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Wrestler Carol Huynh whoops it up after winning a bronze-medal match against Isabelle Sambou from Senegal at the London 2012 Olympic Games on Wednesday. But that wasn’t Canada’s only medal yesterday. Adam Van Koeverden stroked his way to a silver in the 1,000-metre kayak-single event at Eton Dorney in London. Mark Oldershaw also competed at Eton Dorney, and in this photo he looks to the heavens after receiving the bronze medal he won in the men’s 1,000-metre canoe-single final. first two photos: STEVE RUSSELL/TORstar news service third: Sean Kilpatrick/the canadian press

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Police investigate second shooting in Danzig probe AARON HARRIS/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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Hours after a gunfight broke out at a community barbecue in Scarborough last month, two bullets ripped through the front window of a house 10 kilometres away. Toronto police have confirmed they are now investigating a possible connection between the mass shooting on Danzig Street and a later shooting on nearby Whiteleas Avenue. An 18-year-old man who lives at the home where the second shooting took place was arrested July 27. Shaquan

Mesquito is charged with threatening to harm people on Danzig Street the day of the block party. Police did not release any information at the time of his arrest. Torstar News Service learned about the charges through court documents. Mesquito, tall and broadshouldered, appeared briefly in a Scarborough courtroom Wednesday, wearing a black polo shirt, with his hair in cornrows. The teen is charged with two counts of uttering threats “to cause seriously bodily harm” to people who attended the Danzig community barbecue on July 16 — an event that ended in the worst mass shooting in Toronto’s history, with two dead and 23 suffering gunshot wounds. Police further allege that on July 27 Mesquito was found carrying a restricted weapon

— a loaded .22 calibre revolver — for a “purpose dangerous to a public place.” He faces nine weapons-related charges. Const. Wendy Drummond said police do not have any information to suggest the weapon he is accused of carrying was used in the Danzig Street shooting, nor do they have information that places Mesquito at the block party. Police said the shots on Whiteleas Avenue were fired at 1:05 a.m. — about 2 1/2 hours after gunfire erupted on Danzig. No one on Whiteleas Avenue was injured. Mesquito is the second person charged in the block party shooting. Nahom Tsegazab, 19, also appeared briefly in a Scarborough courtroom Wednesday, charged with reckless discharge of a firearm. Police are not alleging that he fired the fatal bullets. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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• The manhunt continues for the shooter or shooters who killed 14-yearold Shyanne Charles and 23-year-old Joshua Yasay, and left 23 others with bullet wounds. Police say witnesses are fearful about coming forward. • Whiteleas Avenue, near Finch Avenue East and Markham Road, has known violence in the past. In April 2006, homes on Whiteleas were sprayed with bullets during a drive-by shooting. In March 2000, an 18-year-old man was shot in the leg as he arrived at a house hosting a birthday party.

Toronto Fashion Week has been sold to a global event management firm and founder Robin Kay is stepping down as executive director after 13 years at the helm. “Fashion week is much bigger than me as an individual person,” Kay said in an exclusive meeting with Torstar News Service and Peter Levy, a representative for new owner IMG Canada. “I really believe that this is the best next step on the runway for the event, for the City of Toronto and for our market as Canadians on the global runway,” said Kay. IMG Canada bought the event for an undisclosed sum. Toronto Fashion Week is a biannual event that showcases Canadian designers and is meant to boost the local fashion industry. It has grown from an audience of 200 in 2000 to an event that attracts 40,000 guests over five days. IMG Worldwide operates and manages sports, entertainment and fashion events in 30-plus countries. Its portfolio includes fashion weeks in Berlin, New York, Tokyo, Mumbai, Moscow and Miami. Kay will remain president of the Fashion Design Council of Canada (FDCC). She would not reveal how much IMG CanadaWJ paid_ the 4 9FDCC 4 9 _forYToronto Y Z _ Me t r o . p d f Pa ge 1 8 / 7 / 1 2 , 1 2 : 4 8 PM Fashion Week, or how much Semanda Gough, 5, of Woodstock, Ont., tries out a few moves she learned from Argos cheerleader Renee. They were on hand to kick off the 100 Day she will receive as a result of Countdown to the 100th Grey Cup Festival being held at David Pecaut Square near King and John streets in Toronto. CHRIS SO/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE the deal. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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Crime. Investigators looking into possible link between mass shooting on Danzig Street and later shooting in the area

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Rob Ford hospitalized Mayor Rob Ford was hospitalized as a result of stomach and throat “irritation” that aggravated his asthma, his spokesperson said Wednesday. Ford was admitted

to Humber River Regional Hospital on Tuesday night. A statement Wednesday afternoon said he is “in good spirits” and “looking forward to going home as soon as doctors allow.” The statement did not say when he will be discharged. Ford originally believed he got sick from food. torstar news service

Markham takes big step toward NHL-size arena Sports. Site plan revealed, with plans to fast-track start of construction Plans for a proposed NHLsized arena were officially submitted to the City of Markham on Wednesday morning, a crucial step in a lengthy approval process aimed at getting shovels in the ground as early as this fall. The site plan for the 20,000-seat arena was submitted by Graeme Roustan, chairman and CEO of GTA Sports and Entertainment, at a news conference at the Markham Town Centre. The application includes the design, a traffic study and sustainability study that will be reviewed by staff and opened to public consultation before it is approved. “This is one of many steps that has to take place, but it’s an important step,” said Mayor Frank Scarpitti. “When you submit your site plan application, it indicates from the private sector side that you are serious about the project and want it to proceed.” Once it’s approved, a building permit can be issued and construction can begin on the $325-million arena. Scarpitti said the city will make the project a priority. He told reporters that starting construction this fall is ambitious, but “it’s possible we could be in the

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Rough start for GFL The second day on the job for Green for Life (GFL) Environment Corp. didn’t go much better than the first day. Waste services general manager Jim Harnum said GFL was behind on Wednes-

day’s waste pickup operations as of late afternoon. He expected all garbage and organic material would be picked up by 8:30 p.m. but didn’t expect all recycling to be collected before day’s end. “GFL will again be bringing in additional resources (Thursday) in an effort to catch up,” Harnum said in a statement. torstar news service

Port Lands project steaming ahead After dodging a proposal that would have turned the Port Lands into a carnival sideshow, development of the massive parcel of land is back on track. Waterfront Toronto and the city unveiled the latest vision for the Port Lands on Wednesday, almost a year after it was nearly derailed by Coun. Doug Ford’s plan to build a Ferris wheel, monorail and megamall. The new $1.9 billion plan moves up the timeline for development, which is what the city asked for last September when councillors voted against Mayor Rob Ford’s bid to take over Waterfront Toronto, the city-provincialfederal agency tasked with developing the lakeshore area. The city also joined on as a partner. The original plan for the Port Lands was contingent on making the area floodproof in

case of a massive storm that would overwhelm the Don River. Accomplishing that meant moving the mouth of the river from the Keating Channel to the Toronto Harbour, an immense undertaking with a price tag of more than $600 million — a sum Waterfront Toronto didn’t have. Instead, this time around, landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh has taken a novel approach to flood protection, reconfiguring the proposal so flood protection is phased in one area at a time. This also reduces the initial costs. And it means parts of the 400-hectare Port Lands can be sold off for development, with the money used to build flood protection in another area. Currently, there’s no funding for the project. torstar news service

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ground later this year.” There’s still a lot of work to be done on negotiating the financial framework, legal agreements and the degree of community access to the arena. The city plans to hold public meetings in the fall to

share details. Roustan unveiled the design for the arena, which will be solar-ready and birdfriendly, and will hew to LEED standards for sustainability. In April, Markham council overwhelmingly approved

a unique public-private financing plan for it. The city will borrow $325 million to pay for construction, half of which will be reimbursed by a private group headed by Roustan and financially backed by Rudy Bratty, of the Remington Group Inc. The other half will come from future development in Markham and revenue from the centre when it opens. The aim is to have the arena ready for business by late 2014. torstar news service

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TIFF unveils Canadian lineup Wide variety. Popular directors return to Toronto for a number of world premiers TIFF has unveiled its “eh” list of Canadian films for its annual September event, featuring directors familiar and new. Comedy, drama, thrills and suspense are in the Canuck lineup of features during the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs Sept. 6-16. Sarah Polley, Xavier Dolan, Bernard Émond, Bruce Sweeney, Sudz Sutherland, Rob Stewart and Manon Briand are among the returning directors, many bringing world-premiering films. They’ll be joined by many first-time feature directors, including Jason Buxton, Kazik Radwanski, Igor Drljaca, Kate Melville and a Cronenberg named Brandon. “Through comedy, thrills, drama and suspense, films in the lineup present stories of youth and violence, coming of age, the environment, dys-

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ton Stewart, 13, of Simcoe, who was joined by excited castmates Dyson Fyke, Aidan Gouveia, Spencer Howes, Michael Friend, Andy Reid, Siam Yu, Alex Cardillo and Eric Hanson. I Declare War, which has its world premiere in TIFF’s Vanguard program, follows a group of 12-year-old boys who start out playing an innocent game of capture

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This image provided by KVVU-TV shows a billboard with a mannequin dangling from a hangman’s noose near the Strip in Las Vegas. peter dawson/kvvu/the associated press

was white with black lettering that read, “Hope You’re Happy Wall St.,” and a similar mannequin hanging off the edge. While nobody has publicly claimed responsibility for the signs, the Occupy Las Vegas group posted photos of the displays on its website. the associated press

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Social media and anti-social misfits Controversial. Psychologist believes someone’s absence from sites such as Facebook could be a red flag

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“Anecdotally, I’ve heard If you’re a Facebook holdout, or have chosen to abandon both job seekers and emthe social-media hangout ployers wonder aloud about for any number of reasons, what it means if a job canbe prepared to be labelled a didate doesn’t have a Facebook account. Does it mean misfit — or worse. The net has been abuzz they deactivated it because this week about a story at- it was full of red flags? Are tributed to the German they hiding something?” newsmagazine Der Tagess- asked a Forbes.com writer. And the dating game tells piegel in which a psychologist concluded that the slim a similar story. Slate advice columnist social-media presences of two accused killers, Nor- Emily Yoffe told one woman: wegian Anders Breivik and “I’m fine with people not Colorado-theatre-massacre having a Facebook page if suspect James Holmes, were they don’t want one. However ... if you’re of a certain suspicious. With a global population age and you meet someone of seven billion and about who you are about to go to 955 million registered Face- bed with, and that person book users — technological doesn’t have a Facebook and economic barriers not- page, you may be getting a withstanding — that’s a false name. It could be some kind of red flag.” scary proposition. For the digital generaHowever, an immediate concern may be the weight tion, that kind of sentiplaced on the social network ment is understandable, said Queen’s University by employers. While the Maryland De- media professor Sidneyeve partment of Public Safety Matrix. “Facebook really is the and Correctional Services have backed off earlier de- way that you vet folks that mands for the Facebook you like, you cross paths passwords of workers to and socialize with,” she said. check their profiles for “There’s a lot of commontroubling behaviour, it’s stillT:10”sense wisdom there, because seen as a tool to vet poten- we do want to vet people.” tial employees. torstar news service

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One day, Sharon’s and Catherine’s online daters, named “Frank” and “Marc,” asked them to finally meet in person, but not before one last favour: Travelling to Argentina to pick up some sensitive documents. The women eventually agreed, thinking their dream had finally come true. But the documents, hidden without their knowledge in a secret compartment of their luggage, turned out to be cocaine. That’s how Sharon Mae Armstrong, 55, a former highlevel civil servant in New

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managing to get through while the attention falls on her.” In January, a third person fell into the same cybertrap and was caught at Buenos Aires airport: Paul Howard Frampton, 69, a distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Frampton has said he was lured to meet a woman he thought he had been chatting with on the Internet, Czechborn lingerie model Denise Milani. He was given luggage to carry by someone claiming to be Milani’s intermediary. The case contained two kilograms of cocaine. Julieta Lacroze, Armstrong’s lawyer in Buenos Aires, says it’s hard to find exact figures on the pervasiveness of dating scams. Victims tend to feel embarrassed or humiliated, so most frauds go unreported. “It is easy for criminal organizations. They just have to sit down and chat,” Lacroze said. “Three months of work via the Internet, and that’s it. For five kilograms of cocaine, that’s a fairly good return.”

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Sharon Mae Armstrong, arrested on April 13, 2011, faced 16 years in jail but in the end was sentenced to four years, 10 months. Waiting for an appeal, she tells Metro how she got tricked. “A cousin of mine created an account for me on a dating website. It had been 20 years since I had been in a relationship, and I was not really interested. On the very last three or four days before the trial subscription’s expiration, I was approached by this guy who said he was living in the same city where I’d just moved looking for a new job. I was in a very vulnerable position. He kept saying we were going to get married. He was a very good talker. I should have known.”

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ficker usually has a lot of money. He used to get around the city with public transport — a narco doesn’t travel this way.

Now your ex-boyfriend is in jail. Do you suspect him of using you and being a part of a cartel? You were accused of organT:10” I don’t think he did. A traf-

What do you think of Sharon Armstrong’s case? They always take advantage of weak or naive people. My experience helped me a lot.

Argentine model Daiana Antivero, 19, was arrested last year on drug-smuggling charges. She was later released, but the incident earned her the nickname “Narco Model.”

How do you feel about being called Narco Model? Did it help your career? Not at all. I lost a lot of work due to what happened.

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signalling an end to cyclists’ camaraderie I am a rogue of sorts. A selfloather, perhaps. A traitor to John Mazerolle my own people. metronews.ca/voices/ I ride a bicycle, and I hate he-says cyclists. It’s a moral quandary, to be sure. Since there’s apparently a war between bikes and cars, I am a king without a country. I kickstand alone. It’s tough, but I have little choice in the matter. Experience has taught me that many cyclists do not know the rules of the road. In fact, I’m not confident that most cyclists know there are rules of the road. This makes every bike ride I take an emotional rollercoaster. At first, I’m happy. This stage lasts a good 15 seconds. But then I start to tense up like a child with divorcing parents, because I know there’s going to be yelling. And, sure enough, sometime within the next few minutes I’m barking at someone, usually a ‘fellow’ cyclist. Despite my shrieks, it never seems to get any better. I guess I’m not yelling properly. Cyclists fail to signal, dominate shared paths, run red lights, pass on the right of cars turning right, and ding their bell at people while riding on the sidewalk, all with alarming regularity. Can you imagine if a car moved into a bike lane and honked at a cyclist to move? The Car vs. Bike War would go to Def-Con 1. As history and J.J. Abrams have taught us, it’s human instinct to hate The Others because you don’t know their perspective and therefore assume the worst. But to me, it makes more sense to hate The Sames because I’m well aware of their perspective and don’t understand why they aren’t as good as me. I’m not a great cyclist by any means, but it isn’t exactly a high bar to jump over. No BMX skills required. And when confronted with their lack of skills or knowledge, most cyclists give one of two infuriating answers. 1) “The chances of me hurting anybody by breaking the rules are much less than if a car did it.” This is equivalent to saying, “Yeah, I punch stuff randomly, but imagine if I had a baseball bat. That’d be crazy.” 2) “Motorists wouldn’t know what to do if I signalled properly and followed the rules anyway.” At which point I have to get my helmet replaced because I’ve slammed my head repeatedly against a table. It hurts me to say it, but I hate you, bad cyclists. I don’t know where we took a wrong turn, but I’m sure you didn’t signal it. So our friendship must now come to a full stop. Then again, I guess you don’t know what that is...

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Record heat tough to shake off

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Hot hot heat

Dust Bowl record broken

Global warming

U.S. saw warmest July in more than 100 years

“This would not have happened in the absence of humancaused climate change.”

Teagan Rogers, 10, enjoys a splash of cool water at Borah Pool Tuesday in Boise, Idaho. This probably comes as no surprise: U.S. scientists say July was the hottest month ever recorded in the Lower 48 states, breaking a record set during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Michael Mann Pennsylvania State University climate scientist

• In the past, skeptics of

global warming have pointed to the Dust Bowl to argue that recent heat isn’t unprecedented.

• But climate scientist Jake

Crouch, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said this shows that the current year “is out and beyond those Dust Bowl years. We’re rivaling and beating them consistently from month to month.”

Average temperature

25 C

The average temperature last month was 25 C. That breaks the old record from July 1936, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Records go back to 1895.

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Theatre. In its second decade, juried festival constantly looking to challenge convention BACKSTAGE PASS

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Summerworks, Toronto’s annual festival of cutting-edge theatre — which starts today for an 11-day run — has certainly made its mark on the city’s creative arts scene over its two decades in existence. “Many would say without Summerworks they wouldn’t have a career,” says Michael Rubenfeld, the fest’s artistic producer. Scratch Summerworks’ vitality up to its insistence on offering original work from local artists and the rigorous selection process for its Local Series, which makes up the bulk of the fest’s program. Each spring Rubenfeld gathers a panel of three jurists with a “strong understanding of good art” to sift through the 200 submissions the festival receives each year, ranging from scripts for plays to videos of interpretive dance. “We’re always looking for work that is critiquing or challenging traditional systems,” he says. The juried process evolved over the past decade as the fest moved away from a lottery system. This year’s jury includes Rubenfeld, now in his fifth year as artistic producer, theatre and video artist Jordan Tannahill, Governor General award-winning

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Scott McCord, Tommie Amber Pirie and Phillip Riccio star in Marine Life as part of the Summerworks Festival. COURTESY NATASHA MYTNOWYCH Online

Music works too

While Summerworks owes its well-earned reputation to its excellent theatrical program, there’s more to the fest than just playwrights and thespians. This year’s installment also includes a robust line-up of musicians including Buck 65, Sandro Perri, Maylee Todd and Hawksley Workman

playwright Erin Shields and actor and director Nigel Shawn Williams.

performing in collaboration with many of the city’s theatre artists. There’s also the Live Art series, curated by Forest Fringe founder Deborah Pearson, S.L.I.P. Program workshops focusing on “the business of art” and the Performance Bar series on Captain Ron’s Ship of Friendship.

The quartet whittle down the material over four increasingly lengthy meetings.

•

Summerworks runs until Aug. 19. Check out the website at summerworks.ca for the full program.

Like any art, the process is subjective and there’s no definitive way to predict which scripts will connect with an audience. “There’s a lot of arguing, absolutely,” says Rubenfeld, as each member tries to sway

the others on their personal favourites. Quality, timing, representation and the past work of the people involved were all weighed to come up with this year’s collection of 33 works. Ultimately though, it comes down to “do I want to sit in the theatre for an hour and watch this?” Rubenfeld admits that it’s a draining process, which he likens to building a small city. “By March, you never want to read a play again, but you’ve got 10 months to forget.”

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When Philip Morris wanted to shed their sullied rep, they rechristened themselves Altria. To mark his rebirth as a reggae artist, Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus has recast his animal spirit by adopting the handle Snoop Lion. The documentary Reincarnated premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in September will tell the tale. While swapping a bark for a roar may be a major transformation, Snoop isn’t the first cool cat to drop a moniker like it’s hot.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs In 2001, a few weeks after being cleared of gun possession and bribery charges that could have put him away for up to 15 years, Sean Combs decided an alias update would be a great way to start the next chapter in his life. “I’m not doing it as serious as Prince. I just want something fresh,” he told MTV, explaining his rationale for taking up the new mantle of P. Diddy. A serial name changer, the hip-hop mogul has gone by Puff, Puffy, P. Diddy, Diddy and King Combs at various times. In May 2011 Combs decided to have fans call him Swag for one week.

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On the occasion of the pint-sized wonder’s 35th birthday, Minnesota’s most funky denizen rechristened himself as an unpronounceable love symbol, a fusion of the glyphs for male and female. With no words to call him by, the star became known as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. During his symbol phase Prince recorded some of his most eclectic and experimental material. In 2000 he reverted to his given name. “My publishing contract with Warner-Chappell expired, thus emancipating the name I was given before birth — Prince — from all long-term restrictive documents.”

In 1999 the country music giant with more than 100 million albums sold threw fans for a loop and decided to reinvent himself as a rock star. Enter alter-ego Chris Gaines, a bewigged, sour-looking Australian with a soul patch. In the faux-tragic riddled back story, Gaines, the guitarist in the group Crush, goes solo after the band’s lead singer perishes in a plane crash. His subsequent album sells like hotcakes and he wins a Grammy. Billed as the fictional character’s greatest hits collection, In the Life of Chris Gaines was a flop and Brooks deepsixed the character.

The actress remains best known for her ’80s heyday when she played Denise Huxtable on the Cosby Show, blazed bohemian fashion trends and was Lenny Kravitz’s muse. But in 1992 Bonet went to court to have her name legally changed to Lilakoi Moon. The official explanation for sprucing up her ID was to protect her privacy. Professionally she continued to use her given name in films like Enemy of the State and High Fidelity. Bonet’s original taste for names was headline news once again in 2009 with the announcement of the arrival of her son Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa.

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Country power couple. McGraw-Hill take their act, kids to Las Vegas Country music power couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are heading to Las Vegas. They will be performing a 10-weekend run of shows at The Venetian starting Dec. 7. The couple announced the news Tuesday during a press conference at the hotel. Hill said they were thrilled about the opportunity to be creative in a way they’ve never experienced together before. “Being in this intimate environment, it will be ‘us,’” added McGraw. “I’m very excited.” The show is called Soul2Soul, named after their hugely successful co-headlining tours in 2000 and 2006. According to Pollstar, their 2006-2007 Soul2Soul II run remains the highest-grossing North American tour in country music history. The Las Vegas shows will mark the first time in six years that McGraw and Hill have performed a full concert together in the United States. McGraw said they are in the process of building the show and he promised that the production will be cutting edge.

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Before Hill and McGraw take over the main stage, the Venetian is featuring the following acts: • Joan Rivers. Sept. 6-8, Nov. 8-10 • Craig Ferguson. Sept. 13-15

Rapidly rising Canadian electronic producer Deadmau5 says he’s going to “slam on the brakes” for a while, writing in a blog post that he’s “pretty miserable right now.” The Niagara Falls, Ont., native — whose real name is Joel Zimmerman — has been all over the news this year, performing at the Grammy and Juno Awards, appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone

• David Spade. Sept. 21-22, Oct. 5-6 • Tim Allen. Sept. 28-29, Nov. 3

They may be superstars, but McGraw and Hill are also full-time parents of three daughters. During the show’s run, the family will live in The Venetian. Hill said the hotel worked around their children’s school schedules to make this happen. McGraw said his daughters (15, 14 and 11) are excited to see the shows in Las Vegas, joking that “they probably won’t see ours, though.” The associated Press

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and headlining the inaugural Veld Music Festival at Downsview Park in Toronto this past weekend. But the busy year may have finally taken its toll, with the 31-year-old writing that he needs to “unplug for a wee bit” and “force (himself) to endure some quiet time.” However, Zimmerman added that he wasn’t planning on cancelling any upcoming shows and will continue to write new music. He even says that he’ll release something new in the near future, teasing fans to look out for “something crazy real soon like.” But Zimmerman, who recently ranked sixth on Forbes’ list of the world’s highest-paid DJs with earnings of $11.5 million, still said he needed to slow down. “I got a lot of work to do on some stuff,” he wrote. “So, best I just chill ... out a bit and just get it done, and get it done RIGHT, until I’m 100 per cent satisfied with it. Then our regularly scheduled program shall continue.” The Canadian Press

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Sackhoff’s courage, honesty resonate with fans

Battlestar Galactica made Katee Sackhoff famous, and now she’s drawing viewers to her new show, Longmire. Ursula coyote/Associated Press

starred as Kara “Starbuck” Thrace on Battlestar Galactica, which made her a fanboy sex symbol. Now she’s Deputy Sheriff Vicco

it. It’s pretty amazing.” Sackhoff, 32, has had success playing women who aren’t shrinking violets. She

A&E’s top-rated original series premiere ever. It’s been picked up for a second season. “(The ratings are) four times what Battlestar used to get an episode. It’s a hit and it’s really weird. I feel this fondness for it that I felt toward Battlestar,” Sackhoff says. She credits supporters of Battlestar with helping make Longmire a success. “I do believe that loyal fanbase is a large chunk of our viewership. I think that they’re amazing and I’m incredibly lucky and our show is lucky and Battlestar was lucky,” she says.

toria “Vic” Moretti on Longmire, based on the bestselling novels by Craig Johnson. Robert Taylor plays Sheriff Walt Longmire. Sackhoff says she enjoys playing “Vic.” “I love the fact that she walks into a room and she wakes you up. She’s loud, she’s fast and she’s great at her job, and she says things that she probably shouldn’t say and she does things that she probably shouldn’t do,” she says. “I think that she’s probably the closest that I’ve played to myself, which is really fun.” Longmire premiered to 4.1 million viewers, making it

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Nickelodeon’s hit show iCarly made Jennette McCurdy a star, and although the show will air its series finale in November, the 20-year-old Garden Grove, Calif. native doesn’t have to worry about what comes next. The network has tapped McCurdy and actress Ariana Grande to star in a spinoff tentatively titled, Sam & Cat. The series will follow the girls’ characters, Sam Puckett from iCarly and Cat Valentine from Victorious, as they become roommates and start a

babysitting business. Sam & Cat will be produced by Dan Schneider, who is behind Nickelodeon shows iCarly, Victorious, Zoey 101 and Drake & Josh. “I couldn’t be under a better person’s wing, so I’m really happy about that decision,” McCurdy said in a recent interview. “I haven’t seen a script ... so I’m dying for information.” McCurdy describes taping the series finale of iCarly, which has won many awards and attracted a large following among adults as well as kids, as emotional. “The last day of shooting was really sad. There was a lot of crying and there were a lot of hugs going around. None of us wanted to say goodbye really.” Besides acting, McCurdy loves singing. She recorded a self-titled album with Capitol

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Records Nashville, but is no longer under contract with that label. “I knew that I was starting this show, and I needed to be focused on that,” she said. “I didn’t want any one thing to get too muddied with the others. Hopefully a different label will like to sign me.” She has spoken with Schneider about incorporat-

ing her music into Sam & Cat. The new show is expected to debut on Nickelodeon in the U.S. early in 2013. Many Nickelodeon shows, like iCarly, are carried on YTV and Nickelodeon Canada in Canada. McCurdy hopes that celebrities will appear on the new show, as they did on iCarly, which included guest spots by first lady Michelle Obama, Jimmy Fallon, One Direction and Jane Lynch. Who would be her ideal guest star? “Andrew Garfield. I’m gonna marry him,” she said with a laugh. “In my dreams maybe. Sorry, Emma Stone. Emma Stone was on iCarly. If she sees this, she’s gonna kill me. Oh my goodness. No. I love him though. I love his face. I love his hair! Andrew Garfield, I love you.” The associated press

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Down to the last detail Science and style. Designer Francesco Russo will always sweat the small stuff Francesco Russo, creative director for Sergio Rossi, doesn’t measure change in dates, time or technological advances. For him, trends move by the millimetre. Fashion — especially the acA world of wearables Russo says he designs not for one woman but for many • Sometimes he’ll think about what all their boyfriends and husbands might like. He never gives a name to his inspiration and doesn’t name products after specific people, but they always get a personality. • He often gives them a full wardrobe, even if it’s only stored in his imagination. •

“It’s a good exercise for me to create a fuller look, but I get a more complete vision of the look of the woman if I think of her with no face.”

Francesco Russo poses in front of his fall collection at Barneys New York. Billy Farrell/The Associated Press

cessories that are his hallmark — is a little bit art, a little bit science, but it’s always about details. For example, the difference in the shoe that’s right for jeans and a T-shirt versus a cocktail dress can be the slightest change in the width of the heel or vamp of the toe, he says. It’s probably something most people wouldn’t notice, but those are the things that drew him into fashion. “I have always been fascinated by fashion. I like the esthetics of beautiful things,” says Russo, wearing a silk scarf tied around his neck and

perched on the roof deck of Manhattan’s exclusive Soho House. “It could be design, architecture, furniture or fashion, but since the beginning, I was surrounded by women getting dressed up. It was natural for me to go into fashion.” He is very much the highflying fashion jet-setter but also a historian and craftsman, linking in the same breath the glories of the Internet and its globalization of style with Yves Saint Laurent’s groundbreaking trouser suits and the sexual revolution of the 1960s. the associated press

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Style scribe Anna Piaggi dies at 81 Vogue Italia says Anna Piaggi, a fashion journalist who provided inspiration for designer Karl Lagerfeld, has died. She was 81. The magazine said on its website that she died in Milan on Tuesday. No cause of death was given. Piaggi stood out in the front rows of Milan and Paris runway shows dressed in her eccentric style outfits, including funky hats and theatrical makeup. She started her career as a translator for Mondadori publishing company, and went on to write for, among others, Vogue Italia. the associated press

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The beat doesn’t end there, though, as just east along Highway 7 is the Havelock Country Jamboree Showdown competition. This event is a tease for the big event happening the following weekend, when the likes of Roseanne Cash, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Montgomery Gentry, Rita Coolidge, and Creedance Clearwater roll into town. Now it’s time to put some Neil Young on your weekend set list with a trip to the Youngtown Rock and Roll Museum in the music hall of famer’s hometown of Omemee. Inside the museum you will find photos,

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Long may it wave. Flags make a colourful fashion statement at the London Olympics There was no mystery as to which team Varun Pemmaraju was supporting: His American flag was tied around his neck, the stars and stripes floating like a cape behind him. “I was going for the Superman, Captain America-look,” said the beaming 19-year-old computer science and chemical engineering student from San Jose, California, as he stood a stone’s throw from Olympic Stadium. “I thought America was a little underrepresented.” Patriotism and the Olympic Games have long gone together, but gone are the days when one just waved a flag. Now flags are worn. The fashion flags can be found at Olympic Park and around London as shift dresses and smocks, pants and shorts, hats and shoes, even dangly earrings and bracelets. There’s apparently no garment — nor nail polish — that can’t be fashioned into something akin to a national banner. Although the sponsorship police at the International Olympic Committee can stop merchants from using the five Olympic rings, there’s no trademark police on flags. Besides, capitalizing on a good fashion idea is not new. In recent years, “fast fashion” has transformed the retail industry, as mainstream companies seize the hottest ideas from the catwalk, copy

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Root with respect Americans have rules outlining the proper way to show respect to the flag and athletes, as ambassadors and representatives of their them as quickly as possible and move them onto the shop floors. Some manufacturers have gotten so fast they can produce wearable creations from factory to store in the same season in which they

country, are expected to respect that and do it right. Under federal law, the flag is not dipped to any person or thing, for example. “The (USOC) take the ambassador program very seriously,” said Bill Mallon, a historian. were created by top designers at Chanel, Ralph Lauren or Dior. None of these flag fashions are going to give Burberry a run for their money — they are not made to last.

Jayne Ody got her raincoat, which was covered in Union Jacks, from Primark, a British store that specializes in cheap, cheerful fashion. And it was a bargain, at 8 pounds ($13). Her friend Ann Wanklyn was wearing two Welsh flags — emblazoned with a dragon — that had been sewn together into a simple shift dress. But Wanklyn is not about to claim she’s a fashion princess — Olympic Park is a sporty crowd. “You won’t see anyone here walking around in heels, I can tell you that,” Wanklyn said. The Associated Press

T-shirt touchdown. Leading ladies lend faces to football campaign

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Football fans will soon be pulling out their jerseys, but a few have gotten a jump on the season. Serena Williams, Melania Trump and Condoleezza Rice are among the NFL fans who’ll be appearing in ads promoting team-themed apparel and gear next week in a campaign called It’s My Team. And these outfits aren’t just for game day. There are fitted blazers, burn-out T-shirts and earrings. In her ad, Williams — who is not only a fan but also a limited partner in the Miami Dolphins — wears her colours in a graphic T-shirt paired with

a dressy little black jacket. The image makes its debut in September magazines. “Forty-five per cent of fans are female and that continues to grow,” says Tracey Bleczinski, vice-president of NFL consumer products. “We do have something for everyone, and this campaign aims to communicate that if you are living and wearing football, you can do it every day, year-round.” After the photo shoot, Olympic swimmer and TV host Summer Sanders wore her outfit home, Bleczinski says, and that’s just what the NFL wanted. the associated press

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• Sizes. From 509 to 1,233 sq. ft.

• Pricing. From mid $300,000s to high $900,000s

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Location and transit

Lindvest Properties has started construction for B.streets condos in the vibrant community at Bloor and Bathurst. Elegantly designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects, it embodies a nine-storey residential complex on top of a retail level, comprised of 195 units and six townhouses built on the site of an old school.

Centrally located in the well-established Annex neighbourhood, the Bathurst TTC subway station is right outside your door, as well as light rail and bus services. Commuters can pick up the Gardiner Expressway at the foot of Bathurst and the downtown core is only a few minutes away. Five-year mortgage rates

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Home prices set to slip 10 per cent over 2 to 3 years: Scotiabank Scotiabank says the Canadian housing market is beginning to cool, especially in what has been the red hot markets of Toronto and Vancouver. The bank says average Canadian home prices will eventually decline ten per cent over the next two to three years as demand softens and conditions for a buyers’ market re-emerge.

Senior economist Adrienne Warren says Canada is expected to avoid the sharp drop seen in the U.S., but that downside risks in the housing market are increasing. She says the price correction will be concentrated in Toronto and Vancouver, where supply risks and affordability pressures have the potential to trigger larger price adjustments. Record prices combined with tighter lending rules have reduced affordability and the housing market’s momentum. Affordability will also be increasingly strained when mortgage rates eventually drift up from the historic lows where they have been for several years.

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This new development sits in the midst of some of Toronto’s greatest landmarks, including Honest Ed’s, Mirvish Village, Little Korea, Lee’s Palace, and the Bloor Cinema. The bustling intersection is home to a plethora of fantastic shops and restaurants.

The complex will include a concierge service, a party room, theatre room, an Internet lounge and an outdoor patio with bar. There’s also a fitness centre with yoga studio and a hobby room. Duncan McAllister/metro

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When a new home is built, the municipality usually has a “land only’ value for the property which is basically the value of the empty lot without a structure on it. Once the builder constructs your home the value of the lot goes up substantially for tax purposes. The issue at this point is that municipalities are behind in assessing the new value of the property and so they will often continue to issue ‘land only’ tax bills which are very comforting to the new owner but there is a hidden issue. Once the taxing authority gets around to assessing the property and giving it the appropriate taxing value, they will retroactively go back and tax the property from the date it was occupied. This could not only mean the time that you have owned the property, but also the previous owner who sold you the property. This is something you will require the assistance of your lawyer and a wee bit of patience because people who no longer own a property, generally are reluctant to pay taxes.

The lifestyle high-rise trend started in Toronto in the 1960s, and was the vision for Crescent Town at Victoria Park and Danforth avenues. Designed for the modern urbanite commuter, it was built adjacent to the Dentonia public golf course and had a covered walkway to the newly constructed Victoria Park subway station. Now golf course communities are sprouting up all over the GTA, like Perspective Condos, a new development by Pianosi Developments located at Scarlett Road and Eglinton. You can walk across the street to the Scarlett Woods golf course and tee off in minutes. If sailing is your thing, then the GTA’s numerous waterfront condominium communities will be sure to accommodate you, like Canderel’s Yacht Club condos located in Whitby Harbour opposite the picturesque Port Whitby Marina. And if you’re a mariner with the urge to escape the city, Port McNicholl is a new destination community north

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says that this development of Toronto on Georgian Bay. The 825-acre master- will appeal to cottagers from planned community will Toronto as well as year-round cater to boaters with a mile- residents. “It seems to be huge for long deep water harbour. Townhomes are available the boater community to from $400,000 that are situ- be able to see your boat, so ated right next to the yacht we put this townhome project right beside the yacht club. Director of marketing for club so you’re going to be Skyline Destination Com-T:10”overlooking the water,” says munities, Harley Nakelsky Nakelsky. The units all have

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I will be renting a room for the upcoming school year and I’d like it to be bright and fun without breaking the bank. Any ideas? Jenna Carter, via email The secret to creating a well-pulledtogether room on a budget is to keep all the colours of furniture and accessories consistent in style and colour. Your goal is not to have any one item stand alone to be recognized as a lesser expensive item. I suggest using some bright colours to give your room a personality all its own. Your wall colour and window treatment should match; Olympic Paints’ Mountain Stream is a green-blue colour that will create a peaceful environment yet vibrant enough to act as a backdrop to more vibrant colour choice for the furnishings and accessories.

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As a temporary fix, try diatomaceous earth. Say that three times fast! It said to be safer than using borax (sodium borate), especially if you have pets. Sprinkle a small amount of diatomaceous earth along cracks and baseboards, or above the cupboards. It’s a naturally occurring fine glasslike powder made from crushed fossilized algae. It is so abrasive that it damages the protective outer shell of creepy crawlies. When that protective exoskeleton is pierced, insects dry up and die. Ask for it at your local garden or hardware store. Warning: Carefully clean up diatomaceous earth with a damp rag instead of a vacuum to prevent clogging the filter. As with any problem, you’ll need to identify the source. For example, car-

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penter ants love wet, rotting wood. When my home experienced an indoor ant invasion, it was due to the drain being clogged inside my refrigerator. Unable to drain properly, the water slowly leaked out the door, onto the floor and underneath the fridge — rotting the wood underneath. After tipping our fridge on its back and using an air compressor to remove the clog, my home is now ant-free. And for other natural and less toxic temporary solutions for silverfish, fleas, moths or roaches in the home try these home remedies: To repel silverfish, flies and moths, add a few drops of citronella essential oil and

lavender essential oil on cloth strips along windows or inside cupboards. Avoid using mothballs, which are made of toxic substances like naphthalene — a chemical associated with cancers. They’re also dangerous to children because they look like candy. Instead, store wool clothing and other garments with cedar blocks, cedar chips or in a cedar chest. Or, combine in a sachet two handfuls of dried lavender or rosemary herb with a tablespoon of dried clover and a tablespoon of dried lemon peel. Then toss these bundles into drawers, closets and cupboards. It smells nice to us, but not to moths!

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Wall art. In a GPS world, physical maps are becoming quaint relics for travellers —but decor with a map theme is hot There’s art in cartography: Street grids, the curve of a shoreline and topographic details lend themselves to wall art, rugs and textiles. Besides being great visuals,

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maps often chart our personal experiences, and that sentimental punch adds to their appeal. Tony and Katie Rodono of Atlanta started their City Prints map art store after their daughter was born. “We realized maps are great storytellers — of where we met, went to school, went on vacation,” says Rodono. They sell readymade and custom maps of campuses, ballparks and hometowns.

They’ll make one of your favourite holiday spot or hiking trail. Coming soon: maps from video games, movies and TV shows (cityprintsmapart.com, $40 and up). Brooklyn’s Haptic Lab sells hand-stitched, quilted city maps of Los Angeles, New York City, Paris and Washington, D.C., as well as the Great Lakes. Designer Emily Fischer’s “soft maps” project started in 2002 as an academic experiment in tactile wayfinding after her mother was diagnosed with glaucoma. Her baby quilts are textured and colorful; the full-size versions are ivory with light brown stitchery. The Great Lakes quilt is cotton, with the lakes done in poly-silk. All are finely detailed, and she’ll add custom landmarks or features if you request. Coming this fall will be kits to make your own version (hapticlab.com, $145 to $450). Chicago-based Jenny

Beorkrem makes neighbourhood maps, with typography scrunched into the shape of each community; the result, rendered in eco-friendly soy inks on recycled paper, are punchy graphics that vividly depict how cities are divided up (orkposters.com, $22 and up). Rugs are a great medium for cartographic decor. At Hivespace.com you’ll find felted wool rugs of Moscow and Oslo; custom locations are available (hivespace. com, price upon request). Swedish designer Calle Henzel’s hand-tufted rugs depict the Champs Elysees and Manhattan in muted shades like charcoal, soft pink and yellow (2modern. com, $1,770-3,260). Check out Woodcutmaps. com for maps made of exotic and everyday woods; you create your own by choosing your Google map location, then selecting the woods you want used (woodcutmaps.com, pricing based on customization).

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Kim Sly, an artist in Portland, Ore., made her first city print several years ago for a friend relocating to New York. That led to a series, and the launch of her business. Pittsburgh, Atlanta, San Diego and Portland are part of the collection she sells atetsy.com/shop/ albiedesigns ($20-40). Sly’s whimsical illustrations are composites of elements she likes about a place. “I pay special attention

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A disease by any other name could pose the same risk to other plants Powdery Mildew. Find the culprit’s true name to determine the solution As it does every year, a powdery white dusting is beginning to appear on the leaves of my lilac bush. Ah, if only this coloration were desirable, if we could affectionately refer to it as a silvery flecking or a sparkling sheen. But no, it’s dull white and it’s a sign of disease, one aptly called powdery mildew. Your lilac is also probably getting powdery mildew. And if you don’t grow lilac, you may have mildew developing on the leaves of your cucumber, rose, peony or phlox. You might worry that all that powdery mildew will spread from one plant to another all over your garden. But fear not, a few different kinds of fungi cause powdery mildew, and the one that attacks lilac bushes won’t attack every other plant — surely not your cucumber or rose plants. Unfortunately, that lilac powder mildew fungus can attack catalpa, dogwood and some other trees. The same goes for the fungus that turns zinnia leaves white with powdery mildew; it also preys on a slew of other garden flowers. Each of the powdery mildews attacks a restricted group of plants. Know your enemy Powdery mildew, like other common names of plant diseases, describes a symptom. Other descriptive common names for diseases are scab, leaf spot and brown rot. “Anthrac-

nose” describes a symptom not obvious from its name; plants afflicted with anthracnose have dead areas in leaves. Diseases having the same descriptive name are not necessarily all caused by the same “germs”, or even by germs related to each other. Blight of pear, for example, is caused by a bacterium, while blight of peony is caused by a fungus. The term “blight” is generally used for any disease that causes a plant or plant part to die suddenly. Descriptive names for plant diseases can get more specific. Fire blight is the blight attacking pear, so-named because blackened leaves cling to the curled-over stems as if they have been singed. The peony affliction is called botrytis blight, “botrytis” meaning grapelike and referring to the grapelike clusters of fungal spores as seen under magnification. Look closely The common name of a disease is the first step towards finding the culprit’s true name. I don’t fear that lilac will spread blight — whoops, I mean powdery mildew — to nearby phlox or peony because lilac’s disease is caused by the fungus Microsphaera alni, while phlox’s is caused by the fungus Erysiphe cichoracearum, and peony’s powdery mildew is caused by Erysiphe polygoni. In some cases, the common name may be all that’s needed to find out how to help a plant. “Westcott’s Plant Disease Handbook” by R. Kenneth Horst is a good reference to finding both the Latin name and the cure for just about any disease that might turn up in your garden.

The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control, by Fern Marshall Bradley, Barbara W. Ellis and Deborah L. Martin, presents a more organic approach to weeds, with less emphasis on nomenclature. Figuring out what a disease is called makes for better gardening because it forces a close look at just what’s going on. Next time something seems amiss with a plant, note first what part or parts are affected. Then characterize the symptoms with such descriptive terms as rust, rot, dieback, canker or leaf spot. Once named, what to do? Closer inspection brings on more descriptive names — brown rot or black rot, for example — or scientific names. Look at those ugly spots on your tomato plants’ leaves: Alternaria solani marks leaves with dark-brown, round spots a half-inch in diameter, each surrounded by concentric rings. Septoria lycopsersici causes spots that are small, round and grey, each surrounded by a single, dark margin. The cure for both is the same: Crop rotation and thorough garden clean up in the fall. Not all diseases need attention; powdery mildew does lilac little harm. And those that require attention, such as leaf spots of tomato, can be controlled by methods other than spraying. When spraying is needed for a particular disease, it might be something as benign as baking soda, 1 tablespoon added to a gallon of water along with 2 1/2 tablespoons of cooking oil. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Bring rusted furniture back to life DIY ideas. That old metal furniture isn’t junk — show it some love and transform your seating area On DIY Network’s Turf Wars, two teams battle it out for $10,000 using the same batch of materials to transform their yards into spectacular outdoor spaces. These awesome transformations inspire bringing rusted metal furniture back to life; so, before passing old metal furniture off as junk, put in some weekend DIY love and give your outdoor seating area a whole new look. Follow the steps below to revive old outdoor metal furniture and be sure to trump any turf war. Set up the work area Place a drop cloth or large piece of cardboard over the floor to serve as your work area. Be sure to have the right tools on hand before getting started including a stiff wire brush, sanding block,

clean cloth, spray primer and spray paint. A clear spray lacquer can also be used to give the furniture a shiny finish. It is always important to have safety glasses and a mask to protect from spray fumes. Elbow grease Inspect the furniture to see if there is any cracked or peeling paint and brush it off with the wire brush. Once complete, use the sanding block to smooth out any rough spots while being careful not to scratch the metal. Now that all the prepwork is done, it’s time to bring the metal furniture back to life. Prime Wipe down the furniture using a damp cloth and allow to dry before applying the primer. Put on safety glasses and the mask and apply the spray primer to the furniture using a continuous circular motion. As a general rule, it’s always best to apply very light coats of primer instead of

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Pork & Mushroom Sliders grab the summer spotlight Pork and Mushroom Sliders

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1. Heat oven to 400 F. Blend sour cream and mustard in small bowl; cover and refrigerate. Combine 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 clove garlic and 1 teaspoon thyme leaves in mini chopper or finely chop garlic and blend mixture in bowl with fork, mashing garlic. Rub pork with garlic mixture; place in shallow baking pan and roast 25 minutes. Remove from oven; let stand at least 10 minutes. 2. Meanwhile, heat remaining

3 tablespoons olive oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 clove garlic; cook and stir 30 seconds or until fragrant but not browned. Add mushrooms, Cookbook of the Week

All hail The Book of Burger Whether you’re cooking for one or 100, Rachel Ray’s The Book of Burger has you covered! Please ‘em all with more than 200 recipes for burgers, sandwiches, hot dogs, fries, sliders, sloppies and more. Start with Rach’s Big Spicy Mac, tempting you from the book’s cover, or go with the heavenly French Onion Dip Burger. If beef isn’t your thing, opt for bites such as Buffalo Turkey Burgers with Blue Cheese Dressing, Firecracker Deviled Corn Dogs, Italian BBQ Chicken Burgers, Lamb Burgers with Walnut and Feta Cheese Sauce, BaconWrapped Potato Skins and more. Metro

olives, shallots and remaining 1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves. Cook and stir for 5 minutes or until mushrooms are tender. Remove from heat; set aside.

Thinly slice tenderloin diagonally across grain. Spread each cut side of rolls with mustard mixture. Spoon half of mushroom mixture (about 2 tablespoons) on bottom of each roll. Top rolls evenly with sliced pork and remaining mushroom mixture. Cover with top halves of rolls. Serve on coated sandwich wraps or bakery sheets if desired. News canada/international olive council

Ingredients • 1/4 cup sour cream • 2 tbsp coarse ground mustard • 1 lb pork tenderloin, trimmed • 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil • 2 large cloves garlic, divided and minced • 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme leaves • 4 cups finely chopped shiitake mushrooms • 1/2 cup chopped ripe olives • 1/4 cup finely chopped shallots • 12 small rolls, split (warmed, if desired)

Bruschetta Burger. Add some pizzazz to your grill 1.

In bowl, combine tomato, Parmesam, basil, garlic, vinegar and 5 ml (1 tsp) olive oil.

Gently shape ground beef into 4 patties, 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick. Season burgers on both sides with seasoning.

Grill over direct medium Ingredients

• 1 tomato, chopped • 30 ml (2 tbsp) shredded Parmesan cheese • 30 ml (2 tbsp) chopped basil • 1 clove garlic, finely minced • 5 ml (1 tsp) balsamic vinegar • 5 ml (1 tsp) extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for bread • 750 g (1 1/2 lbs) ground beef • 15 ml (1 tbsp) burger seasoning • 8 slices sourdough bread

heat (180 to 230 C/350 to 450 F), with lid closed, until internal temperature reaches 160 C (325 F) for medium, 15 mins., turning once.

Brush both sides of sourdough bread with olive oil. Grill 4 mins., turning once, until bread toasted. Place each burger on a slice of bread; top with tomato mixture and remaining bread slices. The Canadian Press/ Weber Gourmet Burger Seasoning

Buy local

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Choosing to buy produce and other goods from local farmers and companies means your food is usually fresher. Jupiterimages/banana stock/thinkstock

Food and goods. Purchasing from farmers and companies in your region offers many benefits Astrid Van Den Broek For Metro

What does buying local mean? And how do you do it? We asked Jed Goldberg, president of Toronto-based Earth Day Canada, to share with us the goods on buying local. WHAT IS BUYING LOCAL? Buying local means purchasing food and goods produced by farmers and companies in your region. “There are all different qualifiers as to what is your region — your region could be Ontario for instance, or

southern Ontario, or it could be the 905 area,” he says. “It all depends on what your criteria are. But what it certainly couldn’t be is the Western Hemisphere!” WHY BUY LOCAL? Aside from driving money back into your region’s businesses, there are environmental factors to consider in considering buying local. When buying foods from overseas farmers, for example, there are environmental transportation costs and concerns that go into buying those goods. “There’s a good example right

now in China cornering the market on garlic,” notes Goldberg. “They’re now the No. 1 garlic producers in the world. So why would you buy garlic from China when you can buy it from Newmarket? It doesn’t make sense.” Goldberg adds that buying from producers abroad also means you often don’t know what type of farm or production facility your food comes from. The farms, he notes, could be mass factory facilities that might not be as closely monitored in environmental or quality standards compared to a local producer. Buying local also affords you food that

usually stays on the vines longer and is picked closer to selling time. “So then it’s usually going to be healthier, better tasting and more nutritious,” Goldberg says. “So you’re paying for the freshness and the quality of the food when you’re buying local, and not for the transportation, the packaging, the refrigeration and all of that.” HOW TO BUY LOCAL To scout some local goods, visit your local farmers’ market where you can purchase much more than in-season produce. (Many markets often include foods

To scout some local goods, visit your local farmers’ market where you can purchase much more than in-season produce. IT Stock/polka dot/thinkstock Local farmers’ markets • EAST YORK CIVIC CENTRE

FARMERS’ MARKET: This market is a popular spot Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. from mid-May until the end of October. (greenbeltfresh.ca).

• FARMERS’ MARKET

(AT NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE): Found in front of city hall, this 22-year-old market runs from the end

such as baked goods, cured meats, artisan crafts and even clothing.) “Right now in Canada, the harvest season is coming so there’s the greatest available selection of locally grown food in markets across the country,” says Goldberg. If you are shopping in stores,

of May until mid-October on Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (ontariofarmfresh.com). • TRINITY BELLWOODS

FARMERS’ MARKET: Starting at the beginning of May and running until the end of October, this market runs Tuesdays from 4-8 p.m. (tbfm.ca)

however, look for certifications such as the Local Food Plus (LFP) logo on your products — LFP certifies farms and processors who have adhered to sustainability and production standards. “If you see that logo, then it’s produced by somebody close to where you live,” notes Goldberg.

SPORTS

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SPORTS

Flyers pad ailing blue-line by re-signing Bourdon

Murray’s golden form continues Andy Murray of Great Britain serves against Flavio Cipolla of Italy on Wednesday in Toronto. AARON VINCENT ELKAIM/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Tennis. British player back on court in Toronto days after topping Federer for Olympic title in London

In Montreal

Wimbledon junior champion Eugenie Bouchard is through to the second round of the women’s Rogers Cup. •

Andy Murray of Great Britain has had no time to rest since winning the Olympic gold medal on Sunday. But after doing extensive media interviews over the past few days, he was able to catch a flight to Toronto on Tuesday and played his first Rogers Cup match on Wednesday. He had an easy time of it against Italy’s Flavio Cipolla, winning 6-1, 6-3 but the degree of difficulty will soar on Thursday when he takes on Milos Mobile sports

The 18-year-old from Montreal downed Shahar Peer of Israel 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday.

Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., in a third-round match. Raonic defeated Murray in the semifinals of the Barcelona Open nearly four months ago. “Yeah, it will be tough,” Murray said after Wednesday’s match, his voice and body language showing that he was still tired. “He’ll obviously be motivated playing in his own country. You know he’s improved a

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Bouchard has been on a roll this summer, taking two $10,000 ITF events in Bastad before heading to Wimbledon, where she became the ﬁrst Canadian to win a grand slam event at any level with a victory over Elina Svitolina in the ﬁnal.

lot over the last year, year and a half. He’s playing really, really good tennis. Very big guy with a big game. Serves well and hits the ball very hard.” Murray has had a whirlwind schedule since beating Roger Federer at Wimbledon in straight sets to win gold. “You know, it’s just not when I finished the match and played the mixed (doubles). It

doesn’t end there,” he said. “I wasn’t back at home until 2:30, did press for about two and a half, three hours after the match and the next morning started again at 8 for about another three, four hours.” Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France admitted he was also tired after losing his opening match. His 25-year-old countryman Jeremy Chardy, ranked 47th in the world, upset the sixthranked Tsonga 6-4, 7-6. “I think it’s not about my game,” he said. “You know my game is my game. But I didn’t have enough energy to move well.” Tsonga was coming off a gruelling Olympic experience where he won the silver medal in doubles and had a long, difficult match with Raonic that left him drained. THE CANADIAN PRESS

The Flyers re-signed defenceman Marc-Andre Bourdon to a multi-year contract extension on Wednesday, and agreed with centre Scott Laughton on an entry-level contract. The news comes a day after Philadelphia’s defence took another hit, when Andrej Meszaros underwent surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon. Meszaros is out indefinitely. Bourdon, 22, was selected by the Flyers in the 2008 third round. He made his NHL debut with the Flyers last season, posting four goals and seven points in 45 games. Laughton, 18, was the Flyers’ first-round selection in June. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MLB

Rangers charge back to claim victory in Boston Adrian Beltre had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning after Texas blew a late four-run lead and the Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 10-9 Wednesday. Josh Hamilton had three hits, a homer and four RBIs for Texas, which couldn’t hold a 9-5 edge before pulling out its sixth win in eight games. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Rangers celebrate Adrian Beltre’s game-winning RBI on Wednesday. GETTY IMAGES

Skinner latest deal in Canes storm of activity

Oxygen deprivation is part of life for synchronized swimmers. Canadian Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon and partner Elise Marcotte spend about half of their free duet program underwater. Scan the code for the story. The Hurricanes signed Jeff Skinner to a six-year contract extension on Wednesday. AL BELLO/GETTY IMAGES FILE

The Carolina Hurricanes added to their flurry of off-season deals by awarding a long-term contract to forward Jeff Skinner. Skinner signed a six-year contract extension worth more than $34 million that will keep him with the Hurricanes through the 2018-19 season, the team said Wednesday. The winner of the Calder Trophy in 2011 as the NHL’s rookie of the year will make $4.35 million in 2013-14 and $6 million in each of the following five seasons. His entry contract, which pays him $900,000 per year, was to ex-

Eventful off-season

The Hurricanes already picked up forward Jordan Staal in a draft-day deal with Pittsburgh and signed him to a $60-million extension. •

Jordan’s brother Eric is already locked into a longterm deal in Carolina.

pire after this coming season. “I’m very grateful for them to select me in the draft, and obviously today, showing me the confidence to have me

around long term,” Skinner said. “It’s definitely a nice message ... and hopefully, I can prove them right.” The 20-year-old Skinner has 51 goals and 56 assists in his short career, which began when Carolina took him in the first round of the 2010 draft. He made the team out of camp that season and was selected to the all-star team as a rookie before becoming the franchise’s first Calder Trophy winner. Last year, he had 20 goals and 44 assists despite missing 16 games with a concussion. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPORTS: London Games

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Awesome day for Canada on Eton Dorney Canoe-kayak. Van Koeverden finds bright side in silver, Oldershaw buoyed by his bronze

Adam van Koeverden celebrates winning silver at Eton Dorney on Wednesday. Sean Kilpatrick/The canadian Press What’s next?

Adam van Koeverden said he has “no idea” about his kayaking future. • “I don’t feel like I’m done

paddling. But I need some time away for it to know for sure,” said Van Koeverden.

• For his part, Mark Older-

shaw says he plans to keep competing.

• “I think so. I had the best

Mark Oldershaw reacts to winning bronze in the C-1 1,000 metres at Eton Dorney on Wednesday. Sean Kilpatrick/The canadian Press

time of my life here so I don’t know why I would want to stop,” he said.

Huynh battles to bronze with fortuitous clinches Canada’s Carol Huynh won a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling at the London Olympics on Wednesday while teammate Martine Dugrenier came up just short in her bid to reach the podium. Huynh, the 2008 Olympic champion, beat Isabelle Sam-

bou of Senegal to finish third in the 48-kilogram category. The Calgary wrestler won tiebreaking clinches after each of the two scoreless rounds. She said she was elated with the win. “I didn’t want it to end in two clinches but you know what, I’ll take it,” Huynh

Carol Huynh grapples with Senegal’s Isabelle Sambou on Wednesday. STEVE RUSSELL/TORstar news service

said. “I wanted that bronze medal.” About a half-hour later, Dugrenier lost to Battsetseg Soronzonbold of Mongolia in the bronze medal bout at 63 kilograms. Soronzonbold stuffed Dugrenier’s attacking attempts and outscored her in both rounds. There was very little actual wrestling in Huynh’s last match as the grapplers spent most of the bout clutching and grabbing. After drawing the offensive position in both clinches, Huynh scored early on both occasions to take the rounds. Huynh missed out on a chance to wrestle for gold at ExCeL London North Arena 2 when she lost to Japan’s Hitomi Obara in the semifinals. The Canadian Press

Two friends with a ton of Olympic history made the canoe-kayak medal podium Wednesday. Adam van Koeverden won silver in kayak, his fourth medal in three Olympics, in the K-1 1,000 metres. And training partner Mark Oldershaw, a third-generation Olympian, claimed canoe bronze in the C-1 1,000 metres. Watching over both of them was proud coach Scott Oldershaw, Mark’s father. Van Koeverden, the reigning world champion, looked for the silver lining in silver. Oldershaw, who finished 10th in Beijing four years ago when nerves got the best of him, was bubbling over bronze. “(It feels) very heavy and it’s awesome,” a grinning Oldershaw said of the medal around his neck. “And I’m going to

wear it for a while.” After a blazing start, van Koeverden lost gold to friend and longtime training partner Eirik Veras Larsen of Norway in the final stretch. Larsen, 36, was the 2004 Olympic champion and 2008 silver medallist in the K-1 1,000. He also won bronze in the K-2 500 in Athens. Van Koeverden won gold and bronze at the Athens Games in 2004 and a silver in Beijing. The gold and silver came in the 500 metres — which has since been replaced by a 200-metre race — and the bronze in the 1,000. He was eighth in the 1,000 in 2008. The 30-year-old from Oakville admits Beijing was a hard pill to swallow. He had won a lot of races going into the 2008 Games and put a lot of pressure on himself. But he has matured over the years. Any disappointment Wednesday was tempered by respect for his rivals and knowing that you can’t win them all. Still, van Koeverden showed his steely side when asked if he

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“This is one of the bronze medals that means almost as much as a gold.” Scott Oldershaw on his son Mark’s medal. Grandfather Bert Oldershaw finished fifth at the 1948 Games in London and went on to compete at two more Games. Scott competed in Los Angeles in 1984, while uncles Dean (Munich, 1972) and Reed (Montreal, 1976) were also Olympians.

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Van Koeverden’s fourth medal takes him one past Caroline Brunet, making him Canada’s most prolific canoe-kayak Olympian. His Games resumé includes being flag-bearer in 2008 and carrying the flag at the closing ceremonies in 2004.

had come out too fast. “I started the way I wanted to,” he said. “I was super-comfortable. Going through the 500 I had tons of energy. It’s not a case of a screwed-up race plan, this is a case of one guy in the whole world being better than me. And I can live with that. “Seven billion people, one guy’s better. It’s OK.” The two Canadians won their medals in vastly different fashions. Van Koeverden rocketed out of the start and held the lead until Larsen ran him down as the finish approached. Oldershaw was a full second out of fourth place with 250 metres remaining but powered his way onto the podium. The 29-year-old from Burlington may have got silver had it not been for fast-charging David Cal Figueroa of Spain. Germany’s Sebastian Brendel won gold. The Canadian Press

Thursday’s 3 to watch

Women’s soccer

Women’s wrestling

Tonya Verbeek of Thorold, Ont., won a silver in Athens in 2004 and a bronze in Beijing in 2008. She’ll look to complete her medal collection as competition gets underway in the 55-kilogram category. Time: 8:42 a.m. Channel: Sportsnet

Abby Wambach and the United States face Japan in the gold medal match at Wembley Stadium in front of possibly the largest crowd ever to watch women play soccer at the Olympics. The Americans have been dreaming of this rematch since losing to Japan at the 2011 World Cup final in Germany. Time: 2:45 p.m. Channel: TSN

Men’s BMX

Tory Nyhaug of Coquitlam, B.C., finished 20th in the men’s seeding run with a time of 39.515 seconds on Wednesday. He’ll look to improve in the quarter-finals and finish strong in BMX’s first-ever appearance at the Olympics. Time: 10 a.m. Channel: Sportsnet

sports: London Games

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Whitfield broke collarbone in crash Injuries. Two-time Olympic medallist also needed stitches in big toe and hurt knees and shins in tumble

Simon Whitfield before the swim portion of the men’s triathalon on Tuesday. STEVE RUSSELL/TORStar News Service

Simon Whitfield broke his collarbone when he crashed on his bike in Tuesday’s Olympic triathlon. The 37-year-old from Victoria said via Twitter that it’s a “small break, not displaced.” Whitfield was forced to drop out of Tuesday’s race after he crashed spectacularly in a freak accident early in the bike leg.

In addition to the broken collarbone, Whitfield needed stitches in his big toe. He said his knees and shins were also banged up in the crash. Whitfield, the Olympic champion in 2000 and silver medallist in 2008, was considered a medal longshot in London. He was Canada’s flagbearer at the opening ceremony. Kayaker Adam van Koeverden, who won a silver medal Wednesday, said Whitfield had planned to come see him race but had to instead have an X-ray. “I was crying (Tuesday),” van Koeverden said of watching the race. “I was allowing myself to

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“He deserved more (Tuesday). He would have run with those guys, I’m certain.” Kayaker Adam van Koeverden on his friend, triathlete Simon Whitfield. Van Koeverden had high hopes for Whitfield’s chances in the race.

cry, because it was a healthy expression of emotions. I didn’t really cry until I saw a picture of (daughter) Pippa and (wife) Jennie. Because I know them both really well and Jennie is the stalwart of that family. She holds everything down and she

does so much work. “Simon’s run, bike, swim and Jennie’s like diapers, laundry, daycare, cooking.” A tear ran down van Koeverden’s face as he was speaking. Van Koeverden wanted to honour Whitfield, who had put van Koeverden’s name on his handlebars, by putting the triathlete’s name on his boat for the final. “I didn’t have marker so I just wrote it with my finger on my (boat) deck,” van Koeverden said at the canoe-kayak venue outside of Windsor. “And I thought this one’s for the Whitfield legacy.” the canadian press

FIFA probe won’t be completed before bronze-medal match

Warner thrives through five in decathalon London, Ont., native Damian Warner competes in the long jump event in the men’s decathlon at Olympic Stadium in London on Wednesday. Warner’s 4386 points were good enough for third place after five events. American Ashton Eaton sat in first after Day 1 with 9,039 points, a 220-point advantage over countryman Trey Hardee who sits second. Matt Dunham/the Associated press

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Canada’s Christine Sinclair after her team’s 4-3 loss to the United Stated on Monday. Jon Super/The Associated Press

incidents that occurred after the match,” FIFA said in a statement. “Further information will be provided in due course, but not prior to the bronzemedal match.” The Canadian Soccer Association says it supports FIFA’s in-

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States struggled to defend Italian captain Cristian Savani, who had 19 points in the 28-26, 25-20, 25-20 victory for the sixth-ranked Italians. U.S. setter Donald Suxho bent over with his hands on his knees and shook his head as Italy celebrated the win at Earls Court. And after congratulating the Italians, the Americans turned to applaud the many U.S. fans in

the crowd. The United States won the gold medal in Beijing, upsetting favourite Brazil 3-1. It was their third gold in men’s volleyball, which became an Olympic sport in 1964. Russia is the only other nation with three golds. Italy has never won the Olympic gold, but the teams has won silver twice, most recently at the 2004 Athens Games. The Associated Press

13:18.29. Men’s Javelin — Qualifying — Curtis Moss, New Westminister, B.C., finished 13th and failed to qualify with a distance of 78.22. Women’s 800m — First Round Qualifying — Jessica Smith, North Vancouver, B.C., finished second in heat three and qualified with a time of 2:07.75. Melissa Bishop, Eganville, Ont., finished sixth in heat five and failed to qualify with a time of 2:09.33. Women’s 1500m — Semifinals — Hilary Stellingwerff, London, Ont., finished sixth in heat one and failed to qualify with a time of 4:05.57. Nicole Sifuentes, Winnipeg, finished 11th in heat two and failed to qualify with a time of 4:06.33. Women’s Hammer Throw — Qualifying — Sultana Frizell, Perth, Ont., finished in 14th in group one with a distance of 67.45 and failed to qualify. Heather Steacy, Lethbridge, Alta., finished 17th with a distance of 63.40 and failed to qualify in group two..

with a score of 314.85.

Day 12 results

MEDAL STANDINGS 216 of 302 total medal events

Gasols keep eye on the prize against France France’s Ronny Turiaf, left, and Spain’s Pau Gasol eye a rebound during a men’s Olympic quarter-finals basketball game Wednesday in London. Pau and brother Mark Gasol dominated under the basket and Spain held France scoreless for nearly seven minutes in a 66-59 win that sent Spain to a semifinal showdown with Russia. Charles Krupa/the associated press

Track and field. Usain Bolt strikes for easy win in 200-metre semifinal heat Usain Bolt is one victory away from becoming the first man to repeat as double Olympic sprint champion and reaching his ambition of becoming a “living legend” after he qualified for the 200 metrefinal. On a balmy, clear Wednesday night, Bolt joked as he got into the blocks, laughed when he crouched into the blocks and then sped away for a controlled race which he finished by almost jogging across the line. His win exuded as much confidence as his victory in the 100 on Sunday. This time, too, everything is set for a direct duel with his training partner Yohan Blake, the silver medallist in

Usain Bolt runs in the semifinals of the men’s 200 metres Wednesday. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

the 100. The 100 should have been the tough part for Bolt where

his starting jitters have been an issue. The 200 is his preferred distance and it showed. He made a military-style salute when he was announced to the crowd, reggae music blaring in the background. After his race, he applauded another capacity crowd of 80,000 at the Olympic Stadium. Blake had the fastest time with 20.01 seconds, compared with 20.18 for Bolt. “It’s the 200 metres and we are both full speed tomorrow,” Blake said. “Anything can happen.” After Thursday’s 200 final, Bolt still has the weekend relays coming up. The Associated Press

Nation United States China Russia Britain Germany Japan France Australia South Korea Italy Netherlands Canada Hungary New Zealand Brazil Belarus Ukraine Spain Romania Denmark Kazakhstan Iran Poland Cuba Sweden Jamaica Czech Republic North Korea Kenya Colombia Mexico South Africa Croatia Ethiopia Slovenia Azerbaijan India Slovakia Switzerland Georgia Norway Armenia Belgium Mongolia

G 34 36 11 22 7 4 8 5 12 7 5 1 6 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 6 4 2 3 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0

S 22 22 19 13 15 13 9 12 7 6 4 4 2 2 1 2 0 6 5 4 0 3 1 3 3 2 3 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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Tot 81 77 52 48 32 31 28 26 25 17 15 14 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3

DECATHLON Men’s 100m — Damian Warner, London, Ont., finished in third with a time of 10.48 in heat three. 400m — Warner finished third in heat four with a time of 48.20. Long jump — Warner won group two with a distance of 7.54. Shot Put — Warner finished 10th with a distance of 13.73. High Jump — Warner won group two with a height of 2.05. Cumulative Ranking — Warner sits in third place heading into the second day of competition with 4386 points.

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Men’s Kayak Singles 1000m — A Final— Adam van Koeverden, Oakville, Ont., won a silver medal with a time of 3:27.170. Men’s Canoe Singles 1000m — A Final — Mark Oldershaw, Burlington, Ont., won a bronze medal with a time of 3:48.502. Men’s Kayak Doubles 1000m — B Final — Ryan Cochrane, Windsor, N.S., and Hugues Fournel, Lachine, Que., finished fourth with a time of 3:18.550.

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WHAT CANADA DID Men’s 200m — Semifinals — Jared Connaughton, Charlottetown, P.E.I., finished seventh in heat one and failed to qualify with a time of 20.64. Aaron Brown, Toronto, finished fourth in heat two and failed to qualify with a time of 20.42. Men’s 5000m — First Round Qualifying — Cameron Levins, Black Creek, B.C., finished in eighth in heat two and qualified with a time of

Men’s BMX — Tory Nyhaug, Coquitlam, B.C., is 20th heat one’s seeding run. Nyhaug finished with a score of 39.515.

DIVING Women’s 10m Platform — Preliminary — Meaghan Benfeito, Montreal, finished 10th and qualified with a score of 325.50. Roseline Filion, Laval, Que., finished 17th and qualified

EQUESTRIAN Individual Jumping — Ian Millar, Perth, Ont., and his horse Star Power finished in a tie for ninth (11, 4; 7, 4), 8.

SAILING 49er — Hunter Lowden, West Vancouver, B.C., and Gordon Cook, Toronto, finished in 17th (162).

WRESTLING Women’s Freestyle — 48Kg — Carol Huynh, Calgary, defeated Isabelle Sambou, Senegal, 1-0, 3-0, Points to win a bronze medal. Women’s Freestyle — 63Kg — Martine Dugrenier, Laval, Que., lost to Battsetseg Soronzonbold, Mongolia, 2-0, 1-0, Points in the bronze medal match.

SOCCER WOMEN BRONZE MEDAL MATCH Thursday, Aug. 9 At Coventry, England France vs. Canada, 8 a.m.

GOLD MEDAL MATCH Thursday, Aug. 9 At Wembley, England Japan vs. United States, 2:45 p.m.

MEN BRONZE MEDAL MATCH Friday, Aug. 10 At Cardiff, Wales Japan vs. South Korea, 2:45 p.m.

GOLD MEDAL MATCH Saturday, Aug. 11 At Wembley, England Mexico vs. Brazil, 10 a.m.

BASKETBALL MEN QUARTERFINALS Wednesday, Aug. 8 Russia 83, Lithuania 74 Spain 66, France 59 Argentina 82, Brazil 77 United States 119, Australia 86

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Across 1. Where to find Memphis: abbr. 5. BC neighbor to the south 10. Alder or aspen 14. Persia, now 15. Grass cutter 16. Beneficiary of a will 17. Underground digging workplace 18. 55-Down animals (2 wds.) 20. Beaufort ___: body of water north of 55-Down 21. Easter entrees 22. Empty, as an apartment 23. Celebrities 25. BMO competitor 26. BC-born Baywatch babe Anderson 28. Edmonton team 31. By oneself 32. Hat-trick number 34. Fall mo. 36. High tennis shots 37. Clothing tag 38. “As ___ as the driven snow” 39. Grease band ___ Na Na 40. Flies alone 41. Bread bun that’s boiled and baked 42. Circle in Canada’s north 44. ___ McAdams: London, Ontario-born Wedding Crashers star 45. Certain batteries 46. Apple centre remover 47. Call off, in NASA-speak 50. Box office disaster 51. Exchanged vow (2 Yesterday’s crossword

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40. Aver 41. Cutting remark 43. Newmarket, Ontarioborn star Jim of The Mask 44. US presidential candidate Mitt 46. Canada’s East or West ___ 47. ___ Romeo: Italian sportscar 48. Lambs’ laments

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TM The Hyundai names, logos, product names, feature names, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. †Finance offers available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on a new 2012 Elantra Touring GL 5-Speed Manual/2013 Sonata GL Automatic/2012 Tucson L 5-Speed Manual/2012 Santa Fe AWD Premium Pkg. with an annual finance rate of 0% for 48 months. Bi-weekly payment is $154/$222/$174/$261. No down payment is required. Cost of Borrowing is $0. Finance offers include Delivery and Destination of $1,495/$1,565/$1,760/$1,760, fees, levies, and all applicable charges (excluding HST). Registration, insurance, PPSA and license fees are excluded. Delivery and destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and a full tank of gas. Financing example: 2013 Sonata GL Automatic for $22,995 at 0% per annum equals $222 bi-weekly for 48 months for a total obligation of $22,995. Cash price is $22,995. Cost of Borrowing is $0. Example price includes Delivery and Destination of $1,565, fees, levies, and all applicable charges (excluding HST). Registration, insurance, PPSA and license fees are excluded. †♦Prices for models shown (after deducting price adjustment): 2012 Elantra Touring GLS Manual/2013 Sonata Limited/2012 Tucson Limited AWD/2012 Santa Fe 3.5 Limited AWD is $18,780/$28,200/$30,245/$32,195. Delivery and Destination charges of $1,495/$1,565/$1,760/$1,760, fees, levies, and all applicable charges included (excluding HST). Registration, insurance, PPSA and license fees are excluded. ▼Fuel consumption for 2012 Elantra Touring GL 5-Speed Manual (HWY 6.4L/100KM; City 8.9L/100KM)/2012 Sonata GL Auto (HWY 5.7L/100KM; City 8.7L/100KM)/2012 Tucson L 5-speed (HWY 7.4L/100KM; City 10.1L/100KM)/2012 Santa Fe GL 2.4 6-Speed Manual (HWY 7.7L/100KM, City 11.0L/100KM) are based on Energuide. Actual fuel efficiency may vary based on driving conditions and the addition of certain vehicle accessories. Fuel economy figures are used for comparison purposes only. ‡Price adjustments are calculated against the vehicle’s starting price. Price adjustments of up to $3,835/$2,705/$3,900/$4,500/$5,500 available on 2012 Elantra Touring/2013 Sonata/2012 Tucson/2012 Santa Fe AWD Premium Pkg/2012 Santa Fe GL 3.5 Sports Pkg. Price adjustments applied before taxes. Offer cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other available offers. Offer is non-transferable and cannot be assigned. No vehicle trade-in required. †♦‡Offers available for a limited time, and subject to change or cancellation without notice. See dealer for complete details. Dealer may sell for less. Inventory is limited, dealer order may be required. Bluetooth® Hands Free and the navigation system only recognize English voice commands. Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and any use of such marks by Hyundai is under license., iPod® is a registered trademark of Apple, Inc., and any use of such marks by Hyundai is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners. ^Based on Natural Resource Canada’s 2012 ecoEnergy award for most fuel efficient full-size car. ▲Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). ††Hyundai’s Comprehensive Limited Warranty coverage covers most vehicle components against defects in workmanship under normal use and maintenance conditions.

INCLUDES: AIR CONDITIONING WITH GLOVE BOX COOLER ■ HEATED FRONT SEATS & MIRRORS ■ 6 AIRBAGS WITH FRONT ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINTS ■ CRUISE CONTROL ■ REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY ■ POWER WINDOWS, DOORS, LOCKS & MIRRORS

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