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It’s not clear what adding a pri-vate operator to the Toronto tran-sit equation would mean to riders,but transit officials say a complexagreement between the TTC andan alternate provider would haveto be worked out to ensure com-muters could move easily betweentwo systems. Fare payments, trans-fer points and protocols for servicedisruptions and public complaints

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Hockey will be back at theGardens in the spring forthe first time since 1999,when the National HockeyLeague’s Maple Leafsmoved to the Air CanadaCentre after nearly sevendecades at the old arena.

“This is a new chapterin a book now, and beingpart of this history is pret-ty cool,” said Tie Domi,who played in the lastgame the Leafs hosted atthe Gardens.

Though the ice has notyet been installed, the cen-trepiece of Ryerson Uni-versity’s new athleticcomplex was open for apreview yesterday.

The multi-use MapleLeaf Gardens will house agiant Loblaw’s grocerystore, Joe Fresh clothingoutlet and LCBO, in addi-tion to the Ryerson com-plex. The retail space isscheduled to open today.

The revamp has been adrawn out, years-longprocess fraught with con-troversy and complicationsas Ryerson, Loblaws andTorontonians debatedabout how the spacewould be used.

Ryerson’s new recre-ation complex will becalled the Peter GilganAthletic Centre at the Gar-dens after the founder andCEO of Mattamy Homes,who gave the university$15 million. His donationis among the largest giftsever made to Ryerson.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Hockey returning to GardensFlowers are loaded into the new

Loblaws store on the ground floor at

Maple Leaf Gardens. The 70,000-square-foot,

street-level Loblaws opens its doors today.

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New era begins for the veneratedsports complex, this time as thehome of the Ryerson Rams

Eaton Centre changes traditionYou could say the Eatonfamily brought Santa Clausto Toronto.

Since Dec. 2, 1905, whenthe world’s most famousfat man with a white beardand red suit emerged fromUnion Station and walkedwith the Eaton family toCanada’s fastest-growingdepartment store at Yongeand Queen streets, Santa

has been synonymous withthe name Eaton. At least inho-ho-Hogtown.

Eaton’s closed in 1999and the Eaton Centre, nowa Cadillac Fairview proper-ty, retains the name of itsformer anchor but has noconnection with the Eatonfamily.

And as for Santa, well,these days when you go in-

to the Eaton Centre, youwon’t actually see him. Un-less you go to the 24thfloor where the new SantaExperience takes place. Par-ents can preregister theirchildren for a free interac-tive one-hour morning ses-sion on weekends, inwhich Santa reads storiesto children. At the end, par-ents can take their own

photos of their childrenwith Santa.

Or they can opt for cyberSanta — a 10-minute Skypevisit with the jolly old elfbetween 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.weekdays until Dec. 23.There’s no cost and theSkype session can bebooked through guest serv-ices (416-598-8560).TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

“This building hasa tremendoushistory and what itneeds now is atremendousfuture.”SHELDON LEVY,

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Parade history

The first one-man “EatonSanta Claus Parade’’evolved into an annual pa-rade that became one ofthe world’s largest and wassponsored by the store until1981. It endures throughthe efforts and funds of 20corporate sponsors.

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Toronto’s fire chief ac-knowledged his depart-ment has work to do tostop wasting preciousminutes getting crews outthe door after a 911 call.

“This fire service doesnot meet the standard, weknow that,” Bill Stewartsaid. “It’s our goal, it’swhere we want to be.”

“Will we ever achieveit? Time will tell.”

Stewart was respond-ing to a Toronto Star storyabout a secret report thatreveals the Toronto firedepartment trails theNorth American responsestandard by two minutes.

Toronto Fire Servicestake eight minutes ormore to get to a fire call.The standard is six min-utes or less — and everysecond is crucial. Thelonger a fire burns theharder it is to rescue resi-dents and put out theblaze.

The report studied ayear of fire calls and de-termined Toronto Fire’s

issue lay with the time ittakes to process the calland for firefighters to getdressed and out the door.TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Crews tooslow, firechief says

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Toronto Fire Chief Bill Stewart talks to reporters

about the response time of his department.

Bill Stewart hopes new dispatchsystem, extra stations will improve response times

Police identifyhomicidevictimA woman found dying on astreet in the city’s PortLands area early yesterdayhas been identified asLeanne Freeman, 23, from

Winnipeg.The cause of death has

been determined to be agunshot wound to thebody. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Sentimentalvideo ofdead cycliststolenEarlier this month, cyclistJenna Morrison was struckand killed by a truck whileturning right from SterlingRoad to Dundas StreetWest.

Now, the family hasbeen rocked by the newsthat a video camera con-taining footage of themuch-loved yoga instruc-tor dancing with her sonhas been stolen from thecar of a family friend.

The footage was to beshown at a Dec. 15fundraiser to raise moneyto go into a trust fund forMorrison’s son Lucas, 5.TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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Students in Ontario aresmoking fewer cigarettes,but binge drinking anddriving while high aregrowing health concerns,according to a new reportby the Centre for Addic-tion and Mental Health.

The survey found thatwhile binge drinkingamong teens dropped a lit-tle in the last decade,there are still thousandsof high school studentsdowning five or moredrinks on a single occa-sion at least once amonth.

“There’s a cultureamong young people ofbinge drinking that’s po-tentially dangerous, andthe challenge is how doyou break into that,” Dr.Robert Mann, the report’smain author, said in an in-terview yesterday.

His research showedthat alcohol was the sub-stance used by the largestnumber of students, with55 per cent saying they’dhad a drink in the pastyear, and one in 10 stu-dents reporting bingedrinking at times of psy-chological distress.

The report also foundthat 13 per cent of stu-dents reported symptomsof a drug-use problem,while one in six studentssaid they were drunk or

high at school a least oncein the past year.

Students in Torontowere below the provincialaverage in the use of alco-hol, pot, cocaine andbinge drinking, whilethose in the north wereabove it.

Ontario Health MinisterDeb Matthews called thedrinking numbers con-cerning, and said it was asign that more workneeds to be done aroundpublic education and sup-ports.

“We’re not planninganything new right nowbut I think the good newson the smoking side tellsus that we can move thosenumbers,” said Matthews.

The survey included9,288 students across theprovince in Grades 7 to 12.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Teen binge drinking a concern: SurveyRate of driving high also up: Author Increasing

evidence that cannabis can impair your ability to drive

A still from director Jay Prychidny’s video about a prom after-party, based on an

incident he witnessed and was haunted by. A new report says thousands of high school

students are downing five or more drinks on a single occasion at least once a month.

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Girls were as likely to en-gage in dangerous drink-ing behaviour as boys, andwhile there’s been adecline in drug use amongmales, that didn’t seem tohold true for females.

Vincent Damphousse’s es-tranged wife is slated tostand trial next year for al-legedly assaulting the re-tired NHL star and stealingfrom him.

Lawyers agreed yester-day that Allana Hender-son’s one-day trial shouldbe held next June 8.

The date-setting cameas both sides continueddiscussions aimed at hav-ing the criminal chargesdropped.

Henderson was not incourt yesterday. She is fac-

ing two charges — onecount of theft of a brief-case and one of assaultwith a weapon againstDamphousse last March29.

Damphousse faces sixcounts of assault againstHenderson, which alleged-ly occurred between 2008and early 2011. His case re-turns to court today.

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Crown prosecutor Car-olyne Paquin said it is nor-mal to set the date for atrial even as both sidescontinue to talk. If negoti-ations between the parties

fail, both cases will likelygo to trial. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Allana Henderson, estranged wife of former Toronto Maple

Leaf Vincent Damphousse, leaves court in Montreal, April 20.

Playing career

Damphousse was draftedsixth overall by Toronto in1986 and played with Ed-monton, Montreal and SanJose during an 18-year NHLcareer that ended follow-ing the 2003-2004 season.He won a Stanley Cup in1993 with the Habs andserved as the team’scaptain from 1996 to 1999.

Trial date set for former Maple Leaf’s wifeRYAN REMIORZ/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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A neighbour of convictedsex killer Russell Williamsis suing him, the police andone of the victims after hewas wrongfully implicatedin the crimes.

Larry Jones has launcheda nearly $1.6-million law-suit for the emotional andmental stress he sufferedwhen he was suspected ofcommitting several break-ins and sexual assaults inthe Tweed, Ont., area.

Court documents showWilliams himself is beingsued for failing to notifythe police that he was thereal attacker, responsiblefor “the atrocious attackson multiple females” aswell as break-ins in the areanorth of Belleville thatJones was accused of.

As a result, the suit al-leges, Jones was subjectedto four months of intensepolice investigation, begin-ning with what he de-scribed as a humiliatinginterrogation.

The court documents sayJones came home on Oct.29, 2009, to find 10 to 12

police cars at his home andabout 25 police searchingits contents. The docu-ments say he was taken infor questioning.

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At first glance, At-tawapiskat is glistening,white and serene, howeverthe inside of the old con-struction trailer wheredozens of people now liveis anything but.

This native reserve justwest of James Bay is in themidst of a severe housingcrisis that is straining peo-ple’s composure and pro-ducing widespread, butso-far muted, anger.

“There’s a lot of dramahere, a lot of kids,” said Rol-lande Kataquapit, who livesin a cramped apartment inthe old trailer with her 21-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter.

Her daughter JadeKataquapit missed schoolagain yesterday.

She can’t sleep at night.“Too much noise in the

hallway overnight,” shesaid.

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school, but sees little pointif she can’t concentrate.

Her bed sits in a corner,next to her brother’s bed.Her mother stretches outon the floor. Occasionally,another child sleeps on thesofa.

The trailer resembles avastly overcrowded univer-sity residence. It’s packedwith adults, young childrenand infants. Garbage littersthe floor of the commonlaundry room. Everyoneshares four bathrooms.

People are starting towear on each other’snerves.

Stella Wheesk lives inthe trailer with her one-month-old baby, Rain. Sheand some other membersof her family moved in ayear ago because their oldhouse was filled with cock-roaches and tainted bymould.

She’s not happy with the

trailer because the coldcreeps in at night and shefears for her baby.

Down the road stands amix of sturdy houses, someshacks and a teepee or two,with tarps hung across thedoorway to keep out thecold.

The natives’ plight hasgradually attracted atten-tion.

“The good thing is,everybody knows about it.The government is embar-rassed as hell,” one residentsaid. “We’re beginning tosee some progress.”

The Assembly of FirstNations estimates that80,000 additional homesare needed on reservesacross the country. The ad-vocacy organization says al-most half of the existinghousing stock is substan-dard, and much of it shouldbe condemned.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Hidden horrorsOvercrowding, cold now a way of life on troubled

reserve Government ‘embarrassed as hell’: Resident

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Threatposted onFacebookOttawa police say a 22-year-old man is facingcharges after allegedlythreatening Ottawa’s tran-sit system on Facebook.

Police say James Perryof Ottawa was arrestedlate last week and chargedwith one count of utteringthreats of death or bodilyharm.

Police say any onlinethreats will be taken seri-ously.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Singlesoldier spatshelvedA discrimination case in -volving the family of a sin-gle soldier killed five yearsago in Afghanistan wasthrown out when VeteransAffairs abruptly declaredCpl. Matthew Dinning ac-tually had a common-lawspouse and child.

The revelation shockedhis parents and brother,who were challenging thegovernment’s $250,000lump-sum death benefit.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Feds won’tmeddlewith KyotoThe Canadian governmentpromises not to play anobstructionist role in thecurrent round of climatetalks in South Africa.

Environment MinisterPeter Kent said yesterdaythat Canada won’t standin the way of other coun-tries that want to continuewith the Kyoto Protocol.

Kent won’t deny reportsthat Canada plans to with-draw from the 1997 deal.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Smith is the only sus-pect in the disappearance,Orlando Chief PaulRooney said at a news con-ference Monday evening.

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Egypt’s military rulers werequick to take credit yester-day for a strong turnout inthe first elections since Hos-ni Mubarak’s ouster, a votethat appeared to be thecountry’s freest and fairestin living memory.

The military did not fieldcandidates in the parlia-mentary vote. But winningbragging rights for asmooth, successful and vir-tually fraud-free electionwould significantly boostthe ruling generals in their

bitter struggle with youth-ful protesters in Cairo’sTahrir Square calling forthem to transfer power im-mediately to a civilian au-thority.

“When we plan, we exe-cute and, at the end, we suc-ceed,” Maj. Gen. IsmailEtman, a member of theruling military council, saidin a television interview. Hecompared the elections toone of the Egyptian mili-tary’s proudest moments —when they battled Israeli

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Even before voting be-gan, protesters were accus-ing the military of trying tocling to power and safe-guard its interests underany future government.Now, they warn the rulingcouncil will try to use thesuccess of the election to ce-ment its hold on power. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A judge’s stern voicebroke the silence of a LosAngeles courtroom: “Mon-ey for madness medicine,”he said before sentencingDr. Conrad Murray to themaximum four years be-hind bars for Michael Jack-son’s death.

Judge Michael Pastordenounced Murray as agreedy, remorseless physi-cian whose gross negli-gence killed the King ofPop.

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Jackson’s doctor getsfour-year jail term

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Dr. Conrad Murray closes his eyes after he was sentenced for his involuntary manslaughter

conviction in the death of singer Michael Jackson in Superior Court, Los Angeles yesterday.

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U.S. President Barack Oba-ma strongly urged the Iran-ian government to holdthose responsible to ac-count for storming theBritish Embassy in Tehran.

“For rioters to essentiallybe able to overrun the em-bassy and set it on fire is anindication that the Iraniangovernment is not takingits international obligations

seriously,” the presidentsaid.

Obama made his re-marks at the beginning of ameeting yesterday withDutch Prime Minister MarkRutte.

“That kind of behaviouris unacceptable,” Obamasaid, adding that the Iran-ian government has a re-sponsibility to protect

diplomatic outposts.Hard-line Iranian stu-

dents stormed the embassyin Tehran yesterday, bring-ing down the Union Jackflag, burning an embassyvehicle and throwing docu-ments from windows inscenes reminiscent of the1979 attack on the U.S. em-bassy there.

In a statement earlier,

the White House urged Iranto condemn the incident,prosecute the offenders andensure that no other inci-dents occur at either theBritish Embassy or any oth-er mission in Iran.

The White House saysthe State Department is inclose contact with theBritish government.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Iranian demonstrators call forclosure of British Embassy

Rally had to get official sanction

Mobs storm diplomatic compounds

A man holds a poster featuring American actors John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in a scene from the film Pulp Fiction

following a break-in at the British Embassy during an anti-British demonstration yesterday in the Iranian capital Tehran.

GETTY IMAGES

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trying to storm the

British Embassy in

Tehran, Iran yesterday.

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Obama urges Iran to condemn, prosecute

Hard-line Iranian protestersstormed British diplomaticcompounds yesterday, haul-ing down the Union Jack,torching a vehicle and pelt-ing buildings with gasolinebombs in what began as anapparent state-approvedshow of anger over the lat-est Western sanctions topunish Tehran for defianceover its nuclear program.

The hours-long assaulton the British Embassy anda residential complex forstaff — in chaotic scenesreminiscent of the seizingof the U.S. Embassy in 1979— could push alreadyfrayed diplomatic ties to-ward the breaking point.

Iran’s parliament ap-proved a bill Sunday todowngrade relations withBritain, one of America’sclosest allies with diplomat-ic envoys in the Islamic Re-public.

British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron said all em-bassy staff had been ac-counted for and praisedBritain’s ambassador to Iranfor handling a “dangerous

situation with calm andprofessionalism.”

The demonstration wasorganized by pro-govern-ment groups at universitiesand Islamic seminaries.However, such anti-Westernrallies often draw ultracon-servative factions such asthe basiji, a paramilitarygroup run by the powerfulRevolutionary Guard that isdirectly controlled by Iran’sruling theocracy. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

British reaction

U.K. Prime Minister DavidCameron says Iran’s failureto defend the British embassy from an attack inTehran was a disgrace.Cameron called the storming of the embassyin Tehran yesterday “outra-geous and indefensible.”Cameron said the Iraniangovernment will face “seri-ous consequences” for “itsunacceptable failure” toprotect diplomats in linewith international law.

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Moammar Gadhafi’sdaughter urged Libyansyesterday to overthrowtheir new rulers, possiblyviolating the terms of herexile in Algeria.

In an audio messagebroadcast on Syria’s al-Raitelevision station, AishaGadhafi called for a revoltagainst the men who over-threw her father, the gov-ernment she said “arrivedwith the planes of NATO.”

“My father has not left,he is always among us,”she said, following the tra-ditional 40-day mourningperiod after his death.“Don’t forget the orders ofyour father urging you tocontinue fighting, even ifyou no longer hear hisvoice.”

Gadhafi, Libya’s dictatorfor 42 years, was capturedwith his son Muatassim onOct. 20 and killed by

rebels.As the Libyan capital of

Tripoli fell to rebel forces,Aisha, her mother and twoof her brothers took refugein neighbouring Algeria.

Aisha’s appeal puts herin direct conflict with a

promise she and her fami-ly members made not tomake public statements atthe risk of losing their sta-tus as humanitarianrefugees.

After similar statementsin September, Algerian of-

ficials warned that shecould be expelled.

The Algerian regimehad close ties with Gadhafibut has since worked to re-pair strained relationswith Libya’s new leaders.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Daughter calls for revoltExiled in Algeria, Aisha Gadhafi urges Libyans to overthrow new rulers

Aisha Gadhafi, daughter of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, is surrounded

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Strengthening financialgovernance is being toutedas one way the eurozonecan escape its debt crisisTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Greece thrown lifelineas Italy sinks in red ink

European Commissioner for

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The parent company ofAmerican Airlines filed forbankruptcy protection yes-terday, seeking relief fromcrushing debt caused byhigh fuel prices and expen-sive labour contracts thatits competitors shed yearsago.

The company also re-placed its CEO. Americansaid its frequent-flier pro-gram would be unaffected.

AMR Corp., which ownsAmerican, was the onlymajor U.S. airline compa-ny that did not file forbankruptcy protection af-ter the Sept. 11 attacks,which caused a deepslump in the industry.

In announcing thebankruptcy filing, AMRsaid CEO Gerard Arpey, aveteran of the companyfor almost three decades,

had stepped down and wasreplaced by Thomas W.Horton, the company pres-ident.

In a filing with federalbankruptcy court in NewYork, AMR said it had$29.6 billion in debt and$24.7 billion in assets.

The company will delaythe spinoff of its regionalairline, American Eagle.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

American Airlines in troubleBankruptcy means flights may be cut, job losses on

the horizon AMR stockholders will be wiped outAn employee works at an American Airlines

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business 23metronews.caWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Facebook might finally belaying down the ground-work for a highly antici-pated initial publicoffer ing, long expected totake place after April 2012.

The Wall Street Journalsaid the world’s largest on-line social network is look-ing into raising as much as$10 billion US in its IPO.

Federal rules require

companies with at least$10 million in assets andmore than 500 sharehold-

ers to disclose its quarterlyfinancial results and otherdetails. The reporting re-

quirement kicks in 120days after the fiscal year inwhich a company exceedsthe shareholder thresholdfor the first time.

Facebook’s fiscal yearends Dec. 31, so it wouldhave until late April 2012to comply with this re-quirement, having hit thethreshold this year.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Facebook going public?$10 billion expected from IPO Amount raised would value company

at $100 billion — four times market capitalization of Google’s 2004 IPO

Just how rich will founder Mark Zuckerberg be when

Facebook goes public?

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U.S. shoppers seem to bejust as enthusiastic aboutshopping on their comput-ers and smartphones onCyber Monday as theywere about finding dealsover the weekend.

A new report says arecord number of shop-pers made purchases on-line on the Monday afterthe U.S. Thanksgiving holi-day weekend, pushingsales up 33 per cent.

The report from IBMBenchmark says the aver-age order rose 2.6 per centto $193.24 on the daywhen retailers amp up on-line promotions. The datasays 80 per cent of retailersoffered online deals.

It says traffic peaked at2:05 p.m. Eastern. About6.6 per cent used a mobiledevice to shop, up from 2.3per cent in 2010.

A clearer picture of howholiday sales are shaping

up will come tomorrow,when major retailers re-port November sales.

Over the past few years,big chains like Wal-MartStores Inc. have been offer-ing more and better incen-tives like hourly deals andfree shipping, to capitalizeon that trend.

On Monday,Amazon.com offered itsbigger, more expensiveKindle DX for $259, or$120 off the regular price.Walmart offered an LG 47-inch LED TV for $879, or$320 off regular price. TheExpress clothing chaingave 30 per cent off andfree shipping on all onlineorders. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cyber Mondaysales up 33%

Cyber Monday sales

on a computer screen.

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Apple fans have a chanceto snap up the company’sfounding documents.

Auction house Sotheby’sis accepting bids on RonWayne’s copy of the found-ing contract for AppleComputers, signed by him,

Steve Jobs and Steve Woz-niak.

Also included with theApril 1, 1976, contract isWayne’s withdrawal fromthe enterprise 11 days lat-er, leaving Jobs and Wozni-ak as the sole owners.

Wayne typed out thetwo and a half letter-sizepages himself in his apart-ment, while Jobs and SteveWozniak waited.

Eleven days later, Waynewithdrew from the part-nership. Jobs and Wozniak

agreed to pay him $800. Hereceived an additional$1,500 once Apple securedstartup funding. Sotheby’sestimates Wayne’s sharewould have been worth $2 billion today.TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Bit of Apple history on saleSotheby’s expects founding contract to fetch up to $150,000 on Dec. 13

A sharp drop in invest-ment in Canadian carmak-ers this year will likely putthe brakes on future out-put from the industry, ac-cording to a report byScotia Economics.

The report says only$1.2 billion was spent inthe industry in 2011, thelowest since mid-1980sand well below the $3.1 billion spent everyyear for the past decade.

Canada has held on to a16 per cent market sharein the North American au-to industry so far, but thatis a legacy from past in-vestments, said senioreconomist Carlos Gomes.

The drop in spending on

Canadian car plants comesdespite a big rebound inthe industry’s perform-ance this year, as it contin-ues to recover from theglobal economic downturnand supply disruptions.THE CANADIAN PRESS

43 On a per-vehiclebasis, auto-

industry investment inCanada this year willplunge 43 per cent be-low the United States,Gomes said. Over thepast decade, invest -ment in the Canadianauto industry was 3per cent higher thaneither in the UnitedStates or Mexico.

Steve Jobs with a 36-year old photo of himself, right,

and co-founder Steve Wozniak in this file photo.

PAUL SAKUMA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE

Plug-inPrius nowon orderToyota began taking ord -ers yesterday for the plug-in version of its Priushybrid at a starting priceof $41,000 US.

The Prius PHV is set fordelivery in Japan in Janu-ary. It starts at $32,000 inthe U.S. and €37,000 in Eu-rope, according to Toyota.Orders are already beingtaken online in the U.S.

The car has a cruiserange per charge of 26.4kilometres. Its mileage isestimated at 61 kilometresper litre.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

German firmOK’s $3.25Bfor potash op SASKATCHEWAN. A Ger -man fertilizer companyhas approved $3.25 bil-lion in spending for anew potash mining op-era tion in Saskatche -wan. The K+S groupsaid it expects to havemore than 1,000 peopleworking on construc -tion at peak periodsand employ 300 whenit hits full production.

Production from theproposed Legacy mine,about 50 kilometresnorth of Moose Jaw, isexpected to begin in2015 and ramp up overthe next few years. K+Sacquired the projectwhen it bought Vancou-ver-based Potash Oneearlier this year.THE CANADIAN PRESS

News in brief

The Prius hybrid plug-in.

ITSUO INOUYE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Investment downin auto industry

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Think you’re hip to thehottest consumer trends?

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friend.Time to go to school, fool. Ad Age, the bible of Madison Avenue, re-

leased its annual list of 25 hottest brandsMonday, and along with obvious choicessuch as the Chevy Cruze and the HTCsmartphone, apparently America can’t get

enough of Street Skillet Bacon Spread and My Little Pony.Seattle’s Street Skillet’s revenue is $3 million so far this

year, mainly on the strength of the sale of bacon jam. It’sone of Rachael Ray’s fallfavourite foods.

Admit it: Never in a mil-lion years would you consid-er bacon jam a million-dollar idea. That’s why JohnHenderson is a successfulentrepreneur and youaren’t. No jam.

I bet you also let PickleJuice slip through your fin-gers, too. Not so for BrandonBrooks, who had the visionand foresight to believe thatpeople will buy anything aslong as it’s sold as anelectrolyte replacement.Brooks is planning to blendPickle Juice with pomegran-ate to make it taste better,

which only goes to prove that a spoonful of sugar helpsthe Pickle Juice go down.

The list includes a bunch of nostalgia items, like Gold-fish, those tasteless little crackers that are hot again, eventhough they’re still tasteless. But after bacon jam and Pick-le Juice, that’s probably a good thing.

Then there’s the inexplicable rebirth of My Little Pony,the foremost mania of my daughter when she was a littlegirl, some 25 years ago. I could never figure out why shewould brush Her Little Pony for hours, yet I could neverget her to brush the dog. I assume My Little Pony smelledbetter.

What’s really weird is that the latest craze is being driv-en by an audience of adolescent and adult males called“bronies.” They have their own podcast called Bronyvilleand their own New York convention called BroNYCon. TheMy Little Pony website has 71 million hits.

As weird as all of the above are, topping the list is theHoney Badger, which started as a bit player in a NationalGeographic special and has morphed into the TasmanianDevil of the 21st century. He’s so bad, he eats venom-spit-ting cobras alive and braves thousands of bee stings to eattheir larvae. He’s now the spokesvermin for WonderfulPistachios, which he cracks by whacking them with asnake.

Don’t believe me. Check him out on YouTube, where hehas 23 million hits, but he don’t care.

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‘They want to seenaked bodies’

Helen Mirren got it right when she said ‘flesh sells’ Here’s to the many actors who have gone without a stitch — all in the name of art, of course

A lawsuit filed byowners of a minorleague baseball teamclaims an Illinois cityviolated its contractand misled the teamabout the prospect ofbuilding a ballpark.Actor Kevin Costnerof Field of Dreams isamong the owners ofthe Lake County Field-ers. They’ve been bat-tling the city of Zionin northeasternIllinois for monthsover the team’scollapse this year.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Scene in brief

The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons aims for a Broadway

return in Harvey

AwebsitecalledMr. Skin

notes that He-len Mirren isthe onlycelebrity to

appear nude on screen infive different decades.

The Oscar winner be-came the first British ac-tress to appear in the buffin a mainstream film in1969, when she was just 24years old.

On her revealing scenein Age of Consent she said,“Flesh sells. People don’twant to see pictures ofchurches. They want to seenaked bodies.”

Since then Mirren hasdoffed her clothes severalmore times, and becomeone of the most acclaimedactresses of her age.

Appearing nude doesn’tappear to have hurt her ca-reer with the public or theAcademy, which is proba-bly makes Michael Fassben-der, the very naked star ofthis weekend’s Oscar con-tender Shame, very happy.

In a performance that

bares not only his body buthis soul as well, Fassbendermight become the most un-clothed star to ever be nom-inated for Best Actor.

But he wouldn’t be thefirst star to go naked as ajaybird for their craft andtake home Oscar gold.

Kate Winslet says therewas so much nudity in TheReader, which earned heran Oscar, because the storyrequired it. But, she addedin the same interview, shethinks people might be

tired of looking at her body.The first nude film

scenes happened almost100 years before Fassben-der drop trou.

In 1915’s Inspiration anactress named Audrey Mun-son undressed and for thenext 20 years stars regularlyexposed their hidden tal-ents.

Then came the HaysCode, which banned nudityfrom the major studios wellinto the 1960s.

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to break the code was JayneMansfield, whose toplessrole in Promises! Promises!landed her on the Top 10list of Box Office Attrac-tions for 1963.

Since then many A-lis-ters have taken it off fortheir art.

Recently both AmandaSeyfried and JulianneMoore stripped in Chloe.Anne Hathaway andMichelle Williams woretheir birthday suits in Loveand Other Drugs and Blue

Valentine respectively. But it’s not just women

exposing themselves. Gerard Butler let it all

hang out in Mrs. Brown andGamer and Daniel Craig isbuck naked in Love is theDevil.

Producer Judd Apatowpromises more male nudityin his films.

“It really makes melaugh in this day and agethat anyone is troubled byseeing any part of the hu-man body.”

Michael Fassbender plays a sex addict in Shame.

And yes, we get to see his very naked body.

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Award season kicked offwith a tie for best feature atthe annual Gotham Inde-pendent Film Awards asTerrence Malick’s highlyimaginative The Tree of Lifeshared the night’s high ho-nour with Mike Mills’ flash-back comedy, Beginners.Presenter Tilda Swinton in-troduced the nominees, butbefore opening the enve-lope to reveal the winner,deferred to a prerecordedmessage on the venue’s

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Swinton then read offthe winners’ names andpresented the award.

The Tree of Life, starringBrad Pitt and Sean Penn,won the Palm d’Or at the2011 Cannes Film Festival.Beginners was released lastyear and stars Ewan McGre-gor and Christopher Plum-mer.

Other winners includedFelicity Jones for break-through actor in Like Crazy,the cast of Beginners for en-semble cast and Scenes of aCrime for best film notplaying at a theatre near

you. The audience awardwent to Girlfriend, a filmabout a young man withDown syndrome who has acrush on a troubled singlemother.

Hosted by Edie Falco andOliver Platt, the presenterswere mostly darlings of theindependent film worldlike Stanley Tucci, MelissaLeo, actress and directorialnominee Vera Farmiga andSwinton.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. flicks tie for best at Gotham galaFor the first time in history, Gotham Independent Film Awards find themselves

‘stuck’ over top prize The Tree of Life, Beginners both take home best feature

The Artist,Take Shelterlead SpiritAward noms The silent movie The Artistand doomsday drama TakeShelter lead the SpiritAwards honouringindependent films with fivenominations each. Othernominees include 50/50;Drive; Beginners and TheDescendants.

Lead actor nominees areJean Dujardin, The Artist;Michael Shannon, TakeShelter; Ryan Gosling,Drive; Demian Bichir, A Bet-ter Life; and Woody Harrel-son, Rampart. Up for leadactress are Lauren Ambrose,Think of Me; Rachel Harris,Natural Selection; AdeperoOduye, Pariah; ElizabethOlsen, Martha Marcy MayMarlene; and MichelleWilliams, My Week withMarilyn. For more informa-tion about nominees visitspiritawards.comTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Actor Patton Oswalt, left, actress Charlize Theron and director Jason Reitman attend

the IFP’s 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street

on Monday in New York.

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The star of Sweden’s TheGirl with the Dragon Tat-too movie says his daugh-ter appears in theupcoming U.S. remakewith the actor who takeson his role in the crimedrama: Daniel Craig.

Michael Nyqvist andCraig both play investiga-tive journalist MikaelBlomkvist in the filmsbased on the popularcrime trilogy fromSwedish author Stieg Lars-son.

Sweden’s Millenniumtelevision series, whichincludes adaptations ofLarsson’s other books inthe series — The Girl Who

Played with Fire and TheGirl Who Kicked the Hor-nets’ Nest — just won the2011 International Emmyfor best TV miniseries.

Swedish-born Nyqvistsaid he was curious to seethe American version be-cause he says David Finch-er “is such a good directorand Craig is a good actor,”and because his 21-year-old daughter, Ellen, is anextra in the film “by coin-cidence.”

The film has a sceneshot in a Stockholm, Swe-den, cafe where hisdaughter, a college stu-dent, was working. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dragon Tattoo,a family affair

Michael Nyqvist

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Loosely based on the storyof a white Memphis DJwho shatters societaltaboos by playing musicsung by black musicianson commercial radio,Memphis is the latest rock‘n’ roll musical to hitToronto.

Standout musical num-bers include the EltonJohn-esque Music of mySoul as well as the cast-dri-ven gospel enthused StealYour Rock ‘n’ Roll.

While the heavy-hand-edness of the material doesspill into the show’s lyrics(after all, the play is aboutrace relations in 1950sMemphis) the overall vibeis upbeat and enthusiastic.

With its concise storyline and catchy songs,Memphis is the perfect en-tertainment for those whoneed a break from holidaymadness, just don’t be sur-

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Opening next week at Toronto’s Centre for the Artsis the Tony Award winning musical Memphis

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With Hair the musical setto return to Toronto in acouple of weeks, somecast members from thecity’s original 1969 pro-duction say the remounthas particular resonanceamid the recent Occupymovement.

“The audience was al-ways meant to be a part ofthe show,” said LyndaSquires-Davies, a singerwho was in the chorus andoccasionally played Crissy.

“And now the audienceagain is a part of the showbecause they’re feelingthose sentiments andemotions that people feltin the ’60s.

The 2009 Tony Award-winning revival of Hair:The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical runs at theRoyal Alexandra TheatreDec. 13 to Dec. 31.

Written by James Radoand Gerome Ragni, thestory follows a “tribe” of

free-spirited young peopleadvocating the hippie,counterculture lifestyle ofpacifism and free-love dur-ing the Vietnam War.Songs include the hitsAquarius, Let the SunShine In, Hair and GoodMorning Starshine.

When Hair debuted inNew York in ’67 and thenpremiered in Toronto witha homegrown cast in ’69,“it was a call of a genera-tion,” said Squires-Davies,60, who had waist-longbrown hair back then.

The show has been re-mounted several timessince but hasn’t alwayscarried the same punch,she noted.

“The productions wesaw maybe in the ’80s orthe ’90s, they just didn’tseem real because eventhe audiences, they didn’treally get it because theyweren’t feeling it at thattime,” said Squires-Davies,

noting those were decadesof materialism.

“But now I think peopleare more inclined to real-ize the sort of sufferingthat goes on in the worldand they’re fed up with allthe wars in the MiddleEast.”

This particular return

also has new meaning giv-en the Occupy movement,she added.

“It’s really funny howthings go hand in hand,you know, you go down in-to the parks in Torontoand you see the Occupymovement and then youlook at the kids sitting

there and they’ve got longhair, they’ve got sort ofhippie clothing on.”

Wayne St. John, whowas the understudy forthe character Hud and al-ternated the lead role ofBerger, echoed those senti-ments: “We’re having ex-actly the same problemstoday, if not 10 times or 20times worse.”

“It speaks freedomnow,” added the 66-year-old singer, who lives inMarkham, Ont.

“The same words thatyou see at Occupy, we hadthem onstage in signs andstuff.”

The Royal AlexandraTheatre is where the city’soriginal production ofHair ran with a Canuckcast from ’69 to ’71, be-coming the first theatricalshow to play a record 53-week engagement in thecity.

Audience members

who caught the originalToronto production in-cluded then-prime minis-ter Pierre Trudeau andauthor Pierre Berton.

“It was very exciting be-cause in 1969, theatre inToronto was maybe a oneor two-week run and itwas all touring shows,”said Squires-Davies, wholives in Toronto with herhusband, music publisherFrank Davies.

“The Royal Alex was ac-tually in an area that wasbasically a no-man’s land.When you came out of thetheatre at night it was allwarehouses and parkinglots, so you grabbed a cab– fast – to get home.”

As with the hit NewYork productions, theToronto run featuredmany non-professionalswith raw talent who audi-tioned in an open castingcall that drew 1,500.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Is this the new Age of Aquarius? Hair musical echoes Occupy message, say ‘69 cast Tony award winning production runs Dec 13 to Dec. 31.

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The much-lauded novel TheSisters Brothers by Vancou-ver Island native Patrick de-Witt has toppedAmazon.ca’s Best Books of2011 list.

Earlier this month, thecomic western won a Gov-ernor General’s LiteraryAward and the Rogers Writ-ers’ Trust Fiction Prize.

It also made the Scotia-bank Giller Prize andBritain’s Man Booker Prizeshort lists.

Another novel that madethe aforementioned shortlists and ended up winningthe Giller, Half-Blood Bluesby Victoria-based EsiEdugyan, is No. 5 on Ama-zon.ca’s compilation of the

top 100 books of 2011.Amazon.ca book editors

choose the annual list,which also includes Ameri-can author Erik Larson’snon-fiction title In the Gar-den of Beasts at No. 2.

Coming in at No. 3. wasThe Art of Fielding: A Novelby American Chad Har-bach, followed by the novel1Q84 by Japan’s Haruki Mu-rakami.

This list is rounded outby What It’s Like to Go toWar by Karl Marlantes; TheMarriage Plot by Jeffrey Eu-genides; The Cat’s Table byMichael Ondaatje; SteveJobs by Walter Isaacson;and Hot Art by Joshua Knel-man. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Less than 5,000 words keepme from becoming a truenovelist at midnight tomor-row. Without NaNoWriMo,I probably would’ve neverwritten so much.

The added pressure of adeadline was the real push-er, and I suggest that youngwriters give themselves atime limit and see howmuch they can write.

I’m going to record howmuch I write every 30 daysand try to beat it in thenext 30!

Here are a few other les-sons NaNoWriMo taughtme.

To be a writer, one mustconstantly be writing. This was the most impor-

tant lesson of a full monthof non-stop work: keep go-ing.

Take inspiration and keepforging aheadLooking to others’ work —as I did when I was frustrat-ed and hit a creativedrought — has its place,

but so does simply writingthrough the tough, tiringmoments.

Also, typing outthoughts half-asleep canproduce some great stuff!

Listen to the critic... a littleTake criticism; but if youfeel good about a bit ofyour story someone elsedoesn’t, keep it in there.Not everyone understandsyour style.

But also realize that yourfavourite part with themoonlight kiss on thebeaches of Fiji may notwork in a story taking placein space. Or maybe it will. Ifit feels right, keep it as a re-ally expensive, romantic as-tronaut honeymoon.

You could even title thebook, Honey, Moon. MaybeI’ll start writing that onDec. 1.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal andhusband Peter Sarsgaardare gearing up to wel-come another member totheir family, as Gyllen-haal is pregnant withtheir second child, accord-ing to Life & Style.

“Over Thanksgivingweekend, Maggie wastelling friends that she’ssix months pregnant. Herbump is so big,” a source

says. “She’s thrilled to be

pregnant. She and Peterhave wanted anotherchild for a while. They’revery happy that they’llhave another baby in thehouse soon.”

The couple, who mar-ried in 2009, have a 5-year-old daughter,Ramona.

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More baby mamadrama for Biebs

Man steps forward claiming to be the father of Mariah Yeater’s childRobbie Powell was recently charged with drug possession, burglary

Before theillustri-ous Mari-

ah Yeater(that’s herbooking pho-to, there) ac-

cused Justin Bieber offathering her child, thelast time I wrote about asituation so low-rent wasduring the Levi Johnstonbaby daddy drama withthe Palins.

The latest on the possi-

ble Biebs baby? While the 17-year-old

pop star maintains he isn’tthe father of Yeater’s in-fant son, the man whodoes claim to be, RobbiePowell, was arrested overthe weekend in San Diego,according to Hollyscoop.

The 23-year-old wascharged with possessionof methamphetaminesand drug paraphernalia, aswell as three charges ofcommercial burglary.

He’s currently beingheld on $7,000 bail.

Sources say Powell islooking to go public withhis claims that Yeatermade up the story about

Bieber fathering her child,but he hasn’t settled on amedia outlet yet.

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On a muggy autumn NewOrleans morning in theFrench Quarter, away frombawdy Bourbon Street,Natchez residents sat ontheir stoops drinking richcafe au lait, reading thenewspaper, or watchingthe passing traffic.

Replace the cars withhorses and carriages andthe scene could well befrom a couple of hundredyears ago.

The old city remains vi-tal with a steady mix ofresidents and small busi-nesses mostly thanks tothe Vieux Carre Commis-sion, which regulateschanges to the buildings inthe small section of NewOrleans near the Mississip-pi River. The commissionhas control over every partof a building’s exterior.

A rotting sill in the backof the house cannot be re-placed without permis-sion. A wall can’t bepainted or a window re-moved or a roof changedwithout permission. It’s asore point for some, butthe results of such strictcontrol are noticeable.

When the commissionwas formed during theGreat Depression, the 85-square-block Quarter thatwas laid out by French set-tlers in 1718 had become acollection of derelict build-ings. The idea of preserv-ing an entire area wasnovel.

“What was consideredahead of time was that upuntil then Americanpreservation was preserva-

tion of individual struc-tures, Mount Vernon forinstance,” said Walter Gail-las, with the National Trustfor Historic Preservation.“Back then, nobodythought of it as, ‘Gee,

maybe there is anotherway to preserve a wholecommunity.’ Now thereare hundreds of commis-sions like that around thecountry.”

The French Quarter, al-so known as the VieuxCarre (Old Square) as itwas once called, had fallenon hard times by 1936.Once-grand townhouseswere tenements, and cityofficials were seriouslyconsidering tearing downthe majestic old buildingsthat frame Jackson Square— Upper Pontalba and theCabildo — where theLouisiana Purchase was

signed in1803.

ThenalongcametheVieuxCarreCommis-sion, dedi-cated topreservationwhile keeping the area afunctioning part of thecommunity.

“The commission is notabout keeping things look-ing pretty but addressingwhat’s appropriate to char-acter and quality of all the

parts that make up thisneighbourhood,” saidVieux Carre Commissiondirector Lary Hesdorffer.“We have the benefit ofnot being frozen in time.”

The idea, Hesdorffersaid, is not to return theFrench Quarter — which isa real neighbourhood withpeople living there and re-al businesses operating onits streets — to what it waswhen it was founded, butto keep the historical pres-ence this generation inher-ited.

“We have many differ-ent styles in the FrenchQuarter from differenteras,” Hesdorffer said.“We’re now treasuringbuildings that have beenrenovated along the way.”

As an example, Hesdorf-fer points to the famous

“lace” iron work onFrench Quarter bal-

conies, whichcame in the

1800s, re-placing theoriginalplain iron-work.

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ering thingis what

makes this his-toric district par-

ticularly richbecause we representsome things that date tothe colonial period,” hesaid. “But not many are inpure form. Over the years,they’ve been updated,changed.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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In the City of Kimberley,B.C., it's all just a delightfulillusion.

This picturesque littlecommunity in the heart ofthe Rocky Mountains hasthe feel of a European vil-lage, and the KimberleyAlpine Resort is interna-tionally renowned forworld-class skiing, snow-boarding and snowmobil-ing.

In the summer, moun-tain bikers explore its pris-tine trails and fishermen,campers and golfers visit indroves but, despite itsclaim to be the “BavarianCity of the Rockies,” itturns out its German rootsare only skin deep.

“It was just a theme thatwas chosen. It really didn'tcome out of any fact thatthere was a large Bavariancommunity or anythinglike that,” acknowledgesSioban Staplin, manager ofthe Kimberley Chamber ofCommerce.

“In the early 1970s, thecity fathers were informedby Teck Cominco that themine would be depleted ina certain number of years

and, if they weren't goingto fall off the map and turninto an old mining ghosttown, they had better gettheir act together andbrace the tourism econo-my.”

Kimberley used Leaven-worth, Wash., as a model. Itadopted the Bavariantheme back in the 1960s,when the railway left thecommunity and the localsawmill closed.

“It worked very well formany, many years but, Iwouldn’t necessarily saythat visitors are more so-phisticated now, butthey’re looking for moreauthentic experiences andthey quickly see that this is-n’t the real McCoy,” admit-ted Staplin.

In other words, the Ger-man roots in Kimberleyhave been branching out alittle. “I don’t know aboutreinventing but Kimberleyis certainly evolving. We’remore than a Bavariantheme town. We’re defi-nitely a four-season desti-nation,” she said.

“Ten years ago thekitschy Bavarian stuff wasremoved at that time and ithas more of an alpine/Euro-pean flavour, which I thinkis working quite well.”

That doesn’t mean thatthe Bavarian theme is go-ing away anytime soon. Asurvey found residents andbusinesses were adamantabout keeping the largestfreestanding cuckoo clockin Canada and the Platzl, aquaint outdoor pedestrianplaza at the centre of thedowntown.

“Folks say even if thetheme were to change,they want that clock therebecause generations have

been brought up (with it),popped the coin in andHappy Hans pops out andyodels.”

Kimberley also bills it-self as the City of Festivalsand is home to a thrivingarts and cultural scene.

One of the more unique,said Staplin, is the The Kim-berley International OldTime Accordion Champi-onships in the second weekof July.

“There’s five or six dayswhen we’re invaded by thesilver hair RV set and someyounger folk as well. Theyget out there and danceand they play their accor-dions and have a heck of agood time,” she said with achuckle.

Other festivals includeJulyFest, which includesCanada’s ChampionshipBocce Tournament, Miners’Day as well as Arts on theEdge in August and thegrassroots Kootenay Dirt-bag Film and Photo Fest onThanksgiving weekend inOctober.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Bavarian

IllusionKimberley, B.C.’s kitschy Bavarian theme was

conceived in the 1970s to lure tourists Today the skitown offers more than schnitzel, though it’s still a draw

Kimberley’s Bavarian theme gives the town a European feel.

If you go...

Check out the KimberleyAlpine Resort for skiing,snowboarding and snowmobiling.

Take a ride on Kimberley’sUnderground Mining Rail-way as it winds throughthe Mark Creek Valley. Therailway links downtownwith the site of the old Sullivan Mine surface facili-ties and recent mine reclamation activities.

Try the schnitzel at the OldBaurenhaus Restaurant, anAlpine log house and ciderbarn built in Germany in1640 that was transportedand reassembled inKimberley in 1989.

Kimberley is home to the largest freestanding

cuckoo clock in Canada.

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Satellite dishes,propane tanks, empty oildrums and even a ChevyImpala are popping up interrain parks across thecountry. It’s a new form ofrecycling and is addingback some edge to whathas become a mainstreamsport.

Snowboarding startedas a rebellious activity.Riding rails, pipes and pic-nic benches was a way tobreak out of the norm. To-day, those features havebecome standard. So toadd some uniqueness andpush the sport to a newlevel, resorts have turnedto rummaging throughjunk piles. The recycledobjects are placed on theslopes as challenges forsnowboarding jumps,slides and other manoeu-vres.

“We’ve had the samestuff going on for yearsand years. Now they arejust trying to get crazywith it,” said Lakota Sage,a 21-year-old professionalsnowboarder at Col-orado’s Echo Mountain.

Sage is out on themountain almost dailyand loves the new fea-tures, including a 1960s-era trail-groomingmachine called a snowcat.It was found in the woodson the resort with bulletholes from locals whoused it for target practiceand now sits by a railing

on the course.“It helps push the ath-

letes a little more becauseit’s more intimidating. Ifyou do fall off the railing,you’re going to nail thesnowcat,” he said.

This winter, boarders atSol Vista Basin at GranbyRanch in Colorado willfind a two-metre tall satel-lite dish poached from astranger taking it to thedump. Other mountainshave taken old chairlifttowers, tractor tires,snowmaking pipes, logsand concrete barriers andgiven them a second lifeon the mountain. There’s

a fibreglass horse at Col-orado’s Winter Park, andCalifornia’s Northstar hasincorporated an old gon-dola cabin in its terrainpark.

“It feels pretty uniqueto hit something that Inormally ride up in,” saidMike Schipani, managerof Northstar’s terrainpark.

The new effort alsokeeps junk out of thelandfill and saves ski re-sorts some cash. Schipanisaid he spends about$1,800 for each six-metre-long piece of steel he putson the mountain.

Many amateur boardersare creating videos inhopes of pushing them-selves into a professionalcareer. The used cars,satellite dishes and otherobjects help them standout. “Without innovation,I think our sport wouldbecome pretty stagnant,”Schipani said.

The idea of putting re-cycled items on the moun-tain started about fiveyears ago but reallypicked up last season, ac-cording to Jason George,the terrain park managerat Colorado’s CopperMountain.

“It’s green and we liketo recycle,” he said.

Propane tanks are pop-

ular but a bit tricky. Be-fore a welder can start torepurpose them, the tankshave to be filled with wa-ter, pushing out any left-over combustible gas.

The appeal of these ob-stacles is that they are dif-ferent. As more and moreparks add satellite dishesand cars, mountain work-ers are just going to haveto work harder to findthat new, unique item tokeep on attracting board-ers. George knows thatand is already hard atwork.

“I’m rummagingthrough all the old bone-yards to see what I cancome up with. I’m quitethe rummager,” he said.“Anything we can find,that kids can slide, we’lluse.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Winter wonderland?Empty oil drums, old cars and satellite dishes are a snowboarder’s

delight Some ski resorts are offering interesting snow park obstacles

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Many amateurs are creating videos in the hopes of

pushing themselves into professional careers.

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Using odd items as snow park jumps and slides keeps them out of the landfill.

Time to hit

the slopes

If you’re planning your ski

vacation for this winter,

check out some of these

hills.

Sol Vista Basin at GranbyRanch in Colorado opensfor the season on Dec. 14.

Echo Mountain inColorado opens today.

Northstar resort in California is already open.

Copper Mountain inColorado is already open.

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In the seaside capitalcity of St. John’s, N.L., theannual mummers paradeis a colourful tribute tothe playful custom ofdress-up and visitingthat’s still popular insome outports around theisland.

An ugly stick, in caseyou haven’t made it thisfar East, is a home-madepercussion instrument.

It’s often a broom or mophandle with dozens ofbeer caps, small bells andother noisemakers at-tached, a tin can on topand, sometimes, a boot onthe bottom for stability asit’s played with a drum-stick.

Mummering is a blendof traditions believed tohave migrated to New-foundland from Englandand Ireland early in the19th century. Also knownas mumming or janney-ing, it generally workslike this: groups of rela-tives or friends decked outin costumes knock on thedoor of a neighbour’shouse.

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The foundation revital-ized the mummers paradethree years ago and hassince watched it take on alife of its own.

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“I’m anticipating a real-ly big increase this year,”he said, based on inquiriesand interest.

Mummering is a greatleveller that, for a shorttime, frees people fromthe constraints of age, in-come and gender whilethey’re in disguise, Davissaid.

“It’s just a lot of fun.”Gaylynne Lambert, a

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“There’s tons of stuffgoing on,” she added,rhyming off a heady list ofholiday concerts featuringpopular traditional, rockand folk musicians.

A classical favourite isthe Newfoundland Sym-phony Orchestra’s yearlyrendition of Handel’s Mes-siah at the soaring St.John’s Basilica. Concertsare scheduled for Dec. 16and 17.

“It’s an absolute world-class performance,” Lam-bert said.

And then there’s thecharm of downtown St.John’s itself, its brightclapboard buildings nes-tled around a pretty har-bour that’s crowned by aChristmas star atop SignalHill.

“It’s a great time tocome to the city,” Lambertsaid.

“We’re friendly any-way, but everybody smilesa little bigger. Everybody’sa little softer, nicer,

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kinder. “It’s a very wel-coming place to be forsomebody who perhapshas to be away from home

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Go nuts for the holidays Chili Spiced Nuts serve number of purposes Offer them as a snack or give them as gifts

With lessthan onemonth untilChristmas,the holidayseason is in

full swing. Having saidthat, we all know howstressful this time of theyear can be, but there areways to prepare.

Each week, we’ll pro-vide you with a greatmake-ahead recipe thatyou can make and share asa hostess gift or serve up asan entertaining idea foryour holiday get-together.

Chili Spiced Nuts

These nuts are perfect toserve up in a little bowl forfingers to dip into whileenjoying drinks.

You can also pack themup in little gift bags or tinsfor an easy hostess gift.

Lastly, the Chili Spiced The nuts will keep at

room temperature forabout three weeks in a tinor bag.

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Ingredients:• 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) wholeunblanched almonds• 1 1/2 cups (375 mL)walnut halves• 1 cup (250 mL) shelled pis-tachios• 2 tbsp (30 mL) extra virginor canola oil• 2 tsp (10 mL) chili powder

• 1 tsp (5 mL) ground cumin• 1 tsp (5 mL) dried oregano• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) smokedsweet paprika• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) kosher salt• 1/4 tsp (1 mL) freshlyground black pepper• 1/2 cup (125 mL) roastedpepitas (green pumpkinseeds) This recipe makes about 5 cups (1.25 L).

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• 2 cans (each 142 g) babyclams (undrained)• 15 ml (1 tbsp) Worcester-shire sauce• 3 ml (3/4 tsp) salt• 1 ml (1/4 tsp) hot peppersauce• 30 ml (2 tbsp) fresh parsley

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Brand power: Say my name, say my name

Do a branding exercise to understand your uniquevalue to a future employer. Think about how youpresent yourself both in person at company campusrecruiting events or interviews, and in online spaces.

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The competition on cam-pus between employers isgetting hot as the econo-my picks up and compa-nies’ hiring numbersincrease.

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Things like LinkedInrecommendations are

A recruitment expert offers advice for those hoping to be remembered Sales and marketing students take note“Show you spentsome timeresearching mycompany online,even talking to pastinterns oremployees, andunderstanding theculture.” CHELSEA NEWTON,

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When I interview forentry-level marketingroles, I look more for astrong personal impres-sion than wide sales/mar-keting experience — I canteach you how to be suc-cessful, but I can’t teachyou how to think critical-ly or have personal credi-bility.

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If you don’t meet a re-cruiter on campus, reachout to them via LinkedIn.Recruiters will highlightgreat candidates’ applica-tions if you wow them.

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It’s never a good time tolament to co-workers aboutyour ex, or go into detailabout your wild Fridaynight, but for some reason— also known as vodka —holiday parties tend tobring out unprofessionalbehaviour. Remember yourparty etiquette and youwon’t have to do damagecontrol come Mondaymorning.

PARTY DOS:

Mingle with everyone“Strike up conversationswith those outside of yourusual circle — especiallythe ‘power brokers’ withinyour company,” suggests

Christine Endres, thePhiladelphia branch man-

Party like a proCelebrating with work peeps can bring about a healthy

sense of comraderie As long as you revel responsibly

ager at hiring firm Of-ficeTeam. And feel free toventure outside of cubiclechitchat. “Have a few non-work topics to bring up,such as recent moviesyou’ve seen or holiday vaca-tion plans,” says Endres.

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Jonas Gustavsson has seem-ingly had an answer foreverything opponents havethrown at him over thepast week or two. In doingso, the Toronto Maple Leafsgoalie is delivering a mes-sage to his critics.

Written off by many ear-ly in the season, the manknown as “The Monster”takes a personal four-gamewin streak into tonight’sclash with Boston.

Gustavsson has managedto remain even-keeledthrough a turbulent firstcouple seasons in the NHLby avoiding most of what issaid or written about him.But he knows there arethose who doubt him.

“It’s a big hockey marketand there’s always thingsgoing around,” he said yes-terday after practice. “Imean if there’s no story,there has to be a story. Iguess the goalie’s always inthe spotlight too.

“Either you’re the heroor the guy that everyone’sblaming.”

He’s been playing thehero role in the Leafs’ sur-prising climb to the upperreaches of the Eastern Con-ference despite missing No.1 goalie James Reimer toconcussion-like symptomsfor more than a month.

Initially, third-stringerBen Scrivens was given thebulk of the work inReimer’s absence, prompt-ing many to suggest Gus-tavsson’s days could benumbered. But the Swedehas bounced back — stop-ping 119 of 126 shots in his

last four starts.“When this hit, when

(Scrivens) kind of had a fewgames, a lesser man couldhave really taken it in a badway,” said Reimer. “I knowhe went out in practice andjust kept working hard andnow he’s playing phenome-nal. I didn’t really doubtthat he could do it and sureenough, here he is.

“I’m really happy for thesuccess he’s had.”

Added defenceman CarlGunnarsson: “All I saw washim coming down and

working his ass off everyday. He’s been doing well inpractice and I think he’sbeen doing good in thegames he’s played too.”

Gustavsson could be un-der siege with back-to-backgames looming against thered-hot Bruins who haveoutscored the Leafs 13-2

combined in two games sofar this season.

The Monster has a solid8-4-0 record but is poised toget pushed to the back-ground with Reimer near-ing a return. Coach RonWilson expects Reimer toserve as backup Saturday inBoston and it’s possible

he’ll play his first gamesince Oct. 22 next week.

But true to form, it’s notsomething Gustavsson isspending much time focus-ing on.

“You can’t really thinkfurther than where you’reat right now,” he said. “IfI’m going to think aboutwhat’s going to happennext week, I’m not going tobe able to perform.

“That’s the funny thingwith this sport: You neverknow what’s going to hap-pen.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Toronto (14-8-2) hostsa Boston (14-7-1) teamthat is 11-0-1 inNovember. The Bruinshave been bad newsfor the Leafs this sea-son, handing Torontoits first loss andfollowing that with a7-0 rout on Nov. 5.Rich Peverley has 10points in his last 10games, while TimThomas looks to havefound his Vezina-win-ning form with winsin his last eight starts.Only one point sepa-rates these rivals in abattle for the North-east Division lead.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Suddenly hot Leafs goalie faces Bruins squad that put six pucks past him Oct. 20 ‘We’reviewing it as a little bit of a measuring stick,’ coach Ron Wilson says of Northeast Division clash

It’s alive: Monster finds form

Maple Leafs goalie Jonas Gustavsson

has turned aside doubts recently with

a string of strong performances.

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“Right now we’re playing yo-yo withthese guys. One game we’re ahead ofthem, the next game we’re behind them.”BRUINS COACH CLAUDE JULIEN ON JOSTLING WITH THE LEAFS FOR THE NORTHEAST DIVISION LEAD

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Jaguars get a rebootCoach fired, team sold after 2-8 start New owner expected to keep team in Jacksonville

Jaguars interim head coach Mel Tucker chats

during a news conference yesterday.

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The Jacksonville Jaguarsare headed in a completelynew direction.

And Los Angeles doesn’tappear to be the destina-tion.

Team owner WayneWeaver fired longtimecoach Jack Del Rio yester-day after a 3-8 start andagreed to sell the Jaguars toIllinois businessmanShahid Khan. Weavernamed defensive co-ordina-tor Mel Tucker the interimcoach and gave generalmanager Gene Smith athree-year contract exten-sion, putting him in chargeof the coaching search.

The moves marked themost significant changesfor the small-market fran-chise since its inception in1993.

“It’s the right thing atthe right time and for theright reasons,” Weaver said.

“We deserve better; thecommunity deserves bet-ter. We’ve been very aver-age over the last few years.I take responsibility for alot of that, making mis-takes in some personnelthings, but look positiveahead that this team is notfar away from being a verycompetitive football team.”

Forbes reported the saleto be worth $760 millionUS.

Weaver, who will turn77 in January, had beenlooking for an “exit strate-gy” for years, wanting tofind someone to buy theteam and keep it in Jack-sonville. He had tears in hiseyes several times as he an-nounced his impending de-parture.

“It’s a little bittersweet,honestly, that it came assoon as it did,” Weaver said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kesselnew voteleaderDon’t expect Maple Leafsforward Phil Kessel to be se-lected last at this season’sNHL all-star game fantasydraft.

Kessel, who leads theleague with 16 goals and 31points this season, has tak-en the overall lead in fanballoting for the Jan. 29showcase game atScotiabank Place in Ottawa.

His total of 258,446 votesmoved him past Senatorsdefenceman Erik Karlsson,who leads all blue-linerswith 256,839 votes inresults released yesterdayby the NHL. Ottawaforward Daniel Alfredssonwas third overall (233,868).

The NHL held its first-ever player draft at last sea-son’s all-star game inRaleigh. Teams were decid-ed through a fantasy draftand Kessel was selectedwith the 36th and finalpick. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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HOCKEY

Last night’s resultsN.Y. Islanders 2 Buffalo 1St. Louis 2Washington 1Florida 3 Carolina 1N.Y. Rangers 4 Pittsburgh 3Ottawa atWinnipegPhoenix at ChicagoNashville at CalgaryColumbus at VancouverMonday’s resultsNashville 2 Edmonton 1Dallas 3 Colorado 1Los Angeles 2 San Jose 0Minnesota 3 Tampa Bay 1Tonight’s gamesAll times EasternBoston at Toronto, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.New Jersey at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.Minnesota at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.Montreal at Anaheim, 10 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesPittsburgh atWashington, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 7 p.m.Phoenix atWinnipeg, 8:30 p.m.Ottawa at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Columbus at Calgary, 9 p.m.Nashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Florida at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.Montreal at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.Friday’s gamesDetroit at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.New Jersey atMinnesota, 8 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.St. Louis at Colorado, 9 p.m.Columbus at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

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

d-Pittsburgh 25 14 7 2 2 80 63 32 8-1-2-0 6-6-0-2 5-4-1-0 L1d-Toronto 24 14 8 1 1 79 75 30 6-3-1-1 8-5-0-0 5-4-0-1 W3d-Florida 24 13 7 1 3 67 60 30 5-2-1-3 8-5-0-0 6-3-1-0 W1NYRangers 21 13 5 1 2 60 45 29 7-1-0-1 6-4-1-1 8-2-0-0 W3Boston 22 14 7 0 1 75 47 29 9-5-0-1 5-2-0-0 9-0-0-1 W1Philadelphia 23 13 7 2 1 82 68 29 6-4-1-1 7-3-1-0 6-3-1-0 L1Buffalo 24 13 10 0 1 68 63 27 6-7-0-1 7-3-0-0 4-5-0-1 L1Washington 23 12 10 0 1 71 75 25 8-3-0-1 4-7-0-0 3-6-0-1 L3NewJersey 22 12 9 0 1 57 58 25 5-4-0-1 7-5-0-0 6-4-0-0 L1TampaBay 23 11 10 0 2 63 72 24 7-3-0-0 4-7-0-2 5-5-0-0 L1Ottawa 23 11 10 1 1 69 79 24 6-4-0-1 5-6-1-0 4-4-1-1 W1Montreal 24 10 10 2 2 61 60 24 4-5-2-2 6-5-0-0 4-3-2-1 L2Winnipeg 23 9 10 3 1 66 74 22 5-3-0-0 4-7-3-1 4-4-2-0 L1Carolina 26 8 14 2 2 61 86 20 5-7-0-2 3-7-2-0 3-7-0-0 L4NY Islanders 22 7 11 3 1 43 69 18 5-6-2-0 2-5-1-1 3-5-2-0 W2

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

d-Chicago 24 14 7 1 2 79 74 31 7-1-0-2 7-6-1-0 6-4-0-0 W2d-Minnesota 24 14 7 2 1 57 53 31 9-4-1-0 5-3-1-1 7-3-0-0 W1d-Dallas 24 14 9 0 1 62 65 29 8-3-0-1 6-6-0-0 3-6-0-1 W1St. Louis 24 14 8 0 2 59 50 30 8-2-0-1 6-6-0-1 7-1-0-2 W4Detroit 22 14 7 1 0 65 49 29 9-2-1-0 5-5-0-0 8-2-0-0 W5LosAngeles 24 12 8 2 2 57 55 28 7-6-0-1 5-2-2-1 6-3-1-0 W1San Jose 21 13 7 1 0 60 48 27 6-4-1-0 7-3-0-0 6-3-1-0 L2Phoenix 22 12 7 1 2 61 56 27 7-4-1-1 5-3-0-1 6-3-1-0 W1Vancouver 23 13 9 0 1 69 59 27 5-3-0-1 8-6-0-0 7-3-0-0 W4Nashville 23 11 8 3 1 60 62 26 4-3-2-1 7-5-1-0 4-4-2-0 W1Edmonton 24 12 10 0 2 65 60 26 6-3-0-1 6-7-0-1 3-7-0-0 L2Colorado 24 10 13 1 0 62 73 21 4-9-0-0 6-4-1-0 3-7-0-0 L1Calgary 22 9 12 1 0 50 60 19 4-5-1-0 5-7-0-0 4-6-0-0 W1Anaheim 23 6 13 1 3 50 77 16 4-8-0-0 2-5-1-3 1-8-0-1 L7Columbus 23 6 14 0 3 54 75 15 5-7-0-1 1-7-0-2 4-6-0-0 L1

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

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE NFLAMERICAN CONFERENCEEAST

W L T Pct PF PANew England 8 3 0 .727 331 223N.Y. Jets 6 5 0 .545 256 241Buffalo 5 6 0 .455 261 281Miami 3 8 0 .273 212 206

SOUTHW L T Pct PF PA

Houston 8 3 0 .727 293 179Tennessee 6 5 0 .545 226 212Jacksonville 3 8 0 .273 138 200Indianapolis 0 11 0 .000 150 327

NORTHW L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 8 3 0 .727 272 182Pittsburgh 8 3 0 .727 233 188Cincinnati 7 4 0 .636 259 215Cleveland 4 7 0 .364 165 216

WESTW L T Pct PF PA

Oakland 7 4 0 .636 260 274Denver 6 5 0 .545 221 260Kansas City 4 7 0 .364 153 265San Diego 4 7 0 .364 249 275

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEAST

W L T Pct PF PADallas 7 4 0 .636 270 225N.Y. Giants 6 5 0 .545 252 277Philadelphia 4 7 0 .364 257 251Washington 4 7 0 .364 183 222

SOUTHW L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 8 3 0 .727 362 252Atlanta 7 4 0 .636 259 227Tampa Bay 4 7 0 .364 199 291Carolina 3 8 0 .273 252 305

NORTHW L T Pct PF PA

Green Bay 11 0 0 1.000 382 227Chicago 7 4 0 .636 288 232Detroit 7 4 0 .636 316 246Minnesota 2 9 0 .182 214 295

WESTW L T Pct PF PA

San Francisco 9 2 0 .818 262 161Seattle 4 7 0 .364 185 232Arizona 4 7 0 .364 213 256St. Louis 2 9 0 .182 140 270Monday’s resultNewOrleans 49 N.Y. Giants 24Tomorrow’s gameAll times EasternPhiladelphia at Seattle, 8:20 p.m.Sunday’s gamesKansas City at Chicago, 1 p.m.Atlanta at Houston, 1 p.m.Denver atMinnesota, 1 p.m.Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.N.Y. Jets atWashington, 1 p.m.Oakland atMiami, 1 p.m.Tennessee at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at NewEngland, 1 p.m.Baltimore at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m.St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m.Dallas at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 4:15 p.m.Detroit at NewOrleans, 8:20 p.m.Monday, Dec. 5San Diego at Jacksonville, 8:30 p.m.

AHLLast night’s resultsGrand Rapids 4 Toronto 3 (OT)Connecticut 4 Hershey 2Norfolk 5Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2Abbotsford atMilwaukeeTonight’s gamesAll times EasternSyracuse at Adirondack, 7 p.m.Texas at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Houston at Lake Erie, 7 p.m.Friday’s gamesBridgeport at Albany, 7 p.m.Toronto at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.Manchester at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.Connecticut at Providence, 7:05 p.m.Portland atWilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:05 p.m.St. John’s at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m.Adirondack at Norfolk, 7:30 p.m.Hershey at Syracuse, 7:30 p.m.Springfield atWorcester, 7:30 p.m.Houston at Rochester, 7:35 p.m.Peoria atMilwaukee, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Lake Erie at Rockford, 8:05 p.m.Abbotsford at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Saturday’s gamesHouston at Toronto, 3 p.m.Binghamton atWorcester, 7 p.m.Albany at Bridgeport, 7 p.m.Texas at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Chicago at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.Rochester at Hamilton, 7 p.m.Portland at Hershey, 7 p.m.Providence atManchester, 7 p.m.Connecticut at Springfield, 7 p.m.Adirondack at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m.Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Syracuse, 7:30 p.m.Milwaukee at Peoria, 8 p.m.Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8 p.m.Abbotsford at Rockford, 8:05 p.m.

RANGERS 4, PENGUINS 3First Period1. Pittsburgh, Neal 14 (Crosby, Martin) 17:56(pp)Penalties—Kennedy Pgh, Avery NYR (rough-ing) 0:16, Kennedy Pgh, Avery NYR (fighting)2:21, Gaborik NYR (interference) 8:41, PrustNYR (hooking) 12:59, Vitale Pgh, EmingerNYR (roughing), Lundqvist NYR (roughing;served by Gaborik) 16:36, Orpik Pgh (cross-checking), Richards NYR (slashing) 18:38.Second Period2. N.Y. Rangers, Callahan 9 (Gaborik, Richards)8:01 (pp)3. N.Y. Rangers,Mitchell 1 (Hagelin, Boyle)14:094. N.Y. Rangers, Richards 9 (Fedotenko, Calla-han) 15:395. N.Y. Rangers, Gaborik 11 (Del Zotto,Richards) 18:26 (pp)6. Pittsburgh,Malkin 9 (Neal, Sullivan) 19:53Penalties—Dupuis Pgh (holding) 6:10, NealPgh (tripping) 17:48.Third Period7. Pittsburgh, Dupuis 7 (Crosby, Engelland) 3:39Penalties—McDonaghNYR (holding stick)5:34,Malkin Pgh (slashing) 12:41, EngellandPgh (slashing) 13:19, Orpik Pgh (tripping)14:49, Kunitz Pgh (boarding) 17:06.Shots on goalPittsburgh 14 10 3 27N.Y. Rangers 9 15 6 30Goal—Pittsburgh: Fleury (L,13-4-2); N.Y.Rangers: Lundqvist (W,10-4-3).Power plays (goals-chances)—Pittsburgh: 1-4; N.Y. Rangers: 2-6.Attendance—18,200 (18,200) at NewYork.

ISLANDERS 2, SABRES 1First Period1. N.Y. Islanders,Moulson 8 (Streit, Par-enteau) 6:47 (pp)Penalties—Szczechura Buf (high-sticking)5:39,MottauNYI (slashing) 8:52,Martin NYI,Kassian Buf (fighting), Niederreiter NYI (inter-ference) 13:27, Pominville Buf (holding) 16:17.Second Period — No Scoring.Penalty—Kassian Buf (interference) 18:21.Third Period2. Buffalo, Hecht 2 (Pominville, Vanek) 1:543.N.Y. Islanders,Rolston3(Ullstrom,Bailey)9:23Penalties—Streit NYI (hooking) 10:42, BaileyNYI (kneeing) 11:08.Shots on goalN.Y. Islanders 6 12 12 —30Buffalo 8 8 15 —31Goal—N.Y. Islanders:Montoya (W,4-3-1);Buffalo: Enroth (L,8-4-1). Power plays (goals-chances)—N.Y. Islanders: 1-3; Buffalo: 0-4.Attendance—18,690 (18,690) at Buffalo, N.Y.

BLUES 2, CAPITALS 1First Period1.Washington, Backstrom 8 (Ovechkin, Vok-oun) 10:152. St. Louis, Oshie 7 (Steen, Backes) 15:48Penalties—None.Second Period3.St.Louis,D’Agostini6 (Berglund,Stewart)8:54Penalties—LaichWash (tripping) 3:52,BrouwerWash (double high-sticking) 4:31,Shattenkirk StL (hooking) 5:28.Third Period — No Scoring.Penalties—Nichol StL, HendricksWash(fighting) 1:59, ChimeraWash (tripping)13:39, Oshie StL (slashing) 19:40.Shots on goalSt. Louis 9 11 10 —30Washington 5 6 8 —19Goal—St. Louis: Halak (W,4-7-2);Washing-ton: Vokoun (L,10-6-0). Power plays (goals-chances)—St. Louis: 0-4;Washington: 0-1.Attendance—18,506 (18,398) atWashington.

PANTHERS 3 ATHURRICANES 1First Period — No Scoring.Penalty—Santorelli Fla (holding) 7:14.Second Period1. Florida, Fleischmann 11 (Campbell,Weiss)10:45 (pp)2. Carolina, Skinner 10 (E.Staal, Ruutu) 11:49Penalties—Fleischmann Fla (hooking) 3:41,Matthias Fla (hooking) 8:13, Dwyer Car(boarding) 10:32.Third Period3. Florida,Matthias 4 (Kopecky) 16:414. Florida,Matthias 5, 19:11 (en)Missed penalty shot—Skille Fla, 7:51.Penalties—Jovanovski Fla (interference)1:51, Allen Car (interference) 8:56, Gudbran-son Fla (holding) 10:04.Shots on goalFlorida 2 12 7 —21Carolina 9 11 7 —27Goal—Florida: Theodore (W,10-4-3); Carolina:Ward (L,8-11-3). Power plays (goals-chances)—Florida: 1-2; Carolina: 0-5.Attendance—13,065 (18,680) at Raleigh, N.C.

SCORING LEADERSG A PT

Kessel, Tor 16 15 31Giroux, Pha 13 16 29Lupul, Tor 11 18 29Versteeg, Fla 12 14 26Last night’s games not included

BASEBALLAMERICAN LEAGUEKANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to termswithRHP Jonathan Broxton on a one-year contract.TEXASRANGERS—NamedGregMaddux spe-cial assistant to the generalmanager.

NATIONAL LEAGUEHOUSTONASTROS—Agreed to termswith CCarlos Corporan on aminor league contract.MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Named Joe Ayraultmanager and Ned Yost IV coach of BrevardCounty (FSL); Jeff Isommanager and DonMoney special instructor of Helena (Pioneer);and Andy Pratt professional scout.NEWYORKMETS—Agreed to termswith OFAdam Loewen on aminor league contract.PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Released RHPScottMathieson.SAN FRANCISCOGIANTS—Signed senior VP &GMBrian Sabean &manager Bruce Bochy tocontract extensions through 2013 season.

FOOTBALLNFLLEAGUEOFFICE—SuspendedDetroitDTNdamukongSuh2gamesafterstompingonthearmofGreenBayGEvanDietrich-SmithduringaNov.24game.CHICAGOBEARS—SignedLBPatrickTrahanfrompracticesquad.Waived/injuredLBBrianIwuh.CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed DT CornellBanks to the practice squad. Released LBBruce Davis from the practice squad.CLEVELANDBROWNS—Waived LS RyanPontbriand. Placed LB Scott Fujita & DE Em-manuel Stephens on injured reserve. SignedLS Christian Yount. Signed LB Benjamin Ja-cobs &DL Brian Sanford from practice squad.Signed DLAyanga Okpokowuruk, DBDavidSims & LB Brian Smith to practice squad.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Fired defensive co-or-dinator Larry Coyer. Promoted linebackerscoachMikeMurphy to defensive co-ordinator.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Fired coach JackDel Rio. Named defensive co-ordinatorMelTucker interim coach.KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Released OT JaredGaither. Signed OTDavidMims.NEWENGLANDPATRIOTS—Released CBPhillip Adams.NYJETS—SignedSTracyWilsonfrompracticesquad.

HOCKEYNHLLEAGUEOFFICE—Fined Pittsburgh F JamesNeal $2,500 for high-stickingMontreal D P.K.Subban during Saturday’s game.CAROLINAHURRICANES—Reassigned F BrettSutter to Charlotte (AHL).DALLAS STARS—Assigned F FrancisWathierto Texas (AHL).FLORIDA PANTHERS—Recalled CMark CullenfromSanAntonio (AHL). Reassigned G BrianFoster to Cincinnati (ECHL).MONTREAL CANADIENS—Called up C LouisLeblanc fromHamilton (AHL).NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Recalled F KyleWilson fromMilwaukee (AHL).NEWJERSEYDEVILS—Sent DAlexander Ur-bom to Albany (AHL).Waived C BradMills.ST. LOUIS BLUES—Recalled D Cade FairchildfromPeoria (AHL).

TRANSACTIONS

SOCCER(Home teams listed first)

ENGLANDLEAGUE CUPQuarter-finalsCardiff 2 Blackburn 0Chelsea 0 Liverpool 2Arsenal 0Manchester City 1LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPBurnley 4 Ipswich 0Derby 0 Brighton 1Leicester 2 Blackpool 0Middlesbrough 0West Ham2Millwall 3 Doncaster 2Nottingham Forest 0 Leeds 4Southampton 2 Hull 1Watford 2 Bristol City 2Reading 3 Peterborough 2

ITALYSERIE ANapoli 3 Juventus 3COPPAD’ITALIAFourth RoundParma 0 Verona 2Catania 2 Novara 3

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MotorThe electrical portion of the powertrain consists ofthe usual 60-kilowatt (80-horsepower) motor that’senergized by a lithium-ion battery pack locatedbeneath the cargo floor. That’s the same spot as thestandard Prius’s nickel-metal-hydrid batteries. The ad-vantage of lithium-ion technology is that it’s lighter,more energy efficient and holds a charge for longerperiods.

As with all Prius models, power is directed to thefront wheels via a continuously variable transmission.

It looks like any other Prius because it is like any other Prius, just with more battery power for extended electric-only use.

The Prius is the world’smost successful gasoline-electric hybrid brand withmore than two millioncopies sold since its 1997launch. The fuel-frugal Toy-ota celebrates its 15th an-niversary by adding awagon to the lineup as wellas the Plug-in Hybrid, orPHV, which arrives in early2012.

Although similar to aregular Prius, the PHV hasbeen engineered to offersome advantages of a pureelectric vehicle as well asthe convenience of a typicalhybrid. The result should besignificantly improved cityfuel economy. For shorthops, or gridlocked com-muter traffic, the PHV canbe driven for up to about 25kilometres at speeds up to

100 km/h in driver-selec-table electric mode.

But when a heavier footon the accelerator is calledfor and/or the batterieswear down, the 98-horse-power 1.8-litre gas engineinstantly kicks in and bothpower systems provide thenecessary thrust, the sameas a regular Prius model.The batteries can also bepartially replenished fromenergy captured throughbraking.

Determining if the PHVis worth the extra cost willultimately depend on yourparticular driving habits,such as distance travelledand your ability to baby thethrottle around town. Formost people, the popularstandard Prius will do justfine, while the PHV takesconserving gas and preserv-ing the environment to awhole new level.

This Prius has abit more spark

The electric motor has enough power for light

acceleration, but when you need max thrust, the gas

engine cuts in. The remaining electric range is posted in a

display at the top of the centre stack.

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Fuel efficiencyAs for the all-important questionof fuel consumption, Toyotaclaims the PHV earns the equiva-lent of 1.75 l/100 km on electricpower alone (presumably basedon typical power costs) and about3.7 l/100 km when functioning inhybrid mode, compared with 3.7city and 4.0 highway for astandard Prius.

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Type: Four-door, front-wheel-drive mid-size sedan.Engine (hp): 1.8-litre DOHCI4 (98) combined with 80-horsepower electric motor.Transmission: Continuouslyvariable.Market position: Plug-inHybrids appear moreadvanced than current ver-sions and promisesignificantly better fueleconomy. They also won’tcreate the sort of range anx-iety that exists with electric-only models.Mileage: L/100 km(city/hwy) 2.0/3.7 (est).

By comparison

Nissan LeafBase price: $40,000If you want electric,then just go for it.Downside is longcharge time.

Chevrolet VoltBase price: $43,000Gas generator main-tains electricmotor’s functionwhen batteries runlow.

Mitsubishi i Base price: $34,500Short hops only;Prius is more carthat does more andcosts more, too.

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Chess players know that the pieces onthe board can be made from wood,plastic, marble, etc. Mexican sculptorArmando Ramierz has created what hecalls his Rustic Warriors chess set pro-duced from reclaimed used auto parts.

For example, the queen is madefrom electrical-system components,the bishops from discarded screws plusNKG and AC Delco spark plugs and thecastles and pawns from various cogs.

The board resonates with metal-on-metal sounds as the pieces are movedabout the alloy surface. No two gamesare exactly alike and prospective buy-ers are reminded that the game’sindustrial-like design includes plentyof patina, such as scratches, smudgesand discolouration. Ramirez sells hisRustic Warriors sets for about $200through a variety of online resellers.findgift.com.

1For that overnight or weekend car trip,it feels great to drive and arrivelooking your best. And that includespacking your gear in something reallycool, such as the Waxed Canvas SafariBag from J.L. Powell.

The company states that the designof this ruggedly elegant piece ofluggage was inspired by the house-calldoctor bag of the horse-and-buggy era.

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4Getting away from it all doesn’t have tomean that you and your friends can’t allenjoy your favourite tunes.

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With road rage becoming all therage (and an outrage) these days,perhaps we’d all learn to chill outwhile behind the wheel if we loadedSteven Halpern’s Drive Time Rx CDinto our car’s audio system, ordownloaded the MP3 version.

Halpern claims that the featuredinstrumental music is designed toremove at least some of the stress as-sociated with rush-hour driving. Hehas also included subliminallyencoded messages hidden withinthe tracks that were developed withthe help of “professional driver skillenhancement trainers.”stevenhalpern.com.WHEELBASE

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Did you like the size & maneuverability? YES! TheGardiner was closed on my test day, which meantthat the downtown core was a traffic jam. The smartallowed me to slip through Queen St. alley ways andmake tight turns in the opposite lane – something Ican’t do in my regular car without a 3-point turn

Favourite features: Ability to park in tight spaces.Maneuverability.

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How can it enhance your lifestyle? Saving me timefinding parking.

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I particularly enjoyedfirst seeing the one called“customer charge” — soambiguous, so all encom-passing, so delightful.

Some retailers in the carindustry are equally cre-ative.

Both new and used cardealerships sometimes tackon an Administration Feeor a Documentation Fee. Ei-ther way, this is a chargeinitiated by each specificdealership (new or used)and can run anywherefrom $295 to $595 — andbeyond.

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min fees — buyers hatethem.

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“If you feel it’s not worthit, or not comfortable withit, restart the negotiations.”

The Ontario Motor Vehi-cle Industry Council(OMVIC) is the entity thatenforces Ontario’s MotorVehicle Dealers Act. Eachprovince has its own coun-cil and respective “dealers

act.” Compton

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“The only thing we’vebeen able to say is that theyare almost a tradition in

the industry, for dealersto charge customers forsome of the overheadfees they have to dealwith. You, as a con-sumer, should expectthat it would proba-bly be tacked on.There is nothingmandatory aboutit… There isnothing il-

legal about charging adminfees, but there is nothingfrom preventing you fromnegotiating them out aswell.”

British Columbia, Alber-ta, Ontario and Quebec allhave legislation that re-quires dealers and/or dealergroups to disclose anymandatory fees — includ-ing admin fees — in theiradvertised prices.

So the take-away here, isto be aware

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As soon as you step footon a new or used car lot,ask about any fees that willbe tacked on to the vehi-cle’s price.

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The 2007 to 2008 Audi RS4might have been one ofthe world’s foremostsleeper sedans.

Subtle and discreetstyling upgradesconcealed a track-tunedchassis, high-performanceversion of the brand’sQuattro AWD system anda race-ready engine.

The RS4 Sedan wasavailable on our shores asa 2007 or 2008 model thatcame with upgraded aero-dynamics, brakes and sus-pension components.

EngineAll RS4 models camejust one way: with a4.2-litre V-8 cranking out 420horsepower en route to an8,000 RPM redline, teamed upwith AWD and a six-speed man-ual transmission.

Common issuesBe sure the engine on themodel you’re considering iscold when you first start itup, then check for bluesmoke from the tailpipes.Some oil consumption withthis engine is considerednormal, and may be causedby an easy-to-fix crankcaseventilation system valve.

Poor performance or aninconsistent, “sputtering”feel to the power deliverycould indicate a badignition coil pack.

Have a mechanic checkfor fluid leaks and ensurethe shock absorbers aren’tworn out or “blown”.

VerdictAll in all, a well-maintained RS4 shouldprovide an extremelyrewarding and relativelyworry-free year-round mo-toring experience foryears to come. Just budgetfor a radar-detector, too.

What owners likeRS4’s discreet, ultra-performance execution was itsmajor draw. Performance, relative com-fort handling, all-season capabilities anda semi-practical four-door body roundedout the owner-stated praise points forthe RS4.

What ownersdislikeGripes commonly includ-ed limited rear-seat space, a roughride on some surfaces and, of course,excessive fuel consumption.

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A Pagani Huayra is pictured at the Macau Supercar Show.

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China’s rich have a rich taste for carsChina’s superrich want su-percars.

That’s what the makersof world’s most exotic andexpensive sports cars arehoping as they gather inMacau recently for thefirst Asian edition of Mona-co’s annual Top Marquesshow that began eightyears ago.

The supercar companiesare chasing growth in Chi-na, which is churning outscores of new millionaireseach year and is home tothe world’s biggest automarket.

Ferraris and Lamborghi-nis sat alongside rare andbeautiful automotiveworks of art from lesserknown marques like Italy’sPagani, West Richland,Wash.-based SSC and Swe-den’s Koenigsegg. Theydrew admiring looks fromwealthy auto enthusiasts

from China and otherAsian countries.

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Chen was thinking ofbuying a Pagani or a Bugat-ti Veyron Grand Sport toadd to his collection of 15to 16 high-end cars, whichhe divides between hisbases in Taiwan andShanghai.

“I go to a lot of autoshows in China. I’ve lovedcars since I was a kid and Ihave been collecting manydifferent car brands,” saidChen, who opened hisleather satchel to revealkeys for a Ferrari, a Lam-borghini and a Rolls-Royce.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

271China’s billion-aire ranks,

boosted by the coun-try’s fast-growingeconomy, swelled to271 in 2011, 82 morethan last year.

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Metro Toronto’s Managing Editor, Tarin Elbert, poses next to a 2012 Acura TL Elite in front of the newspaper’s office. The car boasts a 3.7-litre V-6 engine with 305 horsepower. You can bet Tarin made use of most of those ponies.

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It’s no longer enough forautomakers to simply buildcars that are stylish or haveall the latest options. Sus-tainability is now a drivingforce, as auto companiestackle such issues as fuel ef-ficiency, alternative power-trains and how to recyclevehicles and components atthe end of their lives.

“It’s about providingtransportation to futuregenerations without havingit negatively impacting theenvironment,” says JohnViera, director of sustain-ability for Ford Motor Com-pany. He adds that it’s alsoabout educating consumerson the new choices theyface.

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“The good news is thateveryone has electricity attheir house or work, sowe’ve decided to work onhow we provide chargingequipment that is easily in-stallable at home or atwork,” Viera says.

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there for long periods andthat’s where our focus hasbeen. We think the majori-ty of charging will happenat home or work, not at apublic station.”

The batteries themselvespresent issues. Those thatuse lithium-ion are now be-coming the electric vehiclestandard. The easiest lithi-um to mine is in Bolivia,Chile and China, where it’sthe equivalent of accessibleSaudi Arabian oil; depositsin North America are morelike the tar sands, harderand costlier to extract. Recy-cling batteries for theirlithium isn’t cost-effectiveyet, and Viera says that au-tomakers will have to workon this.

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“We’re working withother automakers on thewhole recycling process forthis.”

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A Maruti showroom in Barabanki, India, is decorated during the festival of Diwali to

attract customers. Bottom left, a customer tries out a car as his family waits eagerly, while at

right, a salesman makes calculations to offer a final price of a car.

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Car salesmen are rewriting life in small-town India

Out on the edge ofBarabanki, a fewsteps from the rail-road tracks and

across the street from anemerald-green field thatstinks of sewage, SanjeevSaxena sits inside a sign-post of a new Indian era.Occasionally, he glances upfrom his desk to see if any-one is coming through thedoor.

He’s waiting to sell you adream.

It’s a dream about small-town prestige, and air con-ditioning in the brutalnorth Indian summer. It’s adream they never thoughtthey’d see in India’s mil-lions of villages, and of peo-ple who once couldn’timagine clawing their wayinto the middle class.

It’s a dream that comesin 15 models and 35colours. Financing is easilyavailable.

“I remember when carswere for rich people,” saidDharmendra Srivastava, 32,one of Saxena’s seven sales-men at the brightly lit deal-

ership with the unwieldyname Bright4Wheel.

“Today, everyone in Indiawants to have a car: the citypeople, farmers, everyone.”

Little is changing mod-ern India more than thespread of cars, a four-wheeled reflection of itseconomic transformationand a window into the aspi-rations of the new Indianmiddle class.

The automotive meta-morphosis has spread fromthe upper-class enclaves ofIndia’s biggest cities to itscountless Barabankis: once-quiet towns now spillingover with concrete build-ings, crowded streets andclattering vehicles.

Farmers and school-teachers now buy cars. TheBarabanki shopkeeper sell-ing fluorescent tubes for150 rupees ($3 US) apiecehas one. The farmer-busi-nessman with the one-room tire store has two.

Saxena, with his smok-er’s growl and greyingcomb-over, often tells histeam that what they do isabout sales technique:

about confidence, abouttreating customers right,about knowing the latest of-fers.

“You need to learn howto convince people to buy. Ifyou can’t do that, you needto ask why,” he told themduring a recent sales meet-

ing, his voice somewherebetween an angry father’sand an encouragingteacher’s.

It was the first day of astring of autumn Hindu fes-tivals marking the year’sbiggest shopping season,and an hour before the ar-

rival of the day’s first cus-tomers. It was three daysbefore the Maruti-Suzukidealership’s monthly salesdeadline.

But behind the tech-nique is something else.

Maruti sells its cars withads showing an idealized In-

dia that barely exists, evenin the country’s wealthiestenclaves: sprawling houseswith white picket fences,highways with no traffic,friendly towns without ahint of litter. Everywhere,there are joyful Indiansdriving Marutis.

That’s the Indian dreamthey’re selling.

The fantasy began takingshape in 1991, when thegovernment was facingcrushing debt paymentsand dangerously low for-eign exchange reserves.Desperate to save itself, In-dia abandoned socialismand embraced globalizationto become one of theworld’s fastest-growingeconomies.

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