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Doug Levis, right, hands a rare Tom Thomson painting to winning bidder Tom Budd, who forked over $350,000 to keep the painting,

hidden away for decades in a rural Alberta farmhouse, in Western Canada. The auction wasn’t without controversy however, as the

painting held a reserve price of $400,000.

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The new owner of a rare

Tom Thomson piece was

reading a library book

about the Group of Seven

when he heard the piece

was to be put up for

auction.

“I’m probably the leastknowledgeable person inthis room about art and arthistory, but I’m learning,”said Tom Budd, addingthat he just wanted tomake sure the piece stayedin Western Canada.

The painting, dubbedDawn on Round Lake, de-picts a lake near AlgonquinPark with a deep blue hill

rising up in the back-ground. Part of a privatecollection, the artwork hadnot been seen for 94 yearsaccording to Doug Levis,owner of Levis Auctionsand Appraisals.

Levis expected it to sellfor as much as $600,000,but bidding closed yester-day at $350,000.

The original owner hadset a reserve price of$400,000. But after Budd’sbid of $350,000 was turneddown, he contested the de-

cision arguing that the re-serve should have been an-nounced at the start of thebidding.

According to Levis, thefact that all artwork had aset reserve price was madeclear at the outset of theauction.

He started the biddinglower, he explained, to getthings going and encour-age a few more people inthe audience to bid.

After discussing the offerwith the painting’s origi-

nal owner, a deal wasmade and the piece wassold for $350,000 plus a 17per cent buyers premiumand five per cent GST.

Levis original appraisalof between $500,000 and$600,000 was based on thepainting’s size and vintagehe said, adding that morecolourful pieces tend tofetch more in auctions.

Budd said that althoughhe hadn’t intended to pur-chase the piece at first, hewas very satisfied with hisdecision.

The artwork, he added,was purchased for his pri-vate collection although hehopes to donate the pieceto an art gallery at somepoint.

ALYSSA JULIE

for Metro Calgary “I’m probably the least knowledgeable

person in this room about art and art

history, but I’m learning.” Tom Budd

Auction for Thomson piece didn’t come without controversy

$350K for rare art

PLAYOFFS The Flames maybe down 2-0 in their hock-ey series but Calgary pubsand bars are down too, ac-cording to a local bar own-er.

“It’s not super. The moodhas been mellow and notmany people are comingout. When the Flamesaren’t winning, peopledon’t want to drink allnight. It’s another disap-pointment,” What AboutBob’s owner and managerBob Mariani said.

Mariani said the turnouthas nothing to do with theeconomy, it’s simply be-cause the Flames are downtwo games.

“People come out whenthe team is winning, andthen they jump on thebandwagon. But everyoneis kind of expecting theFlames to lose, and theyare.”

Mariani only expectsabout 40 people out whenthe Flames host Chicagotonight.

It seems with the team’spoor start to the playoffs,fans aren’t fired up aboutthe Flames fortunes.

Fan Joshua Charger ad-mits he hasn’tbeen in themood to cele-brate withfriends.

“I rather justwatch it athome thanspend money.Red Mile doesn’texist when theFlames are losinganyways,” hesaid.

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Blazes keep city

fire crews busyDAMAGE Investigators werecalled in after the closeproximity of threeseparate grass fires in thecity’s southwest yesterday.

Calgary firefightersmade a mutual aid call justbefore 3 p.m. yesterday tosurrounding communitiesto battle the three fires,which engulfed approxi-mately 100 hectares ofland near Spruce Mead-ows.

Eighteen pieces of Cal-gary fire department appa-ratus responded to thearea by 128 Street and 212Avenue to battle the blaze.

No structures were dam-aged by the fire, howeverseveral power poles werecharred.

Fire crews from Red-wood Meadows, Okotoks,Priddis and Turner Valley,along with HAWC 2 foraerial views, helped extin-guish the fires.

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Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream outlets across Canada will be offering patrons a free ice cream cone tomorrow from noon until8 p.m. Calgary has one Ben and Jerry’s location, at #207 - 200 Barclay Parade SW, at Eau Claire Market. METRO CALGARY

Boy dies in quad mishapA 10-year-old boy was killed when his quad rolled on top

of him shortly before 5:30 p.m. Saturday near Calmar,

about 50 kilometres southwest of Edmonton. Mounties

from Leduc say the child was riding the machine at his

family’s property unsupervised and it’s believed he was-

n’t wearing a helmet. METRO CALGARY

Picking up the poop

It took several hours and

dozens of volunteers but

the annual Scoopy Doo

Day was a success, accord-

ing to organizers.

While most people don’tfind picking up dog poopfun, many came out and en-joyed themselves, Deb Tay-lor of Bylaw Services said.

“It was a great time and itwas great to see all the vol-unteers come out and helpmake the parks cleaner andsafer for everyone,” Taylorsaid. “It also raises aware-ness and education for peo-ple,” she added.

Volunteer co-ordinatorfor natural areas Sonia Gon-salves said 60 peopleshowed up at Tom Camp-bell’s Hill to clean up butshe didn’t have numbersfor the other eight parks.

“We had dog owners andalso regular users of thepark. The community caresabout their parks and want

to help give back by clean-ing up,” she said.

“I just think it’s a good re-minder to people to cleanup after their dogs and car-ry bags with them.”

The fine for not cleaningup after your dog is $250.

Martha Kelling thinks it’sgood that volunteers arecoming out regularly toclean up but wishes some

people would be more re-sponsible.

“I don’t know why peoplecan’t clean up as it happens.We wouldn’t need days likethis,” she said.

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Paul Hilton and his pooch help pick up some doggie droppings at the fifth annual Scoopy Doo Day

at an off-leash park in Calgary. This event helps remove the noxious nuggets from city off-leash

areas after the snow has melted.

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Attempted

robbery foiledCRIME Police were called tothe Money Mart at Memori-al Drive E around 11:25a.m. after a man enteredthe building and demandedthe female clerk let him in-to the secure staff area. Shenotified police and the manfled. Cops are look ing for ablack male, around 25, five-foot-seven, black hair andeyes, wearing a black “dewrag” under a ball cap, blackt-shirt and carrying a greybag. METRO CALGARY

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A new charitable gift do-nation in the form of farmanimals is hitting Calgary,allowing donors to choose asustainable gift for peoplein developing countries, thespokesperson for the com-pany behind the idea said.

“It’s a fun way to give adifferent type of gift and ex-citing to be able to play arole,” Lisa Faye said. “Youcan become like a farmer ina fun way.”

“When you give a goat tosomeone in another coun-try, it’s not just supper forone night. It’s milk, butterand more goats, too,” sheadded. “But there are otherthings too, like chickens.”

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Ontario police step up search for missing 8-year-old

The Ontario Provincial Police on Saturday launched an intensified search in Woodstock, Ont., for missing eight-year-old Victoria (Tori) Stafford, who was last seenon April 8. Police will also be re-examining older information and tips, and detectives will be canvassing homes and residents for new leads. CBC NEWS ONLINE

Red Cross seeking flood aidThe Canadian Red Cross is appealing for donations to support

people affected by the flood in Manitoba. So far, more than 900

people have registered at the Red Cross reception centre in Win-

nipeg as the province said Saturday that 1,923 people have been

evacuated due to the flood. More than 1,200 of those are people

from First Nations communities. CBC NEWS ONLINE

Prime Minister Stephen

Harper will hail the “extra-

ordinary” ties between

Canada and Jamaica and

the positive contributions

of Jamaicans to Canadian

society during an historic

address to that country’s

parliament today.

“This visit is particularlyimportant and symbolicfor the Jamaican-Canadiancommunity. It’s symbolicof our relations with Ja-maica,” Harper told TorstarNews Service in an exclu-sive interview yesterday.

Harper arrived inKingston, Jamaica lastnight from Trinidad wherehe had been attending theSummit of the Americas.Today, Harper will addressa sitting of both houses ofthe Jamaican Parliament— a first for a Canadianprime minister.

“The Jamaican commu-

nity is gradually coming ofage in Canada and Ja-maicans themselves areproud of that and that’s

something that enhancesour relationship,” he said.

Harper will also be press-ing efforts to cement a free

trade deal, which he toutsas one remedy to the na-tion’s poverty.

TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is escorted by a Trinidadian protocol officer as he arrives for the

closing session at the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain.

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SAFETY The Canadian FoodInspection Agency plans toestablish an emergencyfund by withholding mon-ey from daily operations,says the union represent-ing food inspectors.

The Agriculture Unionestimated the fund wouldrestrain the operationalbudget at CFIA by about 10to 15 per cent, which itfears would cancel plansto hire additional food in-spectors and actually raisethe risk of outbreak.

The parliamentary sub-committee on food safetywill hear from Maple LeafCEO Michael McCaintoday as part of a probe in-to a potentially deadlystrain of listeria traced toMaple Leaf meats that be-came a factor in at least 20deaths last summer.


Canadian warshiphunts pirates afterthwarted hijacking

GULF OF ADEN NATO forces,including a Canadian war-ship, foiled an attack bySomali pirates on a Norwe-gian oil tanker, and brieflydetained seven gunmen,officials said yesterday.

Michael McWhinnie, ofthe Canadian warshipWinnipeg, said it, a Britishnaval supply ship and U.S.warship Halyburtonresponded after pirates at-tacked the MV FrontArdenne late Saturday.

The gunmen fled as theforces approached, dump-ing weapons overboard.The Winnipeg pursuedthem for hours throughthe night. A boarding par-ty searched the pirate ves-sel and found an RPGround, which they seized.After documenting the ev-idence, the crew let the pi-rates go. REUTERS

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Calls on communist nation to give people more political freedom

Obama plays nice with Cuba

U.S. President Barack Oba-

ma said yesterday he saw

“potential positive signs”

of better relations with Cu-

ba and Venezuela, but he

called on Cuba to back

them up by giving its peo-

ple more political

freedom.

Obama spoke after at-tending a Summit of theAmericas in Trinidad andTobago, which he said fo-cused on “launching a newera of partnerships” be-tween the countries of theWestern Hemisphere.

Communist-ruled Cubawas excluded from themeeting, but the summitwas dominated by specula-tion over the prospect ofan end to the long conflictbetween Washington andHavana after Cuban Presi-dent Raul Castro said last

week he was open to talks.Obama also received

friendly overtures duringthe summit from left-wingVenezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez, whose closealliance with Cuba and

fierce criticism of U.S. poli-cies in the region hadstrained relations withWashington in the past.

“For the past few days,we’ve seen potential posi-tive signs in the nature of

the relationship betweenthe United States, Cubaand Venezuela,” Obamatold a news conference.

“We’re going to exploreand see if we can makeprogress,” Obama added,recalling Castro had saidhe was willing to talkabout political prisonersand human rights.

Obama went on: “But asI’ve said before, the test forall of us is not simplywords but deeds.”

Recalling his move lastweek to ease aspects of the47-year-old U.S. trade em-bargo against Cuba, Oba-ma reiterated a call for Cu-ba to reciprocate by free-ing political prisoners andaddressing freedom of ex-pression and religion, say-ing these issues cannot bebrushed aside. REUTERS

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses a news conference after

the conclusion of the Fifth Summit of the Americas in the Port of

Spain yesterday. Communist Cuba was excluded from the meet-

ing but President Raul Castro said he was open to talks.

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RACISM A growing westernboycott threatens to un-dermine a United Nationsconference on racism thatIsrael’s friends say couldbecome a platform forscathing criticism of theJewish state.

The United States an-nounced on Saturday itwould stay away, citing“objectionable” languagein a text prepared for theGeneva meeting that will

be addressed by IranianPresident Mahmoud Ah-madinejad today, its open-ing day.

Australia and the Nether-lands joined the boycottyesterday and Italy andGermany are also expectedto sit it out.

The United States and Is-rael walked out after Arabstates sought to define Zi-onism as racist in 2001.

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Boycott may subvert meeting

Talks will fail without Afghan input: Karzai

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai yesterday said U.S. efforts to tame the growing Taliban insurgencythrough negotiations would fail unless his government agreed to such talks. METRO NEWS SERVICES

Japanese clean up after themselvesJapanese expatriates took to the streets of Paris yesterday armed with brooms to

clean up the city for the tens of thousands of Japanese tourists who visit each year.

To the amusement or indifference of passersby, the team of Japanese expats called

the Greenbirds chose to give a stretch of the Champs Elysees avenue its monthly

cleaning treatment. REUTERS

News in briefCOURT SYSTEM Iranian Presi-dent Mahmoud Ahmadinejadhas called on the judiciary toensure that an Iranian-Ameri-can journalist jailed forespionage enjoys her legalright to defend herself, the offi-cial news agency IRNA saidyesterday. Roxana Saberi’slawyer welcomed Ahmadine-jad’s intervention in a letter toTehran’s prosecutor, published

a day after the U.S.-born free-lance reporter was sentencedto eight years in jail on chargesof spying for the United States.

ABDUCTIONS Gunmenkidnapped three aid workers,believed to include a Belgianand a Dutchman, in central So-malia yesterday, a colleagueand a local elder said.

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Italy gave permission

yesterday for a Turkish

cargo ship carrying 140

rescued migrants to dock

in one of its ports “for hu-

manitarian reasons,”

ending a four-day standoff

with its European Union

neighbour Malta.

Italian Foreign MinisterFranco Frattini said thedeal was reached after theintervention of European

Commission President JoseManuel Barroso, whospoke with Italian PrimeMinister Silvio Berlusconiand his Maltese counter-part Lawrence Gonzi.

The ship, the Pinar,spent four days in choppyinternational waters south-west of the small Italian is-land of Lampedusa whileItaly and Malta refused toreceive the salvaged mi-

grants, who were pluckedfrom two struggling boatsearly on Thursday.

“Malta’s government hasnot complied with a Euro-pean request from Com-mission President Barrosoto respect the rules ofsearch and rescue at sea,”Frattini said.

He pledged to raise theissue at the next meetingof European Union foreign

ministers.Rome had insisted that

the rescue operation tookplace in Maltese watersand refused to accept themigrants, but the small is-land state insisted it hap-pened closer to Italy.

Initial estimates by theship’s crew had put thenumber of illegal migrantsat 154, but an Italian med-ical team yesterday count-

ed only 140. None of themwas in a serious medicalcondition, they said.

Every year tens of thou-sands of illegal immigrantstry to reach southern Italyin rickety boats from thecoast of nearby northAfrica.

Many of them, unable toswim, perish when theirboats capsize, or die fromexposure. REUTERS

U.K.hostagereleased in NigeriaCAPTIVE Nigeria’s mostprominent militant groupreleased British hostageRobin Barry Hughesyesterday after holdinghim in the creeks of therestive Niger Delta for sev-en months, officials said.

The Movement for theEmancipation of the NigerDelta (MEND) said earlieryesterday it would freeHughes because of hishealth and age.

Hughes and anotherBriton, Matthew JohnMaguire, have been heldcaptive since Sept. 9, anunusually long period forforeign hostages in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country.

Hundreds of foreignershave been seized in theNiger Delta, home toAfrica’s biggest oil and gasindustry, since MENDlaunched a campaign of violence in early 2006 topush for what it considersto be a fairer share of theprofits from crude oil extraction. Most havebeen freed unharmedafter a few weeks. REUTERS

LEGISLATION U.S. lawmakerswill pass major energy legislation, possibly including measures to address climate change, bythe end of this year, a topWhite House official saidyesterday.

“I do know this, at theend of this first year of Con-gress there will be an ener-gy bill on the president’sdesk,” White House Chiefof Staff Rahm Emanuel toldABC’s This Week withGeorge Stephanopoulos.

When asked whether thebill would include a controversial cap-and-tradesystem aimed at curbingemissions of carbondioxide, Emanuel said “ourgoal is to get that done. Wewill see.” REUTERS

Expect U.S. energy

bill, says official

News in briefBIRD FLU An 18-month-oldEgyptian girl has contracted thehighly pathogenic bird flu virusafter coming into contact withinfected birds, Egypt’s state media said yesterday. Egypt hasseen a surge in human cases inrecent months, with 15 sincethe start of the year, comparedto seven between Jan. 1 andApril 17 last year.SOUTH AFRICA ANC leader Ja-cob Zuma, boosted by the sup-port of Nelson Mandela at a fi-nal election rally, dismissed ac-cusations his ruling partyplanned to change SouthAfrica’s constitution andappealed for national unity.

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Italy takes in 140 rescued migrants

Taliban in Pakistan

Pakistan must do more to “erase” Taliban bases inside its territory which are destabilizing the entireregion, the U.S. commander of Western troops in neighbouring Afghanistan said yesterday. REUTERS

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It’s contest time! Thiscontest is called, “HelpAnne choose a hobby.”What could be morefun? Well … choosing a

hobby for yourself. Thatwould be way more fun.But, will it win you one ofthe fabulous prizes listedbelow? I think not.

And frankly, Ineed the help.Now that mychildren aregrown, I findsomething un-expected hasreturned to mylife. Not dispos-able income,that’sgone forgood.Along

with my stomach muscles,memory and the ability toget through a day withouthumming the Teletubbiestheme song.

But what I do have nowand then, is a whole spare10 or 15 minutes to dosomething for myself.Clearly, I’m ready for a hob-by.

I do go to the gym. Ithought that was my hobby.Then I found out the defini-tion of “hobby” isn’t “an ac-tivity you’d rather gnawyour own arm off than haveto do on a regular basis.”

I’m hoping Metro readerscan help me find

something better.The guidelines:1) It cannot involve a

large outlay of cash. So, pi-loting a small aircraft orbuying fashionable yogagear is out.

2) It’s best to avoid activi-ties that involve using or be-ing in the vicinity of sharpobjects. I tried gardeningonce and ended up getting atwig stuck in my eye andhaving to be rushed to thehospital. Gardening is notreally the relaxing activityit’s made out to be.

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Alaskan Inuits, Australianaborigines and Pygmiesfrom Cameroon have amessage for a warmingworld: Native traditionscan be a potent weaponagainst climate change.

At a summit starting to-day in Anchorage, Alaska,some 400 in-digenouspeople from80 nationsare gatheringto hone thismessage inthe hope itcan be a keypart of international cli-mate negotiations.

“We don’t want to beseen just as the powerlessvictims of climatechange,” said PatriciaCochran, an Inupiat nativeof Nome, Alaska, who ischairing the IndigenousPeoples’ Global Summiton Climate Change. “Ourconference is really stirredby our wanting to becomeleaders … because we

have the ability to bringinformation from ourcommunities to the rest ofthe world.”

Indigenous traditionsare hardly static, she said,noting native people havealways adapted to theirchanging and often harsh

environ-ments.

For in-stance,Cochran said,Inuit peoplein Alaska arereverting totraditional

dogsleds instead of mod-ern snow machines as theicy region warms.

“People go out on theirsnow machines, fallthrough the ice and arenever seen again,” shesaid. “But our sled dogswill tell you when the iceis not safe … and they’re alot easier to feed than (topay) the gas prices that wehave, $10 a gallon in manyof our villages.” REUTERS

Summit eyes native traditions to combat climate change

The plan he’s peddling mayseem far-fetched. Try andcoax 10 per cent of Calgary’sautomobile-centric com-muters out of the cosy con-fines of their compacts, sta-tion wagons and SUVs andonto a bicycle seat on a dailybasis.

A stretch? Perhaps. ButAld. Brian Pincott not onlywalks the walk, he pedalsthe pedal.

“There’s no question we’vebuilt a car city and if you wantto get around in this city by

any other means first andforemost you need determi-nation,” said Pincott, whoseown 24-speed Kona DewDeluxe is often parked in hisstall at city hall, flanked bygas-guzzling vehicles.

Bicycles have long been anafterthought in sprawlingCalgary with only 200 kilo-metres of bike lanes and dai-ly commuter bike traffic in-to the core only accountingfor about 1.5 per cent of thetotal trips.

Sure, there are leagues ofbike paths winding throughCalgary, but changing themindset of the bicycle as arecreational tool to a com-

muting vehicle on par withcars and trucks will requiresome effort. And part of thateffort may start on Wednes-day’s Earth Day. Pincott willjoin residents at the SouthCalgary Community Centrein Altadore at 7:30 a.m. for“Leave your car behind day.”

While he’s hoping for anarmada of two-wheeled traf-fic rolling into core that day,Pincott said he’s happy thatat least people are beginningto realize the potential forthe bike as a viable trans-portation option.

“Every 1,500 bikes we geton the road means one morelane of traffic we don’t haveto build — so for the city toget people on to bikes is dirtcheap,” he said.

But it can’t just be the citythat promotes the bicycle.Businesses in the core need

to get on the two-wheeledbandwagon, Pincott said, andstart providing bike lockupsand shower facilities.

While cash-strapped own-ers may balk at the idea,when you consider the costto provide a single down-town parking stall is$80,000, the math makesmore sense.

The inner city aldermanacknowledges Calgary willnever mirror Europeancities that boast huge per-centages of bicycle use.

But getting one in 10 com-muters to opt for the bike?“It seems very low, but thatwould be a remarkablenumber and achievable,”Pincott said.EARTH DAY: APRIL 22

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It’s Earth Day on Wednes-

day, and while saving the

planet is serious

business, you may as well

have fun while you’re at

it. Globally, one billion

people in 170 countries

are expected to join the

celebration of the planet

we all live on, organizers

say.

Kelly Magill, editor ofPositively Green maga-zine, has some tips for or-dinary families to join theparty. She treats it like a

birthday and recommendsparents take their kids ona planetary adventure.

“Just get outside! Go to apark or on a hike. Take apicnic with you and spendthe day investigating na-ture,” she says. “If youhave bikes, take a familybike ride. Getting comfort-able with biking whenyou’re young makes it eas-ier to bike instead of drivewhen you’re an adult.”

If you live near a zoo orwildlife park, take yourfamily there to instill asense of love and respectfor animals, she suggests.In a similar vein, go on astrawberry picking adven-ture and bring the fruithome to enjoy.

“This activity reallymakes our connection to

the Earth clear.”An easier option is to

visit your local farmers’market. Building this con-

nection between the Earthand what we eat makes iteasier to understand whyprotecting the planet isimportant,she explains.

Magill re-cently fin-ished makinga batch ofsoap with herfamily.

“Familiesused to make all of theirown ‘beauty’ products andthey knew exactly whatwas in them,” she ex-plains. “You can find easyrecipes on the web.”

It doesn’t take long andit also makes bath timemore fun.

For a more ambitiousproject, start a garden inyour backyard or in a con-

tainer in your house. “Let your child choose

what to plant. This way,they’re more likely to eat

it. Don’t gettoo ambi-tious —choose twoor threethings toplant,” shesays. “Youand your

child can check on yourgarden throughout thespring and summer andharvest what you’vegrown together.”

A simpler idea is to setup a bird feeder.

“Spring means babybirds and feeding,” Magillsmiles. “You’ll see all kindsof birds visiting your feed-er.”

EARTH DAY: APRIL 22

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One billion people expected to take part in Earth Day activities Wednesday

Some simple ways to celebrate

JON TATTRIE

for Metro Canada

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There are many ways you can celebrate Earth Day, including start-

ing a garden in your backyard or in a container in your home .

The road to environmentalconsciousness is paved withgreen intentions, but a first-of-its kind index givesCanadians a moderate rat-ing when it comes to green-ing their homes.

The Canadian GreenHome Index, developed byEnvironics Research forThe Home Depot Canada,has assigned Canadians a60 out of 100 rating in itsinaugural release. Based ona basket of five questions,the Canadian Green HomeIndex tracks Canadian atti-

tudes and behaviours as ameans to measure progress

toward greening theirhomes.

“Canadians want to bemore environmentallyfriendly, but it’s an ongoingprocess to change these im-portant behaviours,” saidAnnette Verschuren, presi-dent of The Home DepotCanada and Asia. “We be-lieve this index provides areal opportunity to add tothe green discussion so wecan support further changeand provide consumerswith the tools they need todo more.” METRO NEWS SERVICES

Green Home Index tracks behaviours

Numbers

• A majority of Canadians(68 per cent) rate their homeas “somewhat green.” A fur-ther 13 per cent believe theirhomes are “very green.” Butan even stronger majority(83 per cent) acknowledgethey have room to improve— and are keen to maketheir homes even greenerthan they are today.

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Watchdog criticized

after Conquest’s fallTravel body should have taken action: Critics The first clues that now-

defunct Conquest

Vacations could be in trou-

ble emerged six months

ago, when the seller of

packaged holidays ran

afoul of provincial guide-

lines that stipulate how

much cash it needed to

have on hand to pay its

bills.

While not necessarily anominous sign in an indus-try known for its volatility,the event neverthelessspawned discussions be-tween Conquest manage-ment and the province’stravel industry watchdog,the Travel Industry Councilof Ontario, or TICO.

In March, TICO gaveConquest a deadline of

April 14 to put more mon-ey into its working capitalfund or face a suspension.

But TICO presidentMichael Pepper said Con-quest instead opted to pullthe plug on the travel firmthe next day in a movethat ruined the plans ofthousands of Canadians.

While Pepper says he

stands by his decision to at-tempt to work with Con-quest, others have ques-tioned whether TICO couldhave done more to softenthe impact of Conquest’sshutdown.

Bruce Bishins, presidentof the Association of RetailTravel Agents, said a short-fall in Conquest’s workingcapital, which refers tomoney used to pay bills orother short-term expenses,should have promptedTICO to stop Conquestfrom selling travel pack-ages.

“TICO’s mandate is con-sumer protection. It’s notto protect registrants,”Bishins said.”


“TICO’s mandate is

consumer protection.

It’s not to protect

registrants.”

Bruce Bishins, Association of RetailTravel Agents

Canada’s annual inflation eases in March, core higher

Canada’s annual inflation rate slowed to 1.2 per cent in March from 1.4 per cent in Feb-ruary, but the core rate watched by the central bank rose to two per cent. REUTERS

Few optionsfor CAW, analysts sayAUTO The Canadian AutoWorkers union has littlechoice but to accept cuts ofover 20 per cent in itsmembers’ wages and bene-fits when talks withChrysler over cost savingsresume next week, analystssaid.

Without the concessions,a partnership betweenChrysler and Italian car-maker Fiat SpA has littlechance, and Chrysler wouldthen fail to meet the end-of-month deadline to qualifyfor Canadian and U.S. gov-ernment aid.

Chrysler would then like-ly have to file for bankrupt-cy protection, almostassuredly bringing cuts inlabour costs and job losses,analysts said.

Chrysler said in a letterto employees Friday thatthe union’s refusal to cutlabour costs by $19 an hourto $57 an hour jeopardizesthe future of Chrysler andits operations in Canada.

REUTERS

In brief

ENERGY Low prices are almostcertain to have slashed profitsfor Canada’s biggest oil andgas producers, who begin theirfirst-quarter earning season inearnest this week. REUTERS

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The Iceman doneth?

After being knocked out by Mauricio (Shogun) Rua at UFC 97 in Montreal Saturday, Chuck (The Iceman) Liddell is finished, according toUFC president Dana White. “You’re never going to see Chuck Liddell on the canvas again,” White said. “It’s done.” METRO NEWS SERVICES


Steve Bernier netted the

game-winner early in the

third period, as the Van-

couver Canucks edged

the St. Louis Blues, 3-2, in

Game 3 of their Western

Conference quarterfinal

series.

Roberto Luongo was sol-id between the pipes, stop-ping 24 shots for the third-seeded Canucks, who leadthe best-of-seven series, 3-0, and will look to com-plete the sweep tomorrowin St. Louis.

Vancouver scored allthree goals on the powerplay, with Daniel Sedinand Mattias Ohlund alsolighting the lamp.

David Backes and AndyMcDonald both registereda goal and an assist for theBlues, who had won theirlast five on home ice toconclude the regular sea-son. Chris Mason made 23saves in defeat.

Mats Sundin sat out thegame with a lower-body in-jury.

FLYERS 6 PENGUINS 3

Simon Gagne netted apair of goals, as thePhiladelphia Flyers posteda strong 6-3 victory overthe Pittsburgh Penguins inGame 3 of their Eastern

Conference quarterfinalseries at Wachovia Center.

Claude Giroux con-tributed a goal and assistfor the Flyers, whoclimbed back into the se-ries after dropping thefirst two games in Pitts-burgh.

Jeff Carter, MikeRichards and Jared Ross al-so hit the net for Philadel-phia, and Martin Bironstopped 26 shots for thewin.

Evgeni Malkin talliedtwice for the Penguins,who dropped their firstroad playoff contest sinceGame 2 of the 2008 Stan-ley Cup Finals in Detroit.

Rob Scuderi added a goalwhile Sidney Crosbypicked up a pair of helpers.Marc-Andre Fleury allowedfive goals on 29 shots indefeat. Game 4 is set forTuesday in Philadelphia.

DEVILS 3, HURRICANES 2 (OT)

Travis Zajac, who hadnot scored since mid-March, lit the lamp 4:58 in-to overtime to lift the NewJersey Devils to a 3-2 winover Carolina in Game 3 oftheir Eastern Conferencequarterfinal series at RBCCenter. Zach Parise andBrian Gionta also talliedfor the Devils, whobounced back from anovertime loss in Game 2 totake a 2-1 lead in the best-

of-seven series. MartinBrodeur turned aside 28 ofthe 30 shots he faced. RyanBayda and Chad LaRoseeach had a goal for theHurricanes.

Carolina will host Game4 on Tuesday.

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Canucks take strangleholdSTANLEY CUP

2009 Playoffs

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Steve Bernier, centre, of the Canucks is congratulated by team-

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TONIGHT’S GAMESBoston at MontrealWashington at N.Y. RangersChicago at CALGARY

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YESTERDAY’S RESULTSToronto 1 Oakland 0 Boston 2 Baltimore 1Chicago White Sox 12 Tampa Bay 2Detroit 8 Seattle 2Minnesota 3 L.A. Angels 1N.Y. Yankees 7 Cleveland 3Texas 6 Kansas City 5Atlanta 11 Pittsburgh 1Cincinnati 4 Houston 2Florida 7 Washington 4L.A. Dodgers 14 Colorado 2Milwaukee 4 N.Y. Mets 2Philadelphia 5 San Diego 4San Francisco 2 Arizona 0St. Louis at Chicago Cubs PPD

SCOREBOARD

Kobe Bryant scored 24points and dished outeight assists, and the LosAngeles Lakers led by dou-ble digits for a majority oftheir 113-100 victory overthe Utah Jazz in Game 1 oftheir Western Conferencequarterfinal series.

Bryant moved into thirdall-time on the Lakers’ all-time postseason scoringlist and ninth overall with3,710 points, passing Mag-ic Johnson. Trevor Arizaadded a playoff career-high21 points, while Pau Gasolcontributed 20 points,nine rebounds and fourblocks for Los Angeles.

76ERS 100, MAGIC 98

Andre Iguodala’s fade-away jumper from the topof the key over the out-stretched arms of Hedo

Turkoglu with 2.2 secondsleft in regulation proved tobe the game-winner, as thePhiladelphia 76ers over-came an 18-point second-half deficit to take Game 1of their Eastern Confer-ence quarterfinal series,100-98, against the Orlan-do Magic.

HAWKS 90, HEAT 64

Josh Smith scored 23points and grabbed 10 re-

bounds to lead the fourth-seeded Atlanta Hawks in a90-64 rout of the MiamiHeat in Game 1 of theirEastern Conference quar-terfinal series.

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2009 Playoffs

Matt Harpring of the Jazz guards Lamar Odom yesterday.

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WHL Brett Sonne scored late inthe third period to lead the Hit-men to a 5-4 win over the Bran-don Wheat Kings in WHL play-off action last night. With thewin, the Hitmen took a 2-0lead in their EasternConference final series.

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Center for Child-Well BeingEarlier this month, Mount Royal College celebrated the launch of

its Centre for Child Well-Being, to be co-ordinated by the school’s

health and community studies faculty. The centre is designed to

mentor faculty in research, boost undergraduate engagement in

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three daughters, theyoungest of which is nowsix.

A girlfriend who soldAvon suggested Perreaultgive it a try. Perreaultagreed — eager to getsome free stuff and makea little cash.

In that first year, shedid well selling to familyand friends and made itinto the company’s Presi-dent’s Club. After theawards banquet, her man-ager took her out forlunch.

“What do you want todo with this?” she asked.Knowing her youngestwas about to enter gradeone, and loving both theproducts and the endlesschance to interact withpeople, Perreault had heranswer. She cleared twodays each week to go outand train with her manag-er.

Last September, sheshut down her home day-care and got to work re-cruiting both customersand Avon salespeople towork under her. Today,she has a team of a hun-dred salespeople, a good-sized roster of clients whoorder from Avon regularlyand has been promoted toexecutive unit leader.

“A typical day for me istalking, and talking,” Per-reault says. She oftenmeets with team mem-bers to discuss businessstrategies, and she andother representatives at-tend frequent training ses-sions and workshops heldby Avon. They also go doorto door.

And while she’s out do-ing everything from shop-ping at the mall to attend-ing one of her daughter’ssoccer games, she’s con-stantly talking to people.

“My goal every time I goout is to find a new cus-tomer or to find a new rep

that would like to joinAvon.”

At first, it was tough forher to ring doorbells andtalk to strangers all thetime. But practice, herlove of people, and herpsychology degree allhelped. As does the busi-ness skills she learnedmanaging restaurants,which she did before hereldest daughter, now 15,was born.

In fact, most of her pastexperience has led up thisjob, she sees in retrospect.

“I never in a millionyears imaged when I start-ed out and sold a few mas-caras that it would be-come my full time career.”

Holly Perreaultused to pull herhair into a pony-tail, wash herface and go in

the morning.Now, the 42-year-old

from Windsor, Ont., al-ways dons a smart outfitand a little makeup. That’sbecause she feels greatabout herself and her job.But also, as a full-timeAvon salesperson, it does-

n’t hurt to use the prod-ucts you sell.

Three years ago, she wasdoing something com-pletely different. She ran ahome daycare and keptbusy with that and her

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Job title: Avon representativeSalary: About $50,000 a yearEducation/Training: One-on-one help, workshops andcourses offered by Avon andits staff.Best part of the job: “Know-ing I’m helping somebodyelse make or save money.And having three daughters,showing them that if youwork hard, you can getrewarded for it.”Worst part of the job: “Not hav-ing enough hours in the day.”

Diane Peters once hawked magic pens at theCanadian National Exhibition. She’s now awriter and part-time journalism instructor.

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LAYOFFS Today’s labor surplusin Canada’s energy sectorcould prove an even biggerproblem down the road, whenthe current industry downturnfades and demand for workersbegins its cyclical rebound. Atpresent, more layoffs are loom-ing as companies keep multi-billion-dollar oil sands projectson the shelf and hold off onnatural gas drilling plans dueto low prices. REUTERS

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EntertainmentOver the top action ride

Crank: High Voltage is dis-

gusting, disposable,

disorienting, inhuman and

infantile … and those are

its good points.

Immediately picking upwhere the attention deficitfriendly adventures of thefirst instalment left off,brutish British action heroJason Statham returns asseemingly superhuman un-derworld anti-hero ChevChellios, who, after surviv-ing an impossible fall froma helicopter, has his heart

removed by Triad organthieves and replaced by abionic one.

In order for Chev to beatthe clock — again — and re-trieve his resilient ticker, hehas to keep his body con-stantly pulsing with elec-tricity, a gimmicky plot de-vice that unleashes scene af-ter scene of finger-in-socket

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date its audience with ac-tion, Crank is a non-stop,over the top orgy of vio-lence, sex, misogyny,racism and general badtaste driven by a genuinelybizarre score by ex-FaithNo More frontman MikePatton.

But for all its sound andfury, it feels safe: An overstylized, faux-hip descentinto cartoonish, musicvideo informed depravitythat tries hard to be agrand scale Lloyd Kaufmanmeets Russ Meyer exploita-tion grindhouse-stylemovie. Instead, it comesoff as a glossy — thoughundeniably energetic —big budget forgery.

Red Bull junkies, gamers,12-year-old boys and easilybored morons might loveevery inch of this fast for-ward, ultra-bloody timewaster but by the timeStatham turns into a jut-jawed, power plant level-ling Godzilla-esque monster— and yes, it does happen— even they might be an-noyed by directors MarkNeveldine and Brian Tay-lor’s grab bag lunacy andpretentious self awareness.

CHRIS ALEXANDER

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Entertainment in briefUNION Hollywood studios andthe 120,000 member Screen Ac-tors Guild reached a tentativedeal Friday on a new film and

television contract that ends abitter deadlock and wouldavert a strike the industry fearsin a recession. REUTERS

Larter plays Obsessed

Ali Larter may act deluded

in her latest thriller

Obsessed but she has no

delusions about society’s

obsession with celebrity.

“It’s part of what comesin our business,” admittedthe actress recently. “Thehardest part for most ac-tors is having to deal withthe paparazzi and kind ofhow fans can sometimestake a moment too far.

“But the other end of it isthat we’ve chosen these ca-reers and when you putyourself in the public eye,there’s a certain amount ofresponsibility that comeswith it.”

While the 33-year-oldstar of TV’s Heroes hasmostly avoided the tabloidtrappings of many otheryoung actresses, Larter stilldislikes the paparazzi —but for a reason you mightnot expect.

“Just always having to beon is, for me, the most dif-ficult part,” admittedLarter. “I don’t want tohave to get ready before Ileave my house ... who

wants to worry about thatwhen they go to the gro-cery store? I just want to goperuse heirloom tomatoesand not worry about a pa-parazzi jumping out fromthe bananas.”

While Obsessed (in the-atres Friday) may not di-rectly deal with celebritystalking, it does take a lookat one woman’s crazed ob-session with a marriedman (Idris Elba) and howshe sets out to sabotage hismarriage to a less-than-

complacent wife (BeyoncéKnowles).

“I didn’t play her as astalker. I think of it as awoman who fell in love,”said Larter. “For me, it wasimportant to understandthe clues into her psy-chosis and what happenedto her to make her believethe things that this mansaid are true so hopefullythe audience is going to go

on that journey with me.”For those who do take

the film’s journey, itmeans catching a predica-ment most paparazziwould kill to witness inperson — an all-out cat-fight between Larter andKnowles.

“She’s stunningly beauti-ful,” said Larter of the popstar. “One of my favoritemoments is having Beyon-cé charge at me. Howmany people get to havethat happen in their life?”

STEVE GOW

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Ali Larter stars as a women stalking a married man in the thriller Obsessed.

Alleged Tyra

stalker on trial

LEGAL The man chargedwith stalking former super-model Tyra Banks went ontrial Friday, with prosecu-tors saying he terrified theAmerica’s Next Top Modelhost by sending her pack-ages and threatening herassistant. Brady Green, 39,was arrested last March af-ter he appeared twice atthe Manhattan studiowhere The Tyra BanksShow is filmed.

Smith to perform

at Carnegie Hall

PEOPLE Filmmaker KevinSmith will perform at NewYork’s Carnegie Hall June17 in Silent Bob Speaks:An Evening with KevinSmith, in which the direc-tor will offer uncensoredanecdotes and engage inan audience Q&A.

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Perpetual Hollywood bachelor Matthew McConaughey says that when it comes to marriage, why fix it if it ain’t broke? “It’s justnot something I plan on doing right now, and that I feel like I need to do right now,” said the 39-year-old actor. PEOPLE.COM

PEOPLE Madonna suffered“minor injuries and bruis-es” Saturday while horse-back riding in New York’sHamptons, her publicisthas announced,people.com reports.

On Saturdayevening, LizRosenberg saidthat the 50-year-old had been re-leased fromSouthamptonHospital after shewas thrown off ahorse that wasstartled by pa-parazzi.

Rosenbergsaid the pho-tographershad jumped

out of the bushes to snapMadonna, who was visitingfriends on Eastern Long Is-land. Further medical testsare to be conducted, anddoctors will continue toobserve Madonna, the rep

added.In 2005,Madonna brokeseveral bonesin a horse-rid-ing accident— crackingthree ribs andbreaking her

collarbone andher hand. The

following year,she suffered a her-

nia, but quickly re-covered.

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PEOPLE Tom Cruise isn’tone to let anything ruinhis daughter’s special day.

While celebrating SuriCruise’s third birthday Sat-urday, guests were report-edly disturbed by apaparazzi helicopterswooping overhead,according to TMZ, so Tomcalled the cops.

The LAPD airship report-edly did a flyby, but the of-

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fat, flabby Hugh

PEOPLE Hugh Jackman’swife finds his muscularbody “annoying,” female-first.co.uk reports.

The actor, whoembarked on a gruellingexercise regime for hisnew movie X-Men Origins:Wolverine, infuriated hisspouse Deborra-LeeFurness by getting intobetter shape than her.

He joked: “She gets veryannoyed. She says, ‘A hus-band’s job is to be fat andflabby and make me lookfabulous.’ She said I wasn’tliving up to my end of thebargain.”

Hugh undertook a “full-on” fitness and dietprogram to reprise his roleas the mutant superheroand says he achieved hischiselled physiquethrough two full workoutsdaily, and meals of

steamed chick-en and veg-etablesevery threehours.

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RELATIONSHIP Singer AmyWinehouse has reportedlypenned a new track calledthe Ultimate Betrayal fol-lowing claims her es-tranged husband is expect-ing a child with anotherwoman, femalefirst.co.ukreports.

Mother-of-two GilleenMorris told a British news-paper last weekend thatshe is six weeks pregnantwith Blake Fielder-Civil’sbaby.

Winehouse was report-edly heartbroken by thenews — and has written anemotional song about herturbulent relationship

with Fielder-Civilwhile working on anew album in St.Lucia, according toBritish newspaperThe Sun.

A source tells thepublication, “Amystill felt they hadsomething be-tween them andthat one day they’dbe together again.

“But this newsdestroyed her.She satdownwithher

guitar and start-ed writing theUltimate Be-trayal. Shekeeps repeat-ing the line:Blake a baby,no, no, no.It’s veryhaunting.”

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PEOPLE Britney Spears feels“betrayed” by Kevin Feder-line, femalefirst.co.uk re-ports.

The singer is reportedlyfurious with her ex-hus-band — with whom shehas two children, Sean Pre-ston, three, and JaydenJames, two — after he pro-posed to girlfriend VictoriaPrince, because Spears stillhas feelings for him.

A source close to Spears— who is rumoured tobe dating her backingdancer Chase Benz— said: “Britney’sface fell whenKevin told her hehad proposed.She’s been flirtingwith her dancersand has a thinggoing on withChase butshe stilllovesKevin andalwayshopedthey’d getback to-gether.

“It wouldn’t surprise meif her flirting with otherguys was purely to makehim jealous.”

Spears — who divorcedFederline in 2007 — is saidto be particularly con-cerned with the amount oftime Prince will be spend-ing with her sons.

The source added: “Idon’t think Britney sawher as a threat until Kevinproposed but now she will

be stepmother toBritney’s kids

and thatdoesn’tmake herhappy.”

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Britney threatened by

Kevin’s new fiancée?

LEGAL Mel Gibson receiveda new judge after hislawyer requested to re-move Judge RafaelOngkeko from presidingover his divorce caseagainst his wife, Robyn, us-magazine.com reports.

The case was reassignedto Judge Frederick Shaller“for all future court pro-ceedings,” us-magazine.com con-firmed on Friday.

The star’s at-torney, RobertKaufman, filedlegal papers on

Thursday with California’sSuperior Court to boot

Ongkeko fromthe case.

Accord-ing to the

documents,Kaufmansaid thatOngkeko is

“prejudicedagainst

re-

spondent and/or the re-spondent’s attorney or theinterest of respondent sothat affiant against cannotor believes that he and/orrespondent cannot have afair and impartial trial orhearing before JudgeOngkeko.”

According to TMZ.com,it is more likely that thecouple will not appear inan L.A. county courthouseand will instead get a pri-vate judge to hear themout away from all the pub-licity and attention.

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New divorce judge for Mel

Spencer Twit-challenges AshtonRIVALRY The same day thatAshton Kutcher beatCNN in their much-hyped Twitter race toreach one million fol-lowers, a new chal-lenger has surfaced —The Hills’ Spencer Pratt.

Though he current-ly has less than200,000 follow-ers on the so-cial network-ing site, Pratt

issued a challenge toKutcher throughusmagazine.com,“assuming he’sman enough to

do so, (to add) themost new follow-

ers in 30 dayswins.

“If I win, Ashton and De-mi (Moore, his

wife) have towash my car,”he says. If heloses, “Heidi

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Basil-Stuffed

Chicken BreastsINGREDIENTS:

4 skinless boneless chick-en breast halves3 oz (90 g) mozzarellacheese, thinly sliced1 tomato, thinly sliced1 garlic clove, crushed1 bunch fresh basil, about3/4 oz (20 g)4 slices prosciutto, about 2oz (60 g) in total1 tbsp (15 ml) extra-virginolive oilSalt and fresh-groundblack pepperGREEN SALAD:

2 tbsp (25 ml) extra-virginolive oilFresh juice of 1/2 lemon4 oz (125 g) mixed saladleaves1 bunch fresh watercress,large stems discardedMETHOD:

1. Preheat the oven to 425F (220 C). Slit each chickenbreast half and enlarge toform pocket.2. Divide mozzarellabetween chicken breasthalves, sliding slices intopockets. Top cheese withtomato slices and crushedgarlic. Roughly chop somebasil and sprinkle in pock-ets.3. Season chicken breasts.Place large sprig of basil

on each, then wrap in aslice of prosciutto, makingsure that ham covers slitin chicken. Tie securelywith kitchen string.4. Heat oil in large fryingpan over medium heat.Add chicken breasts andsauté over high heat untilbrown on both sides, 3minutes. Transfer chickento baking dish. Bake untilchicken is cooked throughand juices run clear whenbreast is pierced, 10 to 12minutes.5. For salad, put oil andlemon juice in bowl, sea-son with salt and pepperto taste, and whisk. Addlettuce and watercress,then toss. Divide between4 serving plates.6. Remove string fromchicken breasts. Cut eachpiece crosswise into slices,holding together to keepshape. Arrange on saladand garnish with remain-ing basil.SERVES 4

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