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Glued to your desk at work? Cross that off the list of excuses for not having the time to exercise. A growing number of people are getting their daily dose of exercise at work.

Workout at work

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By Sam Hananel

A growing number of Americans are standing, walking and even cycling their way through the work-

day at treadmill desks, standup desks or other moving workstations. Others are forgoing chairs in favour of giant exercise balls to stay fit.

Walking on a treadmill while mak-ing phone calls and sorting through emails means “being productive on two fronts,” said Andrew Lockerbie, senior vice president of benefits at Brown & Brown, a global insurance consulting firm.

Lockerbie can burn 350 calories a day walking 3 to 4 miles on one of two treadmill desks that his company’s Indianapolis office purchased earlier this year.

“I’m in meetings and at my desk and on the phone all day,” he said. “It’s great to be able to have an option at my work to get some physical activity while I’m actually doing office stuff. You feel better, you get your blood mov-ing, you think clearly.”

Treadmill desks designed for the workplace are normally set to move

at 1 to 2 mph, enough to get the heart rate up but not too fast to distract from reading or talking on the phone comfortably.

It’s been a decade since scientific studies began to show that too much sitting can lead to obesity and increase the risk of developing diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. Even going to the gym three times a week doesn’t offset the harm of being seden-tary for hours at a time, said Dr James Levine, an endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic.

“There’s a glob of information that sitting is killing us,” Levine said. “You’re basically sitting yourself into a coffin.”

More companies are intrigued by the idea of helping employees stay healthy, lose weight and reduce stress — espe-cially if it means lower insurance costs and higher productivity, said Levine, an enthusiastic supporter of the moving workstations.

“Even walking at 1 mile an hour has very substantial benefits,” Levine said, such as doubling metabolic rate and improving blood sugar levels. “Although you don’t sweat, your body moving is sort of purring along.”

Burn some calories while you work

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Sales at Indianapolis-based TreadDesk are expected to increase 25 percent this year as large corporations, including Microsoft, Coca Cola, United Healthcare and Procter & Gamble have started buying the workstations in bulk, said Jerry Carr, the company’s president.

At LifeSpan Fitness, based in Salt Lake City, sales of treadmill desks more than tripled over 2012, said Peter Schenk, company president.

“We don’t see the growth slowing down for several years as right now we are just moving from early adopters, which are educated and highly health conscious, to more mainstream users,” Schenk said.

With bicycle desks or desk cycles, workers can pedal their way through the day on a small stationary bike mounted under their desk.

Treadmill desks can range from about $800 to $5,000 or more, depend-ing on the manufacturer and model. Desks cycles start as low as $149 for models that can fit under an existing desk but can run $1,400 or more for those with a desk built in. Standup

desks can run as low as $250 for plat-forms that can rest on an existing desk.

Some workers have opted for lower-profile — and lower-cost — ways to stay fit at work, such as sitting on giant exercise balls instead of chairs. Using the inflatable balls can help improve posture and strengthen abs, legs and back muscles.

“I’ve got nurses in my operating room who will use one of those balls instead of a chair,” said Michael Maloney, a professor of orthopaedics and sports medicine specialist at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Maloney said anyone trying an exer-cise ball, treadmill desk or moving workstation should approach it with common sense. Those who have not been exercising regularly should start using the equipment in small time increments to avoid injury, he said.

“They have to just do it with some common sense and not overdo it,” Maloney said. “Just pay attention to how their body is responding to the new activities.”

Georges Harik, founder of the Web-based instant messaging service imo.

im in Palo Alto, California, bought two treadmill desks for his 20-person office to share three years ago. Employees tend to sort through email or do other work while using the treadmills.

“I do it when I can,” he said. “Sometimes it’s not possible if you’re really thinking hard or programming a lot. But this sort of low-grade activity that keeps people from being sedentary probably helps extend their lives by a few years, and we’re big fans of that.”

The office has also purchased stand-ing desks for most of its employees. The desks can be raised up or down

with the touch of a button, and Harik says at least three or four workers can be seen standing at desks to stretch their legs at any one time.

But not everyone wants one, Harik said. Some workers find it too distract-ing to incorporate standing or walking into their work, and some feel they are just not coordinated enough to multi-task as they exercise.

Levine said he was at first skepti-cal that a standup desk would offer improvements in health comparable to treadmill desks or other moving workstations.

“It appears I was completely wrong,” he said. “Once you’re off your bottom, it’s inevitable that you start mean-dering around. Within two minutes of standing, one activates a series of metabolic processes that are beneficial. Once you sit, all of those things get switched off.”

Denise Bober, director of human resources at The Breakers, the resort hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, said hav-ing a treadmill desk in her office has made a big difference in how she feels after work.

“The more movement and interac-tion I have, the more energy I have at the end of the day,” she said.

Bober spends one to three hours walking when she’s in the office, usu-ally at 2mph.

“If I go faster, then I make too many typing errors, but if I’m just reading a report I can go faster,” she said.

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Some workers have opted for lower-profile — and lower-cost — ways to stay fit at work, such as sitting on giant exercise balls instead of chairs. Using the inflatable balls can help improve posture and strengthen abs, legs and back muscles.

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Nineteen students, two teachers and the principal of Doha Modern Indian School and 20 students from Ideal Indian School (right) visited Indian Naval Ship INS Tabar, which is on a goodwill visit to Qatar. The students’ visit to the ship was organised by the Embassy of India. Commanded by Captain Venkat Raman, INS Tabar is part of the Indian Nay’s Western Fleet. The students took home fond memories of the visit, carrying with them stickers and flags.

School students visit Indian Navy ship

Students of the Class of 2017 took their first steps on the long road to becoming doctors at the 10th

annual white coat ceremony of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.

The 41 students entering the 2013 medical class took to the stage at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s Student Center to receive their white coats and stethoscopes in front of their parents and family members.

Dr Javaid Sheikh, dean of WCMC-Q, said: “Donning the white coat of our profession for the very first time is a moment of great significance in the life of every young doctor-in-training. With this gesture, our students accept the historic responsibility of healing

the sick and showing compassion to the vulnerable, and at the same time dedicate themselves to the pursuit of the very highest standards of excel-lence in the practice of medicine.”

The event was introduced by Dr Stephen Scott, acting associate dean for student affairs, with keynote speeches being given by Dr Abdulla Mohd Alkaabi, executive vice chief medical officer of Sidra Medical and Research Center, and deputy chair-man of paediatrics and head of pae-diatric nephrology at Hamad Medical Corporation.

The Class of 2017 is drawn from 19 countries, and nine Qatari nationals are enrolled on the course. In total,

33 students were admitted upon com-pletion of the WCMC-Q premedical programme, while four students com-pleted the biological sciences bachelor’s degree at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and four completed their training at other institutions.

Geraldine Kong Wai Jin joins WCMC-Q from the National University of Singapore. She said: “Starting the medical course is like a dream come true for me, something I have been looking forward to for a very long time. I want to practice medicine because the amount of conflict and illness means that the world needs doctors and I feel compelled to help.”

Qatari national Khalid Albureshad

completed both the foundation pro-gramme and the premedical pro-gramme at WCMC-Q.

He said: “I am very excited about wearing the white coat for the first time because it feels like I am making progress towards my goal of becoming a doctor. This is what I have wanted ever since I was a child when my mother was unwell and I wanted to help her.

“With my parents’ support I have got this far and I am looking forward to the challenge of learning more about the human body and interacting with patients. I’m ready to take the next step.”

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Fifty One East and Sony have launched a new Portable Wireless Server (PWS),

which provides consumers conven-ient options to view, share and store content on the move or at home from their smartphones.

The device serves as a battery charger and card reader/writer, offering users added control when managing multimedia data such as photos, videos, music files and office documents.

A representative from Fifty One East said, “With this new addition, we are leading the way with the new Portable Wireless Server, which offers a combination of the best plans and data benefits to suit today’s lifestyles. We aim to keep our loyal customers satisfied by introducing them to the latest technologies to elevate the technology sector in Qatar. “

With a wireless connection, users

can transfer content using PWS as a convenient option for smartphones, especially devices that do not have a memory card slot. The PWS can also connect several devices via Wi-Fi at one time, allowing up to eight users to simultaneously share and play back the same or different content.

The PWS also functions as a back-up power source for smartphones or digital cameras. Consumers can use the PWS for up to 10 hours of con-tinuous MP3 playback. All controls are managed by the smartphone or

tablet through the PWS Manager App (available at Google Play and App Store).

The new Portable Wireless Server (PWS) is available at all Fifty One East outlets located in Al Maha centre, City Centre Doha and Lagoona Mall, in addition to all Virgin Megastores at Villaggio and Landmark malls. The Peninsula

Sony unveils new portable wireless server

Winners of the ‘Beat the Heat’ sum-mer promotion draw conducted by LG-Jumbo Electronics were announced last week in the presence of government officials. The promotion ran from June 10 to August 15 and on every purchase of LG appliances worth QR250, customers were eligible for raffle coupons to enter the draw. The mega prize, ‘Furnish your home with LG Products’, went to the person holding coupon No. 26404 while five others won trips to Turkey. Nineteen winners received as prizes LG refriger-ators, washing machines, microwave ovens, ionizers and vacuum cleaners. C V Rappai, director and general man-ager of Jumbo Electronics, gave away the prizes.

Qatar-UAE Exchange has joined hands with food chain Applebee’s to offer a 10 percent

discount on bills on food and beverages to all Gold Card customers of Qatar-UAE Exchange. An MoU in this regard was signed recently.

Edison Fernandez, Country Head, Qatar-UAE Exchange, said: “Ensuring customers are provided with great services for choosing UAE Exchange has always been our prime objective. We are always looking for opportunities to

express gratitude to our loyal custom-ers in different ways which will benefit them. We are happy to have partnered with Applebee’s in this regard.”

Ganesh Sharma, General Manager, Applebee’s, said: “Applebee’s and UAE Exchange have similar visions, to be a neighbourhood brand among their customers. This vision has brought us together and we hope this alliance is fruitful to our customers, further strengthening it.”

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Qatar-UAE Exchange customers offered discount at Applebee’s

Qatar-UAE Exchange and Applebee’s officials at the MoU signing ceremony.

Kuwaq to celebrate 13th anniversary

Kannur United Welfare Association, Qatar chap-ter (Kuwaq), the associa-

tion of expatriates from Kannur (a northern district of Kerala in south India) is celebrating its 13th anniversary and Onam-Eid fol-lowed by traditional Onam feast on October 16 at Ashoka Hall, Indian Cultural Centre, with entertainment programmes by the cultural wing of the associa-tion. For more information, call 55824907 or 66014998.

Ice cream treat from Novotel and Mercure

Novotel and Mercure Accor hotels are thinking of their younger customers,

of whom there are many dur-ing the summer holidays. Until September 30 the two hotels will give each child under 12 an ice cream of the flavour of their choice on arrival or during their stay. The Peninsula

LG summer promotion draw

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By Patricia Reaney

She was one of America’s rich-est heiresses with sprawling apartments, palatial homes and fabulous paintings, but little was known about the

reclusive woman when she died in 2011 at the age of 104 after spending decades living in a hospital.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Dedman hopes to change that with his book Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune.

After combing through tens of thou-sands of documents and correspond-ence, and interviewing her inner circle and staff, Dedman and his co-author Paul Clark Newell Jr, a cousin of Clark, reveal the life of the eccentric heiress who inherited a fortune from her copper magnate father William A Clark, one of the wealthiest men of his time.

She lived on her own terms, gave $30m in gifts to the nurse who cared for her, spent a fortune in upkeep on empty homes and signed two wills within six weeks, which relatives are challenging in a court case scheduled to begin on September 17.

Dedman spoke about his extensive research, uncov-ering the mystery of Clark’s life and her generosity.

What was the impetus for the book?Well, it was a mystery. Before now there had been

more unknowns than knowns about her. We didn’t know about her life in the hospital. We didn’t know about what might have happened between her and the nurse in their lives in the hospital. We knew noth-ing about what contacts she had with her employees and how they managed her life. We knew nothing of her hobbies. We knew nothing of her character and personality. By joining up with Paul, her cousin who had spoken to her for nine years on the phone, we were able to piece together her character.

How did you begin to piece her life together?I’m pretty much a documents reporter. I’m a public

records geek. I’m a person who works things out. I’m not a person who has people tell me things in parking garages. Paul’s conversations were a key and

getting documents, the court records, the testimony of more than 60 witnesses, including all the people close to her and relatives, and many nurses and doc-tors, and getting her papers and correspondence. We have more than 20,000 pages of her correspondence and 20,000 pages of medical records ... I tried to run down every path.

In terms of discovering who she was, do you think it is a clear picture?

It is. I am not one to seek simple causes. But it is very clear she was not, as assumed by many people to be, weak-willed, or controlled or infantile. She was addressed very respectfully by everyone who knew her because she wouldn’t put up with anything but that.

She was strong-willed and stubborn and she frus-trated generations of attorneys who couldn’t get her to sign a will ... She was very efficient in deferring requests and blocking requests that she wasn’t inter-ested in. She was always polite and elegant and not a spoiled rich girl.

There are suggestions that she wasn’t of sound mind. Do you agree with that?

This is an issue that will be debated in court ... I read all the testimony and all the depositions and have seen all the exhibits and there is no evidence of any mental illness. There is no diagnosis. There is no failure to comprehend on her part. It is clear she knew who her relatives were ... She was very aware

and her memory was very good.

The question people will ask is, if she is of sound mind why did she have all these empty mansions, why although healthy did she chose to spend the last portion of her life in a hospital?

She didn’t go into the hospital until ‘91, just before she turned 85, and most people would say she was elderly at that point. And she got sick. She got these skin cancers that were very serious and she couldn’t eat. She said she felt much more secure there ...

Really, the question is why didn’t she sell the houses? Well, she was very sentimental. She told Paul she couldn’t visit the California home because it made her think of her mother.

Do you think she was taken advantage of by employees?

I think people around her thought others were too liberal in receiving gifts and they were very glad to receive the gifts that they got ... It is clear she wanted to make the gifts.

Was hers a tragic life?I don’t think it was tragic at all. People say, ‘Oh,

how sad.’ They just know the externals. She had homes she didn’t live in. She was wealthy and ended up in a hospital, what a tragic existence ... For me her generosity is a key part of the story. She gave about 80 percent of her money to charity. She was also generous to her friends and institutions.Reuters

EmptyMansionsreveals lifeof reclusiveheiress

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Forgo sugary drinks toabate gout effects: Study

Sufferers of gout might soon be advised to forgo sugary drinks to avoid pain and flaring up of the crippling affliction,

according to a New Zealand study.Scientists at the University of Otago and

the University of Auckland have discovered a human gene variant that can “turn bad” when affected by sugary drinks, Xinhua reported citing the study.

It showed that when the variant of the gene SLC2A9 behaved correctly, it helped trans-port uric acid out of the bloodstream and facilitated its excretion through the kidney.

“But when people with this gene variant consume sugary drinks, the apparent func-tion of the gene variant reverses, such that we think uric acid is instead transported back into the blood stream and the risk of gout is increased,” Tony Merriman, associate pro-fessor in University of Otago’s biochemistry department, said in a statement.

SLC2A9 is a newly identified urate trans-porter influencing serum urate concentration, urate excretion and gout.

“So not only does sugar raise uric acid in the blood due to processing in the liver, but it also appears to directly interfere with excre-tion of uric acid from the kidney. This was a quite unpredictable interaction,” he said.

“Daily 300-millilitre serving of sugar-sweetened drink increases the chance of gout by 13 percent,” said the professor.

He recommended people with gout to avoid sugary drinks.

Gout is caused when uric acid in the blood crystallises in the joints, causing them to become inflamed. It is the most common form of arthritis in New Zealand, particu-larly among men.

The disease has strong links with other metabolic diseases such as diabetes, heart and kidney disease.

An orange a day cankeep cancer away

On reviewing available research on cancer prevention and the benefits of orange, scientists say orange could

prove to be crucial in the prevention of cancer.In a forthcoming review article from

Nutrition and Cancer: An International Journal, a publication of Routledge, researchers reviewed available evidence that links orange juice with cancer chemoprevention, reports Science Daily.

The review article, Orange Juice and Cancer Chemoprevention discusses the putative mech-anisms involved in the process and the availa-ble data in terms of evidence-based medicine.

Despite its potential toxicity (if taken in excess), orange juice has many potential posi-tive effects when it comes to cancer, particu-larly because it is high in anti-oxidants.

Evidence from previous studies has indi-cated that orange juice can reduce the risk of leukemia in children, as well as aid in che-moprevention against mammary, hepatic, and colon cancers.

“Orange juice could contribute to chemo-prevention at every stage of cancer initiation and progression”,the researchers explained.

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By Veronica Hackethal, MD

In a large new study of older Americans, researchers find that people with the healthi-est eating habits are about

15 percent less likely to develop pancreatic cancer than those with the poorest diets.

In the analysis of data on more than 500,000 Americans over age 50, men in particular, especially those who were overweight or obese, appeared to benefit most from a high quality diet.

“It is important to note that our findings are based on overall diet and not individual foods. A combination of many foods con-tributed to the observed associa-tion between greater compliance with the Dietary Guidelines and lower risk of pancreatic cancer,” lead author Hannah Arem of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, said.

Though pancreatic cancer is rare — about 1.5 percent of Americans will develop the disease during their lifetimes — it is one of the most aggressive and lethal cancers. Only about six percent of people with pancreatic cancer are still alive five years after diagnosis, according to Arem.

Past studies looking at the rela-tionship between diet and risk for pancreatic cancer have tended to focus on individual foods and found few connections, according to her team’s report, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

To examine links between over-all diet and cancer risk, Arem and her colleagues used the govern-ment-designed Healthy Eating Index published in 2005 (HEI-2005) as a basis for rating the overall quality of people’s diets.

They applied those criteria to responses from 537,218 men and women who were part of the American Association for Retired Persons Diet and Health Study. Between 1995 and 1996, participants filled out diet ques-tionnaires about how often they ate items on a list of 124 foods.

Arem’s team then divided par-ticipants into five groups based on how closely their diets met HEI-2005 recommendations for consuming healthy foods such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains and limiting unhealthy ones, like

red meat and junk foods.Scores on the index range

from 0 (no guidelines met) to 100 (all guidelines met), with high scores indicating the healthi-est eating patterns. Using state cancer registries and Social Security Administration data, the researchers followed participants for about 10 years and found that 2,383 people developed pancreatic cancer.

About 22 percent of the pan-creatic cancer cases were among people with the lowest HEI-2005 scores, while 19 percent were in people with the highest scores. Overall, that translates to a 15 percent lower risk among those with the healthiest diets.

Among men who were over-weight or obese, however, those with healthy eating scores in the top-fifth group were 28 percent less likely than their counterparts in the bottom-fifth to develop pan-creatic cancer. The same effect was not seen among overweight women.

When the researchers adjusted for other factors linked to pancre-atic cancer risk, including smok-ing, alcohol consumption and diabetes, the effects of diet quality remained the same.

Arem’s team also looked at spe-cific subgroups of foods and found that people who ate the greatest amounts of certain healthy foods, such as dark-green and orange vegetables, legumes, whole grains and low-fat milk had lowered risk for pancreatic cancer.

The researchers point out in their report, though, that other recent reviews of the literature have not found similar results for people who ate lots of fruits and vegetables, for example.

“Our study showed an

association between diet and pan-creatic cancer risk, rather than cause and effect. In general, main-taining a healthy diet has many health benefits,” Arem said.

Dr Rachel Ballard-Barbash, also of the National Cancer Institute, and her colleagues also note in an editorial accompanying the new study that attempts to link indi-vidual foods or nutrients to can-cer risk have yielded conflicting results. While some understand-ing about the relationship between diet and certain cancers has been gained, that “knowledge has not yet translated into noticeable reductions in the incidence of the major cancers with diet-related etiology,” they write.

Dr Alfred Neugut, who studies digestive cancers and epidemiol-ogy but was not involved in the current research, agreed there are still a lot of unknowns about the links between diet and cancer.

“If you go out of your way to have a healthy diet, then you’re probably going out of your way to be healthy in other ways,” Neugut, a professor of medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, said. So it’s difficult to tease out whether it’s really the diet alone that explains the decreased risk seen in the new study.

“It’s always safe to say that it’s prudent to eat a healthy diet,” he said. But, he added, “I would say that diet and cancer is a topic that, despite huge numbers of studies and huge amounts of money invested, has eluded any dramatic findings.”

SOURCE: bit.ly/17o1kAA and bit.ly/1begcFn Journal of the National Cancer Institute, online August 15, 2013.

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lly d

is-

quie

ting in lig

ht

of recent

events

. A

fter

Joh

n’s

errati

c beh

avio

ur gets

th

em

kic

ked o

ut

by h

is g

irlf

rie

nd (

Cass

andra

Freem

an

), t

hey e

nd u

p s

tayin

g w

ith

Ray an

d his

equally tr

ashy partn

er

Jam

ie (

Joey L

auren

Adam

s),

provid

-in

g a

ccess

to R

ay’s

arse

nal of firearm

s.S

om

e o

f th

e fi

lm’s

most

pow

erfu

l sc

enes

are b

ruta

l in

terlu

des

in w

hic

h

John s

ubje

cts

his

young p

rote

ge t

o v

ari-

ous

test

s, l

eavin

g h

im t

ied t

o a

tree

overnig

ht

in t

he w

oods

or f

orcin

g h

im

to fi

ght

in a

syst

em

ati

c c

am

paig

n t

o

harden

the b

oy a

nd b

reak h

is m

oral

resi

stance.

Dem

andin

g p

roof

of

Lee’s

love a

nd

grati

tude, Jo

hn inst

ructs

him

to s

hoot

a w

om

an

w

ho te

sti

fied again

st

him

durin

g t

he d

ivorce p

roceedin

gs.

That

init

iati

on

kic

k-s

tarts

th

e escala

tin

g

chain

of

vio

len

ce t

hat

leads

them

to

the D

C a

rea,

where J

ohn

has

traced

his

est

ranged f

am

ily.

Sh

ow

ing refr

esh

ing fa

ith

in

th

e

audie

nce’s

abil

ity

to

con

nect

the

dots

, M

oors

em

plo

ys

frequent

narra-

tive e

llip

ses

an

d n

on

lin

ear e

dit

ing t

o

strong e

ffect.

The fi

lm e

xpertl

y m

anip

-ula

tes

mood a

nd a

tmosp

here w

ith a

m

uscula

r soun

d desig

n th

at

juggle

s dense

textu

res,

uneasy

silences,

a s

us-

pen

sefu

l sc

ore a

nd s

trik

ing c

lass

ical

musi

c c

hoic

es.

V

isually,

too, th

e w

ork

is

im

press

ive,

wit

h c

inem

ato

grapher

Bria

n O

’Carroll’s

nig

htt

ime s

hots

of

the C

apric

e c

ruis

ing a

long t

he B

elt

way

pla

nti

ng a

n o

min

ous

sense

of

dread.

Th

e ran

dom

ness of

the B

elt

way

killing s

pree s

hocked A

meric

a a

dec-

ade a

go b

ut

recedes

from

the n

ati

onal

mem

ory w

ith e

very n

ew

mass

shoot-

ing. R

evis

itin

g t

hat

epis

ode, th

e fi

lm-

makers

have m

ade a

sm

art,

soberin

g

movie

that

specula

tes

wit

h c

om

pellin

g

deta

chm

ent

on h

ow

the a

bhorrent

urge

to t

ake innocent

lives

mig

ht

evolv

e.

Blu

e C

ap

rice

, an I

FC

rele

ase

, is

rate

d

R b

y t

he M

oti

on P

ictu

re A

ssocia

tion o

f A

meric

a f

or “

dis

turbin

g v

iole

nt

con

-te

nt,

language a

nd b

rie

f drug u

se.” A

P

HO

LLY

WO

OD

NE

WS

Actr

ess

-model

Eva H

erzi

gova a

dm

its

she w

as

dif

ficult

to w

ork

wit

h a

t th

e h

eig

ht

of

her f

am

e a

s a s

uperm

odel.

The 4

0-y

ear-o

ld c

onfe

ssed s

he w

as

irrit

able

and w

ould

throw

tantr

um

s on s

hoots

as

well a

s dis

pla

y o

ther u

nple

asa

nt

behavio

ur,

reports

conta

ct-

musi

c.c

om

.“I

was

unbearable

at

one p

oin

t and p

robably

dif

ficult

to w

ork

wit

h, but

it

was

to d

o w

ith e

xhaust

ion, tr

yin

g t

o d

o t

oo m

uch,” F

rench e

dit

ion o

f M

ari

e

Cla

ire m

agazi

ne q

uote

d H

erzi

gova a

s sa

yin

g.

“Goin

g c

onst

antl

y f

rom

one p

lane t

o t

he n

ext,

from

a f

ash

ion s

how

to

a p

hoto

shoot

in a

dif

ferent

tim

e z

one d

idn’t

help

matt

ers.

I w

as

irrit

able

and h

ad t

antr

um

s,”

she a

dded.

She e

ven a

dm

itte

d t

o losi

ng a

sense

of

herse

lf a

t th

at

tim

e.

“Losi

ng m

yse

lf, yes.

Goin

g o

ff t

he r

ails

and t

akin

g d

rugs,

no. M

y e

ducati

on

has

giv

en m

e a

str

ong w

ill to

resi

st t

em

pta

tions

like d

rugs.

They m

ake y

ou

feel

like t

he p

erso

n t

hat

you w

ant

to b

e. B

ut

it’s

just

an i

llusi

on. I

use

d t

o

see p

eople

get

off

their

faces,

and I

was

never inte

rest

ed,” H

erzi

gova s

aid

.

It’s

a di

fficu

lt si

tuat

ion

for

me:

Sal

man

Kha

nB

y U

ma

Ram

asu

bra

ma

nia

n

The s

eventh

seaso

n o

f B

igg B

oss

is

ready t

o h

it t

he t

ube t

oday a

nd S

alm

an

Khan i

s all s

et

to t

ake u

p t

he h

ost

’s s

eat

for t

he f

ourth

conse

cuti

ve

year.

But

he c

onfe

sses

that

host

ing is

an u

phill ta

sk, as

he h

as

to d

o t

hin

gs

that

he d

oesn

’t e

njo

y d

oin

g.

Big

g B

oss

- 7

will go o

n a

ir o

n C

olo

rs

and w

ill se

e a

s m

any a

s 14

inm

ate

s,

inclu

din

g c

ele

brit

ies,

tryin

g t

o s

urviv

e a

nd w

in t

he t

itle

.“A

s a h

ost

at

tim

es

thin

gs

both

er m

e o

n t

he s

ets

. A

nd I

am

forced t

o t

ake

a s

tand, and I

hate

it.

I d

on’t

lik

e t

o t

ake a

sta

nd,” S

alm

an s

aid

.“I

f I

say s

om

eth

ing t

o s

om

eone, th

at

guy h

as

the r

ight

to g

ive i

t back.

It’s

a d

ifficult

sit

uati

on i

n w

hic

h I

am

. It

’s a

dif

ficult

posi

tion t

o b

e i

n. S

o

far w

e h

ave b

een a

ble

to h

andle

it,”

said

the 4

7-y

ear-o

ld.

Salm

an, w

ho e

nte

red t

he s

mall s

creen a

s th

e h

ost

of

Du

s K

a D

um

, jo

ined

Big

g B

oss

in

its

fourth

seaso

n a

nd h

as

been

host

ing i

t si

nce.

The s

how

fe

tches

good T

RP

s, t

hanks

to t

he h

eig

hte

ned d

ram

a, m

ud-s

lingin

g, fights

and e

moti

ons

that

take p

lace in t

he B

igg B

oss

house

.B

ut

the D

ab

an

gg s

tar is

not

buoyed b

y t

he r

ati

ngs,

as

his

mott

o is

to d

o

a g

ood w

ork

. S

alm

an s

aid

: “I

only

have t

o d

o m

y w

ork

. If

the s

how

is

good,

people

will w

atc

h, or e

lse e

ven I

will not

see it.

I d

on’t

underst

and t

his

TR

P

gam

e a

t all, so

it

doesn

’t b

oth

er m

e a

t all.”

Box o

ffice n

um

ber g

am

es

are n

ot

his

cup o

f te

a e

ither.

“Even w

ith b

ox o

ffice t

hey s

ay `

1bn, `2

bn, but

I don’t

underst

and t

his

`1

bn g

am

e a

t all.

It d

oesn

’t m

att

er t

o m

e.

If t

he fi

lm i

s good,

it w

ill

do

well,” s

aid

the a

cto

r w

hose

film

s E

k T

ha

Tig

er,

Bod

ygu

ard

and D

ab

an

gg 2

had join

ed t

he `

1bn c

lub.

He c

onfe

ssed a

s th

e h

ost

at

tim

es

he lost

his

cool.

“Last

tim

e I

lost

my c

ool. I

lost

it

the y

ear b

efo

re a

s w

ell. I

thin

k t

hey

were d

isresp

ectf

ul

to S

anju

(S

anja

y D

utt

who c

o-h

ost

ed s

easo

n fi

ve w

ith

him

). I

rem

em

ber t

hat

stuck i

n m

y h

ead f

or t

wo w

eeks

an

d I

could

n’t

handle

that.”

“As

a p

erso

n w

hen I

watc

h t

he s

how

, I

deta

ch m

yse

lf. A

s a h

ost

I a

m o

nly

th

ere o

n F

rid

ay a

nd

Satu

rday. Y

ou g

o t

o

the h

ouse

as

a c

om

-m

on

man

. Y

ou a

re

actu

all

y

sh

arin

g

your

life

w

ith

so

many people

. Y

ou

behave l

ike y

ou a

re

wit

h

your

fam

ily,

but

that

is y

our r

eal

perso

nality

.”E

very year B

igg

Boss

gets

into

con-

troversi

es

when t

he

inm

ate

s in

dulg

e i

n

acrim

onio

us

fights

, use

bad

lan

guage

etc

. Wh

en

asked

if

it w

ould

be a

cle

an

sh

ow

th

is

tim

e,

Salm

an

said

: “It

depen

ds

on

w

ho

is g

oin

g i

n.

I don

’t

know

who is

goin

g in. It

’s a

wow

types

or a

we t

ypes.

”“I

am

sure t

hey a

re g

oin

g t

o h

ave p

roble

ms.

But

if t

hey g

et

alo

ng fi

ne,

task

s w

ill be o

n a

level th

at

they w

ill be f

orced t

o b

e b

roken.”

At

the s

am

e t

ime, S

alm

an p

rais

es

inm

ate

s.H

e s

aid

: “T

hey (

inm

ate

s) a

re d

oin

g a

big

favour b

y l

ett

ing y

ou i

n t

heir

house

, lives,

and p

erso

nal sp

ace. It

is

a v

ery b

ig t

hin

g.”

“So m

uch y

ou c

an learn f

rom

this

. It

’s e

asy

to s

ay h

e o

r s

he w

as

wrong,

but

when w

e a

re t

here i

n t

hat

situ

ati

on, you t

hin

k I

would

have r

eacte

d

like t

his

,” h

e a

dded.

Ask

ed i

f he w

ould

ever l

ike t

o b

e i

n t

he B

igg B

oss

house

, S

alm

an s

aid

jo

kin

gly

: “I

t’s

dif

ficult

. I

don’t

thin

k I

want

to. N

ot

for a

ny o

ther r

easo

n,

but

I w

ill be t

oo e

nte

rta

inin

g insi

de a

nd T

RP

s w

ould

hit

the r

oof and o

ther

people

won’t

be a

ble

to h

it t

hat.”

IAN

S

Fam

e is

like

sum

mer

bre

eze:

Jul

ia R

ober

ts

Actr

ess

Julia R

oberts

says

fam

e i

s a s

um

mer b

reeze

but

fam

ily i

s a

bedrock.

Roberts

has

three c

hildren H

aze

l and P

hin

naeus,

8,

and s

on H

enry,

6

wit

h h

usb

and D

anie

l M

oder.

“Fam

ily v

alu

es,

that’s

valu

es

in g

eneral,”

the 4

5-y

ear-o

ld t

old

show

biz

spy.

com

when a

sked w

heth

er f

am

ily o

r f

am

e is

more im

porta

nt.

“That’s

all t

here is.

Fam

e is

a s

um

mer b

reeze

that

com

es

and g

oes.

But

to

have a

bedrock o

f know

ing w

ho y

ou a

re, th

at’s

what

it’s a

ll a

bout,”

she a

dded.

Kidm

an k

nock

ed to

gro

und

by p

apar

azzi

Actr

ess

Nic

ole

Kid

man w

as

knocked t

o t

he g

round b

y a

paparazz

i, w

ho

crash

ed into

her o

n a

bic

ycle

. T

he a

ctr

ess

is

reporte

dly

press

ing c

harges

again

st t

he p

hoto

grapher.

On T

hursd

ay,

the a

ctr

ess

was

retu

rnin

g f

rom

the C

alv

in K

lein

show

at

New

York

Fash

ion W

eek w

hen a

freela

nce p

hoto

grapher,

Carl

Wu, sl

am

med

into

her,

reports

TM

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om

As

Wu g

ot

dangerousl

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lose

to N

icole

, he a

ppeared t

o h

it h

is b

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but

it d

idn’t

do t

he t

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k. H

e s

lam

med i

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her a

nd s

he w

ent

crash

ing t

o

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round, T

MZ

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quote

d w

itness

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as

sayin

g.

An

oth

er p

hoto

grapher,

who w

as

prese

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ess

w

as

furio

us.

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furio

us

and s

aid

she w

ante

d t

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ress

charges

again

st W

u.

Nic

ole

called t

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© GRAPHIC NEWSSources: Titan Salvage / Micoperi, wire agencies

An international team of engineers is making an ambitious bid to set upright the wreck of theCosta Concordia cruise liner, which ran aground near an Italian island in 2012, killing 32 people.

If the attempt succeeds, the 114,000-tonne ship will eventually be towed away for dismantling

Caissons(metal boxes)15 per side

Floatingcrane

Ship length290m

Grout bagsfilled with cementWater depth: 20m

Listangle70°

Underwater platforms embeddedin holes drilled into sea floor

Anchor chains

FunnelremovedGIGLIO

ISLAND

Turn21:10GMT

Route of CostaConcordiaJan 13, 2012

Capsizing22:00GMT

Collision20:45GMT

Giglioport

Scolerocks

GIGLIOISLAND

T Y R R H E N I A NS E A

1,650ft

500m

Rome

Giglio Island

Elba

Tyrrhenian Sea

ITALY

30 miles

50km

StabilizationAnchor chains fixedto port side of ship.Chains passunderneath hull andattach to retainingtowers installed onshore side

Retaining towers (12)

Anchorchains (24) Grout bags

Caissons Platforms

Underwater supportand port caissonsGrout bags and steelplatforms positionedto create stable base.Caissons welded toport side of hull andfilled with water

Pulling cables

ParbucklingCables installed,running from topof caissons tounderwater platforms.Hydraulic jacksslowly pull ship intoupright position

Caissonsadded

Starboard caissonsHull now rests onstable base. Morecaissons welded tostarboard side toprovide extraassistance inre-floating wreck

Caissonsemptied

Re-floatingWater graduallypumped out ofcaissons. Air insidecaissons gives shipsufficient buoyancyto float and betowed away

11WHEELS PLUS | SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2013

By David McHugh

Judging by the slew of electric and hybrid vehicles being rolled out at the Frankfurt Auto Show, it might seem carmakers are tap-

ping a large and eager market.But in fact almost no one buys such

cars — yet.More and more automakers are com-

ing out with electric versions of exist-ing vehicles — such as Volkswagen’s all-electric versions of its Up! city car and Golf compact — or ones they have designed as electrics from the ground up, like small BMW’s electric city car i3.

Analyst Christoph Stuermer at IHS automotive called Frankfurt “the first full-throttle electric propulsion show” that’s about “getting electric drive cars out of the eco-nerd, tree-hugger seg-ment and into the cool group.”

To whet appetites, automakers are making high-performance, luxury ver-sions that give up little or nothing in performance to conventional models. BMW’s i8 goes 0-100 kph (0-62 mph) in a speedy 4.5 seconds. Audi’s Quattro sport concept — meaning it’s for dem-onstration, not for sale — is an aggres-sive looking sports car with large air intakes flanking the grille and a whop-ping 700 horsepower from its hybrid drive. The company says it can reach 305 kph (190 mph.)

The Mercedes S-Class plug-in hybrid version, meanwhile, has a pow-erful six-cylinder internal combustion engine plus an all-electric range of about 30km (20 miles). This way, own-ers could commute all-electric during

the week, recharging overnight — but use the gasoline engine on a family vacation. The company says mileage is 3.0 litters per 100km, or 78 miles per gallon.

All this, to cater to a market that doesn’t really exist in mass terms. Only 0.2 percent of all cars registered in Europe are hybrids, which com-bine batteries with internal combus-tion engines, or electrics, according to the ACEA European automakers association.

In the United States, the Toyota Prius hybrid has broken into the top 10 selling passenger cars. However, elec-tric vehicles have struggled to increase sales numbers because of high prices and so-called range anxiety: buyers’ fear of running out of power.

Analysts and executives say there are several solid reasons to make and

promote such cars now. They can help lower average fleet emissions to meet government requirements — in Europe, offsetting increasing sales of conven-tionally powered sport-utility vehicles. And automakers want to be ready in case governments — perhaps in heav-ily polluted China — push people into emission-free vehicles.

“Short term, nobody will get a return on these investments,” Daimler AG chief executive Dieter Zetsche said.

“But definitely, long term, the devel-opment will go in this direction, and if you don’t learn this lesson today you will not be in the game tomorrow.”

“All these technologies have to be developed further and you can only do that, including industrial processes to reduce costs, by selling them.”

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn said one key to getting the hybrid and

electric market moving is reducing the cost of the most expensive element — the battery. The company’s goal is to cut the cost of a unit of battery power by a factor of five over the next several years.

Winterkorn said the company had included electric and hybrid models in the company’s multi-platform manu-facturing system. This standardizes parts and allows the same assembly line to produce multiple vehicles. That means a new electric could have mod-est sales numbers — but not involve the expense of additional plant capacity and parts design.

The US government is requiring automakers to increase fleet mileage standards, and the European Union is requiring them to cut emissions by 2020. Auto analysts say electrics could get a further push if China or its big-gest cities start encouraging or requir-ing them to lower choking pollution levels.

The Chinese Cabinet issued a devel-opment plan last June that calls for the number of electric vehicles to rise to 500,000 by 2015 and then to 5 million by 2020. Buyers of electric vehicles will be entitled to government subsidies, and exempt from restrictions on car purchases.

One of the biggest bulls is Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, whose com-pany has bet heavily on the all-electric Leaf. He said much of the industry is waiting now to see what China’s next move is on reducing emissions. When China acts, it will mean “the explosion of the electric car.”

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Automakers bet on Automakers bet on alternative-fuel cars for futurealternative-fuel cars for future

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 201312

By Anick Jesdanun

It’s still officially summer, yet major electronic companies have already announced a slew of holiday gift ideas: iPhones of different colours, video game players and a new cat-

egory of wristwatches designed to mimic the functionality of smartphones.

Much of the early attention has been on smartwatches. Although the devices have been around for years, consumer inter-est has been low. Samsung Electronics Co. is hoping to change that with its $300 Galaxy Gear. When it’s linked wirelessly with newer Samsung phones and tablets, the Gear lets you set alarm clocks, check email and Facebook updates, and make phone calls on your wrist, secret agent-style. The watch will be available in a few weeks in six colours.

The Gear’s unveiling came as Qualcomm Inc, said it will start selling its Toq smartwatch before the end of the year. Sony Corp, meanwhile, has an updated SmartWatch 2 device coming. And Apple Inc. is widely believed to be working on an iWatch.

What’s behind the sudden rise of the smart-watch? Consumer electronics companies are trying to create a new type of device for people to spend money on now that many of them already own smartphones and tablet computers. That doesn’t mean companies have given up on phones and tablets, or other gadgets.

Here’s a look at what’s in store as manufactur-ers and retailers try to get a jump on the holiday shopping season.

Phones:The iOS software that runs iPhones is showing

signs of aging, so Apple is refreshing its look and functionality. Recent phones can get the iOS 7 update for free, starting Wednesday. The software also comes with the new iPhones going on sale on September 20.

Apple is departing from its practice of keep-ing choices simple. In the past, Apple released one iPhone a year, in black or white. This time, the com-pany has a regular model, the iPhone 5S and a less expensive model, the iPhone 5C. The 5S comes in three colours and the 5C in five.

Samsung, meanwhile, announced the Galaxy Note 3, the latest phone in a line that comes with a sty-lus for handwriting on its large, 5.7-inch (measured on the diagonal) touch screen. Sony will have the Xperia Z1, notable for its high-resolution, 20.7-megapixel camera and the ability to attach better lenses. Both devices use Google’s Android operating system.

Even more devices are expected around this fall’s release of a new version of Android, which goes by the name Kit Kat.

Tablets:Tablets with screens that measure about 7

inches diagonally are becoming popular because they’re cheaper than full-sized tablets and are easier to carry around. Amazon.com Inc. and Google Inc. paved the way with their Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 devices. Apple followed with the iPad Mini last fall.

Google updated its Nexus 7 in July, offering the basic model for $229. Amazon and Apple will likely update their devices, too. Meanwhile, several companies are expected to release smaller tablets running Microsoft Corp’s Windows 8.1 operating system when the software update comes out on

October 17. The current Windows 8 system wasn’t designed for smaller touch screens.

Want big? Google, Amazon and Apple are also due to update their full-size models. Lenovo, Dell and other computer makers have also unveiled Windows

tablets that can convert into traditional laptops.Meanwhile, a company that specialises in e-book

readers, Kobo, plans tablets of both sizes. Many of the tablets currently available emphasise the ability to play video and music. Kobo’s new Arc HD tablets can do that, too, but the company hopes to address the needs of readers with a mode designed to minimise

battery use while reading. The 7-inch ver-sion starts at $200, and the 10-inch model goes for $400. They will be out on October 16.

Game Machines:Many people have shifted to smart-

phones and tablets to play games, but hard-core gamers still like standalone video game consoles. Although Nintendo Co released its Wii U console last year to lackluster sales, Microsoft and Sony are hoping to do better with their game machines this fall.

Microsoft’s Xbox One wants to be the all-in-one device that lets you watch tel-evision, play movies, listen to music and browse the Internet — as well as play video games. It will start selling on November

22 and cost $499. A Kinect motion-control system will be included.

Sony’s PlayStation 4 is coming out on November 15 for $399. It’s touted as a supercharged PC, which should make it easier for developers to create games

for it. But that also means the new machine won’t be able to play older games, other than by stream-ing them over the Internet. The machine’s other new features revolve around social networking and remote access.

And The Rest...Although much of the attention is on phones and

tablets, people are still buying traditional desktop and laptop computers.

Expect to see new PCs out with the release of Windows 8.1 in October. The update is designed to address some of the frustrations people have had with last year’s Windows 8. Among other things, the new version will make it easier to bypass Windows’ tile-based interface and use a desktop mode that’s more familiar to long-time Windows users.

Apple is also coming out with a Mac Pro com-puter for high-end, professional users. It’s notable in that it will be assembled in the United States,

rather than in Asia. Apple also may refresh its pop-ular line of MacBook Pro laptops. A new MacBook Air came out in June, sporting longer battery life.

Avid readers will have at least two major e-book readers to choose from: an updated Kindle Paperwhite device from Amazon (starts at $119) and the Aura from Kobo ($150). Both start selling this month. Many people prefer tablets because they

do more, but those who only want to read digital books, e-readers are a good choice.

People will also have choices when it comes to standalone devices for watching TVs and movies.

Last month, TiVo Inc, released a digital video recorder that lets people watch recorded shows outside their homes starting this fall, using an app for iPhones and iPads.

Apple, Roku Inc, and other companies have devices for streaming video from Netflix and other services on big-screen TVs. An updated Apple TV is possible this fall.

If you need a new TV, Sony and other compa-nies are continuing to promote so-called 4K sets — those with ultra-high resolution, far more than current high-definition sets. The 4K sets are com-ing down in price — to just a few thousand dollars!

It’s your choice: Spend $3,500 on a Sony 55-inch 4K TV. Or buy an iPhone 5C, an iPhone 5S, a Kindle e-reader, a 10-inch Kobo tablet, both new game consoles and six Gear smartwatches, one in each colour.

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ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

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LEARN ARABIC

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne

The Dates

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Month Šahr

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Day Yawm

Hour Saça

Minute Daqiqa

Second �ania

Daytime Nahar

Night Layl

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Mid-night Mounta�afi Layl

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HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORDS

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

by filling the

numbers from 1

to 9 into the blank

cells. A Hyper

Sudoku has

unlike Sudoku

13 regions

(four regions

overlap with the

nine standard

regions). In all

regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear

only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is

solved like a normal Sudoku.

ACROSS 1, 4 & 9 Sports news of 191914 Part of E.N.T.15 Stand for a sitting16 Part of a waste

reduction strategy17, 18 & 19 Toys “R” Us

department20 Figure in Raphael’s

“The School of Athens”22 Painter’s aid24 Drawer at a doctor’s

office?26 Not moved from the

original location30 Lib ___ (U.K. party

member)31 Times or Century33 Some French?34, 37 & 39 Fredric

March’s last film41 ___ Gallimard,

protagonist of “M. Butterfly”

42 Something to contemplate44 Tributary of the High Rhine45, 47 & 48 Like some

student activities49 Third of November?

50 Like bright red cardinals52 Egyptian headdress feature54 Children of ___

(descendants of Jacob)56 Goldsmith, for one60 Like “Wedding

Crashers” or “Bridesmaids”

63 A current flows into it64, 67 & 69 Role

that garnered 12 consecutive unsuccessful Emmy nominations, 1985-96

70 Brother of Moses71 Beauty pageant judging

criterion72 Iraq war danger, for short73, 74 & 75 “Invisible” part of

a distribution list … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme

DOWN 1 Urban cacophony 2 ___ column

(construction piece) 3 Toward the back 4 Organic compound with

a double-bonded oxygen

5 Isl. south of Corsica 6 “___ mio” 7 Princess known as the

Defender of the Elijans 8 Declined, as stocks 9 Composer Dominick

whose name means “silver” in Italian

10 Almost reaches11 Musical syllable before

and after “da”12 Enzyme suffix13 “___ Miz”21 Comparatively neat23 Racket25 Feds27 Model28 Aquarium fish29 Program presenter31 N.F.L. record-holder for

consecutive starts32 Embarassing spelling

mistake?34 Fountain name35 Spells36 Sign with an arrow38 Mangle

40 “Tales of the City” novelist

43 Make-up person?46 Ute or Cree51 What’s put before the

carte?53 New York’s ___ Island55 “Backdraft” crime56 Wing it57 Bygone gas brand

58 “Take ___ breath”59 Uncool61 Spanish appetizer62 Get an ___ effort64 Get one’s point across?65 Suffix with arbor or

ether66 ___ Lanka68 “___ Beso”

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14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31 32 33

34 35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44

45 46 47 48

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O A R Y E T L L A M AE N S L E R A D OL U C E A S E U P A B O UB L I N D W O R M S S T I N GA L S O L O O S E N S E L

R D S S A S H A YO B A M A A A H G T OL I Z A R D S L E G A P B SI T T W I T C H E S B R E WV E E I D E O L O L I T AE S C N O R A B R E C H T

How to play Kakuro:The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number.Within each collection of cells - called a run

- any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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EASY SUDOKUCartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Easy Sudoku PuzzlesPlace a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so everyrow, every column and every 3x3 box contains allthe digits 1 to 9.

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The Not Bummer

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City

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Machines

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Works

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Ultimate

Machine

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Showdown

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Ultimate

Machine

23:40 Gadget Show

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Street

15:00 24

16:00 Emmerdale

16:30 Coronation

Street

18:00 Necessary

Roughness

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Mysterious

Island

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Mysterious Island

19:00 Moonrise

Kingdom

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13:00 Beverly Hills

Chihuahua 3:

Viva LA Fiesta!

18:00 Barbie In The

Pink Shoes

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The War Of Two

Worlds

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The Colony (2D/Action) – 2.30pm

Planes (3D/Animation) – 5.00 & 7.00pm

Getaway (2D/Action) – 9.00 & 11.00pm

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Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum (Malayalam) – 2.30 & 10.30pm

John Day (2D/Hindi) – 5.30pm

Riddick 2 (2D/Action) – 8.00pm

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Piercy Jackson: Sea of Monster(3D/Adventure) – 9.30 & 11.30pm

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Piercy Jackson: Sea of Monster(3D/Adventure) – 5.30pm

Getaway (2D/Action) – 8.00pm

Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum (Malayalam) – 10.30pm

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Piercy Jackson: Sea of Monster(3D/Adventure) – 11.00pm

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Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum (Malayalam) – 5.00pm

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Piercy Jackson: Sea of Monster(3D/Adventure) – 9.30 & 11.30pm

PLUS | SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2013 POTPOURRI16

Editor-In-Chief Khalid Al Sayed Acting Managing Editor Hussain Ahmad Editorial Office The Peninsula Tel: 4455 7741, E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

IN FOCUS

A close-up view of a feline beauty.

by Mohammed Ali Faisal

Send your photos to [email protected]. Mention where the photo was taken.

MEDIA SCAN A summary ofissues of the daydiscussed by the Qatari communityin the media.

• There is talk about the murder of a man who was trying to catch thieves who had entered his house in Ain Khalid.

• There are demands to shift Souq Haraj and its workers to a new location, since most of the workers are single and they live close to the Souq.

• There are complaints about substandard elevators being installed by some companies in residential and commercial buildings, as these pose a threat to the safety of those using them.

• There is discussion on a plan by Qatar Olympic Committee to turn Doha International Airport into a centre of excellence for female athletes, after the new airport opens.

• There is talk about the accident at a project site in Lusail in which 18 workers were injured.

• There is discussion on a plan by the Ministry of Interior to include health information in ID cards so that people can benefit from e-services launched by the ministry.

• There are demands for speed breakers that do not meet the specifications – those too high or not painted -- to be rectified, as such speed breakers are causing road accidents. Tougher rules for building new speed bumps have also been demanded.

• There is talk about a plan by the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning to shift shops selling used cars from Doha to the Industrial Area, where all necessary services related to used cars will be available, like garages, a technical inspection centre, an office of the Traffic Department, and suitable space for displaying cars.

• There are complaints about the soaring prices of vegetables, which have gone up by 100 percent in some cases.

• Some people are demanding that the Supreme Education Council and school administrators ask bus supervisors to instruct the drivers to drop small children near their homes and wait for the parents to pick them up to ensure the safety of the children.

Minister of Public Health H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani

He is the Minister of Public Health and Secretary General of the Supreme Council of

Health from April 28, 2009. Before that he was the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Business and Trade from 2007. He was the Director General of the Organizing Committee of the Asian Games - Doha 2006. He started his career as Teaching Assistant at University of Qatar in 1993. Holds a BA in Administration and Economics, Specialization in Accounting, from Qatar University and MSc in Accounting from the American University, USA.

Who’s who

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L’âge d’or — exhibitionby Adel AbdessemedWhen: October 6 to January 5Where: Atrium and ground floor of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: Curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi, the exhibition will showcase recent works, including drawings, paintings, sculptures and videos, many created by Adel Abdessemed, especially for this show in Doha.Entry: Free, open to all

Tom Jones live in QatarWhen: September 17, 9pm Where: InterContinental Hotel - Doha

What: The Legendary superstar with over 100 million records sold live in Qatar for the very first time. Tickets: QR250-QR500. Available at Intercontinental Hotel Doha or Virgin Megastore

Qatar National LibraryHeritage Collection When: Public tours on Sundays and Tuesdays from 10am until 11.30am. Where: Qatar National Library’s Heritage Collection What: Qatar National Library’s remarkable Heritage Collection is a rare trove of manuscripts, books, and artefacts documenting a wealth of Arab-Islamic civilization and human thought. Among its more than thousands of works, the collection contains an edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia, which was printed in Rome in 1478 and is the oldest printed map showing the name of Qatar or referred to in Latin as ‘Catara’. Free Entry

Omar Khalifa – “Infinite”When: Until Dec 15; 10am-10pmWhere: Katara Cultural Village What: This outdoor photography installation examines ‘the nature of being’. Using digital multiple exposure techniques, an image is crafted that gives us a sense of other-worldliness and depth of perspective through the human form. Free Entry

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