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Public school trustees are handingCalgary principals $15 million tohelp ease the city’s school staffingcrunch.

The added funds come courtesyof an election-campaign promisemade by newly chosen Premier Ali-son Redford.

Overall, the Calgary Board ofEducation (CBE) will receive $19.2million, but it’s believed theprovince will direct a portion ofthat towards the Alberta Initiativefor School Improvement, whichfocuses primarily on local schoolinitiatives and research.

The board’s decision closely fol-lows objectives outlined in a pub-lic survey that was taken by rough-ly 6,000 parents and staff earlierthis month.

“This is a short-term fix, which

is welcome, and I do believe thatour schools can use this,” said boardchair, Pat Cochrane.

Trustees were also given theoption of using the money toreplenish depleted reserves, butdetermined the fallout of remov-ing about 170 front-line teachingpositions for the current school

year to be their top concern.“Not of these options are sus-

tainable,” noted chief superin-tendent Naomi Johnson during dis-cussion on the funding.

The CBE is facing continuedbudgeting shortfalls to the tune of$120 million over the next twoyears. However, Redford and new-ly appointed Education MinisterThomas Lukaszuk made it clear lastweek the funding infusion is toaddress immediate issues.

Given the options, Larry Leach,president of the Association forResponsive Trusteeship in CalgarySchools, believes trustees made theright call. He hopes principals willhold meetings with the communi-ty before determining how to pro-ceed.

“If you ask me what’s needed,and you ask another parent andanother guy, you would likely getfive or six different answers,” hesaid.

Principals to decidefate of $15M publicschool windfall

Trustees vote to direct the millions from province to school’s front lines Long-term funding issues remain

Flames edge rivals

Celebratory. Hug

Calgary Flames’ Alex Tanguay celebrates his game-winning

goal with teammate David Moss during the third period last

night in Calgary. The Flames beat the Oilers 2-1. Story, page 20.

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Rehire. The Calgary CatholicSchool District will reportedlyrehire 30 teachers over the nextfew weeks as part of its plan touse $9 million granted by theprovince.Skilled teacher. The CBEestimates a skilled teacher costs alittle more than $100,000 annual-ly — meaning about 150 teacherscould be rehired if all theadditional provincial fundingwere put towards classroom staff.

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03metronews.caWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011news: calgary

Described as the culmina-tion of a longstandingfeud between two rivalgangs, three murders at asoutheast restaurant in2009 tore permanentholes in three families, ac-cording to statementsread in court yesterday.

Known FK gang mem-ber Sanjeev Mann, an as-sociate Aaron Bendle andinnocent man Keni Su’awere all gunned down atthe Bolsa Vietnameserestaurant on New Year’sDay 2009.

Late Monday, a juryconvicted Nathan Zuc-cherato and MichaelRoberto each with threecounts of first-degreemurder in relation to theincident. Yesterday, theywere handed life sen-tences without chance ofparole for 25 years.

Statements read aloudyesterday show how fami-

lies will forever cope withthe losses endured thatday.

“I miss sharing Aaron’sunique views and misslaughing with him,” reada statement from Bendle’smother, who also took is-sue with the implicationthat her son was associat-ed with a gang.

Despite being the maintarget of the shootingsconducted by members of

Families still struggle with loss

An emotional Lenni Folden Su’a addresses the media at the Calgary Courts Centre yesterday after her ex-husband’s killers were sentenced to life in prison.

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Judge has some harsh words for gangs involved in 2009 Bolsa Vietnamese restaurant killings Both accused were sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole for 25 years

Calgary’s Street Churchleader is arguing the cityis not applying the lawequally by allowing Occu-py Calgary demonstratorsto camp, but continuouslyshutting his street preach-ing down.

Arthur Pawlowski saidthe city is discriminatingagainst him, but “with-drawing their heavy hand” with others.

“Those people arepreaching somethingelse, so they’re OK to do itno problem?” he said.

Occupy Calgary partici-pants were given a desig-nated space by the city onSt. Patrick’s Island lastweek, but a second camphas since formed inOlympic Plaza.

KATIE TURNER

Occupy rules not fair: PreacherSwann’s new role Former Alberta Liberalleader David Swann willserve as opposition criticfor the new Human Serv-ices “super-ministry” ascurrent leader Raj Sher-man shuffled his shadowcabinet. METRO

Morton cleared Alberta’s privacycommissioner found nowrongdoing after an in-vestigation into the e-mail accounts of MLA TedMorton. Morton hadbeen under scrutiny forhaving a second e-mailaddress that used hisproper given name, Fred-erick Lee. METRO

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Judge’s warning

Court of Queen’s BenchJustice Earl Wilson issued astatement directly to mem-bers of the FK and FOBgangs before announcingsentences yesterday.“The violence must stopand stop now.... Let it endhere,” Wilson said.Nathan Zuccherato’slawyer, Alain Hepner, saidappeals in cases like theseare likely, but he was stillwaiting to speak with hisclient.

8Arthur Pawlowski saidhe’s been arrestedeight times in fiveyears for incidents re-lated to the StreetChurch.

the rival FOB gang, Mannwas described in a state-ment as the “heart of thefamily.”

Lenni Folden Su’a, thevictim’s ex-wife and close

friend, was in attendancefor sentencing. In a state-ment read by the Crown,she described a long bat-tle with depression, guiltand insomnia since the

killings.“Keni was a gentle,

kind, loving, peaceful per-son (and) was loved byeveryone that knew him,”she said after the verdict.

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New distracted-driving leg-islation may have curbeddrivers’ cellphone use, butpolice are concerned itcould create another traffichazard.

Const. Jim Lebedeff saidcompliance amongst Cal-

garians has been good dur-ing the first month of thenew legislation, but he iswarning drivers againstpulling over to take calls.

Lebedeff said driversmay think they are doingthe right thing by pullingover, but he said it creates ahazard on high-speed roadssuch as Deerfoot Trail andStoney Trail.

“Is any call that impor-tant that you really have topull over to the boulevardand take that call? Unless itis an emergency, I don’tthink so,” said Lebedeff.“What we encourage peo-ple to do is find a parkinglot … (or) a quiet residentialstreet, then take that call.”

During the first fewweeks of enforcement,

Lebedeff said only one manhas received a $57 fine forpulling over on Stoney Trailbut many warnings havebeen issued.

Lebedeff said thestrangest calls police havereceived since the new leg-islation came into effectwere two reports of awoman driving while play-ing the saxophone.

Pulling over to take the call a new driving hazard: Police

About 150 warnings and 280 tickets issued under distracted-driving law

Const. Jim Lebedeff points to some of the things police

watch out for on Calgary roads.

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We want our big politi-cians, who have to makebig decisions, to be the‘big men’, literally speak-ing.

Politicians blessed with

height and physicalprowess have a greaterchance of having a suc-cessful career in powerthan their diminutive ri-vals, new research claims.

In a U.S.-based studypublished yesterday, psy-

chologists suggest this"caveman" political lean-ing may stem from an evo-lutionary desire sinceancient times for physical-ly dominating leaders whocould triumph over theiradversaries.

“Some traits and in-stincts that may have beenacquired through evolu-tion continue to manifestthemselves in modernlife,” Professor Gregg Mur-ray from Texas Tech Uni-versity, lead author of the

report, said.Murray’s team asked

U.S. college students todraw an ideal leader andordinary citizen — 64 percent drew a nationalleader who was taller thanaverage.

We like our politicians tall and buff, experts claim58%The taller

candidatehas won 58 per cent inU.S. elections between1789 and 2008, apattern named the“presidential heightindex.”

Next time you download amobile app, be warned: itcould wreck your mar-riage, as one episode inNew York City suggests.

A man claims he discov-ered his wife was two-tim-ing him after turning onhis new iPhone 4S and hisFind My Friends app pin-pointed her exact location.

Whether this “spyingvia app” story is a hoax ornot, it raises the questionof what the possibilitiesare in “smartphone espi-onage.”

“The story raises big pri-vacy issues: people eitherforget their apps areturned on, or they are justcareless about using them.You might have just bro-

ken up and it’ll be easy foryour ex to start stalkingyou,” Graham Cluley, sen-ior technology consultantat the London-based secu-

rity company Sophos, toldMetro.

So, next time you findyourself about to install amobile app that tracks

your movements whileyou mosey through town,well, think about it twice.It may be used againstyou.

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Tracking apps: Are you ever alone?Story of man catching cheating wife raises privacy concerns

You can’t hide

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Foursquare

Lets you virtually “checkin” to different locations,find out where yourfriends are and receive adsabout what may interestyou nearby. Find My Friends

Free gizmo tracks downwhere people are at a giv-en time through readingout a text location, and byplotting buddies on a map.Facebook Places

It allows to let your friendsknow where you are sim-ply by tapping the Placesbutton on your Facebookmobile app. Gowalla

It’s not only another loca-tion-based service: itworks also as a socialguide to the most lovedplaces and cities.

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People turning to their mobile phones to tell others where they are has been a boon

for burglars, because if you’re somewhere, that also means you’re not at home.

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Crime billsparks warof words

Experts are warning thefederal government thatits massive crime bill willdo more harm than good,costing taxpayers dearlyfor a punitive system thatwill only serve to makethe streets more danger-ous.

But Conservative MPsare questioning the credi-bility of those experts,suggesting they are advo -cat ing for criminals.

The measures aim totoughen penalties for drugtraffickers, child-sexcrimes and violent young

offenders. The bill wouldalso make pardons moredifficult to obtain.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Massive package

The omnibus bill mergesnine previous pieces oflegislation, and adds newelements, tying them intoa massive package thatcritics say is an“incoherent” attempt tocrack down on dangerouscriminals.

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End of long captivityIsraeli officials said Gilad Shalit showed signs of mal-nutrition as he emerged from more than five years ofcaptivity, and his father said he needed time to recov-er from psychological and physical wounds. Palestini-ans celebrated the release of their prisoners in theWest Bank and Gaza, where massive rallies festoonedwith green Hamas flags were held.

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Palestinian youth celebrate the

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Strip yesterday. More than 1,000

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Research In Motion’s newmobile operating systemwill power its next-genera-tion BlackBerry smart-phones and PlayBooktablets to better competewith Internet-friendly Ap-ple and Android devices.

Yesterday’s announce-ment by co-CEO MikeLazaridis comes just daysafter RIM had the worstservice outage in its histo-ry. The company is tryingto reposition its wirelessdevices as market leaders.

“Today, I’m pleased toannounce our next-genera-tion platform, BBX,”Lazaridis said at RIM’s soft-ware developer conferencein San Francisco.

The BBX platform isbased on the system that isalready in the PlayBooktablet but has been ex-panded, Lazaridis said.

RIM is expected to

launch new BlackBerryswith the more powerfulBBX system early nextyear. They are expected tobe even more like mobilecomputers.

Lazaridis reiterated that

RIM won’t ditch its Play-Book, which has been lan-guishing on store shelvesand sold fewer than onemillion units since its de-

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mitted to the BlackBerryPlayBook,” he said.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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If you paid fees to the Economic Stream of the Nova Scotia

Nominee Program, you might be able to get some money back from the Province of Nova Scotia. Read this to find out more.

What is this about?A lawsuit was started against the Province of Nova Scotia in 2009.

The goal was to get a refund for people who applied for and paid

fees into the former Economic Stream of the Nova Scotia

Nominee Program. The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has now

certified that lawsuit as a class action. Your legal rights may be

affected. The lawyers for both sides have made a deal that would

give a refund to eligible people. The Supreme Court of Nova

Scotia approved the settlement as fair and reasonable.

Am I included?You are if you (1) paid money to Nova Scotia under the

Economic Stream of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program,

(2) landed and obtained permanent resident status in Canada, and

(3) did not already get a refund. As long as you told the truth in

your application and immigration filings, you should be eligible

for a refund.

What does this mean for me?If you are a Class Member, your legal rights are affected. You will

benefit from any settlement, but you must give up your right to

sue the Government of Nova Scotia on your own.

How much will I get?If you were not paid anything under a business mentorship, you

will get $63,750 back if your claim is approved ($75,000 less an

approved 15% fee of $11,250). If you were paid under a business

mentorship, the amount you were paid will be deducted from

$75,000. The 15% fee will be taken from the net amount.

Do I have to pay anything out of my own pocket?No. The lawyers' fees have already been accounted for in the

amount set out above. You will not be billed. The Supreme Court

approved the lawyers’ fee as fair and reasonable

How do I get my money?You have to fill in a Claim Form. A copy of the Claim Form

can be found at http://www.branchmacmaster.com/nova-scotia-immigration/. You must mail, fax, or email in the form by

May 4, 2012.

What if I do not want to take part?If you do not want to take part, you have to opt out. If you

opt out, you will not get any benefit from the settlement.

You will have to sue the Government of Nova Scotia on

your own if you wish to recover anything. To opt out, go to

http://www.branchmacmaster.com/nova-scotia-immigration/, download

the opt out form, and submit it to the address listed. If you want

to opt out, you must do so before Jan. 5 2012.

What if too many people opt out?If more than 50 people opt out, the Province has the right to

cancel the settlement. Neither the Province nor the lawyer for the

class expect this to occur however.

I have other questions.For more information, visit http://www.branchmacmaster.com/nova-scotia-immigration/. If you still have questions, just contact the

lawyer appointed by the court to act for the class, Greg McMullen

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HOUSING MARKET STRUGGLING

Americanbuildersadjust outlookU.S. homebuilders areless pessimistic aboutthe housing market, butnot enough to signal arecovery any time soon.The National Associationof Home Builders said

yesterday that its indexof builder sentiment thismonth rose to 18 from14. Any reading below 50indicates negative senti-ment about the market.

Last year, the numberof Americans whobought new homes fell toits lowest level in nearly50 years. Sales this yearhave not fared much bet-ter, as builders struggle tocompete withforeclosures, which havemade the price of resalehomes more competitive. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Wheat board considersaction against OttawaThe federal governmentcould face a challenge toits plan to strip the Canadi-an Wheat Board of its mo-nopoly on western wheatand barley sales in time forthe next crop year.

Board chairman AllanOberg says he is meetingagency directors nextweek to look at legaloptions. He says the

government has violatedthe spirit, if not the letter,of Canadian Wheat BoardAct by not holding aplebiscite on the changes.

Farmers are split on theissue, with many sayingan open market coulddrive down prices as pro-ducers compete againsteach other for sales. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Economy bedarned, we’regoing on holiday!Canadians are stillplanning fall and winter va-cations despite uncertaintyabout the economy, a Bankof Montreal survey says. Itfound 61 per cent of Cana-dians say they will take afall or winter holiday.About 20 per cent say theywill travel outside Canada,with 14 per cent heading tothe U.S. and five per centgoing outside North Ameri-ca. In comparison, about 79per cent of Canadians vaca-tioned this summer.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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PhDs can only beexplained byinterpretive danceSo you think you can dance, Einstein?

Two Canadian scientists are among16 finalists in this year’s edition of agrowing international competitionthat uses PhD theses as inspiration fordance videos.

“The goal of the contest is to be ableto portray your research in a waythat’s fun to watch and that’s easy tounderstand,” said Erin McConnell, aCarleton University biochemist. Her

thesis DNA Aptamers as a Tool forStudying Mental Health Disease is sur-prisingly well-expressed using of hip-hop, ballet and Highland fling.

The annual Dance Your Thesis con-test attempts to use dance to bridgethe gap between science and the pub-lic — and lets scientists blow off a lit-tle steam after too many hours in thelab.

Creator John Bohanon said it all be-gan as a way to liven up a New Year’sEve party. “I wanted it to be a danceparty, but scientists are like everyone— you either need a lot of alcohol or abizarre party theme to lighten themood,” he said. “I figured it would bereally fun to have everyone competeby explaining their PhD research indance form.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

TO INFINITYAND BEYOND

Space really is the final fron-tier — for tourists at least.

If you’re forced to stifleyawns at the prospect of yetanother visit to the all-inclu-sive Budget Paradise

Cancun, wake up! In the next five years,according to delegates to this week’s Na-tional Symposium for Personal andCommercial Spaceflight, outfits such asSir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic,Blue Origin, and XCOR Aerospace willroutinely offer space flights of fancy.

While early space tourism is not exactly goingwhere no one has gone before — it will feature thekind of sub-space trips flown by the Mercury pioneerastronauts in the ‘60s — it’s still a far cry fromSandals. The view is to die for, and you get toexperience weightlessness for five whole minutes. Biteme, gravity.

This is not science fiction: It’s going to happen. Vir-gin Galactic has already glide-tested the VSSEnterprise, and the six-passenger ship will undergorocket-powered tests next year. Meanwhile, 450 peoplehave put down $20,000 deposits on the $200,000 fare

Virgin Galactic will chargewhen it finally gets off theground. AXCOR’s two-seater Lynx will be a littlecheaper: $95,000 for around trip.

There’s no word howmany frequent-flyer pointswill be required, butrumour has it they’ll startwith a zillion and work upfrom there. Blackouts willbe routine — and that’sonce you’re on the flight.The entire experience willtake only two and a halfhours, but for space geeksthe memories will last alifetime … if they survivere-entry.

Virgin is even buildinga spaceport in the New Mexico desert, which is appro-priate, considering that nearby Roswell is the worldHQ for alien encounters.

The $209-million Spaceport America was christeneda couple of days ago by Branson himself, who climbeddown the side, quaffing champagne. Let’s get this par-ty started.

For those of you who think it’s a waste of moneyand carbon and would rather go to Tuscany, Iunderstand.

For $200K, you could spend the entire growing sea-son in a luxury Tuscan villa, where it’s warmer andsunnier than space, where the average temperature isthree degrees above absolute zero. Well, at least it’snot absolute zero.

The view in Tuscany is also pretty good, but on aclear day in space, you can see everywhere.

So far, I haven’t been able to convince my wife todeposit 20 grand on the VSS Enterprise. She’s up for acruise but was thinking Alaska or the Caribbean.

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Kelly was the heroicD’Artagnan in the 1948 ver-sion of the Alexandre Du-mas story, while Sheen was— unsurprisingly — the ar-rogant womanizer Aramisin 1993.

The swashbuckling ex-ploits of D’Artagnan and histhree friends first appearedin print in 1844. Sixty yearslater a French film detailedtheir exploits for the firsttime.

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style to the big screen forthe 30th time in the lastcentury.

The Gene Kelly ThreeMusketeers is probably themost accurate adaptationfrom page to stage, but themost entertaining — andstar studded — has to beThe Three Musketeers: TheQueen’s Diamonds.

The 1973-era movie isbawdy, outrageous and ac-tion packed, with lavish setdesign and an even morelavish cast, includingMichael York, Oliver Reed,

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Highlights include achess game played withtrained dogs and monkeysand some of the best swordfighting this side of an ErrolFlynn movie.

The Musketeer (2001)features plenty of sword-play, but amps up the ac-tion with crouching tigerchoreography by martialarts master Xin Xin Xiong.

Starring Justin Cham-bers as D’Artagnan, the sto-

ry will ruffle the giantfeather plumes worn by Du-mas purists but as an actionmovie — Roger Ebertwrote, “Occasionally the ac-tion is interrupted by dia-logue scenes” — it is themost exciting of the recentMusketeers movies.

Occasionally the Muske-teers have appeared as sup-porting characters.

In 1998’s The Man in theIron Mask, the agingD’Artagnan and his posse —played by Gabriel Byrne, Je-remy Irons, John Malkovich

and Gérard Depardieu —come out of retirement torid France of an evil king,Louis XIV and replace himwith his twin brother, bothplayed by Leonardo DiCaprio.

Based on Dumas’s novelCount of Bragelonne thestory was also the basis forThe Fifth Musketeer, a 1979movie with the unlikelycast of Beau Bridges asLouis XIV and Alan Hale Jr.(best known as The Skipperfrom Gilligan’s Island) asMusketeer Porthos.

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Glee star Cory Mon-teith has been namedgrand marshal of theGrey Cup festival pa-rade. Monteith grewup in Victoria andmoved to Vancouveras a teen to try hishand at acting. In astatement, Monteithsaid he is honouredto serve as grand mar-shal of the parade,adding that it’s athrilling excuse tocome home. The pa-rade is set for Nov. 26.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The actress, whoshowed up solo but woreher wedding ring, put on a“stoic smile,” according toonlookers.

“Everyone was remark-ing how thin Demi was,more so than usual,” asource says. “She seemedin a decent mood though,even a little happy to bethere.”

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Out of this worldSedona, Ariz., has long been associated with spiritual and paranormal activity But this quirky locale offers visitors plenty to do — just watch out for little green men

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Many visitors have re-ported countless spiritualand paranormal experi-ences, and the UFO sight-ings continue to pour inevery year.

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For women, solo travel canbe an eye-opening experi-ence. People will inviteyou to an activity, or offertips on a hidden gem notlisted in the guidebook.

But it can also carrysome risks.

“I find that if I am trav-elling alone, it is much eas-ier to meet the locals,” saidBetty Thesky, 46, a flightattendant who has been tomore than 30 countries,and whose first solo tripwas to Jordan and Israel.

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Angie Orth, 29, who lefther job as a New York pub-lic relations executive totravel the world for a year,said travelling solo allowsher to be selfish with hertime, money and itinerary.

“You can do whateveryou want. If you want to sitin a cafe and drink coffeeand be on Facebook allday, you can.”

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Thesky said she findsthere’s an unwritten ruleamong solo travellersthat asking another traveller to dinner ordrinks in a new countrydoes not automaticallyconstitute a date.

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Jay Bouwmeester and AlexTanguay scored late in thethird period last night asthe Calgary Flames ralliedfor a 2-1 victory over theEdmonton Oilers, to con-tinue their recent domina-tion over their provincialrival.

For the game’s first 54minutes, it looked like TomGilbert’s first-period goalwas going to stand up.

Calgary pulled even aftera spirited rush into the Oil-ers end by Lee Stempniakeventually resulted in thepuck landing on the stickof Bouwmeester, who beata screened Devan Dubnykwith a wrist shot at 14:03.

Re-energized and withthe Scotiabank Saddledomejumping, the Flames tookthe lead 89 seconds later.

Cory Sarich’s shot fromthe blue-line into a crowdbounced to the side of thenet where Tanguayknocked in his first goal ofthe year.

After a quiet start to thenight, Miikka Kiprusoff fin-ished with 24 saves to im-prove to 2-2. He made ahuge stop at the end of thegame, sprawling to deny

Anton Lander with his armat the side of the net.

Kiprusoff also came uphuge at the end of the sec-ond period to keep theFlames within a goal. Afterfiring just two shots on theFlames target in the peri-od’s first 18 minutes, theOilers peppered Kiprusoffwith four shots on a latepower play.

Dubnyk made 26 savesfor Edmonton (2-2-1). TheOilers have lost 16 of their

last 17 games against theFlames, including nine in arow in Calgary.

Edmonton played withseven defencemen whensophomore left-winger Tay-lor Hall, suffering from theflu, was unable to play.

Calgary (2-3-0) got its sea-son-long six-game homes-tand off to an excellentstart.

Edmonton scored theonly goal of the first periodon a power play, the result

of a an undisciplined penal-ty by Calgary’s Tim Jack-man, who got caughtcross-checking Cam Barkerin a skirmish after the play.

It took only 27 secondsfor the Oilers to connect,with Gilbert ripping a hardslapshot past Kiprusoff onthe glove side from just in-side the blue-line.

Edmonton coach TomRenney continued his earlyseason pattern of alternat-ing goalies, going with 25-

year-old Dubnyk, whoplayed his minor hockey inCalgary.

Dubnyk started the sea-son opener and lookedgreat turning aside 33 of 34shots in a 2-1 shootout winover Pittsburgh in their sea-son opener. But in his sec-ond game, he surrenderedfour goals on 26 shots in aloss to Vancouver. Hebounced back with a goodnight against Calgary.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Edmonton’s Ryan Smyth struggles with Chris Butler as Miikka Kiprusoff covers the puck.

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Patience must be amongDrew Tate’s qualities as aquarterback, given howlong he’s waited for his firstCFL start.

It’s not easy being sec-ond-stringer behind HenryBurris, who has long been adurable and proven gamewinner for the CalgaryStampeders. Burris justdoesn’t make it easy forbackups to get on the field.

Deep into his third sea-son with the Stampeders,Tate will finally take Cal-gary’s first snap Fridayagainst the visitingSaskatchewan Roughriders.

“It’s just about beingready when that opportuni-ty comes,” Tate said yester-day. “Now it’s here and I’mgoing to be ready.

“I’m actually preparingthe same way I’ve preparedthis whole year really.Every game I’ve gotten pre-pared for, I’ve always gonein visualizing going in andwinning the game. This isno different.”

The 27-year-old fromBaytown, Texas, isn’t asphysically imposing as Bur-ris. Listed at six feet and195 pounds, he’s an inchshorter and 10 poundslighter.

Tate has been a reliable,low-risk performer in thegame reps he has had. Tateposted a 71 per cent com-pletion rate last seasonwith seven touchdownsand no interceptions.

This year, Tate’s complet-ed 38-of-62 attempts for a61.3 rating, thrown fourtouchdown passes and,again, no picks.

“Drew has a real tight de-livery, takes care of the ball,

he’s very accurate,” Stam-peders offensive co-ordina-tor Dave Dickenson said.“He hasn’t played a ton.We’re still working on hisreads and all that business,but he’s very competitive.

“He does seem to havethe ability to make a play. Iwouldn’t say he’s overlyathletic, but he’s betterthan people give him creditfor. He makes things hap-pen with his feet.”

Tate could have gonestagnant on the sidelineswatching Burris pass fran-chise and league mile-

stones and win the CFL’smost outstanding playeraward last season.

But Stampeder coachJohn Hufnagel and Dicken-son inserted Tate to run inshort-yardage situationsboth this season and last.Tate compiled five touch-downs and 189 rushingyards on 36 carries in 2010.He’s scored four rushingtouchdown this year on 37carries for 88 yards.

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“I’ve got to thank coachHufnagel and coach Dick-enson because they startedthat with me last year andwe had success with it.”

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A Calgary loss combinedwith wins from Edmontonand B.C. (both 9-6) thisweekend means no playoffgame at McMahon Stadiumfor the first time since2007.

“Every game in profes-sional sports means some-thing because your job is onthe line, regardless if it’sabout playoffs or anythinglike that,” Tate said.“Saskatchewan isn’t goingto be in the playoffs, but I

guarantee those guys, thegame means something toall of them.

“We’re going to go outthere, and we’re winningthe game. That’s the mind-set regardless of what thescenario is or what’s goingon.”

Tate replaced Burris latein the first half of last Fri-day’s game in Torontowhere Burris was picked offtwice and threw six passesfor 64 yards. Tate’s 19-for-28completion rate, 263 yardsand two touchdown passesgave the Stamps a chanceto beat the Argos, but thevisitors fell short 31-29.

In announcing his intentto start Tate in place of Bur-ris in Friday’s game, Huf-nagel said Burris has played“a bit hesitant” in Calgary’slast seven games, whenthey went 2-5. Hufnagelwants the 36-year-old “tocatch his breath” before thefinal two games of the regu-lar season.

Burris is unhappy withthat decision, but says heharbours no ill-will towardsTate.

“I always feel I should beout there. I think I’veearned that right to be outthere and that’s somethingI feel I shouldn’t even haveto talk about, but it was thecoach’s decision and I’m ateam guy,” Burris said.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Drew Tate launches a pass during second-half action against Toronto last Friday.

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Leaf is no fancy golf cartIn fact, Nissan’s electric offering is quite the car

The Nissan Leaf is set to arrive in Canada this fall.

ALL PHOTOS BY JIM KENZIE

Let’s get one thing straight:the Nissan Leaf electric caris a fine piece of engineer-ing.

It achieves the objectivesits planners set out for it,and functions very well asan automobile.

Canadian customers cango online and reserve theirLeaf now, starting at$38,395, with first deliver-ies scheduled for later thisfall.

The larger question is:does the Leaf — does anypure electric car — makeany sense?

Or is the entire Leaf pro-gram a multi-billion dollarpublic relations exercise in-stituted by Nissan to count-er the fact that arch-rivalToyota has captured thehigh ground on hybrids,whose practicality is at leastas equally dubious?

The Leaf is built on whatNissan calls a dedicatedplatform, shared with otherelectric cars from the Nis-san-Renault Alliance, al-though I’ll bet you’d findsimilarities in some chassisand suspension compo-nents to other front-wheeldrive Nissan compacts.

Leaf is officially classifiedas a mid-size car, having to-tal interior space roughlyequivalent to Nissan’s Alti-ma. It seats four comfort-ably, five in somewhat of apinch.

Power to the AC synchro-nous electric motor comesfrom a Lithium-Ion batterypack consisting of 48 four-cell modules nestled underthe floor where it takes lit-tle space away from passen-gers and cargo.

Only when the 60/40split rear seatbacks are fold-ed does the high bulkheadbetween rear seat andtrunk become obtrusive,preventing the loading ofbulky objects.

Electric motors generatetheir maximum torque atzero r.p.m., which meansthe 107 horsepower 207 lb.-ft. unit launches the 1,525kg Leaf away from rest at asatisfying rate.

Nissan won’t quote a 0-100 km/h number, but vari-ous Internet sourcessuggest mid-seven seconds,which is very good.

There is no transmissionas such in the Leaf; the mo-tor winds up until it runsout of revs at around 140km/h. Reverse simply runsthe motor backwards.

If you choose the ECOmode, acceleration is con-siderably more leisurely;the payoff is longer range.

Nissan says Leaf is goodfor about 160 kilometres ofnormal driving. Lights,wipers, A/C, etc., will affectthis; hard acceleration andhigh speeds dramaticallyso. A multi-screen displaygives you the distances pos-sible in either normal orECO mode. It even drawsconcentric circles on thestandard SatNav map togive you a clear indicationof where you are and whereyou can get to. If you dohave to call the RoadsideAssistance number to getflat-bedded home, you can’tsay you weren’t warned.

Electric motors are a lotquieter than internal com-bustion engines. The obvi-ous advantage is a quietride; the loudest thingyou’ll hear apart from thesound system is the enginecooling fans up front.

Driving the Leaf is sim-plicity itself. Punch the Onbutton, and when you getthe green Ready light onthe instrument panel, pullthe shift lever left and back,

hit the gas, and off you go.A substantial portion of

Leaf’s braking effect isachieved by electric resist-ance as opposed to friction— the regenerative brakesconvert kinetic energy backinto electricity to re-chargethe battery.

These are standard farein electrics and hybrids; thetrick usually is massagingbrake feel as the systemtransitions from “regen” to

friction and back again.Leaf does this as well —probably better — than anyother such system I havetried. As I said at the start,the Leaf functions very wellas a car. It fulfills Nissan’spromise that it drives like areal car, not a fancy golfcart. It also is very relaxingto drive.COPYRIGHT: JIM KENZIE. REPRINTEDWITH PERMISSION - TORSTARSYNDICATION SERVICES

Nissan Leaf facts

Motor: 80 KW AC Synchro-nous electric motor.Power/Torque: 107 hp/207 lbs.-ft.Competition: ChevroletVolt, Mitsubishi i-MiEV.What’s Best: Quick acceler-ation; quiet inside and out;relaxing to drive; feels like a‘real’ car, not a glorifiedgolf cart. What’s Worst: Range stillnot large enough to bepractical, at least not as an‘only’ car; message centreand Owners Manualtogether weren’t sufficientto diagnose a no-startcondition.

Despite the mid-size label, it feels like a compact — perhaps the interior cubic volume stems from the very tall roof, which also enables comfortable seating positions for almost anyone.

Charging the Leaf

• A so-called “Level 3DC Fast” installationcan get it to 80 percent charge in about30 minutes. Problem:there are no Level 3stations in Canadaavailable to Leaf driv-ers at the moment,and only 20 in all ofthe United States.• The Level 2 systeminvolves fitting a 240volt charging stationinto your garage at acost of around$3,000. This will fill‘er up in about sevenhours — essentially,overnight.• Finally, a tricklecharge from a stan-dard 110 volt outletwill take about 18hours.

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Associated Press writer John Marshall got to drive in a

Sprint Cup car for an eight-lap run on a new track in Arizona.

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NASCAR star Jimmy Johnson pulls onto pit row prior to taking a few test laps at Phoenix International Raceway this month.

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Not so fast or furiousDriving a Sprint Cup car an eye-opening experience — even under 100 m.p.h.

Peering through a wind-shield no bigger than acrawl space while pinnedinto what feels like a babyseat, the world appears toflash by from behind thewheel of a Sprint Cup car.

Viewed trackside, itlooks more like rush-hourtraffic putzing along a high-way.

Then you realize youwere the slowest of yourgroup and that it was proba-bly closer to the speed of ahorse-drawn carriage thanJimmie Johnson.

Sadly, that’s what hap-pened during a recenteight-lap run with theRichard Petty Driving Expe-rience at Phoenix Interna-tional Raceway.

Given a chance to testout the new surface at PIR’s1-mile oval, I failed.

Miserably.I’ve topped 115 miles per

hour on the open highway,plowed through blizzardswith one-foot drifts,whipped through round-abouts in Paris with ease.

Get behind the wheel ofSprint Cup car, one of themost powerful cars in theworld, one that some mightgive up an organ for achance to drive, and I put-ter around like one of thosebrake-heavy snowbirds whotravel down from the northto fill Arizona’s roads everywinter.

The biggest reason: driv-ing one of these beasts isdisorienting.

It may look easy watch-ing Johnson, Jeff Gordonand Dale Earnhardt Jr. racearound in circles on TV, butnothing about being be-hind the wheel of a SprintCup car is comfortable.

It starts with the fire suit.Besides making you look

drop-dead sexy, they’re un-comfortable, sweat lodgehot and not exactly formfitting. Maybe I got one thatwas too small, but I felt likesomeone had hiked me upfrom behind and was carry-ing me around by the seatof my pants.

After that, you put on amoon-sized helmet thattests your neck strength,then get strapped into theHANS device, which gives

you sort of a Star Wars look,not to mention making ithard to turn your head. Thefull-body turn to look atsomeone becomes a must.

Any racing fan knowsthat the doors don’t openon Sprint Cup cars, but theymay not know that climb-ing through that windowwith a giant bulb on yourhead feels like that timeyou locked your keys in thehouse and got stuck in thedog door.

The driver’s compart-ment looks as if someone

randomly welded a bunchof metal together and hasthe claustrophobic feel of abeing shoved into a footlocker. It feels even tighterwhen they attach the steer-ing wheel, which, in itself,takes a little getting used to— as in, is that thing goingto stay attached?

The windshield is small-er than you’d expect andthe rearview mirror is dis-torted, like somethingyou’d imagine BenjaminFranklin used while shav-ing.

The waiver form didn’thelp, either. Filled withlegalese and about 50places to initial and sign,it’s much easier to justscribble your signaturequickly across the pageswithout reading the fineprint.

You’re driving a race car,so pretty much figure itsays “You may get maimedor killed and we’re not re-sponsible.”

Once you get going, theconcentration level getsratcheted up exponentially.

There’s no fiddling withthe radio or texting whiledriving one of these. Fromthe moment you hear theroar of the engine and feelthat 600-horsepower ma-chine vibrating underneathyou, you’re locked in, therest of the outside world

blacked out.As they said in the safety

and instruction meeting be-fore the session, the key todriving in the Richard PettyDriving Experience is allabout three things: distance— three car lengths — driv-ing line and speed.

For me, it was fail, fail,fail.

The lead cars have agreen light on the righttelling you when to speedup and a yellow on the leftwhen you get too close.

My problem was gettingpast the feeling that the carwas going to slide off thetrack.

Overall, driving a SprintCup car is certainly an eye-opening experience, onethat provides a greater ap-preciation for what the bigboys do with those monstermachines.

OK, so this is comingfrom the perspective ofsomeone who drives a boxySUV, but I can at least sayit’s nothing like driving onthe freeway.BY JOHN MARSHALL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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New and improvedis such an over-worked, hack-neyed phrase that

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However when it comesto the 2012 GT-R supercoupe that’s now on sale,there really are no otherwords to describe whatNissan has instituted. Thechanges are practical, evo-lutionary and have beenundertaken simply to im-prove the car’s perform-ance characteristics andnot just to undertakechange for change’s sake.

The original GT-R (nick-named Godzilla by its loy-al fans) that Nissan bossCarlos Ghosn first un-veiled at the 2007 Los An-geles, Calif., Auto Showwas outrageous beyondwords. How dare his com-pany try to take on theworld’s most powerful andexalted sports cars andclaim absolute superiority.

But dare it did, and the re-sult was a vehicle thatcould keep up — and of-ten surpass — Ferrari,Porsche, Lamborghini, anddid so for a relative pit-tance.

In some quarters thepurists still scoff at Nis-san’s affront to traditionand good order.

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The convertible versionof the LZ1 will debut at theLos Angeles Auto Shownext month, but GM al-lowed scribes attending theCentennial to view the newragtop where it was created— right in the kitchen ofGM Design, the coolest partof the sprawling GM Tech-nical Center in Warren,Michigan.

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Chevrolet turned 100years old in 2011. If itwere a human being,it would be plumworn out, andwearing its pants toohigh.

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A woman dons a restrictive “third-age suit,” which is used

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Ford considers the needs of aging drivers when designing its fleet

None of us are getting anyyounger, but we’re stillbuying cars. Older driversmay have different needsthan younger ones,though, which is whymany auto companies aretaking aging drivers intoaccount when they designtheir vehicles.

“The baby boomershave always been an im-portant segment, not onlybecause of their numbersbut also because of their

affluence,” says SherylConnelly, global consumertrends and futuring man-ager for Ford Motor Com-pany. “For them, the carhas always been an iconicsymbol of status.

“The baby boomers areaging, but they’re aging ina way that is also unprece-dented. They’re not liketheir grandparents.They’re really an activesegment, but there aresome changes happeningthat come with aging suchas reduced response time,impaired vision and limit-ed range of motion.

“Our designers and en-gineers think about howwe anticipate the needs ofa rapidly aging population

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Among the design andengineering tools is a“third-age suit,” a strap-onsuit that restricts theuser’s motions and mimicsthe limitations that olderdrivers and passengersmay experience. Throughexperience with the suit,designers may lower the

vehicle “lip” so occupantsdon’t have to lift their legsas high to get in and out,lower the trunk liftover socargo can be loaded easily,or add grab handles on thepillars that can assist withentry.

Technology featuresthat can aid drivers in-clude rearview cameras,blind spot monitoring sys-tems, and on some Fordvehicles, a self-parking fea-ture that enables the vehi-

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“Another thing wethink about for babyboomers is that they’redownsizing,” Connellysays.

Many people are mov-ing into smaller housesbut still want them to beluxurious, a trend they car-ry over into their cars.

Boomers may be mov-ing out of SUVs and into amore compact crossover orsmaller car segment, butthey want it very well-ap-pointed, unlike in the pastwhen small cars were“starter” vehicles foryoung drivers and weregenerally very basic.

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