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@ if you want to experience a
completely different environment
for 90 minutes, take in the new
IMAX film playing at Canada
Place.

Titanica chronicles the  con-
struction and demise of the ‘un-
sinkable'’ Titunic, while we take
pact in deep-sea observations with
a multinational team of scientists
sent to study the wreck and the
species of deep-sea life inhabiting
it now,

You'll go 4,000 metres beneath
the sea along with three men
cooped up in.a Gny submersible
equipped with strong lights and a
camera that illuminate and cap.
ture personal belongings along the
ocean floor that were strewn when
the Titanic broke up,

You'll even venture into the
wreck of the Titanic itself, and
hear a surviving passenger recount
her memories.

Titanica plays at. Canada Place
daily at 7 and 9 p.m.

Fires of Kuwait: continues: at
qoon, 1, 2 and-3 p.m, daily,

@ It's time to start being vigilant
about protecting our skin.

Ulttra-violet rays are expected to
_be fully 25% higher than norral
-this spring, due to volcanic dust
left in the atmosphere from the
eruption of Mt, Pinatubo in 1991
and very high depletion of protec-
tive ozone over the Arctic. *

Remember not to join the mad
dogs and Englishmen out in -the

iENT
Chronicling the unthinkable

IMAX" 8 NEW film Titanica goas 4,000 metres beneath the sea
along with three men cooped up in a tiny submersdble.

noonday sun, and to wear a hat
when you are outdoors ot a sunny
day..

Sunsereen with a minimum sun
protection factor of 15 is recom:
mended, as it cuts out 94% of the
UV rays.

As an SPF of 30 only cuts out
an additional 3%; it doesn’t seem
a stronger screen js necessarily
much belter, .

A few sunscreens have been

given the official stamp of ap-

proval. by. Canadian: der-

matologists — inquire after those

at your local pharmacy or drug
stare. ‘

@ One last note from. the North
Shore Recycling Program, :

Home renovators should know
that gypsum (which is, banned.
from Lower Mainland landfills):
can be taken to the, North Shore
Transfer Station, where it is-sent
to New West Gypsum for recycle
Ing.

However, only two full ‘sheets,
or up to '70 kg, will be accepted
free. After that, the cost is. $100
per tonne,

Window blinds benefit migrating birds

WHO 1S there who would
not lift-a finger to help out
our little winged friends?

- By Tina Gilbertson
_ Home and Garden Reporter

(We're. talking birds,-not bats;
bats aré. our medium-sized winged
friends. And.for the record, our
large winged friends are 747s.)

During their migration back for .

the summer:holidays, and in gen-
‘eral, birds benefit when we keep
our: blinds down: during the: day
whenever possible.
This suggestior was phoned in
- to the North Saore News by a
“concerned reader who finds that,
’ unlike bats or 747s, birds often

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embarrass -and occasionally kill
themselves flying into windows
that they didn’t know were there,

Without resorting to bigotry, it
must be. noted that the poor
creatures are bird-brained  (or-
nithologically burdened?) and they
need our help whenever possible
to ensure their safety at social
functions such as worm-pulling
and berry-eating and here-
comes-the-mail-carrier jam-
borees. .

It is not necessary to keep the
blinds closed; their presence in the
window is enough to alert a bird

‘that the living room is not as ac-

cessible as it appears from. the
balcony.
For homeowners who do not

. have blinds, here is an alternative.

Photocopy your cat,

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Enlarge the photocopy and hang it
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Here’s to the’ return of the little
nippers — and'a big juicy worm
goes to the alert reader who iden-
fied the problem,

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