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Chris Bassoo wanted local busi-nesses to capitalize on the built-inmarketing advantages of Facebook.

So the 39-year-old Londoner cre-ated TaggTV. The program usesYouTube to showcase London com-panies, and “tags” customers andemployees appearing in the videos.“We tag each individual throughsocial media — through Facebook,”Bassoo said. “What drives our view-ership is that all the people whoare tagged in the videos have thevideo viewed by their friends.”

It’s the desire to know what yourFacebook friends are up to thatdrives people to TaggTv.com.

“We’re all curious about whatour friends and family are doing,and when people are tagged, theirfriends think, ‘What’s Bob doingon a reality show?’ So they clickthe video to find out.”

Bassoo and his team launcheda promo video on Nov. 3 and sincethen have been filming footage ateverything from vet clinics torestaurants. Eventually they hopeto have enough film on hand tolaunch a new video every day.

The segments are more thanjust a rundown of services offered.TaggTV weaves a story and cre-ativity into each episode.

“We do a walkthrough of eachbusiness, and we build a storyline,”Bassoo said. “We make it fun.”

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London reality show promotes local businesses through social media

Lulay leads Lions to historic victoryGame MVP Travis Lulay threw two second-half touchdown passes to lead B.C. to a 34-23 Grey Cupwin over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers last night in Vancouver. The victory capped a stunning turn-around for the Lions, who became the first team in CFL history to win the cup after losing its firstfive regular-season games. More coverage, page 17 and online at metronews.ca/london/sports.

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Travis Lulay hoists the Grey Cup after the B.C. Lions beat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to win the 99th Grey Cup last night at BC Place in Vancouver.

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Meeting to focuson Islamophobia London police will host anevent from 6 to 9 p.m. to-morrow to discuss strate-gies for preventing hatetoward members of the Is-lamic community.

A panel of experts will

provide insight into the is-sue followed by a question-and-answer session.

The event will be at po-lice headquarters, 601 Dun-das St. Seating will belimited. METRO

Police probeweekend stabbingsOne man is facing chargesand police are looking forsuspects after two weekendstabbings. Kenneth Caza,29, of London was arrestedin connection with the firstincident Friday night duringan argument at 974 Dame

Street. A second man is stillbeing sought. No one hasbeen arrested in the otherincident, reported about12:50 a.m. Saturday duringa party. The victims’ injurieswere not life-threatening,police said. METRO

Expensivecouch fireFirefighters reported$20,000 worth of damagefrom a fire yesterday at490 Third St. A couch wasengulfed in flames on thepatio when police and fire-fighters arrived about 2:30a.m. METRO

Some parents at EagleHeights Public School areworried that the schoolboard is poised to redrawthe school’s boundaries inwhat they consider arushed decision.

“The speed at whichthis process has beenbrought to our attention(is worrisome),” said RuthLuttmer, whose seven-year-old daughter is anEagle Heights student. “It

was just discussed withthe parents at the begin-ning of November withthe decision to be madeby the board on Dec. 22.”

Luttmer doesn’t thinkparents are being givenenough time to fully di-gest the idea and under-stand the possible impact.

“We would have hopedthis information wouldhave come to us in Sep-tember,” she said. “Itwould have given ourschool community timeto come together and dis-cuss options.”

Parents acknowledgethat Eagle Heights, whichis on Oxford Street acrossfrom Cherryhill VillageMall, is overcrowded andmany students have beenforced into portable class-rooms in recent years.

But Luttmer and othersthink jockeying with theschool’s boundaries is on-ly a temporary fix to along-term problem.

The school has nearly650 students right now,officials said last week.

Thanks to continueddevelopment in the area,

“we have projected num-bers that our school willcontinue to remainaround 500 or 600 stu-dents” even if boundariesare changed, Luttmersaid.

“We’d ask the board toconsider making renova-tions at Eagle Heights, es-pecially since we do havethe space to build,” shesaid.

Parents will receive asurvey about the issueThursday. Responses mustbe received within fivedays.

Trustees Joyce Bennettand Terry Roberts, whorepresent the west por-tion of the city on theschool board, did not re-turn phone messages yes-terday.

About 300 Eagle Heights Public School students could be relocated to otherschools by 2013 Parents say Thames Valley school board is moving too fast

School boundary concerns parents

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Musical cast performs Christmas classics at retirement residence

White Christmas. The musical

The cast of White Christmas: The Musical took time out of their rehearsal schedule to perform yesterday for residents of the Waverly Retirement Residence. They sang Irving Berlin classics, including White Christmas, Snow and Happy Holidays. The musical, based on the classic film, will be on the Palace Theatre stage Dec. 9-17. Tickets are available by calling the Palace at 519-432-1029.

Meet, discuss

A community meeting todiscuss the boundaryreview affecting EagleHeights Public School isscheduled for 6:30 p.m.tonight at the school, 284Oxford St.


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The cost of parking ticketscould increase if city coun-cillors lend support to astaff recommendation.

Members of the builtand natural environmentcommittee will hear a pro-posal tonight that wouldincrease fines for 81 park-ing offences early nextyear. Under the recom-mended action, fineswould increase $5 for

most violations, includingexpired meters. Rightnow, letting your meterexpire costs $20.

The staff proposal rec-ommends increasing finesby more than $5 for 16 of-fences.

The largest increasewould be an extra $50 —to $80 from $30 — forparking within two me-tres of a fire hydrant. Mostproposals that surpass the$5 threshold ring in at a$25 increase, including

unauthorized parking in aspace reserved for peoplewith disabilities.

The new cost for thatwould be $325.

City staff also exploredthe idea of increasingmost fines by $10 and leav-ing the fine for expiredmeters unchanged.

That proposal, expectedto result in a nearly 8 percent reduction in thenumber of tickets issuedbecause of driver compli-ance, is not recommended

in a report to the commit-tee.

London’s parking finesare, for the most part, be-low those in other Ontariocities, according to thestaff report.

With the exception ofexpired meter tickets,fines for infractionshaven’t been changedsince 1995.

Anything approvedtonight will have to getthe OK from full council tobe considered final action.

Hundreds of people attendedeco-friendly Sage Fair at WesternFair District over the weekend

City’s first eco-fair gets high marksPeople take part in a yoga workshop led by Moksha Yoga London

during the inaugural Sage Fair yesterday at the Western Fair District.

MIKE ARSENAULT/FOR METRO

A parking enforcement officer prepares to place a ticket

on a car’s windshield last month along Talbot Street.

ANGELA MULLINS/METRO

Councillors to mull steeper parking fines

Organizers of the Sage Fairmight have just proventhat London is ready tomake a name for itself inthe eco-friendly world. Sev-eral of the hundreds ofpeople who participated inthe three-day fair said theevent could serve as a sortof coming-out party for theForest City.

“London is becomingvery much aware of ecolo-gy and becoming moregreen,” said Gayle Gage,owner of Essential Thera-pies and one of about 50vendors. “So, this is a verygood stepping stone.

“It’s a great concept.”Organizers were pleased

with the turnout. Theypulled the fair together asa way to help people honein on mind, body and spiritwhile exploring what thecity’s green businesseshave to offer.

Aside from vendors, the

Sage Fair — which has asecond showing plannednext spring in Toronto —featured a variety ofhealth-minded workshops,including yoga sessions.

“We’ve (gotten) anamazing reception. Thepeople who are comingthrough are loving it,”event co-founder ValerieNicholson said. “The ven-dors are happy and ener-gized.”

Nicholson expects theevent will return to Lon-don in 2012.

“People want to conducttheir lives in a way that ismore gentle on the Earth,”she said. “I think peopleare ready to see all of theamazing products that areavailable in their localcommunity that are madein an eco-friendly man-ner.”

Most vendors seemedkeen on a second showing.

“Absolutely, I’d comeback (next year),” Gagesaid. “We need more ofthis.”

McGuinty to visitLondon todayPremier Dalton McGuintywill be in London today tomake an announcement atDigital Extremes, 250 YorkSt.

McGuinty will be joined

by London West MPP andEnergy Minister Chris Bent-ley.

Digital Extremes devel-ops computer and consolegames. METRO

Knights come out on topThe London Knights beatthe Brampton Battalion 2-1 on the road yesterday af-ternoon.

Brampton outshot theKnights 35-15 with Lon-don’s Max Domi and SethGriffith managing two

points on goal.Michael Houser

stopped 34 of 35 shots forthe victory.

Overall, the Knightswent 2-1 for the weekend,losing 6-2 against Barrie atthe John Labatt Centre on

Friday and beating theErie Otters 7-2 on the roadSaturday. METRO

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Prince William joined afrantic search-and-rescuemission yesterday after acargo ship sank in the IrishSea, leaving several mem-bers of the Russian crewmissing.

The second in line to theBritish throne, who is aRoyal Air Force helicopterand known professionallyas Flight Lt. William Wales,was aboard an aircraftwhich rescued two crewmembers early yesterday,after their vessel’s hull

cracked in gale-force windsoff the coast of north Wales.

Britain’s defence min-istry said William had beenco-pilot of the helicopter,which carried two peopleback to his base RAF Valley,on the Welsh island of An-glesey.

Authorities said five peo-ple remain missing afterthe Cook Islands-registeredSwanland cargo ship, whichhad eight people on boardand was carrying thousandsof tonnes of limestone, sent

a mayday call.Holyhead Coastguard

said one body had been re-covered from the sea, butthat the fate of the othercrew members was not yetknown.

“We know that at leastsome of them are wearingimmersion suits and havestrobe lighting with them;however sea conditions arechallenging at best,” saidJim Green, a coast guardspokesman.

Rescue helicopters from

RAF Valley and from Dublincoast guard base in Irelandwere initially sent to thescene, about 32 kilometresnorthwest of the Llynpeninsula in north Wales.

Helicopters from RAFChivenor, in southwest Eng-land, and the Irish CoastGuard are continuing tosearch for the missing crew,along with boats from theRoyal National Lifeboat In-stitution.

“Two RNLI lifeboats,along with four search-

and-rescue helicopters andtwo other commercialboats, are searching for theremaining six crew,” theRNLI said in a statement.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

More than half of convicted impaired drivers tend to reoffend despite severity of sentence, report finds

Study casts doubt on tougher sentences

RCMP constable Faz Majid removes an open bottle of beer from a motorist’s car

during a roadside check in Surrey, B.C.

PAUL CHIASSON/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Stormy seas

Gale force winds batteredthe Irish Sea yesterday andthe coast guard said it isbelieved the poorconditions could havecaused the incident.

Prince William joins rescue of cargo ship

An internal report by thefederal Justice Departmentraises doubts about the ef-fectiveness of harsher sen-tences, the linchpin of theTory government’s tough-on-crime policies.

The study examined al-most 3,300 people convict-ed of an impaired-drivingoffence, and found 57 percent of them offendedagain at least once, withinfive years on average.

And the severity of thefirst sentence had no im-pact on the behaviour of re-peat offenders.

“There was no evidenceto suggest that the imposi-tion of a fine or imprison-ment had any effect on thelikelihood of whether anoffender would re-offendor not,” the author con-cludes.

“This indicates that theseverity of the sentence re-ceived did not deter offend-ers in this sample.

“Reconviction rates forall individuals were similarregardless of the sentencereceived for the initial im-paired driving conviction.”

The research was deliv-

ered in July this year, morethan three years after theConservative governmentpassed a tough law that im-posed harsher fines and jailsentences, includingmandatory minimums, forimpaired-driving convic-tions.

A spokeswoman for thedepartment provided nodetails about why the re-search was ordered. Butthe review follows the pas-sage in 2008 of an omnibusbill, the Tackling ViolentCrime Act, which re-vamped penalties fordrunk driving, among oth-er tough-on-crime meas-ures.

The minimum fine for afirst impaired-driving of-fence was raised to $1,000from $600, for example,and the minimum penaltyfor a second offence in-creased to 30 days in jailfrom 14.

The minimum for subse-quent offences was hikedto 120 days from 90 days.And for summary convic-tions, with no jury trial,the maximum jail timeshot to 18 months from six.

Conservative crime poli-cies have come under firefrom critics who claim thegovernment ignores evi-dence-based research toseek political gain amongCanadians who lack faithin the justice system.

A spokesman for Moth-ers Against Drunk Drivingsaid the study’s findingsabout the large number ofreoffending drivers is atodds with other research,which suggests only about30 per cent are convictedagain. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Recidivism report

The Canadian Pressobtained a copy of thestudy, Recidivism AmongImpaired Drivers by AndreSolecki, under the Accessto Information Act. The re-search covers the periodfrom 1977 to 2006.The study is among dozensof internal reports on thejustice system preparedeach year by departmentresearchers but never pub-lished or made public.

Body identified as manwho answered online adA body found in a shallowgrave in northeast Ohiowas identified Saturday asthat of a missing manwhose father said an-swered a Craigslist ad simi-lar to one police say was

used in a deadly robberyscheme.

The Summit CountyMedical Examiner’s Officeidentified the man as Tim-othy Kern, 47, of Massillon. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Inmate slams governorfor halting executionA condemned inmate whowas scheduled to be exe-cuted next month is slam-ming Oregon Gov. JohnKitzhaber for giving him areprieve, saying the gover-nor didn’t have the guts to

carry out the execution.Two-time murderer

Gary Haugen had voluntar-ily given up his legal chal-lenges, saying he wantedto be executed.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Mexican zombiewalk aims for

Almost 10,000 peopledressed in rags gathered inMexico’s capital for a Zom-bie Walk that organizershoped would set a worldrecord. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE

Prince William at a

training exercise in Prince

Edward Island in July.

record

On the eve of landmarkelections, Egypt’s militaryruler warned yesterday of“extremely grave” conse-quences if the turbulentnation does not pullthrough its current crisis— an attempt to rally thepublic behind his councilof generals in the face ofpressure from protesters tostep down immediately.

Field Marshal HusseinTantawi urged voters toturn out for the start ofparliamentary elections to-day despite the chaos inthe streets after nine daysof protests and clashes thatsome have dubbed a “sec-ond revolution.” The voteis the first since HosniMubarak was ousted inFebruary in a popular up-rising and it was meant tousher in democracy afterdecades of dictatorship.However, it has alreadybeen marred by the newwave of demonstrations.

Tantawi claimed “for-eign hands” were behindthe latest wave of unrest.His assertions were similarto those made by Mubarakin the final days before hewas ousted. Mubarak fre-quently warned chaoswould ensue if his regimefell, presenting his authori-tarian rule as the alterna-tive of order and security.Tantawi was Mubarak’s de-

fence minister for 20 years.“We will not allow trou-

blemakers to meddle inthe elections,” he said incomments carried by thenation’s official newsagency. “Egypt is at a cross-roads — either we succeedpolitically, economicallyand socially or the conse-quences will be extremelygrave and we will not allowthat.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Manitoba girl,4, stable afterbeing shotPolice in Manitoba say afour-year-old girl has beenshot, apparently after herfive-year-old brother gotahold of a firearm.

Police say the shootingoccurred on Saturday in ahome in the Rural Munici-pality of Whitewater, southof Brandon. They say thegirl was transported to hos-pital in Winnipeg, whereshe is reported to be in sta-ble condition.

The shooting comesthree weeks after a nine-year-old boy was accident al-ly shot and killed by his14-year-old brother on theSagkeeng First Nation inManitoba. THE CANADIAN PRESS

L.A. pepperspray suspectsurrendersA woman suspected ofshowering Black Fridayshoppers with pepperspray surrendered toauthorities, but wasreleased pending furtherinvestigation after sherefused to discuss the inci-dent, police said Saturday.

The woman, whosename was not released, issuspected of firing pepperspray into a crowd in orderto clear a path to a crate ofXbox consoles that were be-ing unwrapped lateThanksgiving night at aWalmart in the upscalePorter Ranch section of theSan Fernando Valley. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Egypt ‘at a crossroads’

Parliamentary candidate Baheya Mohammed

wears a niqab, an Islamic face veil, as she talks

to voters in Cairo yesterday.

AMR NABIL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Military ruler issues warning on eve of vote Governing council hascome under intense criticism since taking over from Mubarak in February

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Students detained inCairo back in the U.S.An American student ar-rested during protests inCairo says he feared forhis life after he was takeninto custody by four orfive people inplainclothes.

Nineteen-year-old Der-rik Sweeney told The As-sociated Press in aninterview yesterday viaSkype that the evening ofhis arrest on Nov. 20

started peacefully inTahrir Square, where pro-testers have been gather-ing for more than a week.

He says he and otherslater wandered throughthe streets to the InteriorMinistry but fled whenshots were fired.

He says four or five“plainclothes Egyptians”then offered to lead thestudents to safety. Hesays they followed butfound themselves takeninto custody, beaten andthreatened with guns.

Sweeney and the othertwo students flew back tothe U.S. on Saturday aftera court ordered them re-leased. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Election woes

The political crisis casts

doubt on the legiti macy of

the vote and could render

the parliament that

emerges irrelevant.

The Muslim Brotherhood,the largest and best organ-ized political group inEgypt, is expected to domi-nate the elections alongwith its Islamist allies.However, the military hassaid the next parliamentwill have limited powers,and suggested that it willretain the right to appointand dismiss the cabinet. The issue promises to putthe military and the Broth-erhood on a collisioncourse. A dispute betweenthe two could destabilizethe country further, addingto economic and securitywoes.

Putin toWest: NomeddlingPrime Minister VladimirPutin sternly warned theWest not to interfere inRussia’s elections, as helaunched his campaign toreclaim the presidency in aspeech yesterday before

thousandsof flag-wavingsupport-ers.

Putinsteppeddown in2008 aftertwo presi-dentialterms, but

kept his hold on power. Heannounced in Septemberthat he intended to return

to the top job next year andwas formally nominatedyesterday by his UnitedRussia party.

“All our foreign partnersneed to understand this:Russia is a democraticcountry, it’s a reliable and

predictable partner withwhich they can and mustreach agreement, but onwhich they cannot imposeanything from theoutside,” Putin told his au-dience. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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On the first Sunday of Ad-vent, the small Ottawa con-gregation of St. GilesPresbyterian Church wor-shipped in the basement,locked out of the sanctuaryby the presbytery.

“It doesn’t matter wherewe worship, as long weworship as a community,”Rev. Wayne Menard said af-ter the service yesterday.

A group of church mem-bers signed a petition ob-jecting to Menard’sleadership and asking forhis removal. As a result, thepresbytery locked the doorsof the sanctuary until thecongregation “repents,”

Menard confirmed.According to Menard,

the problem is more nu-anced and complex than re-ported in local media. Hesaid that out of concern forthe congregation, he does-n’t want to speak aboutwhat led to the basementservice.

People from otherchurches came to the serv-ice yesterday to show sup-port for the congregation.The roughly 40 people atthe service yesterday was agood turnout, Menard said.

Churchgoers who spoke

after the service said theywere concerned the riftwould impact the future ofthe church.

“I think there’s a realrisk that people will go toother churches,” said Clau-dia Chowaniec, as she leftthe church. “I think we’re afamily. I think we’ve allmade mistakes.”

Murdo Murchison saidhe was worried that theproblems would harm at-tendance at the church, butadded that having to wor-ship in the basement didn’tbother him.

“What troubles me is theclosing of the church andthe indefinite reasons,” hesaid. The issues leading tothe lockout have not beenexplained well enough, hesaid.

Church conflictlocks out members

Issues over reverend’s leadership leads to congregation being shut out of St. Giles’ sanctuary

Teensarrested fordousing girlwith gasThree adolescents inSaguenay, Que., havebeen arrested after a 12-year-old girl was dousedwith gasoline.

Police say that itappears one of thempoured gasoline on herwhile the others heldmatches and a flamingsheet of paper.

Investigators say theyouths had filled beerbottles with gasoline andwere waiting for the girland her friend at one oftheir homes on Fridayevening.

The girl managed to es-cape and a parent lateralerted police.

The three accused werebriefly arrested and thenreleased on a promise toappear in youth court inJanuary.

Police say all those in-volved knew each other.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Blowing through townWinds at nearing 150 km/h tore pieces of glass andother materials off the TD Square building inCalgary yesterday. Debris rained down from as highas 40 storeys.

Calgary. Windstorm

Debris litters the ground in downtown Calgary yesterday.

“The whole thingis a mess, and Idon’t understandwhy.” MURDO MURCHISON, CHURCHGOER

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Scientists have discovereda range of new uses for aCanadian technology thatcan be used to peer into30,000-year-old per-mafrost, detect phoneyherbal medicines andcatch invasive species be-fore they sneak across bor-ders.

Researchers fromaround the world are “fin-gerprinting” most of theplanet’s species by takingsamples of their DNA andcataloguing them in a ref-erence library. The DNAcreates a so-called barcodethat identifies real ingredi-ents in food, quickly ana-lyzes water quality andreveals how the environ-ment has changed overmillenia.

Bob Hanner, a professorat the University of Guelphwhere the technique wasdeveloped in 2003, said

barcoding gives govern-ments, businesses and peo-ple a reliable way ofknowing what they’re eat-ing, importing and buying.

“We have a very power-ful tool to identify speciesin processed products thatyou wouldn’t normally beable to identify using tradi-tional morphological tech-niques,” he said. “It’s a veryexciting time.”

Researchers are steadilybuilding the library of bar-codes by taking short gene

sequences from samples ofbirds, fish, mammals, in-sects and other life formsat herbaria, museums andother facilities.

In 2005, there were33,000 records covering12,700 species in the Bar-code of Life Data Systemsat the University ofGuelph. Now there are al-most 1.4 million recordsbanked, representingroughly 167,000 knownand provisional species.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Put to use ...

The technique has beenadopted by the U.S. Foodand Drug Administrationas a regulatory tool andwas used to identify mislabelled cheap fish being sold at Americanrestaurants as more expensive species.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is usingbarcodes to collaboratewith its U.S. counterpartsto identify seafood, pestinsects and pathogenicfungi.

Environment Canada is also using it to measurespecies diversity in watersheds and identify materials they’veconfiscated.

An orange clownfish in anemone is shown in this photo.

Scientists have discovered a range of new uses for a

Canadian technology that can be used to peer into 30,000-

year-old permafrost, detect phoney herbal medicines and

catch invasive species before they sneak across borders.

HO-IBOL/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Scientists barcode DNAMay one day be able to answer, ‘How many species are on the planet?’ As library grows, so do the ways barcoding can be used, says an official

In an old black-and-whitephotograph, one wore longhair and a rakish mous-tache, the other thick-rimmed glasses.

Children of pedigree,they shared a dorm at anAmerican university. Fortyyears later, as political rivalsat the height of the Greekcrisis, George Papandreou— until recently primeminister — and AntonisSamaras symbolize the splitpersonality of a nation withroots in left and right, chaosand greatness.

The sparring betweenthe leaders of Greece’s twomain political parties is

over for now. But the forcesthey represent will clash inelections as early as Febru-ary, shaping the next chap-ter of a society on Europe’sedge whose strife has anoutsized impact on conti-nental union, as well as theglobal economy.

The left-leaning Papan-dreou and the conservativeSamaras are the yin andyang of modern Greece,heirs to historical divisionsand symbols of interlockingcurrents of reform and tra-dition.

“Let’s face it, power is adelirium. It’s somethingthat can make you turn on

your friends,” said PhilipTsiaras, who knew bothmen in college.

Bickering in the Greek

parliament has vexed inter-national lenders who wantunity of purpose fromGreece where many chafe

at foreign directives anddoubt the benefits of harshbailout terms.

The coalition govern-ment, a compromisereached by the two men,must present a compelling“narrative” that convincesGreeks that their leaders areacting in their best inter-ests, not those of their pow-er blocs, said Louka Katseli,a former Cabinet ministerin Papandreou’s govern-ment.

“The simplistic view thata coalition government willsolve everything is an illu-sion,” Katseli said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Greece’s former prime minister George Papandreou, left,

speaks next to conservative opposition leader Antonis

Samara after their meeting in Athens on Oct. 18.

PETROS GIANNAKOURIS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE

Yin vs. yang

In the 1970s, Papandreouand Samaras were not “bo-som buddies,” said Tsiaras.They were apart of a tight-knit expatriate group.Papandreou was “moreAmerican” and less politi-cally ambitious than thestraight-laced Samaras.Papandreou’s grandfatherand father were primeministers.Samaras’ father was aheart surgeon. He did haverelatives in politics, butnone at the highest levelsof government.

Former roommates, the yin and yang of Greece

Railroads targeted tostop nuclearwasteGerman police cleared a sit-in of thousands of protest-ers attempting to block ashipment of nuclear wasteand detained 1,300 peopleyesterday, officials said.

Hundreds of officersstarted evicting protesters

from the rail lines nearDannenberg, policespokesman Stefan Kuehm-Stoltz said. Those who re-fused to leave weredetained and are beingbrought before judges.

Police put the number ofprotesters at 3,500 whileprotest organizers said5,000 people had occupiedthe tracks that will be usedto transport 11 containersof nuclear waste re-processed in France and

now on its way to a storagesite near the northern townof Gorleben. Activists saythe containers and the tem-porary storage facility areunsafe.

The train carrying theshipment entered Germanyon Friday after delays inFrance, where activistsdamaged railway tracks.The shipment was expectedto reach its destination lateyesterday or early today.Some 20,000 German police

officers are on hand to se-cure the cargo.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Blogger leakstestimony inUK hackinginquiryBritain’s inquiry into me-dia ethics says it has sum-moned a political bloggerto testify after evidencedue to be submitted byTony Blair’s ex-communi-cations chief was leaked.The inquiry said yesterday

it would call Paul Staines,who blogs under the nameGuido Fawkes. His blogpublished a 16-page docu-ment that Blair’s formerpress chief Alistair Camp-bell was due to submit asevidence. In the document,Campbell discusses fearsthat the cellphones ofBlair’s wife Cherie, or oneof her friends, may havebeen hacked, though hehas no evidence to supportthat fear. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Somewhere on the path tobecoming a lawyer, LondonerDiana Charabin wound up inBali — by way of Australia —and became a successfulbusiness person. She also

completed her journey to legal eagle, butthat didn’t happen until she returned toher hometown.

As she finished her law studies in Aus-tralia, the former St. Thomas Aquinasstudent took up yoga as part of her recov-ery from a torn ACL, which was the result

of a sports injury. Though it’s a bit hard to believe, look-ing at the diminutive blonde, she played rugby as a stu-dent at UWO. The pursuit of further yoga study took heron a spontaneous side trip to Bali, where she discoveredmala beads and conceived the name of her company,Tiny Devotions.

Charabin is flattered when people draw a parallel be-tween her experiences and those of Elizabeth Gilbert — the author of Eat, Pray, Love — saying that she reallyenjoyed the book and that the spiritual nature of the people of Bali was inspiring to her.

“You see bunches of flowers or bowls of milkeverywhere, as offerings to the gods,” she explains.

“The Balinese people recog-nize the divine every -where.” Charabin felt thatthese tiny devotions —everyday observances ofthe divinity that is allaround us — represent hercompany well.

Mala beads are necklacesmade of rudraksha seeds;they’re prayer beads.

Charabin explains that they are non-denominationaland that most cultures have something similar.“Catholics have the rosary, and in Greece they use worrybeads,” she explains. Tiny Devotions malas are meant tohelp focus one’s intent.

Each chain of 108 seeds, beads or bone ends with se-mi-precious stones associated with different goals thatone may want to manifest: abundance (carnelian), fertil-ity (rose quartz), black onyx (strength), blue turquoise(communication) and many more. There are 40 styles ofnecklaces and bracelets. “I get calls and emails all thetime saying that the beads are magic. One girl inSwitzerland who had been trying to get pregnant calledme crying and thanking me. I take it as a complimentbut I tell them that they (the beads) just help manifestyour own intentions. It’s not the mala beads; it’s you.They are just a tactile reminder of your intentions.”

Charabin’s intent is clear: to make Tiny Devotions in-to a successful company — and she’s succeeding. Afterjust one year in business, it’s gone from a one-person op-eration to contracting with four necklace makers andtwo assistants, allowing Charabin to run the companyand move it forward.

She’s launched a website — tinydevotions.com —fornational and international sales, and the line has beenpicked up by the yoga-fied superpower lululemon’s lab.In London, the mala beads can be purchased at MokshaYoga.

This is one Londoner who is taking the world bystorm, one bead at a time.

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Metal’s distorted rootsDocumentary connects Elvis to Metallica ... to Nickelback? Premiered Friday on MuchMore

The target audience for the11-part documentary seriesMetal Evolution is a prettyspecific head-banging de-mographic that’s already fa-miliar with the history ofthe heavy genre fromAC/DC to Metallica and Za-kk Wylde.

And yet the Canadian-made show has landedscreen time on MuchMore,which has the likes of KatyPerry, Bruno Mars, Beyonceand Britney Spears toppingits current chart of videos.

Show co-creators SamDunn and Scot McFadyensay it was a lot easier to sellthis series (which first be-gan airing in the U.S. onVH1 Classic) than it was toget buyers’ attention withtheir first big project, thedocumentary Metal: AHeadbanger’s Journey.

Dunn and McFadyen saythey’ve proven there’s a siz-able audience for seriousprogramming about heavymetal and how it’s affectedand been affected by othermusic genres.

“When we told peoplewe wanted to make a seri-ous film about heavy metal(seven years ago) we got

laughed out of a lot ofboardrooms, people didn’treally think it was some-thing that could be doneand actually could engagean audience,” Dunn says.

“VH1 Classic has been re-ally supportive of our workin the U.S. and I think theyrecognized that providedyou can kind of tie in a lotof the classic bands, likeKiss and Aerosmith and VanHalen, and touch on someof the more recent bands,they recognize there’s anaudience out there.”

The idea for the show,co-produced by MuchMoreand VH1 Classic, was basedon the reaction to a familytree of heavy metal that thefilmmaking duo presented

in their first documentary,charting how the music ofElvis Presley, the Beatlesand Jimi Hendrix connect-ed to the various metal sub-genres of today.

“There were a lot of peo-ple we were really excitedto interview, some unlikelycharacters for a series aboutheavy metal,” Dunn says,giving Dick Dale, the ’60s-era King of the Surf Guitar,as a prime example.

Another somewhat un-likely connection to heavymetal — which the film-makers are expecting maycause a bit of a kerfufflewith fans of the genre — isthe much-maligned best-selling rockers Nickelback.

The band is profiled dur-

ing an episode about the af-termath of the grungemovement in the ’90s andhow the likes of Nirvana,Alice in Chains, Pearl Jamand Soundgarden influ-enced hard rock.

“Grunge is a good exam-ple of those musical styleswhere half the people youask will say it’s totally met-al and the other half willsay it’s got nothing to dowith metal,” says Dunn.

“That’s really the ques-tion we ask in that episode,is grunge part of the storyof metal?” If it is, it’s hardto dispute Nickelback isn’tpart of the conversation,given that the band begandominating the radiowavesin the years after grunge’s

demise. “This show is about the

evolution of sound and whodid those grunge bands in-fluence? Really, the nextgeneration are bands likeNickelback, Creed and Sil-verchair, all these bandsthat came up in the late’90s that had hallmarks ofthe grunge sound but werecreating something a littlemore mainstream, a littlemore radio-friendly,” saysDunn.

It was impossible to ig-nore Nickelback’s impacton hard rock music, Mc-Fadyen says, even if metalfans think the band is theantithesis of what they’reinto. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Metallica’s singer James Hetfield performs on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates last month.

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“Nickelback is aband people like tobash but they aregreat performersand they do kind ofcome out of thatgrunge influenceand build on it”

SCOT MCFADYEN, CO-CREATOR OFMETAL EVOLUTION

Top dancer to waltzinto PentagonDefence Secretary LeonPanetta has invited soldier-turned-actor J.R. Martinez,who just won the most re-cent Dancing with the Starscompetition, to the Penta-gon for meeting.

A Pentagon spokesmansays Panetta called Mar-tinez on Friday and told thedancing champion that hedemonstrated the strength

and resilience of woundedveterans.

Capt. John Kirby saysMartinez — who wascrowned champion of thecelebrity dance competi-tion series last Tuesdayalong with his partner, Kari-na Smirnoff — credited hismilitary training for hisperformance during thecompetition broadcast on

ABC. Kirby says detailsabout Panetta’s meetingwith Martinez are beingworked out.

The 28-year-old Martinezwas severely burned overmore than 40 per cent ofhis body when the Humveehe was driving for the U.S.Army struck a land mine in2003. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

War veteran and actor J.R. Martinez, right, and his partner

Karina Smirnoff hold their Dancing with the Stars awards.

The latestTwilight moviehas plenty of day-light left with asecond-straightwin at the week-end box office.The TwilightSaga: BreakingDawn – Part 1took in $42million domesti-cally over thethree-dayweekend and$62.3 million inthe five-day U.S.Thanksgivingboom time,Wedn es day toyesterday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Your holiday soundtrackWith less than a month until Christmas you should be listening to some festives tunes — or at least buying

them for other people Here’s a breakdown of artists who manage to rock the yuletide classics

Justin Bieber, Under the Mistletoe

Parents are likely to buyJustin Bieber’s Christmasalbum for their kids andpray that their young oneswill only play it throughtheir headphones. ButBieber’s Under the Mistle-toe is a thoroughly enter-taining offering for allages — sometimes evenmore so for the adults.He’s still a teenheartthrob, but there’s lit-tle childlike about this al-bum (except for the songSomeday at Christmas,which closes out thedeluxe CD, where a muchyounger Bieber channelsMichael Jackson). Bieber’svoice has deepened, andthe bubble gum soundhas given way to a moremature, soulful sound.And on the soulful upbeatgroove Fa La La, withguests Boyz II Men, hesounds almost — sexy.

She & Him, A Very She & Him Christmas

Zooey Deschanel and M.Ward, the she and him offolk rock duo She & Him,have patterned a sparseyet satisfying Christmasalbum that, on listen afterrepeated listen, brings tomind a subtly hip holidayvibe that’s edgy enoughto impress the most jadedBrooklynite and innocentenough to play for grand-ma, too. Across the 12tracks presented on the al-bum Deschanel and Wardglide through some of theholiday classics with low-key yet inspired gait.

The interplay betweenWard and Deschanel onSilver Bells and I’ll BeHome For Christmas isquick and bouncy, lendinga decidedly prominentsense of mirth and merri-ment — always criticalcomponents of a goodChristmas album.

David Ian, Vintage Christmas

Jazz pianist David Iantreats the classics with adeft hand on VintageChristmas, seamlesslymelding the sometraditional compositionswith the perfect hint oflounge-meets-jazz phras-ing.

There’s a way to botchthis approach, to make ittoo kitschy. Ian knows bet-ter and meanders fromthe traditional approachjust enough to keep it in-teresting, but without toomany extra instrumentsmucking up the arrange-ment.

His minimalist pianowork delivers a clean ap-proach here.

The best momentscome when Ian is pairedwith vocals by Acacia, onehalf of the sister-duogroup Tal & Acacia.

Joey + Rory, AFarmhouse Christmas

If you want to freshen upyour holiday music collec-tion, you could do muchworse than this countryduo. Joey is the womanand Rory is the guy alwayswearing overalls, even onthe album cover. Yes,they’re a couple like thatcute plus sign in theirname implies. Rory is aworking songwriter whennot recording with hiswife and it shows in someof the lyrics. Sample fromthe album opener It’sChristmas Time: “We’ll eattoo much and swear again/ that come New Yearwe’re getting in / the bestshape that we’ve everbeen / but we know we'relyin’. / So pass the pie andone more roll / and passme that remote control /oh, lookee here, I love thisshow! / It’s Christmastime.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Tony Bennett, TheClassic Christmas

AlbumWhen you’ve beenaround as long as TonyBennett, you don’trelease an album ofChristmas favourites,you put out a collectionof the best Christmassongs recorded through-out your career.

This greatest hits al-bum compiles holidaytunes from the 85-year-old crooner’s repertoireover 40 years.

Over the years, he’srecorded Christmas mu-sic with the London Sym-phony Orchestra and theCount Basie Band.

While these songshave all been heard be-fore, there’s an eclecticmagic to listening tothem in succession.

Michael Bublé, Christmas

Christmas comes earlywith Michael Bublé’sholiday record.

It’s his second season-al release, and it seemsas if he’s got a knack formaking cosy Christmasmusic.

His smooth voice per-fectly covers classics likeSilent Night, Have a Hol-ly Jolly Christmas andJingle Bells.

There’s even an origi-nal song called Cold De-cember Night.

Bublé also coversMariah Carey’s All IWant for Christmas IsYou, but adds his owntwist by slowing it down.

It sounds like a com-pletely different songthat is noteworthy in itsown right.

Christmas is aninstant classic thatwould go nicely in any-one’s collection.

George Michael is

said to be recovering

from pneumonia.

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George Michael has post-poned all his remaining2011 tour dates as he re-covers from pneumonia,the singer’s publicist saidFriday.

Michael was hospital-ized in Vienna, Austria,earlier this week. A state-ment from publicist Con-nie Filippello said the48-year-old former Wham!singer “is responding totreatment and slowly im-

proving.” Michael “is illwith pneumonia and anyother speculation regard-ing his illness is unfoundedand untrue,” the statementsaid.

Two Austrian doctorstreating Michael said hehad “severe community ac-quired pneumonia,” but“his condition has stabi-lized and he is respondingto treatment.” They said heneeded time to regain his

strength. “From the cur-rent point of view, the timeuntil recovery cannot beestimated, but he will notbe able to perform the restof the tour,” Dr. ChristophZielinski and Dr. ThomasStaudinger said in a state-ment. “Besides medicaltreatment, complete rest,and peace and quiet aremandatory.”

The singer has post-poned dates in Liverpool,

Sheffield, Newcastle, Glas-gow, Birmingham, Man-chester and London.

The statement said theconcerts would be resched-uled.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

45George Michaelhad played 45

dates on his Symphon-ica tour European tourbefore falling ill.

George Michael cancelsEuro tour due to illness

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Jennifer Lopez opted tospend the AmericanThanksgiving holiday byescaping to Hawaii withCasper Smart, the 24-year-old dancer she’s reportedlybeen dating, according toTMZ.

Smart also got thechance to meet several ofLopez’s family membersduring the trip — andspend quality time with

her three-year-old twins,Max and Emme.

“Casper was great withthe kids. He was twirlingthem around and doingflips with Emme and sheseemed very comfortablewith him,” a source says.

“Jennifer got a chanceto sit back and relax whileCasper took over andplayed.”

METRO

It looks likeMiley Cyrushas yet anoth-er alter-ego:Let’s call thisone HannahBong-tana,shall we?

When she was present-ed with a Bob Marley-shaped cake at her 19thbirthday party at the Roo-sevelt Hotel in L.A. lastweek, Cyrus quipped,“You know you’re a stonerwhen friends make you aBob Marley cake — youknow you smoke way toomuch f—in’ weed.” (TheDaily has the video evi-dence.)

“I thought salvia wasyour problem, man?” re-torted guest Kelly Os-bourne.

The Daily also reportsthat guests on hand for

the party included herparents, Rumer Willis,and “and a number ofdwarfs, including a mini-

Nicki Minaj.”I’d make a joke but 1.

Osbourne already did itfor me. 2. A mini-Nicki

Minaj? I have much toomuch respect for howCyrus throws a party topoke fun.

Jennifer Lopez

Miley Cyrus:Party in theUSA, indeed

Singer’s friends get her a Bob Marley-shaped cake for her 19th birthday A number of dwarfs, including a mini-Nicki Minaj, attend the party

J.Lo and beauhang in Hawaii

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Lily Allen and Sam Cooperwelcomed their first child,a daughter, over the week-end, according to the DailyMail.

While not quite an offi-cial birth announcement,Allen did reference the ar-rival on Twitter, posting

simply, “Totes amaze.” It’s a particularly special

occasion for Allen andCooper, as Allen has suf-fered miscarriages twice inthe past three years.

There was no announce-ment yet about the babygirl’s name. METRO

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Want todate LadyGaga?When it comesto finding aman, LadyGaga islooking foran Ivy Leagueeducation —among otherthings.

“Talent and per-severance and

pushing theboundaries of loveand acceptance,” Gagasays of the attributes

she appreciates in aprospectiveboyfriend,according toHollyscoop.

“I don’tknow. I can’t re-ally say. It rangesfrom a really big[penis] to a

degree at Harvard.Just aboutanything.”

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This time of year, parentsspend billions on toys andtoy companies spend mil-lions advertising their lat-est toys and gadgets tokids. With toy manufactur-ers selling so-called “edu-cational” toys — this yeartop sellers include juniortablets — what’s reallybest for kids?

“The marketplace hasbeen doing a marvellousjob of telling parents thatunless you buy the righttoys for your children —that is to say, the toys theymanufacture — they willbe stunted intellectually. Itleads parents to buy toysthat really aren’t ideal,”says Dr. Roberta Golinkoff,psychology professor atthe University of Delawareand author of A Mandatefor Playful Learning in Pre-school and Einstein NeverUsed Flash Cards.

“People in my job havedone a lousy job of educat-ing the public about whatmatters in child develop-ment. A lot of parents arebuying, for example, ex-pensive electronic toysthat have really question-able benefits.”

Research shows thatkids learn from play, not

toys. Parents should bewary of toys marketed aseducational — in factshockingly few toys of anytype are developed in con-sultation with child psy-chologists.

“Everything is educa-tional, but what are kidsactually learning?” says Dr.Susan Linn, psychiatrist atHarvard Medical Schooland director of the Cam-paign for a Commercial-Free Childhood.

“Children learn themost from hands-on cre-ative play and from inter-acting with adults whocare about them, so par-ents should approach toysthat claim to be education-al with healthy cynicism,”says the academic who ledCCFC’s victorious cam-paign against Baby Ein-stein’s unsubstantiatedclaims that babies learnfrom its DVDs.

“They should ask them-selves: Is this toy encourag-ing my child to becreative? Does it requiremy child to actively dothings? Can it be used inmore than one way? Toysthat talk, sing or dance atthe push of a button arepretty useless for kids.”

“The kind of toys kidsneed are 90 per cent kidand 10 per cent toy, notwhere the toy determines

what you do,” saysGolinkoff. “That’s whychildren are more fascinat-ed by the box the toy

comes in than the toy, be-cause the box has a millionpossibilities and the toyhas one.”

Children learn mostfrom toys that offer multi-ple possibilities and allowkids to express their cre-ativity including art andcraft projects, puzzles andgames, dress-up outfits,role-play toys and buildingblocks.

This holiday, place alarge appliance box in themiddle of your livingroom, suggests Golinkoff.

“Parents will beshocked by how muchtheir children age seven orunder will love that boxbecause it frees up theirimagination — it can be aboat, spaceship or house,and they can colour it, cutbits out, paste things on it.Kids love this.

“Parents feel like if theydon’t buy expensive toyswith batteries that they’refailing their children butit’s the exact opposite. Youwant the kid to be incharge and not the toy.”

Are toys good for kids?The toy industry uses aggressive

marketing to sell ‘educational’ toysto parents and children Will yourkids learn anything from thesegadgets? Or will a simple box do?

Kids learn most from — and love — toys that let them play properly.

THINKSTOCK

VINCI LEARNINGTABLET$479, Age: 4 and under

What: The first ‘iPad’ desig-ned for babies.“There’s no evidence thatany screen media is educa-tional for babies. This toycould train babies to dependon electronic media for sti-mulation or soothing anddeprive them of creativeplay. And it’s ridiculously ex-pensive,” Linn says.

4WORSTTOYS OF

2011

MONOPOLYCoca Cola 125th AnniversaryCollector’s Edition, $39.99, Age: 8-10What: Coca-Cola brandedMonopoly game. “A very cynical use of a be-loved board game to sellCoca Cola, when childhoodobesity is a majorproblem.”

MONSTER HIGHFEARLEADINGDOLL 3-PACK$42.99, Age: 6+

What: Skinny dollswearing provocative out-fits.“Horrible; parents passtheir values onto our kidsthrough toys and storieswe tell them. So when wegive them anorexic cheer-leader dolls we tell themthat’s what girls shouldlook like.”

I AM T-PAIN MIC$39.99, Age: 7+

What: Autotune micropho-ne that transforms yourchild into a rapper. “This introduces and rein-forces kids’ attachment toa performer whose songsare horribly misogynistic.Google ‘Take Your ShirtOff’ – the lyrics are so inap-propriate for children andthis toy pushes this perfor-mer’s brand on very youngchildren.”

“Toys kids needare 90 per cent kidand 10 per centtoy, not where thetoy determineswhat you do.”DR. ROBERTA GOLINKOFF

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) presents an annual TOADY — Toys Oppressive And Destructive toYoung Children — Award for the worst toy of the year in response to the toy industries’ annual lists. Dr Susan Linn tells us whythis year’s nominees are so appalling. Cast your vote for the worst of this top four at commercialfreechildhood.org

Slow toys

This season UK toywholesaler Asobilaunched a ‘SlowToy’ list of fun, inter-active, battery-freetoys in response tothe UK Toy Retailers’Association’s top 12toys of 2011, whichincluded the daftDoggie Doo: a plas-tic dog that poos.

New rules will make built-inchild car seats conform to

changed size limits. Scan code for story.

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What’s the best way to clean used paint brushes? And how do I get rid of old paint? Sandy of Halifax, NS

David

Suzuki

Foundation

If you’re us-ing low- orno-VOC(volatile or-ganic com-

pound) paint, clean up iseasy. Latex paints are waterbased, so brushes come

clean with a little eco-friendly dish soap and wa-ter. Oil-based or alkydoptions will require paintthinner. If you’re dealingwith the latter, check hard-ware stores for less toxicthinners that contain citrusoil-based solvents.

If you’re doing a multi-day job, don’t wash yourbrushes or rollers at theend of each day. Wrapthem in a plastic bag.They’ll be fine until the

next day. Stopping forlonger than a day? Storethe sealed plastic bag in thefreezer for a week or two.

Never dispose of half-used paint cans in yourhousehold garbage wherethey could end up contami-nating soil and waterways.Donate leftovers to a localpaint exchange program.Recovery depots acrossCanada take deck paint,primers, wood stains, oilsand varnishes. Most, but

not all, also accept emptypaint cans.

Nova Scotians can re-turn leftover paint to any ofthe province's ENVIRO-DE-POT facilities, for free.Check out ReduceYour-Waste.ca/paint. Outside ofNova Scotia, see if yourprovince belongs to Pro-ductCare.org. They list re-cyclers and disposaldrop-off depots for house-hold paint and small appli-ances, pesticides, CFLs and

more. Earth911.com alsolists drop-off depots.

The next time you’repaint shopping, ask the re-tailer if they take back oldpaints for recycling. Andcheck store shelves for re-cycled paint products.Boomerang, for example,reclaims leftover paint andre-blends.

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PAINTING A CLEAR PATH FOR RECYCLING

Canada is getting greener.But the rate at which

Canadian consumers aremaking green decisionsfor their homes appears tobe in decline.

The 2011 Home DepotCanadian Green Home In-dex gives Canadians a rat-ing of 54.7 out of 100 on arange of actions. The sur-vey covers everythingfrom buying efficient lightbulbs and reusing shop-ping bags, to renovationsand retrofits of the entirehousehold. That number isdown slightly — for thesecond year in a row.

“Through our research,we understand that Cana-dians don’t really knowwhere to start,” says

Paul Berto, Home De-pot’s director of corporatecommunications.

“And since no one hasdefined what it reallymeans to be green, wethought we’d go with ourown index. It’s designedto measure Canadians’ at-titudes and actions on howthey can help improve theenvironment and theirhomes at the same time.”

Berto says the currentclimate of economic un-certainty is putting a dragon eco-friendly home up-grades.

“About a quarter ofCanadians cited economic

factors as a reason whythey did not green theirhomes more,” Berto ex-plains. “And about 22 percent felt they’d alreadydone all that they could tomake their homes green-er.”

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Eating from a can is boring Making tacos is asimple, tasty solution that will change up your meal

Chili Tuna

Thai Tacos

Try these easy tuna tacos for din-ner or lunch. Having the flavourright in the tuna helps bring this mealtogether fast. Serve it up with a crunchygreen salad to round out the meal.

Preparation:

1 Toast taco shells for 20 to 30 seconds intoaster oven or in a 180 C (350 F) ovenfor 1 minute.

2 In a small skillet, heat tuna over medi-um heat. Reduce heat to low and stir inhalf of the sour cream.

3 Divide some of the tuna mixture amongeach taco shell and top with lettuce,tomato and remaining sour cream. Gar-nish with lime wedges.CLOVER LEAF/ THIS RECIPE WAS ADAPTED FORMETRO BY EMILY RICHARDS, A PROFESSIONALHOME ECONOMIST, COOKBOOK AUTHOR AND A TVCELEBRITY CHEF. FOR MORE, VISIT EMILYRICHARDSCOOKS.CA.

CLOVER LEAF

This recipe serves two.

Not your average-tasting beefExcite the whole family with Cumin-rubbed flank steak

Preparation:

1 Heat a grill or grill panto medium. In a smallbowl, mix together gar-lic, smoked paprika andcumin seeds. Set aside.

2 Trim steak of any surfacefat. Brush it lightly witholive oil, then press theseasoning rub onto bothsides.

3 Just before cooking, sea-son steak with salt.Place steak on the grill

or grill pan and sear.Cook for 4 to 6 minutes.Turn steak and sear sec-ond side. Continuegrilling for about 3 to 5minutes or until cookedto desired doneness.Transfer steak to a plat-ter and let rest for 5 to10 minutes before carv-ing.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/ THISRECIPE WAS ADAPTED FORMETRO BY EMILY RICHARDS.

Ingredients:• 1 clove garlic, minced• 2 ml (1/2 tsp) smoked pa-prika• 2 ml (1/2 tsp) whole cuminseed• Olive oil • 750 g to 1 kg (1 1/2- to 2-lb) flank steak (about 1 cm/3/4-inch thick)• Kosher salt

Ingredients:• 4 taco shells• 3 cans (85 g each) flaked light tuna (spicythai chili)• 60 mL (1/4 cup) sour cream• 250 mL (1 cup) shredded iceberg lettuce• 1 tomato, diced• 2 lime wedges

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It was thelast dive ofthe day, andas Jeff Morri-son hit thewater hecrashed tothe bottom

of the pool striking hishead.

He knew immediatelythat he couldn’t move. Hewas a quadriplegic andMorrison’s life wouldnever be the same again.

After rehab, Morrisonbegan working towards abusiness degree, but his

heart wasn’t in it. Oneday, he forced a Bic ball-point pen into his handand started to draw.

“That little drawingwas my turning pointand it ignited my life. Iwas still in my wheel-

chair but the possibilitiesof what I could dothrilled me.”

Successful art showsaround the world — in-cluding New York andParis — followed and hedeveloped a line ofChristmas cards with theproceeds going to charity.

Now he’s following an-other passion: music. Heand partner Tim Hawkesrecently recorded a CDand their new download-able song, I Heard theBells of Christmas, willhelp the Grandview Chil-dren’s Center in South-ern Ontario.

Jeff ’s optimism contin-ues to shine through.

“Never give up. I’vecome this far and I’m notgoing to turn back now.”

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• We’re stronger as agroup than we are onour own. We have tohelp each other.

• When you come toa barrier you can say,“This is the end of theline”. Or you can try tofind a way around it. Isay, “Just find a way.”

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They opened the seasonwith a whimper, but TravisLulay and the B.C. Lionsended it with a bang lastnight.

Grey Cup MVP Travis Lu-lay threw two second-halftouchdown passes to leadB.C. to an exciting 34-23Grey Cup win over the Win-nipeg Blue Bombers. Thevictory, before an ear-split-ting BC Place sellout of54,313 in Vancouvercapped a stunning turn-around for the Lions, whoopened the season 0-5.

B.C. became the firstteam in CFL history to winthe Grey Cup after losing itsfirst five regular-seasongames. The Lions also be-came the first squad since1994 to capture the leaguetitle at home.

B.C. was the last club toaccomplish that feat, join-ing the ’72 Hamilton Tiger-Cats and ’77 MontrealAlouettes.

Lions tailback AndrewHarris, a Winnipeg native,was named top Canadian.

Lulay’s 66-yard TD striketo Kierrie Johnson with sev-en seconds left in the thirdquarter put B.C. ahead 24-9.

But the game’s turningpoint came with 12:21 leftto play.

Lulay tried to throw ascreen pass inside the B.C.30-yard line, but Winnipegend Odell Willis got hishands on the ball and had aclear path to the end zone.Willis couldn’t hang on,and the Lions dodged ahuge bullet.

B.C. then marcheddownfield and capped an82-yard drive at 8:10 of thefourth, as Lulay found Ar-

land Bruce III on a six-yardTD strike to give B.C. a com-manding 31-9 advantage.

Buck Pierce made it in-teresting with two TD pass-es for Winnipeg. He hitGreg Carr on a 45-yardtouchdown strike at 11:22,then found Terrence Ed-wards on a 13-yard scoringpass with 1:37 remaining tomake it 31-22. It was set upby Jovon Johnson’s 47-yardpunt return that was fur-ther aided by a B.C. face-mask penalty called on

kicker Paul McCallum.Winnipeg’s onside kick-

off attempt didn’t go themandatory 10 yards, givingB.C. the ball with 1:36 re-maining.

Winnipeg’s late rallycame after a stellar per-formance by B.C.’s defence,which had effectively shutdown the Bombers’ groundgame and forced the EastDivision champions to theair. That seemed to favourthe Lions, considering theBombers had the CFL’s sec-

ond-worst passing attackand had to play catchupagainst a B.C. defence thatsurrendered a league-low21.4 points per game.

It wasn’t enough to pre-vent the extension of Win-nipeg’s Grey Cup droughtto 22 years, their last titlecoming in 1990. The losswas a bitter pill to swallowfor defensive tackle DougBrown, who was appearingin his final game after 11seasons with the Bombers.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Lions roar to Grey Cup winB.C. holds off spirited late Winnipeg comeback to win championship at home in Vancouver

Lions quarterback Travis Lulay scrambles during the second quarter

of the 99th Grey Cup at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver last night.

NATHAN DENETTE/THE CANADIAN PRESS

LIONS BOMBERS

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Bills celebration backfiresBuffalo’s Stevie Johnsonsaid he was “just havingfun” when he mocked be-ing shot in the thigh after atouchdown catch yesterday.He recognized after a 28-24loss to Plaxico Burress andthe Jets that his celebrationhurt the Bills.

Actually, though, theBills wide receiver was pe-nalized 15 yards for anoth-er celebration following hisfive-yard scoring catch thatput Buffalo ahead 14-7 in

the second quarter. Johnsondrew the flag while imitat-ing the Jets’ “flight” celebra-tion.

“I was just having funand part of having fun end-ed up being a penalty and atouchdown for the Jets,”Johnson said. “It was a stu-pid decision by myself.”

The penalty forced Buffa-lo to kick off from its 20-yard line. Dave Rayner, asubstitute for injured kick-er Rian Lindell, mis-hit the

intended squib kick and itbounced off the Jets’ Em-manuel Cook, who recov-ered at the Buffalo 36. NewYork scored on a 14-yardpass from Mark Sanchez toBurress with 1:03 remain-ing in the half to make it14-14.

Burress, of course,served 20 months in prisonfor accidently shootinghimself in the leg in anightclub in 2008 while amember of the Giants.

Asked if his demonstra-tion was meant as a person-al knock at Burress,Johnson said “not at all.”

“I can’t be doing that,”he added. “I cost my teamseven points. I feel I costour team a win.”

Burress, who made aspectacular catch on theJets’ late drive for the win-ning touchdown, said hewasn’t aware of what John-son did.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“I’ve already beenthrough the ringerwith that wholesituation”PLAXICO BURRESS ON STEVIEJOHNSON’S END ZONE CELEBRATION

BILL KOSTROUN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Quoted

“We are thrilledthat a tentativeagreement hasbeen reached

and are lookingforward to

getting back towork and

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DWYANE WADE. WADE ANDOTHER NBA STARS,

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SUPPOSED TO OPEN INJAMES’ HOMETOWN OF

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