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Compromise coming on census?Former Chief of StatsCan Munir Sheikh and Industry Minister Tony Clement appeared before the House of Commons Industry committee looking intochanges for the long-form census yesterday.

Census. Saga

Former Chief of StatsCan Munir Sheikh on Parliament Hill yesterday. {page 5}

Feds stepinto RCMPconflict

Workplace assessment ordered after complaints regarding commissioner Insiders describe abusive,condescending behaviour William Elliott, who wasnever a police officer, is force’s first civilian boss

No-hitter feverin the MajorsYou can call 2010 the year of the pitcher {page 18}

A total Eclipseof the heart? It’s easy to love Mitsubishi’sSpyder GT-P {page 19}

The country’s top bureaucrat has ordereda “workplace assessment” of the RCMP tohelp massage internal conflict amid con-cerns Mountie Commissioner William El-liott is rubbing senior staff the wrong way.

Privy Council Clerk Wayne Wouterswill appoint an independent adviser tolook into the turmoil after seniormembers of the force complained aboutbullying and abusive behaviour by theforce’s first civilian commissioner.

The adviser, who has yet to be named,will decide the scope of the assessment, tobe delivered to the Public SafetyDepartment, the agency that oversees theRCMP. Insiders said yesterday that twosenior members, Raf Souccar, deputy com-missioner for federal policing, and TimKillam, deputy commissioner of policesupport services, lodged a complaintabout Elliott with the deputy minister ofPublic Safety. It is believed that five toeight other Mounties also signed on to thegrievance against Elliott, which quicklymade its way to the Privy Council clerk,then to the Prime Minister’s Office.THE CANADIAN PRESS

“Our government expects thisto occur expeditiously andwithout further rancour.Frankly, it is unacceptable forindividuals in leadershippositions in ... the RCMP toair internal disputes throughthe news media.”PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER VIC TOEWS

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RCMP Commissioner William Elliott is

seen with the Musical Ride in April.

SCOTT-FREESTEVE CARELL SET TO LEAVE THE OFFICE SHOW WILL GO ON {page 10}

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Residents of south Ottawaare so anxious to see abridge finally built acrossthe Rideau River that thearea councillor is serious-ly considering setting upbleachers so people canwatch the work.

“People are excited.They’re interested. We’regoing to have to accom-modate some way for peo-ple to watch the project asit happens,” said Glouces-ter-South Nepean Coun.

Steve Desroches at a sod-turning ceremony for theStrandherd-ArmstrongBridge yesterday.

Desroches said theymay look into cameras sopeople can keep up todate on the work.

The 143-metre-longbridge is being built onland, and will be slid intoplace in 2012. Desrochessaid he even plans to con-tact producers at the Dis-covery Channel to see if

they are interested infilming that event.

“This is going to be anengineering feat,” saidDesroches.

“I don’t know if it willmake it, but I know thereare a lot of people whowill find this very inter-esting.”

Along with the work toconnect the bridge to roadson each side, the projectwill cost $105 million.

TIM WIECLAWSKI

Pierre Poilievre, Steve Desroches and Bob Chiarelli

toss sod at a ceremony to mark the beginning of work

on the long-awaited Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge.

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Blind candidate Robin Lawrance is opposed to the Lansdowne Park deal

because he says the city is not getting enough money up front for it.

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Bridge project a people-pleaser: Coun.

Blind candidate hasvision for the futureThe only promise thatRobin Lawrance will maketo voters in Ottawa is thathe will do his best for thecity if he is elected mayor.

“Doing your best ismuch more practicalthan to keep makingpromises,” said Lawrance.

If elected, Lawrancewould try his best tofreeze taxes for thefirst two years ofthe term. After that,he would only increasetaxes if it was necessary.A tax freeze, he said,could be accomplishedby not “coming up withstupid ideas.”

Platform

Mayoral candidate Robin

Lawrance expressed

views on some current

city issues.

Tunnel The downtownOttawa transit tunnelis a “stupid idea”because there are notenough people to justifythe tunnel, Lawrance said.Regional system Themayoral candidatewould rather see a fullyregional transit systemwith trips out to theOttawa valley andsurrounding areas.LRT Lawrance wouldprefer that the light railtransit system be builtalong existing rail lines.Big dig The candidateexpressed concerns thatdigging the downtownOttawa Transit Tunnelcould possibly triggeran earthquake.

$1The cost of an OCTranspo ride if

Lawrance is elected.There would be nomore monthly passes,he said.

Lack of leadership coming frommayor’s office, says Robin Lawrance

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Candidatefiles complaintThe race for the RiverWard council seat hastaken an ugly turn.

Michael Kostiuk, apast-president of theCarlington CommunityAssociation, who is run-ning in the ward, hasfiled a complaint to the

Ontario Human RightsTribunal against Coun.Maria McRae and severalemployees of the City ofOttawa.

The complaint allegesa series of harassment,intimidation anddiscriminationexperiences over fouryears that is both “con-sistent and verifiable.”

After a preliminary re-view of the submission,the city is asking the tri-bunal to dismiss thecomplaint.

TIM WIECLAWSKI

Man facesDUI rap infatal crashOttawa police havecharged a man in connec-tion with a fatal collisionbetween a lawnmowerand an ATV in the area ofMohrs Road and KinburnSide Road in WestCarleton. A 28-year-oldman has died from his in-juries. Brian Miller, 26, ofPakenham, faces chargesincluding impaireddriving. He appears incourt Aug. 25. TRACEY TONG

Secondcharged inattackA second man facescharges after a man washacked in the head andback with a hatchet nearRitchie Street Saturday. Mohamed Osman, 22, ofOttawa, has been jointlycharged with his brotherDeeq Osman, withattempted murder, aggra-vated assault andpossession of a weapon.He appeared in court yes-terday. TRACEY TONG

Appreciate Rideau, says festival director

Michel Gauthier adds a padlock to artist Monique

Martin’s interactive Love Locks art installation outside the

Bytown Museum, which allows festival goers to express

their love for the canal.

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In the summer, we run, cy-cle and walk alongside it.In the winter, we bring outthe skates and go for a spinon its frozen surface.

But for the most part,people take the RideauCanal for granted, said theexecutive director andfounder of the RideauCanal Festival.

While there is “a lot oflove out there for thecanal,” said Michel Gauthi-er, “People don’t under-stand that the RideauCanal is in the same clubas the Great Wall of Chinaand the Pyramids of Egypt.It’s a UNESCO World Her-itage Site.”

As the festival kicks offthis Friday, Gauthier hopesit will get people to appre-

ciate the cultural attrac-tion, which was built 178years ago. Highlights ofthe festival include themusical breeze bicycle pa-rade and the parade oflights and fireworks onSaturday and the RideauCanal flotilla Sunday. Thepopular environmentalfair is held all weekend atConfederation Park.

“As a UNESCOWorld HeritageSite, we have aresponsibility toprotect andpreserve that sitefor all of humanityand for futuregenerations,because they alsoown this site.”MICHEL GAUTHIER

Third annual festival expectedto draw more than 150,000

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StatsCan bossquit over gapin credibility

Clement says new status willwork But Sheikh not buying it

Leak was‘wrong’:Hillier Canada’s former chief ofdefence staff, Rick Hillier,says human error is likelyto blame for a leaked U.S.document that suggestsfour Canadian soldierswho died in Afghanistanin 2006 were killed byfriendly fire.

“Somebody ... waswrong in what theywrote,” said Hillier.THE CANADIAN PRESS

The country’s former chiefstatistician says he quit hisjob when it became appar-ent his agency had suf-fered a hit to its credibility.

An emotional MunirSheikh, who resigned hispost last week, told a Houseof Commons committeethat he could not stand atthe helm of Statistics Cana-da once it was reported hisagency had recommendedscrapping the mandatorylong-form census.

“The reason I steppedaside was because of somemedia stories that StatisticsCanada was not just imple-menting the decision, butrecommending it.”

Those stories arose fromstatements by IndustryMinister Tony Clement,which he has since clari-fied. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Rick Hillier

LUCAS OLENIUK/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Friendly fire?

The documents are part of

a massive stack of U.S. mil-

itary reports released

Monday that document six

years of NATO’s combat

mission in Afghanistan.

Four Canadian soldierswere killed Sept. 3, 2006,in a well-documented andbloody battle with a fierceTaliban force.A source in Washingtonsays the report could beconfusing their deathswith a genuine friendly firedeath the following day.

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Sentence coming Sept. 9Lt.-Col. Jean-Guy Perron will take until Sept. 9 to de-cide whether Capt. Robert Semrau will be busteddown in rank with a hard slap on the wrist, or boot-ed from the military and thrown in jail.

Gatineau. Semrau

Capt. Robert Semrau

“The issue for us isthe quality of thatdata, and weacknowledge, asthe minister did,that (thepoliticians) are theones who makethe decisions, notthe publicservants.”MUNIR SHEIKH

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Philippine police trackeddown a suspect in a seriesof grisly robberies andmurders with the help ofhis Facebook account, offi-cials said yesterday.

Mark Dizon, a 28-year-old computer technician,did not resist when arrest-ed yesterday while talkingwith his father in a publicsquare in northern SanFernando city, police Sen-ior Supt. Danilo Bautistasaid.

Dizon is accused ofkilling nine people — sixFilipinos, an American, aCanadian and a Briton —in three differentrobberies at hotels andhomes in Angeles city. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cops probebaptismdeathMoldovan police say theyare investigating the caseof a six-week-old baby whodied minutes after his bap-tism, apparently due tohaving inhaled water dur-ing the ceremony.

The baby’s relatives sayhe died after gulping water

during his baptism Fridayin a Moldovan village.

In the Orthodox reli-gion, babies are baptizedby being briefly immersedthree times in water.Priests hold the infant’smouths and noses.

Film shot by relativesshows the baby moving af-ter being taken out of thefont, but then suffering dif-ficulty breathing as he isdressed. Twenty minuteslater, he started bleedingand died. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Facebookhelps snagsuspect

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Court clears teen to sailA Dutch court cleared the way for 14-year-old LauraDekker to embark on a risky attempt to become theyoungest person to sail solo around the world.

Law. Anchors away Fate of bullfightingban to be decidedLawmakers in Cataloniamight ban bullfighting ina razor-close vote thisweek, rejecting a pillar oftraditional Spain in aregion with its ownlanguage and culture andan acute sense of being acountry within a country.

If a proposed ban is ap-proved in today’s local leg-islature vote, the wealthynortheast coastal regionwould become the first inmainland Spain to outlawthe deadly ballet.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

After hearing description,a family friend looked up allegedkiller’s social networking page

Foul play

The deadly robbery and

murder spree started with

a Canadian.

First kill The string ofdeadly robberies startedJuly 12, when CanadianGeoffrey Alan Bennun, 60,and his Filipino girlfriendwere shot to death after arobber broke into their ho-tel room.Another killing Four dayslater, Briton James BoltonPorter, 51, and hisgirlfriend were killed by agunman in their house inAngeles’ Malabanasvillage, police reports said.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

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boat Guppy in Den Osse, Netherlands.

If a ban is approved,

Catalonia would become

the first region in

mainland Spain to outlaw

bullfights.

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Fears of an economic slow-down or worse are drain-ing consumer confidencein both Canada and theUnited States, two new sur-veys suggest.

The Conference Board ofCanada said Tuesday thatits survey of consumersshowed Canadians becom-ing less bullish about theirprospects, with confidencedropping for the secondstraight month in July.

And unlike in June,when gloom was restrictedto Ontario and British Co-lumbia, the think-tank saysthis time all regions aremore bearish, particularlyon the question of futurejob prospects.

The results were thesame in the U.S. reading, asconfidence also fell for thesecond straight month.

In a relative grading ofwhere the two economiesstand, however, the latestsoftening pushed the Cana-dian index to 80, comparedto the 50 level south of theborder.

Analysts said the majordifference in the readingsis the disparate employ-ment situations in the twocountries. In recentmonths, Canadian jobgrowth has been fargreater than expected — a93,000 pick-up in June —while the U.S. has seen itsjob growth stall and evenfall back with a 125,000loss during the samemonth.

A more telling indicatoris the gap between thecountries’ employment ra-tio. In Canada, 62.1 percent of working age indi-viduals were working inJune, compared to only58.5 per cent in the U.S.,despite less stringent crite-ria.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Faith ineconomylevellingoff: Survey

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In Cats and Dogs: The Re-venge of Kitty Galore,singer, actress and all-around entertainer BetteMidler got to sink herteeth into the titular vil-lain, a hairless cat hell-bent on worlddomination. And Midleradmits the desire to takeover the world was prettyeasy to relate to.

“I think a lot of femaleentertainers think aboutthat when they start out,”she says. “I did.”

But as for her characterturning evil after an on-the-job accident causesher fur to fall out, Midlerinsists that’s where theydiffer. “Something hap-pens to my hair in real lifeevery day and I don’t,” shesays with a laugh.

Dealing with hair is-sues is something she saysshe learned about earlyon in her career. “A longtime ago when I first start-

ed in the theatre, I was inFiddler on the Roof, andone of the girls in Fiddlerwas a Puerto Rican girl,”Midler remembers.

“The opening night,she had done somethingto her hair, she had triedto straighten her hair orsomething, and her hairfell out. Literally. And shedidn’t even blink. Shewent out, she got a piece,she slapped it on, she

went out, she gave theperformance of her life.And I never forgot that.From that time on, I neverthought twice. I just lookaround, grab a piece, putit on and go.”

Of course, doing voicework for her latest filmdidn’t require much con-cern about her hair. “It’snot just isolating, it’slonely,” she says of therecording sessions. “Be-

cause it’s just you in adark room with a sketchof a character or some-times a filled-in scene, butyou don’t work with theother actors. It’s like onelong looping session, Isaid. It’s like, ‘Oh my God,ADR for days.’”

As much as her felinecounterpart is determinedto destroy the world, Mi-dler has been working formore than a decade on

saving it — or at least herhome city.

“A couple of years ago, Iteamed up with the NewYork City Department ofParks and Recreation toplant a million trees inNew York City, and we’veplanted about 375,000 sofar in the last two years,”she says.

“I also am the founderand chairman of an organ-ization called New YorkRestoration Project. Weclean abandoned parksand public places, and wealso own 55 communitygardens where people inthe community growtheir own food.”

Bette Midler sinksher teeth into villain

“It’s our 15thanniversarythis year,

and it’s beenfantastic. (NewYork RestorationProject) has beenone of the greatprojects of mylife.” BETTE MIDLER

A scene from Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, which includes voice work from Bette Midler.

Bette Midler in the studio.

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News in brief

Paul McCartney reflects on performing for Obama

Maury Chaykin, amainstay of Canadi-an film and televi-sion who establishedhimself throughsuch iconic roles as afaded rock star inWhale Music, hasdied at age 61.

The Gemini andGenie Award-win-ning actor died Tues-day morning afterbattling kidney prob-lems, said Mark McK-inney, who producedChaykin's most re-cent series, the HBOCanada sitcom LessThan Kind.

“He was one ofour greatest actors,”said McKinney,adding that the castwas devastated bythe death.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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NBC may wish Steve Carellwas just joking, but a net-work executive said The Of-fice star has consistentlytold NBC he’s leaving afterthis coming season.

In the network’s first ac-knowledgment of Carell’splans, NBC Primetime En-tertainment President An-

gela Bromstad said Mondaythe actor’s seven-year runas erratic Dunder Mifflinboss Michael Scott will endwhen his contract expiresin 2011. But Bromstad saidthe show will go on.

“We’ve been lucky tohave had him as long aswe’ve had. These things

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In an affirmation ofNBC’s faith in a post-CarellThe Office, Bromstad saidthe sitcom will remain inits 9 p.m. EDT Thursdaytime slot. It’s the linchpinof NBC’s schedule on a keyTV night of advertising rev-enue.

“Not to diminish the de-parture of Steve, becausethat will impact the show,

but we have tremendousfaith in the writers and ac-tors to keep it alive,” Brom-stad said.

Carell, 46, who’s becomea busy big-screen actor dur-ing his Office tenure, hassaid in interviews he plansto leave the series to betterbalance his work and fami-ly life.

The door is open if hewants to make return visitsto the show, Bromstad said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NBC affirms Carell’s exitThe Office will remain in its current time slot, despite star’s departure.

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Preparation:

1 One at a time, slice eachchicken breast horizon-tally through the centre

to form 2 thin halves.

2 In a medium bowl, com-bine beer and chicken.Refrigerate for 30 min-utes.

3 In a small bowl,combine slaw,mayonnaise and relish.Mix well, then refriger-ate until needed.

4 In a small bowl or cup,whisk together mustardand honey. Set aside.

5 Meanwhile, in a foodprocessor, pulsealmonds until coarselyground. Transfer to awide, shallow bowl. Addpanko, garlic powder,salt and pepper, mixingto combine.

6 When chicken is readyremove it from beer and

pat dry with paper tow-els. Whisk egg in awide, shallow bowl. Oneat a time, dredge eachchicken cutlet throughegg, then throughbreadcrumb blend.

7 In a large skillet overmedium-high, melt but-ter. Working in batchesand adding more butteras necessary, add chick-en and cook for 4 to 5minutes per side, or un-til cooked through.

8 To assemble sandwich-es, layer a quarter of theslaw mixture over thebottom half of eachbun. Top with a chickencutlet. Spread a gener-ous amount of the mus-tard over the top half ofthe bun, then place overchicken.

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Ingredients :• 2 boneless, skinless chick-en breasts• 1 bottle (341 ml) pale alebeer• 1 1/2 cups broccoli slaw• 1/4 cup mayonnaise• 2 tbsp sweet relish• 1/4 cup Dijon mustard• 2 tbsp honey• 1/3 cup slivered almonds• 1 cup panko (Japanese-style) breadcrumbs• 1 tsp garlic powder• 3/4 tsp salt• 3/4 tsp ground black pep-per• 1 egg• 2 tbsp butter• 4 sesame seed hamburgerbuns

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The question: Totext or not to text

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According to Dr. JamesNorrie, associate dean andprofessor at the TedRogers School of Manage-ment at Ryerson Universi-ty in Toronto, there’s atime and a place for suchtechnology.

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face-to-face meeting. Hesays once certain factorsare eliminated from themessage, like tone or facialexpression, there becomesa disconnect between thecontent and the context.

A 31-year old director’sassistant in New York —who wishes to remainanonymous — knows alltoo well about that discon-nect. Because of her line ofwork, texting is an essen-tial part of the job, but cansometimes create confu-sion. For example, themeaning in the limited

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“It’s all about access. Inmost incidents, victimswere careless, unawareand too trusting,” he says.

In dorm suites and hall-ways, there may be visitorsyou don’t know. Manyfirst-year students like toadopt an “open-door” poli-cy when they get movedinto dorms. But that’s aninvitation to would-bethieves.

“If you have a computer,laptop or other electronic

equipment, tether it tosomething solid using a se-curity cable,” advise the“college life” editors at theschool-advice site Spar-kNotes.com.

There are also motion-sensor locks for laptops.And Orbicule’s Undercoveris a monitoring device foryour Mac, iPhone or iPad;for a student price of $39US, the downloadable soft-

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As for smaller valuables,some students suggestkeeping them in a trunk— the kind you take tosummer camp — with acombination lock. Trunksalso make handy night-stands.

Jeff Gawronski of Dorm-Co.com, an online retailerthat sells dorm securityitems, says his biggest sell-er is a room safe. Safesthese days have beenscaled down to look less in-timidating in a dormroom.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Garza’s no-no the latest in this historic season Not since 1991 has majors seen this many no-hitters in a year

The Year of thePitcher indeed

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Matt Garza, centre without hat, celebrates his no-hitter in the Rays’ 5-0 win over the

Detroit Tigers Monday in St. Petersburg, Fla.

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Dallas Cowboys rookie re-ceiver Dez Bryant said henever expected his refusalto carry Roy Williams’shoulder pads to becomesuch an big deal.

The first-round pick alsosaid he didn’t know thatrookies carrying the pads ofveterans after practice wasa long-standing ritual.

“I told Roy this, I said if

that situation was going toturn out that big, he couldhave walked in with histights on,” Bryant said aftera team’s practice yesterday.“I would have took hisshoulder pads, his pants,his helmet, his socks, hisshoes. I would have tookeverything. But you knowwhat, that’s not even an is-sue.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bryant didn’t expect pads problem

Dez Bryant

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$8.3MValue of Dez Bryant’sfive-year contract withthe Cowboys. He hasalready gotten a $1.95million signing bonusand is due a $570,000roster bonus duringcamp.

Five no-hitters, two perfectgames and another gemthat was spoiled by an um-pire.

By now, San FranciscoGiants broadcaster MikeKrukow and others aroundbaseball are beginning toexpect a piece of pitchinghistory every week.

“I do. I can’t explain it,”said Krukow, who pitchedin the majors from 1976-89.“Amazing. I think it’s prettycool. The Year of the Pitch-er.”

Matt Garza tossed TampaBay’s first no-hitter Mondaynight in a 5-0 victory overthe Detroit Tigers, becom-

ing the fifth big leaguer toturn the trick during a sea-son of mastery on themound.

The last time there werefive no-hitters in one yearwas 1991, when Hall ofFamer Nolan Ryan threwone of seven in the majors.Now, arms are in chargeagain — so much so thatno-hit alerts seem common-place.

Ho hum, anothershutout. Complete game?Yawn.

“Pitching has gotten bet-ter,” Rays manager Joe Mad-don said. “I don’t know thatthe hitting has gone back a

bit, but the pitching hasdefinitely gotten better.”

The numbers back himup. Fourteen times a pitch-er has carried a no-hitter in-to the eighth inning thisyear. That’s the mostthrough July 26 since atleast 1974, as far back assuch records go at STATSLLC. As a comparison, ithappened six times by thatdate last season.

“I don’t know if there areany explanations for it,”Minnesota manager RonGardenhire said. “It runs incycles and you just gothrough it.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Maradonadone withArgentinaDiego Maradona is nolonger the coach ofArgentina.

The Argentine FootballAssociation said yesterdaythat it would not renewMaradona’s contract, end-ing his erratic 21-monthstint in charge of thenational team that hadmirrored his own longpersonal history of unpre-dictable behaviour anddefiance.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Yao Mingmay ‘call itquits’ frombasketballHouston Rockets centreYao Ming is pondering quit-ting basketball if he doesn’tfully recover from hislingering foot injury nextseason.

In wide-rangingcomments to Chinese statemedia yesterday, Yaosounded far fromoptimistic about his futureand also made a rare criti-cism of China’s nationalbasketball program.

“If the foot injury doesnot heal next season, Imight choose to call itquits,” Yao said.

Yao missed last seasonfollowing foot surgery, butis set to return to the Rock-ets after deciding not to optout of the final year of hiscontract. Though he hassaid his recovery was goingwell, the Rockets havesigned seven-foot veteranBrad Miller to share thework at centre.

The seven-foot-six Yao,who was in his native Chi-na for a series of charityevents, all but ruled outplaying for his country inthe 2012 London Olympics.

Yao said the Chinese na-tional team’s recent poorshowings stem from thecountry’s focus on prepara-tions for the 2008 BeijingOlympics, while neglectingdevelopment teams andthe country’s professionalleague. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Yao Ming

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Sports in brief

New YorkRangers sign freeagent AlexanderFrolov.

Cincinnati Ben-gals reportedlyreach deal withTerrell Owens.

Mets’ left-fielderJason Bay hasmild concussionand is out of thelineup for atleast a few days.

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Oakland left-hander DallasBraden retired all 27 battersagainst Tampa Bay May 9and Philadelphia ace RoyHalladay duplicated thefeat 20 days later at Florida,making this the only seasonbesides 1880 to include apair of perfect games.Arizona’s Edwin Jacksonand Colorado’s UbaldoJimenez also threw no-hit-ters, while Detroit right-hander Armando Galarragawas denied a perfect gamebecause of a missed call atfirst base by an umpire.

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I’ve never figured out whysome cultures perform raindances in dry weather; allthey need to do is give me aconvertible to drive. Myweek with the 2011 Mit-subishi Eclipse Spyder in-cluded rain every singleday, but I braved the sprin-

kles for the joy of drivingwith the roof down.

The Spyder has faults,but on a summer’s day, it’seasy to forgive them oncethe top stows away.

There’s no 2010 model:Its production dates wouldhave released it in the deadof winter, and so Mit-subishi Canada wentstraight from 2009 to 2011.

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EXPLORER NEW CHAPTER IN SUV STORY

In the lastdecade, theybecame some-what vilifiedand watchedhelplessly as

their devotees changedstripes, and embracedcar-based crossovers.

This decade we’re see-ing the actual vehicleschanging stripes. Onceproud truck-based SUVs

nameplates are nowswitching over to car-based platforms. Earlierthis year we saw Kia Sor-rento make the move.

And just this weekFord introduced its newgeneration Explorer, thefirst Explorer to go “uni-body” and to offer front-wheel-drive versions, inaddition to its AWD ver-sions.

The Explorer move is

significant, because thenameplate is credited asthe major force behindthe initial SUV tsunami.

In its first year of pro-duction (1990), Explorersold 14 million units. Ithelped turn a niche vehi-cle into the mostdominant one of the era.

I think the clearest ex-planation of why the phe-nomenon developed back

then came from JohnRock, once a vice-president of GM. Heobserved that traditionalcar buyers at the time“just loved truck-basedpowertrains.”

At Ford Canada’sreveal of the 2011 Explor-er, I caught up with PaulF. Roy, the company’smarketing director.

He noted that current

customers are not hungup on which vehicle isbody-on-frame orunibody; they’re more in-terested in what the vehi-cle can do, than thenature of itsconstruction.

He added that Exploreris a name that continuesto resonate, and there isa swath of buyers whoprefer the more, rugged

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So now we have anoth-er niche — a car-basedcrossover that’s trying tochannel some old-schooltruck-based SUV mojo. Atfirst I thought, “naw,doesn’t feel right.” NowI’m thinking, “why thehell not?”

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Like it or not, some Canadi-an families simply needthe ruggedness, capabilityand power served up by a4x4 SUV. If your family re-quires one such model totow a boat, tackle the cot-tage trail or access week-end adventures viauncharted territory, there

are several worthy optionsto consider in the usedmarket.

The new Sorento is nowon sale at Kia dealerships,leaving the former value-priced model in the usedmarket with a praised lad-der-frame structure and re-al 4x4 transfer case withlow-range gearing. Thesetwo attributes form the ba-sis for real-world sport utetoughness that gear theSorento towards a shopperactually planning to worktheir machine a little withsome towing or off-roading.

Sorento was powered byone of several V6 engines.Earlier models got a 3.5 litreunit with 192 horsepower,while a 3.8 litre, 262 horse-power V6 was also available.Later in the Sorento’s life, a3.3 litre, 242-horsepowerengine joined the lineup,and shoppers can look for afour or five-speed automat-

ic, as well as the rarer five-speed manual transmission.

What Owners LikeValue, equipment levels

and styling are rated high-ly by last-generation Soren-to owners, as are a safe andconfident driving feel thatcomes as part of a tallheight and solid ride. Fit

and finish were alsopraised.

What Owners HateStandard 4x4 com-

plaints regarding fuelmileage top the list of last-generation Sorento ownergripes, along with a “thin”paint job and some interiornoises and rattles.

If adventures are your thing, Kia SUVcan be an ideal companion Relativelyworry-free model high on value

Sorento family favourite

Kia Sorento has plenty to offer for those in search of a budget SUV.

PHOTO COURTESY KIA MOTORS

Highlights

MODEL 2003-09 Kia SorentoVEHICLE TYPE SUVAPPROXIMATE USED

PRICE RANGE

$5,500-$24,000

Common issuesShoppers test-driving aused Sorento are advisedto check that the 4x4 sys-tem shifts in and out of itsvarious modes as expect-ed, thus ensuring anexpensive actuator within

the transfer case isn’t mal-functioning. Models with amanual transmissionshould shift smoothlywith no grinding,clunking or clutchslippage.

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Today’s horoscope

Aries March 21-April 19 Thisis potentially one of the besttimes of the year for you, sodon’t waste it. What happenstoday will cheer you up no endbut you should not be feelingdown anyway.

Taurus April 20-May 21 Youhave been so busy of late thatyou may have neglected someof the people you love, somake it your aim today to re-mind partners and familymembers how much you care.

Gemini May 22-June 21 For-get about money worries andwork problems and make ityour aim to have fun. If whatyou are doing does not bring asmile to your face then eitheryou are doing it wrong or youshould not be doing it at all.

Cancer June 22-July 22 Youhave to get serious about yourcash flow situation. You canstill have fun but it must be thekind of fun that does not costyou an arm and a leg.

Leo July 23-Aug.23 Forgetabout what happened earlier inthe year and strive to make thenext few weeks truly special.You cannot change the past butyou can redeem it by makingthe future memorable — andthe future starts right now.

Virgo Aug. 24- Sept. 22 TheSun’s transit of the most sensi-tive area of your chart makesthis a difficult time for you, butnot so difficult that you haveto walk around with such along face. Cheer up, it’s life,and it’s still pretty good.

Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23 Youcan, if you wish, sit back and donothing today but if you spendtime with your friends you willnot only feel relaxed but youwill feel as if you have donesomething productive as well.

Scorpio Oct. 24-Nov. 22 Youwill be put to the test over thenext few days, so prepare your-self mentally and get plenty ofrest as well. Your mind andyour body need to be at theirpeak.

Sagittarius Nov. 23-Dec. 21 Expand your hori-zons and break out of the rutyou have been living in thesepast few months. You havedone what was expected ofyou and now you have everyright to reward yourself.

Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 20You may not want others toknow that you are in difficul-ties but if you don’t speak uphow are you going to gethelp?

Aquarius Jan. 21-Feb. 18Partnership matters of all kindsmust be taken seriously now.You may wish that you couldjust ignore certain issues butcommon sense tells you that’sno way to go about things.

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20Changes to your schedule,both at home and at work, willhave to be made eventually, sowhy not make them now? Youhave been pushing yourself abit too hard. Go easier onyourself today and tomorrow.

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