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Some families of Calgary murdervictims may never find closureshould city council approves anoperating budget with proposedpolice-funding shortfalls, some law-enforcement proponents suggest.

Much talk surrounding poten-tial losses in police resources hasfocused on day-to-day, frontlineoperations, but homicide investi-gators are quick to point out theyare still working on 70 outstand-ing files — more than half of whichstem from incidents in the last fiveyears.

While homicide-case clearancerates remain sound — up to 90 percent in some years — now is notthe time to slow down, said majorcrimes Insp. Cliff O’Brien.

“We still have some killers outthere we need to bring to courts....To slide back would be horrific,frankly,” he said.

Both Calgary’s police chief andpolice commission chair made

their fears known last week aboutproposed belt-tightening request-ed by city administration.

The preliminary draft of the2012-2014 city budget includes apolice commission recommenda-tion for a $5.1-million boost toreverse proposed cuts this year, andofficials indicated they plan to askfor another $18.3 million in thenext three years to hire 122 offi-cers.

Calgary Police Association pres-ident John Dooks said he fears unitsdealing with serious crimes couldbe overwhelmed in years ahead.

“It’s just the facts of life — youcan’t do more with less,” he said.

O’Brien noted that along withputting dangerous individualsbehind bars, the homicide unit alsoserves to provide an important res-olution for friends and family ofvictims.

Andria Teather’s 22-year-old sonAllan was shot dead in a Calgary

parkade in 2008.She has become an outspoken

anti-crime advocate since thetragedy and says overall supportfor policing and external crime-pre-vention efforts is critical.

“There are root causes thataren’t being addressed, and I thinkthe police are having to deal withthat,” she said.

JEREMY NOLAIS

Outlook ‘horrific’ forsolving murders iffunding lags: Police

Police’s serious crimes units could be hampered by potentialbudget cuts: Union head 70 families left searching for answers

Flames’ struggles persist

Down. In Flames

Ottawa Senators’ Bobby Butler, centre, celebrates his game-winning

goal with teammate Zenon Konopka as Flames’ Jay Bouwmeester

skates away during last night’s game in Calgary.

The Flames lost 3-1. See story, page 26.

JEFF MCINTOSH/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Suspicious deaths. Police Insp.Cliff O’Brien said while the policehomicide unit has only workedon eight official homicides thisyear, they have been involved in80 files total — including numer-ous unexplained or suspiciousdeaths — and also frequentlyassist with other agencies’ inves-tigations.

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Occupy Calgary tents willlikely remain standing inOlympic Plaza despite a24-hour eviction ultima-tum issued by the city.

Bylaw officers and ac-companying members ofthe Calgary Police Servicearrived at Olympic Plazashortly after 11 a.m. yes-terday and began passingout warnings.

“Tent structure must beremoved within 24 hoursor (it) will be impounded,”Tyler, 19, read from hisnotice.

He and several otheroccupiers including JamesBullock, 21, said theyhave no plans to vacatethe plaza.

“It doesn’t scare us,”said Bullock. “It brings us

together.”Failure to move the

tents will lead to court ap-pearance tickets, accord-ing to Animal and BylawServices director BillBruce.

“We’ll put the matterbefore the courts,” saidBruce, adding they didn’tremove any tents yester-day because they were allclaimed by occupants.

“We’re not trying to es-calate this to a major con-frontation.”

Ald. Diane Colley-Urquhart, a vocal critic ofthe way the city has han-dled the Occupy move-ment, said she’s glad tosee bylaw services take ac-tion.

“The sooner the bet-ter,” she said yesterday.“I’d be happy if they gotwiped out of heretonight.”

Occupy tents still standing

Bylaw officers issued a total of 42 notices yesterday stating Occupy Calgary demonstrators had 24 hours to remove their tents.

KATIE TURNER/METRO

Campers indicated yesterday they may seek an injunction to prevent eviction CalgaryEmergency Management Agency is no longer making decisions related to the protest

Street preacher Artur Pawlowski, left, and Jim Blake, chairman of Concerned Christians Canada, pray among a group of Christians outside council chambers yesterday.

KATIE TURNER/METRO

Taking a page from Occu-py Calgary’s book, mem-bers of the Christiancommunity gathered atcity hall yesterday to testtheir own limits of ex-pression.

“Last week, Occupy Cal-gary came out and theyhad a Buddhist, sort of Ti-betan, ceremony here inthe lobby, with medita-tion and everything else,and it seemed to go well,”

said Jim Blake, chairmanof Concerned ChristiansCanada.

“So that’s why we’rehere today, to see if thatclimate and openness isstill here at city hall.”

The group sang gospelsongs, recited scriptureand prayed for mercy up-on anyone who has comeagainst the Christian com-munity, including mem-bers of council and thecity’s legal department.

City spokesperson for

corporate properties Ker-ry Joyes said anyone isfree to congregate withinthe atrium of city hall, asit’s a public space.

“As long as there is noobstructive or destructivebehaviour, they’re free todo that.”

Ald. Ray Jones, howev-er, said this could openthe door to more groups.

“It seems like we’re be-coming a little moretouchy-feely nowadays,”he said.

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A teen that allegedly posedas a police officer, by driv-ing behind a motorist on St.Albert Trail with flashingred and blue lights, got aneducation he likely didn’texpect.

Alberta Education Minis-ter Thomas Lukaszuk saidhe pulled over Mondaywhen he saw what hethought was a police vehi-cle flashing its lights be-hind him.

When he saw the occu-pants were two youngmales, he cornered themand waited for RCMP.

“I think they had a bit ofa scare of their life andRCMP will handle this pro-fessionally,” Lukaszuk said,calling the incident “a totalerror in judgment.”

RCMP said charges areunder review against the18-year-old St. Albert driver.

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Paxtonwon’ttestifyDustin Paxton will not betestifying in his own de-fence at his torture trial.

Lawyer Jim Lutz told aCalgary court yesterdayhe will be calling no wit-nesses in the trial, whichis now in its eighth week.

Paxton, 31, is charged

with aggravated assault,forcible confinement andsexual assault. His allegedvictim has detailed howhe was beaten daily,forced to perform sexualacts and starved over atwo-year period when heand Paxton were businesspartners and roommates.

The man was battered,bruised and severely mal-nourished when he wasdropped off at a Reginahospital in April 2010.

The Crown alsowrapped up its case.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Items from the old TelusWorld of Science will beauctioned to the public lat-er this week to cover someof the operating costs at thenew Telus Spark facility.

Everything from officefurniture to telescopes, sci-ence kits and artwork will

be up for sale on Nov. 19 be-ginning at 10 a.m. The newcentre opened at the end ofOctober. METRO

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Custom motorcycle was locked in the garage of a southeast home

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Thieves have snatched aone-of-a-kind motorcyclefrom the home of a con-victed killer out on parole.

In late August, thegarage of a Queenslandhome belonging toRichard Ferber was brokeninto and someone madeoff with his prized, cus-tom-made bike, valued at$60,000.

“Everybody that I knowknew I was pretty proud ofthat thing and wouldn’tthink about taking it,” hesaid yesterday.

Ferber was previouslyconvicted in the 1980smurder of his estrangedwife. After shooting Patri-cia Ferber five times, courtheard Richard Ferber tookhis sons to McDonald’s.One of those boys, LukasFerber, was also charged

earlier this year after po-lice intervened ahead of analleged murder-for-hire,and he previously served asentence for chargingcriminal interest rates.

Police Const. WayneSuffesick said the motorcy-cle theft appears targeted.

Bike details

Richard Ferber’s motorcyclewas stolen sometimebetween 2 p.m. and 11 p.m.on Aug. 21 from the garageof his Queensland home,according to police.

The bike features an ArlenNess frame and isconsidered easilyidentifiable.Anyone with information is asked to call 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers.

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Poppy Fund donations fall short Joey Bleviss with the Calgary

Poppy Fund hopes citizens will continue

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Remembrance Day has passed.

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Remembrance Day mayhave come and gone butdonations for veterans arestill needed, says the headof Calgary’s Poppy Fund.

Joey Bleviss said dona-tions are still being accept-ed, but it appears the fundis $40,000 short comparedwith this time last year.

Bleviss said he under-stands there are a numberof worthy charitable or-ganizations and local cor-

porations are often forcedto make tough decisionson where to lend their sup-port. Nevertheless, hehopes donations will con-tinue to pour in.

“We have to give backto those that gave to us,”he said.

For more informationon how to contribute, call403-265-6304 or head tocalgarypoppyfund.com.

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Economy, influx of worthy charitieslikely explanations for $40K shortfall

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Prize leaveslocal groupecstaticFamilies with sick chil-dren staying in Calgarywill reap the benefits ofa dedicated effort by twoOlympic champions.

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Occupy Wall Street protesters clash withpolice at Zuccotti Park after beingordered to leave their longtime encamp-ment in New York, early yesterday.

Police officers disperse Occupy WallStreet protesters near the encampment.

A protester is arrested during a march onBroadway after police ordered demonstra-tors to leave the park.

Sanitation workers gather at the site ofthe encampment to start the cleanup ef-fort. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Crackdowns against the Oc-cupy Wall Street encamp-ments across the countryreached the epicenter ofthe movement yesterday,when police rousted pro-testers from a Manhattanpark and a judge ruled thattheir free speech rights donot extend to pitching atent and setting up campfor months at a time.

It was a potentially dev-astating setback. If crowdsof demonstrators return toZuccotti Park, they will notbe allowed to bring tents,sleeping bags and otherequipment that turned thearea into a makeshift cityof dissent.

But demonstratorspledged to carry on withtheir message protestingcorporate greed and eco-nomic inequality, either inZuccotti or a yet-to-be cho-

sen new home.“This is much bigger

than a square plaza indowntown Manhattan,”said Hans Shan, an organiz-er who was working withchurches to find places forprotesters to sleep.

State Supreme Court Jus-tice Michael Stallman up-held the city’s eviction ofthe protesters after anemergency appeal by the

National Lawyers Guild.The protesters have

been camped out in the privately owned park sincemid-September.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Judge’s ruling

Supreme Court JusticeMichael Stallman denied a motion by thedemonstrators seeking tobe allowed back into thepark with their tents andsleeping bags.

The protesters “have notdemonstrated that theyhave a First Amendmentright to remain in ZuccottiPark, along with theirtents, structures, genera-tors and other installationsto the exclusion of theowner’s reasonable rights... or to the rights to publicaccess of others whomight wish to use thespace safely,” Stallmanwrote.

Ouster raises doubtsabout Occupy future

New York City police officers keep a demonstrator

affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement from

entering Zuccotti Park yesterday in New York.

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New York City protesters gather to discuss options to sustain movement

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a protester in Toronto.

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Can’t ‘evict an idea’: Occupy T.O.A judge says Occupy Toron-to protesters can remain ina downtown park while themerits of a city eviction or-der are argued in court.

Occupy Toronto protest-ers went to court yesterdayafter receiving the evictionnotices and are requestingan injunction against theeviction.

The judge says the pro-testers can’t be removed

pending his decision fol-lowing arguments on Fri-day, but added that no newstructures can be erected inthe park.

As police looked on, by-law officers threaded theirway between tents andthrough the mud yesterdaymorning to put up the no-tices, which were quicklytaken down.

The protesters said the

city could not “evict anidea” whose time hadcome, and they said theyplanned to stay.

But some demonstratorssaid they would leaverather than risk confronta-tion with police and possi-ble criminal charges.

The protesters took overthe park several blocks eastof Bay Street on Oct. 15.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Scrapping the requirementto register rifles and shot-guns could fuel illegalfirearms trafficking acrossthe Canadian border, warnsan internal federal memo.

It says the move wouldweaken import controls byeliminating a requirementfor border officials to verifyfirearms coming into thecountry.

“Such a loophole couldfacilitate unregistered pro-hibited and restrictedfirearm trafficking into andthrough Canada,” says thedeclassified memo, origi-nally marked secret.

The memo was releasedunder the Access to Infor-mation Act to the NationalFirearms Association andposted along with hun-dreds of other pages on the

organization’s website.It was prepared by Mark

Potter, a senior Public Safe-ty Department official, foran assistant deputy minis-ter as Parliament was de-bating a private member’sbill to kill the registry. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Memo warns of illegal arms tradeMinister quick to dismiss own

department’s analysis on endingregistry of rifles and shotguns

Shooting Edge range officer Patrick Deegan displays long guns at the store in Calgary.

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The Public Safety memo also says elimination ofthe registry would “signifi-cantly compromise” lawenforcement’s ability totrace firearms in Canada —for instance, linking aweapon left at a crimescene with an individualowner — or to support for-eign police forces trying todo the same.

Attack on royalwebsite blockedLONDON. Scotland Yard’s cy-ber-crime unit helped fendoff an attack on the officialwebsite of Britain’s royalwedding in April, the divi-sion’s chief said yesterday.

Det. Supt. CharlieMcMurdie told a cybersecu-rity conference that actionwas taken to safeguard thesite, which received 15 mil-lion hits when Prince

William married Kate Mid-dleton on April 29.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Literary goldrush for authorTORONTO. VancouverIsland native PatrickdeWitt says he wasplagued with doubt abouthis comic western novelThe Sisters Brothers whenit first entered the wildworld of publishing.

But that feeling is gonenow that the story hasstruck book-prize gold,winning a $25,000 Gover-

nor General’s LiteraryAward for fictionyesterday — two weeks af-ter it landed the $25,000Rogers Writers’ Trust Fic-tion Prize. DeWitt’s novel,about two gunslingingbrothers en route to Cali-fornia in the gold-rush eraof the 1850s, was alsonominated for the ManBooker Prize and the Sco-tiabank Giller.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Nazi victims eye litigationMIAMI. Thousands of aging

Holocaust survivors in theU.S. want Congress toclear a path for them tosue European insurancecompanies they contendillegally confiscated Jew-ish life insurance policiesduring the Nazi era andhave refused to pay an es-timated $20 billion stillowed.

A hearing is scheduledtoday on a bill that wouldprovide the survivors withaccess to U.S. courts andalso force companies todisclose lists of policiesheld by Jews before theSecond World War.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

News in briefMurderersexecuted in Ohio and FloridaTwo U.S. men were execut-ed yesterday, one forkilling his three sleepingsons, the other for killing awoman and her twodaughters after they visit-ed Disney World.

In Ohio, ReginaldBrooks of East Clevelandwho fatally shot his threesons while they slept in

1982, shortly after his wifefiled for divorce, was exe-cuted with each of hishands clenched in an ob-scene gesture.

In Florida, Oba Chandlerwas executed for killing anOhio woman and her twoteenage daughters in June1989 as the victims re-turned from a dream vaca-tion to Disney World.

Brooks died at 2:04 p.m.local time. Chandler, 65,was administered a lethalinjection and pronounceddead at 4:25 p.m. localtime yesterday.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


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Truck salesbeat cars:StatsCan The number of new vehi-cles sold in September in-creased 1.5 per cent to134,389. Statistics Canadareports higher truck salesmore than offset a declinein passenger-car sales. Itsays preliminary industrydata indicate the numberof new vehicles sold in Oc-tober increased three percent. Passenger-car salesdropped 0.7 per cent, theirthird straight monthly de-cline. THE CANADIAN PRESS

UNEMPLOYMENT

EI afailingsystem:ReportA new report says theEmployment Insurancesystem is broken andneeds a more transpar-ent, effective andequitable nationalframework.

The report by a taskforce from the Universi-ty of Toronto’s Mowat

Centre says the EIsystem is complex,opaque and not easilyunderstood by contribu-tors. It says the currentprogram has failed tokeep up with societaland economic change.

Too many are beingleft out of the social safe-ty net, carrying anunfair burden or notachieving theirpotential, it says. Thetask force found only 46per cent of the country’sunemployed received EIbenefits last year, com-pared with 86 per centin 1981.THE CANADIAN PRESS

TransCanada Corp. says ithas reached an agreementwith the Nebraska govern-ment to change the route ofits proposed Keystone XL oilpipeline to avoid the eco-logically sensitive Sandhillsregion.

The Calgary-basedpipeline giant said it sup-ports Nebraska legislationthat ensures the pipelinedoesn’t cross the expanse ofgrass-strewn, loose-soilhills, and part of the Ogal-lala aquifer, which supplieswater to Nebraska and sev-en other states.

The 2,700-kilometre, $7-

billion US pipeline, if built,will carry crude from Alber-ta’s oilsands to refineries onthe U.S. Gulf Coast, travers-ing six states along the way.

Heated opposition hascome from Nebraska,where many residents wereconcerned a spill could pol-lute water used for farmingand ranching.

Last week, the U.S. StateDepartment announced itwould delay its decision un-til early 2013 so a new routecould be established.

The U.S. State Depart-ment has final say on Key-stone XL because it would

cross an international bor-der. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Route to changefor oil pipeline

Nebraska conducts own environmental assessmentCost and kilometres added to project undetermined

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Rep. Tom Griffin speaks during

a news conference on Capitol Hill in

Washington yesterday to urge

President Obama to approve

the Keystone XL pipeline.

Route review

Alex Pourbaix, TransCana-da’s president of energyand oil pipelines, said heexpects the review will addsix to nine months to theKeystone XL schedule.But a State Departmentspokesman said that anynew route would require asupplemental environmen-tal-impact statement thatlikely would take morethan a year to complete.

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The Canadian Radio-tele-vision and Telecommunica-tions Commission’sdecision yesterday insteadgives the companies a

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“The net effect of it isthat there will be no caps,no limitations, no meteringof use for retail customersas a result of this CRTC deci-sion,” CRTC chairman Kon-rad von Finckenstein said.

The regulator launchedits review after a social me-dia campaign launched by

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Under the new capacitymodel for billing, a smallISP buys a certain amountof network capacity fromone of the big providers,and if its customers unex-pectedly increase their us-age, their service couldslow.

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buy too much they pay forsomething that they don’tuse,” von Finckenstein said.

Industry Minister Chris-tian Paradis said the govern-ment would study thedecision carefully to ensureit stimulated competitionand investment and al-lowed Canadians to choose.“Let me be clear: our gov-ernment’s policy will al-ways be to encouragecompetition, ensure con-sumer choice and minimizeregulation,” he said in a

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Trimming thecost of a haircutOne Ohio barber has turned theprice of a haircut on its head.

After a mortgage crisis, macro-un-employment, stock-market tumblesand poor consumer confidence, Gre-gory Burnett is only charging peoplewhat they can afford for a haircut, ac-cording to the Canton Repositorynewspaper.

After his usual back-to-school rushfailed to show, he put up a sign thatsays, “TIMES ARE HARD WHAT CANYOU PAY FOR A CUT.”

He has accepted as little as $5 for aregular $12 haircut, the newspaperreports.

The owner of Old School BarberShop said he named his shop for thatmantra.

“Old school is making somethingout of nothing,” Burnett told theRepository.

The 56-year-old has been a work-ing man all his life by doing servicejobs: shining shoes, driving cabs, andfor the last 25 years he has workedas a hairstylist and barber, the Repos-itory says.

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DAD’S DOINGDOUBLE DUTY

Life is full of doublestandards, and here’s one ofmine: I can admit I protect(and sometimesmicromanage) my daughters,11 and 9, in a way I probably

wouldn’t if I had boys. When I was dating my now-wife in

high school — yes, high schoolsweethearts! — I used to snicker whenshe had to get home by midnight to turnoff her dad’s alarm clock. If she didn’tbeat the alarm, he said he’d go out

looking for her, call police, call hospitals. I said I’d neverbe that kind of dad.

I am that kind of dad. More so because I have girls.Why? Well, for one thing, I’m fully aware there are

boys who will try to take advantage of them. Not allboys, but some.

There are also predators/monsters in the real worldand online, enormous pressures around drugs and alco-hol, and bullying (in recent weeks, a 10-year-old Illinoisgirl, Ashlynn Conner, hanged herself after being bulliedat school). I know these things apply to boys as well, but Ijust think the implications are compounded for girls.

It’s not that I don’t trustmy daughters. It’s that Iknow what kids are like. Iwas one. Kids are kids, notadults. They will make mis-takes. They will make baddecisions sometimes. Thereare so many peer pressures.

What I tell my girls iswe’re instantly accessiblewhenever they’re in a bind.Text us, call us, tweet us —we’ll be there. Noquestions. No judgments.(Well, questions will comelater.)

Mobile devices are ablessing for this generation,allowing kids to be muchmore accessible to theirparents if they’re in harm’sway. But adding social me-dia to the mix does createmore trigger points.

The extent of our bad“social media” growing up: crank calls and rolled-uppieces of paper (e.g., “Johnny loves Sarah”) passedaround class. Now there’s the quick distribution ofvoyeuristic photos from a party that go “viral” and MeanGirl tactics (“You’re fat,” “You’re ugly,” “You’re Stupid”)that don’t end in the schoolyard but continue onFacebook.

We let our daughters use social media — there aremany virtues to it — but monitor it very closely.

Sure kids have to have some sense of forging an iden-tify outside their parents. We will give ours some line.But my blinders will not be on. Denial and ignorance dono good. As parents, you have to anticipate and react.Particularly with girls.

My angels won’t understand all the decisions we makeuntil they have grown into women and parents.

In the meantime, all we can do is protect them — andhopefully empower them at the same time.

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Or in the words ofFrancesa Zuccari, whoruns a soup kitchen inRome: “There is anothercity out there where peo-ple can’t get to the end ofthe month.”

This is the Italy facingMario Monti, theeconomics professortapped to form an inter-im technocratic govern-ment after Berlusconiwas forced to resign.

On the one hand,Italy’s elite manufactur-ers are girding for an in-crease in luxury exportsand some wealthyItalians are looking tomove their money intothe real-estate markets inNew York, Miami andParis. On the other, thestate statistics institutesays almost 14 per cent ofthe population are livingin “relative poverty.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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At the startof the ani-mated pen-guin pictureSurf’s Up,Cody Maver-ick (the voice

of Transformer’s star ShiaLaBeouf ) takes a shot atanother cartoon tuxedoedbird movie.

Asked if he has anyother skills besides surf-ing. Cody sarcasticallysays, “Like what? Singingand dancing?”

Of course, he’s refer-ring to Happy Feet, theOscar winning movie

about an Emperor Pen-guin who can’t find hissoul mate the usual way— through song — so heuses his other talent —tap dancing.

The musical penguinsof Happy Feet shimshammed their way tohuge box office in 2006,and will paddle and rolltheir way back into the-atres again this weekendin Happy Feet Two.

For a while, it seemedlike you couldn’t swing aherring without hitting apenguin at the movies.

March of the Penguins,a real-life look at the mi-gration march of Emperorpenguins to their tradi-tional breeding ground,was a left field hit in 2005.The winner for Best Docu-

mentary not only outgrossed all the nomineesfor Best Picture that year— it took in $77 millionvs. $75 million for Broke-back Mountain — but alsobecame the second high-est grossing theatricaldocumentary afterFahrenheit 9/11.

It was such a huge hit itinspired an R-rated paro-dy, Farce of the Penguins.Featuring the voices ofSamuel L. Jackson, JasonAlexander and ChristinaApplegate, it’s an R-ratedspoof that imagines whatsex-starved penguinsmight talk about on the70 mile walk to their mat-ing grounds.

“I am tired of the clubscene,” says one penguin.“So are the baby seals!”replies another.

More family friendlywas Madagascar, the storyof four Central Park Zooanimals who get strandedon the island of Madagas-car. The movie featured alarge menagerie of char-acters, but the zoo’s pen-guins, Skipper, Kowalski,

Rico and Private, provedto be audience favorites.They have most of themovie’s best lines — onlanding in Africa one ofthe flightless birds says,“Africa? That ain't gonnafly!” — and were featuredin a short film, The Mada-gascar Penguins in aChristmas Caper, a TV se-ries and video games.

Probably the most fa-mous penguin characterin the movies is OswaldCobblepot a.k.a. The Pen-guin, as played by DannyDeVito in Batman Re-turns.

This super villain is hu-man, but dresses like apenguin, eats raw fish andtries to conquer Gothamwith an army of speciallytrained penguins.

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From March of the Penguins to Farce of the Penguins to the return of Happy Feet, it’s hardto toss a fish without hitting one at the movies But who is the most famous penguin of all?

Much ado about penguinsHappy Feet Two dances into theatres this weekend.

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The musicalpenguins of HappyFeet shimshammed theirway to huge boxoffice in 2006, andwill paddle androll their way backinto theatres againthis weekend inHappy Feet Two.

More than a dozenCanadians are stillin the running togo on a tourorganized bydrummer RogerTaylor of the clas-sic rock bandQueen. He organ-ized webauditions to find afive-piece coverband and three vo-calists to performclassic Queentunes. Lead singer,Freddie Mercury,shown, died in1991.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Get off the ledge — Community is not cancelledDespite rumors thatspread like wildfire on theInternet Monday evening,NBC’s Community has notbeen cancelled.

The comedy show,which stars Joel McHale,was not on the NBC’s mid-season renewal plans, butThe Hollywood Reportersaid that the show was notcancelled.

After Community en-thusiasts started to panicthinking the show wascancelled, Brain Stelter, a

New York Times reporterthat covers television anddigital media tweeted thefollowing:

“Community is definite-ly not cancelled. NYT's BillCarter says, two cubiclesover. ‘NBC says it’ll be offthe air for only a brieftime.’”

While the show is on

NBC’s prime Thursdaynight slot, it's no secret it’sstruggling.

According toMSNBC.com the show’smost recent airing attract-ed 3.5 million viewers,which is just short of itsseason low.

Community airs onCitytv in Canada.

And for those who careto know, Prime Suspectwas not cancelled either.

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“Community isdefinitely notcancelled.” BRIAN STELTER

You can stop writing that angry email — Community has not been cancelled.

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Transforming ordinary hu-mans into flesh-eating,mindless zombies forAMC’s monster hit TheWalking Dead involves afair bit of Hollywood mag-ic, to be sure. But makeupmaster Greg Nicotero or-chestrated his own re-markable transformationwith a leap to the direc-tor's chair for the show'ssecond season.

The special effects wiz-ard — whose diverse slateof movie projects includeInglourious Basterds, TheGreen Mile, Sin City, ThePacific and the Kill Bill se-ries — helms an upcomingepisode that marks a newbenchmark in his grue-some career.

The broadening appealof horror and fantasy fareis helping gross-out geekslike him find notoriety in

the mainstream, and evensnag high-profile projectsof their own, he says.

“I think what’s interest-ing about it is (we’re in) asituation where guys wholove and respected thegenre when they wereyounger are now well-placed in the industry,”Nicotero says in a recentinterview from the set ofThe Walking Dead.

“Between (directors)Sam Raimi and FrankDarabont and QuentinTarantino, Robert Ro-driguez — we all had thesame diet when we grewup, and that diet was lov-ing to watch old Ray Harry-hausen movies andreading Famous MonstersMagazine. It was just thiskind of weird shared exis-tence we all had when wewere younger.”

The Walking Dead has thrust special effects wizards back into the spotlight It’s truly a world unto itself

The grandiosity of gore

The Walking Dead has become known for its gory effects.

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Nicotero and his prolificeffects company KNB EFXGroup are featured in a

new documentary fromCanadian filmmaker Don-na Davies called Night-

mare Factory. It profiles agroup of craftsmen whopour their hearts and souls

into detailed prosthetics,even as much of the indus-try is increasingly turningto computer-generatedspectacles.

“They can sometimestake six months to buildan effect that will be onscreen for three seconds,”Davies says of Nicotero andhis partners.

“These are sculptors,painters, artists, line crafts-men — it’s not just aboutsitting down and hitting abutton and there it is. AndI think you can feel thatwhen you watch theshows.”

Davies, whose other TVdocs have included Zom-biemania and PrettyBloody: The Women ofHorror, was fascinated bythe reverence effectsartists have for filmmakerswho came before them.She notes Nicotero learnedhis craft from ‘80s splatterwizard Tom Savini (Fridaythe 13th, Day of the LivingDead).

“It’s a process whereyou learn under the direc-tion of another master andthat doesn't exist in thefilm industry very much,or in any other industry inthe arts as much.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“They cansometimes take sixmonths to build aneffect that will beon screen for threeseconds.”DONNA DAVIES

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Patti LaBelle accused of screamingat a toddler and punching its mother

The diva vs. the babyIf you are a ba-by and happento come acrosssinger Patti La-Belle, it’s best ifyou pull upyour diaper,grab your rat-

tle, and crawl right out ofthere.

It was disclosed yester-day in a lawsuit filed inManhattan Supreme Courtthat the singer screamedobscenities at a toddler andthrew a punch at the baby’smother (who also happensto be a school teacher)sometime this year.

The mother, RoseannaMonk, is now suing LaBelle,who was living in her Man-hattan apartment buildingwhile appearing on Broad-way’s Fela. Apparently, thisis what happened, accord-

ing to Monk’s lawyer, re-ports The New York DailyNews: The 18-month-oldtoddler, named Genevieve,was “scampering” aroundthe apartment building’slobby when LaBelle, who isdescribed as being in “fullstar regalia with oversizeshades and a fur coat” be-came upset at the baby asshe walked through.

“‘What are you doing let-ting your kid run aroundlike that?’ she reportedlyyelled. And then, accordingto the lawyer yet again,‘started screaming at myclient, throwing water froma bottle at the mother’s faceand the baby’s face.’”

As if that wasn’t enough,LaBelle then took a swing atthe baby’s mother.

She then was shoved in-to a waiting car by her en-tourage and the baby

“violently” threw-up. So far, LaBelle hasn’t re-

sponded to the allegations. She’s probably too busy

not-babysitting to do so.

And in other baby news...Christina Applegate mightnot want to have LaBelle asa guest star on her TV showUp All Night anytime soon.

As she tells The View,having her nine-month-olddaughter Sadie around wasa priority when deciding todo the new NBC show.

“My whole thing was,‘I’m not doing this unless Ican bring her.’ So they hadto build me a room for herand it’s got her toys and acrib and she takes her napsthere,” the actress ex-plained. “That’s called acrazy mother who said, ‘No,I’m not doing anything un-less I can be with my baby.’”

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Leo throwsa partyLeonardo DiCaprio knowshow to celebrate. For his37th birthday, the J. Edgarstar threw a lavish charitybash, raising $1.3 millionfor his Leonardo DiCaprioFoundation, which fundswildlife-protection

projects and provides dis-aster relief to countrieslike Haiti, according toHollyscoop. Guests at theparty, held at New York’sAvenue nightclub, includ-ed Robert De Niro, NaomiCampbell and BradleyCooper. The next day, Di-Caprio was reportedlyback on a plane toAustralia to finish filming

theGreatGatsby.

METRO An Ohio private bus driverwho claims she waspunched by Matthew Fox isasking that the actor’s law-suit against her be tossedout. The former star of Lostslapped Heather Bormannwith a countersuit earlierthis month after she sued

him for at least $75,000 USin damages. Fox also de-manded a jury trial.

Bormann’s attorney fileda motion Monday seekingto have Fox’s lawsuit dis-missed, calling it frivolous.

In her lawsuit, Bormannalleged that Fox struck her

in the breast, groin, armand legs after she stoppedhim from boarding herchartered party bus on Aug.28. Fox was in Clevelandmaking a movie.

Prosecutors declined tofile charges in the case.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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That’s where the ItZone comes in. Launchedin November by Nolitours(a member of Transat A.T.Inc.), the It Zone is de-signed for travellers toPuerto Plata who enjoythe home base of an all-in-clusive resort — ours wasthe scenic Be Live GrandMarien — but who are ea-ger to get in touch withthe local culture, try someoutdoor adventure activi-ties and check out thenightlife beyond sportshighlights at the hotelbar.

Eat

A recent tourgave a groupof Canadianjournalists aclose-upglimpse of lifeoutside theperimeter, but firstwe had to fuel up with anintimate dinner at chefRafael Vásquez Heinsen’s

Mares Restaurant andLounge. Vásquez Heinsen’sshaded backyard terraceserves as the main diningarea, and the lobster isfresh from the ocean thatday.

Monkey business

The next day, a shortdrive outside

Puerto Plata,in Sosua, isthe Mon-key Jungle,run by thehusbandand wife

team ofChuck and

Candy Ritzen.The American

ex-pats have hit on aninnovative business modelthat contributes to the

economy, creates jobs andprovides some basic dentaland health care to the lo-cal population.

Monkey Jungle is hometo 15 protected squirrelmonkeys and six Capuchinmonkeys, with a careprovider who was former-ly with the Toronto Zoo.You can walk through thesquirrel monkey habitatand the curious simiansjust hop on your shouldersfor a ride. It’s the first timeI’ve literally had a monkeyon my back.

You can also zip-linethrough seven stations to-taling 4,400 feet and, be-fore the last zip, descendon a cable from a platforminto a cave; sort of like zip-lining, but vertically. TheRitzens have a self-sustain-ing operation where they

use the profits from thezip-lining and monkey jun-gle activities to fund thehealth clinic on the prem-ises.

Sustainable tourism

The idea of sustain-able tourism hasalso been takenup by tour compa-nies. Transat A.T.Inc. partners withSOS Children’s Vil-lages, which pro-vides caring,village-style grouphomes for orphaned,abused or abandoned chil-dren. We were given atour of the village in San-tiago de los Caballeros,about an hour from Puer-to Plata. The smiling kidswere curious, and a spon-

taneous game of baseball,the national sports obses-sion, broke out using astick and a ball of rolled-up tinfoil.

Go big, or go home

If it’s true you have to gobig or go home, thenOcean World is a must-seebefore you head back tothe Great White North.

Open since 2004, themassive ocean-side com-plex features interactiveactivities with dolphins,sharks and stingrays aswell as exhibits witheverything from tigers totoucans. In terms of size,the place filters six mil-lion litres of seawater anhour.

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Verlanderwins ALCy Youngwith easeThere was little questionJustin Verlander wouldunanimously win the AL CyYoung Award. Now, the farmore intriguing question:Will he take the MVP, too?

“Do I think it’s possible?Yes. Would I like to win it?Of course,” he said during aconference call. “It’s kindof a weird scenario.”

No starting pitcher haswon the MVP trophy sinceRoger Clemens in 1986,with Dennis Eckersley thelast reliever to get it in1992. Many say pitchersshouldn’t win the MVP, pe-riod, contending theyalready have their ownaward.

But Verlander’s season— he won the pitching ver-sion of the Triple Crown,led Detroit to its first divi-sion crown in 24 years anddrew every first-place voteyesterday in the Cy Youngrace — has ratcheted upthe debate in a crowdedMVP field that includesCurtis Granderson, JacobyEllsbury, Jose Bautista,Miguel Cabrera and more.

“Pitchers are on the bal-lot,” Verlander said. Bolster-ing the case for all pitchers,Verlander pointed to the“tremendous effect wehave on the day of ourgame.”

“I’m so different fromeverybody,” he said.

If he doesn’t win, Verlan-der said he’d like to seeGranderson, his formerteammate, get the award.

Verlander breezed to theCy Young, much the waythe Tigers’ ace humbledhitters with his 100 m.p.h.fastball, sharp curve andwicked slider. He led themajors in wins by going 24-5 and topped baseball with250 strikeouts. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Struggles continueAnderson stops 38, Butler scores twice as Senators defeat FlamesCalgary has won just twice in its last seven games on home ice

Tom Kostopoulos fights with Ottawa’s Zenon Konopka last night.

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Craig Anderson made 38saves and Bobby Butler’sfirst two goals of the seasonlast night led the OttawaSenators to a 3-1 victoryover the Calgary Flames.

Butler made a nice toe-drag move against defence-man Mark Giordano, thensnapped a shot over theglove of goaltender MiikkaKiprusoff to break a 1-1 tiein the third period.

The 24-year-old forwardadded his second of thenight at 16:12 to make it 3-1after bursting down theright wing and firing awrist shot inside the fargoal post.

Anderson was also im-pressive after giving up fourgoals on six shots and get-ting pulled against Buffalolast Friday. He has since

bounced back with two sol-id outings — stopping 31-of-33 shots in Ottawa’s winSaturday night in Toronto.

Two of his best stopscame in the secondminute of the game whenhe stopped Lee Stempniakon close-in chances afterhe was set up in front by

Paul Byron.Daniel Alfredsson also

scored for Ottawa (9-9-1).On the heels of a five-gamewinless streak, the Senatorshave won two games in arow as they reach thehalfway point of their six-game road trip, which con-tinues tomorrow againstthe Edmonton Oilers.

Tom Kostopoulos scoredthe lone goal for Calgary (7-9-1). The Flames had woneight of their previous ninemeetings with Ottawa dat-ing back to 2004.

The Flames continue tostruggle at home wherethey’ve won just twice intheir last seven. They hostthe Chicago Blackhawks onFriday night.

Miikka Kiprusoff had 29saves for the Flames.

Ottawa opened the scor-ing at 18:44 of the secondperiod.

When Jarome Iginlacouldn’t get the puck pastNick Foligno along the sideboards, Foligno burst backinto the Flames’ end on thetransition and sent a pass toAlfredsson driving to theslot. With Flames defence-man Chris Butler providinga screen, the Senators cap-tain snapped a shot into thetop corner for his fifth goal.

It was another miserablenight for the Flames’ strug-gling power-play unit. Cal-gary went 0-for-6 with theman advantage to fall to anNHL worst 2-for-40 onhome ice. During the 64second two-man advantage,they failed to record a shoton goal. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The Baltimore Ori-oles are going retroin 2012, bringingback the cartoonbird for their capsas part of auniform changefor the upcomingseason.

The new cartoonbird head utilizeselements from the1970 and 1983 ver-sions. The homecap will feature thebird head on awhite front panelwith a black backand orange bill andbutton. The roadcaps will featurethe bird on blackwith an orange billand button.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Last night’s resultsPhoenix 3 Toronto 2 (SO)Ottawa 3 Calgary 1St. Louis 2 Detroit 1Nashville 3Washington 1Florida 6 Dallas 0Minnesota 4 Columbus 2Pittsburgh 6 Colorado 3N.Y. Rangers 4 N.Y. Islanders 2Boston 4 New Jersey 3Monday’s resultsWinnipeg 5 Tampa Bay 2Buffalo 3Montreal 2 (SO)Philadelphia 5 Carolina 3Tonight’s gamesAll times EasternCarolina atMontreal, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.Chicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesColumbus at Boston, 7 p.m.Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Phoenix at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Florida at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Toronto at Nashville, 8 p.m.Colorado atMinnesota, 8 p.m.Washington atWinnipeg, 8:30 p.m.Ottawa at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m.Detroit at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk

d-Pittsburgh 18 11 4 1 2 57 43 25 6-1-1-0 5-3-0-2 7-2-0-1 W1d-Buffalo 17 11 6 0 0 52 42 22 5-4-0-0 6-2-0-0 6-4-0-0 W1d-Washington 16 10 5 0 1 56 45 21 6-1-0-1 4-4-0-0 4-5-0-1 L2NYRangers 16 10 3 1 2 47 33 23 5-1-0-1 5-2-1-1 8-1-0-1 W7Philadelphia 17 10 4 2 1 67 51 23 4-3-1-1 6-1-1-0 6-2-1-1 W2Toronto 18 10 6 1 1 53 61 22 5-3-1-1 5-3-0-0 5-4-0-1 L2Florida 17 9 5 0 3 52 42 21 2-2-0-3 7-3-0-0 5-2-0-3 W1Ottawa 19 9 9 0 1 56 66 19 5-4-0-1 4-5-0-0 5-4-0-1 W2Boston 16 9 7 0 0 56 38 18 7-5-0-0 2-2-0-0 7-3-0-0 W6TampaBay 17 8 7 0 2 48 55 18 5-1-0-0 3-6-0-2 6-4-0-0 L2NewJersey 16 8 7 0 1 40 45 17 4-3-0-1 4-4-0-0 5-5-0-0 L1Montreal 17 7 7 1 2 42 45 17 2-4-1-2 5-3-0-0 6-2-1-1 L1Winnipeg 18 6 9 2 1 48 60 15 3-3-0-0 3-6-2-1 4-4-2-0 W1Carolina 18 6 9 2 1 46 63 15 4-4-0-1 2-5-2-0 3-6-0-1 L1NY Islanders 15 4 8 2 1 31 47 11 4-4-1-0 0-4-1-1 1-6-2-1 L4

WESTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk

d-Chicago 18 11 4 1 2 62 52 25 7-1-0-2 4-3-1-0 6-3-1-0 W3d-Minnesota 18 10 5 2 1 43 38 23 5-2-1-0 5-3-1-1 8-2-0-0 W2d-Dallas 17 11 6 0 0 48 47 22 6-2-0-0 5-4-0-0 5-5-0-0 L3Phoenix 16 9 4 1 2 46 41 21 4-3-1-1 5-1-0-1 7-1-1-1 W2Nashville 17 9 5 2 1 46 43 21 3-2-1-1 6-3-1-0 6-2-2-0 W1Edmonton 17 9 6 0 2 39 38 20 5-1-0-1 4-5-0-1 6-4-0-0 L3San Jose 15 9 5 1 0 44 39 19 4-3-1-0 5-2-0-0 7-2-1-0 L1Detroit 16 9 6 1 0 43 35 19 7-2-1-0 2-4-0-0 4-5-1-0 L1St. Louis 17 9 7 0 1 42 39 19 6-1-0-1 3-6-0-0 6-3-0-1 W2LosAngeles 17 8 6 1 2 41 40 19 5-4-0-1 3-2-1-1 3-5-1-1 W1Vancouver 18 9 8 0 1 55 51 19 4-2-0-1 5-6-0-0 5-5-0-0 W1Colorado 18 8 9 1 0 52 60 17 2-6-0-0 6-3-1-0 2-7-1-0 L2Calgary 17 7 9 1 0 36 45 15 3-5-1-0 4-4-0-0 5-5-0-0 L1Anaheim 17 6 8 1 2 35 51 15 4-4-0-0 2-4-1-2 2-5-1-2 L1Columbus 17 3 13 0 1 38 64 7 3-6-0-1 0-7-0-0 3-7-0-0 L1

d— division leaders ranked 1-2-3 regardless of points; a teamwinning in overtime or shootout iscreditedwith two points and a victory in theW column; the team losing in overtime or shootoutreceives one pointwhich is registered in the OTL (overtime loss) or SL (shootout loss) column.

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SOCCER

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEAST

W L T Pct PF PANew England 6 3 0 .667 259 200N.Y. Jets 5 4 0 .556 215 200Buffalo 5 4 0 .556 229 218Miami 2 7 0 .222 158 178

SOUTHW L T Pct PF PA

Houston 7 3 0 .700 273 166Tennessee 5 4 0 .556 186 172Jacksonville 3 6 0 .333 115 166Indianapolis 0 10 0 .000 131 300

NORTHW L T Pct PF PA

Pittsburgh 7 3 0 .700 220 179Baltimore 6 3 0 .667 225 152Cincinnati 6 3 0 .667 212 164Cleveland 3 6 0 .333 131 183

WESTW L T Pct PF PA

Oakland 5 4 0 .556 208 233San Diego 4 5 0 .444 216 228Denver 4 5 0 .444 188 234Kansas City 4 5 0 .444 141 218

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEAST

W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants 6 3 0 .667 218 211Dallas 5 4 0 .556 223 182Philadelphia 3 6 0 .333 220 203Washington 3 6 0 .333 136 178

SOUTHW L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 7 3 0 .700 313 228Atlanta 5 4 0 .556 212 196Tampa Bay 4 5 0 .444 156 233Carolina 2 7 0 .222 190 237

NORTHW L T Pct PF PA

Green Bay 9 0 0 1.000 320 186Detroit 6 3 0 .667 252 184Chicago 6 3 0 .667 237 187Minnesota 2 7 0 .222 179 244

WESTW L T Pct PF PA

San Francisco 8 1 0 .889 233 138Seattle 3 6 0 .333 144 202Arizona 3 6 0 .333 183 213St. Louis 2 7 0 .222 113 223

Monday’s resultGreen Bay 45 Minnesota 7WEEK 11Byes: Houston, Indianapolis, NewOrleans,PittsburghTomorrow’s gameAll times EasternN.Y. Jets at Denver, 8:20 p.m.Sunday’s gamesTampa Bay at Green Bay, 1 p.m.Oakland atMinnesota, 1 p.m.Carolina at Detroit, 1 p.m.Dallas atWashington, 1 p.m.Jacksonville at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Buffalo atMiami, 1 p.m.Arizona at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Seattle at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m.San Diego at Chicago, 4:15 p.m.Tennessee at Atlanta, 4:15 p.m.Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m.Monday, Nov. 21Kansas City at NewEngland, 8:30 p.m.

DIVISION FINALSSunday’s gamesAll times EasternEASTHamilton atWinnipeg, 1 p.m.WESTEdmonton at B.C., 4:30 p.m.

99TH GREY CUPSunday, Nov. 27At VancouverEast vs.West champion, 6:30 p.m.

MLS PLAYOFFSMLS CUPSunday’s gameAt Carson, Calif.All times EasternHouston vs. Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

CHL/RUSSIASUPERSERIESMonday’s resultAt Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.OHL 6 Russia 3Tonight’s gameAt ReginaAll times EasternRussia vs.WHL, 8 p.m.Tomorrow’s gameAtMoose Jaw, Sask.Russia vs.WHL, 8 p.m.

MONDAYOHL 6, RUSSIA 3At Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.First Period1. OHL, Pearson 2 (Sproul) 3:59 (pp)2. OHL,Heard 1 (Koekkoek, Hamilton) 5:20 (pp)3. OHL, Spooner 1 (McKegg) 5:47 (pp)4. OHL,McKegg 1 (Spooner, Thomas) 10:475. OHL, Sgarbossa 1 (Koekkoek) 11:33Penalties—Zheldakov Rus (slashing) 3:17,Naumenkov Rus (check to the head) 4:19, Ku-likov Rus (interference) 5:38, Kulikov Rus(check to the head) 11:56, Ritchie OHL (hook-ing) 14:02, StromeOHL (tripping) 18:58.Second Period6. OHL, Thomas 1 (McKegg, Spooner) 4:407. Russia, Antipin 1, 10:558. Russia, Kucherov 2 (Kartaev) 11:209. Russia, Apalkov 1 (Shavaleev) 19:27Penalties— Isangulov Rus (cross-checking)5:04, Shavaleev Rus (high-sticking) 16:56,Sgarbossa OHL (delay of game) 19:48.Third Period—NoScoring.Penalties—Heard OHL (holding) 3:07, Pet-grave OHL (cross-checking) 9:34, Potekhin Rus(interference) 17:45, Naumenkov Rus (hook-ing), Carrick OHL (holding) 18:16.Shots on goalOHL 17 15 4 —36Russia 10 8 7 —25Goal (shots-saves)—OHL:Wedgewood (W,1-0-0)(12-12), Anderson (9:56 second; 13-10);Rus: Suchkov (7-4), Kostenko (L,1-2-0)(5:47first; 29-26). Power plays (goals-chances)—OHL: 3-7; Russia: 0-5.Attendance—4,011 at Sault Ste.Marie, Ont.

AHLLast night’s resultsAbbotsford 4 SanAntonio 0Peoria 3 Hamilton 2 (SO)Portland 4 Adirondack 2Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3Binghamton 0

CIS PLAYOFFSFriday’s gamesAll times Eastern

UTECK BOWLAtMoncton, N.B.McMaster vs. Acadia, 6:30 p.m.

MITCHELL BOWLLaval at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.Friday, Nov. 25

VANIER CUPAt VancouverUteck vs.Mitchell Bowlwinners, 9 p.m.

BASEBALLNATIONAL LEAGUEHOUSTONASTROS—Agreed to termswithINF ScottMoore on aminor league contract.

BASKETBALLNBAPHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Named Jeff Capelassistant coach.SACRAMENTOKINGS—Named Keith Smartand Bobby Jackson assistant coaches. Pro-moted Pete Youngman to director of sportsmedicine andManny Romero to head trainer.Named DwayneWilson equipmentmanager.

FOOTBALLNFLBUFFALOBILLS—Placed C EricWood and LBChrisWhite on injured reserve. Signed DE KyleMoore off Detroit’s practice squad. Signed DBJoshNesbitt from the practice squad. Re-signedWRTim Toone to the practice squad.OAKLANDRAIDERS—Signed DB Terrail Lam-bert to the practice squad.WASHINGTONREDSKINS—PlacedWRLeonard Hankerson and DE Kedric Golston oninjured reserve. Re-signedWRDonte’ Stall-worth and DEDarrion Scott.

CFLTORONTOARGONAUTS—ReleasedWRBrandon Rideau.

HOCKEYNHLDALLAS STARS—Placed DAlex Goligoski onthe injured list.FLORIDA PANTHERS—Rcalled LWTimKennedy fromSanAntonio (AHL).MINNESOTAWILD—Recalled C CaseyWell-man fromHouston (AHL).MONTREAL CANADIENS—Recalled D FredericSt. Denis fromHamilton (AHL).NEWYORK ISLANDERS—Assigned GMikkoKoskinen to KalPa (Finnish Elite League).

AHLLEAGUEOFFICE—SuspendedBinghamtonDTimConboy&GwinnettFNikitaKashirsky2games.HAMILTONBULLDOGS—Recalled DOlivierMalka fromWheeling (ECHL).HERSHEYBEARS—Called up FMatt PopefromSouth Carolina (ECHL).

SOCCERMLSNEWENGLANDREVOLUTION—Named JayHeaps coach.

COYOTES 3,MAPLE LEAFS 2 (SO)First Period1. Phoenix, Doan 5 (Boedker) 1:542. Phoenix, Ekman-Larsson 4 (Chipchura, Tor-res) 5:18Penalty—Ekman-Larsson Phx (boarding)13:19.Second PeriodNo Scoring.Penalty—Lupul Tor (goaltender interference)10:53.Third Period3. Toronto, Komisarek 1 (Lombardi, Crabb)2:084. Toronto, Kessel 13 (Kulemin, Gunnarsson)4:41 (pp)Penalties—Hanzal Phx (cross-checking) 3:14,Lupul Tor (hooking) 14:29.OvertimeNo Scoring.Penalties—None.Shootout(Phoenixwins 2-0Toronto (0)—Kessel, miss; Kulemin,miss;Phoenix (2)—O’Sullivan, goal; Vrbata, goal.Shots on goalPhoenix 10 13 7 5 —35Toronto 12 9 11 5 —37Goal—Phoenix: Smith (W,8-2-3); Toronto:Scrivens (SOL,2-2-1).Power plays (goals-chances)—Phoenix: 0-2;Toronto: 1-2.Referees—Brian Pochmara, Tim Peel. Lines-men—Scott Driscoll, Michel Cormier.Attendance—19,522 (18,819) at Toronto.

SENATORS 3, FLAMES 1First Period — No Scoring.Penalties—Giordano Cal (slashing) 5:14,Smith Ott (boarding) 19:33.Second Period1. Ottawa, Alfredsson 5 (Foligno) 18:442. Calgary, Kostopoulos 2 (Stajan) 19:46Penalties—Konopka Ott, Kostopoulos Cal(fighting) 3:03,Winchester Ott (holding stick)3:17, Condra Ott (slashing) 4:13, Horak Cal(holding) 6:29, Lee Ott (interference) 8:56.Third Period3. Ottawa, Butler 1 (Gonchar, Phillips) 9:504.Ottawa,Butler2 (Winchester,Karlsson)16:12Penalties—Karlsson Ott (hooking) 0:39, Han-nan Cal (hooking) 3:02, Butler Cal (delay ofgame) 11:06, Smith Ott (slashing) 19:09.Shots on goalOttawa 14 9 9 —32Calgary 11 17 11 —39Goal—Ottawa: Anderson (W,8-6-1); Calgary:Kiprusoff (L,7-7-0). Power plays (goals-chances)—Ottawa: 0-4; Calgary: 0-6.Attendance—19,289 (19,289) at Calgary.

SCORING LEADERSG A PT

Kessel, Tor 12 12 24Giroux, Pha 11 11 22Vanek, Buf 11 11 22D.Sedin, Vcr 6 16 22Kopitar, LA 8 13 21Pominville, Buf 7 14 21Seguin, Bos 11 9 20H.Sedin, Vcr 6 14 20Backstrom,Wash 5 15 20Lupul, Tor 9 10 19P.Kane, Chi 6 13 19Benn, Dal 5 14 19Stamkos, TB 11 7 18Ma.Hossa, Chi 8 10 18Skinner, Car 7 11 18Neal, Pgh 11 6 17Smyth, Edm 10 7 17Eriksson, Dal 9 8 17Pavelski, SJ 9 8 17Versteeg, Fla 8 9 17Jagr, Pha 6 11 17Spezza, Ott 6 11 17P.Sharp, Chi 5 12 17Michalek, Ott 11 5 16Franzen, Det 9 7 16M.Bergeron, TB 3 13 16Edler, Vcr 3 13 16Campbell, Fla 1 15 16Karlsson, Ott 1 15 16Gaborik, NYR 9 6 15Toews, Chi 9 6 15Elias, NJ 6 9 15T.Fleischmann, Fla 6 9 15Ra.Whitney, Phx 6 9 15Selanne, Ana 5 10 15Last night’s games not included

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Scion’s smart ‘city car’ lives up to its name

Ifound a car thatdoesn’t need reversegear. Really. Thestart and end pointsof a day in the ScioniQ were the same,

essentially a circle. All day, I drove, ma-

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There were wrongturns, tight turns, U-turns.

Reverse gear? Not even once. Along a meandering

and pretty shore road, mydrive partner and I dideverything we could tothrow our test vehicle in-to the tightest circles pos-sible.

And both of us giggleduncontrollably every time.

The 2012 Scion iQ has aturning radius of just fourmetres and in the deli-cious Hot Lava colour, itmatched my Kate Spadebag quite nicely, thank

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First off, it might tech-nically have four seats,but the back is strictly fortoddlers and passengers ofthe canine variety. If Idared suggest any of ourthree leggy daughters sitback there, I would getdirty looks and plenty ofeye-rolling.

We most certainly werenot in Alabama in mid-Ju-ly, but, on our drive day,we were treated to an un-seasonably warm day andthe world’s smallest air-conditioning system han-dled it with aplomb.

Scion, the youthful off-shoot of its Toyota par-ents, boasts that the iQ, indirect competition withItalian-heartstring-tugging Fiat 500 and Ger-many’s Smart ForTwo, hasthe flattest gas tank, no

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The “iQute” also hasthe world’s first rear-win-dow airbag, which is prop-er because if you’re in thatback seat, you want toknow that there’s some-thing between grave dan-ger and your head.

I spent equal time inthe driver’s seat and inthe passenger seat of theiQ.

The passenger’s side isinteresting and innova-tive. There is no glove box.A drawer that slides outfrom under the seat takescare of that storage re-quirement.

On the driver’s side, theseat and positioning arecomfortable. Enoughroom for long legs andarms and plenty of headroom for those days whenmy hair is oh-so-’80s.

Acceleration is surpris-ingly rapid. Although thepassing lanes on the wind-ing roads of our drivingroute were short, the iQ

didn’t hesitate. It felt con-fident and sure-footedwhile enjoying a smallspurt of 115 km/h on thehighway.

You just have to keep inmind that 94 horsepoweris 94 horsepower. The iQ

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I like the Scion iQ’s mi-cro size yet macro person-ality.

When you’re in it,there is no sign of aNapoleon complex.

The iQ is small andproud of it.

I like the way the tiresare jauntily pushed out tothe edge of the vehicle. Ilike the smooth seat-glid-ing levers on either side ofthe passenger chair.

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The iQ might technically be a four-seater, but the

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North American CEOJohn Krafcik says the fast-growing brand is workingon a 60-second spot thatwill run right before kick-off, plus two ads on thepregame show and two dur-ing the first and third quar-ters of the game.

He wouldn’t say howmuch the Korean automak-er is spending on the ads,which will compete withthe most creative spotsAmerican companies haveto offer during one of televi-sion’s highest-rated andmost expensive sportingevents.

Last year Super Bowl adscost companies about $3million for 30 seconds.

Chrysler Group LLC’stwo-minute spot featuringrapper Eminem was amongthose that created the mostSuper Bowl buzz last year,and it helped kick off whathas been a strong sales yearfor the recovering compa-ny.

The cinematic third-quarter ad showed Eminemdriving through Detroit andintroduced a new car, theChrysler 200 sedan, amidgritty scenes of the city. Avoiceover talked about howthe city has survived goingthrough “hell and back.”

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We’re also seeing moreuse of the Constant VelocityTransmissions (CVT) andthe twin-clutch transmis-sion. The former has nogears, and as such, is com-pact, light, and can be tai-lored for optimumefficiency. The latter is hardto explain (for me at least),but makes uses of two

clutches — one for odd-numbered gears and onefor even-numbered gears. Itcan go from gear to gear inthe blink of eye, becausethe subsequent gear is al-ready “pre-engaged” andonly needs a nod from acomputer to get busy. Theycan shift faster than any hu-man hand could, and theirspeed is increased by thefact that they don’t need asuspension of torque to gettheir shift completed (henceno torque convertor). Twin-

clutch transmissions arerapidly becoming the trans-mission of choice for per-formance vehicles, even forsuch racey marques as Fer-rari, BMW and Porsche.

“Our take rate on manu-al transmissions is waydown,” says Laurance Yap,director of marketing,Porsche Cars Canada. Headds that, ironically, Euro-peans are leading the waywith automatic transmis-sions. Europeans have his-torically snubbed their

noses at lazy automatics,but they have fallen in lovewith the sportier “twinclutch” design. Across the911 model line in Germany,for example, Yap notes that75 to 80 per cent are soldwith PDK. (PDK is a shortform for the official nameof the company’s twinclutch — Porsche Dop-pelkupplung. Just try sayingthat correctly in Germanwithout hurting yourself.)

The Canadian “takerake” for 911 models with

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Which brings us back toour angry groundhog.

Manual transmissionswill continue to have a life,even in this era where theyare technologicallytrumped, because they aresimply more engaging andfun for a certain tribe ofdriver. The Cadillac CTS-Vand the upcoming MazdaMX-5 are two examples ofnew vehicles that are mak-ing “statements” by offeringa manual transmission —they are signalling that theyare ready to emotionally en-gage a driver so inclined.

Actually, as vehicles be-come increasingly sophisti-cated and computerized,the manual transmissionwill have an increasing im-portant role — to regainsome of that lost emotionalconnection to the mechani-cal beast within.

“Stick shift” vehicleshave been in steadydecline. Currently theyrepresent only aboutfive to seven per centof the North Americannew-vehicle market.

That steep of adecline couldsuggest a zeromarket sharemight soon bein the cards.

But it appears that theshifter survivor percentagehas hardened into a small,dense core, very much will-ing and prepared to standits ground — like a cornered

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