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Transformers star Shia LaBeoufhas been caught on tape gettingbeaten up outside a GranvilleStreet bar on Friday, with footageshowing the actor being hit inthe head by a shirtless man.
The clip, released by TMZ yes-terday, shows LaBeouf balled upon the pavement next to a taxioutside the Cinema Public Houseas a stocky man, identified as“Mike” on the video, puncheshim in the head several times.
The 25-year-old actor tries tochase after his assailant, but abearded man — who appears tobe one of LaBeouf ’s friends —restrains the visibly agitated starand tells him to stop.
Two of LaBeouf ’s acquain-tances spend the next few min-utes calming him down.
According to TMZ it’s unclearwhat provoked the attack, butthe incident between LaBeoufand the shirtless man started
inside the bar, and both werekicked out by security.
LaBeouf was reportedly a reg-ular at the Cinema Public Housewhile in town filming The Com-pany You Keep. The film is direct-ed by Robert Redford and co-starsStanley Tucci and Anna Kendrick.
The Donnelly Group, whichoperates Cinema Public House,was contacted but declined tocomment.
Vancouver police said no inci-dents involving a fight in the areawere reported to them at thetime.
This is the second time a Hol-lywood celebrity has gotteninvolved in an altercation on theGranville strip.
The New Guy star DJ Quallsdemanded an apology from theVancouver Police Departmentand medical compensation afterhe was allegedly assaulted by anofficer outside a café on Sept. 24.
LaBeouf beatup in brawl
TMZ releases video of the actor being punched in the head by a shirtless man He is the second celebrity to be involved in an altercation on Granville Street in less than a month
Actor Shia LaBeouf takes a snapshot with a fan as he attends
the Transformers 3 European premiere on June 25 in Berlin.
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Robert Pickton’s infamousPort Coquitlam farm waswell known in the Down-town Eastside, the MissingWomen Inquiry heard yes-terday.
Dr. Kate Shannon, direc-tor of Gender and SexualHealth Initiative at the B.C.Centre for Excellence inHIV/AIDS, told the inquiryabout a research study sheled between 2005-2008
that interviewed 255 fe-male street-level sex-tradeworkers.
As part of the MAKAproject, Shannon’s teamfound that 23 of thewomen questioned hadbeen to Pickton’s farm,and 73 per cent of respon-dents personally knewsomeone who had visitedthe convicted serial killer’sproperty.
The questionnaire wasconducted as Pickton’s tri-al on six counts of first-de-gree murder was
underway in New West-minster.
The main focus of thestudy was the health andsafety risks faced by out-door sex trade workers inVancouver, the majority ofwhom work and live in theDowntown Eastside.
Shannon shared her be-lief that aggressive policeenforcement of the neigh-bourhood actually placedwomen at more risk.
“It resulted in this en-forced displacement,” shesaid.
“The unintended conse-quence of this displace-ment is that they’re nowworking in much moreisolated places, and awayfrom health and supportservices.”
Last week, Simon FraserUniversity criminologistDr. John Lowman testifiedthat sex-trade workers areeasy targets for predatorslike Pickton when they’repushed into dark, isolatedindustrial areas out of pub-lic sight.
The inquiry continues.
Majority of sex workers questioned have been to or knew someone whowent to Pickton’s farm Displacement places women at risk: Researcher
Farm familiar to sex workers
Father notshocked byother alleged murdersDoug Leslie writes to hisdaughter Loren on hisblog as if she’s just awayfor the weekend.
“Loren, lots happeningsweetie, we are workingon scholarships,” he wroteearlier this month. “I amvery proud of you sweetie,but I miss you bad andlove you lots. Love Dad.”
While the reality of his15-year-old daughter’smurder has been difficultto absorb since her deathlast November, Leslie saidhe wasn’t really surprisedthat the man accused inLoren’s death now facesthree more first-degree-murder charges.
Leslie, 58, was told bypolice that two bodies hadbeen flown to Pennsylva-nia to be examined by aforensic expert, includinghis daughter’s. He said heassumed there might be aconnection between thosedeaths.
“That was in my mind,but it wasn’t somethingthat I really thoughtabout. Then the rest didn’treally surprise me. If thereare two there could be 10,”he said in a telephone in-terview from his home inFort Fraser, B.C.
Cody Legebokoff, 21,has been charged withkilling four women.Besides Loren, Legebokoffis charged with killingthree Prince Georgewomen. Jill Stuchenko, 35,was the first to vanish inOctober 2009, while Cyn-thia Mass and NatashaMontgomery were report-ed missing on the sameday in September last year.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Brother-duo Monsters of Schlock clip clothes pegs to their faces — one of the tamer acts featured in their comedy freak show at Fright Nights at Playland.
Groups plan rally outside Bush’s speech at Surrey Regional EconomicSummit tomorrow Letter sent to attorney general of Canada
Former president George W. Bush speaks at the Summit to Save Lives on Sept. 13 in Washington, D.C.
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Several human-rightsgroups are calling for thearrest of George W. Bushduring his upcoming visitto Surrey tomorrow.
Lawyers Against War,the Canadian Centre forInternational Justice, andthe Centre for Constitu-tional Rights have sent aletter to the attorney gen-eral of Canada urging himto open a criminal investi-
gation against the formerU.S. president for his ad-ministration’s alleged useof torture on detainees.
According to GailDavidson, the spokesper-son for Lawyers AgainstWar, an internationalgroup of lawyers taskedwith protecting humanrights, Bush’s public ac-knowledgment of torturerequire that he be arrest-ed and prosecuted underthe Criminal Code.
“The law requires thatpeople suspected of tor-
ture should be punisheddespite where (the tor-ture) occurred and whoev-er it is against,” she said.
She further noted it isthe responsibility of thefederal government to up-hold the law and to en-sure that “powerfulpeople won’t have im-punity for committing in-ternational crimes.”
In February, human-rights groups in Switzer-land also attempted tohave Bush arrested onsimilar grounds, which re-
sulted in a last-minutecancellation of his appear-ance.
Davidson admits shedoes not believe Bush willcancel his appearance atthe Surrey Regional Eco-nomic Summit; nor doesshe believe police will ar-rest him.
Amnesty Internationalmembers are planning torally at the Vancouver ArtGallery tomorrow morn-ing before taking transitto Surrey to protest out-side the summit.
Businesses unaffected by Occupy Vancouver protestOccupy Vancouver enteredits fourth day of demonstra-tions outside the VancouverArt Gallery yesterday anddowntown businesses arenone the worse.
“Frankly, the impact hasbeen quite minimal,” saidCharles Gauthier, executivedirector of Downtown Van-couver Business Improve-ment Association.
“Few businesses reported
on Saturday that sales werea little bit off, but others re-ported that their sales wereup, especially restaurantand coffee shops.”
Going into last weekend,Gauthier was worried thatOccupy protests wouldward off shoppers to smallbusinesses, which make up90 per cent of businessesdowntown.
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Protesters’ tents outside the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Steve Nash,BC HydrolaunchiPhone appSteve Nash, twice the NBA’smost valuable player, hasteamed up with BC Hydro’sPower Smart to launch anew iPhone app.
The Pocket Waste-Buster, available freethrough the iPhone appstore, features a series ofhumorous videos of Nashas an aviator-shades-wear-ing, moustache-sportingenergy-waste detective. Italso shows battery life andgives an estimate on howlong it will take to re -charge the phone. METRO
BC PAVCOworkersissue strikenoticeThe B.C. Government andService Employees’ Unionhas issued a 72-hour strikenotice to the B.C. PavilionCorporation after severalfailed attempts to reach acollective agreement.
Even with a mediator tooversee discussions, whichcentred on job security,the two parties failed toreach an agreement.
Their collectiveagreement expired at theend of May 2011, and thestrike could begin as earlyas Friday. KENDRA WONG
Hydro says it’son track withsmart meters BC Hydro expressed highhopes for the future of itssmart-meter program yes-terday, saying it aims toinstall 1.8 million devicesby the end of next yearand that it could save asmuch as $1.6-billion inavoided costs over thenext two decades.
Since the program’s in-troduction in September,the company has installed250,000 smart meters inhomes and businessesacross the province, an-nounced BC Hydro’s vice-president of transmissionand distribution, GregReimer, at the ninth an-nual Power Smart forum
yesterday. Despite BC Hydro’s as-
sertions that meters willsave customers energy,some members of thepublic are still opposed.
One group in particu-lar, the Coalition to StopSmart Meters, is demand-ing that the devices be re-called and that theformer meters be reinstat-ed.
“There is nothing herefor us; (all the benefits)are for corporations....We’re not getting achoice,” said Sharon No-ble, the coalition’s direc-tor.
KENDRA WONG
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TimesColonist, local paperssoldThe Victoria TimesColonist and a slew ofLower Mainland commu-nity newspapers areamong the assets sold toGlacier Media Inc.
The $86.5-milliondeal, announced yester-day, saw Glacier buy theTimes Colonist, commu-nity newspapers, digital
media assets and certainreal estate assets fromPostmedia Network Inc.
The Lower Mainlandpapers include theNorth Shore News, Van-couver Courier, BurnabyNow, New WestminsterRecord/Royal CityRecord, RichmondNews, Delta Optimist,Surrey Now, CoquitlamNow, Maple RidgeTimes, Langley Advance,Abbotsford Mission Timeand the ChilliwackTimes.
The transaction is ex-pected to close on orabout Nov. 30.
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Protest picture a big hitDiane McEachern participated in the Occupy WallStreet protests out on the tundra. Her photo wasposted on the Occupy Wall Street Facebook pageand has since been shared thousands of times.
Occupy. Tundra
In this Oct. 9, photo, Diane McEachern sits with
her dogs, Mr. Snickers, left, Seabiscuit, and Ruffian,
right, on the tundra near Bethel, Alaska.
Sparks fly over crime billOne expert after another iswarning the federal gov-ernment that its massivecrime bill will do moreharm than good, costingtaxpayers dearly for apunitive system that willonly serve to make thestreets more dangerous.
But Conservative MPsare questioning the credi-bility of those experts, sug-gesting they are advocatingfor criminals or are too de-tached from the real worldto offer solid advice.
“We believe the sub-
stance of this legislationboth to be self-defeatingand counterproductive, if
the goal is to enhance pub-lic safety,” Eric Gottardi,vice-chair of the CanadianBar Association’s nationalcriminal justice section,said yesterday.
“It represents a pro-found shift in orientationfrom a system that empha-sizes public safety ... reha-bilitation andreintegration to one thatputs vengeance first.”
The package fulfils akey Conservative electionpromise to bring forwardfailed or languishing anti-
crime legislation from pre-vious parliaments within100 days of the new gov-ernment.
Yesterday was the firstfull session of hearingsfrom witnesses, establish-ing an uncomfortabletone.
The measures aim totoughen penalties for drugtraffickers, child-sexcrimes and violent youngoffenders. 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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dy at VAG camp. Why areyou here I asked. “En routeto Mexico and saw peoplecamping so I joined ’em”@patersonjeff: #Canuckshave already showed theirplayers the Rypien tributevideo that’ll be playedtonight to help them dealwith emotions@TMZ: Video of ShiaLaBeouf getting his asskicked on a Vancouver side-walk: bit.ly/nnT2u0@Jenni_Marie01: ShiaLaBeouf got beat up?? In
Vancouver nonetheless?Wow. Everywhere that kidgoes, he encounterstrouble. He needs a warninglabel on him.@krisztov: #ShiaLaBouefpummelled by fan in #van-couver Fan allegedly shout-ed “This is for Indiana Jones4 and Transformers 2 & 3!!”#haha!@DaFranchize412: ShiaLaBeouf got his ass beatlol....vancouver must still beupset over that stanley cuploss@casetines: Shia LaBeouf ina bar fight last night. Peopleare questioning every Indi-ana Jones fan in Vancouver.
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There is a federal reviewof all spending by all gov-ernment departmentsunderway. Alldepartments have beentold to look at their budg-ets with a view to cuttingfive per cent or 10 percent (both are an option)from their operationsand programming budg-ets. This type of review isneeded in thesetumultuous financialtimes, but unfortunatelyit also includes VeteransAffairs Canada.
We will battle with allwe have to prevent anyprograms or operationsthat will have the directeffect of our veterans’benefits being cut. Veter-ans — serving or retired;regular, reserve or RCMP— should always be giv-en the thanks of thecountry that put them inharm’s way. There is away to show that thanks— and that is by not cut-ting any benefits thathave accrued to them inthe past because of thisreview.
President Barack Oba-ma has stated that Amer-ican veterans’ programswould be exempt fromthe U.S. program reviewand that the U.S. wouldnot live off the backs ofthe American veteran. PATRICIA VARGA ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
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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.
I guess some people do not want to boldly go whereno one has gone before, unless it has room service.
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business 09metronews.caWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011
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
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
Nova Scotia Nominee Program,Economic Stream Refund
BBX is wave of future: RIM
Mike Lazaridis, co-CEO of Research in Motion,
speaks at the BlackBerry DevCon Americas
conference yesterday in San Francisco.
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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 tolaunch new BlackBerrys
with the more powerfulBBX system early nextyear. They are expected tobe even more like mobilecomputers.
Lazaridis reiterated that
New operating system will helpcompany take on Apple, co-CEO says
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
Decline and fall
RIM, based in Waterloo,
Ont., once claimed a market value of about $70 billion and has, fromtime to time, beenCanada’s most valuablecompany.RIM shares have been
held by millions of Canadians in theirpensions, mutual funds orother investments.It now has a market value
of about $12 billion andshareholders havecomplained about its lagging stock price andcorporate leadership.
RIM won’t ditch its Play-Book, which has been lan-guishing on store shelvesand sold fewer than onemillion units since its de-
but in April.“We’re absolutely com-
mitted to the BlackBerryPlayBook,” he said.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Greek garbage workers strike back
Greece. Debt crisis
Mounds of rotting garbage line the port of Piraeus, near Athens. Greece
ordered garbage collectors back to work yesterday as a campaign of strikes
escalated against tough austerity measures to be voted on this week.
Wheat boardmulls actionagainst OttawaThe federal governmentcould face a challenge to itsplan to strip the CanadianWheat Board of its monop-oly on western wheat andbarley sales in time for thenext crop year.
Board chairman AllanOberg says he is meetingagency directors next weekto look at legal options. 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.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Whatdobelo-
ved hooferGene Kellyand post-mil-lennial wild
man Charlie Sheen have incommon? The Hollywoodstars both were “all for one,one for all” in a Three Mus-keteers movie.
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.
Since then they haveswashbuckled though anall-girl version called Barbieand the Three Musketeers,an old west adaptation star-ring John Wayne and bowwowed in an all canine edi-tion called Dogtanian andthe Three Muskethounds.
This weekend the all-new Three Musketeersbrings their swashbuckling
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,
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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Logan Lerman, left, Luke Evans, Ray Stevenson and Matthew Macfadyen star in The Three Musketeers 3D.
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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it’s kind of a unique thingand I’m very happy andproud of what we'vedone,” the 17-year-old saidin an interview from Lima,Peru, on Monday.
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The actress, whoshowed up solo but woreher wedding ring, put on a“stoic smile,” according toonlookers.
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Infidelity rumours haveplagued the couple formonths with much of theblame landing at the feetof Kutcher.
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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
They saythere’ssome mag-ic in thosebeautifulred rock
formations in mystic Se-dona, Ariz., and who am Ito argue?
Truth is, it’s pretty hardto find any place on earthmore beautiful than thisstrange oasis tucked in themiddle of the desert. I hadheard stories of this spiri-tual mecca being a sacredplace for Aboriginals forthousands of years, andsoon after arriving I couldsee why.
Sedona is just somehowdifferent, and almost sur-real compared to the end-less flat desertsurrounding it. Many visi-tors have reported count-less spiritual andparanormal experiences,and the UFO sightings con-tinue to pour in every year.
In fact, Sedona is consid-ered a major power centre,right up there with StoneHenge and the Pyramids,and I have to admit, I felt acertain surge in my aurawhile strolling amongthose amazing rocks.
It may have been the
wine and burritos fromthe night before, but Iswear many of Sedona’smassive rock formationslooked almost intricatelycarved by someone orsomething.
Maybe it was the aliens. Cathedral Rock and Bell
Rock are two of the mostpopular attractions in thearea. Bell Rock is consid-ered by some to be a portalto other dimensions.
I could almost envisionthe mother ship waitingfor me, beckoning me ... ornot.
Whether you happen tobelieve in the super natu-ral or find it all hogwash,Sedona is well worth thepilgrimage. I found myselfa tad awestruck, almosthypnotized at the uniquebeauty all around.
The surrounding com-munity has a very laid
back, almost spaced out(pardon the pun) feel to it.
There’s plenty of hid-den canyons and trails forhiking and mountain bik-ing, and many show up toenjoy a day of “birding,”apparently the cool Se-dona way of bird watching.
Because its elevation ismore than 1,300 metres,there are a unique varietyof feathered friends towatch year round.
Although they have lit-tle in common, Sedonadoes share one featurewith its polar opposite, LasVegas.
In recent years, manycouples flocking to themagic rocks for quickie,but spiritual weddings.
There is a lot to love inthis magical little oasis ...just watch out for littlegreen men!
Evening Star tours offer apersonalized guided tourof the heavens. Becausethe area is so dark, you’llbe treated to a heavenlylight show that isn’t seenfrom cities.
Golf and Tennis:
The area features severalchampionship courses inthe area, and local resortsfeature year-round tennisin the desert sun.
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There’s something about the red rock formations in
Sedona, Ariz., that captivate visitors.
The surrounding community of Sedona has a very laid-back feel to it.
Travel in brief
British billionaireRichard Branson wasin Sierra County insouthern New Mexicoon Monday to get thekeys to SpaceportAmerica, the newlycompleted terminaland hangar facilitywhere his Virgin Galac-tic will begin its com-mercial space tourismventure from thisremote patch ofdesert. The buildingwill house Virgin Galac-tic’s spacecraft, missioncontrol and a prepara-tion area for spacetourists.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Safety should be the number one priority for women travelling alone.
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.
Thesky says that “you
are more approachablewhen you are by yourself,and people assume that ifyou’re alone, you wouldappreciate company.”
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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One of the downsidesof being alone is thatyou can’t trust every-one you meet.
“You just have tobe a little more care-ful when you’re onyour own,” says Orth.Orth, who is single,says she tells peoplethat she’s in arelationship as a wayto set a clearboundary from thestart.
Safety is also an im-portant considerationfor Warkentin.
After being robbedof her camera atknifepoint while trav-elling alone in Chilein 1992, shedownsized hercamera and routinelyuses windows or oth-er reflective surfacesto see who’s behindher.
She also alwaysmaps out in advancehow to reach her firsthotel upon arrival ina new country, andleaves expensive jew-elry at home whiletrying to blend in tothe local culture.
She recommends abus tour the first dayin a new place too, asa way to get oriented.
Where to stay
Thesky recommendshostels and budgethotels for single trav-ellers because theyoften have commonareas where peoplecan meet. The website Couchsurf-ing.com, connectstravellers to hostswith free informallodging.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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There’s an unwritten rule among travellers that
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not necessarily constitute a date.
Meeting others
Thesky said she findsthere’s an unwritten ruleamong solo travellers thatasking another traveller todinner or drinks in a newcountry does not automat-ically constitute a date.
“Once you start to real-ize how friendly peoplecan be, it gets much easier
to approach them,”Thesky said.
Elinor Warkentin, 52,of Vancouver, says femalesolo travellers should con-sider joining an organiza-tion like WomenWelcome Women WorldWide. The group connectsfemale travellers withwomen living in the coun-try they are visiting.
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work & education 17metronews.caWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011
I graduated with a degree inRadio and Television Arts atRyerson University in thespring of this past year. Inmy final semester, I landeda coveted internship at theLate Show with David Let-terman in New York City. Ireturned to Toronto starry-eyed and sure that my re-sumé would magnetizeemployers. Months of un-employment later, I’m frus-trated and left wonderingwhat went wrong.
My job search beganmid-way through my in-ternship at the Late Show,creating a cushion of timeto face rejection and findopportunity. I sent out myresumé and cover letter tocountless companies acrossToronto. I made phone callsand waited.
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Get to know professionalsin your dream industry andask to chat before askingfor a job.
Use your network to meetemployers and keep intouch with them once youdo.
My efforts and strategiesvaried, but the response re-mained the same: silence.The lack of response wassomething I attributed togeographical distance. Up-on arriving to Toronto, I in-tensified my search with abroadening focus on creat-ing an online and personalpresence. I made dailyphone calls with detailedmessages, sent hard copiesof my resumé, providedlinks to my projects andnetworked.
The most irritating as-pect of the career search isnot rejection, but a sheerlack of response. A silentfrustration settles, becausemy efforts have not metwith the validation of a yesor no. My exasperation over
simply hearing back over-shadows the job hunt.
Record high unemploy-ment for recent graduateshas created desperation anda scramble for the few en-try-level offerings available.Employers are inundatedwith hundreds of resumésthat leave them incapableof giving each applicant ad-equate attention.
Employers should re-ward our efforts with theirtime. There is an under-standable gap in the ratio ofapplications and responses.It’s easy to screen resumésfor key words and to rely ontechnology to select appro-priate applicants and, espe-cially in entry-levelpositions, far too conven-ient to select those whosimply know the right peo-ple. If you notice someonemaking the effort to con-tact you personally, consid-er their enthusiasm anddedication as a skill thatwill translate well in yourcompany and an effort thatshould at least merit a con-versation. Give them adviceand take the time to listen.TALENTEGG.CA, CANADA’S ONLINE CA-REER RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS ANDRECENT GRADS, WANTS TO HEAR YOURSTUDENT VOICE. SHARE IT AT TALEN-TEGG.CA.
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Are youdreaming ofbecoming thenext senior ex-ecutive of yourcompany? Arethose dreams
based on assurances ofmore money, seniority andstatus? If so then read on asthis is the story of one em-ployee who recentlylearned that employmentpromises must clearly beput into writing, otherwiseit is as if they were nevermade at all.
Thomas McNeely was a“big deal” employee work-ing as a senior executive fora weight loss company,
Herbal Magic, when agroup of investors came to-gether in a bid to purchasethe company. McNeely, asophisticated business per-son, was actively involvedin the negotiations leadingto the acquisition of thecompany and maintainedhis interest in becoming itsnext president and CEO.However, he was reluctantto invest his own money inthe deal.
To persuade him to putup his own capital, Mc-Neely was assured by theother investors that hewould be a long-term senioremployee of the new com-pany and a member of itsboard of directors. Howev-er, this was not put intowriting. Instead, McNeelynegotiated an employmentcontract containing an “en-tire agreement” clause,which is a contractual termprohibiting parties to thecontract from relying on
any oral promises not writ-ten into the contract itself.
After the acquisition, Mc-Neely was named presidentand CEO, but only for sevenmonths, until he was firedand removed from theboard of directors. SinceMcNeely was unable towithdraw his financial in-vestment in the company,he sued, claiming that thepromises made to him con-stituted an agreement apartfrom the contract hesigned.
At a recent court hear-ing, the judge concludedthat the clause in McNeely’scontract prevented himfrom relying on any promis-es or agreements not con-tained within the contract,despite the fact that the de-fendant did not deny mak-ing those statements. DANIEL LUBLIN IS AN EMPLOYMENTLAWYER WITH WHITTEN & LUBLINLLP. TO READ THIS ARTICLE IN ITSENTIRETY VISIT METRONEWS.CA
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It is that easy being green Are the eco-friendly habits you’ve embraced at home not translating
to the workplace? Take in these easy tips and become a green pioneer
At home, most of uswouldn’t think aboutleaving the air-condition-er on full blast while leav-ing town for a coupledays.
Or tossing a luncheon’sworth of plastic bottles di-rectly in the trash.
Or using individuallypackaged creamers for an-other cup of coffee from amassive pot we’ll neverfinish.
And yet in the office,these are common prac-tices even among thosewho consider themselvesenvironmentally friendly.
In their new book, TheComplete Idiot’s Guide toGreening Your Business,co-authors Trish Riley and
Heather Gadonniex lookat companies’ most waste-ful policies, as well aspractical solutions — ofwhich, Riley points out,there are many.
“Solutions are happen-ing just as fast as theproblems are — and peo-ple don’t realize that,
they think we’re justsunk,” she says.
“And sure, we’re notgoing to save the planetunless big businesses geton board, but what’s coolis that big businesses aregetting on board. They’redoing these things tomeet consumer needs —because they know this iswhat we want.”
One of the companiesprofiled in the book, ClifBar, goes far beyond theusual recycling bins, of-fering incentives for em-ployees who drive hybridcars and take public trans-portation to work in addi-tion to offering flexibletelecommuting options tofurther reduce fuel usage.While these perks end upcosting an employer a lit-
tle extra, they contributeto something almostpriceless: The perceptionthat they care.
“Money talks,” admitsRiley. “But when theyshow their customers thatmoney is not the most im-portant thing, that theycare about our environ-ment and the future of it,that goes a long way — es-pecially with consumerswith children.”
Take a sustainable stand at work and challenge
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Riley’s recommendationsfor a greener office:
1. Don’t simply turn offyour computer at night— unplug it. The ma-chines use a smallamount of “phantomenergy” when pluggedin, hence the subtleglow and eerie hum of aroom full of computersthat are seemingly off.
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Lundqvist locks the gates
Henrik Lundqvist made 40saves as the New YorkRangers stole a 4-0 victoryfrom the VancouverCanucks last night.
The Canucks outshot theRangers 40-19 while hold-ing them under 10 shots inthe first two periods, butthey had no solution forLundqvist’s stellar goaltend-ing.
Mike Rupp, Ryan Mc-Donagh and Brian Boyle —with their first goals of theseason — and Marian Ga-borik scored third-periodgoals for New York as theRangers (1-1-2) posted theirfirst win of the season. Sofar, they have played all oftheir games on the roadwhile Madison Square Gar-den undergoes renovations.
It was the Rangers’ firstwin in Vancouver since Oct.11, 1997, when WayneGretzky registered his 50thcareer hat-trick in a 6-3 de-cision.
Vancouver (2-3-1) failedto convert on eight power-play chances while theRangers were denied onthree power plays.
Rupp scored the onlygoal the Rangers neededearly in the third as he one-timed Michael Del Zotto’srebound home from asharp angle.
Ryan Kesler returned toVancouver’s lineup aftermissing the first five gamesof the regular season andall of the pre-season whilerecovering from off-season
hip surgery. Kesler’s returnresulted in Cody Hodgsonmoving to right wing onthe second line that he hadcentred in the 2010-11Selke Award winner’s ab-sence.
The Canucks outshot theRangers 13-5 in the first pe-riod, but the Canucks couldnot beat Lundqvist.
After a largely harmless40 minutes, the Rangersscored in bunches in thethird period. Seven-and-a-half minutes after Ruppopened the scoring, Mc-Donagh put New Yorkahead 2-0 beating Luongowith a shot from the slot af-ter taking a feed from Bran-don Dubinsky. Boyle addedto New York’s lead less thantwo minutes later as Luon-go misplayed a harmless-looking shot.
After allowing the goals,Luongo was jeered whilemaking saves. Gaborikclosed out the scoring with2:21 left in the game.THE CANADIAN PRESS
New York goalie Henrik Lundqvist makes a save with Ryan Kesler on his doorstep.
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Canucks denied first home winby New York netminder Rest ofRangers come alive in third period
Rypien ceremony
The Vancouver Canucks
paid tribute to Rick Rypien
before last night’s game
with a video that honoured
the former Canuck, who
suffered from depression
and committed suicide in
the off-season.
“He wouldn’t like it,” saiddefenceman Kevin Bieksayesterday, a close friendwho assisted Rypien whilehe was on leave from theCanucks in recent seasons.“He didn’t like thespotlight. He didn’t likepeople worrying about him
and making a big dealabout things.”During the pre-game cere-mony, Bieksa presentedRypien’s game-worn jerseyfrom their 40th anniversarycelebration to Rypien’sbrother, Wes Rypien Jr. Biek-sa received a long hug fromRypien’s mother, ShelleyCrawford, and also huggedRypien’s father, Wes Sr.,stepmother, stepfather andWes Jr.
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The Nissan Leaf is set to arrive in Canada this fall.
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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 a
pinch.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 ofLeaf’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” tofriction 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.
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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Subaru has recentlymoved their popular Lega-cy sport sedan into itsfifth generation for the2010 model year — mean-ing the fourth-generationcar has now transitionedfully into the used carmarketplace.
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VerdictTypically, Subarudrivetrains andpowerplants are known tobe very solid and reliable ifproperly maintained. Ifeverything checks out, awell-maintained last-gener-ation Legacy should provean enjoyable andconfidence-inspiring ridefor years to come.
What owners likeLegacy owners typically ratefuel mileage, handling and dy-namics, responsiveness and interiorbuild quality the most highly. All weath-er confidence thanks to the standardAWD system is also typically ravedabout, too.
What ownersdislikeLegacy owners typicallywish for more interior room, a morespacious rear seat, and more perform-ance from the standard engine. Someowners report heavy fuel consumptionfrom the turbocharged engine, too.
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Chevrolet turned 100years old in 2011. If itwere a human being,it would be plumworn out, andwearing its pants toohigh.
But it’s anautomaker, soturning 100 isjust amilestone toponder. And
ponder we did, whenChevrolet recently invitedus to a Detroit mediaevent designed to
showcase the brand’s his-tory and future.
Of course the brand’shistory is rooted in Ameri-can soil. The first Chevro-let was built in 1911 in arented garage near down-town Detroit. No one ob-jected back in the 1970s,when GM ran a patrioticmarketing campaign, with
a jingle that sang about“baseball, hot dogs, applepie, and Chevrolet.”
The brand’s future,however, will be writtenin places like China,Brazil, Korea, India, Rus-sia, and Uzbekistan.
I am not even surewhere Uzbekistan is, butthey recently started tobuy a lot of Chevys. Onlyfour other countries in theworld buy more Chevro-lets than Uzbekistan —United States, Brazil, Chi-na, and Canada.
Like all car companies,General Motors knowsthat future sales growthwill be easier to come byin the emerging markets,where people are suddenlyable to afford new vehi-cles, and want them in theworst way. This is contrastto the U.S. and Europe,mature markets whereconsumers are already ful-ly “vehicled.”
Following its much pub-licized restructuring, GMshrunk to four brands:Cadillac, GMC, Buick, andChevrolet. Of those, it de-creed that Cadillac andChevrolet would be the“global” brands. As such,Chevrolet, with its morebroad-based appeal thanCadillac, will do the lion’sshare of GM’s global agen-da. But up until about2005, every region of theworld built and designedtheir own Chevys. For ex-ample, prior to the Cruze,Chevrolet had three differ-
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The convertible versionof the LZ1 will debut at theLos Angeles Auto Shownext month, but GM al-lowed scribes attendingthe Centennial to view thenew ragtop where it wascreated — right in thekitchen of GM Design, thecoolest part of the sprawl-ing GM Technical Centerin Warren, Michigan.
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lantra L 6-speed manual (H
WY
4.9L/100KM
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onata GL 6-S
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ity 8.7L/100KM
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r 6-Speed (H
WY
4.9L/100KM
; City 6.7L/100K
M)/2012
Santa Fe 2.4L 6-S
peed Autom
atic FWD
(City 10.4L/100K
M, H
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7.2L/100KM
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WY
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FINANCING FOR 72 MONTHS
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