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Anesthesiologist Jonathan Kongmight find titanium in the Sunny-brook Hospital operating room,

where it is used in joint replace-ments or in pins to mend brokenbones. He can also find it encirclingthe ring finger on his left hand. When Kong and his wife, Gina

Lam, married last August theywanted their wedding bands tohave a personal touch, so they wentagainst tradition, forgoing goldbands and choosing, instead, to gowith custom-made titanium rings.

A wedding is a very personalthing and we wanted to have a ringthat not everyone has, Kong said.We wanted a uniqueness that wecould associate with the wedding.

Kong and Lam are among a grow-ing number of Toronto couples whoforgo traditional gold for weddingrings made out of alternative mate-rials.

JEWELLERY

Beyond

silverand goldCouples forgo traditionfor rings made of plastic,titanium, even wood

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EMILY SENGER

SPECIAL TO THE STAR

Zsolt Szekely has been using wood

in his silver and gold rings.

They buy sexier clothing, are morelikely to stare at attractive men and if they are strippers they getbetter tips.And now science has identified yet

another characteristic of the elusiveovulating woman: she is better atpicking out straight men from thegays.

A new study led by researchers atthe University of Toronto suggeststhat ovulation significantly im-proves a womans ability to judge amans sexual orientation.

What it really sort of hints at is,there are evolutionary reasons whywomen would pay attention to cues

relevant for mating, says NicholasRule, assistant professor of psy-chology at U of T and lead research-er on the study.

When women have a higherchance of getting pregnant, theyregoing to pay more attention to cuesin the environment that would at-tend to that.

A slew of strange ovulation phe-nomena have been uncovered inrecent years as scientists track howthe female cycle affects matingpractices. Other research has sug-gested that ovulating women emit ascentthat is more attractive to men,get better tips as lap dancers and

buy sexier clothing in an uncon-scious attempt to outdo rivals.For the gaydar study, scientists

tracked the fertility cycles of 40 het-erosexual female undergraduatestudents and asked them to judgephotos of 80 mens faces. Half of themen self-identified as gay and theother half were straight.

The men were all equally attrac-tive and wore the same facial ex-pression, researchers said. Womenwere encouraged to use their intu-ition.

Ladies closest to peak ovulationwere found to have the best gaydar.

Its interesting because it sug-

gests that there are factors that in-fluence the way we perceive andevaluate people without our know-ing it, Rule says.

Gaydar, by the way, is a portman-teau of the words gay and radar,defined as the ability to detect sexu-al orientation.When scientists added a little ro-

mance to the equation, women be-came even better at determiningwhether men were gay or straight.

Researchers made up a story about a walk on a beach with anattractive male during a tropical is-land vacation and had womenread it before they looked at the

photos. Women who were primedto think about romance and matingwere better at spotting straight menthan those who were not.

The study also found that ovula-tion did not make women any bet-ter at judging whether other wom-en are gay or straight.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Women have better gaydar while ovulating, study says Andditional dashof romance makes

women more intuitive

AMY DEMPSEY

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Dazzling accessories, L3Fusion fashion: East meets West, L3Flawless faces by MAC, L4

BOLLYWOOD NORTH

Bollywood gives a new twist

to an old tradition, wooing western women, South Asian girls

SUSAN PIGG

LIVING REPORTER

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Anju Saini doesnt have to venture back to hernative India to get inspiration for the exotic andsensual saris that fill her sprawling basement.

Instead she watches Bollywood movies from thecomfort of her Richmond Hill home.

The colourful costumes, the dancing, the music all of which will be centre stage in Torontoduring this weekends International Indian FilmAcademy Awards help the former travel agentweave her own magic.

Sainis Kaveri Kollection, one-of-a-kind Indo-Western designs she creates and then has craftedby a handful of young suppliers in India, are asunique as the Bollywood actors who have takenToronto by storm.

Some are inlaid with Swarovski crystals, othersare covered in stunning embroidery. All are fash-ioned out of colourful chiffons, silks and light-

weight fabrics that feel as soft as butter.People want all that Bollywood glitter to

make that Bollywood entrance, says Saini, 57.Just as the Bollywood blockbusters have cap-

tured the imagination of western audiences, sohave Sainis creations: Shes seeing more demandfrom North American women who are looking tostand out from the evening-dress crowd.

Most of the time when you go to parties, every-one is wearing black dresses. Even weddings arevery black, said Saini.

Indian outfits are so vibrant, so colourful, sosexy they cheer you up. And you know that noone else will be wearing the same outfit.

Ready saris are really

more skirt than sari.

They require no hand

pleating or tucking.

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