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As Nicole Williamson lies in bed atthe Ottawa Hospital, with cuts andbruises on her body, she is beingpraised as a hero.

Amid the fiery debris of Satur-day’s plane crash in Resolute Bay,Nunavut, the 23-year-old CarletonUniversity master’s student self-lessly came to the rescue of seven-year-old Gabrielle Pelky, whom shefound on a rock with a broken leg.

“She scooped her up in herarms and got to a better place ...moved her to a place where shefelt she was safer,” said RCMP Sgt.Paul Solomon. “It’s amazing theysurvived such a thing.”

Now the Halifax native is recov-

ering in hospital with images ofthe tragedy fresh in her mind.

An Ottawa Hospital spokesper-son confirmed yesterday she isbeing treated at the General cam-pus and is set to have foot surgeryand undergo pain managementtherapy.

Williamson’s family releasedthe following statement yester-day:

“Nicole wishes to express herdeepest gratitude to the membersof the Canadian Forces, OperationNanook, and to the Resolute Bayresponders present at the crashsite for their efficiency under thecircumstances,” the statementsays.

The cause of the crash is stillunder investigation.WITH FILES FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS

Hurt hero recoveringin hospital

Carleton University master’s student, one of three survivors of airplane crash inNunavut, is set to have foot surgery

Ottawa Folk Festival keeps things safeFollowing the Bluesfest main-stage collapse during a freak wind storm, folk fest supervisor MarkMonahan has hired a private meteorological service to keep watch for any dangerous weather.Monahan said the stages at the folk fest are smaller, heavier and stronger than those used atBluesfest. The festival, which features such headliners as Hawksley Workman and Bruce Hornsbyand the Noisemakers, runs Aug. 25-28. More coverage, pages 25-28.

Making. Preparations

Ottawa Folk Festival supervisor Mark Monahan, centre, gesturing, shows media the preparations at the

new festival grounds at Hog’s Back Park, including the folded-up hydraulic main stage, seen in the

background, which was being set up yesterday.

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Today the lunchtime buffetcrowd at Moni Mahal mayinclude a special customerwho is looking for a “bonappétit” served with theirbutter chicken, thanks toan initiative by GrahamFraser, Canada’s official lan-guages commissioner.

The commissioner’s of-fice has hired marketing-re-search firm Ipsos Reid tosend out mystery shoppersfrom Aug. 24 to Sept. 30 todowntown Ottawa hotels,restaurants and businesses

to evaluate whether servic-es are offered in Englishand French.

The commissioner’s of-fice wants to assess bilin-gualism in the National

Capital for its 2012 annualreport, and one aspect of itsstudy includes understand-ing the “visitor’s experi-ence,” said spokespersonNelson Kalil.

Moni Mahal owner De-wan Chowdhury isn’t wor-ried.

“Language is not the bigissue, believe me,” he said.

From Bangladesh, he isonly able to use a few wordsto converse with the major-ity francophone crowd thatfrequents his restaurant atnoon.

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matter. At a small businesssuch as his, customers arenot interested in small talk,nor do they expect it. Theywant quality service, hesays.

Stepping out of therestaurant, Joanne Lauzon,a bilingual French-Canadi-an, disagrees.

“I feel that I should haveservices in the language Iwant,” she said. “I learnedEnglish to accommodateothers. Every restaurantand service should havesome bilingual staff — atleast one or two people.”

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03metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2011news: ottawa

For most people, engagingin a flame war on Twitter atwork wouldn’t go over verywell with the boss. For lo-cal politicians, it seems it’sjust another day at the of-fice.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Wat-son took to Twitter yester-day to complain aboutProgressive ConservativeLeader Tim Hudak’s plan, ifelected, to stop uploadingservices from cities to theprovince to the tune of$500 million.

Watson’s tweet, as hewatched Hudak speak atthe Association of Munici-palities of Ontario meetingin London, sparked localNepean-Carleton MPP LisaMacLeod to tweet back,“Are you planning to raise

taxes?” A two-hour back-and-

forth ensued — with citi-zens and partisanskibitzing.

Ontario municipalitiesand the province signedthe uploading agreementin 2008 with Watson, whowas then Municipal Affairsminister. He tweeted that itsaves Ottawa $120 millionover the life of the agree-ment, saved the city $25million this year and isbuilt into city budget fore-casts.

So far, the province hasuploaded about $1 billionof the $1.5 billion worth ofservices it agreed to takeon by 2018.

Metro asked MacLeodfor comment, but RandallDenley, PC candidate forOttawa West-Nepean, re-sponded instead. Denleysaid Hudak will leave the

already uploaded serviceswith the government.

“As far as the subse-quent years, we don’t thinkthat looks affordable at thispoint,” said Denley, adding

the Tories have no plans todownload programs orservices onto cities.

“I thought Jim Watsonhad left party politics, so heseems to, not for the first

time, be casting himself inan attack role against theConservative party,” addedDenley. “Maybe he forgetsthat he’s not with the Lib-erals anymore.”

Hudak downloads Twitter ireTories plan to cut short

uploading agreement with cities if they get into power, leader says

Moni Mahal owner and manager Dewan Chowdhury inside his

Laurier Avenue restaurant.

AMEN JAFRI/FOR METRO

Language watchdog’s shoppers fanning out

Cornwall Mayor Bob Kilgeris recovering at QueenswayCarleton Hospital after sur-gery to treat stomach can-cer.

Kilger, a former LiberalMP, is expected to remainin hospital for the next sev-en to 10 days before goinghome.

A statement from the

City ofCorn-wallsaidthat Kilger’s“prog-nosisfor

recovery is excellent.”METRO

Kilger recoveringfrom cancer surgery

Kilger

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Ottawa filmwins top awardOIFF. A crime drama shotin Ottawa has won thebest film award at the Ot-tawa International FilmFestival.

A Violent State, about aman struggling to put hiscriminal past behind him

only to have it return, waswritten and directed byAdrian Langely.

“We’re absolutelythrilled to receive the bestfilm award from OIFF. Tru-ly honoured to be chosen,”said producer RichardTowns. METRO

Man stabbed at stadiumCRIME. Police areinvestigating after an

altercation at the BacardiIsland DayGlow event atthe Ottawa baseball stadi-um Sunday evening result-ed in a man being stabbed.

The victim did not suf-fer life-threateninginjuries.

Police interviewed twopersons of interest and saythey interviewed 22witnesses. METRO

News in brief

JESSICA [email protected]

Some of theWatson-MacLeod Twitter smackdown:

MAYOR JIM WATSON:@timhudak — veryconcerned what you said atAMO — that you wouldn’t commit to the final 5 years of the uploadagreement signed by AMOand Prov

MPP LISA MACLEOD:@JimWatsonOttawa@blakebatson@CouncillorMcRae @timhudak are youplanning to raise taxes?

WATSON: @MacLeodLisa Icampaigned at keeping tax-

es at 2.5 % and delivered2.4 %. It was in my platform

MACLEOD: @JimWatsonOt-tawa so I take it you’ll beVERY active in campaigningfor your party thisprovincial election.

WATSON: @MacLeodLisa Iwill continue to speak outanytime OUR city is not being treated fairly. That’smy role as mayor

MACLEOD: Municipalitieswill continue to enjoy $1bin uploading under an@timhudak government Cc@JimWatsonOttawa@JonathanWilling @alistairsteele

WATSON: @MacLeodLisa@timhudak @JonathanWill-ing @alistairsteele the dealwas $1.5 billion. So are youcancelling the rest of theupload deal?

Politicians go at it

Jim Watson

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Lisa MacLeod

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Barrhaven roads will beless congested after theofficial opening of a four-kilometre southwest tran-sitway extension betweenFallowfield and Market-place stations, deputy citymanager Steve Desroches

said yesterday.The expansion is the

result of a $48.75-millionpartnership between thefederal, provincial andmunicipal governments.

Transit riders can counton a more reliable transitservice with a dedicatedtransitway route for theseveral buses that navi-gate through the suburb.

Barrhaven is one of Ot-tawa’s fastest-growingcommunities, Desrochessaid.

Desroches joined PierrePoilievre, parliamentarysecretary to the ministerof Transport, Infrastruc-ture and Communities,and MPP Yasir Naqvi tounveil the new extension,which is tucked away

from Greenbank Road.“This is an important

project for Barrhaventhat’s going to serve cur-rent and future growth,”Desroches said. “Previous-ly, the traffic was travel-ling down Greenbank andbuses had to deal withcongestion, they had todeal with traffic lights,environmental factors.”

Barrhaven transit boostCity unveils new transit route to ease congestion in communityNew route will improve reliability and build ridership, officials say

From left, parliamentary secretary to transport minister

Pierre Poilievre, deputy mayor Steve Desroches, Ottawa

Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi and OC Transpo general manager

Alain Mercier at Longfields transit station.

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A very healthy improvement.

IN 2003 BABIES WERE SCREENED FOR 2 DISEASES. NOW THEY’RE SCREENED FOR 28.

Source: Ministry of Health, 2011.

Dalton McGuinty, MPP1795 Kilborn Avenue, Ottawa | @Dalton_McGuinty | 613-736-9573

One of the strongest earth-quakes ever recorded onthe East Coast of the U.S.shook buildings and rattlednerves yesterday, forcingthe evacuation of parts ofthe Capitol, White Houseand Pentagon.

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.

With the 10th anniver-sary of Sept. 11 approach-ing, fears were triggered ofsomething more sinisterthan a natural disaster. 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.

J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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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More jailtime for extortionistA man from Niagara Falls,Ont., has received anothereight months in jail afteradmitting to extortingmoney from a Catholicpriest.

Robert Sammut, 46, hasbeen behind bars since hisarrest last November.

Court heard Sammutgot about $90,000 fromthe priest by preying onhis fears of being falselysuspected as a sexualpredator. THE CANADIAN PRESS

BLAST FROM THE PAST

Timecapsulediscovered

A mysterious dentedcopper box has beenpulled from the rubbleof a high school in Halifax site.

Construction workersrecently discovered thebox in the building’s cornerstone, whichmeans it’s most likely a

time capsule from 1941when the school was be-ing built.

“I can’t wait to crackthat thing open,” saidNova Scotia Transporta-tion Minister BillEstabrooks, a formerhistory teacher, yester-day.

But before thecontents are revealed,the province wants tofind former graduates,hopefully some who attended the school inthe 1940s, to be therewhen it’s opened.

Estabrooks said theevent should take placesometime next month.

Among the victims of thedeadly weekend jet crashthat Prime MinisterStephen Harper paid trib-ute to yesterday was a fed-eral scientist with a passionfor Arctic research.

Harper was supposed tohave toured a shiny, new re-search facility in ResoluteBay, but his visit was abbre-viated due to Saturday’shorrific crash that killed 12people, including Win-nipeg’s Martin Bergman,the senior government re-

searcher who was to haveguided Harper on his

science tour.“Marty Bergman spent

his life in pursuit of sharingthe importance and rele-vance of Arctic through sci-ence,” Harper said in arelease before his arrival inResolute Bay.

Canada’s Arctic researchinfrastructure is the subjectof hot debate within itstight-knit research commu-nity, with diverging opin-ions on the focus anddirection of the Harper gov-ernment. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Harper honoursArctic scientist

Plane-crash victim Martin Bergman was ‘a leader inrejuvenating Canada’s Arctic research infrastructure’

Prime Minister Stephen Harper greets Canadian Rangers as he arrives in

Resolute Bay, Nunavut, yesterday. Harper is on a four-day tour of the north

visiting Resolute Bay, Baker Lake, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Haines Junction.

Federal Funding

The Conservative

government quietly

extended Canada’s Arctic

research network’s

funding last year.

The seven-year extension

ensures the researchgroup receives $66 millionfrom the government.

JENNIFER TAPLIN IN HALIFAX

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Ontario. Now home to thousands of

emerging artists.

OVER 50,000 KIDS ARE GETTING A HEAD-START WITH NORTH AMERICA’S

FIRST FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN.Source: Ministry of Education, 2011.

Yasir Naqvi, MPPwww.Yasirnaqvimpp.ca | @yasir_naqvi | 613-722-6414

With Moammar Ghadafiat large, we take a look at

where past ousted leadershave fled. METRO

Zine Al-Abidine Ben AliTunisia’sformerpresidentand hiswife havebeen sen-tenced inabsentia

to 35 years of prisonwhile they currentlyenjoy a golden exile inSaudi Arabia.

Ferdinand MarcosThe Filipino dictatorwas lucky enough to befriends with former U.S.president Reagan, whosuggested he escape toHawaiiwhenmassiveriotsbrokeout inManila.

Rebels reclaim cityHundreds of Libyan rebelsstormed Moammar Gad-hafi’s compound yesterday,charging wildly throughthe symbolic heart of thecrumbing regime as theykilled loyalist troops, loot-ed armouries and knockedthe head off a statue of thebesieged dictator. But theyfound no sign of the manhimself.

The storming of Bab al-Aziziya, long the nexus ofGadhafi’s power, markedthe effective collapse of his42-year-old regime. Butwith Gadhafi and his pow-erful sons still unaccount-ed for, and gun battlesflaring across the nervouscity, the fighters cannot declare victory.

The rebel force enteredthe compound after fight-ing for five hours with Gad-hafi loyalists outside, using

mortars, heavy machine-guns and anti-aircraft guns.

They beat and killedsome of those who defend-ed the compound andhauled away crates of

weapons and trucks withguns mounted on the backin a frenzy of looting.

Gadhafi has not beenheard from since Sunday,when rebels entered

Tripoli and he delivered aseries of angry and defiantaudio messages that wereapparently phoned in to state television.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Anti-Gadhafi forces have taken over most of the country Libyanleader’s hometown city, Sirte, one of few areas still under his control

Rebel fighters trample on a

bust of Moammar Gadhafi

inside the main compound

in Bab al-Aziziya in

Tripoli, Libya, yesterday.

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Where did they hide?

Saddam HusseinSome of the bloodiestdictators were not ableto escape. Iraq's formerleaderwasfound ina tinycellar in2003 andhangedthreeyears later.

Jean-Claude (BabyDoc) Duvalier

Haiti’sformerpresidentfoundshelter inPariswith hiswives.

Early this year, he wastaken into custody forcorruption and theft.

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Chile president warns citizensagainst ‘temptations’ of populism

Government dismisses protestdemands as ‘utopian’ ideals

Deficit inOntariolowered by$2.7BOntario’s Liberal govern-ment said Tuesday it waslowering its budget deficitfaster than projected, cred-iting its own restraintmeasures for reducing gov-ernment spending.

The deficit for the fiscalyear ending March 31 was$14 billion, down $2.7 bil-lion from the shortfall pro-

jected in the March 2011budget, according to pub-lic accounts figures fromthe finance ministry.

Only $300 million of the$2.7 billion in savingscame from increased rev-enues, Premier DaltonMcGuinty told reporters.

The Opposition said on-ly the Liberals would thinka $14-billion deficit issomething to be proud of.THE CANADIAN PRESS

$14BOntario’sdeficit is $14

billion, down $2.7 bil-lion from projections.

Chile is bracing for a na-tionwide, two-day shut-down as unions, studentsand centre-left politicalparties demand fundamen-tal changes in society.

They want to replaceChile’s dictatorship-eraconstitution with a newcharter enabling popularreferendums and makingfree quality education aright for all citizens. Theyalso want pension re-forms, new labour rules

and more health-carespending.

Chile’s largest unioncoalition called the strikefor today and Thursday tojoin forces with the highschool and university stu-dents boycotting classesfor three months now.

They have support fromthe centre-left coalition

that governed Chile for 20years before President Se-bastian Pinera brought theright wing back last year.

Transportation workersand daycare providers alsoplan to strike, strandingmillions of other Chileans.

Pinera said yesterday,“We are perfectly con-scious that our country has

many unpaid debts, thatthere are many problemsthat remain unresolved,many of which werecaused decades ago.”

Chile spends $2,000 an-nually per schoolchild,compared to $7,500 in themost-developed countries,according to the Organiza-tion for Economic Cooper-ation and Development.

Chile’s economy couldlose $400 million. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Mining plan decriedDemonstrators rallied against mining legislation being studied by the National Assembly yesterday infront of the legislature in Quebec City. Among those who spoke to the concerned crowdwas Christian Vanasse, member of the comedy groupZapartistes.

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Eveline Guette, right, holds her son Josua at a protest

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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.

THE CANADIAN PRESS

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 passing isan 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 name again— with unrelenting com-mitment to tolerance,compassion, and socialjustice.

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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Zoe Saldana re-defines the female assassin in Columbiana.

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Chances arethe firstmovie assas-sin namesthat pop intoyour head are

The Jackal, Martin Q.Blank or El Mariachi. Whatdo they have in common,other than flashy namesand a predilection for gun-ning down their on-screenenemies?

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 ASSOCI-ATED PRESS

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Greyson Chance has theunique distinction of beinga YouTube sensation.

He grabbed attentionworldwide (not to mentionWeb hits) for his own ren-dition of Lady Gaga’s Pa-parazzi.

At just 12 years old, healso caught the attentionof talk- 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 14years old and has spent thetime since writing, record-ing songs and touring to es-tablish himself in themusic industry.

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 from

recording 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 wrote

more 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 take

time 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?

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 goodvacation, 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 asa person 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.What do you do when youdowntime and you’re not do-ing something music-related?

I’m very into photogra-phy. I love taking photosand I’m a huge reader ...I’m desperately into HarryPotter. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Web fame to real-world fameGreyson Chance now building off his overnight Internet fame to find personal successes in the music industry

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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.

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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

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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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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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Victoria ditchesher high heels —for now anyway

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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 scampering

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There are more than adozen beaches and ocean-side spots to visit, including

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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 workethic 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

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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 betraced back to its historyas a hippie colony in the1960s, when many

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Paris airport brings StarTrek holodeck to terminal

with virtual boardingagents.

Iconic buildingclosing its doors

For more than 80 years,the Royal Bank buildingon St. Jacques Streethas graced the Montre-al skyline, serving as anopulent temple to com-merce and a reminderof the city's glory daysas a banking capital. Ina few short months, an-other chapter in Mon-treal history will closewhen the Royal Bankshutters its branch in abuilding that served asits headquarters from1928 to 1962. When itopened, it was dubbedthe tallest building inthe British Empire.The elegant main floorof the Florentine palaz-zo-style skyscraper re-mains one ofMontreal's most popu-lar tourist attractions— but it's not yet clearwhether visitors willstill be able to access itbeyond next spring.Next year's final move,scheduled for April orMay, will close a chap-ter in Montreal's bank-ing history.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Glassworks artist Tammy Hudgeon is just one of many

artists who make Gabriola Island her home.

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The 1,850-square-metreFundy Dis-coveryAquarium,located atthe Hunts-man MarineScience Cen-tre, will re-main openyear-round. It re-places a much smalleraquarium that had been atthe site since 1972 and wastorn down in May 2010.

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As well, a two-storey dis-play shows the height ofthe local tides.

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The federal and NewBrunswick governmentseach contributed $2.5 mil-lion toward the aquarium,while the Huntsman Ma-rine Science Centre, a re-search and educationfacility, added $3 million.

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I was just about to completemy Bachelor of Commercein Marketing from RyersonUniversity. I started lookingfor jobs a few months be-fore graduation, but I was-n’t prepared for theproblems I would face.

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Fortunately, I had someprior experience comparedto some graduates but eventhat was minimal.

With this small experi-ence, I was able to getthrough to a few second in-terviews. However, I alwaysheard the same thing whenemployers were makingthe final cuts: I didn’t getthe job because I lacked ex-perience.

It was so frustrating hav-ing to convince an employ-er to give me a chance! Howelse do they expect any newgraduate to gain experi-ence?

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

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The chain gameThinking of buying a franchise in the near future?Get all the facts before diving into a deal head-first

Owning a franchise canprovide a small businessowner with brand recogni-tion, a built-in clientele,valuable resources and theoperating features ofproven success. It also re-quires a financial and emo-tional investment in thebusiness, and often, a crash-course in running it.Ray Leclair, a lawyer andvice-president, Public Af-fairs (Acting) at LawPRO, of-fers these tips.

Disclosure

The traditional crucial ele-ment in business is loca-tion, location, location.However, in franchise law,the primary emphasis is ondisclosure. The franchisormust provide extensive in-formation to potential buy-ers in a timely fashion. It iscrucial for all buyers to con-sult with their lawyer, ac-countant and otherbusiness advisors to ensurethey have all the relevantinformation before theysign an agreement or payany money.

Understand the growth

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Be sure to really understandyour industry and market-place. Is the product or serv-ice you are providing goingto be sustainable over thelong-term? Will your mar-ketplace be interested? Ifyou are successful, do youhave priority access inopening more franchises inthe area? Be sure to spendsome time answering thesequestions to better under-

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There will be fees up frontof course, but factor the on-going costs associated withrunning a business and thespecial features of a fran-chise. Will you have to paythe franchisor a portion ofyour annual earnings? Arethere leasing require-ments? How will suppliersbe paid? Will you be obli-gated to buy supplies onlyfrom the franchisor? Theseare just a few questions toask up front. A business ad-visor can help highlight

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Meet with your lawyer early

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Franchise laws vary provin-cially, so be sure to seek lo-cal legal advice right fromthe beginning. A lawyer ex-perienced in buying andselling franchises can helpguide you through manystages of running your busi-ness, so it’s important tobuild a lasting relationshipwith a legal expert who youcan reach out to for guid-ance and advice. As finan-cial matters are importantin all businesses, youshould also establish a rela-tionship with an account-ant.NEWS CANADA

Owning a franchise takes serious commitment,

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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 workplacelaw there is always an ex-ception. Here is a sam-pling of some of thequestions readers of thiscolumn frequently askand the answers I oftenprovide.

Performance appraisals When assessing merit,your appraisals matter.When assessing sever-

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A FEW RULES YOU MAY HAVE WRONG AT WORK

ance, they are mostly irrel-evant. This is because poorperformance is seldomcause for dismissal. Simi-larly, there is no such con-cept as “near cause”,which means there is nocorrelation between yourlevel of performance andthe quantum of severanceyou will ultimately re-ceive. Therefore, if youare fired and it relates toperformance, you shouldreceive the same sever-ance as if it did not.

Letters of referenceEmployees believe theyare always entitled to areference. However, thereis no rule or law com-pelling a reference, nomatter how long or meri-torious your service.

Employment contractsIf there is a written con-tract, it has to meet anumber of tests. Youmust, at least, be giventhe opportunity to negoti-

ate or those terms that arepunitive may not be en-forced later on. This rulealso applies during thecourse of employment, ex-cept that something of

greater value must also beoffered, such as a raise ora promotion, in exchangefor a contract. Otherwise,the courts have reasoned,an employer could unilat-

erally impose new terms,and you would be leftwithout the leverage tonegotiate or refuse.

Resignations

If you resign with advancenotice and your employerasks you to immediatelyleave, are you entitled topay for the remaining pe-riod of notice? Yes. Un-less you signed a contractthat says otherwise, gener-ally you must be paid.

Independent contractoragreementsIt usually will not matterthat workers have signedagreements confirmingthey are independentfrom their employers.When this characteriza-tion is challenged, oftenmany years later, courtsare apt to find these work-ers were truly employees.No surprise there. Manytimes the contract repre-sented little else than a“label”. What actuallymatters is how the partiesbehaved.

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Turns out, the best place toshop for back-to-school,could be your app store.From exam prep to findingdelivery options at 2 a.m.,your cell phone has be-come one of the most use-ful tools you can use atcollege.

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

In modern days, not on-

ly is a mobile phone themost personalized posses-sion you own, but it's a digi-tal backpack,” saysMatthew Armendariz, anNYC-based web and soft-ware interface designer.

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

Check to see if your

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The temp risesTemporary jobs can carry huge benefits for workers

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 achance.

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 gettingin 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 youinterview for a job, you nev-er really know what’s wait-ing for you,” says Teach.“Temping can give you a

priceless insight.”

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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This year’s Ottawa FolkFestival has been expand-ed to four days and relocat-ed to Hog’s Back Park, andorganizers say festival-go-ers will certainly noticethe difference.

“The extra day meansmore music for musicfans, but also more oppor-tunities for the artists webooked,” said Folkfestspokesman AJ Sauve.

Bluesfest impresarioMark Monahan also directsFolkfest, Sauve said, andthis year’s lineup of artistsshows his usual penchantfor diversity. Even if somemusic purists may scratchtheir heads at some of thechoices, the wider varietyof artists draws a wider va-riety of music fans.

“The program has a lotof really good folk per-formers, but it is kind ofinclusive in approach,”Sauve said.

He pointed to acts like

Dallas Green and City andColour, which are likely toappeal to a younger audi-ence, more establishedartists touring on new ma-terial like Rage Against theMachine’s Tom Morello,and Men at Work’s ColinHay, and “good Canadian

content with JimmyRankin, Serena Ryder, Ba-sia Boulat, that kind ofthing, Matt Costa, there’s alot to pick from so I’mpretty stoked about that.”

There’s more to enjoy-ing the festival than sittingback and listening. Audi-

ence participation is at theheart of special program-ming like the KidZone, fea-turing a musical pettingzoo, which allows kids toget hands-on experiencewith instruments.

The festival also fea-tures opportunities tomake music, from organ-ized jam sessions to an ex-tensive program of dayworkshops Saturday andSunday, organized by localmusician Meredith Luceand the Ottawa FolkloreCentre’s Arthur McGregor.

A bit of something for everyoneExtra day means more diverse acts Special programs include jam sessions, workshops

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Tickets

Ottawa Folk Festival ticketsare available at capitaltick-ets.ca, all Sports Expertsand Sens Store locations,

Compact Music, the OttawaFestivals Office, the OttawaFolklore Centre, the RideauCentre Kiosk and LesGaleries du Hull. For more,visit ottawafolkfest.com.

ScharfexpandstalentsAt the young age of 17,Spencer Scharf isalready a seasoned vetof the stage, perform-ing in front of crowdsfor years.

“I started playingthe piano at the AltaVista retirement homewhen I was 13,” saysScharf.

Gradually, the ven-ues grew and so didthe crowds, leading torecent performancesat Bluesfest and thenew Shenkman ArtsCentre.

His father, RodScharf, says Spencernever took any pianolessons. Eventually,Spencer moved on tothe guitar.

“At age nine, I start-ed taking guitarlessons at the OttawaFolklore Centre.”

But he wasn’t satis-fied with just playingthe guitar. He soonstarted challenginghimself on new noise-makers — he can nowplay 10 differentinstruments, mainlystringed. On top ofthat, he also plays amean harmonica.

When you add thatup, you get an excitingdisplay of musical abil-ities, as Scharfseamlessly switchesback and forthbetween instrumentswhile performingsome of the great gui-tar classics.

JEN TRAPLIN

Spencer Scharf

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To say that Bruce Hornsbyis a well-rounded musicianwould be an understate-ment.

Hornsby has more than30 years of experience inmusic. He has won Gram-my awards for best newartist, best bluegrassrecording, and best pop in-strumental. He has per-formed with the GratefulDead and has made nu-merous other appearancesas a guest musician.

During his career he ex-perimented with variousgenres and, as a result, stillcan’t peg exactly whatkind of music it is that heintends to create.

“I guess I’m still notsure,” he says with a laugh.“I’ve been dabbling in vari-ous styles for many years,but I tried to find my ownway of dealing with vari-ous styles of music.”

Hornsby is, perhaps,best known for his blue-grass and jazz; two verydifferent genres thatshare one important char-acteristic.

“People think they aresuch different styles of mu-sic — and they are. But

they have one thing verymuch in common,” he ex-plains. “They’re bothabout playing the instru-ment well. They’re bothabout virtuosity on the in-strument.”

For his performancewith his band The Noise-

makers at the Ottawa FolkFestival, Hornsby promisesa folk-infused set. “We al-ways like to practise a‘When in Rome, do whatthe Romans do’ aesthetic,so, at the Ottawa Folk Fes-tival, you’re going to hearthe folk Noisemakers.”

Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers are scheduled to hit the stage tomorrow at 9:15 p.m.

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Hornsby continues to dabbleJENTRAPLINFOR METRO Ottawa’s summer music

festivals depend on theefforts and enthusiasm ofmusic-loving volunteersto succeed, and theOttawa Folk Festival is noexception.

Emily Addison, the fes-tival’s communityengagement and volun-teer manager, leads morethan 650 volunteers splitinto 31 teams to handlejobs from gate and safetyto stage production todishwashing.

“Pretty much anythingthat’s going on on-site —well not everything, butmost things — our volun-teers have their handsin,” she said.

“Our crew leaderswork really tightly withtheir crews, and some ofour crews can be about 10people that make some-thing happen, so they re-ally get a sense of who

each other are as individ-uals and work as a team.”

This year, in an effortto prove that Folkfest isfor all kinds of folk, thefestival has made specialefforts to enlist recentimmigrants asvolunteers, with helpfrom the Catholic Immi-gration Centre and theChinese CommunityService Centre.

“We have a great diver-sity in terms of age of ourvolunteers and genderand that kind of thing.But we noticed that wewere really lacking inreaching out to that com-munity of newcomers inthe Ottawa region.”

Every $30 donation toFolkfest’s Friends of theFestival fundraisinginitiative will also make afree day ticket availablefor a newcomer, she said.

STEVE COLLINS

Volunteers make a festival sing

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The Ottawa Folk Festivaland its fans move the partyto a new home for thisyear’s instalment, leavingthe traditional spot in Bri-tannia Park for Hog’s BackPark.

Folkfest spokesman AJSauve is quick to rhymeoff the advantages of thenew venue. “No. 1 is acces-sibility. It’s a lot easier toget to. It’s really accessibleby bus, which Britanniawasn’t.”

Bus routes 3, 87, 111,117 and 118 will all get rid-ers to the site. A nearbytaxi stand and 1,000 park-ing spaces at the nearbyCanada Post headquarterswill also ease the trip toFolkfest, and cyclists mayhave the best deal of all

“You can take a bikepath right through thepark while the event’s go-ing on,” Sauve said. “That’sopen to the public, so if I

wanted to get a taste of it, Icould just ride my bicycleright through between thetwo stages and enjoy thevibe.”

That vibe, he added, isdistinctly relaxed.

“It’s just a lovely parkfor people to put a blanketdown, and we allow soft-sided coolers so you canbring sandwiches and it’squite a friendly approach,”he said. STEVE COLLINS

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Ottawa musician MeganJerome has had a pretty sol-id summer so far, manag-ing to land gigs at everymajor festival in the city.

Humbly, she chalks thatup to her third and mostrecent album, Bloomers.

“My brother has this ex-pression called graduallyand then suddenly,” she ex-plains. “It’s like everybodysays; keep being true toyourself, you don’t give up

and you plug away at it.And then suddenly some-thing happens.”

And that something wassomething she never reallysaw coming.

She believes it’s impor-tant to keep setting the barhigh, even if you just keepsmashing through yourown goals. “I laugh becauseI’m already exceeding anypossible dream I have inmusic.” JEN TRAPLIN

Party moves to new block

Jerome exceedingmusical dreams

Performers

The 18th annual Ottawa

Folk Festival runs

Thursday to Sunday.

Performers include:

Thursday: Bruce Hornsbyand the Noisemakers,Hawksley Workman,Megan Jerome, PunchBrothers.Friday: Steve Earle and theDukes (& Duchesses), Cityand Colour, Bb Sisters, Gandalf Murphy & TheSlambovian Circus of Dreams.Saturday: Bright Eyes, TomMorello: The Nightwatch-man, Rural Alberta Advantage, Colin Hay.Sunday: The Levon HelmBand, Kelly Willis andBruce Robison, Hayes Carll, Jimmy Rankin.For full listings, visitottawafolkfest.com.

Megan Jerome plays the folk festival on opening night.

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OTTAWA FOLK FESTIVALSunday August 28th

4:45 p.m. CUPE Stage

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Juno Award-winning artistSerena Ryder is familiarwith the reality of life onthe road.

After starting a career inmusic at the age of 15, Ry-der’s fame has skyrocket-ed, resulting in anextremely hectic touringschedule.

Ryder admits that thecycle of writing, recordingand touring has the ten-dency to burn people out.

“You do get burnt out.You get sick of it. I thinkit’s really rare for any musi-cian to be constantly en-gaged and totally satisfiedwith what they’re doing. Ithink it’s really hard foranyone in general.”

The trick, she says, istreating your mind andbody right on the road.

“I think you just need to

make it fun, you need tomake it not like a job.There are certain thingsthat you can do,” says Ry-der. “Really basic thingslike taking care of yourself.When you’re touring onthe road, it’s best to focuson what you’re doing in-stead of what you’re goingto be doing in the future.”

Over the past fewmonths, Ryder has beenable to draw inspiration onthe road from her goodfriends, a band with whichshe has been touring calledThe Beauties.

“I had no idea this wasgoing to be so inspiring,”she boasts. “All of us haveour own careers going and,right now, it’s been abreath of fresh air to be onstage with people who Ilove and adore and respectmusically and hang outwith anyways.”

Ryder has also drawn in-spiration from one of the

biggest names in the biz,Melissa Etheridge, who shemet when they toured to-gether earlier this year.

“It was definitely an in-stant connection,” Rydersays. “We really got alongand really adored each oth-er and I really respect heras a musician and as a per-

son because she’s a bonafide rock star. She’s an hon-est, open, hilarious, gen-uine human being on andoff stage.

“It’s really inspiring tosee that someone who isthat much of a rock star onstage is just as amazing intheir day-to-day lives.”

Serena Ryder

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JENTRAPLINFOR METRO

Garland Jeffreys hasbeen making musicsince the mid-1960s; realAmerican music, infusedwith rock and bluesroots, among otherthings. So it’s no surprisethat his new album, TheKing of In Between, cov-ers a broad range of mu-sic styles.

“I find it moreinteresting to make analbum that covers awhole ground,” Jeffreysexplains from his homein New York City. “I feellike I’ve been makingAmerican music mywhole career and it cov-ers a lot of bases.”

With The King of InBetween, Jeffreys does,indeed, cover a widespectrum of genres. But,he says, that’s just hisstyle.

“There are some greatartists out there whomake an album and

every song sounds thesame. But they’re still agreat artist,” he says. “Ijust don’t think that way.It just doesn’t work thatway with me.”

Jeffreys and his wife,Claire, decided to releasethe latest album on theirown label, Luna ParkRecords, all the whilenurturing their owndaughter’s musical ambi-tions.

As for GarlandJeffreys, he sees his job,not as a member of themusic industry, but as apreserver of good, oldAmerican music.

“I don’t consider my-self in the musicbusiness. It happens tobe a structure that I dealwith. But I’m a musician,I’m a songwriter, I’m asinger, I’m a performer.To preserve that music,that’s what I’m really in-terested in.” JEN TRAPLIN

Jeffreys remainstrue to his style

Nothing sereneabout Serena

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 water.Add pasta and reservedwater to tomato mix. In-crease heat to medium-high. Add half of cheese.Cook for 2 minutes, us-ing a heat-resistant rub-ber spatula to toss.

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

food 29metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2011

Blueberry-BasilRickey

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.

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

Tomatoes star in a simple & tasty 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 Inskillet over medium-low, heat 7 ml (1/2 tbsp)of the oil. Add garlicslices and toast, stirringconstantly, for 3 or untillightly browned.Increase heat tomedium, add redpepper flakes and halfof the basil leaves. Cook for 30 seconds,

then add tomatoes.

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

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

• 1 l (4 cups) very ripe grapetomatoes • 250 g (8 oz) dry kamutspaghetti• Black pepper, to taste• 30 ml (1 oz) Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, freshlygrated, divided

MATTHEW MEAD/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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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.

DARREN CALABRESE/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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

Steven Stamkos

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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

17 Canadaadvanced to face

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

going to leaveschool to go to thedraft, and there isa lockout, I needyou to go back to

school andcontinue on with

your degree. Iwas all for it.”

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS NO. 4DRAFT PICK TRISTAN

THOMPSON, WHOANNOUNCED YESTERDAY HE

WILL RETURN TO HIS STUDIESAT THE UNIVERSITY OFTEXAS DUE TO THE NBA

LOCKOUT. THE 20-YEAR-OLDFROM BRAMPTON, ONT., IS

GETTING READY FOR A FULLCOURSE LOAD AND

PRACTISING WITH HISFORMER LONGHORNS

TEAMMATES.

“When it’s allsaid and done,basketball can

only do so muchfor you.”

THOMPSON

The Super Bowl isn’t com-ing to Cowboys Stadium,and nobody is talkingabout the main tenantplaying in February.

It’s hard to tell what toexpect from the DallasCowboys this season.

Surely they can’t be asbad as their 1-7 start lastseason. And they probablywon’t be as good as the di-vision champs who went11-5 the year before.

Here’s the really confus-ing part: The roster hasn’tchanged much. Some vet-erans have left, but therehaven’t been any of thesplashy arrivals you’d ex-pect from team owner Jer-ry Jones.

The most notablechanges are the guys incharge, coach Jason Gar-rett and new defensive co-ordinator Rob Ryan.

Garrett, who played forthe Ottawa Rough Ridersin 1992, became interimcoach in the middle of lastseason and immediatelyshook up things. Practiceswent faster and were morephysical. Digital clockswere installed throughout

team headquarters to elim-inate excuses for beinglate. The team went 5-3 therest of the way, despitebackup Jon Kitna andthird-stringer StephenMcGee taking all thesnaps.

Jones liked what he saw

enough to keep Garrett,and the Princeton gradwas smart enough to makesure everything would bedone his way.

His culture change hascontinued in ways big andsmall, from grumpy veter-ans who’ve been dumped

to the “Carpe Diem” signplayers now see on theirway to and from the prac-tice field. That certainlywasn’t left by coach WadePhillips.

“We always talkedabout the importance ofbeing great each and every

day,” Garrett said. “We talkabout the importance ofletting last year’s team go,and that it’s a new team.You can have the exactsame collection of coachesand players and the teamfrom year to year changesand you have to redevelopthat chemistry and all thatgoes with putting a teamtogether. If we had wonthe Super Bowl last yearwe’d be preaching thesame thing.

“We were 6-10, and I’dbe lying to you if I said thatdoesn’t kind of sit in every-body’s craw as extra moti-vation. We’re focused ontoday, we’re putting lastyear behind us, and hope-fully we’ll stack some gooddays together and give our-selves a chance to be agood football team.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Expectations low for Cowboys

The Cowboys play a pre-season game against the Chargers.

RONALD MARTINEZ/GETTY IMAGES

Intrigue high in team’s first full season with former Rough Rider Jason Garrett as its head coach

Andy’s mom thinks Andy’s one in a million.

Well we know he’s at leastone in twenty-three.

97% OF ONTARIO KINDERGARTENTO GRADE 3 CLASSES

NOW HAVE 23 OR FEWER STUDENTS.

Source: Ministry of Education, 2011.

Phil McNeely, MPPwww.philmcneely.onmpp.ca | @PhilMcNeelyMPP | 613-834-8679

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AMERICAN LEAGUEEAST DIVISION

W L Pct GBNew York 77 49 .611 —Boston 77 50 .606 1/2Tampa Bay 69 57 .548 8Toronto 65 63 .508 13Baltimore 48 77 .384 281/2

CENTRAL DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Detroit 69 58 .543 —Cleveland 63 62 .504 5Chicago 63 63 .500 51/2Minnesota 55 72 .433 14Kansas City 53 76 .411 17

WEST DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Texas 74 55 .574 —Los Angeles 69 59 .539 41/2Oakland 58 70 .453 151/2Seattle 54 73 .425 19

NATIONAL LEAGUEEAST DIVISION

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 83 44 .654 —Atlanta 77 52 .597 7Washington 62 64 .492 201/2New York 60 68 .469 231/2Florida 57 70 .449 26

CENTRAL DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Milwaukee 77 53 .592 —St. Louis 67 61 .523 9Cincinnati 62 65 .488 131/2Pittsburgh 60 67 .472 151/2Chicago 56 72 .438 20Houston 42 86 .328 34

WEST DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Arizona 69 59 .539 —San Francisco 68 60 .531 1Colorado 61 68 .473 81/2San Diego 59 70 .457 101/2Los Angeles 58 69 .457 101/2

Yesterday’s results

Cleveland 7, Seattle 5, 1st game

Oakland 6, N.Y. Yankees 5

Seattle at Cleveland, 2nd game

Kansas City 6, Toronto 4

Detroit at Tampa Bay

Boston at Texas

Baltimore atMinnesota

ChicagoWhite Sox at L.A. Angels

Monday’s results

Seattle 3, Cleveland 2

Detroit 5, TampaBay 2

Texas 4, Boston 0

Baltimore 4,Minnesota 1

Today’s games

Seattle (F.Hernandez 11-11) at Cleveland

(Tomlin 12-6), 12:05 p.m.

Boston (Beckett 10-5) at Texas (M.Harrison

10-8), 7:05 p.m.

Oakland (Cahill 9-12) at N.Y. Yankees

(Sabathia 17-7), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Hochevar 8-10) at Toronto

(R.Romero 12-9), 7:07 p.m.

Detroit (Scherzer 13-7) at Tampa Bay

(W.Davis 8-7), 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Guthrie 5-16) atMinnesota

(Slowey 0-1), 8:10 p.m.

ChicagoWhite Sox (Z.Stewart 1-2) at L.A. An-

gels (Weaver 14-6), 10:05 p.m.

Tomorrow’s games

Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore atMinnesota, 1:10 p.m.

Detroit at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Boston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Yesterday’s results

Philadelphia 9, N.Y.Mets 4

Arizona atWashington

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh

Cincinnati at Florida

Atlanta at Chicago Cubs

L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis

Houston at Colorado

San Diego at San Francisco

Monday’s results

Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 1, 1st game

Washington 4, Arizona 1

Philadelphia 10, N.Y.Mets 0

Atlanta 3, Chicago Cubs 0

L.A. Dodgers 2, St. Louis 1

Pittsburgh 9,Milwaukee 2, 2nd game

Colorado 9, Houston 5

Today’s games

Milwaukee (Marcum 11-3) at Pittsburgh

(A.Thompson 0-0), 12:35 p.m.

N.Y.Mets (Pelfrey 6-10) at Philadelphia

(K.Kendrick 7-5), 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 9-14) at St. Louis

(J.Garcia 10-6), 2:15 p.m.

Houston (W.Rodriguez 9-9) at Colorado

(A.Cook 3-7), 3:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (H.Bailey 7-5) at Florida (Vazquez

7-11), 4:10 p.m., 1st game

Arizona (D.Hudson 12-9) atWashington

(L.Hernandez 7-11), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Arroyo 7-10) at Florida (Volstad 5-

10), 7:40 p.m., 2nd game

Atlanta (D.Lowe 8-11) at Chicago Cubs

(R.Wells 4-4), 8:05 p.m.

San Diego (Stauffer 8-9) at San Francisco

(Lincecum 11-10), 10:15 p.m.

Tomorrow’s games

Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Arizona atWashington, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Florida, ppd., rain

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Houston at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

WEEK NINEEAST DIVISION

GP W L T PF PA PtWinnipeg 7 6 1 0 182 130 12Montreal 7 5 2 0 222 156 10Hamilton 7 4 3 0 189 176 8Toronto 8 2 6 0 184 233 4

WEST DIVISION

GP W L T PF PA PtCalgary 7 5 2 0 194 172 10Edmonton 8 5 3 0 174 190 10B.C. 8 2 6 0 203 203 4Saskatchewan 8 1 7 0 165 253 2

WEEKNINEByes: B.C., Edmonton, Saskatchewan, TorontoFriday’s gameHamilton atWinnipeg, 8 p.m.Saturday’s gameMontreal at Calgary, 4 p.m.

CFL

SOCCER TENNIS

MLSEASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L T GF GA PtColumbus 25 11 7 7 29 24 40Kansas City 25 9 7 9 36 31 36Houston 26 8 7 11 34 32 35Philadelphia 24 8 6 10 30 24 34New York 26 6 6 14 41 37 32D.C. United 24 7 7 10 34 35 31Chicago 25 3 7 15 28 33 24New England 26 4 11 11 26 39 23Toronto 27 4 12 11 25 48 23

WESTERN CONFERENCEGP W L T GF GA Pt

Los Angeles 26 14 3 9 37 20 51Seattle 26 12 5 9 36 27 45Dallas 26 12 7 7 33 27 43Colorado 27 10 6 11 39 34 41Real Salt Lake 23 10 7 6 32 20 36Chivas USA 25 7 8 10 32 28 31Portland 25 8 12 5 32 41 29San Jose 25 5 10 10 26 34 25Vancouver 25 3 13 9 26 42 18Note: Three points for awin, one for a tie.Tonight’s gameChivas USA at Portland, 11 p.m.Saturday’s gamesColumbus at Seattle, 4 p.m.San Jose at Toronto, 7 p.m.Houston at Vancouver, 7 p.m.Portland at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Dallas at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.Sunday’s gameLos Angeles at NewYork, 7 p.m.NewEngland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

ENGLANDLEAGUE CUPFIRST ROUNDYesterday’s resultsCrystal Palace 2, Crawley 0Bristol Rovers 1,Watford 1, Bristol advanced4-2 on penalty kicksCharlton 2, Reading 1Second RoundAston Villa 2, Hereford 0Bournemouth 1,West Bromwich Albion 4Brighton 1, Sunderland 0, OTBurnley 3, Barnet 2, OTBury 2, Leicester 4Cardiff 5, Huddersfield 3, OTDoncaster 1, Leeds 2Millwall 2,Morecambe 0Northampton 0,WolverhamptonWanderers 4Norwich 0,MKDons 4Queens Park Rangers 0, Rochdale 2Shrewsbury 3, Swansea 1Wycombe 1, Nottingham Forest 4

SCOTLANDLEAGUE CUPSECONDROUNDYesterday’s resultsMorton 3, St.Mirren 4Aberdeen 1, Dundee 0Airdrie 2, Raith 0East Fife 2, Dunfermline 1Hamilton 1, Ross County 2Hibernian 5, Berwick 0Queen of the South 3, Forfar 0

AL LEADERSG AB R H Avg.

AdGonzalezBos 125 508 82 174 .343MiYoungTex 127 509 64 172 .338KotchmanTB 111 382 35 125 .327VMartinezDet 110 408 57 132 .324MiCabreraDet 127 452 82 145 .321Bautista Tor 114 396 91 126 .318Konerko ChiW 120 435 57 138 .317JhPeraltaDet 115 416 55 131 .315EllsburyBos 123 505 89 158 .313Pedroia Bos 124 490 79 150 .306RBI—Granderson,NewYork, 98; Teixeira, NewYork,95; AdGonzalez, Boston, 94; Cano,NewYork, 87;Konerko, Chicago, 85;MiYoung, Texas, 85;MiCabrera,Detroit, 81.HITS—AdGonzalez, Boston, 174;MiYoung, Texas,172;MeCabrera, Kansas City, 159; Ellsbury, Boston,158;Markakis, Baltimore, 150; Pedroia, Boston, 150;Cano,NewYork, 148; AGordon, Kansas City, 148.HOMERUNS—Bautista, Toronto, 36; Granderson,NewYork, 35; Teixeira, NewYork, 34; Konerko, Chica-go, 28;MarReynolds, Baltimore, 27; NCruz, Texas, 26;Hardy, Baltimore, 24; DOrtiz, Boston, 24; Quentin,Chicago, 24.PITCHING—Verlander, Detroit, 19-5; Sabathia, NewYork, 17-7;Weaver, LosAngeles, 14-6; Nova,NewYork, 13-4; CWilson, Texas, 13-5; Lester, Boston, 13-6; Haren, LosAngeles, 13-6; Scherzer, Detroit, 13-7.STRIKEOUTS—Verlander, Detroit, 212; FHernandez,Seattle, 185; Sabathia, NewYork, 184; Shields, Tam-paBay, 180; Price, TampaBay, 164; CWilson, Texas,163;Weaver, LosAngeles, 158.Not including yesterday’s games

NFL

PRE-SEASONMonday’s resultN.Y. Giants 41, Chicago 13WEEK THREETomorrow’s gamesCarolina at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.Washington at Baltimore, 8 p.m.

GOLF

LACROSSE

MINTO CUPCANADIANJUNIORCHAMPIONSHIPAt Okotoks, Alta.Last night’s resultsWhitby vs. EdmontonOkotoks vs. CoquitlamTonight’s gameSemifinalSecond vs. Third Places, 10 p.m.

ATPWORLD TOURWINSTON-SALEMOPENAt WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.SinglesSecond RoundJohn Isner (4), U.S., def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 7-6(3), 6-2.Nikolay Davydenko (5), Russia, def. MichaelRussell, U.S., 6-2, 6-2.JuanMonaco (7), Argentina, def. TobiasKamke, Germany, 7-5, 6-0.Robin Haase (10), Netherlands, def. JamesBlake, U.S., 6-4, 6-1.Steve Darcis, Belgium, def. Dmitry Tursunov(11), Russia, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.Kei Nishikori, Japan, def. Pablo Andujar (12),Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-2.Grigor Dimitrov (14), Bulgaria, def. DonaldYoung, U.S., 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (2).Julien Benneteau, France, def. Igor Kunitsyn(16), Russia, 6-3, 6-1.

WTANEWHAVENOPENAt NEW HAVEN, Conn.SinglesFirst RoundElena Vesnina, Russia, def. Jelena Jankovic,Serbia, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.Second RoundFrancesca Schiavone (3), Italy, def. MonicaNiculescu, Romania, 6-2, 6-1.ChristinaMcHale, U.S., def. Carla SuarezNavarro, Spain, 6-2, 6-2.

BLUE JAYS STATISTICSBATTERS AB R H HR RBI AVGLawrie 55 8 18 3 10 .327Bautista 396 91126 36 80 .318Molina 129 17 39 2 11 .302Escobar 450 68129 10 41 .287Encarnacion 369 55103 12 39 .279Thames 228 36 61 8 27 .268Lind 396 49104 22 72 .263McDonald 168 19 42 2 20 .250Davis 320 44 76 1 29 .238Hill 396 38 89 6 45 .225Rasmus 85 11 19 3 12 .224McCoy 81 11 18 1 5 .222Arencibia 347 38 74 19 57 .213Teahen 133 12 25 4 12 .188PITCHERS W L SV IP SO ERAMcCoy 0 0 0 1.0 0 0.00Janssen 4 0 2 41.0 42 2.20Romero 12 9 0175.0 147 2.73Perez 3 2 0 49.2 41 3.26Francisco 1 4 10 37.2 40 4.06Litsch 4 3 1 59.2 51 4.22Cecil 4 6 0 91.1 64 4.24Villanueva 6 3 0 97.2 63 4.24Alvarez 0 1 0 16.2 10 4.32Morrow 9 7 0132.2 154 4.41Rauch 5 4 11 50.1 35 4.47Camp 1 2 1 53.1 26 4.56Ledezma 0 0 0 3.0 5 9.00Lewis 0 0 0 0.1 0 27.00Not including last night’s games

BASEBALL

LITTLE LEAGUEWORLD SERIESAt SouthWilliamsport, Pa.Yesterday’s resultsConsolationCumberland, R.I. 8 Rotterdam, Netherlands 7Elimination PlayoffsHamamatsu City, Japan 4 Langley, B.C. 0Clinton County, Pa. vs.Warner Robins, Ga.

WEEKEND GLANCEPGATOURFEDEX CUP PLAYOFFSTHEBARCLAYSSite: Edison, N.J.Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.Television:Golf Channel (Tomorrow-Friday, 3-6 p.m.; Saturday, 1-2:30 p.m.; Sunday,noon(equals)1:30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday, 3-6 p.m.; Sunday, 2-6 p.m.).Online:www.pgatour.com

LPGA TOURCANADIANWOMEN’SOPENSite:Mirabel, Quebec.Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.Television:Golf Channel (Tomorrow, 6:30-8:30p.m.; Saturday,midnight-2 a.m., 3-6 p.m.; Sun-day, 2-6 p.m.).Online:www.lpga.comTournament site:www.cncanadianwomensopen.com

CHAMPIONS TOURBOEING CLASSICSite: Snoqualmie,Wash.Schedule: Friday-Sunday.Television:Golf Channel (Friday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.;Saturday, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7-9:30 p.m.).Online:www.pgatour.com

EUROPEANTOURJOHNNIEWALKER CHAMPIONSHIPSite: Perthshire, Scotland.Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.Television:Golf Channel (Tomorrow-Friday,9:30 a.m.-12:30 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 9a.m.-noon).Online:www.europeantour.com

NATIONWIDE TOURNEWSSENTINELOPENSite:Knoxville, Tenn.Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.Television:None.Online:www.pgatour.com

UEFACHAMPIONS LEAGUEYesterday’s resultsAPOEL (Cyprus) 3Wisla Krakow (Poland) 1(APOEL advances on 3-2 aggregate)Genk (Belgium) 2Maccabi Haifa (Israel) 1 (ex-tra time)(aggregate 3-3 and 1-1 on away goals; Genkadvances 4-1 on penalties)Malmo (Sweden) 2 Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 0(Dinamo advances 4-3)Villarreal (Spain) 3 Odense (Denmark) 0(Villarreal advances 3-1)Zurich (Switzerland) 0 BayernMunich (Ger-many) 1(BayernMunich advances 3-0)

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No issue with space on board for a four-person road trip, and up front, the driverand passenger could easily forget theyaren’t simply in a sedan.

Typical coupe-related compromises arelargely eliminated, here.

Though the Accord Coupe doesn’t have the world’s sportiest shifter, it is easy to bang some gears and get this rocket coupe blasting along so quickly the

tires can barely keep up. Torque steer is present though well managed, and in all, it’s an entertaining and delightful drivetrain to put through its paces.

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.

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The developers behindForza Motorsport 4 arewidening their scope withthe release of their newsimulation racing game.

If you’re a hardcorevideo gamer, they’re aim-ing to please you. But theyalso stress that even ifyou’re a novice gamer, yethave a passion for cars, youshould really take notice.

“Our goal with Forza 4 isto turn car lovers intogamers, and gamers intocar lovers,” said Brian Ek-berg, community managerfor Turn 10 Studios, the de-veloper behind the game.Ekberg was in Toronto lastweek promoting the gameat an Xbox 360 holiday pre-view event.

Exclusive to the 360, theupcoming instalment ofthe popular Forza series is

set for an Oct. 11 release. When a new Forza game

comes out, it’s usually con-sidered a big deal — forXbox owners, at least — asthe series has garnered crit-ical acclaim. Forza Motor-sport 3, which was releasedin 2009, notched Best Driv-ing Game awards from USAToday and IGN, in additionto a Game of the Year nodfrom The Associated Press.

One of the big advance-ments in Forza 4 is the in-clusion of the all-newAutovista Mode. Describedby Ekberg as a “virtualshowroom,” the mode,which is exclusive to thegame, allows players to ex-amine real-life cars just as ifthey were viewing them ata dealership — a really ex-pensive dealership that is.

The Ferrari 458 Italia,Ferrari California, andMcLaren F1 are just a few ofthe cars to be featured inthis mode.

“It’s a way to experiencecars in a way you’ve neverbeen able to do so before,”said Ekberg.

Paired with the 360’smotion-sensing Kinect de-vice, players in Autovistacan move their body left orright and the camera willmove the same way aroundthe car. With no controllerrequired, they can physical-ly crouch down to checkout the wheels, open thedoors to look inside the car,or even pop the hood tocheck out the engine. Aswell, players can place theirhand over certain “pointsof interest,” and it’ll bring

up information about thecars.

“If you’re a car lover, youcan come to AutovistaMode and find out aboutand really appreciate thesecars and maybe learn some-thing you didn’t alreadyknow,” said Ekberg. “Ifyou’re not a big car fan, wewant you to come to thismode, learn about cars andmaybe that blossoms into acar passion throughout therest of your life.”

While Autovista Mode isa nice addition to the game,at its heart Forza is a racinggame, and Ekberg says itwon’t disappoint in that re-gard.

A new lighting enginehas been added to enhancethe game’s silky-smoothgraphics, while the Kinectwill be integrated into thedriving experience by al-lowing players to move thecamera by simply tiltingtheir head.

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Getting it rightTo create the realisticrace tracks featured inthe game, Turn 10photographed, filmedand GPS-ed different lo-cales in the world.Ekberg says thatattention was paid toeven the smallest details,such as creating blindingsnow effects in sometracks, for example.

The developer has alsopartnered with Pirelli,gaining full access to thecompany’s tire data. Thedesired goal was toachieve a driving dynam-ic that closely mirrors re-al-life cars and theirinteraction with theroads.

“We take our physicsseriously,” said Turn 10’sBrian Ekberg. “We spentan incredible amount ofinvestment into ourphysics, because webelieve it’s important to

be as realistic and as trueto life as we possiblycan.”

While manysimulation racing gamescan seem intimidating tonew players, Ekberg sayshis team ensured thatForza 4 is different. Thegame does have a newsimulation steeringmode that is designed for“hardcore people,” butgamers on the oppositeend of the spectrum willbe looked after as well.

“Depending on yourskill level, you can stillhave a good time withthis game,” Ekberg said.

“We have a lot ofassists you can turn on —steering assists, brakingassists. Even if you don’thave a lot of experienceplaying games, you cancome in, get inside thisFerrari 458 and blastaround the track andhave a great time.”

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Cars that use battery powerare becoming more com-mon, but not all of themare meant to run on elec-tricity alone. Some au-tomakers, including GM,are adding electric motorsto engines for a conven-

tional level of power withlower fuel consumption.

A new system called eAs-sist will be available laterthis year on the 2012 BuickLaCrosse and Regal. “It willbe more than a 25 per cent(fuel economy) improve-ment over the 2011,” saysDaryl Wilson, lead develop-ment engineer for LaCrosseand Regal eAssist.

The vast majority of theimprovement will be fromthe eAssist, and the restfrom aerodynamic im-

provements and more fuel-efficient tires.

Called “light electrifica-tion” technology, the sys-tem includes a smallelectric motor-generator at-tached to the gasoline en-gine, and a 29-kilogrampower pack containing alithium-ion battery andpower inverter.

When you’re driving aconventional car and youpress the throttle to getmore power, the engineworks harder and uses

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Like a hybrid, the eAssistsystem shuts off the gaso-line engine at idle, such aswhen sitting at a red light(the lights, heater andstereo continue to operate)

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“Another key feature isthat we cut fuel to the en-gine during deceleration,”Wilson says. “We do this athigh speeds in all GM cars,but this one can be doneright down to zero, en-abled by the ability tosmooth torque distur-bances with the electricmotor as you’re gettingdown to lower speeds.”

While eAssist can’t runthe car on battery alone,

it’s not as expensive as afull hybrid system.

The battery, generallythe priciest component, isabout one-third the size ofa typical hybrid battery,Wilson says, “and the elec-tric motor is also signifi-cantly smaller. We’re ableto pack that where an alter-nator normally goes, whichrequires less infrastructureand change to integrate it.”

Although the car is elec-trically assisted, it feels thesame as a regular Buick.

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Replacing the popularGrand Am, Pontiac’s 2005G6 hit the market in 2004with the promise of betterquality, performance,looks and dynamics thanits predecessor.

By doing away with theGrand Am nameplate, thenow-extinct Americanbrand was clearly aimingfor a new beginning in theG6’s segment — and hadtheir eyes on taking apiece of the pie from theJapanese competition.

Coupe, sedan and con-vertible models were avail-able, as were numeroustrim levels and optionspackages to fit a variety ofneeds.

EngineLook for G6 witha 3.5-L V6 with200 horsepower, a 2.4-L four-cylinder with 169 horsepower,and two up-level V6 engines dis-placing 3.6 and 3.9-litres and gen-erating 242 or 240 horsepower.

Common issuesWell-documentedproblems with the G6’selectric power steeringmay result in a loss ofpower steering assist —meaning the steeringcould become stiff and feel“locked up” at speed.

This safety issue was ad-dressed by a servicebulletin, and any GM me-chanic should be able tocheck and replace thetroublesome parts.

A check of the vehicle’ssuspension and front-endis also advised.

VerdictOpt for a newer, used G6,and you’ll likely find an af-fordable, solid and sportydriving companion.

Expect above-averagesportiness andperformance, and below-average resale value.

What owners likeOwners taking to the Internetto share experiences typicallyrave about styling, overall value, ridequality, and decent fuel mileage with anyof the “smaller” engines. Comments like“fun to drive,” “sharp looking,” and“sporty” are common.

What ownersdislikeComplaints tend to centrearound lower-than-expected cabin buildquality and materials selection, somenoises as the G6 ages, and a rattlysunroof. Some wish for better gasmileage from the larger engines.

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