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TURNING THE PAGE CENTRAL LIBRARY SLATED FOR EAST VILLAGE {page 3} CALGARY News worth sharing. Wednesday, July 27, 2011 www.metronews.ca TM ® Registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. TM Trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. Advisors available at your convenience. By phone. In branch. At a coffee shop. Call 1-800-769-2511 to talk about your goals and how to get there. TM With his son fighting for his life, a Calgary father was rushed to his bedside by police helicopter Mon- day night. RCMP issued a call for assistance to locate the father of a five-year- old boy pulled from Sylvan Lake in central Alberta at about 6:45 p.m. Calgary police found the child’s father and at first they intended to transport the distraught dad via police vehicle to a Red Deer hos- pital where his son was being treated. However, given the grave cir- cumstances and the condition of the youngster, police decided to deploy a HAWC helicopter that was already patrolling local skies, Cal- gary police spokesperson Kevin Brookwell said. “It was the right thing to do,” he said yesterday. “I think that was a very prudent and safe thing to do and the resource was already there.” The boy was pronounced dead in hospital Monday night. His iden- tity has not been released. RCMP spokesperson Patrick Webb said he believes the father made it to his son before it was too late. Webb said it is believed the boy was not under close observation and ended up in the water near the summer village of Norglen- wold on the west side of Sylvan Lake. “This is truly a tragedy for the family,” he said. Carol McMillan, Norglenwold’s mayor, said she learned of the inci- dent yesterday morning. “I was absolutely shocked,” she said. “This is a quiet summertime community.... It’s awful.” WITH FILES FROM KATIE TURNER HAWC flies dad to dying son Thought to be the first time police used helicopter this way Five-year-old died aſter falling in the water at Sylvan Lake It takes all types of donors Calgary Stampeders players and outriders took time from mid- week game preparations to donate blood yesterday at the Canadian Blood Services’ downtown centre. The football club has pledged to make at least 20 donations this year. Calgary Stampeders outrider Shelby donates blood yesterday with support from her peers Kendra, left, and Amy. JEREMY NOLAIS/METRO True blue It costs about $750 an hour to operate the HAWC. But police point out it was already in service when used to transport a distraught father Monday. The helicopter trip to Red Deer took 45 minutes each way, Calgary police say. JEREMY NOLAIS @METRONEWS.CA HAWCs have patrolled Calgary for some 16 years. COURTESY OF CALGARY POLICE SERVICE SOFT-SPOKEN RYAN GOSLING CLAIMS HE’S NO PICKUP ARTIST {page 14}
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With his son fighting for his life, aCalgary father was rushed to hisbedside by police helicopter Mon-day night.
RCMP issued a call for assistanceto locate the father of a five-year-old boy pulled from Sylvan Lake incentral Alberta at about 6:45 p.m.
Calgary police found the child’sfather and at first they intended totransport the distraught dad viapolice vehicle to a Red Deer hos-pital where his son was beingtreated.
However, given the grave cir-cumstances and the condition ofthe youngster, police decided todeploy a HAWC helicopter that wasalready patrolling local skies, Cal-gary police spokesperson KevinBrookwell said.
“It was the right thing to do,”
he said yesterday. “I think that wasa very prudent and safe thing todo and the resource was alreadythere.”
The boy was pronounced deadin hospital Monday night. His iden-tity has not been released.
RCMP spokesperson PatrickWebb said he believes the fathermade it to his son before it was toolate.
Webb said it is believed the boywas not under close observationand ended up in the water nearthe summer village of Norglen-wold on the west side of SylvanLake.
“This is truly a tragedy for thefamily,” he said.
Carol McMillan, Norglenwold’smayor, said she learned of the inci-dent yesterday morning.
“I was absolutely shocked,” shesaid. “This is a quiet summertimecommunity.... It’s awful.”
WITH FILES FROM KATIE TURNER
HAWC flies dadto dying son
Thought to be the first time police used helicopter this way Five-year-old died after falling in the water at Sylvan Lake
It takes all types of donorsCalgary Stampeders players and outriders took time from mid-week game preparations to donate blood yesterday at theCanadian Blood Services’ downtown centre. The football clubhas pledged to make at least 20 donations this year.
Calgary Stampeders outrider Shelby donates blood yesterdaywith support from her peers Kendra, left, and Amy.
JEREMY NOLAIS/METRO
True blue
It costs about $750 an hour tooperate the HAWC. But policepoint out it was already in servicewhen used to transport adistraught father Monday.
The helicopter trip to Red Deertook 45 minutes each way,Calgary police say.
JEREMY [email protected]
HAWCs have patrolled
Calgary for some 16 years.
COURTESY OF CALGARY POLICE SERVICE
SOFT-SPOKENRYAN GOSLINGCLAIMS HE’S NOPICKUP ARTIST{page 14}
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03metronews.caWEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011news: calgary
Calgary’s central libraryhas turned a new pageand a long-overdue newlocation has been ap-proved in the East Village.
“It’s been a long bookto write, but this is anoth-er important chapter inthe history of the CalgaryPublic Library,” said li-brary CEO Gerry Meek.
Meek said the site waschosen mainly due to itsaccess to transit and thepotential to create a “cul-tural campus,” whichcould house exhibits andperformance spaces.
When asked if the rep-utation of the East Villageas an unsafe neighbour-hood will deter people,Mayor Naheed Nenshisaid it’s no longer an is-sue.
“That part of the city isreally improving, and thiswill add to that — and, in
fact, it’s no longer dodgy,”he said.
The current central li-brary building will contin-ue to operate until thenew site is built and willthen be turned over to thecity.
“We could either sell itto get the revenue. It’s agreat location,” said Ald.Druh Farrell. “Or we’re al-ways in need of extra of-fice space, but we’ll haveto determine what the usewill be.”
Library begins new chapter
The East Village willnow officially be home to the new Central Library in Calgary after council approved the location yesterday.
METRO FILE
At 300,000 square feet, the newbuilding will be nearly double thesize of the library’s current location
Sunridge Nissan general sales manager Jordon Romeril.
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Nissan dealership targeted in heist Police are warning poten-tial car buyers to be carefulwhen purchasing listed Nis-sans, especially those withlow mileage, after 12 Nis-sans were stolen from anortheast dealership onSunday.
It was during an invento-ry count at Sunridge Nissanearly in the week that thestolen vehicles’ absencewas first noticed.
The offenders allegedlyentered the dealershipthrough the main door andtook the keys to the vehi-cles.
Police are currently look-ing at the dealership’s sur-veillance tapes in hopes offinding more information.
“It does happen in thecar industry from time totime, and dealerships do afairly good job of protecting
themselves,” said JordonRomeril, general sales man-ager at Sunridge Nissan.“But sometimes, no matterwhat steps you take,(thieves) can find a wayaround them.”
Romeril wouldn’t saywhether he thought it wasan inside job. The vehicleshave been flagged andtherefore cannot be regis-tered. YASMIN JASWAL
David Kunz wasn’t allowedto serve pizza at the FolkFestival.
Instead, the small-busi-ness owner, who had hispizza rig approved weeksearlier for the Stampede,will likely have to shutdown Pizza Prana andmove on due to a faded CSA
sticker that City of Calgarybuilding inspectors couldnot approve on his oven.
“They couldn’t see the
CSA sticker, and I could notproduce the original docu-ments,” Kunz said.
According to the city ofCalgary, the establishmentwas under a tented struc-ture and therefore fell un-der city building code andrequired a clear, valid stick-er . TODD VAUGHAN
30-50KTheamount Kunz wouldhave netted duringthe Folk Festival.
New fire stationfor Symons Valley 2012. The Calgary Fire De-partment broke groundyesterday in Symons Val-ley, where the new firestation will be built. The15,000-square-foot,
$16.1-million building isexpected to be open bymid-2012. METRO
Barn fire kills500 pigsAIRDRIE. More than 500pigs are dead after a SandHill Hutterite farm barn,located northeast of Air-drie, caught fire. No hu-mans were injured in thefire. The cause of fire isnot yet known. METRO
News in brief
Building costs
On Monday, council com-mitted $175 million tobuilding the new library.
The project is expected tocost between $225-$250million.
The new site is located di-rectly across the streetfrom city hall near 3rdStreet SE.
Faded sticker could costpizza maker his business
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Abductedman safeThe victim of an allegedkidnapping in Lethbridgehas been found. DanielMichael Cooke, 20, wentmissing after a home inva-sion involving two menwith firearms on Mondayafter 1 a.m. Police said tipsfrom the public helped findhim. Cooke was releasedfrom hospital after beingtreated for non-life-threat-ening injuries. METRO
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YouthcrimesplummetNew statistics suggestcriminal activity contin-ues to decline in Calgary.
Police released figuresyesterday that show re-ported youth CriminalCode offences weredown nearly 25 per centin 2010 compared to the
five-year average.“We singularly do not
do it on our own,”acting Insp. Curtis Olsonsaid about the fallingcrime rate. “We do real-ly work together withour communitypartners.”
Yesterday’s numberscome on the heels of aStatistics Canada reportlast week that foundCalgary’s overall crimerate dipped five per centlast year and the severi-ty of crimes also dimin-ished. METRO
While great effort is beingmade to find housing forhomeless people, a localshelter is seeing a recordnumber of families com-ing through the door.
Spring and summertend to be busy for Innfrom the Cold, but execu-tive director Yvette Ras-mussen said this year hasseen an “unusual spike.”
“We know that we’regoing to get our worstmonth in September,” shesaid.
Joanne, a mother ofthree, struggled with ad-diction and, in May,
sought shelter at the Innwith her seven-year-oldson.
After undergoing treat-ment, she said she was ea-ger to find her own home.But since Calgary has alimited selection of afford-able housing, Joanne saidit’s been hard to find the
right space for a family.“I would take whatev-
er,” she said. “When youhave kids, you need tofind somewhere stableand safe.”
Tim Richter, CEO of theCalgary Homeless Founda-tion, said more than 500families have been housedin the past three years,but his group is looking atdata from the past two tothree years to see if theplan needs to be adapted.
“With a homeless indi-vidual, you’re dealingwith addictions and men-tal-health needs. Withfamilies, you’re dealingwith groups of peoplewith those needs, and soit’s often challenging.”
More families facehomelessness
Inn from the Cold has to turn families away Cityis three years into 10-year plan to end homelessness
Joanne and her seven-year-old son are one of many families staying at Inn from the Cold.
After some difficulty finding an affordable home, she is moving out at the end of the month.
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38The number ofchildren under 17spiked recently at Innfrom the Cold, reaching 38. Capacityat the Inn is 110people.
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War-crimewebsitea hit, saysministerFederal Public Safety Min-ister Vic Toews says a newwebsite with suspected war criminalsin Canada might expandto cover domestic crimescommitted by foreigners.
He made the commentafter the arrest of ManuelDe La Torre Herrera, a suspected warcriminal listed on thewebsite. The CanadianBorder Services Agencysays Herrera was part of abrutal governmentregime in Peru, and wasdenied a refugee claimseveral years ago. He wentunderground and was on-ly found this week.
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Quebecers are express-ing sadness and shock atthe news that Jack Laytonis taking a sick leave lessthan three months afterhis historic electoral tri-umph in the province.
Major newspapers,politicians of differentstripes and regular citizensoffered words of encour-agement yesterday to theNDP leader in his battleagainst cancer.
In the recent federalelection, Quebec votersnearly wiped the BlocQuébécois off the mapand were so keen to support Layton’s partythat, in some cases, theyelected people who hadnever even seen their riding. A common
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‘Keystone Kops’face criticismWhen Anders BehringBreivik launched hisassault on campers onNorway’s Utoya Island, heexpected special forces toswoop and stop him fast.
But he was given timeto kill.
Officers of Oslo’s DeltaForce had to drive —because police don’t own atransport helicopter.
Then they were rescuedby a civilian boat whentheir own broke down asit tried to navigate a one-minute hop to the island.
It took police more than90 minutes to reach thegunman, who had mortal-ly wounded 68 people.
International expertssaid Norway’s governmentand security forces mustlearn stark lessons fromthe killings — made worseby lackadaisical planningfor terror.
Andrew Silke, directorof terrorism studies at theUniversity of East London,called the police response“a bit Keystone Kops.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
‘We’re human’
Police spokesperson Johan Fredriksen, above,
rebuffed journalists’ questions yesterday about the planning andequipment failures thatgave Breivik untold extraminutes to kill. Fredriksen called the criticisms “unworthy.”“We can take a lot, we’reprofessional, but we arealso human beings,”Fredriksen said.
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The brutal assault
has stunned Norway
— but also brought
citizens together.
Yesterday, an Oslo wall was
decorated with flowers
in memory of the victims
and on Monday
thousands laid roses
feet deep in streets.
EMILIO MORENATTI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The father of one of theNorway massacre victimssaid his son’s last wordswere “Dad, someone isshooting.”
Gunnar Linaker’s fathersaid Gunnar was “a calm,big teddy bear with lots ofhumour and lots of love.”
His voice weak andtrembling, Roald Linakersaid he had been on thephone with his 23-year-oldson when the shootingstarted.
“He said to me: ‘Dad,dad, someone is shooting,’and then he hung up.”
That was the last heheard from his son. Gun-nar was wounded and wastaken to a nearby hospital,where he died Saturday.
His 17-year-old sister al-so was at the camp but sur-vived, Roald Linaker said.
Yesterday, the newspa-per Dagbladet posted thenames of victims.
Three of the victims didnot appear to be ethnic
Norwegians — examplesof the multi-ethnic Nor-way that gunman AndersBehring Breivik says he de-spised.
The Friday attacks be-gan with a bombing out-side the building that
houses the prime minis-ter’s office in Oslo. Eightwere killed.
Then, Breivik openedfire on an island retreat forthe youth wing of the Labor Party, leavingdozens dead and hundredsof terrified young peoplescrambling to escape,many trying to swim away.
Though Breivik hasbeen charged with acts ofterrorism, lawyer GeirLippestad said he could al-so be charged with crimesagainst humanity.
Although the stiffestsentence in Norway is 21years, the lawyer said hisclient would never be setfree.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Grieving dad recalls lastwords of his ‘teddy bear’
‘Someone is shooting,’ Norway massacre victim said in final phone callGunman regards himself as ‘some kind of saviour,’ his lawyer says
Is he insane?
Anders Behring Breivik,the 32-year-old who hasconfessed to the massacre,
is likely insane, says hislawyer.He is unaware of theimpact of the attacks andasked his defence counselhow many people he hadkilled, lawyer Geir Lippes-tad said yesterday.Lippestad said Breivik tookdrugs to “to be strong, tobe efficient, to keep himawake” during the 90-minute attack.
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McDonald’s Corp. isadding apples to all itsHappy Meals and launch-ing a nutrition-focusedmobile-phone app as partof a broader health push.
The changes underscorehow the restaurant indus-try is reacting to the de-mands of customers andregulators who blame itfor health ills rangingfrom childhood obesity todiabetes.
Among other changesin McDonald’s new pro-gram:
• A pledge to reducesugars, saturated fats andcalories through “variedportion sizes, reformula-tions and innovations” by2020. By 2015, the fastfood chain will reducesodium by 15 per cent.
• McDonald’s will intro-duce a new mobile app fo-
cused just on nutrition in-formation.
• McDonald’s USA presi-dent Jan Fields and otherexecutives will go on a “lis-tening tour” in August tohear suggestions from par-ents and nutrition experts.The chain will also launcha new online forum forparents.
McDonald's says thenew directives are “ab-solutely not” related to im-pending regulations thatwill force the industry tocurb the marketing ofjunk food to children andpost nutrition informationon menus.
Rather, the changes area response to what cus-tomers were asking for,said Cindy Goody, McDon-ald’s senior director of nu-trition. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
McD’s getsappy andhealthy
A McDonald’s Cheeseburger Happy Meal with the new
apple-slices option is shown yesterday in Pittsburgh.
U.S. Happy Meal customers can already choose apples instead offries But only about 11 per cent do
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Economicwoes angerIsraelisThousands of young pro-testers have set up sprawl-ing tent camps in Israelicities, forcing Prime Minis-ter Benjamin Netanyahuyesterday to introduce eco-nomic reforms to address a
swell of discontent overhigh housing costs andstave off the worst domes-tic crisis of his two years inpower.
Netanyahu’s reforms,meant to bring down steephousing prices, appearedunlikely to end the crisis,which already has forcedhim to cancel a high-pro-file visit to Poland and senthis approval ratings plum-meting. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Rogers CommunicationsInc. faced tougher cell-phone competition fromplayers big and small alikeas the country’s largestwireless carrier saw its sec-ond-quarter profit drop bynine per cent.
“We’re selling and com-peting in an increasinglycompetitive market,” RobBruce, president of Rogers'wireless division, said yes-terday.
Rogers said it was hit ona number of fronts in thecellphone market after re-porting its net incomeslipped to $410 million, or75 cents a share, downfrom $452 million or 77cents a share a year ago.
“We delivered the re-sults today against a back-drop of fairly intensecompetition with our in-cumbent friends Bell andTelus, particularly in thebusiness space with aggres-sive pricing and promo-tions,” Bruce told reporterson a conference call.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Cheapercell planshurtingRogers
The world’s largest retaileryesterday started stream-ing many movies the sameday they come out onDVD, in a second bid for ashare of popular movierental and streaming web-site Netflix Inc.’s businessand just two weeks afterNetflix announced newprice increases.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.bought video-streamingservice Vudu.com 18months ago and now of-fers 20,000 titles that canbe viewed on almost any
device with Internet ac-cess, from computers totelevisions to Sony’sPlayStation3 and otherBlu-ray disc players.
Movies are available atWalmart.com to rent for$1 to $5.99 or to purchasefor $4.99 and up. Wal-Martis not offering subscrip-tions, making its servicemore similar to AppleInc.’s iTunes, whichcharges $3.99 to rent new-ly released movies and$14.99 to buy a movie.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Profit rise is worth a Post-it note
3M. Second quarter
3M, the Post-it-note pioneer, said yesterday its second-quarter profit rose 3.4 per cent.
3M is seen as an economic bellwether because it makes products ranging from
Scotch tape and screens for LCD televisions to phones — and those Post-it notes.
RIM teasing thefans — on Twitter
Canadian technology icon turns to social media as it fights back in tough global smartphone marketResearch In Motion isfighting back with a socialmedia event to promote its upcoming BlackBerry devices.
It’s the company’s latestmove to contend with anincreasingly competitivesmartphone market as itundertakes severe cost-cutting measures.
The Waterloo, Ont.-based company teased fol-lowers of its officialTwitter feed with an invita-tion to what it has dubbedBB7FanNight.
The company says itwill provide fans withsome details on the previ-ously announced BlackBer-ry devices, which use its
updated operating systemBlackBerry 7.
The announcementcame a day after RIM saidit would cut 2,000 jobs, orabout 11 per cent of itsglobal workforce, to re-duce costs.
RIM stock has beenhammered in recentmonths and is hoveringnear a 52-week low, andthough the company hasremained profitable it hasreceived criticism from an-alysts and investors.THE CANADIAN PRESS
“The workforcereduction isbelieved to be aprudent andnecessary step forthe long-termsuccess of thecompany”STATEMENT FROM RIM
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Re: She Says column(Table for two, please...non-children) publishedJuly 26
I normally enjoy this arti-cle, but today I am a bitoffended. Systematicallybarring any group from arestaurant is textbookdiscrimination. But I ammore worried about theflippant attitudedisplayed when it comesto “happy meals” andthat “you have tosacrifice a little” to go toa restaurant withchildren. Not all childrenbehave badly. The biggerissue is a battlenationwide, in Canadaand the U.S., against obe-sity. To suggest that theseare reasonablealternatives isthoughtless. Think of thehealth of the kids — thisis not a laughing matter.Children become whatthey become by how theyare raised. Take your kidsto fast-food joints all thetime, and what do youget? Obese, lazy parentswho take their kids tofast-food joints. Morehealth problems, highertaxes to treat those prob-lems, then no one will beable to go to nice restau-rants because fast food,will be the onlyaffordable option. MICHAEL WEBERTORONTO
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Attack of thekangaroo endswith pepper spray A 94-year-old woman struck an attack-ing kangaroo with a broom and man-aged to crawl to safety in her house inthe Australian Outback before policesubdued it with pepper spray.
Phyllis Johnson said the kangarooattacked her while she was hangingher laundry in her yard Sunday in theQueensland state town of Charleville.
“I thought it was going to kill me,”Johnson told The Courier Mail from ahospital bed. “It just plowed through
the clothes on the washing linestraight for me.”
She said the kangaroo knocked herdown and kicked her prone body.Johnson said she managed to get toher feet and grab the broom to hit it.
“She fought it off herself with a bitof help from the family dog,” her son,Rob Johnson, said, adding the kanga-roo had “a bit of a go” at him when hecame home, then he called police.
Senior-Sgt. Stephen Perkins said thefirst officer to reach the backyard wasforced to spray the kangaroo to avoidbeing injured.
Wildlife rangers trapped the kanga-roo. It will be examined by a vet beforea decision is made about its future, agovernment official said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NOT EVERYDOG HAS ADAY LIKE THIS
Alexander McQueen had it all.The English fashion design-
er rose from the obligatoryhumble beginnings inLondon’s East End. He was theson of a taxi driver and a
school drop-out at 16.By the time he was 40, he was one of
the world’s leading fashion designers.Kate Middleton’s wedding dress, currentlythe target of pilgrimages to BuckinghamPalace where it’s on display, is the work ofan Alexander McQueen designer.
None of this was able to soothe the beast ofdepression, and last February, just days after his motherdied, Alexander McQueen hanged himself in what theEnglish call a wardrobe … a closet.
Now comes the task of dividing his 16-million-poundfortune and eyebrows are heightened on both sides of thepond with the news that 50 thousand pounds of it are go-ing to the dogs.
Three dogs, in fact: Juice,Minter and Callum, theworld’s luckiest English bullterriers.
Fifty thousand poundswill buy a lot of kibble andflea baths, not to mentionsqueaky toys.
Fifty thousand pounds isthe same amount he left hishousekeepers — one ofwhom discovered his body— his godson and each ofhis nieces and nephews.
To prove that blood is abit thicker than slobber, healso left 250 thousand toeach of his three sisters andtwo brothers.
But he wasn’t done withthe dogs — he left 100,000
pounds each to the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home andthe Blue Cross animal-welfare charity.
Every dog has his day, but it’s not every day the dogsinherit the treasure.
The CEO of the Blue Cross charity is “thrilled.” Hard totell what the dogs think, but tails are wagging all around.
We could put this down to Englishmen and their maddogs, but it’s hardly the dogs that are mad. Juice, Minterand Callum would be perfectly happy with three squares,shelter from the storm and a nice curb, but people like toanthropomorphize their pets, smother them in love andluxury and hope they get a nice greeting at the door in re-turn.
I suspect that whatever Juice, Minter and Callum couldhave given their master it would have been infinitely lesscomplicated and conditional than the web ofrelationships that defined his social circle. So I’m surethey’re full value for their 50K.
Still, if there’s anyone out there who feels compelledto follow Alexander McQueen’s lead, rest assured that for$77,000 Canadian I’ll take care of your pooches like theywuz kings. The line forms here.
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In an interviewing stylethat references De Niro’stight-lipped one-word an-swers or Bob Dylan’s ab-surd responses, it’s nevereasy to pin down RyanGosling. But while he pro-moted his latest film, theromantic comedy Crazy,Stupid, Love, the Notebookstar was forced to talkabout himself and, unfor-tunately for him, dating.
So much has been said aboutcasting you in a comedic role.Do think you’re funny?Yes. I’m just trying to con-vince you of that. That’s it? Just yes?Uhh ... you want more? It’snot good enough. I guessI’m not funny. I’ll work onit. I don’t know how to an-swer that. This project shows off yourimprov skills. Are there anyprojects you’re interested inthat would allow you to domore of that?No. I don’t want to improv.They make me because
they get bored. They’relike, be funnier. Makesomething up. Entertainus. Dance, monkey. Would you host SaturdayNight Live?I’m too scared. It took me alot to get up the guts to dothis. What was scary about doingCrazy, Stupid, Love?I’d never done a comedybefore so that was scary. Idid it because I love SteveCarrell. I think he’s thebest. When I first moved toLos Angeles, I did a pilotand I was 17. I had a small
part and so did Steve. Hewas so funny that I wouldgo to the set to watch himwork. Your character in the film, Ja-cob, is really good at pickingup ladies. Can you relate tohim at all?Not really. I don’t know ifanyone can. He’s kind oflike Bugs Bunny. I relatemore to Steve’s character.It was hard to play Jacob.So then are you shy aroundwomen?I don’t know how to an-swer that. They come up tome and then they’re disap-
pointed that I’m not RyanReynolds.
Soft-spoken and reserved, Ryan Gosling struggles with living in thespotlight Crazy, Stupid, Love star tells Metro how he gets past his fear
A man of few wordsRyan Gosling gets put out of his element in his new movie Crazy, Stupid, Love.
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Sheryl Crow isauctioning off aclassic car nextmonth with theproceeds going tohelp rebuild thetornado-ravagedcity of Joplin. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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“There’s a lot of closet-ed nerds out there,” saysSimon Helberg, who playsthe perpetually randyHoward Wolowitz on thehit TV show.
“Personally, I’m not in-to Star Trek or physics orcomic books but I know Imight be in the minority.”
He says co-stars KunalNayyar (Raj), Jim Parsons(Sheldon) and JohnnyGalecki (Leonard) aren’tnerds either, despite howwell they play the sociallychallenged geniuses.
“I think ultimatelyeveryone has those quali-ties of feeling a little bitlike an outsider or beingpassionate about some-thing,” says Helberg, whowill host the Tribute toNerds show with Nayyarat Montreal’s Just ForLaughs festival on Friday.
The Big Bang Theory,which is seen on CTV, isabout four young scien-tists and their attractive— and comparatively nor-mal — neighbour Penny(Kaley Cuoco).
While the show startedstrongly in 2007, it reallycaught fire through wordof mouth.
“Nerds will talk,” ob-served Helberg, although
both he and Nayyar point-ed out the show isn’t outto just ridicule geeks butalso to lovingly poke funat them.
The show’s fourth sea-son finale set the Internetabuzz when Raj ended upsleeping with Penny,Leonard’s former girl-friend.
Nayyar and Helberg aresurprisingly like theircharacters when it comesto resolving that situa-tion, with Nayyar sayinghe’d advise Raj to take adeep breath, not beathimself up, and rebuildhis friendship withLeonard.
As for Helberg, he’d tellRaj to rebuild his bridgeswith Leonard — “and bragquietly to your friendsabout your victory. TellWolowitz all the detailsbecause he’s not going tolet you go without it.”
Both Nayyar and Hel-berg say the cast is asclose off-screen as theyare on and that con-tributes to their perform-ances as a tight-knitgroup of buddies.
“It’s a lot of fun,” saysNayyar. “We’re a family.”THE CANADIAN PRESS
Hit TV showspeaks to geeks
The Big Bang Theory lovinglypokes fun at nerds: Cast members
Rating gold: Program was renewedearlier this year for another 3 years
The Big Bang Theory cast members, left, Simon Helberg,
Jim Parsons and Kunal Nayyar pose in Toronto,
October 7, 2010.
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Nerd icons?
Nayyar says any suggestion
the stars are nerd icons is
humbling and the idea
gives him “goosebumps.”
“I would hope that peoplewho were poked fun at forbeing nerds or geeks in thepast can now wear it proud-ly and I hope Big Bang hadsome part to play in it,” hesaid.
“It’s a big responsibility soI’m working on mynerdiness and perfectingit,” cast mate SimonHelberg promised.
“People relate to itbecause it’s aboutunderdogs and it’sabout reaching outto the real worldand it’s abouttrying to find loveand it’s aboutfriendship.”ACTOR KUNAL NAYYAR, WHO PLAYSRAJ ON THE BIG BANG THEORY
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Gossip Girl star LeightonMeester is suing her moth-er for allegedly misusingmoney the actress hadbeen sending home for thecare of her brother, accord-ing to People magazine.
Instead, ConstanceMeester was allegedly us-ing the $7,500 a month forcosmetic procedures andother personal expenses.
“This whole thing’sbeen really tough onLeighton,” a source says.
“Her only concern hasalways been taking care ofher brother.”
The suit claims thatConstance threatened tosue Leighton for $3 millionif the actress didn’t raisethe monthly allowance to$10,000. METRO
Friends and family weresaying goodbye to AmyWinehouse yesterday at aprivate funeral ceremonyin London.
Producer Mark Ronsonand media personality KellyOsbourne — her hair piledbeehive-high in an echo ofthe singer’s trademark style— were among mournersarriving for the service atEdgwarebury Cemetery innorth London.
The service was expectedto be followed by cremationand a family gathering at alocal synagogue.
The soul diva, who hadbattled alcohol and drug ad-
diction, was found dead Sat-urday at her London home.She was 27.
On Monday the singer’sfather, mother and brothervisited the house where shedied, thanking mournerswho had left flowers.
“Her whole life was de-voted to her family and herfriends and to you guys aswell,” father Mitch Wine-house said to fans.
Winehouse released onlytwo albums in her short ca-reer — winning five Gram-my awards for the second,Back to Black — and oftenmade headlines because ofdrug and alcohol abuse, eat-ing disorders, destructiverelationships and abortiveperformances.
Since her death, herrecords have re-entered al-bum charts around theworld, and tributes havepoured in from fans and fel-low musicians.
George Michael calledher “the most soulful vocal-ist this country has everseen,” and Adele said she“paved the way for artistslike me and made peopleexcited about British musicagain.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Laying Winehouse to restAutopsy fails to determine cause of singer’s death Police waiting on toxicology tests, results in 2-4 weeks
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Amy’s ex reacts
Despite their messy split in2009, Blake Fielder-Civil is“devastated and shattered”by the news of ex-wife AmyWinehouse’s death, his cur-rent girlfriend, SarahAspin, tells the Sun.
“I will never ever again feelthe love I felt for her,” Field-er-Civil reportedly told As-pin. “Everybody who knewme and knew Amy knewthe depth of our love. Ican’t believe she’s dead.”
Staff at the jail where Field-er-Civil is currently servingout a three-year sentencefor burglary and firearmpossession have beeninstructed to keep a closereye on him. “He just can’ttake it in that she’s deadand he’ll never see heragain,” Aspin says.
Kelly Osbourne arrives at Golders Green Crematorium for the funeral ceremony of British singer Amy Winehouse, north London, yesterday.
“Amy was about onething and that waslove.” FATHER MITCH WINEHOUSE
Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil in 2007
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For Manus, a 41-year-oldmountain-bike rider, it’sall about the adrenalinerush when he’s tacklingthe downhill trails of Van-couver Island’s MountWashington.
Time slows, and Manus,who uses no last name,grows focused on the ever-changing landscape.
“Your environment iswhipping by you at suchhyper speed that you’rejust reacting to your envi-ronment,” he said. “Theadrenaline rush is out ofthis world.”
Mount Washingtonhopes visitors, especiallynovice and beginnermountain bikers, want apiece of that action, too.
After all, whether it’swinter or summer, MountWashington is in the busi-ness of selling adrenaline.In a move to improve itssummertime bottom line,the resort has added a be-ginners trail and lessons toits intermediate and ex-pert mountain-bike attrac-tions.
The mountain, whichtowers over the ComoxValley on the east coast ofVancouver Island, aboutan hour’s drive north ofthe city of Nanaimo, is notalone. Around B.C., inplaces like Whistler andSun Peaks, near Kamloops,ski resorts are sellingdownhill mountain-bikethrills to tourists.
Brent Curtain, directorof public relations forMount Washington AlpineResort, said while hun-dreds of thousands of peo-ple visit his resort to skiand snowboard during thewinter months, only
“thousands” of people pa-tronize it during summer.
So the resort hasopened its Green Linemountain-bike run, a 2.2kilometre novice trailthat’s serviced by a high-speed chair lift. The trailtakes riders down themountain’s western flank.
The Green Line joins alist of 15 other runs, boast-ing intimidating nameslike Monster Mile, Back inBlack, Helter Skelter andthe Evil Eye, and not-so-intimidating names likeQuick N Dirty, Big Brotherand Time Warp.
Riders can now tackle37 kilometres of trails.
Instead of adding evenmore runs to its existingnetwork of trails this year,the resort decided to openthe Green Line and up-grade its existing runs,said Curtain.
It’s also offering a learn-to-ride week between July25 and July 29, in additionto events like the B.C.Provincial Cup Champi-onships Aug. 13-14 and thefemale-only See Jane Jump
competition, Aug. 20-21. There’s even a food and
wine festival Aug. 26-27.Jeremy Grasby, owner
of the Riding Fool, a near-by hostel that’s geared to-ward mountain bikers,
said the beginners trailand lessons are a must forthe mountain.
He said while the resorthas had a great reputationwith intermediate and ad-vanced riders, it has fallen
short with beginners.“The rider that Mount
Washington attracts isseeking adrenaline, as wellas pushing the envelopesof their riding abilities.”THE CANADIAN PRESS
Hitting the slopes in summerVancouver Island resort courts
mountain bikers New trail,courses cater to beginners to helpthem get a piece of the action
Mountain bikes are transported on a chair lift to the top of Mount Washington.
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Cyclists pose at the top of Mount Washington.
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If you go
How to get there: MountWashington overlooks theComox Valley, on Vancou-ver Island's east coast. It isaccessible by car, bus, airand ferry.
The bike park is open be-tween 11 a.m. and 7:30p.m. daily between July 15and Sept. 5. The resort alsoprovides rental bikes.
For more information:mountwashington.ca
Cave tours
About 10,000 visitors toHorne Lake CavesProvincial Park takeguided undergroundtours each year — butmany others are toonervous to do so. An in-terpretive centre open-ing Aug. 9 will allowthose nervous visitorsto experience the site.British Columbia hasmore caves than all theother provincescombined — and Van-couver Island, withmore than 1,400 knowncaves, has the highestconcentration in B.C.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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The Williamsburg sectionof Brooklyn has long beenknown as a working-classneighbourhood with a grit-ty industrial waterfrontand ethnically diverse pop-ulation ranging from His-panic to Hasidic.
Today the neighbour-hood’s demographics in-clude a third group thatbegins with H, for Hipster,and along with thosetrendy 20-somethingswearing porkpie hats andChuck Taylor sneakershave come a slew ofunique diversions that arestarting to attract tourists.
But the attractions arenot merely cute cafes andart galleries.
There are offbeat thriftshops, specialty foodstores selling coffee andchocolate, a retro bowlingalley with a bar, andrestaurants ranging fromthe famous Peter Lugersteakhouse (178 Broad-way), established in 1887,to Diner, which serveshigh-end bistro fare likeduck and polenta in a1927 steel diner (85Broadway).
Brooklyn Brewery, at 79N. 11th St., located in a for-mer matzoh factory, gets1,500 to 2,000 people eachweekend sipping suds inthe shadow of their tower-ing vats, and the brewery’s
tours are also popular(brooklynbrewery.com).
Through Nov. 19-20,two of Williamsburg’sbiggest draws are beingheld weekends on a water-front lot with spectacularviews of Manhattan acrossthe way.
On Saturdays, crowds
come out for Smorgas-burg, a food festival, andon Sundays, they jam it infor Brooklyn Flea, a fleamarket that also includesa number of food vendors.
Brooklyn Flea has beenaround for a few years inother locations but this isits first season in
Williamsburg. Smorgas-burg was created just thisyear. Food vendors selleverything from lobsterrolls to frozen bananas,while finds at the fleamarket range from yourvery own Statue of Libertyto used bikes (brooklyn-flea.com/smorgasburg).
“Every weekend thatour market exists, it shiftsmore and more from the95 per cent local folks westarted out with towardwhat’s getting closer tohalf Brooklynites and theother half a mix of peoplefrom other boroughs, re-gional, national and inter-national tourists,” saidco-founder Eric Demby.
It’s easy to reach Smor-gasburg and Brooklyn Fleaby subway — just take theL from Manhattan to theBedford Avenue stop inBrooklyn and walk a fewblocks to the East River be-tween North Sixth andNorth Seventh streets. Thewaterfront location, Dem-by says, is beautiful, “asclose to Manhattan as you
can get with this incredi-ble view of the skyline,seabreezes and parks oneither side of the market.”
Josh Evans, 21, likes thetwo events so much thathe can’t stay away. “Oneweekend, I went to Smor-gasburg on Saturday andthen went back to Brook-lyn Flea on Sunday,” saidEvans, who’s living inWilliamsburg for the sum-mer while juggling severalfood-related internships.
Even before moving tothe area, Evans had beenvisiting on weekends fromNew Haven, Conn., wherehe attends Yale University.He’s been blogging abouthis food finds at hearth-strung.wordpress.com.
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Food, flea markets and retro bowling are attracting visitors to Williamsburg — a hip Brooklyn neighbourhood
A stall selling an eclectic variety of items
at Brooklyn Flea, an outdoor flea market.
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The Buffalo Exchange buys, sells and
trades secondhand clothing with customers.
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Relaxing on the waterfront where the Smorgasburg food fair takes place.
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A bicyclist on the Williamsburg Bridge, which connects the Williamsburg
section of Brooklyn with the Lower East Side section of Manhattan in New York.
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Visitors sampling beer at the Brooklyn Brewery,
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Williamsburg
Like the locals: Other spotsin Williamsburg belovedby locals and visitors alikeinclude vintage clothingshops like Buffalo Express,part of a chain that buys,sells and trades clothingwith customers, at 504Driggs Ave., and Beacon’sCloset, 88 N. 11th St.,whose devotees rave howthe clothes are organized
by colour, not by size.
Strike out: A great place tohang out after dinner isThe Gutter, 200 N. 14th St.,an old-school bowling al-ley and bar located in whatwas once a manufacturingwarehouse for comforters.The lanes were brought infrom a defunct 1970s-eraalley, and the bar is lit upby cool old signs for retrobrands like Schlitz, but the
draft beer includes trendyselections like ChelseaChecker Cab Blonde andSmuttynose Robust Porter.At $6 a game, the bowlingis affordable by New Yorkstandards.
Where to stay: Willie B, aslocals sometimes half-jok-ingly call the area, evenhas its own boutique lodg-ing, Hotel Le Jolie at 235Meeker Ave.
Smorgasburg include LatinAmerican vendors offeringgrilled corn on the cob andstuffed tortillas called pu-pusas, but he also likes theneighbourhood’s brick-and-mortar establish-ments, from Blue BottleCoffee (160 Berry St.) toMaison Premiere, an oys-ter bar (298 Bedford Ave.).
And 20-somethingsaren’t the only ones whofeel that way. Howard Ko-
gan, 66, comes in fromHoboken, N.J., to enjoy theWilliamsburg scene. He’s afan of Blue Bottle Coffeetoo, along with the barbe-cue at Fette Sau, 354 Met-ropolitan Ave., and MastBrothers Chocolate, 105 N.Third St.
“What they do there isphenomenal,” Kogan saidof Mast Brothers Choco-late. “On weekends, thereare tours where you can
watch them do their thing,and they’ll have littleplates out you can taste.”
The tours show variousstages of the chocolate-making process, “frombean to bar,” as co-ownerRick Mast put it. The toursare $10, Saturday and Sun-day at 1 p.m.; reservationscan be made at mastbroth-erschocolate.com.
Kogan, who often visitsthe area with his son and
daughter-in-law, says theneighbourhood “makes anice day trip. It’s an adven-ture. It has unique thingsthat are interesting.”
He’s even walkedacross the WilliamsburgBridge, which connectsBrooklyn to Manhattan’sLower East Side.
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Feel free to add frozenfruits to this recipe foran even thicker slushy-like drink.
• 1 l (4 cups) ice• 1 l (4 cups) watermelonchunks• 75 ml (1/3 cup) lemonjuice• 30 ml (2 tbsp) honey • Pinch salt
In a blender, combineingredients andpurée until smooth.You may need to stopblender and stiringredients once toensure everythingblends evenly. Serve.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Drink of the week Dip into healthier snackingDunk your favourite fruit into these unique citrus, chocolate or orchard spice flavours
Shopping List:
Base• 500 ml (2 cups) non-fat plain Greek-style yogurt
• 250 ml (8 oz) low-fatcream cheese
Chocolate• 50 ml (1/4 cup) unsweet-ened cocoa powder
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) honey
• Pinch cinnamon
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) fat-free milk
Citrus• Zest of 1/2 lemon
• Zest of 1/2 orange
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) honey
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) orange juice
Orchard Spice• 15 ml (1 tbsp) vanilla ex-tract
• 5 ml (1 tsp) butter rum ex-tract
• 2 ml (1/2 tsp) cinnamon
• 1 ml (1/4 tsp) dry ginger
• Pinch ground nutmeg
• Pinch ground cloves
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) honey
Maybe you need anotheridea for packing fibre andvitamins into your child’slunch without him or hercomplaining about taste.
Or perhaps you’re look-ing for a way to convinceyourself to eat more fruit— because even thoughit’s good, that candy is somuch better tasting.
Either way, making adip (or three in this case)in which you can dunkyour favourite fruit canmake it a little more entic-ing, and a lot more fun.
In constructing ahealthful dip for fruit thateveryone in your familywill love, the main prob-lem lies in the base of thedip.
You want somethingthat doesn’t pile on the fator sugar, but still is inter-esting enough that youwant to dunk apples andstrawberries in it.
We wanted to create acreamy base that could beeasily flavoured with a va-riety of combinations.
For obvious reasons, thefull-fat versions of creamcheese and sour creamwere out. Greek-style yo-gurt has a great mouth feeland creaminess, but somepeople find it overwhelm-ingly tart.
So we opted to use low-fat cream cheese blendedwith non-fat Greek yogurt.
The result is creamy andluscious and is a perfectbase for flavourings.
As a bonus, it’s also agreat way to get calcium.
Preparation:
1 In the bowl of a foodprocessor, combine thenon-fat Greek yogurtand low-fat creamcheese. Process themuntil completelysmooth. Divide the mix-ture among 3 bowls.
2 Chocolate dipper: In asmall bowl, mix togeth-er the cocoa powder,honey, cinnamon andmilk until the mixture iscompletely smooth. Addit to one of the bowls ofyogurt mixture and stiruntil it is smooth.
3 Citrus dipper: Stir bothof the zests, honey andorange juice into one ofthe remaining bowls ofthe yogurt mixture.
4 Orchard Spice dipper:Stir the vanilla, butterrum extract, cinnamon,ginger, nutmeg, clovesand honey into the lastbowl of yogurt andcream cheese mixture.
5 Serve your Chocolate,Citrus and Orchard Spicedips with cut-up wedgesof apples, pears, peach-es, berries, melon andyour other favouritefruits.
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In London, Canada should have multiple medal threats in track and field,rowing, canoe/kayak, cycling, women’s boxing, and women’s wrestling
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One year to go
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HURDLERSeven months pregnant.
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Won three golds at lastCommonwealth Games.
Going for gold Here are a few Canadian athletes to keep an eye on
this time next year in London.
Ayear out from the2012 Olympic Gamesin London, Canada’s
summer athletes feelinspired by what their win-ter counterparts did at the2010 Games in Vancouverand Whistler.
Wrestler Carol Huynh,who won gold in Beijing in2008, followed the exploitsof several winter athletesshe knows personally.
“There were so manyCanadian athletes whowere successful there,”Huynh says. “It was just anoverall general great feel-ing for everybody.
“I was there for quite abit of the Games. Just get-ting that feel, that energyin the air in Vancouver,that was just amazing. Itkind of brought me backto what I experienced inBeijing.”
The 2012 Olympics openJuly 27 and close Aug. 12.
Canada finished third inoverall medals with 25 inVancouver and Whistler,but set a Winter Gamesrecord with 14 gold.
The Summer Gamesgoal of Own the Podiumand the Canadian OlympicCommittee isn’t to win theoverall medal count,which was the objective in2010.
A more modest top-12finish among the 200-oddparticipating countries inLondon is considered a real-istic target for Canada.
“The reality is, certainlyat the Summer Games, wewon’t ‘own the podium,’”says OTP chief executive of-ficer Alex Baumann. “Wewon’t be No. 1 … but wewant to move up theladder.”
Canada was 19th at the2004 Summer Games inAthens and finished tiedfor 14th in Beijing fouryears later.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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AdGonzalez, Bos 99 408 70 141 .346MiYoung, Tex 101 403 50 134 .333Bautista, Tor 91 321 76 106 .330Kotchman, TB 86 289 25 94 .325JhPeralta, Det 92 332 45 107 .322VMartinez, Det 87 322 44 103 .320Ellsbury, Bos 99 408 74 130 .319MiCabrera, Det 102 353 69 111 .314Konerko, ChW 98 357 47 110 .308YEscobar, Tor 93 357 55 109 .305HOMERUNS—Bautista, Toronto, 31; Granderson,NewYork, 27; Teixeira, NewYork, 27; Konerko, Chica-go, 23; NCruz, Texas, 22;MiCabrera, Detroit, 21;Mar-Reynolds, Baltimore, 21.PITCHING—Sabathia, NewYork, 14-5;Weaver, LosAngeles, 13-4; Verlander, Detroit, 13-5; Tomlin,Cleveland, 11-4; Scherzer, Detroit, 11-5; 6 tied at 10.Not including last night’s games
Last night’s resultsFlorida 11,Washington 2Philadelphia 7, San Francisco 2N.Y.Mets 8, Cincinnati 6Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee 3, Chicago Cubs 2St. Louis 3, Houston 1Arizona at San DiegoColorado at L.A. DodgersMonday’s resultsSan Diego 5 Philadelphia 4N.Y.Mets 4 Cincinnati 2Pittsburgh 3 Atlanta 1St. Louis 10 Houston 5L.A. Dodgers 8 Colorado 5Tonight’s gamesFlorida (Vazquez 6-9) atWashington(L.Hernandez 5-9), 7:05 p.m.San Francisco (Cain 8-6) at Philadelphia(Hamels 12-5), 7:05 p.m.N.Y.Mets (Pelfrey 5-9) at Cincinnati (Arroyo7-8), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Maholm 6-10) at Atlanta (Jur-rjens 12-3), 7:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 7-5) atMilwaukee(Greinke 7-4), 8:10 p.m.Houston (Norris 5-7) at St. Louis (C.Carpenter6-7), 8:15 p.m.Arizona (I.Kennedy 11-3) at San Diego (Lue-bke 3-4), 10:05 p.m.Colorado (A.Cook 1-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda6-12), 10:10 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesFlorida atWashington, 12:35 p.m.N.Y.Mets at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.Chicago Cubs atMilwaukee, 2:10 p.m.Arizona at San Diego, 3:35 p.m.San Francisco at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.Houston at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.
NL LEADERSG AB R H Avg.
JosReyes, NYM 87 385 74 135 .351Braun,Mil 92 336 62 108 .321Helton, Col 91 305 44 96 .315Votto, Cin 101 373 61 117 .314Morse,Wash 90 307 44 96 .313Kemp, LAD 102 367 61 114 .311Holliday, StL 77 274 50 85 .310Pence, Hou 96 389 48 120 .308DanMurphy,NYM 98 351 41 108 .308McCann,Atl 90 328 42 100 .305Not including last night’s games
T E N N I S
EAST DIVISIONGP W L T PF PA Pt
Montreal 4 3 1 0 133 95 6Winnipeg 4 3 1 0 99 77 6Hamilton 4 2 2 0 98 86 4Toronto 4 1 3 0 80 116 2
WEST DIVISIONGP W L T PF PA Pt
Edmonton 4 4 0 0 127 74 8Calgary 4 2 2 0 95 99 4Saskatchewan 4 1 3 0 83 138 2B.C. 4 0 4 0 106 136 0WEEK FOURSunday’s resultSaskatchewan 27Montreal 24WEEK FIVETomorrow’s gameAll times EasternB.C. atWinnipeg, 8 p.m.Friday’s gamesMontreal at Hamilton, 6:30 p.m.Toronto at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.Saturday’s gameCalgary at Saskatchewan, 9:30 p.m.WEEKSIXThursday, Aug. 4Montreal at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.Friday, Aug. 5Edmonton atWinnipeg, 7:30 p.m.Saskatchewan at B.C., 10:30 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 6Hamilton at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
MLSTonight’s gameAll times EasternALL-STARGAMEAtHarrison, N.J.ManchesterU. (Eng.) atMLSAll-stars, 8:30 pmFriday’s gameColorado at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
UEFACHAMPIONS LEAGUEYesterday’s resultsRubin Kazan (Russia) 2 DynamoKyiv(Ukarine) 0FC Twente (Netherlands) 2 Vaslui (Romania) 0Champions RouteAPOEL (Cyprus) 0 Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)0Ekranas (Lithuania) 0 BATE Borisov (Belarus)0Wisla Krakow (Poland) 2 Litex Lovech (Bulgar-ia) 1Genk (Belgium) 2 Partizan (Serbia) 1Malmo (Sweden) 1 Rangers (Scotland) 0Zestafoni (Georgia) 1 SturmGraz (Austria) 1
EUROPA LEAGUEYesterday’s resultBnei Yehuda 1 Helsingborg 0
CONCACAFCHAMPIONS LEAGUESan Francisco 1 Seattle Sounders FC 0Herediano 8 Alpha United 0
AC T I V I T Y
BASEBALLMAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALLÑ Suspended SanFrancisco bench coach RonWotus one gamefor his inappropriate actions during Saturday’sgame againstMilwaukee.
AMERICAN LEAGUEBALTIMOREORIOLES—Activated DHVladimir Guerrero from the 15-day DL. Op-tioned RHPMarkWorrell to Norfolk (IL).BOSTONREDSOX—Placed OF J.D. Drew onthe 15-day DL, retroactive to July 20. RecalledINF DrewSutton fromPawtucket (IL).NEWYORKYANKEES—Activated 3B EricChavez from the 60-day DL. Optioned INFBrandon Laird to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
NATIONAL LEAGUEARIZONADIAMONDBACKS—ReinstatedRHP J.J. Putz from the 15-day DL. Selectedthe contract of OF Collin Cowgill fromReno(PCL). Placed INF Geoff Blum on the 15-dayDL, retroactive to July 25.PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Assigned RHPTyson Brummett from Lehigh Valley (IL) toReading (EL).SANDIEGO PADRES—Recalled RHP PatNeshek and C LuisMartinez from Tucson(PCL). Optioned C Kyle Phillips to Tucson.Placed RHP Ernesto Frieri on the paternityleave list.
FOOTBALLNFLCAROLINA PANTHERS—Agreed to termswith S Kevin Payne on a one-year contract.CHICAGOBEARS—Agreed to termswith TEKyle Adams, LB Tressor Baptiste, C JCBrignone, CBAntareis Bryan, DT CorbinBryant,WR Travis Cobb, T Josh Davis, G RickyHenry, CBMike Holmes, RB Robert Hughes,CB Ryan Jones, C Alex Linnenkohl, DT JordanMiller, LB DeronMinor, DT SeanMurnane, TEAndre Smith, SWinston Venable, S AnthonyWalters,WR JimmyYoung,WRKris Adams,DEMario Addison, LB Tanner Antle, LB DomDeCicco, P Spencer Lanning,WRDane Sanzen-backer and QB Trevor Vittatoe.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Announced they arerelinquishing the rights to RBMike Hart, DBMike Richardson, TE Gijon Robinson, TE TomSanti and DB Jamie Silva.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Agreed to termswithWRArmon Binns, OT Cameron Bradfield,CB Cole Brodie, LB JoJo Dickson,WRGregEllingson, SMatt Estrada, TE TommyGallarda,LB Eric Gordon, G BrandonHarper, RB DuJuanHarris, CB T.J. Heath,WRDontrelle Inman, CBJalil Johnson, LBMichael Lockley, LB ScottLutrus, TE KyleMiller, RB RichardMurphy,WRJamar Newsome, DEOdrick Ray, QB Scott Rid-dle, CB Kevin Rutland, P Brian Saunders, DEMarc Schiechl and G TroyWhite.NEWYORKGIANTS—Signed LBMark Her-zlich.SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Agreed to termswith DT Ladi Ajiboye, DE Pierre Allen,WRDoug Baldwin, FB Dorson Boyce, DE JarrettCrittenton, P John Gold, CB Jesse Hoffman, GMichael Huey, T Zach Hurd, S Jeron Johnson,QB Zach Lee,WRRicardo Lockette, LB DeronMinor, LBMikeMorgan, G/C Brent Osborne,CB Ron Parker, QB Josh Portis, S RickeyThenarse and TE Ryan Travis.TENNESSEE TITANS—Agreed to termswithLB Jonathan Cornell, P Chad Cunningham, TE
WTA-BANKOFTHEWESTCLASSICAt Stanford, CalifYesterday’s resultsSingles — First RoundMaria Kirilenko, Russia, def. Julia Goerges(6), Germany, 6-2, 6-3.AyumiMorita, Japan, def. Ana Ivanovic (7),Serbia, 6-3, 7-5.Sabine Lisicki, Germany, def. SimonaHalep,Romania, 6-1, 6-2.Marina Erakovic, NewZealand, def. SofiaArvidsson, Sweden, 6-2, 6-1.Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. OlgaSavchuk, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-2.Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, def. Rika Fuji-wara, Japan, 6-0, 6-2.
ATP-STUDENA CROATIA OPENAt Umag, CroatiaYesterday’s resultsSingles — First RoundTommyRobredo (5), Spain, def. RubenRamirez Hidalgo, Spain, 6-3, 6-2.Fabio Fognini (6), Italy, def. RuiMachado,Portugal, 6-4, 6-3.Andreas Seppi (7), Italy, def. Dusan Lajovic,Serbia, 6-4, 6-2.Potito Starace, Italy, def. Thiemo de Bakker,Netherlands, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1.Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. SimoneVagnozzi, Italy, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, def.MaximoGon-zalez, Argentina, 3-6, 6-3, 1-1, retired.Filippo Volandri, Italy, def. Mate Pavic, Croat-ia, 6-4, 6-0.Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, def. Blaz Kavcic,Slovenia, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-4.Olivier Rochus, Belgium, def. SergiyStakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-4.Gianluca Naso, Italy, def. Mate Delic, Croatia,6-4, 6-2.
ATP-CREDIT AGRICOLE SUISSEOPEN GSTAADAt Gstaad, SwitzerlandSingles — First RoundFeliciano Lopez (5), Spain, def. Michael Lam-mer, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3.Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, def. GuillermoGarcia-Lopez (6), Spain, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.Marcel Granollers (8), Spain, def. StephaneBohli, Switzerland, 6-1, 6-0.Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, def. Steve Dar-cis, Belgium, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5.Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Victor Hanes-cu, Romania, 7-5, 6-2.Frederico Gil, Portugal, def. Joao Souza, Por-tugal, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.Julien Benneteau, France, def. Lukas Rosol,Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3.
G O L F
WEEKEND GLANCELPGA TOUR/LADIES’ GOLF UNIONWOMEN’S BRITISHOPENSite: Carnoustie, Scotland.Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.OntheNet:www.ricohwomensbritishopen.comLPGA Tour site:www.lpga.comLadies’ Golf Union site:www.lgu.orgLadies European Tour site:www.ladieseuropeantour.com
PGA TOURGREENBRIER CLASSICSite:White Sulphur Springs,W.Va.Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.Online:www.pgatour.com
U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATIONU.S. SENIOROPENSite: Toledo, Ohio.Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.Online:www.usga.orgChampions Tour site:www.pgatour.com
EUROPEAN TOURIRISHOPENSite:Killarney, Ireland.Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.Online:www.europeantour.com
NATIONWIDE TOURUTAHCHAMPIONSHIPSite: Sandy, Utah.Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.Online:www.pgatour.com
Cameron Graham, G Thomas Gray, FB PatrickHill,WR JosephHills, DE Julian Hartsell, G An-quez Jackson,WR James Kirkendoll, CBLequan Lewis,WROrenthaMurdock,WRMichael Preston,WROwen Spencer andLS/LB John Stokes, Vanderbilt.
HOCKEYNHLDETROIT REDWINGS—Announce the retire-ment of C Kris Draper.NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Signed C CraigSmith to a two-year contract.PITTSBURGHPENGUINS—Signed F JasonWilliams to a one-year contract.WINNIPEG JETS—Agreed to termswith CIvan Telegin.
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IP H R ER BB SOBaltimoreArrietaW,10-7 5 5 4 4 2 4Berken 3 4 0 0 1 1Hendrickson 1 0 0 0 0 0TorontoMorrow L,7-5 3 1-3 9 7 6 1 5Camp 1 1-3 4 3 3 0 1Janssen 1 1-3 2 0 0 0 1Ledezma 2 1 2 2 2 2F.Francisco 1 0 0 0 0 0HBP—byArrieta (Bautista).WP—Berken.PB—J.Molina.Umpires—Home, Gary Darling; First, BruceDreckman; Second, Alan Porter; Third, RobDrake.T—3:07. A—17,477 (49,260).
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Body changesVisually, the 200 has been treated to a mostlynew front end, including a cleaner-lookinggrille and hood.
The front fenders contain a contemporaryset of projector-style headlamps and fog lightswith Light Emitting Diode (LED) accents. Thereare also new fenders and LED taillights in back.
These changes are quite typical of theupdates that many vehicles go through at themid-point of their production cycles.
Although it still looks very much like the previous Sebring, the styling updates tend to smooth things out.
New LED lighting is in vogue, too. The optional V6 is rated to provide similar fuel economy to the four-cylinder.
Soak up some affordable summer fun
InteriorAll is well, or at least better, on the insidenow that Chrysler’s designers have tossedout many of the car’s hard-plastic panelsand trim pieces.
The centrepiece is an all-new soft-touchinstrument panel along with a clearlyclassier steering wheel.
Additionally, the armrests have soft-touch coverings and the seats are now bet-ter bolstered and have improved coverings.
EngineThe 200 convertible shares the sameengine/transmission choices as the sedan. A173-horsepower 2.4-litre four-cylinder thatoriginated from last year’s Sebring is stan-dard on the base 200 LX.
The real star of the show is the new 283-horsepower 3.6-litre “Pentastar” V6 that re-places the previous 186-horsepower2.7-litre V6 and the 235-horsepower 3.5-litreV6.
Some like it hot, and ifyou do, then a two-doorcar that turns into a con-vertible is likely a coolthing.
The good news is thatyou don’t have to drop bigcoin for a rolling hair dry-
er. The even better news isthat this year’s crop ofcontenders is hot stuff.Just take a look at the2011 Chrysler 200.
The car has risenPhoenix-like from the ash-es of what was betterknown until recently asthe Sebring.
And although the basic
structure has been carriedover, there have been anumber of signifi-cant upgrades toimprove the mid-size model’s over-all performanceand create a moreelegant appearance,both inside and out.
The updating of the Se-
bring-cum-200 wasn’t toolong overdue since the
current body stylehas only beenaround since the2008 model year.But the adjust-
ments and namechange were deemed
as vital to reinvigoratingthe Chrysler brand by the
automaker’s Fiat-basedmanagement that nowruns the show.
The 200 convertible is100 per cent about soak-ing up some relatively af-fordable summer fun forup to four passengers,heading to the beach orsimply cruising in highstyle.
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Designing an interior means form and function
GM TAPS SILICON VALLEY TECH, AND CULTURE AUTO PILOT
MIKE [email protected]
California’s SiliconValley looks prettymuch the way Ipictured it.
Amore-lushversion of atypical indus-trial mall. A-type “types”bicycling
madly during their lunchhours, on a network of bi-cycle lanes, their racinghelmets barely containingtheir immense heads,which were actually glow-ing with activity.
A group of us autoscribes were in the area, tovisit GM’s Advanced Tech-nology Silicon Valley Office(ATSVO), as part of a presspreview for the new BuickLaCrosse eAssist (a new,mild hybrid).
GM set up the shopabout five years ago, to bethe automaker’s “eyes andears on the ground” in Sili-con Valley.
It’s a small place, with asmall team — about 10 sci-entists and business man-agers with variousbackgrounds.
The man who heads upthe team, Bryon Shaw, toldus that the building reflectsits mandate to forge rela-tionships with its famousSilicon Valley neighbours,like Apple, Google, Cisco,
Hewlett-Packard, NeuroSky,Nokia, SoundHound, MADMaps, Digitario, andStratosAudio.
Those firms are not onlyknown for their success,but also for their collabora-tive processes.
To grease the wheels ofcollaboration many adoptan interior design conceptknown as “caves and com-mons.”
“Common areas arewhere you have teams ofpeople working together,collaboratively, so everyoneknows what is going on,and you don’t have silos ofinformation,” said Shaw.
“This leads to faster de-velopment cycles, butsometimes you need tothink… Common areas arenoisy. Cave areas are whereyou can retract into and getyour hard thinking done.”(This reminds me of one ofmy favourite bumper stick-ers: “Ever stop to think andforget to start again.”)
Big Silicon Valley firmsalso have many, many con-ference rooms, which aretypically booked the entireworkday.
“But when you peak in,you see only one person inthat room, on the phone toa globally distributedteam,” noted Shaw.
“So we said how domake that work in a morespace efficient way… That’swhy we have these ‘phonebooths’, which are confer-ence rooms for one per-son.”
When ATSVO staff needto liaison with someonedown the street, or acrossthe globe, everything theyneed to get that done canbe found in the blue booth— small desk, phone, inter-
Among other advancements,
GM’s Silicon Valley tech centre was
responsible for developing the
computer generation of
personalized audio clues for
consumer demographics and
preferences in the Chevrolet Volt.
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A huge amount of workgoes into designing a vehi-cle, but it’s far more thanjust the exterior appear-ance. The inside requiresjust as much attention, cov-ering everything from howit looks to its integrationwith important safety fea-tures.
For Mercedes-Benz, theinterior of the redesigned2012 M-Class SUV startedwith sketches at the compa-ny’s design headquarters inSindelfingen, Germany.
The designers also usecomputer models and thenfull-size clay mockups todetermine what the newvehicle will use.
“It takes a long time,”says Marina Sacco, an inte-rior trim designer specializ-ing in colour and materials.
“We started a few yearsago and have continued to
improve it.”The design follows a ba-
sic theme that Mercedes-Benz reserves for its SUVs:the dash must have stronghorizontal lines to give thefeeling of spaciousness,while a dome over the cen-tre stack controls hints atthe engine’s power. Thematerials, meanwhile, con-vey a “welcome home” feel-ing, with soft-touchsurfaces and wood high-lights. It isn’t enough tosimply use home-style ma-terials, though.
“The colours and materi-als have to work in all tem-peratures, whether very hotor very cold,” Sacco says.
“The leather must func-tion, the plastic must func-tion, and it can’t discolour.Everything has to stay as itis on the first day.”
To that end, everythingthat goes into the interior isthoroughly tested. Eachmaterial is placed undersimulated sunshine, and incold and heat extremes toensure that it doesn’t peel,become brittle or fade.
It’s also very importantthat the final design andthe materials used look likethey belong in a Mercedes,Sacco says.
“Most customers don’tlike screaming colours,”she says. “People like black,brown, beige and grey.Sports cars are allowed a lit-tle bit of red, but on a carlike this (M-Class), it’s niceto have natural colours.This is about driving the carand going to the outdoors.”
Authenticity of the mate-rials is also important, and
for the new model, thecompany has introduced anoptional trim design thatincludes unfinished, open-grain wood.
“You can feel the struc-ture of the grain on it,” Sac-co says, which is veryimportant.
It seems that, althoughMercedes-Benz uses only re-al wood in the M-Class,some customers com-plained that their passen-gers thought the high-glossversion was actually madeof plastic.
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net connection, privacy,and good acoustics.
Not surprisingly, one fo-cus of the team is incorpo-rating connectivity andmore electronic goodnessinto our vehicles.
Two of its more interest-ing advancements were de-veloping Wi-Fi coverage tovehicle occupants while
moving at highway speeds(not yet available in Cana-da), and personalized audiocues for the new ChevroletVolt.
One concept the team isconsidering is a forward-looking camera on your ve-hicle, which can share “realtime” images with yourfriends on Facebook.
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Buyers usually considerfour brands of boats whenlooking online. Sea-Doo,Bayliner, Sea Ray and Lundare top online searches onsites like autotrader.ca, soidentify what you like andremember to keep an openmind.
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Every pleasure craft,whether new or used, with10 horsepower or moremust have a registered li-cence number displayedon the bow. Motor boatsshould have a Hull SerialNumber (HIN) and a Trans-port Canada compliancenotice. Ideally, boatsshould also be certified byan independent surveyor— ask you local marineclub or store to find a re-source. NEWS CANADA
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Summer is the main sea-son for road construction,which means there’s agood chance you’ll hit abump or two, or comeacross loose stones andother hazards associatedwith construction zones.
These road conditionscan be tough on a vehicle’ssteering and suspensionsystems and can throw outthe alignment, while loosestones have the potentialto damage the vehicle’s ex-terior or windshield.
The symptoms of steer-ing and suspension orwheel alignment problemsare uneven tire wear,pulling to one side, noiseand vibration while cor-nering or loss of control.
The main parts of thesystems are shocks and/or
struts, the steering knuck-le, ball joints, the steeringrack/box, bearings, seals orhub units, and tie rodends.
Motorists should have
their vehicles checked outimmediately if any ofthese symptoms exist, assteering and suspensionsystems are key safety-re-lated components andlargely determine the car’sride and handling.
Regardless of road con-ditions, these systemsshould be checked annual-ly and a wheel alignmentshould be performed atthe same time.
Motorists also should dofrequent visual checks oftheir vehicle’s exterior andwindshield to identify anychips, dings or cracks.These are small problemsthat can become costly re-pairs and safety hazards ifthey aren’t taken care ofimmediately.
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A rare and well-loved retro street rodModel: 1997 to 2002 Plymouth Prowler Vehicle Type: Roadster
The Plymouth brand bitthe dust some years ago —but it’s departure from ex-istence did leave one ofthe world’s most interest-ing and rare sports cars inits wake.
The Plymouth Prowlerwas a two-seat, uber-retrostreet rod convertible soldin 1997, and 1999 through2002. Unlike other Ply-mouth models, theProwler was its own car —not a rebadged variant ofsome other Chrysler,Dodge or Eagle product.
Prowler launched witha manually-operated cloth-top roof, 214-horsepowerV6 engine and rear-wheeldrive. After a break from
the market for 1998,Chrysler updated the 1999model with a new 253-horsepower V6 engine. Allmodels got a four-speed“AutoStick” automatictransmission.
Feature content includ-ed an Infinity CD changeraudio system, air condi-tioning, cruise control,power accessories andleather seats.
An auto-dimmingrearview mirror andleather-trimmed accentswere also on board.
VerdictThough information islimited, a usedPlymouth Prowler ap-pears to be a fairly reli-able, albeit extremelyrare, used sports carbuy.
Shoppers set onowning a Prowler andable to locate a unitfor sale are advised tomake an appointmentwith a nearby Chryslerdealership for aninspection.
A well-maintainedunit with full servicerecords that’s familiarto a Chryslerdealership is the safestbet.
What Owners Like
Exclusivity is the largestdraw to the Prowler,according to most owners. Production was extremelylimited, and few cars turnheads this well. Fun to drive handling, dy-namics, relative perform-ance and a relativelycomfortable ride are alsohighly rated.
What they dislike
Owner complaints includelimited visibility, tight en-try and exit with the roofup, road noise and limitedpracticality. Prowler also had very lim-ited trunk space and limit-ed width to accommodatewide-legged occupants.
Common issues
Given the Prowler’s limitedsales volume and relativelytiny online owner’scommunity, reliability-re-lated information issparse. Some issues havesurfaced with the factorystereo system, includinghissing, static or blownspeakers. Premature suspensionwear may also be aconcern — so be sure tolisten for any popping orclunking sounds on a test-drive that could indicate a
worn-out component. Check power
windows for prop-er operation in
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Prowler’s driveline appearsto be fairly solid and prob-lem free, though the 3.5-
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1999 Plymouth Prowler
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