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• NU-Q students reportback from GlobalMedia Experience
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Scientists working on a report on climate change are struggling to explain how global-warming appears to have slowed down in the past 15 years even though greenhouse gas emissions keep rising.
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In a leaked June draft of the report’s summary for policymakers, the IPCC said that while the rate of warming between 1998 and 2012 was about half the average rate since 1951, the globe is still heating up. As for the apparent slowdown, it cited natural variability in the climate system, as well as cooling effects from volcanic eruptions and a downward phase in solar activity.
By Karl Ritter
Scientists working on a landmark UN report on climate change are struggling over how to address a wrinkle in the meteorological data that has given ammunition to global-warming skeptics: The heat-
ing of Earth’s surface appears to have slowed in the past 15 years even though greenhouse gas emissions keep rising.
For years, skeptics have touted what looks like a slow-down in surface warming since 1998 to cast doubt on the scientific consensus that humans are cooking the planet by burning coal, oil and natural gas.
Scientists and statisticians have dismissed the purported slowdown as a statistical mirage, arguing among other things that it reflects random climate fluctuations and an unusually hot year picked as the starting point for charting temperatures. They also say the data suggests the “miss-ing” heat is simply settling — temporarily — in the ocean.
But as scientists study the issue, the notion of a slow-down has gained more mainstream attention, putting pres-sure on the authors of the new UN report to deal with it.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report is expected to assert that global warming is continuing. It is also expected to affirm with greater certainty than ever before the link between global warming and human activity.
Climate change
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Leaked documents obtained show there are deep concerns among governments over how to address the purported slowdown ahead of next week’s meeting of the IPCC.
“I think to not address it would be a problem because then you basically have the denialists say-ing, ‘Look, the IPCC is silent on this issue,’” said Alden Meyer of the Washington-based advo-cacy group Union of Concerned Scientists.
In a leaked June draft of the report’s summary for policymak-ers, the IPCC said that while the rate of warming between 1998 and 2012 was about half the average rate since 1951, the globe is still heating up. As for the apparent slowdown, it cited natural vari-ability in the climate system, as well as cooling effects from vol-canic eruptions and a downward phase in solar activity.
But in comments to the IPCC, several governments that reviewed the draft objected to how the issue was tackled.
Germany called for the refer-ence to the slowdown to be deleted, saying a time span of 10 to 15 years was misleading in the context of climate change, which is measured over decades and centuries.
The US also urged the authors to include the “leading hypothesis” that the reduction in warming is linked to more heat being trans-ferred to the deep ocean.
Belgium objected to using 1998 as a starting year for any statis-tics. That year was exceptionally warm, so any graph showing global temperatures starting with 1998 looks flat. Using 1999 or 2000 as a starting year would yield a more upward-pointing curve. In fact, every year after 2000 has been warmer than the year 2000.
Hungary worried the report would provide ammunition for skeptics.
Many skeptics claim that the rise in global average temperatures stopped in the late 1990s, and their argument has gained momentum among some media and politi-cians, even though the scientific evidence of climate change is pil-ing up: The previous decade was the warmest on record and, so far, this decade is even warmer, albeit slightly. Meanwhile, Arctic sea ice shrank to a record low last year, and the IPCC draft said sea levels have risen by 7.5 inches (19 cen-timeters) since 1901.
Many researchers say the slow-down in warming is related to the natural ocean warming and cool-ing cycles known as El Nino and La Nina. Also, a 2013 study by Kevin Trenberth at the National Center for Atmospheric Research found dramatic recent warming in the deeper oceans, between 2,300 and 6,500 feet.
“The heat is not missing,” said
University of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver, who is also a Green Party member of the British Columbia parliament. “The heat is there. The heat is in the ocean.”
The idea is that the energy trapped by carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases has to go some-where on Earth, said Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer. But that heat energy will eventually make its way to the ocean surface and the air, putting surface warming back on the increasing track, he said.
“Energy will hide out in the ocean for a while before it pops out into the atmosphere,” Oppenheimer said.
For scientists studying the last 10 years, what’s been hap-pening “is a cool question,” said US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sci-entist Gabriel Vecchi. But “any-body who tries to use the past 10
years to argue about the reality of global warming — which is based upon century-scale data — is just being distracting.”
Jonathan Lynn, a spokesman for the IPCC, declined to comment on the content of the report because it hasn’t been made final, but said it would provide “a comprehensive picture of all the science relevant to climate change.”
The IPCC draft report says it is “extremely likely” that human influence caused more than half of the warming observed since the 1950s, an upgrade from “very likely” in the last IPCC report in 2007.
A final version will be presented at the end of the panel’s meeting in Stockholm next week.
The IPCC’s conclusions are important because they serve as the scientific basis for U.N. nego-tiations on curbing emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. A global climate treaty is supposed to be adopted in 2015. AP
Belgium objected to using 1998 as a starting year for any statistics. That year was exceptionally warm, so any graph showing global temperatures starting with 1998 looks flat. Using 1999 or 2000 as a starting year would yield a more upward-pointing curve. In fact, every year after 2000 has been warmer than the year 2000.
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Stenden University Qatar appoints new executive dean
Stenden University Qatar has appointed Professor Robert Coelen as new Executive
Dean. Professor Coelen was for-merly vice-president international at Stenden University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, and takes over from former president Wayne Johnson.
In his new position, Professor Coelen will enhance Stenden University Qatar’s position as the region’s only professional hospi-tality and international business management college with an out-standing track record in graduate job placement and alumni career success.
Professor Coelen said: “I am honoured to be leading Stenden University Qatar in what is a very exciting time. Qatar is on the cusp of a hospitality boom, already home to 85 world-class hotels and with a further 110 under construction.
“Stenden University Qatar, which is under the patronage of Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, is in a unique position, offering the only hospitality management pro-gramme of its kind in the Gulf.
“As a forward-thinking institu-tion, we ensure our students are trained to the highest international standards and as such we have an unrivalled reputation for securing for our students the best jobs after graduation — right here in Qatar and across the world.
“We are looking forward to building on this and offering pro-grammes particularly focussed on providing Qatar and the region with high-calibre managers who can play an instrumental role in driving the tourism and hospitality industries at this important time.”
Professor Coelen, 57, has exten-sive experience in driving interna-tional strategy in higher education. In his former role at Stenden University in The Netherlands, he directed and managed Stenden’s four international branch cam-puses in Qatar, Bali, South Africa and Thailand and positioned Stenden as a key player in the field of managing international branch campuses. The Peninsula
NU-Q students report back from Global Media Experience
Students at Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) recently returned from the uni-
versity’s first Global Media Experience (GME), in which they visited centres of media activity such as the New York Times, Dubai’s Media City and the United Nations briefing room to gain first-hand look at top tier inter-national media operations.
Twelve students explored the media hubs of Dubai and New York, visiting traditional media powerhouses such as NBC, the live-event and content producers Madison Square Garden Company, and new media organisa-tions like the bilingual Arabic/English womensenews.org.
“The Global Media Experience gives our students the opportunity to visit vibrant media hubs like New York and Dubai, where they gain a deeper understanding of the global media system in its diverse forms, meet key active players in that sys-tem, and reflect on how they might best approach a career in 21st cen-tury media,” said Everette E Dennis, Dean and CEO of NU-Q.
Alanna Alexander, a journalism jun-ior, said: “My question before the trip
was how journalism has been affected by technological change, but attending the NYT editorial meeting showed me that journalism is advancing now more than ever, as opposed to dying, which is something we discuss a lot in class. So this trip has really encouraged me to keep doing what I’m doing.”
The visits resulted in short collabo-rative films that aimed to capture key moments and lessons learnt during the trip.
In contrast to the relative chaos of New York, the students met key figures in Dubai Media City to dis-cuss benefits of a centrally-planned and subsidized media “free zone,” and considered career prospects at one of the region’s largest media hubs. During a visit to Dubai Studio City, they observed another unique opera-tion to the region: An organisation that censors and edits content for a Saudi Arabian outlet. The Peninsula
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development hosted the Countess of Wessex, Sophie. The countess, who is travelling with the sight-saving charity Orbis, is eager to build upon the strong partnerships and alliances forged last year when Orbis made its inaugural visit to Qatar. Her mission to raise standards of healthcare globally is in line with Qatar Foundation’s efforts to foster valuable collaborations and find solutions to meet international healthcare challenges. The coun-tess and her delegation were given a presentation on the vision and mission of Qatar Foundation. They were also introduced to Qatar Foundation’s educational initiatives, community development plans, and scientific research programmes. The countess was also briefed on Qatar Foundation’s sustainability initiatives and climate action solutions. After the presentation, she was shown an impressive 3D scale model of buildings and construction projects underway at Qatar Foundation.
NU-Q students recording their interview with Larry Ingrassia at the NYT.
Countess of Wessex visits QF
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Home Centre launches third season of Room Makeover competition
Home Centre has announced the third edition of its annual Room Makeover contest. This year’s contest will give away transforma-
tions worth QR250,000 across five GCC countries, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman.
The contest will select 25 winners from across the region that will each be given room makeovers worth QR10,000.
Aarti Jagtiani, General Manager, Home Centre, said: “With every passing year, we wish to make the Home Centre Room Makeover competition bigger and better. This year, the contest will give away a larger number of makeovers and add a creative twist to make the activity more exciting.
“Our brand is all about people and how each home is unique. This year, it is up to the participants to challenge Home Centre to recreate a room in a style that reflects their distinctive personalities. This refreshing change in the contest mechanics will help us connect with our customers across the region to
closely understand their varied and evolving choices. Once again, we are eagerly looking forward to this annual activity that offers us the opportunity to give back to the community.”
Participants can join the contest on www.homecentrestores.com and www.facebook.com/homecentrestores.
A simple multiple-choice questionnaire has to be answered for a chance to win a unique room
makeover. Following the collation of entries, the shortlisted participants will be requested to upload pictures of the room they wish to make over. These entries will go through voting and sharing. Three top voted entries will win instant room makeovers. An additional 50 most deserving entries will be short-listed and reviewed by experts from Home Centre to select the rest of the 22 winners.
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IKEA Restaurant has launched Culinary Themed Nights every Wednesday from 6.30pm to 9.30pm. Adding to regular menu, Ikea Restaurant and Café now offers themed nights to showcase some of the popular dishes from around the world. Additional sides and salads will also be available. Each theme will last a few weeks with an ambience to match. The current theme is ‘Arabian Nights’ and aims to take the customer through the tantalising tastes across the Arabic world from Qatar to Lebanon, incorporating Emirati, Syrian and Eastern Mediterranean flavours.
Lifestyle Restaurants is bringing well-known Filipino restaurant chain Gerry’s Grill to Qatar and the Middle East. Based in Quezon City, Gerry’s Grill has a menu packed with grilled items such as grilled squid, chicken, beef ribs, grilled tuna steak and tastefully prepared appetisers. Gerry’s Grill has branches in California and Singapore. Now, it is all set to officially open its doors in Qatar at Ferj Al Nasr, opposite Family Food Center tomorrow at 11am. The restaurant will be inaugurated by Cresente R Relacion, the Ambassador of Philippines to Qatar.
Gerry’s Grill opens tomorrow
TWENTY-SIX primetime shows that air exclu-sively on OSN scooped the maximum number of accolades at the star-studded 65th annual
Primetime Emmy Awards.Broadcast live to subscribers on OSN First HD
to audiences across the Mena region, the awards saluted the excellence of some of the silver screen’s most celebrated talent.
Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, renowned for his role as Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, the annual awards brought the crème-de-la-crème of television fame together.
Modern Family took home gold for Best Comedy Series for the fourth consecutive year, as well as Best Directing in a Comedy Series, while Tony Hale
of Veep, won the award for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. The Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series award went to Julia Louis-Dreyfus for her brilliant portrayal of Vice President Selena Meyer in the new OSN hit show, Veep, whose second season is airing on OSN First Comedy HD.
Breaking Bad, currently showing same time as the US on OSN with its season finale on October 1, won the Emmy for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Anna Gunn), as well as the Outstanding Drama Series award, while Bobby Cannavale of Boardwalk Empire took the award for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Outstanding Variety Series was scooped by The Colbert Report, while the Outstanding Animated Programme award went to South Park.
Jeff Daniels scooped the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series’ for his portrayal of Will MacAvoy in The Newsroom; while Claire Danes, who plays Carrie Mathison on Homeland, was awarded the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The highly anticipated premier of Homeland S3 is on October 1 exclusively on OSN at the same time as the US
OSN showcases the award-winning series at the same time as the US so viewers watch it first. Of the record-breaking 238 nominations across 75 catego-ries, over 50 shows are telecast only on OSN in the region. OSN favourites scooped 46 awards dominat-ing this years Emmy’s.
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26 OSN shows make headlines at 65th Emmys
PLUS | WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 20136 COMMUNITY
AMU Alumni eventAMU Alumni Association Qatar organised a reception in honour of Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam, Chairman, Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi, at Grand Qatar Palace Hotel recently. The recep-tion was attended by more than 100 guests. Dr Alam had earlier worked as an economic adviser in the Ministry of Finance and National Economy, Riyadh. He has also served as associate profes-sor in the Department of Islamic Economics, University of Imam Mohammad Bin Saud, Riyadh. The event was conducted by Nadeem Mahir, President of AMU Alumni Association, and Aquil Mahmood, General Secretary of AMUAA.
The Institution of Engineers (India) - Qatar Chapter marked the 46th Engineers’ Day at the Radisson Blu Hotel recently. The First Secretary at the Indian embassy, Sunil Thapliyal, was the Chief Guest. The Guests of Honour was Ahmad Jassim Al Jolo, Chairman of Qatar Society of Engineers. The keynote speaker was Prof V N Rajasekharan Pillai, Executive Vice President of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment. More than 200 engineers attended the event. The Chairman of the Qatar Chapter, Debashis Roy, welcomed the dignitar-ies and others who attended the function. He said that this day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the doyen of Indian engineers, the late Dr M Visvesvaraya. Deshpande, Qatar Foundation, and Eiman Al Marzouqi, Qatar Shell, were also present. Pillai gave a pres-entation on ‘Innovations in Frugal Engineering Science and Technology’. INSET: Al Marzouqi, Qatar Shell, lighting the traditional lamp to inaugurate the function.
Total E&P Qatar, the French Oil and Gas major, recently brought an expert from France to con-duct training for professionals in reservoir engi-neering at the IFP School in Qatar Foundation. The training at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University Students Centre (HBKU) was conducted by Gerard Glotin, a senior lecturer in geosciences and reservoir engineering, who has worked in Total as a reservoir specialist. Stephane Michel, Managing Director of Total E&P Qatar, said: “The aim is to share Total’s technological expertise with educational institutions in Qatar. We are very pleased this training has attracted a big audi-ence in iFP School. By sharing knowledge and skills, within very high-level training courses, Total wants to support the development of the oil and gas industry in Qatar.”
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Drink green tea for healthy heart, says cardiologist
Most of us begin our day with a cup of tea and an expert suggests replacing the
commonly consumed black tea with green tea.Anil Bansal, chief cardiologist, Columbia
Asia Hospital, Gurgaon, shares the benefits of green tea for the heart• The antioxidants in green tea help to burn
fat. The fat accumulation leads to block-age of heart. If we drink green tea at least once a day we can reduce the risk of heart ailments.
• It is also recommended for those who have suffered from heart ailment as green tea can make the heart strong.
• This type of tea increases the good cho-lesterol and reduces the bad cholestrol in one’s body.
In addition to these, do the following to keep the heart pumping strongly:
• Ask your doctor for a cholesterol blood test• Lose weight if you are overweight• Exercise• Quit smoking• Cut down on carbohydrates• Add fibre to your diet.
New HIV infections down33 percent since 2001: UN
A UN report said new HIV infections among adults and children were esti-
mated at 2.3 million in 2012, down 33 percent from 2001.
New HIV infections among children have been reduced more than half from 2001 to reach 260,000 in 2012, while AIDS-related deaths have dropped by 30 percent since the peak in 2005 as access to antiretroviral treat-ment expands, Xinhua reported citing a latest report released by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (Unaids).
Standard antiretroviral therapy consists of the combination of at least three antiret-roviral drugs to maximally suppress the HIV virus and stop the progression of HIV disease.
In 2011, UN member states set a target of reaching 15 million people with HIV treat-ment by 2015.
The report said, by the end of 2012, 9.7 mil-lion people in low and middle-income coun-tries were accessing antiretroviral therapy, an increase of nearly 20 percent in just one year.
Moreover, the World Health Organisation set new HIV treatment guidelines this June, expanding the total number of people estimated to need treatment by more than 10 million.
“Not only can we meet the 2015 target of 15 million people on HIV treatment, we must also go beyond and have the vision and commitment to ensure no one is left behind,” Unaids Executive Director Michel Sidibe said in a statement.
Significant results have also been achieved toward meeting the needs of tuberculosis (TB) patients living with HIV, as TB-related deaths among people living with HIV have declined by 36 percent since 2004, the report said.
However, the report noted that slow progress was made in ensuring the respect of human rights, securing access to HIV services for people at risk of HIV infection, particu-larly people who use drugs, and in preventing violence against women and girls.
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By Vicky Hallett
At home, anyone with a DVD player can start a workout with the push of a button. Tamara
Zemlo would rather have a trainer push her buttons.
“I was trying to cheat a little bit, but she was telling me, ‘Keep those abs in.’ It motivated me to keep going,” says Zemlo, 44, who recently sweated through a one-on-one workout session under the watchful eye of Julie Bobek — even though Zemlo was in her Bethesda, Maryland, living room and Bobek was in New York City.
Their “Core and More” appointment was set up through Expertory, a site that promises to help visitors “learn, teach and consult practically anything online via video chat.”
Founder and CEO Tony Jarboe came up with the idea after he read a newspaper article about a piano teacher using Skype with clients. In the article, the teacher mentioned some hurdles, such as setting up scheduling and process-ing online payments. Reading that, Jarboe realized he could establish a site that would deal with the logistics for a cut of the fee.
His next thought? This format is ideal for fitness. “You just have to get up and change clothes,” Jarboe says. Since Expertory launched this year, personal train-ing sessions, yoga and boot camps have been among its most popular offerings.
The site is just one of a series of start-ups giving more people access to exercise whenever and
wherever they want it. There’s FitnessGlo, which offers a catalog of videos taught by top instructors available on demand for a monthly fee.
There’s FitBlok, which bills itself as the iTunes of fitness classes. And there are a few options like Flirty Girl Fitness Live, which lets people peek into classes streamed directly from a Toronto studio.
What’s missing in those pro-grammes is the ability to form relationships, says Viva Chu, co-founder of Powhow. Like Expertory, his site aims to give instructors an online platform to interact directly with students. Videos can be helpful — they’re available on his site as well — but nothing beats real-time feedback, Chu says.
When instructors sign on with Powhow, they open up a virtual studio to showcase their exper-tise, whether that’s yoga in sign language or belly dance, and get
the tools to offer classes ranging in size from one to 100 students. Instructors can view up to three students at a time to give detailed pointers, and there are discus-sion groups on the site that allow classmates and teachers to con-nect before and after scheduled sessions.
The site solved a big problem for Evin Himmighoefer, 35, a per-sonal trainer and group exercise instructor who is constantly being uprooted by her husband’s mili-tary career. Currently stationed at Fort Meade in Maryland, Himmighoefer had considered set-ting up her own online studio but found the tech issues too daunting.
Instead, she pays Powhow $300 a year and can focus on training clients. That’s a fraction of what it costs to rent physical space, Himmighoefer says, and it allows her to keep her schedule flexible. She’s available to teach mornings and nights, and is adding more classes to her repertoire. Next up: Zumba and prenatal classes.
For busy parents, the online set-up can make all the difference, says Zemlo, who has three kids in elementary school and runs a honey business out of her back-yard. On the rare occasion she can find time to get to the gym, “I need to have someone tell me what to do,” Zemlo says.
During her Expertory session with Bobek, she was told lots of things to do: planks, pushups, mountain climbers. And when it was over, she didn’t have to fight traffic or deal with a locker room. She just shut down her computer.
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emot
icon
s la
unch
ed o
n Fa
cebo
okB
ollyw
ood h
as
been h
arness
ing t
he p
ow
er o
f so
cia
l netw
ork
ing p
latf
orm
s.
Now
specia
l em
oti
cons
insp
ired b
y H
rit
hik
Rosh
an-s
tarrer s
ci-
fi m
ovie
K
rris
h 3
have b
een launched o
n F
acebook.
“Krr
ish
3, first
India
n m
ovie
to launch F
acebook e
moti
cons/
stic
kers,
” read
a p
ost
on H
rit
hik
’s p
age o
n t
he p
opula
r s
ocia
l netw
ork
ing s
ite.
Fans
can d
ow
nlo
ad t
he K
rris
h 3
em
oti
cons
in t
heir
chat
win
dow
for f
ree
through t
he f
ollow
ing s
teps:
1. O
pen y
our c
hat
win
dow
and c
lick o
n t
he S
miley s
how
n a
t th
e b
ott
om
.2. C
lick o
n t
he b
ask
et
that
com
es
up w
hen y
ou c
lick t
he s
miley b
utt
on.
3. In
the s
ticker s
tore, sc
roll d
ow
n f
or K
rris
h 3
sti
ckers
and c
lick o
n t
he
‘Free’ butt
on in g
reen.
Dir
ecte
d b
y R
akesh
Rosh
an,
Krr
ish
3 i
s th
e t
hir
d fi
lm i
n t
he f
ranchis
e
that
began w
ith K
oi
Mil
Ga
ya in 2
003.
Due for r
ele
ase
on N
ovem
ber 4
, it
als
o featu
res
Priy
anka C
hopra, K
angana
Ranaut
and V
ivek O
beroi.
HO
LLY
WO
OD
NE
WS
Katy
Per
ry k
een
to w
ork
with
Bru
no M
ars
Sin
ger K
aty
Perry h
as
show
n inte
rest
in c
ollaborati
ng w
ith s
inger B
runo
Mars.
“I’ve a
lways
said
I’d
wanna c
ollaborate
wit
h R
ihanna, but
I’d love
to c
ollaborate
wit
h B
runo M
ars,
” eonline.c
om
quote
d P
erry a
s sa
yin
g.
“I a
lways
say,
‘W
hen I
grow
up, I
wanna b
e t
he f
em
ale
versi
on o
f B
runo
Mars’
, cause
he’s
so w
ildly
tale
nte
d i
n s
how
ing e
verybody t
hat
he h
as
so
much d
iversi
ty in h
im,” s
he a
dded.
The 2
8-y
ear-o
ld is
preparin
g f
or t
he r
ele
ase
of
her t
hir
d a
lbum
“P
ris
m”
and s
aid
that
the a
udie
nce w
ill in
stantl
y b
e h
ooked t
o h
er c
atc
hy p
op s
ongs.
“I’m
very p
roud o
f th
is r
ecord.
It’s
very e
xcit
ing.
It’s
gonna m
ake y
ou
dance, ju
st lik
e t
he last
one b
ut
it’s
a lot
more s
elf
-reflecti
ve,” P
erry s
aid
.
Mod
el D
unn
stan
ds u
p ag
ains
t rac
ism
Model
Jourdan D
unn h
as
taken i
t upon h
erse
lf t
o t
ell t
he t
ruth
about
racis
m,
whic
h g
oes
on t
he r
unw
ay.
Dunn i
s ta
kin
g a
sta
nd a
gain
st
the f
ash
ion indust
ry a
nd w
ants
to r
eveal th
e t
ruth
.“I
want
to t
alk
about
what
goes
on. A
lot
of
people
are s
cared t
o s
peak
up. People
thin
k it’s
all g
lam
orous
and g
ood a
nd t
hat
all m
odels
get
treate
d
the s
am
e, but
there i
s st
ill
a l
ot
that
happens.
I s
peak u
p,” D
unn t
old
the
Guardia
n n
ew
spaper’s
the F
ash
ion m
agazi
ne.
The m
odel
feels
that
not
bein
g a
llow
ed t
o w
alk
for a
show
, because
of
the s
kin
colo
ur,
is
wrong.
“I w
ante
d t
o m
ake a
poin
t, b
ut
not
a d
ig. G
irls
get
cancelled last
min
ute
all t
he t
ime, but
at
least
it
wasn
’t b
ecause
of
my s
kin
tone. W
hic
h I
oft
en
get
in P
aris
,” s
he s
aid
.A
moth
er o
f a t
hree-y
ear-o
ld s
on, D
unn feels
that
big
shots
in t
he fash
ion
indust
ry s
hould
try t
o m
ake a
change.
“The p
eople
who c
ontr
ol
the i
ndust
ry,
they s
ay i
f you h
ave a
bla
ck f
ace
on a
magazi
ne c
over it
won’t
sell, but
there’s
no r
eal evid
ence f
or t
hat.”
“It’s
lazy
. Y
ou a
lways
hear,
‘T
here a
ren’t
enough b
lack m
odels
’, I
t’s
all
about
these
dead e
xcuse
s,”
she s
aid
.
Huds
on s
ympa
this
es w
ith lo
okal
ike
Jennif
er H
udso
n h
as
off
ered h
er s
ym
path
y t
o a
wom
an w
ho w
as
chase
d
by p
aparazz
i aft
er t
hey m
isto
ok h
er f
or t
he a
ctr
ess
.T
he f
em
ale
, w
hose
nam
e i
s unknow
n,
bears
a s
trik
ing r
ese
mbla
nce t
o
Hudso
n. S
he w
as
caught
am
id p
aparazz
i w
ho w
ere c
onvin
ced t
hat
she w
as
the r
eal one, reports
conta
ctm
usi
c.c
om
.T
he 3
2-y
ear-o
ld t
ook t
o m
icro-b
loggin
g w
ebsi
te T
wit
ter t
o c
lear t
he
confu
sion a
bout
her look a
like w
ith a
photo
graph o
f her d
opple
ganger.
“Cute
gir
l! B
ut
that
ain
’t m
e!
I know
the p
oor g
irl
was
like,
‘Why a
re
they t
akin
g p
ictu
res
of
me!’ W
ow
,” H
udso
n t
weete
d.
PLU
S |
WE
DN
ES
DA
Y 2
5 S
EP
TE
MB
ER
2013
Here it
is
: th
e real
deal, an
actu
al
Woody A
llen fi
lm, th
e
kin
d w
e o
nce l
ooked f
orw
ard
to,
took
fo
r gran
ted,
then
desp
air
ed o
f ever s
eein
g a
gain
. A
fter a
ll
those
fals
e d
aw
ns,
non
-com
ebacks
an
d
sem
i-su
ccess
ful E
uro jeux d
’esp
rit
, A
llen
has produced an
outs
tan
din
g m
ovie
, im
men
sely
sati
sfy
ing an
d absorbin
g,
and s
et
squarely
on A
meric
an t
urf: t
hat
is, partl
y in S
an F
rancis
co a
nd p
artl
y in
New
York
.C
ate
Bla
nchett
carrie
s off
a m
agnifi
-cen
tly w
atc
hable
lead p
erfo
rm
an
ce a
s Ja
smin
e, th
e s
elf
-delu
din
g s
ocia
lite
fallen
on h
ard t
imes
– a
nd t
here a
re s
uperbly
ju
dged
supporti
ng
role
s
for
(am
on
g
oth
ers)
Ale
c B
ald
win
, S
ally H
aw
kin
s,
Mic
hael S
tuhlb
arg, Pete
r S
arsg
aard a
nd
Bobby C
annavale
. T
he m
ix i
s ju
st r
ight:
a b
itte
rsw
eet
cockta
il e
xactl
y m
easu
red.
It is
delivered w
ith s
uch e
ase
and s
to-
ryte
llin
g s
kill in
the d
isposi
tion o
f sc
enes
an
d m
an
agem
en
t of
ton
e,
an
d t
he e
le-
ments
of
melo
dram
a a
nd s
oap a
re c
are-
fully c
ontr
olled t
o g
ive t
he r
ight
fizz
. W
ithout
ever p
layin
g a
nyth
ing o
vertl
y
for l
aughs,
Allen g
ets
a t
ingle
of
exqui-
site
ly s
ad c
om
edy t
o r
un r
ight
through
his
pic
ture f
rom
first
to last
.B
lue J
asm
ine is
a late
triu
mph, if
not
a
late
mast
erpie
ce, and in B
lanchett
Woody
Allen
has
foun
d a
fem
ale
lead t
o r
ival
Mia
Farrow
in B
roa
dw
ay
Da
nn
y R
ose
. S
he
giv
es
an e
lectr
ical charge t
o t
his
min
or-
key d
ram
a. It
has
depth
and p
ath
os
and
a r
esu
rgen
t, l
ate
-flow
erin
g m
atu
rit
y, i
f th
at
isn’t
a r
edundant
thin
g t
o s
ay a
bout
a fi
lm-m
aker w
ho’s
been w
ork
ing h
ard t
o
ple
ase
us
for a
lmost
50 y
ears.
Jasm
ine i
s b
lue:
that
is,
she i
s p
ro-
foun
dly
depressed.
Or it
could
be a
nic
knam
e, apply
ing t
o t
he t
une J
asm
ine
heard p
layin
g w
hen
she fi
rst
met
her
imm
en
sely
ric
h husban
d-t
o-b
e:
Blu
e
Moon.
On
ce,
Jasm
ine w
as a P
ark
A
venue
prin
cess m
arrie
d to
H
al, a devil
ish
ly
handso
me M
anhatt
an fi
nancie
r a
nd a
ll-
around B
ernie
Madoff
figure, te
rrifi
cally
pla
yed b
y A
lec B
ald
win
. S
uccess
ive fl
ash
-backs
will giv
e u
s so
me insi
ghts
into
her
lost
gilded e
xis
tence a
nd H
al’s
att
itude
to p
robit
y a
nd m
onogam
y.
Because
cle
arl
y s
om
eth
ing t
errib
le h
as
happen
ed both
to
Jasm
ine’s
m
arria
ge
and t
o h
er w
ealt
h. Penniless
and a
lone,
she h
as
com
e t
o S
an
Fran
cis
co t
o l
ive
wit
h h
er d
ivorced s
iste
r, G
inger (
Sally
Haw
kin
s), in
a c
ram
ped a
partm
ent.
H
augh
tily
arrogan
t an
d
beli
evin
g
alw
ays
in w
hat
she i
magin
es
to b
e h
er
breezy p
atr
icia
n c
harm
, Jasm
ine p
re-
sum
es
to g
ive G
inger a
spir
ati
onal advic
e
on h
er l
ove l
ife,
to t
he f
ury o
f G
inger’s
ste
ady
boyfr
ien
d,
Ch
ili
(Can
navale
),
while J
asm
ine h
erse
lf b
ecom
es
rom
anti
-cally e
nta
ngle
d w
ith a
denti
st, D
r F
licker
(Stu
hlb
arg)
an
d a
spir
ing c
on
gress
man
D
wig
ht
(Sarsgaard).
S
he is
addic
ted
to booze an
d prescrip
tion
drugs,
an
d
has
a h
abit
of
talk
ing t
o h
erse
lf,
whic
h
she c
an c
reepily m
odif
y i
nto
a h
eedle
ss
monolo
guin
g a
nd h
aranguin
g a
t anyone
unlu
cky e
nough t
o b
e in e
arsh
ot.
S
he is
a t
ragic
socio
path
, and h
er d
eso
-la
tion is
only
really a
pparent
in t
he fi
lm’s
fin
al
mom
en
ts.
It’s
not
too m
uch o
f a
stretc
h t
o im
agin
e J
asm
ine, in
an e
arl
ier
era, bein
g p
layed b
y a
sta
r t
hat
Bla
nchett
has
portr
ayed: K
ath
arin
e H
epburn.
The p
oin
t is
that
Jasm
ine w
as
never
born
to w
ealt
h.
She a
nd G
inger w
ere
adopte
d,
an
d Jasm
ine fo
un
d th
at
the
gen
eti
c a
ccid
en
t of
beauty
, added t
o a
flair
for c
loth
es,
sty
le a
nd fl
att
erin
g m
en
gave h
er a
win
dow
of
opportu
nit
y
through m
arria
ge. S
he r
ein
vente
d
herse
lf o
nce;
surely
she c
an d
o i
t again
? A
llen
an
d B
lan
chett
show
the
fanati
cis
m a
nd d
esp
erati
on in h
er
tryin
g t
o p
erpetu
ate
the m
om
en-
tum
of ric
hes
and s
tatu
s, t
o c
arry-
ing o
n r
unnin
g o
nce o
ver t
he c
liff
edge.
Alw
ays,
alw
ays,
she r
epeats
m
an
tras
about
“movin
g o
n”
an
d
“putt
ing t
he p
ast
behin
d h
er”
. B
ut
an
null
ing th
e past
mean
s goin
g
into
denia
l about
what
exactl
y s
he
kn
ew
about
Hal’s
busi
ness
deal-
ings
and p
recis
ely
how
guilty
she is
about
vario
us
thin
gs.
The a
mbig
u-
ity is
cle
verly
main
tain
ed.
There a
re s
om
e t
radit
ional A
llen
mom
en
ts:
ch
aracte
rs
bein
g
or
wanti
ng t
o b
e a
n “
inte
rio
r d
ecora-
tor”
; characte
rs
sayin
g t
o f
rie
nds,
“What’s
the m
att
er?
Your m
ind’s
a m
illion m
iles
aw
ay!”
; characte
rs
bum
pin
g i
nto
each o
ther o
n t
he
street.
S
tuhlb
arg’s
bespecta
cle
d den
-ti
st i
s arguably
the q
uasi
-Woody
ch
aracte
r in
th
e cast,
an
d h
is
cala
mit
ous
lunge i
s very l
ike o
ne
Woody tr
ied in
th
at
oth
er S
an
Francis
co-s
et
movie
Pla
y It
Aga
in,
Sam
– t
hough h
ere r
eso
lved w
ith a
bit
ter,
dow
nbeat
serio
usn
ess
.B
lue J
asm
ine is
an e
legant,
wit
ty
and s
ophis
ticate
d t
ale
that
reaches
back i
nto
the A
meric
an
lit
erary
tradit
ions
of
Edit
h W
harto
n a
nd
F S
cott
Fit
zgerald
, but
als
o A
llen’s
ow
n m
agnifi
cent
tradit
ion o
f com
-passio
nate
hum
an
com
edy.
It is
pure m
ovie
-goin
g p
leasu
re.
The
Gua
rdia
n
A c
om
passi
onate
hum
an
co
med
y
Cate
Bla
nch
ett
is a
fo
rmer
Man
hatt
an
so
cia
lite s
cra
bb
ling
to
sta
y aflo
at,
as
Wo
od
y A
llen
’s f
ort
un
es
fin
ally
ve
er
up
ward
s in
his
mo
st s
atisf
yin
g
directo
rial e
ffo
rt f
or
years
.
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11WHEELS PLUS | WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2013
By Jason H Harper
Bentley’s Flying Spur may be new, but it’s very much a throw-back to a specific mark of old-world luxury: the chauffeured British sedan.
A cushioned cocoon in which to relax, or work, as you pass through the hectic world.
The Spur is a moving mansion with more than a few comforts of home. Your favourite leather chair, certainly, and a terrific, pricey stereo. Even a refrig-erator. With a base sticker of $205,825 it costs as much as some houses. Or at the very least makes a nice down payment.
If an extreme sports car such as the Ferrari F12 is like a Richard Meier design, all gleaming sheaths of glass and mod angles, then the Spur is very upright, with solid, heavy lines at 17.3 feet long and 5,500 pounds heavy.
This is because it aims to attract the nouveaux riche — especially in emerging markets — who want the trappings of old money.
There’s a myth to this, however. Bentleys are assembled in Crewe, England, but the company is owned by the Volkswagen Group. Look beyond the oh-so-nice leather and wood, and you might detect a few Germanic overtones.
That influence is most obvious when you climb out of the back seat and get behind the wheel. Drop a foot onto the gas pedal, leave it there and the big boy blasts forward like it’s huffing nitrous oxide. The Spur is powered by a 6.0-litre, twin- turbo W-12 motor, also found in Bentley’s incredibly quick Continental GT Speed.
There’s an inspiring 616 horsepower, which will take the car to the unlikely speed of 200 miles per hour. And 590 pound feet of torque moving to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds.
Not really what you’d except from an automobile as big as a house, is it?
The marriage of the uber engine and plush car results in predictably poor gas mileage, eking out a mere 12mpg around town and 20 on the freeway.
The last generation model was called the Continental Flying Spur, and it was more based on the Continental GT two-door. The GT is a sportier car for a different customer, so the new generation four-door not only loses that part of the name, but looks more differentiated.
The twin headlights remain, but the outside lenses are now larger than the inset ones, and there’s even more mesh covering the upright grill. The rear three quarters is especially nice, with the roofline slop-ing elegantly, lending a sense of dynamism that the older model lacked. Still, there’s nothing too showy or outré — it might upset the neighbours.
It’s the interior that is the Spur’s main selling point, from the leather-lined roof to more than 100 square feet of wood, Bentley says. All this is nice in a grandfather’s book-lined library kind of way, but I found the best sense of luxury the car provides is its quietness and cushy suspension.
The company went all out in an effort to hush up the outside world. Honking taxis are no longer your problem. The windshield and windows are tempered and the underside of the car specially engineered; even the mufflers are more effective. This can at times get weird. When the car is stopped you can’t
hear the engine. I occasionally gave the gas a goose just to check.
The suspension, meanwhile, smothers bumps and rough road surfaces long before they reach the cabin. At one point I was driving a friend who moved to the rear and promptly took a snooze. His head, sunk into the recliner, didn’t even joggle.
He had 3.5 feet of legroom back there, and toys to play with when he woke up, including a touch-screen remote control about the size of a cell phone, which regulates the temperature and the stereo. There’s Wi-Fi, too.
I don’t know many people who are actually chauf-feured, except for an entertainment lawyer in Los Angeles. (He is indeed driven in a Bentley.) But even he likes to drive his own car sometimes.
Getting the big Flying Spur to scoot to cruis-ing speed from a full stop is pretty fun, as it’s just so fast and unlikely in a car this size. It is an all-wheel-drive, and uses a ZF eight-speed automatic transmission.
But get too aggressive in corners and you’ll quickly back off, as the car rather mutely protests, its body swaying heavily. Not what it’s designed for, big engine or no.
But it is quite effective way to wake up somebody in the back seat, as I discovered when it was time to rouse my buddy.
There’s actually a level of sophistication further up: the Mulsanne, Bentley’s even pricier flagship.
I’m not sure what it would get you over the Flying Spur. Except, of course, a slightly bigger moving mansion.
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Bentley’s Flying Bentley’s Flying Spur muffles world Spur muffles world even at 200mpheven at 200mph
TECHNOLOGYPLUS | WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 201312
By Poornima Gupta and Jennifer Saba
Apple Inc sold 9 million new iPhones during their first three days in stores after China joined the list of
launch countries for the first time, prompting the company to issue a rosier financial forecast.
Shares in the company closed up 5 percent at $490.64 on Monday after the company said revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter would gravitate towards the high end of its previous forecast for $34bn to $37bn.
Apple, which began selling the top-tier iPhone 5s and cheaper, multi-hued iPhone 5c on Friday, rarely adjusts its outlook in the middle of a quarter. Since CEO Tim Cook took the reins, however, the world’s largest tech com-pany has begun to court Wall Street more visibly.
The record sales and beefed-up fore-cast reinforced expectations of strong demand for Apple’s latest gadgets. Phones based on Google Inc’s Android software and made by the likes of Samsung Electronics have steadily eroded its market share, as custom-ers flocked to lower prices and larger phone sizes proved popular.
Critics had also said the iPhone 5c was priced too high to take advan-tage of pent-up demand in emerging markets.
“The critics have told you Apple lost its magic,” said Daniel Ernst, an analyst with Hudson Square Research. “Customers are telling you something
very different. Clearly, people like the product. That senti-ment is almost more impor-tant than the number.”
Sales of the new models were nearly double those of the iPhone 5’s 5 million in the first weekend after its launch a year ago, and far surpassed the roughly 6 million that analysts had projected.
But forecasts for Apple’s latest iPhone had proven trickier than in the past, because the company intro-duced two models simul-taneously in 11 countries — including the crucial Chinese market. Apple launched the iPhone 5 in just nine countries.
Another factor was that this time around, Apple signed on NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest mobile carrier.
China joined a rollout that included Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States, Australia, Japan, Britain, Canada, Germany, France and Puerto Rico. Previously, Apple began selling phones in China only months after the global launch.
“We underscore one important caveat for investors: Apple’s iPhone seasonality is likely to be exagger-ated this cycle because of the addition of NTT DoCoMo, and particularly because of the early launch in China,” said Bernstein Research’s Toni Sacconaghi, who has an “outperform”
rating on Apple.“Although upside exists for the
September and December quarters, the risk exists that the fall-off in iPhone sales beginning in the March quar-ter could be more acute than history, potentially resulting in some downside to estimates.”
SUPPLY LIMITEDDemand for the iPhone 5S has
exceeded initial supply and many online orders are scheduled to be shipped in the coming weeks, Apple said. On Friday, long lines formed outside stores in Tokyo, New York, San Francisco and
other cities for the new top-of-the-line 5s and the less-expensive 5c. It was the first time Apple launched two iPhone models simultaneously.
The gold-coloured version of the 5S, which also comes in silver and gray, was sold out as of Friday and will now ship only in October, according to Apple’s website. As of Monday, the two other colours were also set to be shipped only in October.
“Thanks to all our amazing customers for the fantastic weekend!” said Cook in his second tweet, after he joined Twitter following a visit to Palo Alto Apple store last Friday. Apple also said gross profit margin would come in near the top of a range of between 36 percent to 37 per-cent, in line with average forecasts for 36.7 percent. The more optimistic margin forecast should allay investor concerns that, at just $100 less than the 5s, the 5c will draw buyers away from the premium gadget.
Analysts’ average revenue forecast for the quarter stands at $36.1bn, according to Thomson Reuters.
Apple, which had grown notorious for providing conservative estimates that it routinely overshot, had resolved to improve its guidance for investors. Analysts have said the change will help rein in some over-the-top financial expectations. The company said more than 200 million iOS devices are now running iOS 7 mobile software, rolled out just before the iPhone launch.
Apple did not break out separate sales figures for the 5S and 5C. The 5C, which starts at $199 with a contract, offers a touch ID that scans a user’s fingerprint to unlock the phone. The 5C starts at $99 with a contract and comes in five colours.
“If Apple could ship so well without even having a larger screen iPhone, which we think it could deliver next year, then Apple is getting over a key hump,” Shebly Seyrafi, an analyst with FBN Securities, said in a note to clients. “We believe that the immediate availability of the phone in China is also a key driver of the strength.” Reuters
Apple sells nine million new iPhones
Consumers are bidding thousands of dollars on eBay for hard-to-find gold iPhones. On the same day that Apple announced that it had sold over 9 mil-
lion iPhone5S and iPhone 5C handsets, essentially selling through its entire initial stock, bidding for the hard-to-find handsets went from active to insane on eBay, with one gold iPhone 5S handset eventually selling for the scarcely believable sum of $10,100.
Disappointed consumers have started turning to auction sites to get their hands on what is quickly turning out to be this year’s must-have smartphone and it appears that they are being motivated in part by industry whispers that the gold version of the 5S handset (the flagship phone is also available in silver and a colour that Apple calls ‘space grey’) is only going to be made in very limited quanti-ties — Business Insider claims that some countries and network carriers were not given any gold handsets to sell and that even in its biggest existing market — ie the US — Apple stores in some cities had as few as 20 examples in total to sell.
Apple has said that it is ramping up production of the gold 5s to meet demand, and a quick glance at the com-pany’s website shows that online orders will be honoured in roughly one month. Nevertheless a brisk trade in handsets is being done on eBay where the devices are selling on average for $2000 — four times the in-store price. A lot of three phones currently stands at $4500 with two days left to run until the auction closes. The gold iPhone might be rare at this particular moment in time but soon there
will be more available devices than there are consumers willing to buy them.
Apple has already sold 9 million handsets in just over three days, 1 million fewer than Samsung sold of its latest flagship the Galaxy S IV, however it has taken 28 fewer days to do so. Samsung took a month to hit that figure and at no point were its loyal band of consumers forced to turn their attention to online auction houses to fill the tech void in their lives.
AFP
The iPhone gold rush hits auction sites
Source: iFixit
Deconstructing Apple’s Iphone 5SKey components Front of logic boardBack of logic board
Li-ion battery
Home buttonand Touch ID
Unibodyback case
Lightningconnector
QualcommLTE modem
Qualcommtransceiver
AppleA7 application processor
BroadcomTouchscreen
controller
Texas Instruments
Apple
TriQuint
QualcommPower
management
HynixFlash
memory
COMICS & MORE 13
Hoy en la HistoriaSeptember 25, 1513
1957: U.S. National Guardsmen escorted nine black students into an Arkansas school, after state militia prevented them from entering due to the state’s racial segregation policy1959: Sri Lankan prime minister Solomon Bandaranaike was assassinated in Colombo1983: Thirty-eight prisoners escaped from Belfast’s high-security Maze jail2012: China’s first aircraft carrier officially entered service
Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Panama isthmus and became the first European to set eyes on the Pacific Ocean
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ALL IN THE MIND Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.
APRIL, AQUARIUS, ARIES, AUGUST, CANCER, CAPRICORN,DECEMBER, FEBRUARY, GEMINI, JANUARY, JULY, JUNE,LEO, LIBRA, MARCH, MAY, NOVEMBER, OCTOBER, PISCES,SAGITTARIUS, SCORPIO, SEPTEMBER, TAURUS, VIRGO.
LEARN ARABIC
Baby Blues by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman
Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun
Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne
Colours
Black Aswad
White Abya�
Yellow A�far
Red A�mar
Pink Zahree
Blond Ašqar
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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 Blends 6 Sox rival10 Tiffany collectible14 Walrus-skin boat15 Baldwin of “30 Rock”16 Chapters in history17 Like some amusement
park rides18 They’re sometimes
mixed20 Saxophonist with the
12x platinum album “Breathless”
22 “Seriously!”23 Vote in favor24 Dust busters, for short27 The Evita of “Evita”28 Father Damien’s island30 Angry Birds, e.g., in
201032 Repeated Michael
Jackson lyric in a 1987 hit
35 Neighbor of Iraq: Abbr.36 Many a Bob Marley fan38 Wasted
39 “___ Man Answers” (1962 film)
40 Blackened (in)41 Plenty of, casually42 Talk and talk43 Final approval44 Outside: Prefix45 Disconnects, as a Web
address47 Mah-jongg draws50 N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer
Yale ___51 “You betcha!”54 Decorated, say56 Current measure58 Calvin Klein perfume61 Mirage, maybe62 Comics shrieks63 Edit command64 Sweater style65 Teetotalers66 Worker with a lot of
stress?67 Maureen Dowd piece
DOWN 1 Like some perfume 2 Host a roast,
e.g. 3 Jungle vine 4 “Phooey!” 5 Spirit in a blue bottle 6 Bottleneck 7 “Dark” quaff 8 Elusive legend 9 Dish made with garlic
butter10 “The Merry Widow”
composer11 “Black Swan” director
Darren12 Steeps in a liquid with
herbs and spices13 “Hey!”19 Start to peak?21 Guy’s partner25 Back up, as a loan26 2012 Bond film … or a
hint to six other Down answers in this puzzle
28 Provides with personnel29 Oil-rich region31 Joint groove32 Goofing off33 Nickname for Reggie
Jackson
34 Busybody36 Investing all one’s
money in a penny stock, say
37 Santa ___ (hot winds)45 Depletes46 Big inits. for hunters48 Good earth49 Triage areas, briefly51 Toadies’ responses
52 ___ Kane, Susan Lucci’s Emmy-winning role
53 Like a mosquito54 Broke ground?55 Green critter in the
Sinclair gas logo57 Nasty reviews59 Lofty tribute60 “That’s ___ funny!”
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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 49 50 51 52 53
54 55 56 57
58 59 60 61
62 63 64
65 66 67
P E L E E G A D A C T O RO X E N S A G A B L A R ES A N T A C R U Z S A L E SE M A I L P E Z E P C O T
R I M L I N TC H E V R O L E T C R U Z E
D O O E T N A S E A M A NI R M A O P T P A I DS E E T H E E L E M S R SC A R N I V A L C R U I S E
O R A L A S AG E S T E L A O I G L O OE L L I S W O R K C R E W SA L A M O E N Y A E D N AR A V E N T E X T E A S Y
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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Street
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Street
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10:00 Beethoven
13:15 Nimbols: Part I
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Gold Coins
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IN FOCUS
A blooming flower in a Doha garden.
by Krishna Dev
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Governor of Qatar CentralBank H E Sheikh Abdullahbin Saud Al Thani
He has been the Governor of Qatar Central Bank since May 2006, starting his career there
in 1982. He was Deputy Governor during 1990-2001, and served as the Chairman of the State Audit Bureau from 2001 to 2006, before assuming his current position as the Governor of QCB. He has been the Chairman of Board of Directors of Qatar Development Bank since its inception in 1996. He has Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in Economics and has a dual Master of Business Administration with spe-cialisation in Banking and Finance.
Who’s who MEDIA SCAN A summary ofissues of the daydiscussed by the Qatari communityin the media.
• There is discussion on news published recently in local dailies about provisions of the draft law on retirement and pensions, which extends the retirement age to 67 years for men and 62 years for women.
• There are different reactions from citizens to the decision of the Supreme Education Council to amend the working hours of Independent schools from October 1.
• People have demanded rules to regulate the work of vehicles that transport furniture, to make the owners responsible for any damage to the furniture during transportation.
• It has been suggested that ambulances be stationed at several places in Doha and outside, near highways and intersections, to rescue accident victims quickly, instead of a single dispatch point being used to reach all destinations.
• Some people are complaining again about cars being displayed for sale on
the streets after a crackdown by the authorities against this practice.
• There are demands for reviewing the grant of licences for fuel stations in Doha and giving such licences only for locations outside the city, especially those along highways, in order to reduce the rush at fuel stations in Doha.
• There is talk about the possibility of a retroactive salary hike for staff of Al Jazeera news and sport channels.
• Some people have demanded auctions for special car registration numbers and phone numbers to give everyone a chance to get these, and to bring in transparency in their sale. Traders are accused of being behind an extraordinary hike in the prices of these numbers.
• With the Ministry of Environment announcing the start of registration on October 1 for the 2013-14 camping season, people have begun to talk about different aspects of camping.
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Solo exhibition by Rhys HimsworthWhen: Until October 27 Artist Talk on October 22; 7pm Where: Katara Art Center, Building 5, Katara Cultural Village
What: Rhys Himsworth is a British artist based in Doha, and is a faculty member of Virginia Commonwealth University where he heads the Painting & Printmaking program. Entry: Free, open to all
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
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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