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Investigators are seeking help witha heist seemingly ripped right fromthe pages of a Hollywood script.

Police say two individuals stolea tractor-trailer, hooked it up to atransport truck and made off with$500,000 worth of goods.

The incident took place in Cal-gary around midnight on June 25at 5353–72nd Ave. S.E. RCMP foundthe truck nearly two weeks laterabandoned on East Lake Road inAirdrie.

“It wasn’t done on a whim byany means,” said RCMP Cpl. ShawnBoutin. “I would suggest that theyhave done it before, just for the factthat how do you move all of thestuff in the back of that trailer? Youhave got DVDs, clothes — andwhere do you sell that stuff?”

Phil Amundson, an employee atSharky’s Pawn Shop in Calgary, con-firmed it would be difficult tooffload the stolen merchandise ata shop like his.

“The amount of information we

have to take from someone is quiteridiculous,” he said. “Everythinggets entered into our system indetail.”

Representatives of AndlauerTransportation Services, whichowns the stolen truck, did notreturn repeated requests for com-ment. JEREMY NOLAIS

Police seekhelp solving$500K heist

Clothing, electronics stolen from truck Thieves likely experienced: RCMP

HEATHER MCINTYRE/METRO

Edmonton abuzz with Indy excitementDrivers and their cars, which convoyed through the city’s downtown core yesterday, are arrivingfor the Edmonton Indy, taking place tomorrow through Sunday at the City Centre Airport. BostonBruins defenceman and Edmonton native Johnny Boychuk has been named grand marshal of therace. Hinchcliffe, a rookie driver in the series, sits 15th in the IndyCar standings with 158 pointsand is not too far off the leader for top rookie honours.

Revving. Up

IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe is flanked by Miss Indy finalists Maria Young, left, Dayna Lyle,centre, and Deanna Wachowicz at the Edmonton International Airport yesterday.

The loot

The stolen items belonged to com-panies such as Bell, Rogers, Telus,Disney, Sony, Warner Bros., TheSource, FCUK, ESPIRIT, Aritzia andlululemon athletica.When buying something from anindividual, a pawn shop mustenter two forms of identification, aphone number and a picture of theitem into a database that policecan access. RCMP Cpl. Shawn Boutin saidinvestigators expect to releasemore information in a few days.

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With ridership numberslevelling out and revenuegoals not being met, Cal-gary Transit has to come upwith additional cash.

“We can raise fares, raisetaxes or we can cut service,”said transit planning man-ager Neil McKendrick. “Thebottom message for thiswhole thing is somebodyhas to pay.”

Transit rider Pat Ross

said she’d rather see an in-crease to fare prices thanlose service hours.

“I’m sure no one is hap-py with that, but it’s cheap-er than parkingdowntown,” she said.

Fellow commuter Alisaid she thinks the $3 park-and-ride should be institut-ed again as a way toincrease revenue.

“I don’t mind paying,”she said.

Aldermen are split be-tween hiking fares andslashing service.

“The fares, I think, are ata point where the fares areadequate at where theyshould be at,” said Ald. RayJones.

“If you raise them anyhigher, you’re going to endwith people saying ‘It’scheaper to drive my car.’”

However, Ald. AndreChabot argued servicehours and fare increasesshould be added at an incre-mental rate.

Fare prices will likely beset this fall after councilprovides direction to Cal-

gary Transit, according toMcKendrick.

Several options for increasing revenue will be presented to council Transit’s goal is to recoup 55 per cent of operating costs from customers

Options for increasing transit revenue include lowering fare discounts, reviewing park-and-ride charges and lobbying the province for additional funding.

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‘Somebody has to pay,’says Calgary Transit

SlutWalkhoping totake stepAfter being cancelled lastmonth, SlutWalk Calgarymay finally come tofruition later this summer.

SlutWalk began inToronto followingcomments by a police offi-cer who said womenshouldn’t dress like “sluts.”

The event was set forCalgary but due to liabilityissues and other logisticalproblems, it was cancelled.However, organizers havelaunched a new websiteproclaiming that the walkis tentatively scheduled forAugust 20 near Eau ClaireMarket.

An application has beensubmitted to the City ofCalgary. METRO

Councilhopes togrow smartCity hall is looking to setout a clear plan for futuregrowth in Calgary.

Ahead of the 2012-2014budget, which will beapproved in November,members of the land use,planning andtransportation committeediscussed ways to collabo-rate with the developmentindustry and citizen stake-holders.

“It’s going to provideclarity for industry,” saidMichael Flynn of the UrbanDevelopment Institute,“provide clarity for the waythat council is going tomake decisions and clarityfor the way that administra-tion interprets the applica-tions.” KATIE TURNER

Transit costs

In 2010, Calgary Transit’sannual operating cost was$277.5 million.According to a transitreport, since 2007, the av-erage cost of a passengertrip has increased by 23per cent while the averagefare has climbed by only12 per cent.

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Hospital security under fire

In the wake of two patientsescaping Alberta Hospitalin two weeks, Health andWellness Minister GeneZwozdesky is calling for asecurity probe.

“I immediately ordered areview of protocols and pro-cedures, hopefully to findout why this happened andensure it doesn’t happenagain,” Zwozdesky said yes-terday.

Two weeks ago, MelissaEkkelenkamp, 44, walkedaway from the Edmontonmental-health facility. OnTuesday, Douglas Campbell,32, made a daring escape.

Campbell scaled a three-metre wall during a super-vised basketball game, saidMarianne Stewart, vice-

president of continuingcare and mental healthwith Alberta Health Servic-es, Edmonton zone.

“This is a hospital wherepatients need exercise, likeeveryone else,” Stewartsaid, adding that Campbellthen “sprinted to the walland leaped over.”

The six-foot-four, 220-pound man outran staffand police, she said.

Zwozdesky said reviewwill cover staff and patient-monitoring procedures.

Guy Smith, president ofthe Alberta Union of Provin-cial Employees, said under-staffing at Alberta Hospitalis nothing new.

“It has always been aconcern for us to make surethere is an adequate level ofstaff,” he said.

One staffer said employ-ees signed mandatory non-

disclosure agreements af-ter Ekkelenkamp’s disap-pearance on July 6. Theemployee also said they

were told hospital securitywould increase, but saidthere seems to be nochange yet.

Edmonton psychiatric facility sees two patients bolt in two weeks Union, employees cite understaffing as a factor in the escapes

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Melissa Ekkelenkamp, 44,

walked away from AlbertaHospital on July 6 despitefamily members being toldshe would be checkedevery 15 minutes and notlet outside unescorted.She has not been seensince.Lorraine Adolph, 68, a

schizophrenic patient, died

after being let out alonefor a cigarette on Dec. 4,2008. She was found aweek later, frozen todeath, 800 metres fromwhere she was last seen. Afatality inquiry concludedlast month.Tim Dawson, 42, who was

diagnosed with bipolardisorder and had memoryloss, was let out on a daypass to a group home onJuly 15, 1999. His body wasfound 10 months later onthe shore of the NorthSaskatchewan River nearTwo Hills.The latest person to

escape is DouglasCampbell.

Douglas Campbell

Greg Keelor, centre, and Blue Rodeo perform this

weekend at the Calgary Folk Music Festival.

UNDER A SKY OF BLUE Blue Rodeo headlines thisweekend’s Calgary FolkMusic Festival. Greg Keelor,one of the band’s foundingmembers, sat down withMetro to speak about Folk.

What does this folk festmean to Blue Rodeo?“It’s a nice gig. We’ve hadsome great shows hereand we always enjoy it.”Do you have a song thatmakes you think of Alberta?“Western Skies. I lived inLake Louise during the’70s and I fell totally in

love with themountains.”What was your best show inCalgary?“I actually rememberthis one because it wasweird. We playedCalaway Park 25 yearsago and they hadcartoon-charactercutouts everywhere andthe only people therewere parents andchildren and we’d justcut our first album, sonobody know who wewere.”

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Deemed “insensitive” and“sexist” by some, a Cal-gary radio station has an-nounced the winner of asummertime contest of-fering plastic surgery asits top prize.

Avery Mitchell, a localmusician, will go underthe knife after garnering76 per cent of the onlinevote for 90.3 AMP Radio’s“Breast Summer Ever”contest.

Mitchell was born malebut today lives as a trans-gender person.

“In Canada, I am notgiven any health care for being transgendered

and I have to pay out ofmy own pocket for theseprocedures,” Mitchell saidin a release. “Havingbreasts would help com-plete me as a person.”

AMP morning hostBuzz Bishop said whilethe contest certainly hadsome detractors it was aworthwhile endeavournonetheless.

“Radio stations, as ageneral rule, are alwaystrying to give away that ‘I really want it, butcan’t afford it’ prize,” hesaid.

AMP reports votespoured in for the contestfrom “every corner of the globe.”

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Tens of thousands of Soma-lis are feared dead in theworld’s worst famine in ageneration, the United Na-tions said yesterday, andthe U.S. said it will allow$28 million in emergencyfunds to be spent in areascontrolled by al-Qaida-linked militants as long asthe fighters do not interferewith aid distributions.

Exhausted, rail-thinwomen are stumbling intorefugee camps in Kenya andEthiopia with dead babiesand bleeding feet, havingleft weaker family mem-bers behind.

The crisis is the worstsince 1991-92, when hun-dreds of thousands of Soma-lis starved to death, saidMark Bowden, the UN’s offi-cial in charge of humanitar-ian aid in Somalia. Thatfamine prompted interven-tion by an internationalpeacekeeping force, but iteventually pulled out aftertwo American Black Hawk

helicopters were shot downin 1993.

Since then, Western na-tions have mainly sought tocontain the threat of terror-ism from Somalia — an an-archic nation where theweak government battlesIslamic militants on landand pirates hijack ships formillions of dollars at sea.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

EarthquakerocksCentral AsiaA magnitude-6.1 quakekilled at least 14 people in aheavily populated valley inCentral Asia yesterday,emergency officials said.

Almost all the casualtieswere in Uzbekistan, whereofficials confirmed 13deaths. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Crisis inSomaliaworsening

Worst food security crisis in 20years: UN In some areas, sixpeople are dying every day

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Leopard battles villageA leopard that mauled 11 people in a fierce showdownwith Indian villagers died of knife wounds after beingcaptured yesterday. Villagers used knives, stones and ba-tons to beat back the snarling, leaping cat. The peopleare recovering from their injuries, mostly swipes fromthe cat’s claws. Leopards are protected in India thoughmore are straying into villages for food.

Wild. Beast

A leopard attacks a forest guard yesterday at Prakash Nagar village near Salugara, on the outskirts of Siliguri,India. The guard was injured.

Fugitivein CanadaorderedreleasedHis deportation may be on-ly days away and an immi-gration board officialagrees Lai Changxing is aflight risk who likely con-sorted with criminals, butthe Chinese fugitive hasbeen ordered released inVancouver.

Still, Lai's freedom maybe short-lived as the Feder-al Court of Canada hears anapplication to stay hisdeportation order today. Ifturned down, Lai could beon a plane back to China asearly as next week.

Lai is wanted in Chinaon allegations he was thekingpin in a massive smug-gling operation thatsiphoned millions fromthe government.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Juno Beach power struggleWinds of change

The French governmentsays it is receiving tendersfor more than 1,000 windturbines off the country’snorthwestern coast,including at Courseulles-sur-mer, where Juno Beachis located. The entire project is even-tually predicted to powermore than 4.5 millionhomes.Veterans Affairs Canadasays it “understands andshares” the concerns ofthose who fought for freedom.“We wouldn’t see it appro-priate to develop on theactual site where the battle of Juno occurred,”said a spokesperson forVeterans Affairs MinisterSteven Blaney.The Juno Beach Centre,which is at the site itself,has decided to accept theFrench government’s proposal.

Veterans are fighting anew battle of Juno Beach.

The vets are angry overa French plan to installtowering wind turbinesoff the coast and withinsight of the beach wherethousands of Canadiansfought a bloody battle inthe Second World War.

“I think it’s a disgustingaffair,” said Jack Martin,who was among the Cana-dians who stormed JunoBeach during the D-Daylandings of 1944.

“I saw so many of mybuddies and friends die onJuno Beach that I figure itis very hallowed ground.”

Martin, 87, said the tur-bines might take awayfrom the sombre histori-cal significance of the site.

Retired major Roy Ed-dy, 86, says it’s importantto keep the memory ofJuno Beach alive. “I’d like

to forget about it, but Idon’t want to,” said theveteran, who was 20 whenhe lost many friendsthere.

“None of us slept forabout 72 hours, the noiseand the sound was justearth shattering.”THE CANADIAN PRESS

The enemy now: wind turbines Veterans say theywill destroy sanctity of site where 359 Canadians died

A piper plays a lament

overlooking Juno Beach,

where the Allied invasion

of Nazi-occupied Europe

was launched.

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New Canucksto be strippedof citizenshipFAKERS. The federal government intends torevoke the citizenship ofat least 1,800 people whoused fraudulent means tobecome Canadians.

Immigration MinisterJason Kenney, above, saysmost of the targeted indi-viduals were counselledby unscrupulous immi-gration consultants.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Feds paid up — but too lateCASH CRUNCH. Dozens of

tourism projects acrossthe country were delayedand got stuck with heftybills because a key feder-al program was slow get-ting cash to them.

The Marquee TourismEvents Program, a $100-million fund set up in2009 as part of the Harp-er government’srecession-fighting strate-gy, doled out money toolate for about half theprojects it funded.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Declare yourguns, please HIDDEN CARGO. Canadianborder guards are tellingAmericans: Declare yourguns before enteringCanada.

In the last week, border guards seized 10loaded handguns, a shot-gun and ammunition atB.C. border points.

Seven Americans wereeither charged or senthome.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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American Airlines is buyingat least 460 new planes overthe next five years from Air-bus and Boeing in a recordorder that breaks Boeing’sexclusive grip on Ameri-can’s fleet.

American said yesterdayit will buy 260 planes fromAirbus, 200 from rival Boe-ing Co., and perhaps hun-dreds more. It expects thenew jets to provide savings

in fuel costs. American’scurrent fleet is among theleast fuel-efficient.

The deal is a major boostfor Airbus, which hadn’twon an order from Ameri-can since the 1980s. Boeingdid salvage one of itsbiggest sales ever.

The jets carry a stickerprice of more than $38 bil-lion US, although big air-lines often get discounts.

Gerard Arpey, the chair-man and CEO of Ameri-can’s parent, AMR Corp.,called it “a watershed eventcertainly for our companyand indeed for the airlineindustry.”

AMR also announcedthat it plans to spin off re-gional carrier American Ea-gle as a separate companyin another cost-cuttingmove. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Air fleet renewedOrder includes Airbus A320 and Boeings 737 jetsPressure on airlines to upgrade craft: Analysts

Jim Dees, the B777 fleet captain at American Airlines, smiles after looking over the cockpit

of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner during a tour at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport

yesterday.

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Foreign Affairs MinisterJohn Baird says Canada-China relations are warm-ing and can be furtherimproved by face-to-facedialogue.

Baird finished a four-day trip to China yester-day after meetings withsenior government offi-cials and business leaders.

In a conference callfrom Shanghai, Baird saidrelations between the twocountries have entered anew era in recent yearsand he wants to build onthat.

Chinese relationscooled in the early yearsof Prime Minister StephenHarper’s government. AHarper meeting with theDalai Lama in 2007 irkedChinese authorities, whoroutinely revile the Ti-betan spiritual leader as aseparatist who wants tosplit Tibet from China.

The Canada-China rela-tionship improved afterthe prime minister visitedBeijing in 2009.

Now, Baird said, Chinais a strategic partner inthe fields of energy, natu-ral resources and interna-tional affairs and the twocountries can both benefitfrom closer and deeperties.

While there are differ-ences of opinion on issuessuch as human rights,Baird said it's better todiscuss things face-to-facethan to stand back andpreach.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Scenes from the pro-posed short film showyoung boys dressed inbattle fatigues and par-ticipating in raids,killings and terror plots.It is the latest attemptby the terrororganization to use mul-timedia to draw inpotential recruits.

News of the animatedfilm was announced by agroup called Abu al-Laithal-Yemen on the Arabic-language al-Shamouk ji-hadist website, theLondon-based QuilliamFoundation reportedyesterday. Quilliam,which was formed byformer jihadists andnow aims to stamp outextremism, said itappears the group is af-filiated with al-Qaida inthe Arabian Peninsula.

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I’ve been noticing the calm,level-headed way the mediahas reported the West Nilevirus this summer, and I’djust like to say I’m sorry.

I don’t know what’s comeover us.

Unless I missed a memo, we in themedia (especially TV) are supposed tobreathlessly cover this as a burgeoninghealth crisis. It’s just the way things aredone. Where are the slow-motion close-ups of a suspicious-looking skeeter? The

catchy title like Mosquitopocalypse? The news anchorsolemnly asking, “How worried should we be?” as ifworrying would be useful.

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The coverage has been areasonable reflection of re-ality.

So, again, I apologize.Because if my years in

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IC. This was the time-proven journalistic method usedwith Mad Cow, SARS and H1N1. I guess West Nile’sbeen around long enough that people are getting all“rational.” Well, I can’t let that happen.

Because if it did, we in the media would be stuckwriting about softwood lumber or debt ceilings or, Godhelp me, Brad Pitt. If I have to write one more wordabout a Beckham baby or the latest crop of orphansthat Brangelina are scooping up with a backhoe, I mayscream.

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Ask your political leaders to establish mosquito no-flyzones. Watch for large swarms flying in a skull-and-crossbones formation. Wear burqas or Stormtroopercostumes. Reassure your children by showing themfilms where humans reign victorious over insects, suchas Arachnophobia and Them! Pray daily.

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WendyDaniels hassurvived an-other Stam-pede, all 10days.

It’s a titlerarely achieved, let alonefor 26 years straight.Daniels first moved back toCalgary to rebuild her spir-it. Little did she know, shewould be part of building alocal legend.

“I had just split up frommy boyfriend in Nanton,

moved back to Calgary andneeded a job quickly,” saysDaniels who has been withthe infamous Ranchman’sfor the better part of their40 year history.

“I assisted Harris (as inHarris Dvorkin, presidentand owner of Ranchman’s)in booking bands and do-ing a couple of promo-tions. I seemed to have aknack for it and he pro-moted me to marketing di-rector.”

So needless to say,Daniels has planned andsurvived a Stampede ortwo. Her advice to make itthrough the 10 days?

“Pace yourselves and getas much rest as you can,”

she says. It’s a discipline that’s

served her well in an in-dustry that burns so manypeople out, party goers in-cluded.

There isn’t much Ranch-man’s hasn’t seen duringStampede.

“We use the expression‘If it ain't Ranchmans... itain't real’” says Daniels.

She’s referring to every-thing from the entertain-ment to the company theykeep.

Daniels has bookedsome serious talent, Stam-pede or not, including Kei-th Urban, Shania Twain,Kenny Chesney, EmersonDrive, and Paul Brandt.

Yes, Daniels has metthem all and is even on afirst name basis with most,but you wouldn’t know itby talking to her.

She’s very down to earthand always working be-hind the scenes to makesure the organization is po-sitioned well in the hospi-tality industry.

She says the secret toher survival success is plan-ning well in advance. Start-ing in December,Ranchman’s will alreadyhave talent booked for theupcoming Stampede andthey start the hiring fairfor tripling their staff.

Hey… that’s one way tobeat the four hour line-up.

To see what Ranchman’shas lined up all year round,visit ranchmans.com.

Wendy Daniels has been riding the bucking wave of the Calgary festival for 26 years now

Stampede survivorMarketing Director Wendy Daniels poses with Doc Walker Band, who opened for Kenny Chesney and closed Nashville North last Sunday night.

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The background details on

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Details Ranchman’s is theofficial hospitality locationof the CanadianProfessional Rodeo Associ-ation. Watch for 2011Stampede performers SixWest and Codie Prevost,who are on the cusp of su-perstardom. Ranchman’sfirst opened their doorsApril 28th 1972.

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Comic-Con, the annualmecca of pop culture, re-turns to San Diego this

weekend, with more than130,000 fans and fanaticsflooding the city to cele-brate the comics, movies,TV shows and stars theylove. What’s surprisingfolks this year, though, iswho won’t be there: De-

spite releases slated nextyear for two of the world’sbiggest superheroes, Bat-man and Superman, therewon’t be panels for theDark Knight Rises or theMan of Steel.

And as for Marvel Enter-

tainment’s hero-packedthe Avengers, while Cap-tain America (Chris Evans)and the movie’s director,Joss Whedon, will be in at-tendance for other rea-sons, the studio insiststhere’s nothing planned

for the star-studded 2012summer tent-pole. (The su-perhero team-up starsEvans, Robert Downey Jr.,Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Jo-hansson, Jeremy Renner,Samuel L. Jackson andChris Hemsworth.)

Some studios and direc-tors, including WarnerBros. and Disney, haveclaimed they’ll be sittingout the convention alto-gether, suggesting themassive festival’s powermight be waning.

A sneak peek at the annual pop culture mega-gathering Metro runs down who will be attendingComic-Con the real thing

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What to watch out forHere’s a guide to what Metro is most excited about at this year’s ultimate nerd-fest

MOVIES

The Adventures of Tin Tin

While the motion-captureanimation on display in themovie’s trailer is cause forconcern, the characters andbooks were such childhoodfavourites that we’re stillgiddy with excitement.

Besides, the combinedmight of Steven Spielbergand Peter Jackson is certain-ly call for optimism.

The Amazing Spider-Man

While it may seem a bitsoon for a series reboot,we’re excited to see whatdirector Marc Webb has

done with the series thatushered in the reign ofcomic book movies almost10 years ago.

The words “grittier” and“edgier” have been tossedabout, which isn’t a greatsign, but star AndrewGarfield hasn’t disappoint-ed us yet.

Immortals

Visionary director TarsemSingh (the Fall) heads to an-cient Greece to sprinklesome stardust on 300 witha cast that includes new Su-perman Henry Cavill, Frei-da Pinto, Stephen Dorff andMickey Rourke. Looks likebloody good fun.

The Twilight Saga:

Breaking Dawn — Part 1:

OK, we’re not really lookingforward to this movie asmuch as the whining andmoaning Comic-Con’s le-gion of fanboys let looseonce the series’ even scarierlegion of diehard fangirlsshows up to crash their par-ty. Twilight fans are expect-ed to be lining up outsideHall H as early as Mondayfor the star-studded panel.

TELEVISION

Game of Thrones

The cast of HBO’s new hit

will be heading straightfrom San Diego to beginfilming the show’s secondseason, so this is likely thelast chance to get a Game ofThrones fix before the longwinter ahead.

The Walking Dead

Last year, the popularity ofAMC’s zombie apocalypseseries caught Comic-Conoff-guard, with its initialpanel packed to over-capac-ity, so hopefully this yearthey’re prepared for anarmy of hungry fans look-ing for dirt on season two.

Doctor Who

Matt Smith, the latest —and 11th — actor to take onthe iconic sci-fi character,will be making his first-ever trip to Comic-Con —most likely to receive astern talking-to for makingeveryone wait so long.

Glee

Once again, the Fox televi-sion hit with no discernibleconnection to the comic-book world — except thatits characters are all out-casts — makes an appear-

ance. But this year they’vegot a 3-D concert movie(out next month) to pro-mote, too. NED EHRBAR

“It’s getting harder andharder to stand out amidthe din,” director AndrewStanton (next year’s JohnCarter of Mars) told theL.A. Times’ Hero Complexblog recently.

But Morgan Spurlock,who is completing a docu-mentary about the conven-tion, isn’t buying it.

“They say that everyyear,” Spurlock tells Metro.“It’s one of those thingslike, ‘No, we’re not goingto go this year, we’re notgoing to go.’ And then sud-

denly one studio jumps inand says yes, and the nextthing you know two moreclimb on board. It’s one ofthose where I don’t buy in-to it.”

But the big surprises atthis year’s convention areas much who is coming aswho isn’t. Mingling withthe science-fiction andhorror mainstays, prestigedirectors Steven Spielberg(the Adventures of TinTin), Stephen Soderbergh(Haywire) and Francis FordCoppola (Twixt) will be

heading to the massiveHall H to pitch their workto the Comic-Con masses.

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Months of work will be on display as

Comic-Con attendees sport their costumes.

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A first

Debuting at Comic-Con

Movie This year marks thefirst time a film has held itsworld premiere at Comic-Con, with Cowboys &Aliens debuting there.

Kellan Lutz stars as Poseidon in The Immortals.

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Rest stops

We’ll be checking in asmuch as possible at theWired Cafe (the Omni Ho-tel), Wired magazine’sComic-Con oasis whereVIPs can recharge their de-vices and their bodies, playvideo games and sip cock-tails served by True Blood-themed waitresses

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Nerds rule the throneThe world of Dungeons And Dragons has somehow

become cool without anyone realizing itHow fantasy rose to the top of the cultural heap

In the course of a singlegeneration, one of the mostdenigrated cultural institu-tions has risen to the top ofthe popularity hierarchy,influencing a new era ofTV, cinema and literature.

We speak, of course, offantasy. For the longesttime, merely speaking theword aloud was enough toearn you a wedgie. But theliterary genre, long the ves-tige of dice-rolling base-ment dwellers, has, in thepast decade and a half, fullyemerged from its (dragon)shell, capturing a moremainstream audience —and, in turn, a more main-stream cash flow.

If, in early 1997, you hadpredicted the growth of themaligned genre on theback of a bespectacledBritish wizard, you proba-bly would have beenstuffed into a locker fasterthan you could not sayVoldemort.

Yet this improbable herostands as the face of abrand worth a net $4 bil-lion worldwide, establish-ing his creator, JK Rowling,as the first — and only —billionaire writer, and firm-ly legitimizing practicesand standards rangingfrom cosplay (organizeddress-up) to a general ac-ceptance of fantasy fiction.

According to Brad Ricca,a university professor andauthor of the forthcomingbook Super Boys, this “sub-

tle but important shift inpopular culture” can be ex-plained as a reaction to anincreasingly chaotic pres-ent.

“College-age people who

grew up reading Harryflock to the movies withwands and robes in an at-tempt to recapture thepast,” Ricca says.

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All that has changed,however, with HBO’s TVadaptation of his seminalwork; A Game of Thrones,has inspired a new appreci-ation for his escapist oeu-vre at a time when it seems— impending debt crisis,promise of European col-lapse, depressing summerTV lineup — the wholeworld is coming to pieces.

“In watching theseshows,” Ricca says, “wemay just be acknowledgingthe importance and ro-mance of the imaginativepast as it affects us in timesof uncertain future.”

Considering our presentuncertainty, we predict acontinuation of the grow-ing trend in mainstreamfantasy literature.

HBO’s A Game of Thrones has become

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Lauren Ambrose is ex-plaining what happens onTorchwood: Miracle Day,her new Starz sci-fi series.Let’s listen:

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Torchwood: MiracleDay, which airs its thirdepisode on Friday at 10p.m. ET, is a spinoff of themuch-adored Torchwood,

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Boyz II Men brought theirMotown-Philly harmoniesto the masses when theymade their debut with

Cooleyhighharmony in1991; propelled by hitslike End of the Road andIt’s So Hard to Say Good-

bye to Yesterday, thePhiladelphia-basedgroup’s first album soldmore than nine million

copies. Their sophomoreCD, II, sold 12 millioncopies.

Band member Shawn

No End of the Road for these BoyzBoyz II Men launching 20th anniversary album, Twenty ‘We hope that those people that we’ve touched

before, we’ll be able to touch again’ says Shawn Stockman of the album featuring new songs and classic hits

Boyz II Men, from left, Nathan Morris,

Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman perform

at the 2011 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.

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Stockman says the group— which originally includ-ed Wanya Morris, NathanMorris and Michael Mc-Cary — had no idea howhuge their achievementswere.

“We were so busy justworking ... we didn’t thinktoo much about how itwould impact the world,which is probably a goodthing, because it kept ussharp and kept us focused,even to this present day,”he said. “Looking back, it’sa great thing. It’s hard totalk about it because it’ssomething that we thinkit’s a great milestone inour careers, but we’re stillhungry, and we still feellike we have so muchmore to contribute, musi-cally and otherwise.”

The group — which be-came a trio after McCary

left — still records andperforms regularly. Theirlast CD, 2009’s Love, hadthem performing standardlove songs.

The trio’s upcoming al-bum, Twenty, will featurenew songs and new rendi-tions of some of their best-known work.

“We’ve always beentrue to our love songs, andthe type of music that wedo, we feel this type ofmusic is timeless,” he said.“It’s our 20th anniversary,so we wanted to not onlygive our listeners some-thing new, but our new lis-teners I guess ananthology.”

Stockman hopes thegroup will capture ayounger generation, butalso a few fans they mayhave lost along the way.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Don’t Go Away

They have never replicat-

ed the sales, or the radio

success, of those first two

multimillion-selling

albums. Still, Stockman

says they haven’t stopped

being successful.

“It wasn’t the kind of thingwhere we made flop

albums, and someone goton drugs, and then allkind of crazinesshappened. The industryjust changed, and tasteschanged,” he said. “Wedidn’t fall off. ... Time andhow things have gone inthe industry and in life, itkind of preserved us to beable to have some sort ofsuccess.”

22 dish metronews.caTHURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011

Simpson’s repclaims she’snot preggersMAYBE SHE’S JUST CURVY.After stepping out for abusiness meeting inBeverly Hills in a body-hugging minidress, Jes-sica Simpson isshooting down rumoursthat she and fiancé EricJohnson are expecting,according to Celebuzz.

“This photo agency isfull of malarkey,” Simp-son’s publicist says ofthe company that firstmade the speculation.“She is not pregnant.”

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Sources tell magazine that split between couple was not ‘amicable’

While Jennifer Lopez andMarc Anthony haveannounced that theirsplit was “amicable,”sources tell People maga-zine it was anything but.

The decision toseparate reportedly came“after months of nonstoparguing,” a source says,adding that Anthony feel-ing jealous about Lopez’sAmerican Idol successand Lopez fearing Antho-ny wasn’t being faithfulwere factors.

“Though they love, ad-mire and respect eachother very much, theyjust needed to be apart,”the source says.

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James Franco andhis longtime girl-friend, Ahna O’Reilly,have split up, theeclectic actor tellsPlayboy magazine.

“It’s over. That last-ed about four or fiveyears,” he says of therelationship, whichhe managed to keep offthe radar.

“We’d been living to-gether in Los Angeles and

then came toNew York togo to schoolfor twoyears. Then Isigned upfor moreschool atYale. I thinkthat was itfor her.”

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Aniston onhaving kids oneday: ‘It’ll happen’Jennifer Aniston hasn’truled out parenthood — infact, she’s looking forwardto it.

“I’d love tohave childrenone day,” shetells Lookmagazine.

“And it’llhappen. Iam open tobeing asinglemother,toadopt-ing.I’mjust

fine with it.”But there are some ideas

Aniston is clearly not opento, like social-networking.

“You’ll never see meon Twitter or anythinglike that, it’s not forme,” she says.

“I’m all about oldtraditional ways —phone calls and let-ters. Although I do

internet surf andshop online. I loveauctions.”

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Matt Damonloves his lifeMatt Damon admits that,for a celebrity, he has itpretty easy.

“I’m really lucky,because I have the best ofboth worlds. I do thework that I love and need,but don’t need paramili-tary troops to protect mewhen I walk out my frontdoor,” he says in an inter-view with Germany’s Tele5.

“I have friends whoare like prisoners. BradPitt and AngelinaJolie, for instance.

They can’t just gosomeplace. If they go fora walk, it turns into an in-ternational incident.”

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After years of flashy stage

costumes, the singerhas reached a more

pared down place

Before she went solo, KellyRowland spent her careerdressed in blingy, cos-tumes designed to keepyou entertained — shim-mery, mermaid-like dress-es with flesh revealingcut-outs or ripped, GI Jane-style army fatigues withcamouflage Daisy Dukes orsexy versions of Cub Scout

uniforms with tight,midriff baring tops.

“I’ve never been afraidto take any risks,” she ad-mits over the phone fromLondon, where she’s pro-moting her new album,Here I Am, and preparingto join the UK X-Factorjudging panel.

“My personal style hasgrown in a way where Iknow what works for me.You have to try differentthings out to get it right,”

she says of her evolutionfrom her days as one-thirdof Destiny’s Child.

“Before, I was aboutwhat’s ‘in’ right now. Butnow, I buy to collect piecesthat will be with me forev-er.”

If the Texan’s oldwardrobe was all aboutconstantly changing kindsof splash, its new incarna-tion is much more refinedand focused, thanks to herhabit of reading Style.com

KELLY’S STYLE ICONS

Halle Barry

“I love the fact that shealways looks so effortless,like she just woke up in thatdress looking beautiful.She’salwaysdressed soppropriate-ly for herage —withsomewomen itseems likethey’rereachingtoo much.But withHalle, shecan wear adress withher stomach out and it looksamazing because she hasthe body for it.”

Jennifer Lopez

“She’s just a siren who issmoking hot, period. I loveher.”

Kelly Rowlandstripped down

each night (“it relaxesme”) and attending run-way shows during theready-to-wear collections.

She talks about thetrends with the confidenceof a seasoned market edi-tor: “I love how everythingis about opulence anddecadence right now. Ilove how that has comeback.

“And it’s great to see thebold colors that we saw forspring and summer carry-

ing over into fall,” sheadds.

Rowland’s been wearingStella McCartney andChloé the most, lately, andhas a long-time obsessionwith Alexander McQueen— all brands with Englishcreative directors. Perhaps,Britain is rubbing off onher?

“I love the UK period.But I’ve grown to appreci-ate the art and creativity ofBritish fashion.”

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24 style metronews.caTHURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011

Orange you looking nice todayFrom the Paris couture runways to the business boardrooms, the ‘orange’ oldies seem to be ruling the worldThey may have it all (if fame and power are your bag) but eternal youth — well, that just ain’t one of them!

Pippa, beach ready

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Middle-TANIt’s a wonder how theMiddletons maintaintheir bronze-y looks. It’sdefinitely not from bask-ing in the British sun.Nevertheless, since Eng-land’s favorite familyjoined the Royal crowd,Pippa has taken the fakebake to another, highersphere. Maybe it’s asocial status thing afterall — nope, not.

RICHARD PECKETT

What’s orange with acrazy bouffant and sings acatchy tune?

You’d probably say an“Oompa Loompa,” butyou’d be wrong. The cor-rect answer is Tom Jonesand a whole host of saf-fron-skinned friends.

But whyare all theold timerstopping uptheir tan froma can?

Perhaps or-ange skin is astatus sym-

bol in some circles. Ormaybe, while everythingelse is fading — looks,hair and yes, sexualprowess — their face be-comes that last bastion ofvirility.

We’ll never know. Buthere are the fake tan’sbiggest fans.

The couturier glow

Valentino Garavani showsoff his best impression ofan Eighties don.

While Giorgio Armaniwith his leather–like com-plexion and nipple cling-ing tee looks like the kindof guy who’d spotyou on a

gym workout, no?

Rockhard and bronzed

These days the musicworld’s most iconic gyrat-ing, rock stars are morelike singing raisins. Takea look at the radioactiveglow emanating from Ig-gy Pop and Tom Jones.

Yep, the one-time sexbombs may not be

able to muster abody-

pop but boy do their facesadd a colour pop worthyof the spring/summer ’11runways.

Businessmen bring-ing citrus back

These two have got plentyto be red in the faceabout. Perhaps that’s whyold ‘bunga bunga’ Berlus-coni and ‘The Donald’favour a tangerine dis-guise. Only the brightestorange will do for the-world’s classiest acts.

Fitting a fit frame isn't al-ways easy.

While clothing designersand retailers have givenmore attention lately tofinding solutions for theirpetite and plus-size cus-tomers, those women withan athletic build - whocould be tall or short, morenarrow or wide - have theirown set of dressing chal-lenges that certainly don'thave a one-size-fits-all solu-tion.

Working with many realwomen instead of onlymodels on photo shoots,

Adam Glassman, O TheOprah Magazine's creativedirector, says he's noticedan increase in “the athletictype.” He can't quite defineit, but he says he knows itwhen he sees it.

“It isn't just about ath-letes,” Glassman says. “Ithas nothing to do withheight. You tend to havebroad shoulders and abroad back, and your armsare naturally toned or youwork out - the tummy is thesame thing. Perhaps youhave not a lot of curveswith a straight waistline

and square hips, thighsmuscular and built calves,and a smaller bust.”

He adds: “You can have

all of that, two of the above,part of one. It ranges fromgymnasts to swimmers.”

“I think the fashion in-

dustry is stepping up to theplate in offering things formore sizes, but you stillhave to be willing tosearch,” he says.

Most important, women- no matter size and shape -should be looking forclothes that are comfort-

able and flattering with anend goal of creating a love-ly, feminine hourglassshape.

Athletic types often havethe advantage of being tautand firm, he says, but thatalso can leave the impres-sion of them being toughand tomboyish. He likes tosee women soften theirlook with ruffles, ruching,flowing skirts such as atulip shape, a top with a de-fined waist or a tie at thewaist, and puffy sleeves -which are trendy right now.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Swimming in the spotlight

Pants as beach coverups, playful prints and bright hues wow at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2012

Next summer, women canbe comfortable, feel glam-orous and look trend-rightin pants as beachcoverups.

Bold-coloured andprinted pantsuits wereone of the popular styleson the runway during theMercedes-Benz FashionWeek Swim 2012. Slouchypants in bright pink andblack, and even a Span-dex, bohemian-print leg-ging, also might becoming soon to a beachnear you.

Playful prints and vi-brant hues had their placeon the catwalks in MiamiBeach, as well as animal-inspired prints, coloursand stripes.

Some designers showedhigh-waisted bikini bot-toms, while others includ-ed multi side-stringswimwear, allowing forsome skin to peekthrough. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Two contrasting styles wereon the runway at White SandsAustralia: sweet floral vs. sexyzebra. Designer Leah Maddentried to pick between the twoto show a cohesive collection,but ended up showing both.

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Lucite capes in bright jeweltones showed the adventurousside of designer Red Carter. Hiscollection focused on twotrends: One was Africaninspired with hand crochet; theother paid homage to Pop Artwith eye-popping colours.

RED CARTER

Spanish designer DoloresFont Cortes' collection wasinspired by dreams of aremote, idyllic island. Coloursranged from strawberry pinkto the green tint from thebottom of the sea, andorange shades.

DOLORES CORTES

A generous mix of Egyptianand South American tribal in-fluences were seen at theMara Hoffman show in a mul-titude of vibrant colours. Hercollection touched on Egypt-ian inspiration such as the sar-cophagus and King Tut.

MARA HOFFMAN

Brazilian designer Paola Robbaincorporated her country's tra-ditional colours, symbols, plantand wildlife into a 40-piece col-lection which included bikinis,kaftans, mini dresses, shirts,skirts and pantaloon pants in amultitude of colours.

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home 27metronews.caTHURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011

Changingthe hard-warearoundyour place

is a great way to add per-sonality to a room, and isa quick and inexpensiveway to be creative withfurnishings.

A classic and simplewhite kitchen can date it-self with 1970s brass han-dles, while a curlicuevictorian dresser can looka bit fussy with cut crystalknobs.

Why not add some“new jewelry to that oldsuit”? Changing the hard-

ware offers an instant up-date to your furnishings.

In the kitchenRenters rejoice; updatingthe look of your kitchen iseasy by investing in somenew hardware for the cup-board doors and drawers.

Brushed stainless steel orshiny nickel knobs andpulls are the most popular.

It’s also one of those up-grades you can take withyou when you move (justkeep the old hardware toreplace when you are gone).

As most kitchens requirequite a few, purchase yourknobs and pulls at the big-box or DIY stores; the pricesare usually better than spe-cialty shops and they willhave the quantity you needin stock.

Want to to add a cus-tom look? Put knobs ondoors and pulls on drawers.Match the style and finish.

Old furniture getsdazzled

Got an old dresser or cabi-net that feels a bit dull? Re-staining it very dark orpainting it a bright colourcan change the look, butadding some fun knobswill add some interest andupdate your relic for a fewmore years.

Handmade or paintedknobs allow you to be cre-ative and customize a bor-ing piece of furniture.

Look in lifestyle storesthat sell home and cloth-ing for some unique hard-ware.

Woman’s clothing storeAnthropologie and homedecor store Pier One arefavourites of mine.

Bathroom pizzazzReplacing standard towelbars and cabinet knobs inthe bathroom can add a re-al punch of personality to asmall space.

I like to buy four-five

matching towels bars andinstall them above one an-other, about 12-18 inchesapart.

The vertically stackedbars give a vertical elementto a small bath and offerup valuable hanging spaceas if a ladder were leaningagainst the wall.

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To save you from arguing over that wagon wheel coffee table or those inherited curtains, we spoke to relationship experts Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller

Lovers to roomies: Not always a fairy tale ending

Shacking up and creatingyour own little love nestcan be the stuff of poetryand cheesy love songs alike.But unfortunately, neithermentions that two of everypiece of furniture, coupledwith conflicting opinions,do not meld quite so har-moniously.

Dorian Solot, co-authorof the relationship book,Unmarried to Each Other,explains: “Some couplesfind the best way to guaran-tee smooth sailing is for thepartner who’s less investedto just forfeit and grant theother the right to makedecorating decisions.”

But then you might endup with a scenario in whichone half of the couple does-n’t feel at home in his orher new place.

So, how can two love-birds keep an apartmentshare fair? “You should al-low each partner to havetheir own ‘sanctuary’ spacewithin the apartment,” saysSolot’s partner, MarshallMiller.

“Also, when it comes topurchasing shared itemslike a sofa, each partnershould split them into ‘loveit’, ‘maybe’ and ‘no way’categories and agree to pickthe one that you jointlyrank as your favourite,” headds.

A decorating democracysounds like bliss but thechaps among you surround-ed by soft pastels and deli-cate feminine touches willknow that sometimes awoman’s vote can count fortwo. To avoid this, Millersuggests “the man pick outat least one piece of art for apublic part of the house.Little things work too, like

asking for his opinion onwall colours. You can alsodiversify your coffee tableor magazine rack to includethe types of books and pub-lications guys enjoy.”

But inevitably, some rela-

tionships are doomed tofail. To protect yourself, andyour things, Miller suggestsdrafting a “living togetheragreement” rather than “la-belling everything you ownas if you’re a kid going to

camp.” He says this is theopportunity to reach anagreement about financesand which valuable posses-sions each person brings in-to the relationship.

“Many couples agree

that anything purchased af-ter they live together willbe presumed to belong toboth jointly and if theybreak up, they can agree tosell those items,” Milleradds. At least this way,you’ll avoid all the petty ar-guments over who boughtthe Friends box set.

Thinking about shacking up? Read this before taking the plunge.

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“Have the manpick out at leastone piece of art.”MILLER, PICTURED LEFT WITHSOLOT


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Summer entertaining justgot easier with Food forFamily & Friends (RylandPeters & Small, 2011).The book offers inspira-tion to help you createthe right ambiance, morethan 130 recipes, plus ex-pert advice on choosingwine. Filled with colour-ful images, the book is di-vided into sections suchas Setting the Scene, Nib-bles and Sharing Plates,Feeding a Crowd, Drinks,and moreAmong therecipes are: PumpkinSoup with Honey andSage, Spicy Pork Currywith Lemon Rice, Choco-late Truffles and more.

The cool sideof ketchup

Ever thought of making your own version of thecondiment? Change it up with Spicy Peach Ketchup

There’s a seasonal shift go-ing on in the condimentfirmament.

Ketchup, a staple ofmany pantries, is catchingup with the cool crowd aschefs seek new inspiration.

“It’s a very exciting timeto be making ketchup,”says Scott Norton, whowith Mark Ramadanfounded the recentlylaunched Sir Kensington'sGourmet ScoopingKetchup.

Organic ketchup, spicyketchup, gourmetketchup, curry ketchup, allhave blossomed in recentyears, a development thatJames Oseland, editor-in-chief of Saveur magazine,has noted with approval.“Who doesn’t love a goodketchup?” he points out.

Spicy Peach Ketchup

Preparation:

1 In sauté pan over medi-um, heat oil. Add onionsand garlic; cook, stirringoccasionally, untilonions turn golden andcaramelized, about 15minutes. If they start todarken too much, add

Ingredients:Spicy Peach Ketchup

• 15 ml (1 tbsp) canola oil • 2 yellow onions, sliced• 2 cloves garlic, chopped• 6 peaches, peeled; pitted • 5 ml (1 tsp) pepper flakes• 2 ml (1/2 tsp) allspice• 1 ml (1/4 tsp) groundcloves• 10 ml (2 tsp) adobo sauce• 125 ml (1/2 cup) packedbrown sugar (approx)• 125 ml (1/2 cup) cidervinegar (approx)• 5 ml (1 tsp) salt (approx)

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Make your own ketchup. It can be stored for three weeks.

15 ml (1 tbsp) of water.

2 Add peaches, red pepperflakes, allspice, cloves,adobo sauce, brownsugar, vinegar and salt.Cook, stirring occasion-ally, for 45 minutes.

3 Working in batches,transfer mix to blenderand purée. Adjustseasoning with addition-al sugar, salt or vinegar.Transfer mix to a cleanjar and refrigerate up tothree weeks. THE ASSOCI-ATED PRESS/ ALISON LADMAN

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The PGA hits Vancouver this week with a field that’s considered theCanadian Open’s best in years Here’s a look at some of the key players

Golfer Anthony Kim tees off during a championship pro-am event at the

Canadian Open at the Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club in Vancouver yesterday.

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Who to watch for

LUKE DONALD

The 33-year-old is fresh offcrashing out of the BritishOpen, failing to make thehalfway cut. But he’s stillon top of the world,ranked No. 1 on the tour.


MIKE WEIR

That Canada’s greatestgolfer has never won theCanadian Open is one ofsport’s great cruelties. If you’re not rooting forWeir, you’re a seriouslycold human being.


RICKIE FOWLER

With his bright Puma hats,shaggy hair and pretty-boy look, the 22-year-oldis like the Justin Bieber ofprofessional golf.

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DAVID DUVAL

His flame flickered outlong ago, but Duval, 39,keeps trying to find aspark. He was No. 1 in theworld for 15 great weeks in1999, and went on to winthe 2001 British Open —but hasn’t won since.


JOHN DALY

Daly is easily the most en-tertaining force on thePGA Tour. From his cigarsto clown pants, even if hedoesn’t win, Daly is achampion.


JIM FURYK

The 41-year-old was the2010 PGA Tour player ofthe year. And he has wonthe Canadian Open twice,in 2006 and ’07. Expecthim to vie for a third titlethis year.TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE


No vote yetfor NFLplayers:SourceNFL players didn’t vote yes-terday on a full proposal tosettle the league’s labourdispute, citing several out-standing issues, a personfamiliar with the negotia-tions told The AssociatedPress.

The person said therewas agreement among rep-resentatives of all 32 clubson what items needed tobe resolved before any of-fer would be accepted. Asecond person, also speak-ing on condition ofanonymity because thetalks are supposed to be se-cret, said those playersgave what was termed“conditional approval” ofthe proposal — as it stoodyesterday.

The meeting at NFLPlayers Association head-quarters in Washingtonlasted nearly 10 hours andincluded the group’s exec-utive committee and teamreps.

In Atlanta, the owners’lead negotiator Jeff Pashsaid the sides would talkthrough the night in hopesof having a finalagreement ready to go to-day.

“I think both sides areat the point where theycan close, they shouldclose, and we should be ina position to take votes,”Pash said.

NFL commissionerRoger Goodell joined nineof the 10 members of thelabour committee inAtlanta, which hoped torecommend a finalizedproposal to all owners to-day. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

CYCL ING

TENNIS

AMERICAN LEAGUEEAST DIVISION

W L Pct GBBoston 59 37 .615 —New York 57 38 .600 11/2Tampa Bay 51 45 .531 8Toronto 49 49 .500 11Baltimore 39 56 .411 191/2

CENTRAL DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Cleveland 51 46 .526 —Detroit 51 46 .526 —Chicago 47 51 .480 41/2Minnesota 46 51 .474 5Kansas City 40 58 .408 111/2

WEST DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Texas 56 41 .577 —Los Angeles 51 46 .526 5Seattle 43 54 .443 13Oakland 43 55 .439 131/2

NATIONAL LEAGUEEAST DIVISION

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 61 36 .629 —Atlanta 57 41 .582 41/2New York 49 48 .505 12Washington 48 50 .490 131/2Florida 47 51 .480 141/2

CENTRAL DIVISIONPittsburgh 51 45 .531 —Milwaukee 52 46 .531 —St. Louis 50 47 .515 11/2Cincinnati 48 50 .490 4Chicago 39 60 .394 131/2Houston 33 65 .337 19

WEST DIVISIONSan Francisco 57 42 .576 —Arizona 52 45 .536 4Colorado 47 51 .480 91/2San Diego 43 55 .439 131/2Los Angeles 43 55 .439 131/2

SOCCER

CFL

Yesterday’s resultsToronto 11 Seattle 6Minnesota 7 Cleveland 5Oakland 7 Detroit 5Kansas City 2 ChicagoWhite Sox 1 (11 inn.)Boston 4 Baltimore 0N.Y. Yankees 4 Tampa Bay 0Texas at L.A. AngelsTuesday’s resultsToronto 6 Seattle 5 (14 inn.)Baltimore 6 Boston 2Tampa Bay 3N.Y. Yankees 2Minnesota 2 Cleveland 1Texas 7 L.A. Angels 0Kansas City 4 ChicagoWhite Sox 2Detroit 8 Oakland 3Today’s gamesAll times EasternSeattle (Fister 3-11) at Toronto (R.Romero 7-9), 12:37 p.m.Texas (C.Wilson 10-3) at L.A. Angels (Weaver12-4), 3:35 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 14-4) at Tampa Bay(Shields 8-8), 7:10 p.m.Detroit (Verlander 12-5) atMinnesota (Pa-vano 6-6), 8:10 p.m.

BLUE JAYS STATISTICSBATTERS AB R H HR RBI AVGBautista 307 74 102 31 66 .332Molina 104 13 32 2 9 .308Thames 124 23 38 4 15 .306Escobar 339 52 103 9 36 .304Lind 283 40 84 17 54 .297Encarnacion 264 32 70 6 23 .265Patterson 307 43 78 6 33 .254Snider 139 17 34 2 24 .245Davis 281 39 66 1 25 .235Hill 309 30 72 4 37 .233McCoy 73 9 16 1 4 .219McDonald 137 16 30 2 15 .219Arencibia 265 28 56 12 39 .211PITCHERS W L SV IP SO ERAMcCoy 0 0 0 1.0 0 0.00Rzepczynski 2 2 0 39.1 33 2.75Janssen 3 0 1 28.2 27 2.83Frasor 2 1 0 40.1 35 3.12Romero 7 9 0 127.1 108 3.18Villanueva 5 2 0 84.1 60 3.31Dotel 2 1 1 27.0 29 3.33Camp 1 1 1 41.2 19 4.10Rauch 3 3 7 39.1 27 4.12Morrow 6 4 0 94.2 110 4.37Reyes 5 7 0 105.2 61 4.94Francisco 1 4 10 26.2 30 5.40Cecil 2 4 0 48.1 35 5.77Last night’s game not included

Yesterday’s resultsCincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 1Houston 3Washington 2 (11 inn.)Colorado 3 Atlanta 2Philadelphia 9 Chicago Cubs 1San Diego 14 Florida 3N.Y.Mets 6 St. Louis 5 (10 inn.)L.A. Dodgers 1 San Francisco 0Milwaukee at ArizonaTuesday’s resultsSan Francisco 5 L.A. Dodgers 3Houston 7Washington 6Colorado 12 Atlanta 3Philadelphia 4 Chicago Cubs 2San Diego 4 Florida 0Pittsburgh 1 Cincinnati 0N.Y.Mets 4 St. Louis 2Milwaukee 11 Arizona 3Today’s gamesAll times EasternSan Diego (Moseley 2-9) at Florida (Vazquez6-8), 12:10 p.m.St. Louis (Westbrook 7-4) at N.Y.Mets (Niese9-7), 12:10 p.m.Atlanta (Hanson 10-5) at Colorado (Chacin 8-7), 3:10 p.m.Milwaukee (Greinke 7-3) at Arizona(I.Kennedy 10-3), 9:40 p.m.

NL LEADERSG AB R H Avg.

JosReyesNYM 81 355 66 126 .355Helton Col 86 290 42 94 .324Votto Cin 96 359 59 115 .320BraunMil 88 320 59 101 .316PenceHou 91 372 45 117 .315MorseWash 86 290 42 91 .314McCannAtl 84 310 39 97 .313KempLAD 97 349 58 109 .312DanMurphyNYM 92 326 39 101 .310SCastro ChiC 95 406 53 124 .305Runs—RWeeks,Mil., 70; JosReyes, NY, 66;CYoung, Arz., 62; CGonzalez, Col., 61.RBI—Fielder,Mil., 73; Howard, Phi., 73; Kemp,LA, 72; Berkman, StL, 65.Hits—JosReyes,NY,126;SCastro,Chi.,124;Pence,Hou.,117;Votto,Cin.,115;Bourn,Hou.,113.Doubles—Beltran,NY, 30; CaLee,Hou., 27; CY-oung,Arz., 26; SCastro, Chi., 25;Headley, SD, 25.Triples—JosReyes, NY, 15; Victorino, Phi., 9;SCastro, Chi., 8; Bourn, Hou., 7.HomeRuns—Berkman, StL, 26; Kemp, LA, 24;Fielder, Mil., 22; Bruce, Cin., 21.Stolen Bases—Bourn, Hou., 35; JosReyes, NY,30; Kemp, LA, 27; Stubbs, Cin., 23.Saves—Kimbrel,Atl., 29;BrWilson,SF, 29;Han-rahan,Pit., 28; LNunez, Fla., 27;HBell, SD,27.Yesterday’s games not included

EAST DIVISIONGP W L T PF PA Pt

Montreal 3 3 0 0 109 68 6Winnipeg 3 2 1 0 66 53 4Hamilton 3 1 2 0 59 55 2Toronto 3 1 2 0 56 83 2

WEST DIVISIONEdmonton 3 3 0 0 103 55 6Calgary 3 2 1 0 76 75 4B.C. 3 0 3 0 75 97 0Saskatchewan 3 0 3 0 56 114 0WEEK FOURTomorrow’s gameAll times EasternHamilton at B.C., 10 p.m.Saturday’s gamesWinnipeg at Toronto, 4 p.m.Edmonton at Calgary, 7 p.m.Sunday’s gameSaskatchewan atMontreal, 7 p.m.

SCORING LEADERS(x— scored two-point convert)

TD C FG S PtWhyte,Mtl 0 12 8 1 37Duval, Edm 0 11 7 5 37Medlock, Ham 0 5 8 0 29Palardy,Wpg 0 5 7 2 28McCallum, BC 0 6 7 0 27Prefontaine, Tor 0 5 7 0 26E.Johnson, Sask 0 6 4 2 20

TOUR DE FRANCEAt Pinerolo, Italy(178.9-km fromGap, France to Pinerolo, Italy)17th Stage1. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Nor., Sky Procy-cling, 4 hr, 18min, 0 sec; 2. BaukeMollema,Neth., Rabobank, 40 sec beh; 3. Sandy Casar,Fra., Francaise des Jeux, 0:50; 4. Julien ElFares, Fra., Cofidis, same time; 5. Sylvain Cha-vanel, Fra., Quick Step, s.t.; 6. Dmitriy Fofonov,Kaz., Astana, 1:10; 7.Maciej Paterski, Pol.,Liquigas-Cannondale, s.t.; 8. DmitriyMu-ravyev, Kaz., RadioShack, s.t.; 9. JonathanHivert, Fra., Saur-Sojasun, 1:15; 44. RyderHesjedal, Victoria, Garmin-Cervelo, 6:26.Overall Standings(After 17 stages)1. Thomas Voeckler, Fra., Europcar, 73 hr, 23min, 49 sec; 2. Cadel Evans, Austrl., BMC, 1:18;3. Frank Schleck, Lux., Leopard-Trek, 1:22; 4.Andy Schleck, Lux., Leopard-Trek, 2:36; 5.Samuel Sanchez, Spn., Euskaltel-Euskadi,2:59; 6. Alberto Contador, Spn., Saxo BankSungard, 3:15; 7. Damiano Cunego, Ita., Lam-pre-ISD, 3:34; 8. Ivan Basso, Ita., Liquigas-Can-nondale, 3:49; 9. TomDanielson, U.S., Garmin-Cervelo, 6:04; 28. Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria,Garmin-Cervelo, 22:09.

MLSEASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L T GF GA PtPhiladelphia 19 8 4 7 24 16 31New York 22 6 5 11 35 28 29Columbus 19 7 5 7 21 19 28Houston 20 5 6 9 24 23 24Kansas City 19 5 6 8 24 25 23D.C. United 19 5 6 8 24 30 23New England 20 4 9 7 17 27 19Chicago 20 2 6 12 20 25 18Toronto 22 3 10 9 17 37 18

WESTERN CONFERENCEGP W L T GF GA Pt

Los Angeles 21 10 2 9 27 16 39Dallas 21 11 5 5 27 19 38Seattle 22 10 4 8 32 23 38Real Salt Lake 17 8 3 6 23 12 30Colorado 22 7 6 9 29 28 30San Jose 19 5 6 8 22 21 23Chivas USA 20 5 7 8 24 23 23Portland 18 6 9 3 22 31 21Vancouver 20 2 10 8 19 28 14Note: Three points for awin, one for a tie.Last night’s resultsDallas 1 Toronto 0NewEngland 1 D.C. United 0Colorado 4 NewYork 1Vancouver at San JoseColumbus at Los AngelesSaturday's gamesAll times EasternFC Dallas at NewYork, 6 p.m.Portland at Columbus, 8 p.m.Toronto FC at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.NewEngland at Colorado, 9 p.m.San Jose at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m.Houston at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.

COPA AMERICAAt Sites in Argentina

SEMI-FINALSLast night’s resultAt MendozaParaguay 0 Venezuela 0(Paraguaywon 5-3 on penalty kicks)Tuesday’s resultAt La PlataUruguay 2 Peru 0

ATPBET-AT-HOMEOPENAt Hamburg, GermanySingles — Second RoundGaelMonfils (1), France, def. Albert Ramo,Spain, 6-4, 6-2.JurgenMelzer (2), Austria, def. Daniel Gi-meno-Traver, Spain, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.Nicolas Almagro (3), Spain, def. Lukas Rosol,Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4.FlorianMayer (6), Germany, def.Marsel Il-han, Turkey, 6-4, 7-6 (5).Fernando Verdasco (8), Spain, def. Pablo An-dujar, Spain, 6-2, 6-3.JuanMonaco, Argentina, def. Janko Tipsare-vic (9), Serbia, 6-2, 6-4.Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Germany, def. NikolayDavydenko (11), Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (5).Marin Cilic (12), Croatia, def. Bastian Knittel,Germany, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4.Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. An-dreas Seppi (13), Italy, 6-1, 7-5.Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. AlbertMontanes (16), Spain, 6-1, 3-2, retired.

ATLANTA CHAMPIONSHIPSAt Norcross, Ga.Singles — Second RoundKevin Anderson (2), South Africa, def.Michael Russell, U.S., 6-1, 7-5.GillesMuller, Luxembourg, def. RobbyGinepri, U.S., 7-6 (8), 2-6, 6-2.

WTABAKUCUPAt Baku, AzerbaijanSingles — Second RoundMariya Koryttseva, Ukraine, def. AnastasiyaYakimova, Belarus, 6-2, 7-5.Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, def.MonicaNiculescu (5), Romania, 7-6 (2), 6-2.Ksenia Pervak (7), Russia, def. VesnaDolonts, Russia, 6-3, 6-3.Aravane Rezai, France, def. Elena Vesnina (3),Russia, 6-3, 1-0, retired.

BLUE JAYS 11, MARINERS 6Seattle ab r h bi Toronto ab r h biISuzuki rf 4 0 1 0 YEscor ss 3 0 0 1Halmn rf 1 0 0 0 JMcDnl ss 1 0 1 1Ryan ss 4 2 3 0 EThms rf 5 0 1 2Ackley 2b 4 1 2 3 Bautist dh 3 1 1 0Smoak dh 5 0 0 0 Lind 1b 4 2 2 1AKndy 1b 5 2 2 1 McCoy 3b 0 0 0 0Carp lf 4 0 1 0 Encrnc 3b-1b 5 4 3 1FGtrrz cf 4 0 0 0 Snider lf 4 1 2 5Seager 3b 4 1 1 0 A.Hill 2b 3 1 0 0J.Bard c 3 0 1 2 RDavis cf 4 1 2 0JMolin c 4 1 2 0Totals 38 6 11 6 Totals 36 11 1411Seattle 000 200 112 —6Toronto 041 302 10x—11LOB—Seattle 8, Toronto 10. 2B—Ryan (14),Ackley (5), J.Bard (4), E.Thames (11), Bautista(16), Encarnacion (22), R.Davis (17). HR—Ack-ley (4), A.Kennedy (7), Lind (18), Encarnacion(7), Snider (3). SB—Ryan (8), Encarnacion 2(4). CS—Snider (3). SF—Snider.

IP H R ER BB SOSeattleVargas L,6-8 3 6 5 5 5 0J.Wright 1 2 3 3 2 0Laffey 3 6 3 3 0 2Ray 1 0 0 0 0 1TorontoMorrowW,7-4 7 7 3 3 3 7F.Francisco 1 2 1 1 0 2Dotel 1 2 2 2 0 0HBP—by J.Wright (A.Hill).Umpires—Home, Lance Barrett; First, TomHallion; Second, Phil Cuzzi; Third, JamesHoye.T—2:42. A—18,093 (49,260).

AL LEADERSG AB R H Avg.

AdGonzalezBos 94 386 66 130 .337Bautista Tor 86 307 74 102 .332MiYoungTex 95 377 42 121 .321VMartinezDet 81 297 40 94 .316EllsburyBos 94 385 68 121 .314Konerko ChiW 94 344 43 108 .314JhPeraltaDet 86 310 41 97 .313MiCabreraDet 96 329 65 102 .310YEscobar Tor 88 339 52 103 .304BoeschDet 88 332 59 100 .301Runs—Granderson, NY, 84;Bautista, Toronto,74; Ellsbury, Boston, 68; Kinsler, Texas, 67; Ad-Gonzalez, Boston, 66;MiCabrera, Detroit, 65;Pedroia, Boston, 63; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 63.RBI—AdGonzalez, Bos., 78; Beltre, Texas, 74;Konerko, Chi., 69; Granderson, NY, 68; Youkilis,Bos., 68; Teixeira, NY, 67;Bautista, Toronto, 66.Hits—AdGonzalez, Bos., 130; Ellsbury, Bos.,121;MiYoung, Texas, 121;MeCabrera, KC, 120;Markakis, Baltimore, 114.Doubles—AdGonzalez, Bos., 29; Zobrist, TB,28;MiYoung, Tex., 27.Triples—Granderson, NY, 8; AJackson, Det., 7;RDavis, Toronto, 6;Bourjos, LA, 6.HomeRuns—Bautista, Toronto, 31;Grander-son, NY, 25; Teixeira, NY, 25; Konerko, Chi., 22.Stolen Bases—Gardner, NY, 29;RDavis,Toronto, 28;Andrus, Tex., 28; Ellsbury, Boston,28; Crisp, Oakland, 27; ISuzuki, Seattle, 23;BUpton, Tampa Bay, 22.Pitching—Sabathia, NY, 14-4;Weaver, LA,12-4; Verlander, Det., 12-5.Strikeouts—Verlander, Det., 153; FHernan-dez, Sea., 146; Shields, TB, 145; Sabathia, NewYork, 134; Price, Tampa Bay, 132; CWilson,Texas, 124;Weaver, Los Angeles, 123.Saves—Valverde, Det., 25;MaRivera, NY, 24;League, Sea., 23; CPerez, Cle., 22; Papelbon,Bos., 21;Walden, LA, 21; Feliz, Texas, 20.Yesterday’s games not included

BASEBALLAMERICAN LEAGUECHICAGOWHITE SOX—Reinstated LHP JohnDanks from the 15-day DL.KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Acquired LHPAnto-nio Cruz and C Julio Rodriguez fromDetroit forINFWilson Betemit.

NATIONAL LEAGUEARIZONADIAMONDBACKS—Selected thecontract of RHPRyan Cook fromMobile (SL).Recalled RHPBryan Shaw fromReno (PCL).Sent RHP Yhency Brazoban outright to Reno.Optioned RHPBarry Enright to Reno.LOSANGELESDODGERS—Fired hitting coachJeff Pentland. Named Dave Hansen hittingcoach.NEWYORKMETS—Signed RHPRobert Gsell-man.SANDIEGOPADRES—Reinstated INF JasonBartlett from the paternity leave list. Op-tioned INF Everth Cabrera to Tucson (PCL).

BASKETBALLNBAHOUSTONROCKETS—Announced the retire-ment of C YaoMing.

FOOTBALLNFLNEWYORK JETS—DTKris Jenkins announcedhis retirement.

CFLLEAGUEOFFICE—FinedMontreal DEKitwanaJones an undisclosed amount for an illegal hiton TorontoWR-KRChadOwens in a July 15game.EDMONTONESKIMOS—Signed DE RobertHenderson.

HOCKEYNHLANAHEIMDUCKS—Signed FMark Bell to aone-year contract.CHICAGOBLACKHAWKS—Named Ted Dentcoach of Rockford (AHL).DETROIT REDWINGS—Signed G Ty Conklin toa one-year contract.FLORIDA PANTHERS—Announced GMarcCheverie and G Tyler Plante agreed to one-year contracts.PHOENIX COYOTES—Re-signed F Lauri Kor-pikoski to a two-year contract.TAMPABAY LIGHTNING—Agreed to termswith RWTeddy Purcell on a two-year contract.WINNIPEG JETS—NamedMarkMorrison as-sistant coach.

SOCCERMLSTORONTO FC—Signed D Eddy Viator.

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