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Despite the first Special Olympics games being held in Chicago, it’sstill maintained the ceremonies were really conceived in London.

In the 1960s, Dr. Frank Hayden was challenging the notion thatpeople with intellectual disabilities must have a short life expectancy.He developed the idea that if we improved a person’s physical condi-tions, it would improve their overall health.

“It was shocking new ground,” said Kris Nyhout, public relationscoordinator for Special Olympics London.

Hayden’s research grabbed the attention of Eunice Kennedy Shriver– who’s sister, Rosemary, was intellectually disabled – and togetherthey developed the Special Olympics.

Now it’s returned to its original birthplace after a lengthy process ofdeciding the location, said Nyhout.

This summer, Londoners will have a chance to experience thenational competition featuring over 1400 athletes.

“There are a wide range of sports and abilities,” said Nyhout.Residents and those traveling in for the games will also get to learn

that the Special Olympics are not a one-time event – they actuallyhappen year round. In London alone, there are 14 sports going on allyear from figure skating to basketball.

The athletes competing in these particular games – taking place onJuly 13 to 17 – will be hoping to qualify for the international summergames in Athens in 2012.

London has seven athletes competing.“We’re very proud of this number,” added Nyhout.Two athletes are competing in track, there are also three swimmers,

one bowler, and one gymnast. One track athlete actually has a connection to the other Olympic

games. Thirty-one-year-old Alex Domansky’s father Don competed intrack during the Olympics in 1976 and 1984. Alex’s mom was expect-ing him during one of the games and so his family jokes that he wasalways destined to be an Olympian, said Nyhout.

Alex is deaf and mute, which are the challenges he faces in theupcoming games, she added.

While the athletes in the Special Olympics may face some physicaland intellectual disabilities, Nyhout points out that it doesn’t make thecompetition any less fierce.

“This is real sport, not something that happens in park games,” shesaid.

Those interested in checking out the games can visit www.spe-cialolympics.ca. They are taking place July 13 to 17 at the Universityof Western Ontario.

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JESSICA IRELANDINTERROBANG

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Summer Special Olympics come home

PHOTO: BILL MILLS

Special Olympian Alex Domansky will be competing once again in track thissummer.

PHOTO: JESSICA IRELAND

Justin Trudeau visited Saunders High School in May,speaking to students on youth issues and participatingin a smudging ceremony.Also pictured with Trudeau is James Antone, FirstNations counselor, and student Rochelle Smith.

Of food and financial assistance

WATERLOO, Ont.(CUP) — To shed light onthe funding gaps in theOntario’s student assis-tance program, seven stu-dents across the provincelived on $7.50 per day forover two weeks in March.

That’s the food alloca-tion amount given to stu-dents by the OntarioStudent AssistanceProgram (OSAP), whichprompted the OntarioUndergraduate StudentAlliance (OUSA) to runthe food-budget campaignfrom March 8 to 26.

Nick Gibson, a partici-pant from Wilfrid LaurierUniversity, reflected onthe difficulties of main-taining a nutritious dietwhile on the restrictivebudget.

“When I really crunchedthe numbers and the serv-ings according to theCanadian Food Guide, Iwas not even close (tomeeting the requirements),and those were days that Ithought I was doing pretty

well,” he said. While he managed to

meet some of his dailyrequirements, Gibsonnoted that there was defi-nitely a lack in importantfood groups.

“My biggest problem byfar was fruits and vegeta-bles. For someone my age,I need to get about eightservings per day, andoftentimes I was getting inaround four or less,” hesaid.

Although the difficultiesof the diet were apparent,it is a reality that Gibsonhas become accustomedto, as he is already relianton the student assistanceprogram to pay for hisschooling.

“I’ve been living likethis for a while, so it’s sortof ingrained into my soul.”

Making people aware ofwhat a student goesthrough when living onassistance is exactly whatthe provincial studentassociation had in mindwith the campaign.

“Our goal ultimatelywas to draw attention to alot of the problems of theOSAP program and someof the challenges that weas students face,” said DanMoulton, president ofOUSA.

According to Moulton,Gibson’s experience wasquite similar to the otherstudents participating inthe campaign.

“It wasn’t an easy expe-rience to live a healthy andbalanced lifestyle on so lit-tle food and nutrition perday,” he said.

Both Moulton andGibson believe that thecampaign was successfulin drawing attention to thefact that the student assis-tance food allowance,among other aspects of thesystem, are inadequate forthe student lifestyle.

“A lot of people realizedI was doing it and I thinkthat people had at least achance to think about whatit was like,” said Gibson.

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ALEXANDRIA ELDRIDGETHE GATEWAY

DARIUS MIRSHAHIINTERROBANG

ADSTV launches new site

Recently, Addiction Services ofThames Valley launched their newlyredesigned website with a press gatheringin their offices at Queens Ave. andClarence St. The new site is the result ofwork with focus groups and feedbackfrom the community.

One such way they’ve reached out tothe community is through the PIER proj-ect, which was established to utilizepeers, information, education, andresources in an effort to discourage youthfrom using illicit substances.

“This is where a lot of our informationfrom the youth has come from for thewebsite,” said youth prevention workerJessica Austin at the website launch.“We’ve been able to ask them about com-munication and resources that work andthat don’t work, and they’ve given usinput.”

“We do actually find that lots of peopleare using virtual means to access infor-mation, so we are trying to expand theway to increase the access,” said LindaSibley, executive director of AddictionServices. “Some people walk in, somepeople telephone, and others can starttheir initial exploration around gettingsome help for themselves or for someoneelse by contacting us virtually.”

The website employs clean design anda structured menu to clearly provide awealth of information to its visitors, frominformation and self-guided worksheetsto counseling services for issues fromsubstance abuse to problem gambling andmore. Though a massive undertaking,ADSTV took a smart approach in includ-ing a lot of outside links to reliable infor-mation and media from the community.

“When asked, ‘What is the resourcethat you prefer?’ they said online, you canget it on your phone now, too,” confirmed

Austin. “We’re not trying to recreate thewheel … so we’ve incorporated a lot ofvideos, a lot of website links from otheragencies and areas.”

In the spirit of working with the com-munity, ADSTV teamed up with mindy-ourmind — a non-profit mental healthengagement program for youth andemerging adults based in Citi Plaza — todevelop two online games, includingGambling Zombies, an interactive puzzlegame in which you have to explore a casi-no to find your friends, who have all beenturned into zombies by the negativeeffects of gambling.

ADSTV have a lot of reasons to cele-brate recently; in addition to the launch oftheir new website, this June marks 25years that they’ve been serving the com-munity.

“We started in 1985 with one program,and that’s the substance abuse programthat’s our longest standing program, andthen we’ve had this really massivegrowth over the last 25 years,” saidSibley.

Growth that has led now to their newsite, and the new ways by which it’sembracing social media elements — eachpage features a Share link, a module builtinto their Page Tools menu that allowsvisitors to share its content via Facebook,Twitter, or just about any blogging orbookmarking tool on the Internet.

“We’re learning an awful lot about howto get information out — if there was anissue you wanted to know about, you’dprobably start online,” said Sibley.

For more information on AddictionServices of Thames Valley, from theircommunity outreach projects to theironline games, or to register for theiranniversary dinner at the Lamplighter Innon June 23, please visit adstv.on.ca.

Worst oil spill in history

For nearly six weeks now anywhere between800, 000 to four million litres of oil have beenflooding the Gulf of Mexico daily. BritishPetroleum, the company responsible for thistragedy is offering the lowest estimate. This is theworst oil spill in U.S. history, and it shows no signof stopping.

The spill began on April 20 when an explosionrocked the “deepwater horizon,” an offshore oilrigjointly operated by BP, Transocean Ltd., andHalliburton. Two days later the oilrig sank, and abroken pipe, 5,000 feet below the surface startedspewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, wiping outentire ecosystems.

BP, and the other companies are now facing crim-inal negligence charges, but this hasn’t stopped theoil from washing ashore in beaches, marshes, andfishing areas across Louisiana, Alabama, andFlorida. Although BP claimed in its application forthis project that it could quickly contain a spillmuch larger than this one, all of BP’s attempts toplug the well have failed thus far, and they are nowsuggesting that they won’t be able to stop the oilfrom spewing into the sea until August.

BP is under fire for deliberately choosing theriskier option for sealing the well before the blastoccurred, according to a report in the New YorkTimes. In order to save money, BP officials chose

to use a casing pipe that had a higher risk of leak-ing gas. Workers on the rig who survived said that“hours before the explosion gases were leakingthrough the cement which had been set in place byHalliburton.” Investigators have said these leakswere the likely cause of the explosion that sunk therig, and unleashed devastation on Gulf Coastmarine life and communities.

BP CEO Tony Hayward is enraging locals fordisputing their evidence of underwater oil plumes,for arguing that the illness in oil spill clean-upworkers isn’t linked to the toxic working environ-ment but that they have food poisoning, and formaking comments downplaying the devastationsuch as “amount of oil being spilt is tiny comparedto the amount of water in the ocean.”

Many financial analysts are predicting that BPwill never recover from this disaster, as the clean-up costs and ensuing lawsuits will bankrupt thecompany. President Obama has also halted all newoffshore oil projects for the time being.Environmental scientists are warning that once hur-ricane season arrives there is the possibility of oilraining down on large areas of the southern U.S.further contaminating food supplies, fresh water,and ecosystems on land.

EDMONTON (CUP) — A University ofAlberta research team has successfullyshown that a generic drug can alter themetabolism of cells and may be a potentialtreatment for a type of brain cancer calledglioblastoma.

On May 12, the team, led by medicineprofessors Evangelos Michelakis andKenn Petruk, published a paper in ScienceTranslational Medicine containing theresults of their clinical trial on the effectsof dichloroacetate acid (DCA) — a drugtypically used to treat a build-up of lacticacid — on glioblastoma cancer cells.Graduate students Peter Dromparis andGopi Sutendra are also part of the team.

Dromparis explained that DCA alters themetabolism of cancer cells by affectingtheir mitochondria. Part of the normalfunction of mitochondria is cell death orapoptosis, a process in which a cell essen-tially kills itself if conditions aren’tfavourable.

However, mitochondria within cancercells do not function normally. Apoptosisshuts down, and as Dromparis stated, thecells become “almost immortal.”

DCA serves to reactivate the mitochon-dria, meaning that their original functions,including apoptosis, are restored, whichhas the potential to shrink a tumour’s size.

Michelakis published his initial findingsin 2007, concluding that DCA was effec-tive in reactivating mitochondria in testtubes and in animals, but there was no evi-dence that this would be the same case inhumans.

However, with the results of their recentclinical trial, Michelakis’ team has shownthat DCA will work the same in the humanbody as observed in their previous studies.

The first part of the trial included ana-lyzing the effects of DCA on the tissue ofglioblastomas, extracted from 49 patients.

“We take these little pieces of tissue inthe test tube, we give them DCA acutelyand we see how the mitochondrial activitychanges. Essentially, what we've shown isthat DCA causes mitochondrial activationand this is consistent with what we haveseen in our animal models and in the testtube,” Dromparis said.

The second part of the trial was the treat-ment of five patients with glioblastoma.The researchers obtained tissue prior toDCA treatment, which offered insight intothe drug’s effects.

“We were able to compare, within thetumour tissue, different molecular charac-teristics,” Dromparis said. “DCA wasdoing in people, when taken orally, exactlywhat it was doing in animals.”

Dromparis stressed that people can reactdifferently to drugs in different conditionsand that this study does not guaranteeDCA’s safety.

“This study here is very small and onlydone with five patients. Now unfortunate-ly, that's not enough to make any claimsabout DCA’s safety or DCA’s ability to killcancer. What it does give us is an idea ofwhat's happening molecularly,” he said.

However, Dromparis did say that theresults are encouraging, but that there ismore work to be done.

“This is quite encouraging, because whathappens in a test tube and what happens ina human body are often very differentthings. But this is a study showing thatDCA can metabolically modulate humancancers, particularly glioblastoma.”

The next step for the team is to completelarger phase trials to help ascertain thesafety of DCA and its efficiency at killingcancer cells in people.

U of A study finds potential cancer drug

PHOTO: NASA GODDARD PHOTO AND VIDEO

Oil slicks off Gulf of Mexico.


London Tonight Show:new host, same set up


BOBBY FOLEYINTERROBANG

The London Tonight Show isback but with a new host, come-dian Jeff Leeson.

It’s also under new manage-ment – a team of comics includ-ing Leeson, Lars Classington,Ezz Sadel and Rob Browning.They all take part in the writing,producing and directing of theshow.

“Before it was one executiveproducer, now it’s a partnershipof four,” said Leeson.

Leeson was a guest on the firstshow early this year. When theshow was pitched to Rogers, theexecutives “like the idea, said itcould be marketable” but theyfavoured Leeson over the origi-nal host, he said.

The show is still a crossoverbetween The Tonight Show andSaturday Night Live, combininginterviews with sketch comedy.

They completed three shows

so far, but only one has aired –the other two experiencing tech-nical difficulties, said Leeson.But despite these setbacks, theystill are filling the 100 seats fortheir live studio audience, andhave amassed over 400 support-ers on Facebook.

They’ve also managed tosecure some great guests, saidLeeson. One of his favouriteswas Toronto Maple Leafs candi-date, Nazem Kadri who Leesoncalls “a cool guy to talk to, (who)didn’t take himself too serious-ly.”

The interviews are “veryrelaxed and light” but Leesonsaid audiences can expect serioussubjects to be broached if neces-sary. They are currently attempt-ing to get Robert Munsch for ashow, and Munsch’s recentadmission to his battle withcocaine and alcohol would likely

be brought up, said Leeson. Buthe also tries to switch up ques-tions, like choosing not to askKadri any hockey questions.

“I try to think of a personwho’s not in my shoes – whatthey’d want to know,” saidLeeson.

Upcoming guests include UFCfighter Sam Stout, Fraser thehypnotist, musical guest BossRebel, New York Rangers’Brandon Prust, as well as othercomedians.

“Our overall goal is to keepbringing in solid guests, to keepproducing a great show,” saidLeeson.

Their official premiere is May30. For information on how toget tickets to the show’s live tap-ing, as well as a schedule ofguests and more – visithttp://www.londontonight.ca.

New Facebook privacy tips

Though it’s used by close to500 million people around theworld, Facebook is arguably therealm of students and young peo-ple. Ever since opening its doorsto the public late in 2006,Facebook has grown andchanged in more ways than wecan count.

We don’t think of it the waythat we should: Facebook is firstand foremost a marketing tool.

In March, Facebook suffered abug allowing its users’ hiddenemail addresses to be seen byeveryone. Early in May, anothersecurity bug affected theFacebook Chat feature, allowingeveryone’s private chat conversa-tions to be seen publicly.

Then in April, Facebookannounced its Open Graph plat-form - a complicated mess thatallows third party sites on theInternet to access your personalinformation and preferences tobetter optimize your browsingexperience. It used to be thatyour personal information couldonly be accessed for 24 hours,but these outside websites canaccess and store it indefinitely. Inyour settings, this is called theInstant Personalization PilotProgram.

It’s time to get serious aboutyour privacy, we’re offeringsome of the best ways you canadjust your privacy settings andprotect your information.

Facebook ListsWhat they are: Groups that cat-

egorize your friends, your net-works, your schoolmates, andmore (e.x.: open your Facebookand click on Friends on the left— all the categories open upbeneath it)

Why they’re important:They’re wide open for everyoneto see. Big companies can usesearch strings to find out whattypes of products people are talk-ing about in order to advertiseThat means more junk for you.

Fixing it: Click in the top-rightcorner of your page on Account,choose Privacy Settings, selectPersonal Information and Posts,choose Customize for each sec-tion — on the pop-up frame, typenames of people or Lists youwant to hide your informationfrom.

Facebook LikesWhat they are: Fan Pages; this

isn’t the “like” you do on some-one’s status, but the Like thatreplaced “Become a Fan Of.”

Why they’re important: Likesaren’t protected. Everyone cansee your Likes — on your profileand the pages they are on. Somaybe remove “I’D BANGYOU… over the head with ashovel” and other questionablepages.

Fixing it: Click Account,choose Edit Friends, and selectPages from the lower list on theleft. Ask yourself, “Do I wantthis to be public?” and, “Do Iwant to get messages and newsfeed posts by these things?”Remember people can networkor contact you through theselinks, since they’re not coveredby any privacy settings.

Facebook ApplicationsWhat they are: Every little

game and quiz and social mediatool embedded into Facebook.

Why they’re important:They’re another way for peopleto access your personal informa-tion. Think about how often

someone “posted something onyour wall!” when it’s just anoth-er application looking for yourpermission to access youraccount.

Fixing it: Click on Account,choose Application Settings, thenselect Authorized from the pull-down menu. The massive list thatopens is every application you’veever allowed to access you onFacebook.

Friends Facebook ApplicationsWhy they’re important: Since

December 2009, the applicationson your friends’ profiles are ableto share your personal and profileinformation.

How you can fix it: Click thetop-right corner on Account,choose Privacy Settings, selectApplications and Websites, andEdit Settings beside “What yourfriends can share about you.”Uncheck all of the aspects ofyour profile and information youdon’t want people to be able toshare without your consent.

Reclaim your privacyIf you’d like a quick way to

check and access your privacysettings, you can test them withReclaim Privacy, an applet that’seasily added to your browser thatchecks your settings for you,with no installation required.Visit ReclaimPrivacy.org, forinstructions.

While it’s not possible to pullyourself entirely off the grid, youcan secure your personal infor-mation to protect your identityand reduce the amount of junkmail. No one wants theirFacebook profile to keep themfrom landing a great job or lifeopportunity, right?

PHOTO: BOBBY FOLEY

By changing settings on your Facebook lists and other applications, you canhave better privacy from advertisers.

INTERNATIONALEarly in the summer, British

street artist Banksy’s documen-tary Exit Through The Gift Shopopened in Toronto, and wasaccompanied by Banksy-stylestencil paintings emerging aroundthe city. Banksy’s publicist laterconfirmed that these pieces wereauthentic, but not before five ofthe seven were painted over.

Banksy is a British street artist.Though he appears in the film, hisface is not shown and his voice isdistorted to protect his anonymity.To date, his identity remains amystery.

In anticipation of their Pin ItFor The Planet week, from May31 – June 6, the World WildlifeFund conducted a survey acrossCanada asking Canadians if theycould give up their cars.

Out of over 2,000 Canadianspolled, 78 per cent said theyknow driving has a negativeimpact on the environment, butonly one per cent said they couldgive up their car. Two per cent ofCanadians polled said they wouldgive up sex before their car.

Canadian Minister of JusticeRob Nicholson signed off on theextradition of Marc Emery,Canada’s Prince of Pot, on May10, allowing the U.S. to assumecustody of Emery at theWashington/British Columbiaborder. Emery was born andraised in London, Ontario.

Emery pled guilty to a charge ofconspiracy to manufacture mari-juana, receiving a five-year prisonsentence to be served in Seattle, asa way to avoid a further charge ofdistribution and engaging inmoney laundering. B.C. authori-ties delivered him to those inWashington on May 20.

NATIONAL

Actor Kevin Costner steppedforward to aid in the oil cleanupcaused when a BP oil platform inthe Gulf of Mexico exploded andThe Field of Dreams star foundedCostner Industries Nevada Corp.with his scientist and inventorbrother Dan years ago and pre-sented a device to be tested for theclean-up.

The device uses centrifugalforce to separate oil from water. Itcurrently returns water 97 per centfree of pollutants. Costner alsodonated $26 million to aid inclean-up efforts.

The “Israeli Defense Forces”raided a humanitarian aid shipkilling 10 and wounding dozensmore who were attempting tobring medical supplies and othernecessities into the Gaza Strip onMay 30. The raid, which was ille-gal under international law, isconsidered an act of piracy andhas drawn condemnation frommost nations in the world. TheGaza flotilla, an international con-voy of humanitarian aid vesselsdetermined to break Israel’s siegeon the Palestinians of Gaza, wascarrying aid as well as doctors,media, members of governments,and human rights observers whenattacked. Gaza has been under anIsraeli military blockade for sev-eral years now, which has led tomass poverty and horrid livingconditions.

Working out of the J. CraigVenter Institute in Maryland, ateam of scientists has successfullycreated the first self-replicatingsynthetic bacterium. Theyextracted the genetic strand of anexisting bacterium, replacing itwith one designed on a computerand created chemically in theirlabs. Once the new, syntheticgenome was introduced, the cell“booted up” and began replicatingitself, as in nature.

COMPILED BY BOBBY FOLEY

360° News: international & national briefs

OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [email protected] 5

Volume 43 Issue No. 2 June/July, 2010 www.fsu.ca/interrobang/

Recently, a few people decided to setfire to an Ottawa branch of the RoyalBank of Canada, completely gutting it.Nobody was injured, and they posted avideo of this action online, stating theirreasons for taking such a bold action; pri-marily RBC’s financing of the Tar Sandsand sponsorship of the 2010 Olympics.

Since then there have been variousresponses. Some politicians and policeofficers are calling this destruction ofproperty “terrorism.” The corporate mediais hyping up the threat of violent protest-ers while ignoring the ongoing violenceand devastation being caused by theiradvertisers. Some high-profile activistsare trying to distance themselves from thisaction, and are even going so far as topublicly denounce it, fearing it alienatedthe average citizen from their causes, andthat their privileged positions in societymight be threatened.

But the average citizen doesn’t feelmuch pain for corporate property, espe-cially banks. Banks are being burned allover the world at an ever-increasing rateas the poor are forced to pay for the glob-al financial crisis created by the greed ofthe rich. Only the rich mourn the loss ofbanks, the rest of us know banks are thebiggest thieves of all. They lend us made-up money at high interest rates, and thenevict us from our homes when the corpo-rations they bankroll outsource our jobs.They invest in anything financially prof-itable no matter how much environmental

damage or human suffering it causes.That said, this particular act of sabotage

is the first of its kind in the current strug-gle against the tar sands’ and definitely anescalation in the tactics activists haveused against Royal Bank. For the past sev-eral years Royal Bank branches fromcoast to coast have had dozens of win-dows smashed in, their locks glued, andmultiple ATMs sabotaged, all while a pub-lic above-ground movement organized alltypes of protests, disruptions, directactions and awareness campaigns to drawattention to Royal Bank’s investments.

Royal Bank of Canada continues to bethe largest financier of the tar sands, eventhough it is causing death and disease tothe indigenous communities downstream,and is the most environmentally destruc-tive industrial project in the world.Obviously they don’t mind enriching theirstockholders, but the moment someonesabotages one of their banks in response itis condemned as terrorism and labeledextreme. The double standard is blatant.

Unlike the day-to-day dealings of RBC,burning an empty building is not terror-ism. The arson in Ottawa was simply asignal of frustration and genuine angeragainst the violence and injustice causedby RBC. Affected communities havebeen pleading for years with Royal Bankto stop funding the ecocidal tar sands tono avail. RBC shareholders have beenconfronted on the issue multiple times aswell, and have continued with their busi-

ness-as-usual. They cannot plead igno-rance any longer; they are now deliberate-ly desecrating this planet in the name ofprofit.

An RBC going up in flames blew awayany chances that RBC could continuehiding its acts. Thousands of people whomight not otherwise have cared are nowinterested in the motives of this attack.They want to know the “what and where”and naturally need to know the “why andwho.” This is a classic example of propa-ganda by the deed. All it took the vigi-lantes was a camera, a computer, a get-away car, and some homemade incendi-aries to send their message out to millions,and explain why RBC deserved it.

Now millions of people not only knowsome truth about the tar sands, but under-stand that there is militant resistance tothis ecocidal project. Even though noactual violence has occurred yet, above-ground activists who’ve been organizingagainst RBC can use the famous civilrights line “those who make peaceful rev-olution impossible, make violent revolu-tion inevitable.” Activists engaged againstthe tar sands may now take more radicalaction because nothing less than fire-bombing a bank is considered the extremeelement of the movement. These types ofactions open up space for others to esca-late their tactics while still remaining‘moderate.’

However, we must all still be very waryof outright military conflict with the state

and corporations. After all, they are theones with actual militaries, nuclear arse-nals, and super-prisons. During times ofsocial unrest, there is a concentrated effortto push pro-revolutionaries undergroundtowards clandestine militancy in order toisolate them and cut them off from above-ground support networks.

Divide and conquer is still their tactic.Their goal is to have an isolated under-ground that atrophies as it becomes moreclandestine, and an easily managedabove-ground that is non-confrontational,ineffective, and disempowering for partic-ipants. They want nothing more thanaboveground and underground activists toattack each other over tactics than actual-ly developing diverse strategies in whichall types of actions reinforce and supporteach other’s efforts.

My words are not enough to createchange, but neither is their fire. Militantclandestine actions are a dead end withoutsupport from a broader social movement.The most effective social movements aredecentralized and diverse, offering thewidest range of activity, and points ofentry to participants. If our movementsare ever to succeed we must use every toolin the toolbelt. The forces we are strug-gling against sure are, and they have amuch bigger belt.

For a world without banks, for diversi-ty in struggle.

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You can’t handle the truth

I think things must have been easier inthe Wild West. If you had a beef withsomeone, you called a duel, and whoevercould pull their gun out of their holsterwith superior lightening speed, well, prob-lem resolved. But it wasn’t merely thismethod of “social control” that provedmore effective. The nature of the conflictsthat emerged between people seemed to belargely based on more “tangible” concernssuch as limited resources – whether in theform of food, water, territory or women. Incontrast, these days, and I propose it’sbecause we as North Americans have SOmuch, we CREATE conflicts and socialcategories intended to enhance divisive-ness – something I like to term “human-made drama” – that in reality don’t havevery strong feet to stand on (sound famil-iar? 9/11 perhaps?). A more down-to-earthexample can be seen in the case of“Internet flame wars.” I mean, honestly,can someone please explain to me the pur-pose of such juvenility, let alone thecause? As always, an instance from myown life proves illustrative – don’t youlove it when real life serves as inspiration?I know I do! So here goes:

For no reason and without any provoca-tion on my end, just the other day some

random chick posted up big and bold, forthe whole world to see, that she apparent-ly hates me, in her Facebook headline –something I only learned about because itwould seem we have some mutualacquaintances. Seeing as I’ve NEVER metor conversed with this individual, I find ithard to believe she could harbour suchstrong emotions toward me. I don’tknow…maybe I’m crazy, but I am selec-tive when I use said term, and you bestbelieve that if and when I do employ“hate,” it’s for good reason.

I guess I’m just of the belief that ifsomeone has a grievance, they shouldhave “the balls” to confront the other per-son to their face. Talking trash behind peo-ples’ backs is underhanded and vicious.More importantly though, it also fails tosolve anything! Oh yeah, and for those ofyou who think this is the more “polite”approach, I hate to break it to ya, quite theopposite is true. Not only would this, I’msure, prevent a whole hell of a lot of longdrawn-out affairs that arise entirely frommiscommunication, but further it is therespectful and mature way to broach saidsituations. Perhaps my criticizer was hav-ing an exceptionally bad day, but ratherthan look into her own psyche in order to

ascertain the underlying cause, she decid-ed to project her negativity onto me toscapegoat any sense of personal responsi-bility. Or maybe, more simply, her actionswere fuelled by jealously? In either sce-nario, I maintain her animosity in my gen-eral direction was and remains unjustified.

There are a lot of individuals out there,in both the real world and cyberspace,with whom I don’t particularly mesh well(to put it lightly), but I don’t have the timenor do I wish to waste the emotion on cre-ating hate postings. For what purpose? Toput someone else down so I can temporar-ily feel grandiose? I’d like to take thismoment to send a personal message to myhate-poster: If the only vehicle throughwhich you are able to develop a sense ofconfidence and self-worth is by puttingothers down, then my darling, you’ve gotbigger problems than just me. But Idigress…

To bring everything full circle, what thisstory so aptly demonstrates is contempo-rary humankind’s obsession with negativi-ty (and yes it is an obsession, NOT a natu-ral inclination - as they say, happiness is aCHOICE). Because we no longer have todirect the vast majority of our intellectualand physical faculties into acquiring the

bare necessities of life, we have time forgossip, we have time for “Internet flamewars,” we have time to bully – allinstances of “human-made drama.”

We have forgotten that every word,every action, and even every thought weput out there affects others. We havebecome so caught up in our own selfishindividual existences that we tear eachother down, without giving it a secondthought, just to get ahead. We care aboutour lives now, instead of planning for thefuture. We externalize our desires, andblame everyone else for our failings. So, ismoney then the root of all evil? No.Money is merely a medium of transaction.As for the aforementioned negative andobsessive line of thinking? Yeah, I’d sayso. The truth hurts. Deal with it.

Modern society’s issues are indisputablyhuman-made, but in the ever-so-slightlyparaphrased words of Jason Mraz, “Theremedy is [in] the experience.” We canAND should learn from our mistakes. Andwhile I may be undertaking a “dangerousliaison” by pointing all of this out, “thetruth” as another famous quote suggests,“will set you free.”

Burning the banks down

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CATHY HOLTSLANDERBEYOND FACTORY FARMING

The United Nations has declared 2010 the InternationalYear of Biodiversity, and on May 22, the world celebrat-ed International Biodiversity Day.

This recognition of biodiversity's importance to theplanet is timely and important because around the globespecies from all walks of life are disappearing at roughly1,000 times the natural rate. The term biodiversity, whichsimply means variety of life, instantly conjures images ofrich natural ecosystems like tropical rainforests and coralreefs. Abundant and endangered ecosystems such as thesewere earned plenty of media attention on BiodiversityDay, and rightly so. But life’s diversity is not confined tothe wilderness. Since the dawn of agriculture humanshave painstakingly cultivated an abundant assortment ofcrops and livestock that have proven their worth over timeby providing for our very survival. And this irreplaceableinheritance is in greater peril than one might think.

Over the last half century modern commercial agricul-ture has opted to cultivate relatively few breeds and vari-eties of species in its single-minded pursuit of cost sav-ings and efficiency. For livestock producers, this hasmeant an emphasis on breeds that meet a narrow range ofcharacteristics such as the animal’s size, growth rate, andability to withstand the crowded conditions found on atypical factory farm. As a result, throughout the world,breeds of farm animals are disappearing at a rate of oneper month.

Historically, farmers set great store in other qualitieswhen selecting livestock. Breeds that thrived under local

climate conditions or on available feed were encouraged,as were those that gave birth to young with few compli-cations. Chickens that made great layers and broilers wereprized rather than one or the other. Likewise cattle thatcould be milked for years before they went to slaughter.And hardy livestock naturally resistant to ailments anddisease were also sought after.

Over centuries, the broad spectrum of characteristicsvalued by farmers throughout the world produced anamazing variety within domesticated species. These “her-itage breeds” form a legacy that today is increasinglythreatened by extinction. Worldwide, roughly 30 per centare at risk.

Meanwhile, intensive livestock operations, which havebeen expanding since the 1970s and now dominate animalagriculture, increasingly rely on a very narrow gene poolof factory farm-adapted breeds that grow fast, produce ata younger age and can survive crowded conditions. Theloss of biodiversity among industrial livestock createsproblems such as excessive aggression, inability to breednaturally, brittle bones, and poor immunity. The relianceon just few breeds makes these intensive production sys-tems highly vulnerable to massive disease outbreaks dueto the genetic uniformity of the susceptible animals orbirds. Because these operations dominate our food pro-duction system, they eliminate farmers that raise biodi-verse heritage breeds on a smaller scale and outdoors. Theresulting irreversible loss of biodiversity diminishes bothour heritage and our options for the future.

As factory farms proliferate, traditional farms raisingheritage breeds disappear and with them names likeCanadienne Cow, Barred Rock hen, Tamworth Pig andBroad Breasted Bronze Turkey may end up being con-signed to the history books. This phenomenon extendsbeyond our borders as Canadian factory farmed exportsalso compete with and undermine heritage producersabroad.

Diminishing livestock diversity affects more than pro-ducers. Options at the dinner table are reduced as well –chefs have a smaller palette of flavours to work with, andthe range of options for specialty foodstuffs like curedmeats and cheeses is limited.

When biodiversity suffers, we all do. We forfeit ourheritage along with our prospects and future potential inreturn for a world where the variety of life and the wealththat springs from it is diminished. But we can easily influ-ence the state of biodiversity here in Canada and aroundthe globe, for better or worse, every time we choose whatto eat. It’s food for thought.

Cathy Holtslander has been involved in environmentaladvocacy with a focus on agriculture and food since themid 1990s. Based in Saskatoon, Holtslander is a foundingmember of Beyond Factory Farming- a national advoca-cy group that promotes socially responsible livestock pro-duction in Canada. For more information, includingsources of meat and eggs from heritage livestock breeds,see www.beyondfactoryfarming.org

Behind the cover

PHOTO: JESSICA IRELAND


It takes a village to create a cover.Not the exact quote – but fairly accu-

rate. The cover started out as just an idea,but it took a myriad of skills to make it areality.

The setting was provided by MotherNature, but the body painting, photogra-phy and the bodies, of course, were allvolunteered.

Artist Cat Cabajar had always beendrawing, but now she’s discovered whatshe calls her “favourite canvas:” skin.

It started at Sarnia’s ArtWalk Festivalin 2004 when she was a mobile face-painter. But once she started, her workgot quite popular. A line formed, she wasgiven a TV tray and she didn’t stop. Fromthere, she’s moved onto bodypainting,henna and airbrushing – decorating two-

year-olds to 79-year-olds.Her day job is with Sun Media doing

classified advertising, announcementsand imaging for newspapers acrossOntario – but her goal is to make herbody art full-time.

“It’s just what I love and there’s a greatmarket. A lot of opportunity even in asmall town (like Sarnia),” she said.

For the cover, the idea was always topaint a horizon onto the models stomachs– with the real horizon in the background.As the two subjects – Dave Love andKatie Steinman – were moved around,lighting was discussed and paint wasmixed, the fun idea of both of them hold-ing the sun came about.

This wouldn’t have been possible with-out photographer Hailey McHarg’s eye

for details. McHarg’s had a camera in herhands since 13-years-old, and her eyesand brain see in photographs. This partic-ular shot gave McHarg a new opportunity,unexplored photography territory, and shecouldn’t wait to get to a computer to editit. Her first thoughts on photos like this?

“I immediately want to thank anyonewho did something to contribute,” shesaid. “My family of supporters.”

Thanking indeed. Big thanks goes toHailey McHarg Photography and ThePainted Cat, Dave Love, Katie Steinmanand The Treehouse coffee bar and restau-rant for allowing the Interrobang toinvade their beach shindig. For moreinformation on the artists, visit haileym-chargphotography.com and thepainted-cat.ca.

Photographer Hailey McHarg surveys the scene while Cat Cabajar paints the models.

Tribute overlooks lack of farm biodiversity

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UnleashedDog the Bounty Hunter takes his show on the road

Two girls huddled by the phone, it rings, instant freak-out. It’s like Justin Bieber calling two tweens – except thistime it’s Dog the Bounty Hunter, a personal hero ratherthan a personal heartthrob, but equally impressive.

My friend and I are likely two of the few 20-somethinggirls who freely admit they are massive fans of the hitA&E show, Dog the Bounty Hunter – which almostmakes it more special that Dog is calling us from Hawaiion a May afternoon, no one gets why we’re so excited.

Duane Chapman, a formidable-looking man originallyfrom Colorado, and his equally formidable family run DaKine Bail Bonds in Honolulu, HI, has been a reality-showsuperstar since 2004 when Dog the Bounty Hunter pre-miered on A&E. Audiences were drawn in by theChapman family’s look – a mix of leather and tattoos –but even more so to their family-focused business, and ofcourse, the thrill of the chase.

But while The Dog presents an imposing figure on tel-evision, the man has a good heart and a great story.

After asking Chapman how he got into bounty hunting,he jokingly chastised me for not reading his book – Iassure you I am picking up a copy immediately. He foundhis calling when he was in prison after pleading guilty forbeing an accessory to the murder of Jerry Oliver by not

reporting the shooting. Chapman worked in the prison barbershop that was

located by a building called The Hole, he explained.Often prisoners were escorted there if a member of theirfamily died, and they were a potential threat to them-selves. One day, a big “kid” nicknamed Big Foot wasbeing escorted out, and Chapman saw one of the guardsfly backwards and Big Foot take off down the road, herecalled.

Suddenly Chapman found himself running after BigFoot, yelling at officers to stop shooting at him, feelingbullets on his own back, he said. Eventually he tackledBig Foot down, when the lieutenant threw down the cuffsin the dirt and said: “Hook him up bounty hunter.” Andthe Dog was born.

The show, Dog the Bounty Hunter, has seen six seasonsand plenty of criminals caught. But in addition to theaction-packed chases, viewers tune into the car talksbetween Dog and the captured. Miraculously, it seemslike the man changes lives in the span of a car ride to thejail. While Chapman’s main goal is to “protect the pub-lic,” particularly the victims in particular situations, healso never fails to connect with those caught.

“I knew the bad guy wasn’t always bad,” he said.

Part of what helps his relationships with the criminals isthat he understands their position. “We’ve taken thatpath,” he said. Chapman is also an example of hope – whoespouses faith as an important factor in his life.

“Faith is part of any successful person,” he said. “Whenit’s really bad … that’s when it takes over. I gotta gothrough all the ‘I’m not going to make it,’ (you) gotta doit for yourself.”

This summer, Chapman is touring with his famous fam-ily to bring his own story and message of hope to cities onhis Mercy Tour. Chapman found book signings didn’tgive him the proper outlet to connect with fans so he’staking to the road in a more speaking engagement way.

“When people come to see Dog the Bounty Hunter,(they) come with hope, they wanna have faith,” he said.

“I don’t like to say something that’s not real. I go withwhat God leads in my heart (and) I don’t use any cusswords.”

Dog, you are a true gentleman.Dog the Bounty Hunter’s Mercy Tour will be making

its way to London on June 22 at Centennial Hall. TheFSU has two tickets and will be giving them away at theStrawberry Social on June 9, but you can also purchasetickets online at http://www.centennialhall.london.ca.

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G8 and G20 activitism opportunitiesDARIUS MIRSHAHI

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The G8 and G20 summitsdescend upon Huntsville andToronto this month, and thou-sands of people are organizingprotests, rallies, direct actions,and other events in opposition tothese meetings. Ranging frompeaceful family-friendly ralliesand public forums, to riskierconfrontational actions and mili-tant protests, as well as roamingstreet parties, block parties andtent cities, there is something foreveryone.

June 18 to 20, 2010: People’sSummit!

This is a “movement-build-ing” summit; bringing togetherover 100 civil society groupsfrom around Canada and theworld. www.peoplessum-mit2010.ca

Jun 21 to 24, 2010: ThemedDays of Resistance (Build-Up)

June 21: Economic JusticeAll Out In Defense of the

Rights of All. 2:00pm, AllanGardens. March.

June 25 to 27, 2010: DAYSOF ACTION

June 25: Justice for OurCommunities. NO to G8/G20!YES to taking back our city!

At 2:30 p.m. at Allen Gardens.Rally. March. Block Party. .http://25june.wordpress.com/

At 7:30 p.m. Shout Out ForGlobal Justice at Massey Hall.Public Forum.

Featuring: Naomi Klein, AmyGoodman, Maude Barlow,Vandana Shiva, ClaytonThomas-Mueller and manymore.

June 26: People First. WeDeserve Better. 1 p.m. Queen'sPark

Massive family-friendly rallyand march. Will include peacerally.

June 26: Get Off The Fence!1pm. Join the anti-capitalist and

anti-Leo Gerard Colonial con-tingent at the CLC demonstra-tion at Queen's Park.

June 26: Saturday NightFever. Late till Dawn. LocationTBA

A night to reclaim our streetsand show the world that Torontois alive, empowered, and readyfor a world-class party.

June 27: Getting Down toBusiness. Anytime before 4PM.Location of your choice.

It’s all about YOUR action.Get together with your friendsand plan something fun, cre-ative, disruptive, or outrightspectacular.

June 27: Fire Works ForPrisons. 5 p.m. Bruce MackeyPark (Dundas and Wardell)

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Introducing Lido PimientaBOBBY FOLEYINTERROBANG

Who is Lido Pimienta, you ask? Well, she seesherself as many roles. “I am a young mother,visual artist, and singer who seeks to inspire oth-ers to work collectively,” she said in an emailfrom her tour in Mexico. The young musicianhails originally from Columbia but is opportune-ly ours, splitting her time between living inLondon and studying in Toronto.

In recent months, Lido has exploded onto thescene like a sudden spark of light. Having justreleased her first EP, Color, back in the spring,accompanied by a music video filmed at theOntario College of Art and Design, she’s beensetting stages across Ontario on fire with hermusic and her energy — like the 2010 JackRichardson Music Awards here in London backin April.

When asked about the most awe-inspiring con-cert she’s attended, she recounts the time she wit-nessed Sexteto Tabala, from San Basilio dePalenque. “It was great because the men singingand playing were very old, but their energy andendurance was incredible,” she says, hinting atunspoken influence to her own performancestyle. “The drums and the singing ... very inspir-ing to me as a young performer. Well, I am stillyoung, but back then I was only 16.”

“You might have to travel to my country andexperience raw music and drums and strongvocals singing about land and love to understandwhere I am coming from.”

Though outside of music, she describes herself as simply a mom who cleans a lot. Shedraws inspiration from all aspects in life — people, love, family and friends, even more

difficult, controversial fare like racial attacks andqueer movements. Her day-to-day life is a balance ofschool, responsibilities at home shared with her hus-band and two-year-old son, and finding the music inevery thing, everywhere she goes.

“When creating the songs I start with the bass, thebass is the core of it all, the heart. Everything elsefalls into place afterwards,” she toldGopherIllustrated.org back in February. “I sing inSpanish, sometimes in English but the language isnot really an obstacle, because the songs are intense,soul and heart full, I put all those ingredients togeth-er and bake a song that tastes like love.”

Like any other student, Lido is making the most ofher summer, and has big plans for the near future;like wrapping up the Mexico tour, and returning toCanada to begin performing dates in Ontario, includ-ing our own Strawberry Social here at Fanshawe.After the tour, she plans to finish her debut LP, whichwill be released (even on vinyl) by Ku De Ta Music,a label based in Los Angeles.

“Summer is for creating and preparing myself forbetter and bigger things,” she says.

Her music is unique and presents a challenge todescribe – the closest comparison is that it soundssomething like a Spanish Bjork – so allow me toinvite you to our Strawberry Social on Wednesday,June 9. Come out into the SUB Courtyard from11:30 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. to enjoy Lido’s brilliantmusic, along with good food and friends.

And if you’d like to hear Lido’s music in the meantime, be sure to visit her profileson Myspace (myspace.com/lidopimienta) and Soundcloud (soundcloud.com/lido-pimienta) to hear Color and some of the work she’s done with other local artists.

PHOTO: LIDO PIMIENTA

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Perry keeps it controversialBOBBY FOLEYINTERROBANG


It isn’t every day that a music video gets shot here in London, but when our own RoseCora Perry called for extras to take part in the filming at the end of May, I answered. Ispent two days on set with Rose, filming a special “controversial” music video for thefirst single from her latest release, Off Of The Pages. Before that, though, I met with herhere in town at the home of HER Records.

People here at Fanshawe are pretty familiar with Perry — a former student herself,Perry has a history with the college that includes nearly five years writing forInterrobang and the experience of filming her first music video within these halls. Farfrom the rocker chick that fronted Anti-Hero, Perry has matured into an artist who ismuch more socially aware.

“The song that I’m releasing as my single is called Mad World. Definitely not thecatchiest thing that I’ve ever written, but that’s not the purpose of anything that I’m

doing artistically at this point,” she told me. “I’m really trying to head more in a socialawareness, political direction because I feel that music is an amazing medium throughwhich you can not only inspire people … but it also has the amazing capacity to changepeople’s minds, and to get them to spread awareness.”

Though she wouldn’t let me in on the secret of the concept of the video, Perry wasseemingly confident that I wouldn’t put it all together while on set. Perhaps this was dueto a slight suspicion in her mind about just how controversial the video may be seen tobe. “I may or may not be sued,” she laughed. “It’s got a very, very strong political mes-sage to it, and it might piss people off.“

“I want to do something cool, and I want to do something meaningful and powerfulto both myself, and to people who are music listeners and music lovers,” she explained.“But essentially, the whole video is about contrasting two worlds, two completely dif-ferent perspectives, and then asking viewers to consider them both, and not be blindedto what’s going on.”

Though it seemed vague, she did talk to me about all the work that goes into organiz-ing and filming a music video. For the video she made with her old band, it was a dif-ferent story — she had three other people to help her with arranging production, castingroles, and building props. This time, in true DIY fashion, Perry was the sole captain ofthe ship – one that included London-based Wreckless Crew Productions, a video pro-duction company that films and features artists who share their passion.

“Well, the first thing, obviously, was trying to find a videographer I felt was compe-tent in bringing my very, very specific vision to life, but also that could do it within anaffordable DIY budget,” she said. “Then obviously I had to storyboard the whole thing,talk about what I actually wanted in the video, come up with the concept, and listen tothe song repeatedly [with the videographer], basically second by second to allocate to itwhich scene would go where and how much time would be devoted for each scene.”

Those decisions made, it came time to scout locations in London to find which wouldbe best suited for Perry’s specific vision; of the four required to execute the concept, twolocations will film with extras. Perry kept details vague, but she did reveal the first loca-tion was at Richmond and Fullerton, downtown. The second location was a vacant lot atAdelaide and Hamilton.

Perry plans on going viral with the video once it’s filmed.“I’m going to do it all online,” she said, of her plans to release the video worldwide.

“If people are willing to broadcast it on air, like a conventional TV, I’m not opposed tothat, but judging from the controversy that may or may not erupt from it I’m not surewhat the likelihood of that is.”

Watch for Rose’s video to appear online when it’s completed — though there is noofficial date for its release, it will be published on her website RoseCoraPerry.com andYoutube channel when it is finished.

PHOTO: DAVID KOLODIJ

Keep it classy, ladies

Keg stands, unfortu-nate poses, too-shortskirts – we may or maynot have been guilty ofthese offences at onetime or another. But let’sget serious. As we growup and graduate, eventu-ally – hopefully – gettingjobs, it’s time to movefrom being crass toclassy.

Author DerekBlasberg is ushering in a new generation of ladies. Being over-the-top sexy – whichBlasberg essentially classifies as skanky – is so passé. Unfortunately, it seems, manyyoung women seem to equate sexy with scandalous and Blasberg’s tips, involvingeverything from fashion and party etiquette, to drugs and careers, remind women theydon’t need to be out-of-control to be attractive and successful in his book Classy.

Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Blasberg hit New York after high school land-ing a covetable job as an assistant at Vogue. He’s in the thick of the who’s-who in thefashion scene, and can count Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Emma Watson, numeroussupermodels and other lovely ladies as friends – so he knows a thing or two about look-ing great and acting your best. But, he’s definitely not been perfect all the way throughhis career, and he recounts some of his social snafus in Classy.

But while he may have a nonchalant, almost comically snobby attitude about sometopics – like airport fashion – Blasberg’s words of wisdom will hit a chord if you’veever made a decision you’re less than proud of, and it’s almost a relief to learn thatclassy is making a comeback.

And of course, for those who may have run off the rails more than a few times, ownanything Ed Hardy and have had their thongs visible in more than one Facebook photo,Blasberg assures that no matter how much of a trainwreck you are – you can get backon track.

Book review - Classy by Derek Blasberg

Day in the life of a video extra

Bobby Foley’s daily diary as an extra inRose Cora Perry’s video for her song, MadWorld.

DAY 111:48 a.m.: Though I was told to be here

by 11:00, Rose and the crew just arrived.My first thought? Seems like a very mod-est crew. I don’t see any of the musicvideo standbys here — where are theexpensive cars? Where are the women andpiles of money? Where is the all-whitebackground and accompanying swingdancers? I fear that every preconceivednotion I have of this industry may bedashed.

12:02 p.m.: The Good News: I haveobtained the role of Principle Number 6.This means that I will appear to be in theband for the filming of the video. The BadNews: I have no instrument to play, so Iwill have to clap my hands instead. Rosehas a pile of signs that she is dropping asan homage to Bob Dylan, but you and Iboth know that I have it way harder.

3:00 p.m.: My hands, red from clap-ping, have just been filmed in the behind-the-scenes documentary being shot by thecrew. We were all instructed to show moreand more enthusiasm as the day wore on,so naturally where I began by simply clap-ping and swaying, I am now deep into afull-on impression of The Temptations. Iwouldn’t lie to you, sugar-pie honey-bunches.

4:12 p.m.: Filming resumes tomorrownear Adelaide and Hamilton. I am to bedressed conservatively, which I under-

stand is indicative of the inverse nature ofthe shoot. Where today was peacefulprotest, will tomorrow be violent? Wheretoday I had to dance and clap, will tomor-row I be throwing haymakers left andright? Where today Rose and the crewwere close to an hour late, will tomorrowthey be early?

DAY 211:31 a.m.: It seems as though my

hopes that we would begin on time havebeen dashed. I'm standing in an emptygravel lot holding a suit and wonderingwhere everyone is.

1:43 p.m.: Rose is continuing the themeof throwing cards in homage to BobDylan. Today my role is that of a photog-rapher/reporter who scraps with security,throwing haymakers. It's going to be aninteresting day.

2:22 p.m.: Rose just let slip that thesetwo days' footages are going to be splitscreened, shown at the same time. She'sgoing to be showing contrasting worlds,at the same time.

4:04 p.m.: Just preparing the final shot,the CEO getaway - Rose gets rushed intothe BMW and driven away by security.She's all concerned about getting dirty."Sometimes even CEOs get dirty gettingaway," I told her. "You just gotta jump inthe chopper and not think about it."

4:23 p.m.: Wrap for extras; what a crazytwo days this has been. Hot as hell, butvery fun. Watch for this video, it's goingto be huge for me. Oh, and maybe alsoRose.


You would be very hard-pressedto find someone in Canada that has-n’t heard of Danko Jones, whoreturned to London to play CallThe Office on May 13 to supportBelow The Belt, their newly-released fifth studio LP. A flurry ofemails with their publicists landedme an exclusive interview whilethe band were here in town, so Istopped by CTO to meet themwhile they set up for the gig.

If you’ve done your homework,you’ll know that Danko Jones isnamed for its singer/guitarist; theirfirst full-length LP was 2002’sBorn A Lion (though they had a fewminor releases before it); and thatdespite being based out of Torontois the one place that they’re theleast appreciated.

There are things you can’t pre-pare for, though; despite landingthe interview with the band, it wasonly bassist JC (a.k.a. JohnCalabrese) who came out to speak to me. And though we did have an interesting con-versation, he seemed somewhat less than enthusiastic about our meeting, which may bejust a part of being in a successful rock band – perhaps by the time you’ve reached yourfifth record, surviving the kind of ebb and flow the music industry has gone through overtime, you’ve earned the right to have an ego.

I asked JC about whether or not he agreed with critics in referring to Below The Beltas a “return to form” for the band.

“That makes no sense, right? Because we’ve been around for 14 years,” he said. “It’sjust that the last record that we put out had more of a ‘classic rock’ feel, and this recordhere is more kind of stripped down, bare bones … it’s just a heavy Danko record, that’sit.”

But beyond being heavy, the record is dynamic and energetic in ways previous releas-es were not; I posited that perhaps Below The Belt could only have been achieved as asum of their experience so far.

“Yeah, definitely without the experience of Never Too Loud, [which] was a reallygood album to make because we did a lot of work with Nick Raskulinecz,” said JC.“Nick really pushed Danko into singing a lot more than he did in the previous records,so what you get [on Below The Belt] is a balance of the melodies in Never Too Loud and

the screaming elements of We SweatBlood and Sleep Is The Enemy.”

The band teamed up once againwith long-time friend and producerMatt DeMatteo, who has worked withthe band in some form or function onevery other album they’ve released.“It felt right, and he’s a good friend,more than anything, so that helps inthe studio.”

I’m not sure if our senses of humourreally meshed, so it’s hard to tellwhether he was being glib or sincere,but it would seem as though the bandis over their spat with the Canadianmedia; though they’ve traversed theworld, the band never gained a lot ofattention here in their home country,much to their early chagrin.

“Nah, I don’t care dude, I get toplay all over the world. That’s whatyou do — it don’t matter if you play infront of 50 people or 500,000. That’sit, we just play music and I get to trav-

el all over the world and it’s great.”And by the sounds of Below The Belt, the band is going to continue to be successful

for years to come — this album is electric and loaded with the kind of riffs that guitarplayers everywhere just love to play. Like a Nickelback song, though in this case thoseguitarists would probably admit it.

“Yeah, it’s my new favourite record, it’s going to be great, man. Everybody should justcheck out our website, dankojones.com, there’s a video for the new single out there, FullOf Regret.”

As success in the music industry has many parallels to success along most any careerpath, it seems almost appropriate to approach the boys in Danko Jones for career advice.But JC recommends simply that you stay in school.

“Don’t do what I do,” he says, a ghost of a smile on his face.And if I could hazard some advice, it would be to try to keep things in perspective.

Sure, things like worldwide success and a decent album will take you a long way, butthe way you act around and treat people are far more indicative of the kind of person youare; to be blunt, don’t treat the kid from his school paper like, well, a kid from his schoolpaper.

Thanks to Kim Juneja in Danko’s camp, and Tony Lima here at Call The Office forhelping to make this interview happen.

PHOTO: BOBBY FOLEY

The warm sand, the crisp waves, thegolden sun and a group of friends all mixtogether to make a perfect day at thebeach. Sounds good, right? Well, if youare planning a beach day, it’s important tomake sure you have some good eats anddrinks when you spend your day underthe hot sun.

First of all, it’s key to have plenty ofcold drink available so you don’t getdehydrated. I suggest packing a coolerwith a reusable bottle of water that youcan fill up when you need to and somejuice. Be careful, however, because juicewill attract many unwanted visitors likewasps, flies and other creepy crawlers.

For food, you will want to pack some-thing light. There is nothing worse thaneating something heavy and greasy in thesun. I suggest some fruits like watermel-on and strawberries (although be carefulof those creepy crawlers), some cold cuts

and cheese, some veggies with dip andsome buns.

It’s so easy to rip open a bun and makea little sandwich on the fly. Even better-bring along some hummus to dip yourveggies into while also using it as a sand-wich spread.

The fruit and veggies should be pre-washed and cut into easy-to-eat pieces,and stored in a tight container in the cool-er. The cold cuts should also be kept inthe cooler so as not to promote bacterialgrowth.

Finally, make sure to bring a couple ofreusable plates and cups so you don’thave to use disposables. This will helpkeep the sand out of your food. It’s a pret-ty gross feeling to have sand particlesgritting between your teeth as you try tochew!

And don’t forget to wear sunscreen!PHOTO: BENSONKUA, CREATIVE COMMONS CANADA

Summer means al fresco eating.

Food For ThoughtSHARLA [email protected]

BOBBYISMSBOBBY FOLEY

Danko Jones goes darker

Summer snacking

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LOVE LOLA LOLA I. [email protected]

Dear Lola,This summer so many of my friends are getting mar-

ried and engaged and I'm feeling left out! Part of meloves the single life - I'm young and this is my chanceto try new things before settling down - but anotherpart of me feels like I'm falling behind and I shouldhave all my life figured out by the time I'm 25. I amhappy for my friends but I'm also wondering how Ishould feel about all of this and how do I enjoy theweddings as a single girl?

Signed,Always a Bridesmaid

Dear Bridesmaid,It’s a sure, yet stinging, sign of adulthood when your

dearest friends begin pairing off one by one and step-ping out of the singles’ line. They’re plucked from yourside by handsome suitors and dropped into the glitter-ing world of marriage and common-law relationships.It’s amazing how one tiny gold band and a small, deli-cate piece of paper can put a strain on otherwise solidfriendships. Your friends probably feel like they areentering into a very important and possibly superiorstage in their lives. Marriage symbolizes commitment,maturity and fidelity, right? Being welcomed into theworld of “The Marrieds” is like pledging to a top soror-ity and bringing your favorite boyfriend and china pat-tern with you. In the land of The Marrieds, men areforced to pretend that they are satisfied sleeping withthe same woman for forty years and women are forcedto forget any joy, pleasure or freedom they felt whenthey were single.

For most women, their wildest stories, craziest par-ties and most spontaneous adventures happened onsome random night with their favorite single girl-friends. Somewhere between “for better or for worse”and “kiss the bride” women’s memories are wipedclean of any benefit of being a single gal and from thatday forward feel nothing but pity and sorrow for any-one they meet who hasn’t partnered-up yet.

Please know that somewhere inside your newlyengaged pal is a shackled, muted version of herselfscreaming to join you on the dance floor or the nearestgay bar for a wild girls-only night. That said, I urge youto shamelessly enjoy this time in your life. You maylive until you’re well into your eighties. You’ll haveplenty of time for fortieth wedding anniversary dinnersdown the road. This is your time. As far as handling all

the weddings as a solo act? Ask to be seated with thebride’s work friends (always the best table) and have ablast dancing and mingling! One more thing; do not getdrunk alone. It only fuels the waves of pity and sorrow.

Good luck!Love Lola

Dear Lola,My manager has asked me to cover a number of

tasks this summer for other employees who are takingholidays. My current role is pretty low on the totempole, but I’ll be covering the duties of many of mysuperiors for the next few months. I’m happy to beasked, but I’m bothered by the difference in pay I’ll bereceiving. I know some of these folks make almosttwice what I do. How do I approach this topic?

Signed,Cash-strapped

Dear Strapped,Congratulations on being asked to do the work of ten

men for the pay cheque of one! Obviously you werechosen for your talent and skill set, but let’s be certainyou weren’t also chosen cause you’re the officepushover who’s a glutton for punishment! Whether ornot you should be getting paid for these extra dutiescompletely depends on what tasks you’ll actually bedoing. If you’ll be checking the fax machine, returningmessages and taking minutes at a few meetings, youmay want to view this as a great opportunity to shineand accept a little extra grunt work to get noticed in anew role (translation=no pay increase). If you’ll bedoing someone’s entire job in their absence; answeringall calls, facilitating meetings, making decisions anddealing with customers or clients you deserve a littleextra moolah for your efforts.

The very best idea would have been to discuss thiswhen you were originally asked, but obviously you did-n’t do that. Now, you’re in the uncomfortable spot ofhaving to revisit the conversation after already accept-ing the offer. Awkward! I would approach your manag-er and be as straight up as possible. This is one ofthose conversations that may work better in personwhere you can read her reaction and change courseappropriately rather than in an email where tone andmeaning always have a way of betraying you. Simplysay “I’ve been thinking about the new responsibilitiesI’ll have this summer and I was wondering if we should

consider a change in my salary?” Worse thing she cansay is no, right? Either way, keep a solid record of allthe extra work you do this summer to present at yournext annual review.

Good Luck!Love Lola

Dear Lola,My girlfriend has found a fantastic summer job mak-

ing more than enough money to pay for school nextyear. I’m still working at the mall, hoping to find some-thing soon to cover my tuition and books. I don’t meanto sound sexist, but I can’t stand that she’s makingmore money than I am. She’s always buying magazinesand cappuccinos and I’m getting so irritated watchingher waste money! I feel like we could break up overthis. Help me get control of myself!

Signed,Bread Loser

Dear Bread,Congratulations to your lovely girlfriend for securing

a top-notch job this summer. Congratulations to youas well, for securing the position of top schmuck thissummer!

Seriously? You’ve got be feeling pretty sorry foryourself when your cursing your girlfriend for buying aPeople magazine and an ice cap. In this economy, I’mhappy to hear that anyone was able to grab a reason-ably well-paying summer position. Students are facinghigher tuition costs and lower income year over yearand will graduate with debt equal to five year’s salary!Kudos to your lady friend.

For years (and years and years) women have facedthe frustrating fact that men make more money thanus. Men bring home the bacon, right? The breadwin-ner, the head honcho…throughout history men havebrought in way more money than women. Ask yourgrandmother; she probably didn’t have a job outside ofthe house! She may have lived in the days of receivingan “allowance” from her husband to cover the cost offeminine products and a can of hairspray!

If your girlfriend is earning a good living this sum-mer, you should be proud of her efforts and happy forher success. Or maybe you should move aside so shecan meet some new guy this summer who will be!

Good Luck,Love Lola

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Grading the NFL draft

Boy, was my Mock Draft off or what?Other than hitting Sam Bradford at numberone to the St. Louis Rams, I was far fromperfect. Now I get to do some grading of thefirst round. I’ll keep it short and sweet foreach of the 32 first round picks.

1. St. Louis Rams – Sam Bradford, QB,Oklahoma: Got their franchise QB, havebeen impressed so far. (Grade: A)

2. Detroit Lions – Ndamukong Suh, DT,Nebraska: A building block for the defence,Suh will be a force. (Grade: A)

3. Tampa Bay Bucs – Gerald McCoy, DT,Oklahoma: Was a better fit than Suh in theirdefence anyway. (Grade: A)

4. Washington Redskins – TrentWilliams, OT, Oklahoma: Also a writer forthis very paper (different Trent Williams).(Grade: A)

5. Kansas City Chiefs – Eric Berry, S,Tennessee: Ball-hawking safety a huge pickat this spot. Had other needs though.(Grade: A-)

6. Seattle Seahawks – Russell Okung, T,Oklahoma St.: Best rated tackle by many,fills huge need. (Grade: A+)

7. Cleveland Browns – Joe Haden, CB,Florida: There were many other needs, butHaden should be a great player. (Grade: B)

8. Oakland Raiders – Rolando McClain,LB, Alabama: A rare smart, safe pick for the

Raiders. (Grade: A)9. Buffalo Bills – C.J. Spiller, RB,

Clemson: Strange pick, but the potential isthere. Have to move Marshawn Lynch tomake this work. (Grade: B+)

10. Jacksonville Jaguars – Tyson Alualu,DT, California: A major reach at this point,but the Jags must have saw something theyliked. (Grade: C)

11. San Francisco 49ers – Anthony Davis,OT, Rutgers: Really unnecessary trade tomove up, but good selection. (Grade: B)

12. San Diego Chargers – Ryan Mathews,RB, Fresno St: A huge move up the firstround, for the replacement for LaDainianTomlinson. (Grade: B+)

13. Philadelphia Eagles – BrandonGraham, DE, Michigan: Another big tradeup, and the Eagles finally get a complementfor Trent Cole. (Grade: A-)

14. Seattle Seahawks – Earl Thomas, S,Texas: The ‘Hawks complete their stellarfirst round by getting Thomas. (Grade: A)

15. New York Giants – Jason Pierre-Paul,DE, South Florida: Some ranked him high-er, but really didn’t prove himself in college.Risk/reward pick. (Grade: B-)

16. Tennessee Titans – Derrick Morgan,DE, Georgia Tech: The best defensive endin the draft, Morgan falls a bit, but the Titansare ecstatic. (Grade: A)

17. San Francisco 49ers – Mike Iupati,OG, Idaho: Paired with Davis, should givethem a heck of an offensive line. (Grade: A)

18. Pittsburgh Steelers – MaurkicePouncey, C, Florida: The offensive line hasbeen a huge problem, Pouncey will help.(Grade: B+)

19. Atlanta Falcons – SeanWeatherspoon, LB, Missouri: The Falconsstruck gold with this pick, a true talent.(Grade: A)

20. Houston Texans – Kareem Jackson,CB, Alabama: A bit of an unknown, but tal-ent will show in Texans’ defence. (Grade:B)

21. Cincinnati Bengals – JermaineGresham, TE, Oklahoma: Should be a bighelp in the Bengals passing game. (Grade:B)

22. Denver Broncos – DemaryiousThomas, WR, Georgia Tech: Should helperase the loss of Brandon Marshall. (Grade:B+)

23. Green Bay Packers – Bryan Baluga,OT, Iowa: Should not have fell this far, anabsolute steal. (Grade: A+)

24. Dallas Cowboys – Dez Bryant, WR,Oklahoma St: Traded up for this dynamicplaymaker. Had other needs though. (Grade:B+)

25. Denver Broncos – Tim Tebow, QB,

Florida: The absolute worst pick of theround. Could never develop into an NFLQuarterback. (Grade: D)

26. Arizona Cardinals – Dan Williams,DT, Tennessee: A very good addition to analready stout defence. (Grade: A)

27. New England Patriots – DevinMcCourty, CB, Rutgers: Should start rightaway in a weak secondary. (Grade: B+)

28. Miami Dolphins – Jared Odrick, DT,Penn St: Wanted Dan Williams, but got asolid player in Odrick. (Grade: B)

29. New York Jets – Kyle Wilson, CB,Boise St: The best defence in the league gotbetter by adding Wilson. (Grade: A)

30. Detroit Lions – Jahvid Best, RB,California: Traded up to get this speedyback. Completed a strong first round for theLions. (Grade: B+)

31. Indianapolis Colts – Jerry Hughes,DE, TCU: This hybrid DE/LB should be agood depth player on the Colts line. (Grade:B)

32. New Orleans Saints – PatrickRobinson, CB, Florida St: Some had him asthe number two corner behind Haden.Good move for the defending Champs.(Grade: A)

There you have it folks. Overall, it was avery exciting NFL Draft this year. Can’twait for the 2010 NFL season to start.

The autograph man: taking namesand breaking records

SURREY, B.C. (CUP) — Hisname is Laslo Babits, but youcan call him the autograph man.Not because he gives a lot out,but because he wants yours.

Babits began his career as atrack and field Olympian andstill holds the record for thehighest javelin finish by aCanadian, placing eighth in hisevent at the 1984 SummerGames in Los Angeles. ButBabits is aiming for anotherrecord now: To see his name inthe Guiness Book of WorldRecords for the most auto-graphs collected by one person.

He started collecting auto-graphs in 1989 when he wasstill an Olympic athlete, train-ing in Key West, Florida for the1992 Games. When thatappearance didn’t pan out —due to funding problems — heaimed for the 1996 Gamesinstead.

But as those Gamesapproached, a car accident, thena mushroom-picking expeditiongone awry — he ended upneeding a liver transplant aftereating a poisonous mushroom— ended his Olympic career.

Still, Babits continued col-lecting autographs while work-ing as an Olympic attaché andtravelling as a tourist at a num-ber of other events, like theWorld Series and the WorldCup.

“You can learn a lot aboutpeople [collecting autographs]... you meet people from allwalks of life," Babits said.

Babits says he spends four tosix hours collecting autographsevery day, usually logging 500to 600 signatures at a time. ButBabits estimates that roughly 30per cent of the people heapproaches refuse to sign hisbook.

So far, he’s filled out 22books of autographs over thepast 21 years in places as closeas Atlanta, Georgia and KeyWest, and as far away as Seoul,Caracas and most of Europe.His collection even includesvarious celebrities like CindyCrawford and Dolph Lundgren,who played Drago in Rocky IV.

He's even collected auto-graphs while fleeing HurricaneAndrew – which struck Floridain 1992.

But one of the best auto-graphs he's received was a littleboy’s doodle.

“You can feel the energycoming out of [the] autograph,”Babits said.

Perhaps next year, when hehopes to have collected over100,000 signatures, Babits willsend in his achievement to theGuinness Book of WorldRecords. But for now he’s stillat it, collecting autographs,being the autograph man.

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