Na’vi, the invented language spo-ken by the blue-skinned aliens inthe Hollywood blockbuster Avatar,is poised to surpass Klingon interms of popularity, says a B.C.professor.

Christine Schreyer, an assistantprofessor of anthropology at UBCOkanagan, conducted a survey onthe popularity of the Na’vi lan-guage around the world.

“Due to the fact that Klingonhas been around for decades,more attention has been providedto (it),” said Schreyer.

“But Na’vi’s growth has beenexponentially faster than Klingon.For instance, there are transla-tions of the Na’vi — English dic-tionary into eight other lan-guages.”

The survey, which began June14 and wrapped up at the end ofJuly, looked at ages, genders andnationalities of those who speakthe language around the globe.

Schreyer received 120 respons-es in English and other languagessuch as Russian, Ukrainian, Ger-

man, French, Hungarian and evenNa’vi itself.

Paul Frommer, a retired Cali-fornian linguist who created Na’vifor Avatar, has emailed Schreyerwith his support and requested tosee the results.

He too wonders why the lan-guage has become so popular soquickly.

“It’s been astonishing to me,the response that it’s gotten, real-ly, worldwide,” said Frommer.

The survey also indicates that

people who speak different rootlanguages use Na’vi to communi-cate with each other.

Avatar is the highest-grossingmovie of all time, earning $2.8 bil-lion at the box office. Two sequelsare in the works.

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Team China outshone itscompetition to win thisyear’s Battle of the Cham-pions.

The 2008 winner cameback strong with its ChinaStorm display inspired bythe traditional Chinese cal-endar and a trip throughthe year of the rabbit.

“China deserved the

win,” said Celebration ofLight producer PatrickBrault in a statement.“Their use of colour andchoreography were simplyflawless. The judges had ahard time deciding thewinner because it was soclose, but in the end it wasa few points that made thedifference.”

Project manager AndreaDowd-Dever said the well-behaved crowds, highquality displays of the

competitors, and the addi-tion of the bleacher seatsin English Bay have helpedmake the annual event asuccessful one.

But Vancouver policesaid booze was still a ma-jor problem at the publicevent.

Const. Jana McGuinnesssaid officers poured outmore than 1,200 drinks onSaturday, 636 of whichwere thrown out in thedowntown core alone.

Transit police, sheadded, poured out 565drinks before they couldbe brought to the event.There were also 22 drugseizures and 13 weaponstaken away from people inthe crowd last night.

At least two boats werebrought ashore for im-paired operation. One boatwas seized at the RockyPoint Marina safety check-point after police discov-ered it was stolen.

Celebration of Light a success, says project organizer But booze anissue as police pour out more than 1,200 drinks during final night

The Burrard Street Bridge is seen in the foreground as fireworks from team China blast

over the waters of English Bay during the Celebration of Light on Saturday, July 30.

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Fishingaccidentkills atleast oneSearch-and-rescue crewswere unable to find a miss-ing woman who was sweptaway in the CheakamusRiver after a tragic accidentduring a fishing expeditionon Saturday.

She is now presumeddrowned. A male who triedto help her was found dead.

The man and womanwere fishing with a guidealong the river, about 20kilometres south ofWhistler, when the leisure-ly outing took a turn forthe worse around 3:45 p.m.

“The woman fell intothe river and was sweptaway,” said Whistler RCMPStaff Sgt. Steve LeClair.“The man jumped into thewater in an attempt to saveher. The guide tried to fol-low them along the shoreuntil they were out of sightand called 911.”

A search-and-rescueteam specializing in swift-water rescue wasassembled and scrambledto the scene via helicopterwithin half an hour.

The man was found facedown in the water a fairdistance away from the ac-cident scene two hours lat-er. LeClair said he wasdeclared dead at the scene.

No trace of the womanhad been found bynightfall, so the search wasresumed yesterday. Giventhe rough river conditionsand potential hazards,LeClair said searchers’ opti-mism was tempered.

The search was eventual-ly called off in theafternoon, with the womanpresumed dead.

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Police deployed extra offi-cers on London’s streetsyesterday to prevent a re-peat of Saturday’s violencein north London’s Totten-ham area, which appearedto be quiet last night.

But disturbances brokeout in Enfield, about eightkilometres north of Totten-ham. TV footage showed ri-ot and mounted policepatrolling the streets, andthere were also images ofsmashed shop windows,and police with dogs detain-ing at least one man.

Social networking web-sites swirled with rumoursof other riots beginning orbeing planned.

The violence has cast apall over a city preparing tohost the 2012 OlympicGames. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Bloodiestweek inSyrianprotests Syrian troops fired onmourners at a funeral andraided an eastern city yes-terday, killing at least 59people in an intensifyinggovernment crackdown onprotesters. Outrage was in-tensifying as well: Syria’sArab neighbours forcefullyjoined internationalcondemnation against

President Bashar Assad’sregime for the first time.

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Harper is trying to ce-ment trade ties with LatinAmerica and the Caribbean.An April 2009 diplomatic

cable from the U.S. embassyin Ottawa, published byWikiLeaks, suggests Harperbelieves Canada could holdmore sway with the U.S. if,like Australia, his countryhad strong relations with

other nations in the region.“PM Harper hoped to

gain similar benefits forCanada by increased atten-tion to Latin America andthe Caribbean,” the cablesays. THE CANADIAN PRESS

PM on tour to talk tradeStops in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Honduras

The European Central Banksays it will “actively imple-ment” a bond-purchaseprogram that could boostSpanish and Italian bondsand drive down interestyields that threaten thecountries’ budgets.

The move, though risky,could help Rome andMadrid fend off markettrouble until a eurozonebailout fund is approved tohelp them. Italy and Spainare trying to avoid financialcollapses like those thathave forced Greece, Irelandand Portugal to seek inter-national bailout loans.

Responding to marketpressure, Italian PrimeMinister Silvio Berlusconipromised on Friday to bal-ance the country’s budgetby 2013, a year early, and to

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German Chancellor An-gela Merkel and FrenchPresident Nicolas Sarkozypraised reform efforts byItaly and Spain, but alsourged “complete andspeedy implementation.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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What’s next?I’m starting to wonder if

Gregor Robertson and hisMoonbeam Team at VisionVancouver are putting us on.

If you missed it the otherday, he revealed Vancouver’s surefire an-swer to traffic gridlock: Walk, people.

Here’s what he said: “Walking is thetop priority in the city’s transportationplan, and it’s important that we improvethe safety and comfort of our streets andsidewalks for pedestrians.”

And to prove he means it, he reduced the speed limiton Hastings Street on the Downtown Eastside to 30 km/h in order to accommodate the substance-addledjaywalkers who wander into traffic in a determinedeffort to get to the other side, come what may.

Vancouver police, who must think city hall has beentaken over by Martians, op-pose the idea because themayor has effectivelyendorsed jaywalking. He’sat least levelled the playingfield, slowing traffic downto a crawl with a combina-tion of ill-considered bikebarricades and reductionsin speed limits.

It all fits into themayor’s scheme to take thecity back to a lesscomplicated time whenfolks grew wheat on thefront lawns and raisedchickens in the back,walked to the village andate only home-grown veg-etables because that’s allthey could get and liked it,dammit.

Nobody ever said VisionVancouver meant“forward,” did they?

It’s starting to dawn on the good people that the may-or is feverishly constructing a 17th-century theme parkformerly known as Vancouver, complete with drunkenfeast days (e.g., the Stanley Cup, er, event), and they’refreaking out. The most recent poll shows a 14-pointdrop in Vision popularity. The good old NPA, decimatedin the last wave of Gregormania, is undead and breath-ing down the mayor’s neck.

People who try to be “decent” and “law-abiding,” or atleast try to get to work on time are increasingly discour-aged by Vision’s callous disregard for their priorities infavour of those who don’t.

No one wants to see drug-addicted or mentally ill peo-ple endangered. No one wants cyclists to ride in peril.

But unlike the baby toads that are jay-hopping acrossthe roads en masse in Chilliwack, human traffic hasevolved the capacity to work together to ensure we allget there in safety and comfort.

And when the mayor has tunnel vision, he’s no help.We’re all holding our breath waiting for the next breath-less Vision. How about chicken crossings on Broadway?

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STEM CELLS. A team of sci-entists has reported pro-ducing viable spermusing the stem cells ofmice in an experimentthat researchers hopecould one day lead totreating infertile men.

The Kyoto Universityresearchers managed toinduce mice stem cellsinto creating sperm pre-cursors, which weretransplanted intoinfertile male mice. Themice then producedsperm that was success-fully used to fertilize eggsin a lab dish.

The offspring werehealthy and fertile,according to a paper pub-lished online in the scien-tific journal Cell.

Members of theresearch team, led byMitinori Saitou, said theybelieve their success mayhelp in the developmentof infertility treatmentsin humans.

Experts outside thegroup say it’s an impor-tant first step toward in-fertility treatment,although there would bea long way yet to go.

“This is a very good ex-periment for thinkingabout treatment of infer-tile man but a very, verylong way,” said Toshio Su-da, developmental biolo-gy professor at KeioUniversity.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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velvet from young deer antlerscontains an “insulin-like growthfactor, which mediates the level of hu-man growth hormone in the body.”

IGF-1 has been banned by, amongother groups, the World Anti-DopingAgency because one of its uses is tobuild muscle and cut fat.

Major league baseball, with a recenthistory tainted by tawdry stories of hit-ters and pitchers juicing to becomestronger and faster, banned one specif-ic brand because, according to SportsIllustrated’s report, it has “potentiallycontaminated nutritionalsupplements,” namelymethyltestosterone, a banned steroid.TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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At the beginning of my in-terview with Bryce DallasHoward she does some-thing I’ve never experi-enced before in a celebritysit-down. Curled up on acouch in Toronto’s ParkHyatt Hotel, the four-and-a-half month pregnant starof The Help does some-thing really un-celebrity-like — she offers to holdthe microphone I’m usingto record our chat.

It’s a small thing, but it

goes a long way to creatinga portrait of the down-to-earth Golden Globe nomi-nee, who is best known forroles in blockbusters likeSpider-Man 3, The TwilightSaga: Eclipse and Termina-tor Salvation.

Surrounded by celebrityfrom birth — her father isTV icon Ron Howard —she has observed stardomup close and has strongopinions about fame.

“It’s weird that we ex-pect celebrities to behavelike they’re so entitled,”she says. “I think it’s be-cause a lot of celebrities

do, and that’s just absurd.”This is coming from

someone whose godfatheris Henry Winkler, whoonce had Tom Cruise as ababysitter and first actedat age seven as an extra inone of her dad’s movies.

“I’ve always been kind offascinated by that subjectbecause while I have closelyobserved celebrity I have al-ways felt apart from it be-cause I was raised outside ofHollywood,” she says.

“Recently because of re-ality television the notionof celebrity and what peo-ple are famous for is chang-

ing,” she adds. I mention stars that par-

lay sex tapes into a show-biz career and she nods.

“I think unfortunatelythat is defining our time.I’ve never actually had thisthought before, but I thinkit would be interesting tolook back in history andsee who the most iconic in-dividuals of that time peri-od were and then look atnow, and perhaps be a lit-tle bit horrified.”

When I ask if fame isimportant to her personal-ly she is quick to answer.

“No. Not at all. One of

the things I feel mostgrateful for is that I don’tlive the life of a famousperson.”

Despite her famous roots, Bryce Dallas Howard remains down to earthActress plays wealthy Mississippi socialite Hilly Holbrook in The Help

Howard needs no helpBryce Dallas Howard, seated centre, stars in The Help.

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Super moments in super-

group history

1956Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash,Carl Perkins and Jerry LeeLewis start the bidding with

the Million Dollar Quartet.

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lo Springfield and the Hol-lies.

1969Blind Faith features EricClapton and Ginger Bakerfrom Cream, along withSteve Winwood.

1988Traveling Wilburys are BobDylan, George Harrison,Tom Petty, Roy Orbison andJeff Lynne.

2002Slash puts to-gether Velvet

Revolver, including Weilandfrom Stone Temple Pilots.

2009Them Crooked Vultures:John Paul Jones of Led Zep-pelin, Dave Grohl of FooFighters and Josh Hommeof Queens of the Stone Age.

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At first glance, Mick Jagger,New Kids on the Block andBen Harper may not appearto have much in common,but in fact, they have latelybeen making music biggerthan their own. All threehave recently joined super-groups, bands comprisingmembers from other al-ready established acts.

“Music has gotten socompartmentalized and putinto genres,” says guitaristDave Stewart, who is bestknown as the guitarist forthe Eurythmics, and now aspart of SuperHeavy, a super-group that includes him,Mick Jagger, Joss Stone,Damian Marley and A.R.Rahman.

“Mick was saying we’ll gointo the iTunes library as‘unclassifiable.’”

Paul Levinson, professorof communication and me-dia studies at Fordham Uni-versity in New York, saysputting dominant personali-ties from various groupswill always be exciting foraudiences.

“Fans very often love oneor two members of a group

more than the others, andwhen those members fromdifferent groups get togeth-er and form one super-group, it’s almostirresistible,” he says.

Stewart says one elementthat makes SuperHeavywork is that the memberscome from such diversebackgrounds. But howabout if you form a super-group based on acts who areinfluenced by each other?

Metro spoke with LouPearlman, founder of theBackstreet Boys. Currentlyserving up to 25 years in aTexas prison for running aPonzi scheme that deniedinvestors of $300 million,he seemed happy to talk.

“Backstreet Boys andNew Kids on the Block —that was a marriage madein heaven,” he says. “Back-street Boys tailored them-selves to the New Kids’ stylewhen I was helping to get it

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When big-name musicians join forcesin a band, the result can be ‘irresistible’

all together. … Not in everygroup does everybody shineto be, say, the heartthrob,

but there’s always one, thequirky one, or there’s onethat’s the very musically tal-

ented one or the greatsinger or things like that,and you take those key peo-

The Backstreet Boys — a supergroup of the past.

“Backstreet Boysand New Kids onthe Block — thatwas a marriagemade in heaven”LOU PEARLMAN, FOUNDER OF THE BACKSTREET BOYS

ple, put them together andjoin it and you forge a newgroup — and that’s how youmake a supergroup.”

Stewart says there’s oneimportant rule when you’rea part of a supergroup.

“Everybody’s got tocheck their egos at thedoor,” he says.

“That’s partly why peo-ple like it, because it’s like,‘Oh good. I don’t have to bein charge.’”

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Death Cab flirtswith disaster

No future, but plenty of the past

Alexisonfire is splitting up after two members decided to leave the group.

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Ten years goneAfter a decade together, Juno-winning rockers

Alexisonfire break up, say split is ‘not really’ amicableJuno Award-winning post-hardcore rockers Alexison-fire are splitting up aftertwo members decided toleave the group in a break-up that frontman GeorgePettit says is “not really”amicable.

The St. Catharines, Ont.,band announced their deci-sion in a lengthy note post-ed to their website, writtenby Pettit.

“After 10 years, Alexison-fire has decided to partways,” he wrote. “Was thebreak-up amicable? Not re-ally. Was it necessary? Prob-ably.

“Regardless, the mem-bers of this band are myfamily and I wish themnothing but good fortune.”

The band issued its self-titled debut album in 2002,and followed up with

2004’s platinum-sellingbreakthrough Watch Out, amoody fusion of emo, met-al and hardcore that wonthe group a passionatemass audience who identi-fied with their searching,angst-ridden lyrics.

The group’s third album— 2006’s Crisis — openedin the top spot on the Cana-dian charts en route to plat-inum sales, while ’09’s OldCrows/Young Cardinals —

which could now stand astheir final full-length —opened at No. 2 and alsosold briskly.

But as the band wasgathering commercial andcritical steam, singer/gui-tarist Dallas Green was win-ning just as much acclaimwith his solo project, Cityand Colour.

Beginning with 2005’splatinum-selling Some-times, Green’s project —which earned the tattooedcrooner two Junos separatefrom his work in Alexison-fire — also picked up mo-mentum with each passingalbum. His third album, Lit-tle Hell, debuted at No. 1 onthe Canadian charts whenit was released in June andhas reached as high as the28th spot on the U.S. Bill-board chart.

And Pettit said thatGreen privately revealedhis intention to leave Alex-isonfire almost a year agodue to the burgeoning suc-cess of City and Colour.

“Trying to balance hislife between touring withus and at the same timequelling the success of Cityand Colour was a task toodifficult to continue manag-ing,” Pettit wrote.

“He informed us hewanted to focus his effortson City and Colour.”

At that point, Pettit said,the band planned to soldierahead by finding a replace-ment for Green. But thenguitarist Wade MacNeil ac-cepted an offer more re-cently to also departAlexisonfire for anotherband, and at that point, thegroup decided to dissolve

completely.“Replacing one guitar

player/singer/writer wassomething we thought waspossible, but replacing twowould run the serious riskof perverting the legacy ofwhat we had achieved,” Pet-tit said. “So we all took agood hard swallow and de-cided to end it so it wouldnever get old and ugly.”THE CANADIAN PRESS

Farewell tour?

Alexisonfire frontmanGeorge Pettit said that theband has talked about re-leasing projects relating totheir 10th anniversary, andthat a farewell tourthrough Canada had alsobeen discussed.

Ben Gibbard is relaxing athome in Los Angeles in be-tween touring bouts forDeath Cab for Cutie’s lilt-ingly lovely (with the oddspot of trademark anxious-ness) indie rock album,Codes and Keys. The breakis not without incident,though.

As Gibbard puts it, “Itwas punctuated by the oddshow in Ottawa that didn’thappen.”

That’s right: the showwhere the stage collapsedas Cheap Trick played.

“We were supposed to beplaying after Cheap Trick,”continues Gibbard, whomarried actress andchanteuse Zooey Deschanelin 2010 and moved fromhis native state, Washing-ton, to L.A.

“We were 30 yards awaywhen the stage collapsed; ithappened right in front ofus. It was absolutely terrify-ing.

“It’s an unfortunate anal-ogy that gets made at this

point in our society when-ever you see something un-believable. But it was likewatching a disaster movie.It was like watching a terri-ble movie. I was actuallywondering this morning: Ifit were the 18th century,how would you describe itto a friend?

“Would you say it waslike a disaster play? Like be-fore TV, would it be a disas-ter novel?”

Perhaps the viewerwould be inspired to writean account? Perhaps turn itinto song (hint, hint)?

“That’s probably whatwould happen,” he agrees.“Someone would actuallypick up a pen and writevery eloquently about it.”

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Punk rockers once wantedto smash the state. Nowthey’re helping preservestately homes.

The National Trust char-ity, which overseesBritain’s castles and his-toric houses, has released a

fundraising album of punkclassics.

Never Mind the Dove-cotes — a play on the titleof the Sex Pistols albumNever Mind the Bollocks— includes tracks by thePistols and other vintage

noise merchants, includ-ing GBH, Siouxsie and theBanshees and X-Ray Spex.

The album will sitalongside jars of jam ingift shops at the Trust’s300 properties, whichrange from Roman-era

structures like Hadrian’sWall to ruined abbeys, me-dieval castles, grand coun-try mansions andVictorian pubs. The albumis a collaboration betweenthe trust and DeccaRecords. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

worked out an agreementfor her to appear in themovie,” a source close tothe producers says.

Of course, dealshaven’t been inked forany of the stars involved,

including Al Pacinoand Kelly Preston,and Joe Pesci isnow suing the pro-ducers afterallegedly beinggiven a smallerrole and salarythan originallypromised.

METRO

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Denise Richards is usingthe press tour for her newmemoir, the Real Girl NextDoor, to clear up a fewthings about her past rela-tionships — specifically,that she did not steal RichieSambora from HeatherLocklear.

Richards says that sheand Sambora “were friends

and we were both goingthrough divorces, andthat’s what drew us to eachother,” according toHollyscoop. “I did not stealsomeone’s husband. Did Idate a former friend’s ex-husband? Yes. Did I breakup a marriage? No.”

Richards started datingSambora shortly after he di-

vorced Locklear. Andbesides, Richards insiststhere was no friendshipwith Locklear to ruin at thetime. “If I was still friendswith her, that never wouldhave happened withRichie,” she says. “Therewas no friendship anymoreprior to Richie and I gettingtogether.” METRO

J.Lo fights tokeep twins CUSTODY BATTLE. The“amicable” part of Jen-nifer Lopez and MarcAnthony’s split isapparently done, as theinevitable custody bat-tle has reportedly got-ten underway withLopez looking for solecustody of their infanttwins, according to UsWeekly.

“They are alwayswith their mom.Jennifer lights uparound her kids. She’sincredible, balancingwork and being a goodmom,” a source says.METRO

The comebacktrail ain’t easyMOVING ON AFTER HOUSEARREST. LindsayLohan’s plans for a bigcomeback with a rolein the upcoming JohnGotti biography aren’tcomingtogether ascleanly aspreviouslythought,accordingto TMZ.

“Theproducersof thefilmandLind-say’srepre-senta-tionhavenot yet

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From brunette to blonde: One ofHollywood’s most eligible bachelorsrebounds nicely Pair plans to keeprelationship private, says sourceGeorge Clooney is report-edly rebounding fromElisabetta Canalis with ex-wrestler Stacy Keibler, ac-cording to Us Weekly.

“It’s more than just afling,” a source says of thepair, who have knowneach other for about fouryears.

“They’re basically ex-clusive at this point. Theylike each other’s sense of

humour. Obviouslythey’re both physically at-tracted to one another.”

But the new couple ap-parently plans to keepthings private when itcomes to their relation-ship.

“I don’t see her hittingany of the red carpetswith him,” the sourceadds.

METRO

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Amy Winehouse’s family isreportedly planning to turnher home into a rehab cen-tre, according to the Sun.

“They don’t want to rentit out and if they sold itthey think it could attract

the wrong kind of buyer asit was where Amy passedaway,” a source says.

“Everyone is united inmaking it a success — thelabel, her family, friendsand management. (Her fa-

ther) Mitch (Winehouse)has big plans and needs anice environment whereemployees will be able tocarry out their work prop-erly.”

METRO

Amy’s legacy goes beyond her music

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Parents who try to secretlymonitor their kids’ onlineactivities are wasting theirtime and should use an ap-proach that builds trustand allows for conversa-tion, says a psychologistwho has studied texting,social networking and oth-er online pursuits.

The impact of social net-working — the good andthe bad — was the subjectof a presentation Saturdayby Larry Rosen, a psycholo-gy professor at CaliforniaState University,Dominguez Hills, at a con-vention of the AmericanPsychological Associationin Washington.

In an interview before-hand, Rosen explainedhow parents can open up

the lines of communica-tion so they’ll have a bet-ter idea of what their kids

are up to in cyberspace.Using a computer pro-

gram to surreptitiouslycheck on them won't workon children who havebeen raised with technolo-gy, he said. “If you try tomonitor what they do on-line electronically, say byputting on some sort of afilter or some sort of elec-tronic device that's goingto monitor every key-stroke they make or any-thing, a) they will figure itout, and b) they will find aworkaround in five min-utes or less,” he said. “I’vehad kids prove to me theycan do that.”

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“If you are a shy personyou can practise beingmore outgoing. If you arelonely you can practiseconnecting with people. Ifyou are somebody whoneeds support, you couldpractise by asking for sup-port and it's all done in thesafety behind a screen.”

puter or a smartphone.He calls for a weekly

family meeting of 15 min-utes maximum, in whicheveryone sits on the floor— so everyone is on thesame level — and a parentasks non-judgementalquestions, such as, “Haveyou found any interestingwebsites?” or “Played anygood games?” “And thenyou shut up and listen. Lit-erally. And my rule ofthumb is that for everyminute a parent talks, youlet the kids talk five min-utes,” he said.

“Your job then is to

learn and to assess, and tonow use your parent radarto see if there might beany problems.”

Parents can go on to vis-it particular websites andask specific questions atthe next session. It’s also atime when parents canraise the topic of cyberbul-lying. “They are going toget things said to themthat hurt their feelings,they are going to see dis-turbing images. That’s a re-ality. When they do, youwant them to come to you,not go elsewhere.”THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Scholastic Canada is oneof this country’s largestpublishers — and distribu-tors — of children’s booksand educational materials.The company has recentlyundertaken a broad rangeof eco-friendly initiatives,covering everything fromthe paper they use to thetrucks that deliver theirproducts.

“Books are not dispos-able or consumable prod-ucts, used once and thenthrown in the trash,” saysWendy Graham, Scholas-tic’s vice-president of edu-cation. “They aretreasured, kept, shared,read and re-read, inhomes, schools and li-braries. Books, especiallychildren’s books, are verymuch re-used, and are also

recyclable when they areworn out.”

Adhering closely toguidelines from the ForestStewardship Council (FSC),Scholastic has set someambitious environmentalstandards. FSC paper isused whenever possible,and use of recycled materi-als is being pushed to thepractical maximum.

“In whatever form weare producing books, weneed to make sure thatthey are environmentally

responsible and affordablefor the masses,” Grahamsays.

That’s important, be-cause newer publishingformats — e-books andother digital platforms —can also pose significantenvironmental problems.

“We need to realize thatdedicated e-readers andthe other small electronicdevices on which digitalbooks are read are createdmade from non-renewableresources: plastics, rare

earths and other metals,”notes Graham. “They arenot easily recyclable whenshiny new models comealong.”

The commitment toeco-friendly paper goes allthe way to the copying ma-chines in Scholastic’s of-fices.

Biodegradable plastic isused in packaging, and alldelivery companies —large and small — have tobe running clean, fuel-effi-cient vehicles. All this is

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The account-ant wasblunt whenKen Fieldingtold him hewas openingup a winery.

“Are you mental? Whynot just go out and buy acouple cases of wine?” Butthe one thing the ac-countant hadn’t taken in-to consideration was thegolden touch of businessvisionary Ken Fielding.

He got in on theground floor when Sub-way Sandwiches startedfranchising and helpedopen 237 stores. His son

Curtis was racing in theCASCAR circuit but dur-ing his off times wouldwork on a farm. When hisdad started talking abouta winery Curtis was in-trigued. That was sixyears ago and now Field-ing Estate Winery is turn-ing a profit, their winesare winning numerousawards and even the skep-tical accountant is im-pressed.

As Ken prepares tohand the reins of the busi-

ness over to Curtis he islooking towards the fu-ture and creating newventures.

His advice? “Buy a fran-chise. You have to stickwith it. A lot of peoplequit too soon.”

From Subway Sand-wiches and stock cars toaward-winning Canadianwine, Ken and CurtisFielding have taken thechecked flag and are ontheir way to the winner’scircle.

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Good grapes

Ontario wine facts:

The Grape and Wine sectorgenerates more than $100million in wages andsalariesThe wine industrygenerates $533 million in

retail sales (2010)More than 1 million peoplevisit Ontario wineries everyyear90 per cent of Ontario’sgrapes are grown in the Ni-agara PennisulaMore than 15 million grapevines are planted in Ontario

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Ken Fielding and his son Curtis’ business — like theiraward-winning wine — is only getting better with age

Curtis and Ken Fielding toast their success.

19 work & education metronews.caMONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2011

Setting a school precedentAs first-generation students, Muhammad Cheema and Zayan Rafeek are hoping to establish family traditions

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Their future areas of studydiffer, but MuhammadCheema and Zayan Rafeekshare a common connec-tion beyond friendship:each is a trailblazer withintheir families in the pursuitof higher learning.

Both bound for Toronto'sRyerson University in thefall, the pair will be amonga distinct group of new-comers welcomed into thefrosh fold, among the firstin their families to makethe leap to college or uni-versity.

Rafeek is enrolled in thebusiness management pro-gram at Ryerson. The Cana-dian-born son of Sri Lankanimmigrants, the 19-year-oldsaid his father had to startworking at an early age af-ter Rafeek's grandfatherpassed away.

“(My parents) kepttelling me ... life would beeasier if they had continuedtheir education,” he re-called in a recent interviewfollowing First Year in 40Minutes, a pre-orientationworkshop at the universi-ty's downtown campus.

“(My father) would keeptelling me, `Keep studying,keep studying, no matterwhat you do keep study-ing,”' he added. “I thinkthat really motivated me tostudy hard. And getting in-to Ryerson, that was thebiggest motivation.”

“There is a sense of pridetheir son has gotten intouniversity,” said Rafeek,adding that his parentswant him to be a role mod-el for his 11-year-old broth-er.

The only male amongfive children, including aset of twin girls, Cheemashoulders similar expecta-tions of setting an example

for siblings.Cheema follows a lofty

post-secondary precedentset by his sister, who is go-ing into her third year oflife sciences at the Universi-

ty of Toronto.With aspirations as a

child to go into the AirForce, the 18-year-old decid-ed to pursue studies in a re-lated field, and is heading

into the aerospace engi-neering program.

Cheema recalled whenhis family departed theirhome country of Pakistan,his father, who worked as

an administrator, had sin-gled him out, telling his sonhe was leaving his workand life there behind for hisbenefit.

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“Money comes andgoes, you can getbetter jobs, worse jobs, good times,bad times, but thepersonality thatdevelops througheducation, there’sno replacement forit.”MUHAMMAD CHEEMA,

UNIVERSITY-BOUND STUDENT

Family values

A study published in theJournal of InternationalMigration and Integrationin 2005 found that highereducational goals set byvisible minority immigrantyouth seem to be linked toeducational valuespromoted in their families.

The findings drew on datafrom the Youth inTransition Survey from Sta-tistics Canada, and wereused to explore the differ-ence in goals for post-sec-ondary education among15-year-old students.

Muhammad Cheema, right, a first-year aerospace engineering student, and Zayan Rafeek,

centre, a first-year business management student, take part in a pre-orientation workshop

for first-year students at Ryerson University in Toronto.

ders, I'm entering into post-secondary, and it is a lot ofpressure, but I guess I haveto take it on,” said Cheema.“I have to accept it, I have tobe grateful for the opportu-nities it's given for me, it'sprovided for me.”

Five years since arrivingin Canada, he said it's beena “pretty smooth ride,”learning English, hittingthe books and mixing withothers and forging friend-ships.

Despite his achieve-ments to date, Cheema saideducation remains “basical-ly every day's topic” on thehome front, with the em-phasis from his family oneducation leading to better-ment.

“A person who hasknowledge, a person whohas not - the two can nevercompare,” said Cheema.“Money comes and goes,you can get better jobs,worse jobs, good times, badtimes, but the personalitythat develops through edu-cation, there's no replace-ment for it.”

Part of Cheema andRafeek's preview of campuslife involved learning moreabout the university's Tri-Mentoring Program.

One aspect of the pro-gram involves matchingfirst-year students with up-per-year mentor studentsfrom the same faculty andprogram who share thesame language and similarcultural and ethnic back-grounds.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Nothing makes schoollook rosier than unem-ployment.

Somewhere betweenmonths one and eight of afruitless job search, thegrass on the campus lawncan appear blindinglygreen. But don’t confuseschool for a safehaven, anivory tower to bunker inwhile you ride out the re-cession.

“There’s certainly a lotof people who have cho-sen to do that in thiseconomy,” Career-Builder.com advisor Alli-son Nawoj notes. Thatdoesn’t mean you shouldjoin the flock.

“First ask, ‘Why areyou thinking about goingback to school?’” urges

President Natascha F.Saunders of Youth CareerCoaching. “If it’s just, ‘I

can’t find a job,’ that’s notgood enough. You’respending so much time

learning new curriculumthat you’re going to befrustrated if it’s not truly

a desire for you to getthose additional skills.”

Before you scoop out asecond Stafford loan tocover two years’ tuition,“take a few courses to testsomething out,” Nawojencourages. “There’s allkinds of continuing edu-cation and evening cours-es offered at universities,”she adds.

“Instead of enrolling ata formal program, that’s agreat way to get your feetwet and see if it’s some-thing you want to pur-sue.”

If so, consider yourspending habits—can youafford more university?—and your study habits: areyou emotionally ready?

“People forget how youfall out of study mode,”Saunders stresses. “Whenyou’ve been away for along period of time, it’s

hard to get started.” “Butif you feel like you’re inthat zone, ready to hit thebooks, then go for it,” sheadds.

Timing

At some point, you’ll like-ly need a master’s degree,Saunders says. The killerquestion is when.

“Find some key peoplein that particular sectorand interview them: dothey have an advanced de-gree and if so, when didthey get it?” Saunderssuggests.

“See some data, somefacts, what is the norm,before you jump right in-to it. Map it out.” “It’sabout planning ahead,”Nawoj concludes.

“It certainly isn’t, ‘Idon’t know what I wantto do, I just want to goback to grad school.’”

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When not to go back to the booksIs the job hunt getting you down? Speeding back into school may not be your best for future success

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sports 21metronews.caMONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2011

Eric Hassli has been enjoy-ing some home cookingthanks to Swiss teammateDavide Chiumiento’s visit-ing mother.

Yesterday, the bigFrench striker feasted onthe Chicago Fire by scoringtwo goals in the VancouverWhitecaps’ 4-2 victory inMLS action.

After his second goal,off a rebound from a Cami-lo free kick, Chiumientoand Hassli joined in a cele-bration.

“That was for her,” Has-sli said of Chiumiento’smom. “She’s amazing.”

Hassli got the White-caps off to a quick start

with a goal in the firstminute, then missed apenalty before giving Van-couver a 4-1 cushion.

While the Whitecapsscored four times for thefirst time since their victo-ry over Toronto FC in theirfirst game of the season,their focus for this winwas on defence.

“The whole team played

really hard,” Hassli saidthrough an interpreter.

“We worked hard allweek. The first objectivewas to work together.”

Gershon Koffie, with hisfirst MLS goal, and Camilowith his seventh of theseason after turning ontwo defenders, were theother Vancouver scorers.

Koffie’s goal came inthe 24th minute and was aquick answer to DominicOduro’s effort that tied thegame 1-1. Second-half sub-stitute Orr Barouch wasthe other Chicago scorer.

Vancouver’s third victo-ry of the season ended asix-game winless streak

dating back to June 18,while Chicago now hastwo losses and six ties intheir last eight games.

The Whitecaps, 3-11-9,are last in the WesternConference while Chicago,2-7-13, which last won onJune 12, are the EasternConference doormats.

The expansion White-caps were coming off theirworst loss of the season, a4-0 home defeat to the LAGalaxy on July 30. Theyput that disappointmentbehind them quicklywhen they took an earlylead against the Fire before18,714 fans.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Whitecap moves into third place in MLS scoring with pair of goals in win

Eric Hassli, centre, celebrates his first-half goal against Chicago in Vancouver yesterday.

DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Striker Hassli walksthrough Fire unscathed

World juniorjudgmentunderwayA final chore of summercamp for the coaches ofCanada’s junior men’shockey team was postingthe names of the 47 inviteeson a white board in order ofpreference.

That doesn’t mean headcoach Don Hay and hiscrew are going to get whothey want.

The depth chart was tobe assembled following yes-terday’s intra-squad gamein Fort McMurray, Alta., toconclude the six-day camp.

But once the hockey sea-son starts, those names willcirculate around that whiteboard, and NHL club com-mitments could cause someto disappear.

There was enough talenton display at the summercamp in Edmonton to indi-cate Canada can win gold atthe 2012 world junior hock-ey championship startingDec. 26 in Edmonton andCalgary.

How much of that talentwill be available to Hay inDecember? He may beforced to look lower on thewhite board when hechooses about 35 for his se-lection camp in Calgary.

“You look at the highdraft picks, the second-yearplayers, there’s a good pos-sibility they might not behere so you have to evalu-ate,” Hay said.

There are seven playerseligible to play for Canada asecond-straight year. Theywould provide valuable ex-perience in a tournamentfor 18- and 19-year-olds.Goaltender Mark Visentin,defenceman Erik Gudbran-son and forwards Brett Con-nolly, Sean Couturier,Quinton Howden, Ryan Jo-hansen and Jaden Schwartzare all possible returnees.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Quoted

“Now I know Ican stick and Ican play withthese guys. Iknew I could

before, but it’sjust a question of

me getting theopportunity.”

LANGLEY’S BRETT LAWRIE,WHO HIT HIS FIRST MAJOR-LEAGUE HOME RUN IN THE

TORONTO BLUE JAYS’ 7-2 WININ BALTIMORE YESTERDAY.

LAWRIE MADE HIS MLBDEBUT FRIDAY AGAINST THE

ORIOLES AND DURING AMEMORABLE SERIES GOT HISFIRST BIG-LEAGUE HIT AND

HIS FIRST HOME RUN WITH ABATTING AVERAGE OF .455.

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4WHITECAPS

2FIRE

Adam Scott hit all the rightshots yesterday in a roundthat was close to flawlessand earned him his firstWorld Golf Championshiptitle.

He celebrated with a cad-die who has won quite afew more.

Steve Williams, fired lastmonth by Tiger Woods aftera 12-year partnership, felt

like a bigger winner whenScott rolled in one lastbirdie for a 5-under 65 and afour-shot victory in theBridgestone Invitational.

Williams, who carriedWoods’ bag for 72 wins —including 13 majors and 16world titles — called it “thebest win of my life.”

It was Scott who hit theshots, such as a chip-in for

birdie on the 12th and abirdie putt just inside 30feet on the 14th that en-abled him to pull awayfrom 19-year-old RyoIshikawa over the finalhour at Firestone.

“Today, I was on,” Scottsaid. “To win here at thisplace, a World Golf Champi-onship, it’s huge.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tiger’s ex-caddie basks in Scott’s win

Caddie Steve Williams,

left, hugs Adam Scott

yesterday in Akron, Ohio.

MARK DUNCAN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

18After missing threemonths with a leginjury, Tiger Woods fin-ished a tournament forthe first time since theMasters in April. Hefinished tied for 37th,18 shots behind Scott.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2011

AMERICAN LEAGUEEAST DIVISION

W L Pct GBBoston 70 43 .619 —New York 69 44 .611 1Tampa Bay 59 54 .522 11Toronto 58 56 .509 121/2Baltimore 44 67 .396 25

CENTRAL DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Detroit 61 53 .535 —Cleveland 56 56 .500 4Chicago 55 58 .487 51/2Minnesota 51 63 .447 10Kansas City 49 65 .430 12

WEST DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Texas 64 51 .557 —Los Angeles 63 52 .548 1Oakland 51 63 .447 121/2Seattle 49 64 .434 14

NATIONAL LEAGUEEAST DIVISION

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 74 40 .649 —Atlanta 66 49 .574 81/2New York 56 57 .496 171/2Florida 55 59 .482 19Washington 55 59 .482 19

CENTRAL DIVISIONMilwaukee 65 50 .565 —St. Louis 62 53 .539 3Cincinnati 55 59 .482 91/2Pittsburgh 54 59 .478 10Chicago 49 66 .426 16Houston 37 77 .325 271/2

WEST DIVISIONSan Francisco 63 52 .548 —Arizona 62 52 .544 1/2Colorado 53 62 .461 10Los Angeles 52 61 .460 10San Diego 51 64 .443 12

Yesterday’s resultsToronto 7 Baltimore 2Oakland 5 Tampa Bay 4 (10 ings)ChicagoWhite Sox 7Minnesota 0Kansas City 4 Detroit 3L.A. Angels 2 Seattle 1Texas 5 Cleveland 3Boston 3 N.Y. Yankees 2 (10 ings)Saturday’s resultsBoston 10N.Y. Yankees 4Baltimore 6 Toronto 2ChicagoWhite Sox 6Minnesota 1Detroit 4 Kansas City 3Oakland 8 Tampa Bay 0Cleveland 7 Texas 5Seattle 5 L.A. Angels 1Tonight’s gamesAll Times EasternChicagoWhite Sox (Danks 4-9) at Baltimore(Guthrie 5-15), 7:05 p.m.Boston (Wakefield 6-4) atMinnesota (S.Baker8-6), 7:10 p.m.Kansas City (Hochevar 8-8) at Tampa Bay(Hellickson 10-7), 7:10 p.m.Seattle (Furbush 2-3) at Texas (M.Harrison 9-8), 8:05 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesChicagoWhite Sox at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.Oakland at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Boston atMinnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Yesterday’s resultsAtlanta 6 N.Y.Mets 5St. Louis 8 Florida 4San Diego 7 Pittsburgh 3Milwaukee 7 Houston 3Cincinnati 8 Chicago Cubs 7Washington 3 Colorado 2San Francisco 3 Philadelphia 1Arizona 4 L.A. Dodgers 3Saturday’s resultsChicago Cubs 11 Cincinnati 4Philadelphia 2 San Francisco 1Milwaukee 7 Houston 5San Diego 13 Pittsburgh 2N.Y.Mets 11 Atlanta 7St. Louis 2 Florida 1L.A. Dodgers 5 Arizona 3Colorado 15Washington 7Tonight’s gamesAll Times EasternAtlanta (D.Lowe 6-10) at Florida (Hand 1-3),7:10 p.m.Colorado (Hammel 6-11) at Cincinnati(H.Bailey 6-5), 7:10 p.m.San Diego (Stauffer 7-8) at N.Y.Mets (Pelfrey6-9), 7:10 p.m.Washington (Wang 0-2) at Chicago Cubs(Garza 5-8), 8:05 p.m.Houston (W.Rodriguez 7-8) at Arizona(D.Hudson 11-7), 9:40 p.m.Philadelphia (Halladay 14-4) at L.A. Dodgers(Kuroda 7-13), 10:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Morton 8-6) at San Francisco (Vo-gelsong 9-1), 10:15 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLBLUE JAYS 7, ORIOLES 2Toronto ab r h bi Baltimore ab r h biRDavis lf 5 1 0 0 Andino ss 4 0 1 0YEscor ss 5 0 1 0 Markks rf 3 0 1 0Bautist rf 5 0 1 2 AdJons cf 4 0 0 0Lind dh 5 0 0 0 Guerrr dh 4 0 0 0Encrnc 1b 4 2 3 0 MrRynl 1b 3 2 2 2Rasms cf 4 1 2 0 Reimld lf 3 0 0 0Arencii c 4 1 1 2 Tatum c 3 0 0 0JMcDnl 2b 4 0 3 2 J.Bell 3b 3 0 0 0Lawrie 3b 4 2 2 1 CIzturs 2b 1 0 0 0

BDavis 2b 2 0 1 0Totals 40 7 13 7 Totals 30 2 5 2Toronto 002 301 010 7Baltimore 000 010 100 2E—J.Bell (1). DP—Toronto 2. LOB—Toronto 6,Baltimore 2. 2B—Bautista (19), Encarnacion(28), Rasmus (4), Arencibia (13), Jo.McDonald(6), Andino (12), B.Davis (3). HR—Lawrie (1),Mar.Reynolds 2 (26). SB—R.Davis (34). CS—Jo.McDonald (4).Toronto IP H R ER BB SOR.RomeroW,10-9 8 4 2 2 0 5Janssen 1 1 0 0 0 1BaltimoreSimon L,3-5 5 2-3 10 6 4 0 3Bergesen 3 3 1 1 0 4M.Gonzalez 1-3 0 0 0 0 0HBP—by R.Romero (Markakis).Umpires—Home, Bob Davidson; First, LanceBarrett; Second, Brian Knight; Third, JerryLayne.T—2:25. A—13,824 (45,438).

SATURDAYORIOLES 6, BLUE JAYS 2Toronto ab r h bi Baltimore ab r h biYEscor ss 3 0 0 0 Andino ss 3 2 0 1EThms lf 4 0 0 0 Markks rf 4 0 0 0Bautist rf 3 0 0 1 AdJons cf 4 1 2 4Lind 1b 4 0 1 0 Guerrr dh 3 0 0 0Encrnc dh 3 0 1 0 Wieters c 3 0 0 0Rasms cf 3 1 1 1 MrRynl 1b 3 0 0 0A.Hill 2b 3 0 0 0 Reimld lf 3 1 1 0JMolin c 2 1 0 0 J.Bell 3b 2 1 0 0Lawrie 3b 3 0 1 0 BDavis 2b 3 1 1 0Totals 28 2 4 2 Totals 28 6 4 5Toronto 010 001 000 2Baltimore 000 004 02x 6E—Rasmus (1), Y.Escobar (10). DP—Baltimore2. LOB—Toronto 2, Baltimore 0. HR—Rasmus(1), Ad.Jones (20). SF—Bautista.Toronto IP H R ER BB SOMorrow L,8-6 7 2-3 4 6 3 1 6Camp 1-3 0 0 0 0 0BaltimoreTillmanW,3-4 7 4 2 2 1 5Ji.Johnson H,15 1 0 0 0 0 2Gregg 1 0 0 0 0 0HBP—byMorrow(Andino),byTillman(Y.Escobar).Umpires—Home, Jerry Layne; First, BobDavid-son; Second, LanceBarrett; Third, BrianKnight.T—2:09. A—19,396 (45,438).

WEEK SIXEAST DIVISION

GP W L T PF PA PtWinnipeg 6 5 1 0 152 113 10Montreal 6 4 2 0 195 152 8Hamilton 6 3 3 0 152 144 6Toronto 6 1 5 0 128 178 2

WEST DIVISIONEdmonton 6 5 1 0 169 127 10Calgary 6 4 2 0 149 137 8B.C. 6 1 5 0 150 172 2Saskatchewan 6 1 5 0 112 184 2Saturday’s resultCalgary 32 Hamilton 20Friday’s resultsB.C. 24 Saskatchewan 11Winnipeg 28 Edmonton 16Thursday’s resultMontreal 36 Toronto 23

SATURDAYTICATS 20AT STAMPEDERS 32At CalgaryFirst QuarterCal—TDTaylor 25 pass fromBurris (Paredesconvert) 4:09Ham—FGMedlock 52 7:34Cal—FGParedes 35 10:49Ham—TDStala 7 pass fromGlenn (Medlockconvert) 12:56Second QuarterHam—TDCobourne6run(Medlockconvert)9:01Cal—FGParedes 21 13:00Ham—FGMedlock 42 15:00Third QuarterCal—TDReynolds 1 run (Paredes convert)5:32Cal—Single Dales 74 8:29Cal—FGParedes 35 12:28Fourth QuarterCal—Single Paredes 54 2:17Cal—TDCornish 3 run (Paredes convert) 13:59Hamilton 10 10 0 0 20Calgary 10 3 11 8 32Attendance—29,307.TEAMSTATISTICS

Ham CalFirst downs 21 25Yards rushing 71 88Yards passing 211 341Total offence 282 429Team losses 0 2Net offence 282 427Passes made-tried 20-34 27-39Return yards 74 147Intercepts-yards by 0-0 1-0Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0Sacks by 0 0Punts-average 8-42.8 5-54.4Penalties-yards 7-81 6-92Time of possession 26:32 33:28Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rush-ing, minus team losses such as yards lost onbroken plays.INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRushing: Ham—Cobourne 15-67, Glenn 1-2,Porter 1-2; Cal—Reynolds 10-41, Burris 2-22,Cornish 4-19, Tate 3-6.Receiving: Ham—Kelly 5-92, C.Williams 6-48,Stala 3-31, Brown 1-13, Thigpen 2-8, Cobourne1-8,Mackay 1-7, Grant 1-4; Cal— Lewis 7-87,Forzani 2-68, Reynolds 4-47, Cornish 2-44,Taylor 4-37, Arthur, 3-25, Bryant 3-13, Talley1-12, Parker 1-8.Passing: Ham—Glenn 20-34, 211 yards, 1 TD,1 int; Cal—Burris 27-39-341-1-0.

CFL SOCCER TENNIS

CYCL ING

GOLF

WGCBRIDGESTONEINVITATIONALAt Akron, OhioPar 70Final RoundAdamScott, $1,400,000 62-70-66-65—263Rickie Fowler, $665,000 68-64-69-66—267Luke Donald, $665,000 68-69-64-66—267Jason Day, $332,500 63-70-66-69—268Ryo Ishikawa, $332,500 67-68-64-69—268Kyung-tae Kim, $215,000 66-72-66-66—270Zach Johnson, $215,000 70-68-64-68—270RoryMcIlroy, $215,000 68-68-67-67—270LeeWestwood, $152,500 67-71-68-65—271David Toms, $152,500 68-68-68-67—271Aaron Baddeley, $117,333 68-70-69-65—272Fredrik Jacobson, $117,333 68-66-67-71—272Martin Laird, $117,333 66-67-67-72—272

PGARENO-TAHOEOPENAt Reno, Nev.Par 72 — Final RoundScott Piercy, $540,000 72-70-61-70—273Pat Perez, $324,000 73-68-65-68—274Steve Flesch, $174,000 68-69-70-68—275Blake Adams, $174,000 67-72-67-69—275JimRenner, $120,000 74-69-65-68—276MattMcQuillan, $97,125 71-69-71-66—277BenMartin, $97,125 68-72-68-69—277Steve Elkington, $97,125 73-65-68-71—277Nick O’Hern, $97,125 65-72-69-71—277Billy Horschel, $69,000 71-70-70-67—278BryceMolder, $69,000 72-71-68-67—278Hunter Haas, $69,000 70-67-72-69—278Michael Letzig, $69,000 70-69-70-69—278Josh Teater, $69,000 72-67-66-73—278AlsoStephen Ames, $7,131 71-72-69-73—285

NATIONWIDE COX CLASSICAt Omaha, Neb.Par 71 — Final RoundJ.J. Killeen 66-64-63-69—262Jonas Blixt 69-67-63-64—263Ken Duke 66-63-68-66—263Gary Christian 72-62-64-65—263Danny Lee 64-67-66-66—263AlsoBryan DeCorso 72-64-64-69—269Richard T. Lee 70-65-71-67—273

CHAMPIONS3MCHAMPIONSHIPAt Blaine, Minn.Par 72 — Final RoundJay Haas, $262,500 64-69-68—201Kenny Perry, $128,333 66-70-66—202Tom Lehman, $128,333 65-69-68—202Peter Senior, $128,333 65-67-70—202AlsoJimRutledge, $11,834 72-70-67—209Rod Spittle, $11,834 65-72-72—209

MLSEASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L T GF GA PtColumbus 23 9 7 7 24 22 34Philadelphia 22 8 5 9 27 20 33Kansas City 23 7 7 9 32 30 30New York 24 6 6 12 37 33 30Houston 23 6 7 10 28 28 28D.C. United 21 6 6 9 29 33 27New England 23 4 10 9 22 33 21Toronto 25 3 11 11 24 46 20Chicago 22 2 7 13 23 30 19

WESTERN CONFERENCELos Angeles 25 13 3 9 35 20 48Dallas 24 12 6 6 31 24 42Seattle 24 11 5 8 35 27 41Colorado 25 9 6 10 35 31 37Real Salt Lake 21 10 5 6 30 16 36Chivas USA 23 7 8 8 30 26 29Portland 22 7 10 5 28 35 26San Jose 23 5 8 10 25 30 25Vancouver 23 3 11 9 25 36 18Note: Three points for awin, one for a tie.Last night’s resultVancouver 4 Chicago 2Saturday’s resultsToronto 3 D.C. United 3Chivas USA 3NewEngland 2Houston 1 Philadelphia 1Los Angeles 3 Dallas 1Portland 1 San Jose 1Real Salt Lake 3 NewYork 0Seattle 2 Kansas City 1

ENGLANDPREMIER LEAGUECOMMUNITY SHIELDYesterday’s resultAt Wembley StadiumManchester City 2Manchester United 3

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPYesterday’s resultWest Ham0 Cardiff 1

FRANCELIGUE 1Yesterday’s resultsBordeaux 1 Saint-Etienne 2Dijon 1 Rennes 5

GERMANYBUNDESLIGAYesterday’s resultsBayernMunich 0BorussiaMoenchengladbach 1Mainz 2 Bayer Leverkusen 0

SCOTLANDPREMIER LEAGUEYesterday’s resultsAberdeen 0 Celtic 1Motherwell 1 Hearts 0

UNDER-20WORLD CUPFIRST ROUNDGROUP CSaturday’s resultsAt Pereira, ColombiaEcuador 3 Costa Rica 0At Manizales, ColombiaSpain 5 Australia 1GROUPDSaturday’s resultsAt Pereira, ColombiaNigeria 2 Saudi Arabia 0At Armenia, ColombiaGuatemala 1 Croatia 0

WTAMERCURYINSURANCEOPENAt Carlsbad, Calif.Singles — ChampionshipAgnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. VeraZvonareva (1), Russia, 6-3, 6-4.Doubles — ChampionshipKveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and KatarinaSrebotnik (1), Slovenia, def. Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears, U.S., 6-0, 6-2.

ATP LEGGMASONCLASSICAt WashingtonSingles — ChampionshipRadek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. GaelMonfils (1), France, 6-4. 6-4.Doubles — ChampionshipMichael Llodra, France, and Nenad Zimonjic(3), Serbia, def. Robert Lindstedt, Sweden,and Horia Tecau, Romania, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6), 10-7 tiebreak.

ATPBET-AT-HOMECUPKITZBUEHELAt Kitzbuehel, AustriaSingles — ChampionshipRobin Haase, Netherlands, def. AlbertMon-tanes, Spain, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.Doubles — ChampionshipDaniele Bracciali, Italy, and Santiago Gonza-lez (4),Mexico, def. Franco Ferreiro and AndreSa, Brazil, 7-6 (1), 4-6, 11-9.

ODLUMBROWNVANOPENAt VancouverMENSingles — ChampionshipJamesWard (5), Britain, def. Robby Ginepri,U.S., 7-5, 6-4.Doubles — ChampionshipTreat Conrad Huey, Philippines, and TravisParrott (2), U.S., def. DavidMartin, U.S., andJordan Kerr, Australia, 6-2, 1-6, 16-14.WOMENSingles — ChampionshipAleksandraWozniak, Blainville, Que., def.Jamie Hampton, U.S., 6-3, 6-1.

TOURDE POLOGNEAt Krakow, PolandSeventh (Final) Stage128 kilometres1.MarcelKittel,Germany,Skil-Shimano,twohours,50minutes,zeroseconds;2.PeterSagan,Slovakia,Liquigas,sametime;3.HowardLeigh,Australia,HTC-Highroad,s.t.;4.HeinrichHaussler,Australia,Garmin-Cervelo,s.t.;5.MarcoMarcato,Italy,Vacansoleil-DCM,s.t.;6.LucasSebastianHaedo,Argentina,SaxoBankSunGard,s.t.;7.NikolayTrussov,Russia,Katusha,s.t.;8. IanStan-nard,Britain,SkyProCycling,s.t.;9.JanBakelants,Belgium,OmegaPharma-Lotto,s.t.;10.SergeyLagutin,Uzbekistan,Vacansoleil-DCM,s.t.OVERALL STANDINGS(final after seven stages)1. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, 26 hours, 39minutes,58 seconds; 2.MarcoMarcato, Italy, 26:40:06; 3.DanielMartin, Ireland, 26:40:06; 4.Wout Poels,Netherlands, 26:40:23; 5. Peter Kennaugh,Britain, 26:40:25; 6. RinaldoNocentini, Italy,26:40:28; 7. BartoszHuzarski, Poland, 26:40:28;8. ChristopheRiblon, France, 26:40:28; 9.StephenCummings, Britain, 26:40:28; 10.MarekRutkiewicz, Poland, 26:40:32.

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