don’t steal things. Butthe system is so strangeout in L.A. We’re consider-ing options and just wantto get this over with in theshortest amount of time,”Dina tells the New YorkDaily News. METRO
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Lohan’s dad arrestedLEGAL. Lindsay Lohan’s fa-ther, Michael Lohan, hasbeen arrested after hisgirlfriend filed a reportaccusing him of domesticviolence, according toTMZ. METRO
Is Sean Pennseeing Scarlett?Sean Penn’s rumoredromance withScarlett Johans-son appears tobe heating up,as the couplewere spottedout again, thistime at a din-ner withfriends inWestHollywood,according toPeople maga-zine. “Theywere smilesall night
and seemed to have agreat time together.
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Saskatchewan is about tobe swept away by curlingand is ready to welcomethose who want to ride thebroom.
Regina will host the 2011world men’s curling cham-pionship next month and isexpecting thousands of fansalong with the world’s topmale curlers, their families,officials, coaches and me-dia. Derek Boe, chairman ofthe local organizing com-mittee, says curling fanstraditionally have been aquiet crowd but that’schanging.
“Kind of what we no-
ticed happening, mostly atOlympics this year out inVancouver, was that thingsgot rocking and rollingpretty good and the curlersloved it,” said Boe, presi-dent of Curl Regina. “It isbecoming a bit more of araucous crowd and moreenthusiastic and more live-ly and spirited.”
Boe also notes that curl-ing is Saskatchewan’s offi-cial sport. There’s no betterplace for visitors to brushup on curling lore than theSaskatchewan Sports ofHall of Fame and Museumin Regina.
“You’ve got lots of bignames from Saskatchewancurling and they’re all rep-resented with their team,”says Sheila Kelly, the hall’sexecutive director.
Among those honouredin the hall is Regina’s ErnieRichardson — the onlymale curler in history toskip a team to four world ti-tles.
There are medals andmemorabilia from SandraSchmirler. “Schmirler theCurler,” as she was known,skipped her team to threeCanadian titles, three worldtitles and a gold medal at
the 1998 Winter Olympics.She died of cancer in 2000.
And then there’s theGrand Transoceanic Match— a funspiel for spectatorsthat started in the ’70s as away for curling fans to getto know each other on theice.
“They’re just amateursthat enjoy curling,” saidBoe. “They’ve just kind ofestablished this tradition ofgoing and attending theWorld Championships andsaid ‘Jeez, wouldn’t it befun if while we were therewe staged a little match.’”THE CANADIAN PRESS
Organizers expect a loud crowd at the men’s world curling championshipin Saskatchewan Go support Canada’s team skipped by Jeff Stoughton
Hurry hard to curlingworlds in Regina
A display inside the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in Regina, Sask. Regina will host the 2011 world men’s curling championship next
month and will welcome the world’s top male curlers, as well as their fans, who will visit the city during the event, which takes place April 2 to 10.
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If you go …
Worlds. The 2011 FordWorld Men’s Curling Cham-pionship will be held atEvraz Place. Ticket and drawschedule information canbe found atcurling.ca/championships/worlds.Hall of Fame. TheSaskatchewan Sports ofHall of Fame and Museumis located at 2205 VictoriaAve. Admission is free.More information can befound at sshfm.comFunspiel. The GrandTransoceanic Match will beheld April 8 at theCaledonian Curling Club,known locally as the Callie.
Travel in brief
Via Rail is addingtwo sites to itsGarden Route for2011: Ottawa'sCentralExperimentalFarm and the An-napolis Royal His-toric Gardens inNova Scotia.
Now in itssixth year, theGarden Routepromotes majorhorticultural at-tractions acrossthe country.There are a totalof 19 gardens onthe route, fromButchart Gardensnear Victoria,B.C., to HalifaxPublic Gardens inNova Scotia.
Trains on theroute includeMontreal-Halifax,Quebec City-Windsor, Toron-to-Niagara Fallsand Toronto-Van-couver.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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A whole lotta L.A. …
Los Angeles is in the mid-dle of an amazing culturalrenaissance. It’s a bit likeSan Francisco and NewYork combined, with amix of art, food and cul-ture that isn’t as shallowas its reputation.
One of the things I lovemost about living in LosAngeles is that you can goto the beach in the middle
of February, which makeseveryone outside the citysuper jealous.
When the sun rises, itscrubs the sky and youcan see both the oceanand the snow-cappedmountains, which are on-ly about 30 minutes awayby car.
LA local and celebrity chef on the Food Network’s ‘Private Chefs of Beverly Hills,’ Sasha Perl Raver knowsexactly where the cool kids hang out and dine If you don’t catch her cycling along Venice Beach or drinking
strawberry cocktails, she’s probably hiking the Hollywood Hills or taking part in a free yoga class in Griffith Park
First time?Go to Santa Monica. It’stouristy but so Baywatchit’s awesome. Rent bikesand ride along the beach.Annenburg Beach Houseis a free beach resortwhere you can reserve aspot on the day and onlypay a small parking fee.Have lunch at the Café atthe Getty Villa. The bestoutdoor music venue isthe Hollywood Bowl,where people bring food
and wine and enjoy beingunder the stars. And ifyou have time, go to aDodger’s baseball game.
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Been therebefore?Chateau Marmont isgreat, although it’s moresceny than it used to be.It’s now known for Lind-say Lohan but back inthe day, this was whereGreta Garbo lived andJim Belushi died. Sit inthe garden and ordersticky toffee puddingand a pot of mint tea. It’sgot this incredible old-Hollywood glamour feeland you always seesomeone famous here,hence the strict no cam-era rule.
It’s a running joke inL.A. but everyone goes tothe “night club of exer-cise” the RunyonCanyon. It’s a three-milehike into one of thegrand canyons and peo-
ple treat it like the run-ning runway. I would al-so go to Griffith Park,L.A.’s answer to CentralPark, just way cheesier.They have free yogaclasses three times a dayand an amazing observa-tory where you can lookthrough the telescopeand see incredible viewsof L.A.
Chateau Marmont
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Shopping!Lots of people go toRodeo Drive but personal-ly, I think it’s crazy, as allyou get here is PrettyWomen style stuff. I loveSunset Junction and in par-ticular the Silver LakeFarmers Market. It’s afoodie haven where you
can get the most incredi-ble selection of produceincluding vanilla, laven-der and sweet onion sug-ar. It’s full of hipster stuffto buy nearby and thereis an amazing recordstore I go to called Vaca-tion Vinyl. Abbot Kinnyin Venice is where I gosearching for antiques.
Silver Lakes Farmers Market
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Go outLas Perlas does incredi-ble margaritas. They are
almost like a meal andyou can get very tipsy onjust one. The bar staffhere is super cute.
I love Voyeur fordancing. Some of thedancers are topless; oth-ers dangle from netsand some dance in glassboxes. It’s not a stripclub. The whole act isbased on the 1930s.
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Sean Carter tried thiscard at a recent humanrights hearing and learnedthat proving discrimina-tion is more difficult thanhe thought.
Carter, a program coor-dinator at a rehab clinic inHamilton, Ontario, was in-jured in a car accident thatled to time off from work.
When he returned,Carter felt that he wastreated differently at work,claiming that he was disci-
plined more often and hisviews were dismissed.
Carter then sufferedfrom stress and depres-sion, which he said result-ed from workload andfamily deaths. His per-formance deteriorated,and when the clinic triedto manage it, Carter left.
He wrote in crypticallythat he was going to seehis doctor “for some re-sults” and would be offwork for a few weeks. Fivedays later, he was fired.
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Optometrists weigh in on gaming for kids younger than six years oldExperts argue consoles could flag hard-to-diagnose eye issues
U.S. eye specialists are wel-coming the Nintendo 3DSgame device, dismissingthe manufacturer’s warn-ings that its 3-D screenshouldn’t be used by chil-dren six or younger be-cause it may harm theirimmature vision.
However many op-tometrists disagree. Somesay it’s a good idea to getyour kids to try the 3-Dscreen, especially if they’reyounger than six. It won’tdo any harm, they say, andit could help catch visiondisorders that have to becaught early to be fixed.
“The 3DS could be a god-send for identifying kidsunder six who need visiontherapy,” said Michael Due-nas, associate director forhealth sciences and policyfor the American Optomet-ric Association.
The new handheld gamedevice is already availablein Japan and goes on salein the U.S. on March 27 for$250. It has two screenslike the DS machines it is
designed to replace. The top screen can show
3-D images without theneed for special glasses,though only new gameswill be in 3-D. A pair ofcameras on the 3DS can beused to take 3-D pictures.
If your kid doesn’t seethe 3-D effect on the 3DS,that’s a sign that he or shemay have a vision disordersuch as amblyopia, or “lazyeye,” or subtler issues thatcan cause problems withreading, Duenas said. Kidswho experience dizzinessor discomfort should alsobe checked, he said.
Today’s 3-D viewing sys-tems send different imagesto the right and left eyes, atechnique that creates anillusion of depth. But a lot
of the cues we use to per-ceive depth in our environ-ment are missing. Thatconfuses the eyes and ac-counts for the eye strainand headaches many peo-ple experience watching 3-D movies. Because of that,optometrists say, these sys-tems can help isolate prob-lems that have to do withthe way the eyes move,problems that aren’tcaught by eye charts.
These problems aremuch easier to fix if caughtbefore age six, when the vi-sual system in our brains isstill developing. Only 15per cent of preschool chil-dren get a comprehensiveeye exam that could catchthese subtle problems, ac-cording to the American
Optometric Association,the professional group foroptometrists. More thanhalf of all juvenile delin-quents have undiagnosedand untreated vision prob-lems, according to studies.
Going to see a 3-D movieor trying a 3-D TV can alsohelp screen for problems,but optometrists expectthe 3DS to be in front ofkids’ eyes more.
“This has presented myprofession, optometry, awonderful opportunity,”said Joe Ellis, the presidentof the optometrists’ associ-ation. HE ASSOCIATED PRESS
He’s got an eye for
gaming
Vision specialists say the Number 1 health issue
associated with console use and computer gaming is
obsesity, rather than eye problems.
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“The 3DS could bea godsend foridentifying kidsunder six whoneed visiontherapy.”MICHAEL DUENAS, ASSOCIATEDIRECTOR FOR THE AMERICANOPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION
Doc, passthe Xbox
Toronto hospital is banking onvideo game technology to save timein the operating roomA team at Sunnybrook Hos-pital has started using theXbox Kinect, a hands-freegaming console equippedwith a motion sensor, tovirtually manipulate keymedical images during sur-gery.
The doctors use handgestures to zoom in and outof the images or freeze aparticular shot withoutleaving the operating table.
Surgeons typically haveto leave the sterile fieldaround the patient to pullup images such as MRI orCT scans on a nearby com-puter.
They then have to gothrough a meticulouscleanup before returning tothe area to make sure theydon’t bring in any bacteriathat could harm the pa-tient.
It can take up to 20 min-utes to clean up each time adoctor consults an image,said Dr. Calvin Law, whohelped integrate the tech-nology into the operatingroom.
Those interruptionssometimes cause morethan an hour’s delay overthe course of a surgery, saidLaw, a surgical oncologistwith the hospital’s gas-trointestinal cancer team.
“It all adds up,” he said.By eliminating those de-lays, the hospital could saveenough time to operate onmore patients, he said.
What’s more, it wouldhelp surgeons stay focusedand decrease the risk ofcontamination by keepingeveryone within the sterilefield, he said. THE CANADIAN PRESS
With prosecutors sayingBarry Bonds lied about us-ing steroids, the homerun king’s lead attorneystarted picking at the gov-ernment’s case yesterdayin San Francisco, attack-ing witnesses expected toaccuse Bonds of wilfullytaking drugs to make himhit the ball harder and far-ther.
Defence lawyer AllenRuby, his rich voice some-times inflected with sar-casm, said in his openingstatement that a formerBonds girlfriend, a formerbusiness partner and aformer personal shoppercame forward against hisclient only after the base-ball star broke off rela-tionships with them.
He also insisted Bondstestified truthfully beforea grand jury in December2003 when he said he didnot know he was using apair of designer steroids.Bonds claims his trainertold him he was taking“flaxseed oil” and “arthrit-ic cream.”
“I know it doesn’tmake a great story. BarryBonds went to the grandjury and told the truthand did his best,” Rubysaid.
“That’s not a made-for-TV story.”
On a day when federalagent Jeff Novitzky be-came the first witness to
testify, saying Bonds’grand jury account dif-fered with other facts inthe case, the contrast instories and legal teamscould not have beengreater.
While Ruby, a high-priced, high-profile de-
fence lawyer, spoke in abooming baritone andpainted Bonds as a victimover the course of anhour, assistant U.S. Attor-ney Matthew A. Parrellagave his 46-minute state-ment in a workmanlikemonotone that had some
jurors struggling to keeptheir heads up.
His two best lines drewobjections from Ruby thatwere sustained by U.S.District Judge Susan Ill-ston.
First, Parrella calledBALCO founder Victor
Conte, Bonds’ trainerGreg Anderson and Bonds“the three Musketeers ofBALCO.”
Then, Parrella saidBonds’ grand jury testimo-ny was an “utterly ridicu-lous and unbelievablestory.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Calgary (37-27-11)dropped a 2-1shootout loss to theLos Angeles Kings onMonday night. TheFlames lost for thefifth time in six gamesfollowing a 16-3-3stretch.
San Jose (42-23-8)comes in having wonthree straight. TheSharks lost rookie Logan Couture in thesecond period of Saturday’s 5-3 winover St. Louis with anapparent right leg in-jury. He’s listed as day-to-day.THE CANADIAN PRESS S
o in all likelihood, by the timeApril hits, the team will have tomake a decision on acting GMJay Feaster. It would be a shockif the Flames didn’t give Feasterthe gig. He’s been a strong, per-
sonable advocate for the organization,has the business acumen to handle thejob, and is wise enough to seek advice onmatters that warrant sober second opin-ion.
So come off-season, what is Feaster go-ing to do with the league’s oldest rosteralmost at next year’s salary cap? It (proba-bly) wasn’t good enough to make theplayoffs and has four or five of its bestplayers due to become unrestricted freeagents. How can he make this outfit bet-ter?
Though I’ve had friendly dealings withFeaster in the past, he’s not asking myopinion in this regard. But I’ll offer it any-way and let him take care of the heavylifting.
Every effort will be made to retain AlexTanguay, Curtis Glencross, Brendan Mor-rison and Anton Babchuk. These UFAs gotprime minutes in Calgary’s lineup andcould be sold on the idea playing for theFlames is in their best interests. It’s
unlikely they’d get the same playing timeelsewhere. For that reason hometown dis-counts are in order, but even with that,all deserve healthy raises.
I’d also make an effort to retain UFAsAdam Pardy and Henrik Karlsson if theycan be kept at a low price tag. Steve Staiosis coming off the books at $2.7 million,but he’d be nice to keep around for$700,000 or so.
The only way Feaster can keep his pro-ductive UFAs is by making hard decisionson dead weight, namely Darryl’s Duds.Former GM Darryl Sutter should havebeen fired on the spot for signing fringecentre Matt Stajan for four years at $3.5million per. Stajan needs the Ales Kotaliktreatment, getting demoted to the AHLnext season. No one’s going to want threemore seasons of a soft, slow centre whoscores about eight goals a year.
Kotalik and Niklas Hagman each make$3 million next season and will be boughtout. That will cost Calgary $2 million intothe cap each of the next two seasons.
All this will leave Calgary’s payroll at$61.5 million next season, which will beclose to the next cap figure. It also opensthe door for Daymond Langkow’s returnand a new young face or two.
FRINGE FLAMESNEED TO SHEDDEAD WEIGHTWith each passing, heartbreakingovertime/shootout loss the Flames incur, thespectre Calgary will miss the playoffs becomesmore and more a reality.
Opinion
BRIANCOSTELLOTHE HOCKEY NEWS
Barry Bonds waves to supporters as he leaves the federal courthouse yesterday in San Francisco.
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Bonds’ defencecomes out swinging
Lead lawyer starts to pick apart government’s case as testimony gets underway
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Last night’s resultsToronto 3Minnesota 0Nashville 3 Edmonton 1Carolina 4 Ottawa 3Buffalo 2Montreal 0Colorado 5 Columbus 4 (SO)N.Y. Rangers 1 Florida 0Boston 4 New Jersey 1Washington 5 Philadelphia 4 (SO)N.Y. Islanders 5 Tampa Bay 2St. Louis at PhoenixMonday’s resultsPittsburgh 5 Detroit 4 (OT)Los Angeles 2 Calgary 1 (SO)Tonight’s games
All times EasternVancouver at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Florida at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Anaheim at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Calgary at San Jose, 10 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesMontreal at Boston, 7 p.m.Atlanta at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Edmonton at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m.Toronto at Colorado, 9 p.m.Columbus at Phoenix, 10 p.m.San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
x— clinched playoff berth; y— clinched division title; d— division leaders; a teamwinning inovertime or shootout is creditedwith two points and a victory in theW column; the team losing inovertime or shootout receives one pointwhich is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
MAPLE LEAFS 3,WILD0First Period1. Toronto, Lupul 10 (Bozak, Kessel) 1:39Penalties—NystromMin (goaltender inter-ference) 4:01, CullenMin (boarding) 12:21,Brent Tor (interference) 13:06, BouchardMin(tripping) 18:20.Second Period2.Toronto,Grabovski28(MacArthur,Kulemin)11:20Penalties—Gunnarsson Tor (tripping) 1:12,BrunetteMin (hooking) 2:07, StonerMin(cross-checking) 4:04, Schenn Tor (hooking)7:04, Kadri Tor (tripping) 13:18.Third Period3. Toronto, Gunnarsson 4 (Grabovski, Kulemin)2:13 (pp)Penalties—KoivuMin (high-sticking) 1:35,Aulie Tor (interference) 7:06, Grabovski Tor(slashing), ZanonMin (roughing) 15:39, AulieTor (high-sticking) 17:14, Lashoff Tor (cross-checking) 19:21.ShotsToronto 8 3 6 —17Minnesota 7 11 11 —29Goal—Toronto: Reimer (W,16-7-4);Minneso-ta: Backstrom (L,21-20-5).Power plays (goals-chances)—Toronto: 1-6;Minnesota: 0-7.Referees—BradMeier, DeanMorton. Lines-men—BrianMach, Darren Gibbs.Att.—18,761 (18,064) at St. Paul, Minn.
PREDATORS 3, OILERS 1First Period1. Nashville, Erat 15 (Ward, Legwand) 4:082.Nashville,Hornqvist 19 (Kostitsyn, Suter)7:40 (pp)Penalty—Foster Edm (tripping) 7:06.Second Period
HURRICANES 4, SENATORS 3First Period1. Ottawa, Greening 3 (Spezza, Butler) 7:562. Ottawa, Svatos 2 (Condra, Hale) 13:403. Carolina, Ruutu 18 (Jokinen, Skinner) 14:074. Carolina, LaRose 14 (Pitkanen) 14:32Penalties—Karlsson Ott (interference) 3:02,Stillman Car (goaltender interference) 3:58,Corvo Car (hooking) 18:32, Kuba Ott (interfer-ence) 18:51, Pitkanen Car (roughing) 19:54.Second Period5.Carolina,LaRose15(Bra.Sutter,Gleason)18:17Penalties—Z.Smith Ott (tripping) 5:33, NeilOtt (roughing) 8:33, Allen Car (tripping) 13:36.Third Period6. Carolina, Stillman 10 (E.Staal, Cole) 6:047. Ottawa, Karlsson 13 (Spezza, Foligno) 14:16Penalties—None.Shots
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WORLD CUPQUARTER-FINALSToday’s matchAt Dhaka, BangladeshPakistan vs.West IndiesTomorrow’s matchAt Ahmadabad, IndiaIndia vs. AustraliaFriday’s matchAt Dhaka, BangladeshSouth Africa vs. NewZealandSaturday’s matchAt Colombo, Sri LankaSri Lanka vs. England
SPRING TRAININGYesterday’s resultsPhiladelphia 5, Toronto 4Tampa Bay 7 Boston 4Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 2N.Y.Mets 7, Detroit 4Oakland 10 Cincinnati 8Seattle 9 ChicagoWhite Sox 5Washington 3, Houston 1Florida 3,Minnesota 0Milwaukee 7 San Diego 0L.A. Dodgers 2 Chicago Cubs 1 (10 inn.)Cleveland 7 Arizona 3L.A. Angels 14 Kansas City 6Today’s gamesAll times EasternNYMvs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Phila. vs. T.B. at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Houston vs. Pitt. at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Florida vs. Atl. at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Oakland vs. Chi. Cubs atMesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Arizona vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Cincinnati vs. S.D. at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.K.C. vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.LAD vs. CWS at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.San Fran. vs. LAA at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Balt. vs.Minn. at FortMyers, Fla., 7:05 p.m.Toronto vs. NYY at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.Seattle vs. Colo. at Scottsdale, Ariz., 9:40 p.m.
d – division leader; x—clinched playoff berth;y—clinched division.
Last night’s resultsChicago 114 Atlanta 81Portland 111Washington 76Phoenix at L.A. LakersMonday’s resultsDenver 123 Toronto 90Orlando 97, Cleveland 86Indiana 102, New Jersey 98Boston 96NewYork 86Chicago 132 Sacramento 92Memphis 103 Utah 85SanAntonio 111 Golden State 96Tonight’s gamesAll times EasternIndiana at Charlotte, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Cleveland, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Memphis at Boston, 7:30 p.m.Miami at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Sacramento atMilwaukee, 8 p.m.Utah at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Orlando at NewYork, 8 p.m.Golden State at Houston, 8:30 p.m.Toronto at Phoenix, 10 p.m.Washington at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.San Antonio at Denver, 10:30 p.m.
Ottawa 11 18 10 —39Carolina 7 11 6 —24Goal—Ottawa:McElhinney (L,9-11-1); Caroli-na:Ward (W,31-24-9). Power plays (goals-chances)—Ottawa: 0-4; Carolina: 0-3.Referees—Ghislain Hebert, Kelly Sutherland.Linesmen—AndyMcElman, Scott Cherrey.Att.—16,189 (18,680) at Raleigh, N.C.
D.Sedin, Vcr 38 55 93Stamkos, TB 43 43 86H.Sedin, Vcr 18 68 86St. Louis, TB 26 59 85Perry, Ana 39 40 79Ovechkin,Wash 29 48 77Zetterberg, Det 21 52 73Toews, Chi 30 42 72Kopitar, LA 25 47 72Iginla, Cal 33 38 71Sharp, Chi 34 34 68B.Richards, Dal 25 42 67Selanne, Ana 22 45 67Crosby, Pgh 32 34 66C.Giroux, Pha 23 43 66Nash, Clb 31 34 65Kesler, Vcr 36 28 64E.Staal, Car 29 35 64P.Kane, Chi 24 39 63Eriksson, Dal 23 40 63J.Carter, Pha 33 29 62Last night’s games not included
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GP W L T GF GA PtD.C. United 1 1 0 0 3 1 3Kansas City 1 1 0 0 3 2 3New York 1 1 0 0 1 0 3Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 1 0 3Chicago 1 0 0 1 1 1 1New England 1 0 0 1 1 1 1Toronto 1 0 1 0 2 4 0Columbus 1 0 1 0 1 3 0Houston 1 0 1 0 0 1 0WESTERNCONFERENCE
GP W L T GF GA PtLos Angeles 2 1 0 1 2 1 4Vancouver 1 1 0 0 4 2 3Colorado 1 1 0 0 3 1 3Real Salt Lake 1 1 0 0 1 0 3Dallas 1 0 0 1 1 1 1Chivas USA 1 0 1 0 2 3 0Portland 1 0 1 0 1 3 0San Jose 1 0 1 0 0 1 0Seattle 2 0 2 0 0 2 0Note: 3 points for victory, 1 point for tie.Friday’s gameAll times EasternHouston at Seattle, 10 p.m.Saturday’s gamesPortland at Toronto, 2 p.m.NewYork at Columbus, 4 p.m.Kansas City at Chicago, 4 p.m.Vancouver at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.D.C. United at NewEngland, 4:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.San Jose at Dallas, 9 p.m.Colorado at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
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NCAA TOURNAMENTAll times EasternRegional SemifinalsEAST REGIONFriday’s gamesNorth Carolina (28-7) vs. Marquette (22-14), 7 p.m.Ohio State (34-2) vs. Kentucky (27-8),9:30 p.m.SOUTHEAST REGIONTomorrow’s gamesFlorida (28-7) vs. BYU (32-4), 7:15 pmButler (25-9) vs.Wisconsin (25-8), 9:55 pmSOUTHWEST REGIONFriday’s gamesKansas (34-2) vs. Richmond (29-7), 7:15 pmFlorida State (23-10) vs. Virginia Com-monwealth (26-11), 9:55 p.m.WEST REGIONTomorrow’s gamesSan Diego State (34-2) vs. Connecticut(28-9), 7 p.m.Duke(32-4)vs.Arizona(29-7),9:30pm
WOMEN’SWORLDCHAMPIONSHIPAt Esbjerg, DenmarkCountry (skip) W LSweden (Norberg) 6 1Switzerland (Ott) 5 2Canada (Holland) 4 3China (B.Wang) 4 3Denmark (Nielsen) 4 3Russia (Privivkova) 4 3Germany (A.Schopp) 3 4Norway (Githmark) 3 4Scotland (Sloan) 3 4U.S. (Lank) 3 4Czech Rep. (Kubekova) 2 5South Korea (Kim) 1 6Yesterday’s resultsNinth DrawCanada 7 Czech Republic 4China 8 Scotland 2Germany 7Norway 3Sweden 8 Denmark 3Draw 10Denmark 8 Norway 3Sweden 7 Germany 5Switzerland 9 Russia 7U.S. 8 South Korea 6Draw 11Canada 9U.S. 6Russia 8 Scotland 6South Korea 11 Czech Republic 2Switzerland 7 China 6 (extra end).Today’s gamesDraw 12Russia vs. Germany; Sweden vs. Switzerland;Denmark vs. South Korea; Norway vs. U.S.Draw 13South Korea vs. Scotland; China vs. U.S.; Rus-sia vs. Czech Republic; Switzerland vs. Canada.Draw 14Sweden vs. Canada; Germany vs. Czech Rep.;China vs. Norway; Denmark vs. Scotland.
VOLTA OF CATALUNYAAt Banyoles, SpainSecond stage1. Alessandro Petacchi, Ita., Lampre, 4 hr 11min 8 sec; 2. Jose Joaquin Rojas, Spn., Movis-tar, same time; 3.Manuel Cardoso, Por., Ra-dioshack, s.t.; 4. Samuel Dumoulin, Fra.,Cofidis, s.t.; 5. Aitor Galdos, Spn., Caja Rural,s.t.; 6. GiacomoNizzolo, Ita., Leopard Trek, s.t.
PGA FEDEXCUP LEADERSThroughMarch 20Points Money YTD1. Mark Wilson 1,086 $2,268,8252. Nick Watney 960 $2,278,0003. Gary Woodland 945 $1,850,0644. Rory Sabbatini 820 $1,573,1945. Jhonattan Vegas 791 $1,479,5106. Bubba Watson 763 $1,667,4177. D.A. Points 737 $1,538,2078. Luke Donald 718 $1,807,8009. Jonathan Byrd 705 $1,404,14887. Stephen Ames 142 $254,243
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EngineThe starting-point engine is a V6, but it willinitially be the 302-horsepower 3.5-litreunit for the SLK 350. Mercedes-Benzreports that the V6 SLK will sprint to 96km/h in 5.6 seconds.
Later in the model year — likely early2012 — a new base-model SLK250 isexpected, sporting a 201-horsepowerturbocharged 1.8-litre four-cylinder enginethat replaces the outgoing 228-horsepower3.0-litre V6.
It’s the least expensive Mercedes-Benz convertible, but do you really need much more than the SLK to make a statement while enjoying the open air?
With 110 years of sports-carhistory in its back pocket,Mercedes-Benz has learneda thing or two about whatmakes these cars and theirproud owners tick.
And this vast experienceis packed into the 2012 SLKroadster that’s due to arrivethis summer.
Style and substance arenecessary ingredients forany sports car, but, for Mer-cedes-Benz, how the vehiclemakes you feel and howothers see you behind thewheel are perhaps treatedwith equal importance.
SLK customers will likelyfeel and look particularlygood with this third-genera-tion drop-topper. As well,anyone approaching theSLK from afar will instantlynotice the dominatingthree-pointed star affixed to
the grille. In fact, theymight even mistake the SLKfor the similar-looking SL oreven the SLS AMG relationsthat cost considerablymore.
The king-size Mercedes-Benz logo is part of a largerand more upright grille,one-piece lower air intakeand enlarged all-LED (LightEmitting Diode) headlampsthat provides the illusionthat the SLK is much lowerand wider than its predeces-sor.
There’s no word yet re-garding the return of ahigh-performance AMG ver-sion, so for now the fuel-sip-ping four-cylinder andmore mainstream V6 willhave to do.
However, for SLK driversit’s how you arrive that’sjust as important as howrapidly you arrive. Eitherway, you’re practically guar-anteed to get there with asmile.
Magic Sky ControlThe SLK’s signature lightweight power-retractable hardtop returns for the2012 model year, but you can now optfor a panoramic glass roof that can beordered with “Magic Sky Control.”
With the press of a button, the glasscan be changed from a dark tint toclear, depending on the time of day orto suit your personal preference.
Spruced-up interiorComing in for some sprucing up is the SLK’sinterior that showcases a new flat-bottomsteering wheel, plenty of brushedaluminum trim on the centre console, plusfour oversized chromed air vents that don’tquite seem to fit with the car’s otherwise re-strained cabin design.
Optional are special leather coveringsthat keep the seats cooler by reflecting thesun’s rays.
BASE PRICE:
$60,000
SLK-Class
What you should know
about the 2012 Mercedes-
Benz SLK-Class:
Type: Two-door luxuryhardtop convertible.Engine (hp): 1.8-litre DOHCI4, turbocharged (201); 3.5-litre DOHC V6 (302)Transmission: Six-speedmanual (std.,1.8), Seven-speed automatic (opt. with1.8, std. with 3.5).Market Position: The SLK isthe starting point in a trioof impressive sports carsthat tops out with the$200,000 SLS AMG. Points: Front-end styling ismore aggressive and luxuri-ous; Trick day/nightsunroof will be popular op-tion. Stats: L/100 km (city/hwy)11.6/8.0 (3.5, est.)
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Audi TTSroadsterBase price: $54,500Four-wheel-drivesoft-top sticks tofour-cylinder turboengine choices.
Infiniti G37Base price: $60,200Two + two foldinghardtop modelcomes with 325-hpV6 plus plenty of ex-tras.
BMW Z4Base price: $55,000Recent facelift hasthis “Bimmer” look-ing and acting bet-ter than ever.
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Would youbelieve, “twoand a half ?” Doyou not findthat weird?Weird that the
answer is not zero ... Weird thatCharlie Sheen keeps cropping upno matter what you start talkingabout.
One of the cars on the list isthe Plethore LC-750 designedand built in St-Eustache, Que.We’ve been aware of the LC-750for some time (and spoken aboutit in this space before), becausethe man behind the car, LucChartrand, started working onthis car about 10 years ago.
It has been making therounds of Canadian auto showsthis season, in production-readytrim, and the company is now ina position to start delivering ex-amples — at $450,000 each.
So that’s option “one.” Option“two” is the de Marcross GT1.
The de Marcross Motors Cor-poration (DMMC) was foundedby Jahong Hur, a successful Kore-an businessman with family tiesto GS Group, one of Korea’slargest conglomerates. DMMC,with administrative offices inVancouver, intends to build sev-eral de Mar-crossmodels, inaddition tothis just-in-troducedGT1flagship.
Hur styled,conceived andbankrolled the car, butit was engineered and builtby Multimatic, of Markham,Ont.
Multimatic also createdproduction tooling, so it canbuild more GT1s — if anyonesteps up to the plate with its es-
timated $1 million-plus MSRP.Like the LC-750, the GT1
packs a super-charged V8. The GT1’s chassis tub is
carbon fibre, but its body panels,and front and rear substructuresare aluminum (the LC-750 is allcarbon fibre and/or compositematerial).
Multimatic engineers andbuilds auto parts; its list ofautomaker clients includes prac-ticably everybody — from Fordto BMW to Aston Martin to For-mula One racing teams.
Which brings us to why thereis a “half” option, when consid-
ering Canadian-made car-bon-fibre
supercars.In conduction with its U.K. en-
gineering facility, Mutlimatichas engineered the complete
rolling chassis of the AstonMartin One-77 — a
super-exclusive $2million supercar (on-ly 77 will be built).
We had a quick tour of wherethe Aston tubs are built up andit looks more like a fabric enter-prise than a typical body shop,as technicians cut and layer theraw sheets of carbon fibre.
We also saw the big oven,where finished tubs are baked toperfection.
So take that, Tim Hortons.You may bake more units thanPlethora and Multimatic, butthese guys have it all over youwhen it comes to high tech andstructural stiffness.
TWO AND A HALF CANADIAN SUPERCARS
You’re shopping for amid-engine supercarwith carbon-fibre con-struction and at least750 horsepower —and it must bedesigned and built inCanada. How manyoptions do you have?
The HTT Plethore LC-750 is made in St-Eustache, Que.
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The Aston Martin One-77’s state-of-the-art carbon fibre
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Launched in 2003 to a pri-marily Japanese-dominat-ed market of affordableperformance cars, theDodge SRT4 had a simplegoal: delivering the ulti-mate performance in itsclass.
Effectively a tweaked-upNeon with a 230-horse-power turbochargedpunch and various chassisand cosmetic upgrades,the SRT4 was designed todeliver top levels ofstyling, acceleration andhandling. Shoppers canlook for up to 230 horse-power, as well as a limitedslip differential and largerfuel injectors on 2004 and2005 models. All modelsgot a five-speed manual
transmission.Don’t miss the large
spoiler, dual exhaust, low-ered suspension and hoodscoop, either. Ultimately,the SRT4 was as meanlooking as the googly-eyedNeon ever looked.
Those shoppers priori-tizing maximum speedand power for their moneywon’t be disappointed.Look for bolstered sportseats, power front win-dows (the rear windowswere manual) a sunroofand an upgraded audio sys-tem.
Many SRT4 owners taketo online forums to showoff their rides, discuss up-
grades and bash importedsports cars. As a result,there’s a huge online com-munity and plenty of re-sources available for newowners.
What Owners Like Looks, power output, per-formance, handling andrelative attainability are all
strong points of the SRT4as stated by owners. Thoseinto aftermarket cus-tomization also love theslew of available add-onsin the marketplace.
What Owners HateSome owners report thatthe sport seats are too nar-row, stiff and unforgiving
on long trips. Others wishfor a more premium lookand feel to the cabin, amore comfortable and qui-et ride, and a quieter ex-haust system.
Note that performanceenthusiasts typically ac-cept the SRT4’s refinementcompromises, given its
Dodge’s affordable performanceweapon was tough and reliable
Performance to price ratio is nice
The Neon-based SRT4 (left), which
this review was based on, was
later replaced by a Caliber-based
SRT4 (right).
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What’s the 4-1-1
Model: 2003 to 2005Dodge SRT4Vehicle Type: Compactperformance sedanApproximate used price
Chrysler had been produc-ing the Neon for years be-fore its evil twin wasreleased, and they’ve gotplenty of experience withturbocharged engines, too.As such, the SRT4 appearsto offer above-average reli-ability in a used sportsmodel. Your writer’s re-search, perhaps surprising-ly, revealed no glaringissues, recalls or majorconcerns.
Of course, standard usedsports-car shopping rulesstill apply. Mainly, beweary of a used SRT4 that’shad obvious modificationsperformed.
Don’t forget to checkthe condition of the engineoil and expendables likebrake pads, the clutch, andtires. A trip to a dealer me-chanic may be in order togive the car the once overfor peace of mind.
The VerdictA well-priced, healthy andun-modified Dodge SRT4should reliably providebudget velocity and killerlooks for years to come.
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Buzz, you’ve taught me somuch about life and myself.i’m a better person becauseof you. I love you more thananything. Can't wait to seewhat the future holds babeLove Always Baby Girl NES
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Aries March 21-April 20 Youlike to be on the winning sideand there’s not much doubtyou will be today. Rememberthough, winning isn’t every-thing. If you get the chance tohelp someone else win, thatwill make you feel as good.
Taurus April 21-May 21 De-cide on a course of action andstick to it. The more you chopand change, the more likely itis your efforts will fall shortand leave you feeling as if youhave wasted your time.
Gemini May 22-June 21 Ifsomeone says somethingabout you that is obviously nottrue today, you must not getangry. It will annoy him or hermore if you pretend that youare not in the least bit upset.
Cancer June 22-July 22Someone in a position of au-thority will ask you to team upwith someone you don’t reallyget along with today. Chancesare, it is more of an order thana request. Make it work.
Leo July 23-Aug.23 If youallow others to distract youtoday, chances are you won’tget much done. That would bea shame as you have so muchgoing for you now. You cannotafford to be sidetracked bypetty issues or petty people.
Virgo Aug. 24- Sept. 22 Youseem to be under divine pro-tection at the moment, butthat is not an invitation to actrecklessly. By all means take afew risks but make sure theyare risks you can handle.
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23 Whyare you holding back from try-ing something new? Could itbe your sixth sense warningyou of dangers ahead? Yes, itcould, so be careful. But don’tstop altogether.
Scorpio Oct. 24-Nov. 22Take control of your currentsituation and don’t let otherpeople decide what you’ll door how you you’ll do it. As aScorpio, you don’t need tocare what the world thinks.
Sagittarius Nov. 23-Dec. 21 There is good andbad in every person. If youkeep that in mind today, youare less likely to get caught inone of those “I’m right, you’rewrong” shouting matches thatdon’t solve anything.
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 20Be ready to ditch what youdon’t need so that what youdo need has room to come inyour life. Don’t be sentimentalabout material possessions.
Aquarius Jan. 21-Feb. 18You’re not the sort to let otherpeople’s doubts hold you back.That’s just as well because youwill encounter some negativereactions today. What you areplanning is not doomed. It willbe a success.
Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Youmay not want to rock the boatbut you know that somethingneeds to be done to shake cer-tain people out of their slum-ber. Aim to inject energy intowhat has become just anotherroutine. SALLY BROMPTON
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