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The victim of Winnipeg’s mostrecent homicide was a young fatherwho had managed to scrounge upthe money to come to the city andbe reunited with his kids, the chiefof his home community says.

But on Sunday — the day beforehe was to see them again, TimKoostachin, 30, died after an argu-ment turned physical following aparty in the Inner City.

The well-liked Koostachin hadrun into some “personal chal-lenges” in recent months and choseto leave the community of Shamat-tawa and live near Brandon, accord-ing to Shamattawa First NationChief Jeffrey Napaokesik.

Koostachin was “very sore” athaving his children taken away,and that likely prompted his move,Napaokesik said. “That’s probablywhat led to him going on the lonepath.

“He loved his kids very much —he made an effort to go to Win-nipeg (to see them),” Napaokesiksaid. “He didn’t have muchresources but found a way,”Napaokesik said.

Koostachin’s mother, who livesin Shamattawa, is devastated by thenews, said the chief.

Police said Koostachin and oth-ers were drinking at a house partyon Elgin Avenue early Sundayevening when an argument brokeout between he and another man.The argument wasn’t about any-thing significant and appeared toend after a punch was thrown, saidpolice.

After leaving the house, howev-er, that changed.

Police said Koostachin wasallegedly assaulted after the dis-pute started up again and hit hishead as he fell to the ground. Effortsto save his life in hospital failed.

Ray Vaughn Munro, 19, wasarrested Monday, charged withmanslaughter and held in custody.Police allege Munro fled the sceneof the fight but came to policeattention following interviews witha number of people.

Koostachin’s death marks the26th homicide in Winnipeg thisyear.

JAMES TURNER

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Volunteers from St. JohnAmbulance turned up atthe Manitoba LegislativeBuilding yesterday — butthey weren’t there to saveany lives.

The volunteers werethere to publicly celebratethe organization. As of2011, they’ve been work-ing in Manitoba for an en-tire century.

“St. John Ambulance isan important organizationand (its) role of being partof the health of Manito-bans cannot be understat-ed,” Theresa Oswald,Manitoba’s health minis-ter told reporters.

“What you do in thecommunity is so impor-tant and makes an enor-

mous difference in thelives of so many peopleand in so many differentways,” she said, address-ing the gathered volun-teers.

In 2010 St. John Ambu-lance trained 25,000 Mani-tobans in first aid andprovided 30,000 volunteer

Volunteers ahead by a century

The St. John Ambulance display yesterday also included therapy dogs.

St. John Ambulance has trained 2million Manitobans in 100 years

Public receives lessons on CPRand how to operate a defibrillator

Canadian have been signing booksof condolence for Jack Layton across the country.

NDPer recalls Layton’s compassionLocal tributes to NDPleader Jack Layton contin-ued to pour in yesterday asthe reality of his deathMonday sunk in for manyWinnipeggers.

Fort Garry-RiverviewNDP candidate James Al-lum shared a fond memoryhe has of the NDP leaderwith Metro Winnipeg.

“Jack and I had the op-portunity to canvas down

Corydon Avenue, and thenational media was follow-ing Jack,” said Allum, refer-ring to run at a federal seatin 2004.

“Well, in the middle ofall this craziness, all of asudden, Jack yells, ‘Halt!’And everybody, includingthe media — and this is 30cameras we’re talkingabout — stop. He wadesthrough the media crowd

and there is this little oldlady, standing on the otherside, about to be steam-rolled as this media hordegoes backwards.”

Allum continues: “Shedoesn’t know who Jack Lay-ton is and she doesn’t carewho the media are, and(Layton) says, ‘Madam, howdo I help you?’ And shesaid, ‘I’m looking for thebus stop.’ So he puts her

arm in his arm and he es-corts her to bus stop andsits her down and off shegoes.

“It was a great bit of po-litical theatre, obviouslywith the national mediathere, but it showed thetrue guy who Jack Laytonreally was — who really,genuinely cared about peo-ple.”

MORGAN MODJESKI

“What you do inthe community isso important andmakes anenormousdifference in thelives of so manypeople and in somany differentways.”MANITOBA HEALTH MINISTERTHERESA OSWALD

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Volunteers demonstrat-ed to the public how toperform CPR, how to treata bleeding wound andhow to operate a defibril-lator — a device becoming

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Even though the chari-ty has been up and run-ning in Canada for 125years, the first Manitobabranch was established in1911.

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A spray of bullets from adrive-by shooting on thefringes of Winnipeg’s WestEnd, followed minutes laterby a related crash involvinga stolen SUV in the NorthEnd, created a situation ofextreme danger for all in-volved, police say.

“It doesn’t get more dan-gerous than this — it reallydoesn’t,” said Winnipeg Po-lice Service spokespersonConst. Jason Michalyshen.

Bullets from a high-cali-bre gun riddled the front ofa Langside Street home ear-ly Monday evening.

Officers in the area eitherheard or witnessed theshooting, police said, andthey began following anSUV they suspected was in-volved.

The shots caused damageto the front of the three-storey house, but luckilynone of the four people in-side at the time were in-jured.

The driver of the car took

off at high speed into theNorth End, running redlights and stops signs alongthe way, said police.

The SUV collided withanother vehicle and a treeat the intersection of AikensStreet and Selkirk Avenueand stopped.

Police retrieved a gun,live ammunition and spentrounds from the car,Michalyshen said.

A 19-year-old suspect wasarrested at the crash scenebut no charges had been an-nounced by press deadline.

Gang-motivated?

Investigators are exploringthe possibility the incidentwas gang-motivated,Michalyshen said.

The SUV the suspect wasdriving was reported stolenon Aug. 20 from the area of Langside and PortageAvenue, said police.

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Fans making Jets-fueled road flick“Go, Jets, go!”

It’s more than just achant often heard in Win-nipeg these days — it’s alsobecome the inspiration fora documentary film look-ing closely at the passion ofWinnipeg Jets fans.

Cousins Marshall andJeff Stevenson, founders ofthe fan site winnipegwhite-out.com, are taking a road

trip to watch Winnipeg’snew NHL team play acrossNorth America and they’returning it into a movie.

The two former Win-nipeggers, who now live inCalgary, feel the documen-tary — currently titled JetFuel — is an importantproject as each felt the painwhen the Jets left the cityfor Phoenix in 1996.

“There are many pas-sionate fans across thecountry and across theworld,” said MarshallStevenson in a phone inter-view yesterday. “It’s reallyto illustrate that whenyou’re passionate aboutsomething, there is nostopping you.”

Stevenson said a lot ofpeople stopped believing

the NHL would return toWinnipeg, but it was thedie-hard fans who made ithappen, and now they’relooking to document theirpassion.

“There were a lot of peo-ple who gave up, but therewere a lot more peoplewho said, ‘No way, we’regoing to keep fighting thisfight.’ And when you’re

passionate about some-thing and you believe insomething, it’s bound toend up happening.”

Those who want to con-tribute to the project cando so by donating funds tothe film or participating init as a fan. Some of the firstparticipants will receive JetFuel memorabilia.

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There were no immedi-ate reports of deaths, butthere were some injuries.The U.S. Geological Surveysaid the quake registeredmagnitude 5.8 and was cen-tred about 64 kilometresnorthwest of Richmond, Va.Two nuclear reactors at theNorth Anna Power Stationwere automatically takenoff line by safety systems.

U.S. President BarackObama led a conferencecall with administration of-ficials, including the Feder-al Emergency ManagementAgency. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. tremor felt far and widePeople scurried onto city streetsSome flights were put on hold,

while trains ran at slower speeds

Office workers gather on the sidewalk in downtown Washington, D.C.,

yesterday moments after a 5.8-magnitude tremor shook the U.S. capital.

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Shaky ground

People from across centraland eastern Canada,including residents ofToronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Londonreported feeling effects including rumbling desksand swaying buildings.Earthquake Canada saidCanadians weren’t feelingtremors or aftershocks,just waves from the quake.More than 12 millionpeople live close enoughto the quake’s epicentre tohave felt shaking.Social media sites lit upwith first-hand accountsfrom Canada and the U.S.In 1897, a magnitude-5.9quake at Giles County, Va.,was the strongest everrecorded in the state.

One of Jack Layton’s closestadvisers is emerging as asurprise front-runner topick up the torch from thefallen NDP leader.

Insiders say party presi-dent Brian Topp is receivinga lot of encouragementfrom influential quarters tojoin the impending race tosucceed Layton, who diedon Monday.

Topp is one of the key ar-chitects of Layton’s successand was among the last ofLayton’s tight-knit inner cir-cle to speak with him be-fore his death.

Montreal MP ThomasMulcair, Layton’s deputyleader, is widely consideredthe only other prospectivecandidate to have a seriousshot at taking Layton’splace.

Signs of leadership jock-eying emerged yesterdayeven as plans were drawnup for Layton’s body to liein state on Parliament Hilland Toronto City Hall be-fore a state funeral inToronto on Saturday.

His closed casket willrest for visitation in the foy-er outside the House of

Commons.The lying-in-state will be

open to the public todayfrom 12:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.ET, and tomorrow from 9a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET. He willreceive a 15-gun salute ashe leaves Parliament Hill.

Layton’s casket will thenrest “in repose” at TorontoCity Hall all day Friday andSaturday morning before astate funeral at Roy Thom-son Hall that afternoon.

The state funeral, nor-mally accorded only to cur-rent and former primeministers, current cabinet

ministers and governorsgeneral, was offered byPrime Minister StephenHarper out of respect forLayton’s stature.

Topp, meanwhile, de-clined to comment on hispossible leadership aspira-tions.

“We lost Jack yesterdayand his funeral is on Satur-day,” Topp said in an inter-view. “It’s not appropriateto talk about his successorthis week.”

Mulcair could not bereached for comment.THE CANADIAN PRESS

NDP front-runneralready on the horizon

Melanie d’Esterre reads from a wall that has been

made into a tribute to the late NDP leader Jack Layton

at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto yesterday.

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DSK casecollapsesTwo judges put an endyesterday to the sensa-tional sexual assault caseagainst DominiqueStrauss-Kahn, setting himfree after prosecutors ar-gued the hotel housekeep-er accusing the formerInternational MonetaryFund head of sexual as-sault couldn’t be trusted.

The decision to drop

the charges in a case thathas attracted global atten-tion had been widely ex-pected. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rebels stormGadhafi armycompoundHundreds of Libyan rebelsblasted through Moam-mar Gadhafi’s Bab al-Az-iziya compound in Tripoliyesterday. They beat andkilled some of those whodefended it and fired cele-bratory shots, markingthe effective collapse ofGadhafi’s 42-year-old

regime. But pockets of re-sistance are likely to per-sist for some time.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Winehousedeath a mysteryAmy Winehouse had no il-legal drugs in her systemwhen she died, and it isstill unclear what killedthe singer, her family saidyesterday. Toxicologytests showed “alcohol waspresent” but it is not de-termined if it this con-tributed to her death. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Nine-million-dollar smile: Akshay Kothari attended

Facebook class and founded Pulse.com, a news aggregator

that now has five million users.

PHOTO COURTESY OF AKSHAY KOTHARI

Think rich withFacebook class

The company founded andrun by Evan Reas has 10employees and $6 millionin investor funding. Reas’sbusiness concept is simple:his website, lal.com, allowscollege students to flirt on-line. And U.S. college stu-dents apparently don’t getto flirt enough in real life —thousands have signed up.

Reas himself is still just26. He’s one of the super-en-trepreneurs trained at Stan-ford University’s “Facebookclass.”

“The class was extremelypractical,” says Reas.

“(Professor B.J. Fogg)taught us the theory of en-trepreneurship, but expect-ed us to use it in the realworld and try it out withsmall experiments to at-tempt to do it ourselves,”says Reas.

“He wanted us to talk tousers and to get real dataourselves rather than justreading it in a book.”

The class, launched byFogg and Dave McClure in2007, hasn’t just spawnedReas and lal.com. In fact, itsmain result is a new genera-tion of companies thatmake money on Facebookapps. The first-year studentsdesigned apps that attract-ed 16 million users.

“The concept of this classhad never been tried be-fore,” explains ProfessorFogg. “The students built re-al things and put them outin the world. I told them todrop out if they didn’t likechallenges.”

Their seminar was, inessence, a boot camp for fu-ture Silicon Valley stars.Many are now millionaires,at least on paper.

Akshay Kothari, 25, tookthe class last year andfounded Pulse.me, an appthat allows users to create ascreen mosaic of theirfavourite news sites.

Since launching 14

months ago, Pulse has gainedmillion users, $10 million infunding and an endorse-ment from Steve Jobs.

Fogg says starting a suc-cessful company is actuallyfairly simple. “The biggestmistake companies makeis to overthink.” he says.

“They make their prod-ucts too complicated, addway too many features,and delay launching forfear of failure. Successfulapps are simple, social andfun.”

Creative payoff

Professor BJ Fogg directsStanford’s Persuasive Tech-nology Lab. The profchanges the class eachyear. This year, he taughtstudents how to use tech-nology to reduce people’sstress.Several weeks after the2007 Facebook class ended,the students’ Facebookapps had 24 million users. Many of the students havesold their ideas to existingcompanies or started com-panies featuring their apps.

Mark Zuckerberg who? StanfordUniversity students learn how tocreate equally successful biz plans

Canadian actress MargotKidder was among the lat-est slate of environmental-ists to be arrested outsidethe White House yesterday,handcuffed and sent to jailon the fourth day of a two-week civil disobediencecampaign against Trans-Canada’s Keystone XLpipeline.

Kidder, born in Yel-lowknife but now living inMontana as an Americancitizen, was arrested along-side fellow Canadian actressTantoo Cardinal by U.S.Park Police for refusing tovacate a White House side-walk.

U.S. President BarackObama will decide by theend of the year whether toallow Calgary-based Trans-Canada to build the $7-bil-lion US pipeline. It wouldtransport millions of bar-rels of Alberta oilsandscrude a week through theU.S. and to Gulf Coast re-fineries.

“We’re the first state thepipeline goes through,” Kid-der, 62, best known forplaying Lois Lane in four Su-perman movies, said beforeher arrest.

She marched fromLafayette Square north ofthe White House to thesidewalk lining the presi-dential residence.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Lois laneactressarrestedat protest

50During a peace-ful protest Satur-

day, 50 environmentalactivists were arrestedand spent two nightsin jail.

Tag — you’renot it anymoreFACEBOOK FRIENDS.Facebook will now let youdecide whether friendscan attach your name to aphoto before it’s posted.

The change won’t affectfriends adding photos ofyou, only whether your

name is attached to it. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Goodlife getsbig strifeFITNESS. Goodlife FitnessCentres has paid a$300,000 penalty for usingautomated systems to callmembers without permis-sion.

The CRTC said that 60calls had been made fromMay to December 2010.

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KFC arrives inEast Africa CHICKEN. Good news forchicken lovers: KFC justopened its first restaurantin Kenya.

KFC sits in a new wingof a Nairobi mall and isthe first U.S. fast food out-let in East Africa’s mostdeveloped economy.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Sign of roguepanda disturbsmotoristsAuthorities in Flagstaff, Ariz., are as-suring residents there are no roguepandas roaming the city after somepranksters got creative with an elec-tronic street sign.

The Arizona Department of Trans-portation-controlled sign was set upto warn drivers not to make leftturns at a busy intersection. But mo-torists heading to work Mondaymorning got an entirely different

message: “Rogue panda on rampage.”A passerby reported the hacked

sign to police at about 3 a.m. yester-day.

Transportation Departmentspokeswoman Mackenzie Nuno saysthe sign was restored to its originalmessage by 11 a.m.

She says the agency has nosuspects, but she noted the hackerswould have needed specialized equip-ment to change the sign.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

IF ONLY I HAD ADOLLAR FOR EVERYSONG I’VE SUNG

So you think you can sing.Not to worry, it’s a

common delusion, and withtreatment, you can lead anearly normal life.

I, for example, havelearned to confine my delusion to thecar with the windows rolled up all theway, to the tune of Sweet HomeAlabama. Well, maybe not to the exacttune, but only a sharp or flat off.

I used to sing in the shower, but theSPCA came by one day and confiscated

my dog. Some neighbour thought that horrible noisecould only be the beseeching cries of an abusedanimal and called it in.

Sadly, some peoplechoose to ignore theevidence, and there’s evena machine that aids andabets their transgressions.It’s called a karaokemachine and, along withother weird stuff likesushi and manga, it comesfrom Japan.

Just so you know,“karaoke” means “emptyorchestra,” which justabout sums it up. As any-one who has ever been toa bar knows, the karaokemachine provides the lushorchestralaccompaniment, completewith lyrics, and the usual-ly drunken patronsprovide the vocal track.

The really amazingthing is that unlike thehouse band, karaoke nev-

er sounds better no matter how many drinks you have.So imagine my, er, delight when I discovered there’s

a World Karaoke Championship, where they actuallyencourage these people with cash prizes and recordingcontracts. This year, it’s in Killarney, Ireland, fromSept. 8-10. You might want to vacation in France thisyear.

The last one was held in Moscow, and they shouldhave the broken glass cleared up in time for the 2014Winter Olympics. The World Karaoke Championshipwebsite quickly points out that this contest bears noresemblance to the usual alcohol-fuelled caterwaulingin bars — these people can really sing.

But if they can really sing, why do they need thecheesy canned arrangements and backup singers?Why not just ... sing? I can only guess these audio-assisted thrushes have moved up through the bars andbubble-tea joints of the world and asking them to singwithout their beloved music machine would be likeasking Lady Gaga to appear in public without her meatdress.

It’s part of the act. There are two British Columbians representing

Canada at the 2011 Killarney blarney fest. To TrevorDunn and Jerrica Santos, I say: Good luck and stayaway from Sweet Home Alabama. That one’s mine.

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Jack Layton’s passingis an unequivocal tragedyin the Canadian politicalarena. It was difficult toseparate Jack Laytonfrom his politics, not be-cause one overrode theother, but because theywere synonymous.

Layton tried to revital-ize politics—fighting togive it a good nameagain—with unrelentingcommitment totolerance, compassion,and social justice.

His death exemplifiesthat the politics ofgenerosity and compas-sion aren’t weak. Theyreflect the innergoodness that not onlyconstitutes the historicalordinance of Canada, butalso humanity.

Layton, throughouthis political career, daredto reimagine Canada, at-tempting to reroot it as abeacon of diversity andsocial justice. He provedthat when you truly em-body your personal con-victions in your politics,you will not only beheard but respected.

Layton was heard loudand clear in May, whenthe NDP took over as theofficial opposition for thefirst time in history; andtoday that man with thecane—a charismatic andpassionate Canadian—isbeing remembered.ZAIN VELJICALGARY

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Chances arethe firstmovie assas-sin namesthat pop intoyour head are

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They’re all men.What about the ladies?

Beatrix Kiddo, Charlie Bal-timore or Jane Smith?

Jean Luc Goddard said,“all you need to make a

movie is a girl and a gun,”and often these days film-makers are placing thatgun in the hands of femalefilm assassins. Nikita isback on the tube and earli-er this year Saoirse Ronanplayed a deadly 16-year-oldin Hanna.

This weekend Avatar’sZoe Saldana is back as astone-cold killer in Colom-biana.

As Charlie Baltimore,Geena Davis created one ofthe screen’s most loved fe-male assassins in The LongKiss Goodnight. Sufferingfrom amnesia, when herpast catches up with hershe flip flops from subur-ban mom to killer.

Best Line? “They’re gonna blow

my head off, you know.This is the last time I’llever be pretty.”

Angelina Jolie’s deadlydemeanor has pumped upseveral action movies. LaraCroft was a gun-slingingsuper-heroine but she’s al-so played assassins in twomovies.

In Mr. and Mrs. Smithshe’s a hitlady assigned tokill her own on-screen

(and future real life) part-ner Brad Pitt.

“Still alive baby?” shepurrs after trying to shoothim through a wall.

Also, as Fox in Wantedshe was a member of theFraternity, a deadly groupof killers, with the usefulability to shoot around cor-ners. Best line?

“We kill one, andmaybe save a thousand.That’s the code of the Fra-ternity.”

The highest body countmust go to Beatrix Kiddo,played by Uma Thurmanin Kill Bill parts one andtwo.

As a bride done wrongby her former DeadlyViper Assassination Squadcolleagues (including Vivi-

ca A. Fox plays VernitaGreen and Lucy Liu as O-Ren Ishii), Kiddo slices anddices her way throughmore than 100 opponents.

But the two most un-likely female assassins onfilm were found in Leon:The Professional and Kick-Ass.

In the former NataliePortman was a 12-year-oldwho learns how to killfrom her teacher, Léon(Jean Reno), a skillful butsensitive hitman.

In Kick-Ass, a 2010 ac-tion-comedy starring Nico-las Cage and Chloë Moretz,Hit Girl (Moretz) asks herfather (and assassin men-tor) for a Benchmade mod-el 42 butterfly knife forher 11th birthday.

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EMBRACING THE FEMME FATALE“They’re gonnablow my head off,you know. This isthe last time I’llever be pretty.”GEENA DAVIS AS CHARLIEBALTIMORE IN THE LONG KISSGOODNIGHT

ArnoldSchwarzeneggerwill be making hismovie comebackin New Mexico.The ValenciaCounty New-Bul-letin reports themovie Last Standwill start filmingin Belen, N.M., inOctober. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Greyson Chance has theunique distinction of beinga YouTube sensation.

He grabbed attentionworldwide (not to mentionWeb hits) for his renditionof Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi.

At just 12 years old, healso caught the attention oftalk- show host Ellen De-Generes.

She invited him on hershow, and was so im-pressed, she created arecord label calledeleveneleven and signedhim as its first artist.

Now, Greyson is 14 yearsold and has spent the timesince writing, recordingsongs and touring to estab-lish himself in the musicindustry.

He released his first al-bum called Hold on ‘Til theNight earlier this month.

It debuted No. 29 on theBillboard album charts.

He talked about his mu-sic, DeGeneres and howhe’s wise beyond his yearsduring a recent interview.What did you learn fromrecording your first album?

I learned tons fromrecording this album. I re-ally got into productionand started learning howto make sounds, how tomake beats and that sort ofthing. Also, I think I’ve re-ally advanced as a song-writer because I wrotemore than half of therecord.You didn’t rush to put out analbum after getting a recorddeal. Was there a pressure tokeep the momentum going?

I feel like you need totake time. You need to taketime to build the process,gain the fans, put out therecord and also build timeto realize what the heckyou’re doing. You don’twant to rush into some-thing. You need to takeyour time, realize whatyou’re doing, what youwant to do, how to marketyourself. And the music in-dustry is a lot of businessand it’s a lot of politics.You’re very well spoken andwise for your age. Are yousure you’re only 14?

Internet famous toreal-world famous

Greyson Chance building off his web fame to find success in the musicindustry He will be performing and doing a meet and greet at the CNE

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60 seconds

Bright Eyes are still burning.

BRIGHT FUTURE?“THIS IS NOT THE LAST

BRIGHT EYES FOR SURE”Conor Oberst has been re-leasing music under theBright Eyes moniker sincehe was 15, and when heand his band released ThePeople’s Key earlier thisyear, there was some buzzthat it might be the lastfrom the formative indierock band from Nebraska.Oberst says not to worry.

I’ve read that this is the fi-nal Bright Eyes album. Isthat true?No, not definitively. Wedon’t really have anyplans for the future atthis point, but as far asthat whole thing, thatwas something wheresomeone took a quotethat I said (out ofcontext) and that wassomething that otherpeople decided. We nev-er made an officialannouncement. Even ifit were our last record,we wouldn’t say it wasour last record. As therumor mill works, that’skind of the way it goes.You can definitely quoteme, this is not the lastBright Eyes for sure.

What are some of yourfavourite songs to play livethese days?We keep adding on atsound check. The lastone we learned was thisone called I Believe in

Symmetry which is onthe Digital Ash record,and that’s always been agood one live. It has asort of cathartic ending.

How often do you achievecatharsis when you’re per-forming?Night-to-night, the goalis always to be in themusic and feel asconnected to it as possi-ble, and depending onthe environment andthe crowd and our statesof mind as far as theband members I thinkon a good night we total-ly achieve that, andsometimes there’sdistractions or thingsthat can take me out ofthe moment. But thegoal is to reach thatpoint where you remem-ber, I guess, just remem-ber the place, thefeeling, that created thesong, and try to get backto that.

You kind of get the psyche-delic effect almost.Yeah, we wanted it to bea little more trippy.We’re always just tryingto find new sounds thatintrigue us, and thenhopefully if it’ssomething that we’re in-terested in the listener iswilling to come alongwith us. PAT HEALY

Now that you’re asking,I’m actually about to turn46 this Christmas. I’m veryexcited. I’m going to spendit with the kids. You know,we’re gonna have a good

vacation, nice Christmasand it’s gonna be good.How involved is EllenDeGeneres in your career?

She is very, very in-volved. She is always cri-

tiquing songs, artwork,everything.What’s the best piece of ad-vice she’s given you?

She told me, ‘Do notchange yourself,’ and I real-ly haven’t. I’ve definitelyevolved as an artist and as aperson but I haven’tchanged myself one bit.How are you with listeningto your music or watchingyourself perform?

I’m very hard on myself.... We record the showevery night and I go lookback at it and I write notesabout what to do, whatlooks good, what doesn’tlook good.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Wise beyond his years, Greyson Chance is turning his web

fame into real success.

Denise Richards reportedlyturned down a guest-star-ring role on the season pre-miere of Two and a HalfMen, the show from whichher ex-husband, CharlieSheen, was fired, accordingto TMZ. Sources close to theshow say producers wantedRichards to appear along-

side new series star AshtonKutcher, but Richards toldthem she wouldn’t do it, as“she would neverhear theend ofit

from Char-lie.”

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Ryan Gosling can addpeacekeeper to his resumé.

The actor broke up ascuffle in New York recent-ly when a man tried to runoff with a street vendor’spainting, according to UsWeekly.

“The painter was able tostop him before he took offwith him and tackled himto the ground,” a sourcesays.

“Before it got too violenta stranger appeared to sep-arate them. It was RyanGosling! He was trying tounderstand the situationwhile keeping them fromhurting each other.”

Gosling apparentlyescorted the men out of thestreet, paid for the paintingand sent them on their sep-arate ways.

METRO

While vacationing inRichard Branson’s estateon beautiful Necker Is-land, Kate Winslet nar-rowly escaped a massivefire that destroyed thehome — and even carriedBranson’s 90-year-oldmother, Eve, to safety.

“[Winslet] was stayingthere with her childrenand in fact it was she whocarried my mother out ofthe house,” Branson tells

ITV News. “She swept her up into

her arms and got themout of the house as fast aspossible.”

Lightning during atropical storm is said tobe the cause of the fire.

“The main house iscompletely destroyed andthe fire is not yet com-pletely out,” the billion-aire Branson says.

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Ryan ‘superman’ Gosling

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Sure, she let ‘Jack’ freeze in the water after the Titanic sunk, but real-lifeactress is something of a lifesaver House destroyed, but no one was hurt

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Victoria Beckham is re-covering from a slippeddisc in her back, and ap-peared in public for thefirst time since the prob-lem developed — and shewasn’t wearing her trade-mark high-heels, accord-ing to Us Weekly.

It’s been speculatedthat the slipped disc wascaused at least in part by

Beckham’s insistence towear stilettos during herrecent pregnancy.

“Thank you for yourkind messages,” Beckhamposted on Twitter recent-ly.

“I’m feeling much bet-ter and enjoying everyprecious minute with ba-by Harper. I’m so in love.”

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Third time’sthe charmJennifer Garner is pregnantonce again, she andhusband Ben Affleck con-firmed to the AssociatedPress. This will be thecouple’s third child, join-ing daughters Violet, 5,and Seraphina, 2. “She’salways wanted threekids,” a source tells UsWeekly. “This was herplan all along.”

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A land of wonder and

Gabriola Island in B.C. is a magnet for artists, earning it the nickname ‘Isle of the Arts’

There is immeasurablecharacter and wonder tobe discovered in the mys-tic landscape of GabriolaIsland, in the Gulf Islandsof British Columbia.

Within minutes of arriv-ing, there’s a good chanceyou’ll spot an eagle soaring,watch deer scamperingalong the road or pass bythe alpaca farm. Ancientpetroglyphs are carved intosandstone throughout theisland, which is a 20-minute ferry ride fromNanaimo. There are more

than a dozen beaches andocean-side spots to visit, in-cluding the Malaspina Gal-leries, a stunning 3.5-metrenatural sandstone forma-tion created by years ofwave erosion.

But the wondrousnessisn’t limited to the terrain.

According to the Gabrio-la Arts Council, the islandhas the fifth highest con-centration of artists in allof Canada. The island is of-ten referred to as the “Isleof the Arts.”

“There’s a real work

ethic amongst the artistshere,” said Ramsey, who ispresident of the council.“They go out to their stu-dio on Monday and comeout on Friday with a wholebody of work done.”

Another intriguing char-acteristic about Gabriola isthe high number of vintagecars that are seen duringthe summer months. Untilrecently, the local newspa-per would publish a featureon a different vehicle everymonth.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Inspiration

Visitors enjoy the beach on the northern tip of Gabriola Island.

ALL PHOTOS BOOMER JERRITT/THE CANADIAN PRESS

GABRIOLA ISLAND

A historyof hippies The 4,200 residents wholive here emit a laid-back, welcoming vibe.

Resident Kathy Ram-sey says not to besurprised if the personworking at the checkoutof the grocery store is aformer rocket scientist.

The eccentricity ofthe island could be

traced back to its historyas a hippie colony in the1960s, when manyEarth-loving wanderersmade their way over tolive off the land, explod-ing the populationTHE CANADIAN PRESS

Paris airport brings StarTrek holodeck to terminal

with virtual boardingagents.

Iconic buildingclosing its doors

The Royal Bank build-ing on St. JacquesStreet, which gracesthe Montreal skyline,will close next springwhen the Royal Bankshutters its branch in abuilding that served asits headquarters from1928 to 1962. When itopened, it was dubbedthe tallest building inthe British Empire.It’s not yet clearwhether visitors willstill be able to access itbeyond next spring.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Make up a double batchof this one — one foryour kid, and one foryourself (with the op-tional gin).

• 1 sprig fresh basil• 15 ml (1 tbsp) sugar• 60 ml (2 oz) blueberryjuice• 15 ml (1/2 oz) limejuice• 30 ml (1 oz) gin(optional)• Ice• Club soda • Handful of fresh blue-berries

In bottom of highballglass, muddle basil withsugar. Pour in blueberryjuice, lime juice and gin (ifusing) and stir to dissolvesugar. Add ice and club so-da, stirring gently. Garnishwith blueberries. THE ASSO-CIATED PRESS/ ALISON LADMAN

Drink of the weekCaprese Salad

The recipe takes 15 minutes to complete and serves 4.

The same combinationthat makes pizza so irre-sistible — mozzarella andtomatoes — also makes amean salad.

And just like a classi-cally delicious pizza, youdon’t need much beyondthose two star ingredi-ents to assemble a stun-ning salad, known in Italyas a caprese salad.

Preparation:

1 Use a serrated knife toslice each ball of moz-zarella into 4 slices. Re-peat with tomatoes,cutting each into 4slices.

2 Stack 2 slices of tomatoand 2 slices ofmozzarella, alternatingas you stack, on eachof 4 serving plates. Asyou stack, season eachtomato slice with apinch of salt and pep-per. Set aside.

3 In a blender, combineolive oil, lemon juiceand half of the capers.Puree until smooth.Season with salt andpepper. Drizzle a bit ofthe dressing over eachmozzarella-tomatostack. Scatter severalbasil leaves, a few ofthe remaining capersand a bit of lemon zestover each stack.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ingredients:

• Two 250-g (8-oz) ballsfresh mozzarella• 2 large slicing tomatoes• Salt and ground blackpepper• 50 ml (1/4 cup) olive oil• Juice and zest of 1lemon• 15 ml (1 tbsp) capers, di-vided• Handful fresh basilleaves

Comfort foods ofItaly — that’s amore

Start with a Caprese Salad of mozzarella & tomatoesMove onto a simple & delicious Pasta Pomodoro

Start to finish:

30 mins. Serves:

4

Preparation:

1 In a large pot, bring 6 l(24 cups) of water to aboil. Add 30 ml (2 tbsp)of salt.

2 In non-stick skillet overmedium-low, heat 7 ml(1/2 tbsp) of the oil. Addgarlic slices and toast,stirring constantly, for 3or until lightly browned.Watch closely so garlicdoesn’t burn. Increaseheat to medium, addred pepper flakes andhalf of the basil leaves. Cook for 30 seconds,

then add tomatoes.

3 Add pasta to boiling wa-ter and cook until aldente according to pack-

Ingredients:• Salt• 15 ml (1 tbsp) extra-virginolive oil, divided• 6 cloves garlic, thinlysliced• Pinch red pepper flakes(peperoncino)• 16 fresh basil leaves, torninto small pieces, divided

• 1 l (4 cups) very ripe grapetomatoes (about 80 grapetomatoes)• 250 g (8 oz) dry kamutspaghetti• Ground black pepper, totaste• 30 ml (1 oz) Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, freshlygrated, divided

age directions.

4 Meanwhile, toss toma-toes in skillet and cookfor 5 minutes or untilthey start to blister andthe skins pop. Mashtomatoes with potatomasher or fork to makepulp, then turn off heat.Season lightly with saltand black pepper.

5 Drain pasta, reserving 50ml (1/4 cup) of cookingwater. Add pasta and re-served pasta water totomato mix. Increaseheat to medium-high.Add half of cheese. Cookfor 2 minutes or untilsauce begins to cling tonoodles, using a heat-re-sistant rubber spatula totoss pasta to coat evenly.

6 Add remaining basil andolive oil and toss to coat.Season to taste with saltand pepper. Divide pastaamong 4 plates andsprinkle with remainingcheese. THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS/ ROCCO DISPIRITO

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I was just about to com-plete my Bachelor of Com-merce in Marketing fromRyerson University. I start-ed looking for jobs a fewmonths before graduation,but I wasn’t prepared forthe problems I would face.

I quickly realized thatemployers didn’t careabout the marketing cours-es I had taken, or my GPA.They cared about relevantwork experience.

Fortunately, I had someprior experience comparedto some graduates buteven that was minimal.

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It was so frustrating hav-ing to convince an employ-er to give me a chance!How else do they expectany new graduate to gainexperience?

Employers can’t expectevery graduate to be thecomplete package. We areyoung, motivated and fullof fresh, new ideas!

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“Criticismmay not beagreeable,but it is neces-sary.” –Winston

Churchill

The above quote is as trueat work as it is in life, ex-cept that in workplace lawthere is always an excep-tion. Here is a sampling ofsome of the questionsreaders of this column fre-quently ask and the an-swers I often provide.

Performance appraisals When assessing merit,your appraisals matter.When assessing severance,they are mostly irrelevant.This is because poor per-formance is seldom causefor dismissal. Similarly,there is no such concept as“near cause”, which meansthere is no correlation be-tween your level of per-formance and thequantum of severance youwill ultimately receive.Therefore, if you are firedand it relates to perform-ance, you should receivethe same severance as if itdid not.

Letters of referenceEmployees believe they arealways entitled to a refer-

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Employment contractsIf there is a written con-tract, it has to meet a num-ber of tests. You must, atleast, be given the opportu-nity to negotiate or thoseterms that are punitive maynot be enforced later on.This rule also applies dur-ing the course of employ-ment, except thatsomething of greater valuemust also be offered, suchas a raise or a promotion, inexchange for a contract.

Otherwise, the courts havereasoned, an employercould unilaterally imposenew terms, and you wouldbe left without the leverageto negotiate or refuse.

Resignations If you resign with advancenotice and your employerasks you to immediatelyleave, are you entitled topay for the remaining peri-od of notice? Yes. Unlessyou signed a contract thatsays otherwise, generallyyou must be paid.

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College: There’s an app for thatNeed to get in touch with your prof ASAP, or share a funny story from last night’s party? Look to your cellphone

Turns out, the best placeto shop for back-to-school, could be your appstore. From exam prep tofinding delivery optionsat 2 a.m., your cell phonehas become one of themost useful tools you canuse at college.

“The evolution of themobile phone and its en-compassing apps haschanged the game for theworld at large.

In modern days, notonly is a mobile phonethe most personalizedpossession you own, butit's a digital backpack,”says Matthew Armen-dariz, an NYC-based weband software interface de-

signer.With his help, we’ve

found some apps foriPhone that will help youboth in and out of class-room. Relax, we knowyou’re on a budget-they’re free.

Check to see if yourschool has its own app.

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“Use the phone's nativecamera app to take snap-shots any pertinent notes.Take a picture of thechalkboard and you'llnow have a long-lastingvisual reference of the

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Ways that the temp often risesIt may be short-lived, but taking on a temporary position can carry huge benefits for the enthusiastic employee

When you’re looking tostart your career, it’s easy toskip over temporary joblistings.

But before you set yourfilter to only full-time posi-tions, consider the manypossible benefits of temp-ing.

“A lot of young peoplewant to get their dream jobright away, but it’s more ofa marathon than a sprint,”says Andy Teach, author ofFrom Graduation to Corpo-ration: The Practical Guideto Climbing the CorporateLadder One Rung at a Time.

“It’s something thateveryone should consider,especially in this economy.”

Here’s why you maywant to give temping a

Teach tip

Get LinkedIn!

Log in and fill your profileout immediately, advisesTeach: “Employers arelooking at it — they’re re-ally checking it now. Forsome, it’s like you’re invis-ible if you’re not onLinkedIn.”

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chance.

It can lead to a long-term po-sitionPlenty of employers treattemp positions as an oppor-tunity to test-drive a poten-tial full-timer. But even ifthe project has a very limit-ed time frame, you stillhave the chance to networkwith managers who mayhave openings.

“Find a company you re-ally want to work for. If it’sa great working environ-ment, it’s worth just getting

in there,” says Teach. “Youhave to think long-term —you’ll be down the hallfrom the people you wantto talk to.”

You’ll get an honest previewof the jobThere’s nothing worse thanmaking it through threerounds of interviews onlyto realize that the manage-ment structure is worsethan the coffee.

“When you interview fora job, you never reallyknow what’s waiting for

you,” says Teach. “Tempingcan give you a priceless in-sight.”

There’s no commitmentIf you settle for the wrongfull-time gig, you’ll have togive notice — and hopeful-ly not navigate a no-com-pete contract — if a betterjob comes along.

The same isn’t true fortemporary positions. “If itdoesn’t work out, you don’thave to worry so muchabout loyalty,” says Teach.

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Jays ship second baseman and popular infielder John McDonald to Arizona ‘They were guys that cared,’ says Toronto manager John Farrell

‘This isn’t the end,’says Hill after trade

Fans display a banner at the Rogers Centre in Toronto last night after

John McDonald and Aaron Hill were traded by the Blue Jays.

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Canada is heading homefrom the Little LeagueWorld Series with its headheld high.

The team from Langley,B.C., lost 4-0 to Japan yester-day in an elimination game.

Canada leaves the tour-nament with pride after asurprising victory in a

must-win game againstnemesis Taiwan and a goodeffort against Japan.

“We lost to the defend-ing champs 4-0. We heldour own,” Canadian coachJason Andrews said whenasked how his team han-dled elimination. “I thinkwe represented very well.

They’re very upbeat, veryhappy with the way theyplayed.”

Cole Cantelon allowedfour runs in 4 1⁄3 innings forCanada, which put two run-ners on in the bottom ofthe sixth before Connor Mc-Creath grounded out to endthe game. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canadian little leaguers bow out

Although it’s farewell, itmight not be goodbye.

“I have not ruled out ei-ther player being back herein 2012,” Blue Jays generalmanager Alex Anthopoulossaid after announcing yes-terday that second base-man Aaron Hill andinfielder John McDonaldhad been traded to the Ari-zona Diamondbacks for sec-ond baseman KellyJohnson.

All three players can befree agents in the off-sea-son.

“This is all I’ve known,this has been my family,”Hill told the media atRogers Centre before theBlue Jays game with theKansas City Royals lastnight. “Like Alex said, I’m

very open to coming backnext year. This isn’t theend.”

Added McDonald: “I’vehad a lot of conversationswith Alex recently aboutjust that, about continuingto be a Toronto Blue Jay,and that excites me too.”

The 29-year-old Johnson,long rumoured to be an An-thopoulos target, has ap-peared in 114 games forArizona this season, post-ing a .209 average with 18home runs, 49 RBIs and 13stolen bases.

A first-round pick of the

Atlanta Braves in 2000,Johnson is a career .260 hit-ter with 89 home runs and326 RBIs in 758 games.

“He has the ability to geton base, draw some walksand he’s got power to allfields,” Anthopoulos said.“He’d be the first one to tellyou, I’m sure, he’s not per-forming the way he expect-ed to, especially off the yearhe came off of last year.”

Players must clearwaivers to be traded afterJuly 31 and Anthopoulossaid all the Blue Jays playerscleared early in August as a

matter of club policy.It was at that time that

talks with the Diamond-backs on a possible dealstarted to take place.

Hill has struggled thelast two seasons with theBlue Jays, but said he willcherish his time in Toronto,noting the club’s bright fu-ture.

“This team will win. Theway they’re going, the di-rection they’re going, withAlex and everybody, I do be-lieve this team will win,”Hill said.

Both McDonald and Hillwill have a chance to playin the post-season with Ari-zona in contention for theNational League West’s ti-tle.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Stamkospulling forCrosby’sreturnSteven Stamkos says theNHL needs Sidney Crosby.

The PittsburghPenguins superstar hasbeen out of action sinceJanuary with post-concus-sion syndrome and it wasrumoured this week hesuffered a setback in hisrecovery.

Stamkos said it’sdifficult to see Crosby onthe sidelines, both for thehealth of the league and asa fellow player.

“It’d be tough, we needhim. He’s the face of theNHL,” the Tampa BayLightning sniper said yes-terday at an NHL fitnesscamp in Toronto. “It obvi-ously would take awayfrom our game not havinghim in the lineup, sohopefully everything goeswell.”

Crosby’s agent tried toquell rumours Mondaythat the centre hadcancelled some on-iceworkouts and that hewouldn’t be ready fortraining camp nextmonth.

Pat Brisson said in a re-lease the 24-year-old hadadjusted his workoutschedule and wouldaddress his condition at an“appropriate time.”

Crosby hasn’t appearedin a game since Jan. 5when he took a blow tothe head for a secondstraight game and was di-agnosed with aconcussion.

Stamkos, who recentlysigned a big extensionwith Tampa Bay, added theamount of concussions inthe league is alarming.

“It’s scary with theamount of concussions,not only with him, overthe past couple years,”Stamkos said. “As a fellowplayer in the league, youwant to prevent that sortof thing.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

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“Not only are you playing for the city ofToronto, but the country of Canada. It’s avery special place and it will be missed.”SECOND BASEMAN AARON HILL, AFTER BEING TRADED FROM THE TORONTOBLUE JAYS TO THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS YESTERDAY

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Japan after defeatingTaiwan 5-3 onMonday.That marked the firsttime a Canadian teamhad defeated Taiwanin 17 trips at the LittleLeague World Series.

Quoted

“My mom toldme if you’re

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With Honda greats like thePrelude, NSX, S2000 andCRX all retired to that greatbig sports-car graveyard inthe sky, it’s now the HondaAccord V6 Coupe thatstands as the brand’s ulti-mate performance offer-ing. This two-door versionof Honda’s elemental fami-ly sedan has recently beenupdated in the cosmeticdepartment, and nowlooks more alert, sharp andaggressive than ever.

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A side view of the sexily-shaped Accord Coupe.JUSTIN PRITCHARDDRIVE@METRONEWS.CA

InteriorMost will find the cabinstyling modest and plain,an attribute embodiedmost heavily in the graph-ics of the infotainment sys-tem which are on par withthe average gas stationATM machine.

This part of the Accord isin dire need of an update.

EngineUnder the testers’ hood, Honda’s 3.5-litre SOHC V6 engine dis-penses 271 horsepower to the front wheels, thanks in part tothe automaker’s proven VTEC valve timing system. Amongother things, VTEC ramps up engine output and sound effectsat higher revs, creating a delightfully peaky power-curve.Honda’s proven J35 Z3 powerplant sounds fantastic, loves towork and moves the Accord Coupe along like absolute heck.

A six-speed manual transmission took centre stage withinthe tester. It offered up a fairly slick shift action despite alonger throw, as well as a light and easygoing clutch.

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Mileage: 10.9 l/100 km.Features: Bluetooth, navi-gation, heated leathermemory seats, sunroof, au-tomatic climate control, au-tomatic lights.What’s Hot: Potent engine,good looks, proven reputa-tion, generous space in cab-in and trunk.What’s Not: Could handlemore tightly, very datednavigation system.

By comparison

HyundaiGenesis Coupe Shopping? Be sureto check out theHyundai Genesis 3.8GT Coupe, too. For afew dollars morethan the loaded Ac-cord V6 tester, it of-fers up a Limited SlipDifferential (LSD),Brembo brakes, andmore dramaticlooks. It also sendsmore than 30 addi-tional horsepowerto the driving enthu-siasts’ favouritewheels — the rearones.

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