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A pair of puppies perfectly preserved in Russia’s far northeast region of Yakutia and dating back 12,460 years has mobilised scientists across the world.

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Dr Al Hareth to address ‘ethical dilemmas in healthcare’ at UCQ

The University of Calgary in

Qatar (UCQ) will host Dr Al

Hareth M Al Khater, Senior

Consultant Medical Oncolo-

gist and Deputy Medical Director at

the National Centre for Cancer Care

&Research (NCCCR) of Hamad Medi-

cal Corporation (HMC), for a presen-

tation related to healthcare ethics as

part of UCQ’s Distinguished Speaker

Series. The talk, titled “Ethics and the

End of Life as We Know It,” will take

place on Wednesday from 1.30pm to

2.30pm at the UCQ auditorium, and is

open to the public, UCQ’s faculty and

students and students in the Masters

in Nursing, Leadership Program, led

by UCQ’s Dr Vahe Kehyayan, an As-

sistant Professor.

“Advances in science and technol-

ogy promise to transform healthcare

as we know it, creating exciting op-

portunities, but also significant chal-

lenges,” said Dr Al Khater. “As the ca-

pabilities of healthcare profession-

als increase, the ethical framework

within which they operate must be

carefully constructed, constantly re-

viewed, and adjusted with great care.

In working with patients at the begin-

ning or the end of life, ethical dilem-

mas are inevitable, and healthcare

professionals must be prepared to re-

spond effectively. As Qatar’s health-

care sector continues to emerge and

evolve,healthcare ethical practice by

healthcare professionals must remain

a national priority.”

Before joining HMC’s National

Center for Cancer Care & Research,

Dr Al-Khater had completed his res-

idency at the University of Missouri

in the United States, working at the

University Hospital, the Harry S Tru-

man Memorial Veterans’ Hospital

and the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center.

In addition to holding a medi-

cal degree from the Royal College

of Surgeons in Ireland, Dr Al Khat-

er was awarded an American Board

certification in internal medicine,

haematology and medical oncolo-

gy, and serves on a number of re-

nowned committees within and be-

yond Qatar.

Among these are the Corpo-

rate Healthcare Ethics Committee

at HMC, at which he holds the posi-

tion of Chairman, and the Qatar Na-

tional Research Ethics Committee,

among many others.

Dr Kehyayan said: “Ethical prac-

tice is a central element of the nurs-

ing education we provide at UCQ, en-

abling staff nurses and nursing lead-

ers to act responsibly in caring for a

wide variety of patients.

Given his experience in treating

terminally ill patients, which often in-

volves tough moral decisions, Dr. Al-

Khater will have valuable insights to

offer our students. While advances

in medical treatment can improve

patient care, they remain reliant on

the moral compass of healthcare

professionals.”

In an effort to support the objec-

tives of Pinoy Expatriates for So-

cial Organisations and Sports (PE-

SOS), PESOS and Network Qatar

have signed a memorandum of under-

standing (MoU) outlining plans to pro-

mote collaborative projects through

various sports and social initiatives for

the benefit of the Filipino community.

Present at the signing were Shabrawi

Khater, Founder and CEO and Manag-

ing Director of Network Qatar and Ed

Palad, Chairman and Founder of PE-

SOS.

Ed Palad expressed his apprecia-

tion of the role of Network Qatar, stat-

ing: “This agreement with Network Qa-

tar is an important milestone for PE-

SOS and comes just in time to support

our social, sports, and cultural activi-

ties which we have lined up for 2016

and beyond. We are hoping that this

partnership will be able to support our

immediate to long-term objectives of

providing assistance to our distressed

countrymen through coordination with

the Embassy of the Philippines and

UFOQ (United Filipino Organizations

Qatar)”.

Shabrawi Khater said: “We at Net-

work Qatar are proud to be in partner-

ship with PESOS and in essence, be in-

strumental in providing tangible assist-

ance to Filipinos in need of support.

The signing of this MoU with PESOS is

an attestation of our commitment to

help one of the hardworking expatri-

ates in Qatar”.

The first of many projects will in-

clude sponsoring the Stewards and

Friends Men’s and Ladies’ Tennis Tour-

naments in April and May at Khalifa In-

ternational Tennis and Squash Stadi-

um.

Network is a hard core advertis-

ing and event management agency

with years of experience in conceiving

and conceptualizing strategies & cam-

paigns, providing interactive solutions,

and measuring brand strength.

PESOS is a non-profit group of Fili-

pinos recognised by UFOQ (United Fil-

ipino Organisations Qatar, accredited

by the Embassy of the Philippines) ac-

tively involved in the welfare of Filipi-

nos in Qatar with a special focus on

their social and sports involvement

and interests.

PESOS and Network

Qatar sign MoU

COVER STORY

04 | TUESDAY 29 MARCH 2016

By Maria Antonova AFP

The hunters searching for mam-

moth tusks were drawn to the

steep riverbank by a deposit of

ancient bones. To their aston-

ishment, they discovered an Ice Age

puppy’s snout peeking out from the

permafrost.

Five years later, a pair of puppies

perfectly preserved in Russia’s far

northeast region of Yakutia and dating

back 12,460 years has mobilised scien-

tists across the world.

“To find a carnivorous mammal in-

tact with skin, fur and internal organs —

this has never happened before in his-

tory,” said Sergei Fyodorov, head of ex-

hibitions at the Mammoth Museum of

the North-Eastern Federal University in

the regional capital of Yakutsk.

And the discovery could contribute

to the lively scientific debate over the

origin of domesticated dogs.

When the hunters stumbled on

the first frozen pup in 2011, they alert-

ed Fyodorov who immediately flew

out to the remote Arctic tundra, about

4,700km from Moscow and only 130km

from the Laptev Sea, which borders

the Arctic Ocean.

Last year he returned for a more

thorough look and found the second

puppy close to the same spot, farther

down the slope. Both had died when

they were about three months old.

They most likely come from the

same litter, said Fyodorov.

Last week he oversaw the remov-

al of the second puppy’s remarkably

well-preserved brain — “the first in the

world”, he said.

“Puppies are very rare, because they

have thin bones and delicate skulls,” he

said.

The duo have been named the Tu-

mat Dog, after the nearest village to

the site. Fyodorov said a preliminary

look at the mammoth remains also

found at the dig suggested some had

been butchered and burned, hinting at

the presence of humans. It remains to

be seen, however, whether the pup-

pies were domesticated or wild.

The answer can only be deter-

mined by reconstructing their genom-

es, which would take at least a year.

“Thus far, the lineages of wolves

that likely gave rise to dogs have not

yet been discovered and it’s possible

that these puppies could be on that

lineage, which would be very excit-

ing,” said evolutionary biologist Greger

Larson of University of Oxford, one of

the scientists behind a collaborative

project aimed at finding out when and

where dogs became the first domesti-

cated animals.

What makes the dog particular-

ly intriguing is that it managed to be-

come “man’s best friend” even before

humans became settled farmers.

It is still unclear whether dogs were

domesticated in one place or in sev-

eral places independently, and wheth-

er the process started when humans

took in cubs or whether wolves them-

selves gradually drifted to human sites

in search of food.

Whatever their precise lineage, the

Tumat pups will keep Fyodorov and

other scientists busy for some time.

The second puppy’s preserved

brain will be compared with that of

modern dogs and wolves. Parasites

found on its body will be analysed, as

will the contents of its stomach, which

Fyodorov is particularly excited about.

“When we opened it, we were very

surprised. The second puppy’s stom-

ach is mostly full of twigs and grass,”

he said, wondering if perhaps the an-

imals were not exclusively carnivorous

or whether they started eating grass af-

ter they were trapped by a mudslide

and began to starve.

“This material is really exceptional

and unique,” said Mietje Germonpre,

a palaeontologist from the Royal Bel-

gian Institute who partnered up with

Fyodorov on the project and came to

Yakutsk to oversee the autopsy of the

second puppy earlier this month.

“The fact that soft tissue is pre-

served will give much more informa-

tion compared to information that can

be obtained from ‘normal’ fossils,” she

said, meaning bones and teeth.

Fyodorov lamented the long time

it takes to get ancient biological ma-

terial to suitable labs due to financial

constraints, the rugged terrain and

red tape which sometimes means that

samples reach laboratories only six

months later.

“Everyone understands that the tis-

sue of mammoth fauna loses its struc-

ture with every passing second, even in

the freezer,” he said.

Yakutia’s melting permafrost is like-

ly to yield up even more treasures in

the coming years, he added, saying

the number of reported prehistor-

ic finds has grown “several fold” in the

last decade.

Warm and wet weather and flash

floods have been a big contributor to

the thaw, he said.

“Right now it’s 0 degrees (Celsius)

here. That should not be the case in

March.” As better transport and tech-

nology becomes affordable, he said, lo-

cals are embarking on expeditions to

more and more remote corners of Si-

beria to look for the precious and lu-

crative mammoth tusks, which can sell

for tens of thousands of dollars and are

increasingly prized by Chinese carvers

given trade bans on elephant ivory.

In Russia, indigenous tribes are al-

lowed to hunt for ancient remains on

their ancestral lands.

“Our land is locked in by permafrost,

but little by little it is revealing its se-

crets,” Fyodorov said.

Preserved Ice Agepuppies awe scientists

COVER STORY


What makes the dog particular-

ly intriguing is that it managed to be-

come “man’s best friend” even before

humans became settled farmers.

It is still unclear whether dogs were

domesticated in one place or in sever-

al places independently, and wheth-

er the process started when humans

took in cubs or whether wolves them-

selves gradually drifted to human sites

in search of food.

Whatever their precise lineage, the

Tumat pups will keep Fyodorov and

other scientists busy for some time.

The second puppy’s preserved

brain will be compared with that of

modern dogs and wolves. Parasites

found on its body will be analysed, as

will the contents of its stomach, which

Fyodorov is particularly excited about.

“When we opened it, we were very

surprised. The second puppy’s stom-

ach is mostly full of twigs and grass,”

he said, wondering if perhaps the ani-

mals were not exclusively carnivorous

or whether they started eating grass

after they were trapped by a mudslide

and began to starve.

“This material is really exceptional

and unique,” said Mietje Germonpre,

a palaeontologist from the Royal Bel-

gian Institute who partnered up with

Fyodorov on the project and came to

Yakutsk to oversee the autopsy of the

second puppy earlier this month.

“The fact that soft tissue is pre-

served will give much more informa-

tion compared to information that can

be obtained from ‘normal’ fossils,” she

said, meaning bones and teeth.

Fyodorov lamented the long time

it takes to get ancient biological ma-

terial to suitable labs due to financial

constraints, the rugged terrain and

red tape which sometimes means

that samples reach laboratories only

six months later.

“Everyone understands that the tis-

sue of mammoth fauna loses its struc-

ture with every passing second, even

in the freezer,” he said.

Yakutia’s melting permafrost is

likely to yield up even more treasures

in the coming years, he added, say-

ing the number of reported prehistor-

ic finds has grown “several fold” in the

last decade.

Warm and wet weather and flash

floods have been a big contributor to

the thaw, he said.

“Right now it’s 0 degrees (Celsius)

here. That should not be the case in

March.”

As better transport and technol-

ogy becomes affordable, he said, lo-

cals are embarking on expeditions to

more and more remote corners of Si-

beria to look for the precious and lu-

crative mammoth tusks, which can

sell for tens of thousands of dollars

and are increasingly prized by Chi-

nese carvers given trade bans on ele-

phant ivory. In Russia, indigenous tribes

are allowed to hunt for ancient remains

on their ancestral lands.

“Our land is locked in by permafrost,

but little by little it is revealing its se-

crets,” Fyodorov said.


COMMUNITY

Speakers at a seminar jointly

organised by Mediaplus and

Friends Cultural Centre (FCC) in

connection with the World Wa-

ter Day have called up on the society

at large not to spare any efforts to pre-

serve and protect water for future .

Almost half of the world’s workers —

1.5 billion people — work in water-relat-

ed sectors and nearly all jobs depend

on water and those that ensure its

safe delivery. Yet the millions of people

who work in water are often not rec-

ognised or protected by basic labour

rights. The theme of this year’s world

water day – Water and Jobs — is focus-

ing on how enough quantity and qual-

ity of water can change workers lives

and livelihood and even transform so-

cieties and economies.

Presenting the topic Habeeburah-

man Kizhissery, Executive Director of

FCC observed that water is the most

important ingredient not only for the

humans but also for all the living be-

ings. Water wastage, pollution and

various related issues are threaten-

ing healthy and peaceful life on earth.

Global warming and climate change at

one side, lack of pure drinking water on

the other side have made it more seri-

ous. Water day is an occasion to renew

our commitment to preserve and pro-

tect precious water for our future gen-

erations, he added .

E M Sudheer, Koya Kondotty, Sidhic

Muhammed, Nizar Thoufeeq, Mashood

Thiruthiyad, Niyas Abdunnaser and V V

Hamza spoke on the occasion. Abrim

International Consultants Managing Di-

rector Sidhic Muhammed presented a

memento to Hamza V V Managing Di-

rector of Al Suwayd group in appreci-

ation of their support to World Water

Day.

The event started by screening se-

lected theme based movies including

‘Baton of the shepherded’ by Usman

Marath, ‘the drop ‘ by M Manohar Ku-

mar and ‘the thirst’ by Najeeb Shah.

Mediaplus CEO Amanulla Vadakkan-

gara conducted the event. Abdul

Fathah Nilambur welcomed the gath-

ering and Rafeeq Mechery proposed a

vote of thanks.

Seminar calls for preservation of water resources

Punjab Musical Group will host a Live in Concert show in continuation to celebrate Pakistan Day, at Sheraton Hotel on Wednesday. Renowned singers Tariq Tafu,

Hina Ali Khan, Danish Asif Ali from Pakistan will perform along with Doha-based musician Rizwan Sarwar.

Live In Concert Show

MARKETPLACE


Jumbo Promotion to give away QR1m worth prizes

Jumbo Electronics, the leading

electronics and appliances re-

tailer in Qatar with over 14 show-

rooms, has launched the Jumbo

Mega Promotion which will run till April

16. The promotion will give away over

QR1m worth of gifts to customers. Every

customer will be given one scratch card

for every QR1,000 worth of purchase

in a single invoice. Each scratch card

gives an assured gift to the customer.

Gifts ranging from restaurant vouchers

of Nando’s, Gerry’s Grill, Royal Indian to

portable speakers from JBL, Superman

branded speakers, AKG earphones,

LG mobile phones, LG smart watches,

wrist watches, Cross Pens, LG Refriger-

ators, LG Washing Machines, LG air pu-

rifiers, LG Projectors, Sound bars from

JBL, LG 65” Ultra HD TV and many more

can be won. There is a bumper prize as

well as part of the scratch & win pro-

motion, a holiday package for two to an

international destination via Regency

Travels & Tours. The winning customer

can use the gift voucher to travel to an

international destination of their choice.

Jumbo Electronics has partnered with

Nando’s, Gerry’s Grill, Royal Indian and

Regency Travels & Tours as its gifting

partners.

Customers can also click a selfie at

the Big Selfie Bag at any Jumbo show-

room and upload to jumbo’s Face-

book page to win exciting prizes. Three

winners will be chosen every week. A

range of LG, JBL, Brother, Indesit, Os-

car and many other brands are on spe-

cial and exclusive offers at Jumbo Elec-

tronics. Jumbo is also accepting pre-

booking for LGs latest laptop, LG Gram

which is the world’s lightest laptop at

only 980 grams.

C V Rappai, Director & CEO, Video

Home & Electronic Centre said: “With

the Jumbo Mega Promotion, custom-

ers can look forward to the best offers

on electronics and appliances in the

market, we shall continue to make this

bigger year on year for customers to

eagerly await it. In this Mega Promotion

we have developed a unique scratch

& win promotion wherein customers

who shop in multiples of QR1,000 will

get one scratch card for every QR1000,

hence giving them more opportunities

to win more gifts.”

Credit card holders will find it easy

to buy the products they have been

waiting for at unbelievable prices. Jum-

bo Electronics has tied up with leading

banks like Doha Bank, Mashreeq, Ahli

Bank, Commercial Bank and QNB to

provide finance options at zero percent

interest. Also customer of Doha Bank

credit cards can buy now and start pay-

ing after one month at zero interest.

Jumbo is giving double points on

its Jumbo Digits Loyalty Program. Cus-

tomers can also earn and redeem

points on Nojoom and Air Miles.

Customers enrolling to Jumbo’s loy-

alty programme, Jumbo Digits can get

a free Al Abeer Medical Centre Privi-

lege card which will get them 50 per-

cent discount on consultation fees and

15 percent discount on medical tests.

Souq Waqif Boutique Ho-

tels, the luxury five-star ho-

tel collection managed by

Al Rayyan Hospitality, and

as part of its Corporate Social Re-

sponsibility Plan, has conducted a

Blood Donation Campaign which

took place in front of Al Bidaa ho-

tel yesterday.

This campaign is an initiative

performed in collaboration with

the blood donation centre at Ha-

mad Medical Corporation and

came in line with the different ac-

tivities Souq Waqif Boutique Ho-

tels is doing to engage the society

and the community to drive com-

mitment to health.

In this occasion Human Re-

sources Manager and Chairper-

son of the welfare committee at

Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels, Ai-

sha Al Khamees said: “This is part

of our initiatives to be present in

the community with beneficiary

actions, where our employees and

hotel guests volunteered in large

numbers to take part in this civil

and humanitarian action.

We are thankful to the Blood

Donation Centre at Hamad Medi-

cal Corporation for making this day

possible and for their brilliant col-

laboration. We will continue work-

ing with the aim of supporting the

health and welfare to the commu-

nity and increasing the quality of

life”. Added Al Khamees.

Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels holds blood donation drive


FOOD

By Kara Elder The Washington Post

There are several reasons you might find your-

self standing in a grocery store aisle, juggling

packages of gluten-free dried pastas, trying to

decide which one to get. Maybe you have celiac

disease; perhaps you have a gluten-free guest for din-

ner and want to make something everyone can enjoy;

or maybe you’re trying to follow in the steps of tennis

star Novak Djokovic, who says eliminating gluten from

his diet is a reason for his success.

As more types of gluten-free pasta become com-

mercially available, you might also be wondering: black

bean spaghetti or wild rice penne? Brown rice fusilli or

brown rice and golden flax angel hair? Imported or do-

mestic? And for the love of all things pasta, can some-

one please explain why rotini are in the box labelled

“mini fettuccine”? A panel of six judges from the Food

team, none of whom are gluten-intolerant, tried just-

cooked samples of 10 gluten-free dried pastas with

one goal in mind: to determine whether any of them

could stand in for a wheat-based one.

In a preliminary taste test, these six other brown

rice-based varieties did not move forward to the fi-

nal round: Lundberg Family Farms Organic Brown Rice

Rotini; Jovial Foods Organic Brown Rice Fusilli; Tinkya-

da Brown Rice Fusilli (With Rice Bran); and Trader Joe’s

Organic Brown Rice Spaghetti, Brown Rice and Quinoa

Spaghetti, and Brown Rice and Quinoa Fusilli. They pro-

duced results similar to those of Trader Joe’s Brown

Rice Fusilli, which we ultimately decided to pit against

the other non-brown rice pastas.

Each pasta was rated on a scale of 1 to 10, with the

latter being the best; only two scored a six or above.

Texture and taste were the most important aspects

judged, but appearance also played a role. Here they

are, in order of ranking, with some of the judges’ com-

ments included:

RecommendedAnna Penne RigateAverage score: 6.8

Ingredients: Corn flour, corn rice, corn starch.

Comments: “Looks the most normal”; “a little bite,

decent texture, no vegetal aftertaste”; “a little on the

starchy side”; “would be decent with a ragu.”

Trader Joe’s Brown Rice FusilliAverage score: 6.3

Ingredients: Organic brown rice, water.

Comments: “Impressive facsimile!”; “I might have

believed this was normal pasta until the finish, where

the texture let it down”; “no off flavours”; “texture’s

passable, seems like it might fall apart with certain

sauces.”

Acceptable

Mrs. Leeper’s Rice Vegetable TwistsAverage score: 4.3

Ingredients: Organic brown rice flour, organic spin-

ach powder, organic beet powder.

Comments: “Rubbery”; “would be good for a hearty

sauce”; “not as vegetal as I expected”; “looks pretty at

least.”

Rizopia Wild Rice PenneAverage score: 4.2

Ingredients: Organic wild rice, organic brown rice,

water.

Comments: “It has a faint nuttiness that I like”; “tex-

ture seems about right”; “they look like earthworms in

a bowl”; “tastes better than it looks.”

Explore Asian Black Bean SpaghettiAverage score: 4.2

Ingredients: Organic black beans, water.

Comments: “Texture is a little springy but overall,

not bad”; “acceptable”; “the most edible of the black

bean ones”; “I would eat this.”

Not recommended

DeBoles Rice Plus Golden Flax Angel HairAverage score: 2.8

Ingredients: Whole grain brown rice flour, rice flour,

golden flax, vitamin mix (ascorbic acid, niacinamide,

ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic

acid).

Comments: “No sauce could rescue this one”; “really

ricey flavour”; “sticky.”

Tolerant Red Lentil Mini FettuccineAverage score: 2.5

Ingredients: Non-GMO organic red lentils.

Comments: “These put the ‘glue’ in ‘gluten-free’ “;

“what I imagine Play-Doh pasta would feel like”; “this

looks more like fusilli, not fettuccine”; “strong lentil fla-

vor.”

Andean Dream Organic Quinoa ShellsAverage score: 2.3

Ingredients: Organic white rice flour, organic royal

quinoa flour.

Comments: “The quinoa flavor is distinct but not

unpleasant”; “dry texture”; “tough”; “nope.”

Ancient Harvest Bean & Quinoa ElbowsAverage score: 1.5

Ingredients: Black bean flour, brown rice flour, or-

ganic quinoa flour.

Comments: “That is . . . beany”; “terrible texture”;

“bitter”; “just totally disintegrates in your mouth”; “visu-

ally distressing.”

Tolerant Black Bean RotiniAverage score: 1.5

Ingredients: Non-GMO organic black beans.

Comments: “Olive oil cannot save this, sauce cannot

save this”; “no, no, no”; “dry, gritty, crumbly”; “wouldn’t

serve this to anybody.”

Which gluten-free pasta could satisfy a crowd?


FASHION

By Robin Givhan The Washington Post

People want a lot of from fash-

ion models these days. Possi-

bly too much. During the re-

cent fall 2016 shows, critics

wanted models who were plus-size,

old, Latina, black, Asian, Body Mass In-

dex-normal, beautiful, eccentric-look-

ing and smiling.

We’re hearing these demands be-

cause fashion has ceased being a niche

interest and is now a fascination for a

wide swath of the population. Fash-

ion is popular culture and big business.

The expansion of fashion’s audience is

good for the industry and good for the

social conversation. People should be

more invested in the global production

of frocks; it impacts us all. And models

are the public face — or body — of that

industry. While designers are increas-

ingly becoming celebrities in their own

right, it’s still mostly the models who

are responsible for embodying the

anonymous ideal of the brand — its no-

tion of beauty and desirability. It’s the

models who are expected to connect

to consumers and welcome them into

the fashion fold.

Diversity should be part of that

equation. But how much? And what

sort?

In the last few years, the conver-

sation about diversity has focused on

race. Influential members of the fash-

ion industry, from activist Bethann

Hardison to models Naomi Campbell

and Iman, have spoken up about why

racial diversity matters. Part of their

activism included publicly chastis-

ing brands that mount runway shows

without casting models of colour. That

public shaming awakened a lot of de-

signers to their subconscious prejudic-

es, and they changed their ways.

And now, that tough love has pro-

gressed to a regular statistical analysis.

According to the The Fashion Spot,

nearly 32 percent of the models on the

fall 2016 runways in New York were

women of colour. It has been a slow

slog to reach this point; in the mid-

1990s, the percentage was closer to

zero. But this website and others have

also taken to counting the number of

plus-size models and those who are

deemed “aged.” What other categories

shall we add: disabled, Native Ameri-

can, and so on? After all, they are part

of the great consumer melting pot, too.

Diversity is now being measured,

defined and demanded in so many

ways that it’s almost impossible for a

single runway, a single designer, to tick

off all the boxes.

It’s useful to have an accounting of

who makes it onto a fashion runway in

order to measure our progress towards

inclusiveness, but this kind of bean-

counting presumes a certain end goal.

What is the magic percentage that will

signal victory? Is it 36 percent, the ap-

proximate percentage of the Ameri-

can population that identifies as Afri-

can-American, non-white Hispanic and

Asian? Is it 50 percent? Or 100 per-

cent? And should that percentage be

the same regardless of where the de-

signer is based, the product price point

and its aesthetic?

Does a designer inspired by street

style have a greater obligation to ex-

press racial diversity on a runway than

does one focused on fantasy cocktail

dresses? Does the size or stature of

a brand matter? Some critics argued

“yes” after Demna Gvasalia’s runway

show for Vetements and his well-re-

ceived debut at Balenciaga. Both col-

lections had aesthetics born out of

street style. The Georgian-born, Par-

is-based designer chose an eccentric-

looking group of models—but there

was no obvious racial diversity. That

caused an outcry because both shows

buzzed with possibility. They were at

the epicentre of cool. And being part

of them meant something more than

simply being gainfully employed as a

model. It meant being part of a wave

of influence.

Gvasalia embraced diversity, but

not the kind that his critics deemed

most important.

In contrast, the New York-based

designer Zac Posen presented a show

that was dominated by black models.

Kanye West populated his Madison

Square Garden production with men

and women of color. Both of them did

so to make a point, and good for them.

But that’s not a win; that’s just part of

the skirmish.

Surely success is when those mod-

els are regularly just part of the mix at

Prada, Céline, Saint Laurent and other

shows that have far-reaching aesthetic

influence and can launch a model into

a lucrative advertising contract.

Ideally, diversity should be part of

the story-telling and myth-making, not

a mathematical equation. All the count-

ing is well-intentioned, but what’s the

goal? If it’s to have a runway show more

honestly reflect the consumer base of

a luxury brand, well, clear the runway

for 30-something men of Asian and

Middle Eastern descent. Is it to more

accurately represent womankind — at

least the American version? Then there

should be a glut of size 14 models who

stand 5-foot-4. But no one is count-

ing the number of short models on the

runway (Lady Gaga in the Marc Jacobs

show notwithstanding).

We understand that fashion must

balance fantasy with the reality of do-

ing business in a diverse world. Those

models booked for a runway show

are cast to express a unique vision, to

make viewers dream. They are, by def-

inition, a rare and lucky lot. They are

the chosen.

They should also be a diverse group

because they bear the responsibility of

embodying a cultural standard.

Fashion world is keeping stats on runway diversity


HEALTH & FITNESS

By Rachel Feltman The Washington Post

Scientists have found a whole host of

genes associated with human hair

growth — including, for the very first

time, a gene they believe contributes

to hair going gray.

The study, published in Nature Communi-

cations, also plucks out genes associated with

monobrows, eyebrow and beard bushiness,

hair colour and shape, and balding.

“It was only possible because we analysed

a diverse melting pot of people, which hasn’t

been done before on this scale,” study author

Kaustubh Adhikari of University College Lon-

don said in a statement. Adhikari and his col-

leagues sifted through the genetic data of

over 6,300 men and women from across Latin

America, covering a wide range of ethnic back-

grounds. By taking note of their intrinsic hair

traits and comparing them to their genomes,

they were able to weed out which genes were

often correlated to the same traits.

The gene IRF4, which was already known

to influence hair colour by helping to make

and store melanin — the substance that gives

our eyes, skin, and hair their distinct shades —

is now pinned to graying hair, too. Hair goes

gray with age when pigment cells stop pro-

ducing melanin. IRF4 doesn’t cause gray hair,

but its presence seems correlated with an

earlier loss of hair colour. That makes a lot of

sense, since it was already associated with

pale hair shades.

Many genes have already been identified

as being associated with different hair colours,

shapes, and thickness — after all, it’s not as if

one gene can produce red or blonde hair on

its own without fail. In the same way, future

researchers will certainly find other genes that

contribute to a tendency for gray hairs. But

the new study has at least found one culprit

for researchers to focus on, as well as painting

a more complete picture of the genetic pro-

files behind other hair types.

Bushy eyebrows were associated with a

gene called FOXL2, and a gene called EDAR—

often associated with East Asian hair types—

seemed to help hair on top of the head grow

straight while keeping facial hair sparse. A

gene known as PRSS53 is now one of several

linked to curly hair.

Gray hairs and unibrows genes identified

For now, scientists don’t really know the mechanism

by which these and other genes influence hair type. But

if they can figure that out, they could theoretically de-

sign hair treatments that stopped those processes in

their tracks. A pill could boost an enzyme here and cut

one off there, copying or hindering the effects of certain

genes in order to produce the desired physical result.

“Standard hair products are applied after your hair

has been created, but targeting the hair as it is being

produced could result in greater consistency of colour, or

longer-lasting effects,” Adhikari told Nature News. Ooh-

la-la.

But there are more serious applications, too.

“These findings have potential forensic and cosmet-

ic applications as we increase our knowledge on how

genes influence the way we look,” Adhikari explained in

a statement. There’s more work to be done before fo-

rensic scientists can reasonably finger a perp based on

hair-associated genes, but one day we might be able to

build rough facial profiles based on DNA found at the

scene.

As The Guardian points out, Sesame Street’s Bert

would be in big trouble if a crime scene showed a vari-

ant of the PAX3 gene, which the researchers found to

be associated with unibrows. But let’s be realistic: Os-

car the Grouch would probably take the fall for it.

By Ann Hornaday The Washington Post

Batman v Superman: Dawn of

Justice begins and ends with

a funeral, which is fitting for a

movie that plays like one long

dirge.

Dreary, overproduced and under-

baked, this nominal showdown be-

tween two of comic-dom’s most myth-

ic superheroes serves as a grim re-

minder of just how bad Man of Steel

really was. That 2013 movie introduced

British actor Henry Cavill as Superman,

in a tea-coloured miasma of dutiful ac-

tion sequences and sadistically over-

the-top violence.

Director Zack Snyder returns to

those questionable core values in a

film that replaces genuine intrigue and

suspense with a series of confounding

red herrings, tossing out solemn ob-

servations about men, gods, martyrs

and saviours while invoking such hot-

button issues as terrorism, drones and

immigration.

Batman v Superman is so desper-

ate for the audience to take it serious-

ly that it forgets to have any fun at all:

Rather than escapism and sensory ex-

hilaration, viewers get down in the

mire with protagonists who grimace,

scowl and wince their way through he-

roics with the joyless determination of

shift workers making the donuts.

Batman v Superman” begins where

Man of Steel left off — that is, with Su-

perman laying waste to the futuris-

tic city of Metropolis in order to save

it. Appalled, millionaire orphan Bruce

Wayne (Ben Affleck) worries that the

new neighbourhood vigilante is ac-

countable to no one — unlike Bruce,

who at least has to answer to his life-

long factotum, Alfred (a drolly amusing

Jeremy Irons).

The point of Superman v Batman

of course, is to get these two brood-

ing saviours of humanity to the ulti-

mate showdown, and maybe launch

an“Avengers — worthy multiverse in

the bargain. Snyder, with the dubious

help of screenwriters Chris Terrio and

David S Goyer, does all he can to put

off that final confrontation, keeping

Bruce and Clark Kent on their separate

paths, only to be brought together by

the unhinged entrepreneur Lex Luthor,

portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg in a jit-

tery, hysterically pitched performance

that resembles a gnat impersonating

Heath Ledger.

Eisenberg is one of the few weak

links in Batman v Superman, which ac-

tually features some terrific performanc-

es: Affleck has the square jaw and reso-

lute demeanour to convincingly channel

Bruce, who once he becomes Batman

acquires an adenoidal speaking voice

and a pair of Frankensteinian shoes

that, if camera placement is any indica-

tion, Snyder has a fetishistic fascination

with. As Superman, Cavill once again

wears that vaguely put-off expression

of someone who’s just ingested some-

thing distasteful; he’s much more ap-

pealing as Clark Kent for a Warby Parker

age, doting on Lois Lane (Amy Adams)

and wondering why his valiant efforts to

save the world are seen by some as the

suspect doings of an alien arriviste.

Suffused with paranoia and hos-

tility, Batman v Superman engages in

the kind of po-faced hyper-masculini-

ty that can be seen as an apologia for

privilege at its most unexamined and

disarming: Sure, these guys swagger

through the streets laying waste to all

that’s in their path, but their psychic

burdens are unimaginable. They hurt.

(And man, do they love their mothers.)

As a wish-fulfilment fantasy of po-

tency and unassailable moral certain-

ty, Snyder’s vision is understanda-

ble, if not particularly distinguished or

convincing. Chase scenes, explosions,

beat-downs, shootouts and the final,

brutalizing mano-a-mano all look cob-

bled together from generic elements

of other movies, crashing into a rock-

em, sock-em rubble of glass, steel, rain

and polystyrene concrete. (Hans Zim-

mer’s bombastically self-important

score is just as derivative, in this case of

all his other bombastically self-impor-

tant scores.) An early callback to the

fall of the World Trade Center on 9/11

manages to be both painfully timely

and shamelessly opportunistic.

At a punishing 2 ½ hours, it’s all

very turgid and unsmilingly sober —

the direct opposite of the sprightly, wit-

ty, visually vibrant Avengers movies —

but there are bright spots. Holly Hunt-

er brings flinty brio to her role as a US

senator sceptical of Superman’s mo-

tives. And Gal Gadot exudes both mys-

tery and muscle as Wonder Woman,

who shows up way too late to do way

too little. (The same could be said for

Diane Lane, here cast as Clark’s Mid-

western mom, even though she has

enough glamour and moxie to embody

a superhero in her own right.)

Strip away the trite character beats,

rote plot points, random dream se-

quences and other narrative pad-

ding, and Batman v Superman comes

down to the actors, their characters

and whether they can sustain interest

over the long haul. The answer is yes, if

they wind up in the hands of filmmak-

ers blessed with authentic imagination

rather than serviceable technical chops.

Seen through one lens, Batman v

Superman embodies the exhaustion

of a genre that has long since outlived

the ability to invest it with new rele-

vance and meaning. Seen through an-

other, it suggests that the slate is al-

ways blank, waiting to be re-inscribed

or, better yet, smashed altogether. We

can always use another hero. In the

meantime, our heroes desperately

need new life - not another dirge.

One and one-half stars. Rated PG-

13. Contains intense sequences of vio-

lence and action throughout. 153 min-

utes.

ENTERTAINMENT


Batman v Superman forgets to have fun


ENTERTAINMENT

By Haricharan Pudipeddi IANS

Film: Thozha

Director: Vamshi Paidipally

Cast: Akkineni Nagarjuna, Karthi, Tam-

annaah Bhatia, Tanikella Bharani, Ja-

yasudha, Shriya Saran and Anushka

Shetty

Rating: ***1/2

Everything about director Vam-

shi’s Thozha, an adaptation of

the French drama, The Intouch-

ables, is instantly likeable, enter-

taining and partly moving.

It’s not always easy to adapt a for-

eign film, especially if it’s being made

in regional languages such as Tamil

and Telugu. However, Thozha breaks

that myth with an endearing tale of

bromance, fun and drama. A wonder-

ful adaptation of the French film, Vam-

shi cracks the art of localising foreign

content comfortably, giving us a film

we can sit back and enjoy.

The plot revolves around a physi-

cally challenged millionaire, played by

Nagarjuna, confined to a wheelchair

throughout, and a socially disabled

slumdog, played by Karthi, and the re-

lationship they share when they come

together. Both Nagarjuna and Karthi

share amazing camaraderie and make

every scene featuring them a treat to

watch. And the moments that feature

them are simple, life-like, easily relat-

able, and emotional too. They bond-

ed like brothers and one could see the

transformation in their relationship

when Karthi asks Nagarjuna if he can

call him ‘anna’ (brother).

It changes from an employer-em-

ployee relationship to a brotherly re-

lationship, and the way it’s portrayed

is heartwarming, almost leaving us

teary-eyed on several occasions.

Tamannaah plays Nagarjuna’s as-

sistant, and although she looks like a

million bucks, she’s too pretty for the

role. As much as I wanted the film to

solely concentrate on the bromance,

which everybody enjoyed, there’s a ro-

mantic sub-plot featuring Karthi and

Tamannaah, which was a dampener.

Why can’t two guys have all the fun to-

gether and not rely on a woman?

There’s an item song too, but the

good thing is that not much time is

wasted on this romantic angle, which

is weaved into the main plot seamless-

ly and Vamshi handles it sensibly.

There’s enough room for drama,

and once again the credit must go to

the director for handling these mo-

ments with maturity. You’re almost

moved to tears in some scenes, but

none of it is forced, not even in the

most emotional scenes. Otherwise,

most of the film is fun, and even the

most predictable scenes are treated

with a touch of humour.

Karthi owns his role like no other

actor could have, and I doubt anyone

else could’ve done justice to his char-

acter. He proves once again what he

can do when he’s offered a solid role.

Almost playing second fiddle to

Nagarjuna, he shines as a petty thief-

turned-caretaker. Then, there’s Nagar-

juna, who is our own Benjamin Button,

and seems to be getting younger with

every passing day, showing no signs of

ageing whatsoever.

It takes more than just conviction

for a superstar, mostly known for play-

ing larger-than-life roles, to play a

quadriplegic, and yet Nagarjuna makes

it look cool thanks to his amazing

screen persona.

Thozha crackles with life, friendship

and fun. It’s a wonderful adaptation

of the original, and one that, we hope,

paves the way for many more.

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor has

scored a hat-trick with filmmaker

Karan Johar’s banner Dharma Produc-

tions. The actor has collaborated with

the banner for films like Agneepath,

where he essayed the role of Rauf Lala;

Student Of The Year, where he played

dean Yogendra Vashishth and Kapoor

& Sons, where he played a nonagenar-

ian.

The 63-year-old took to Twitter to

mention his achievement.

“Aahh! Without sounding immodest,

somebody just pointed out -- I scored

a ‘hat-trick’ with Dharma (Produc-

tions)! Agneepath, Student Of The Year,

Kapoor & Sons (K&S)’. Not bad, Cricket

in the air!” he tweeted.

Kapoor & Sons, which released on

Friday, tells the journey of members

of a Kapoor family. The film also stars

Alia Bhatt, Fawad Khan and Sidharth

Malhotra. Other actors in the roman-

tic drama, produced by Karan, are Ra-

jat Kapoor and Ratna Pathak Shah.

Dharma Productions was estab-

lished by late filmmaker Yash Johar in

1979. It was taken over in 2004 after

his death by his son Karan.

The company’s first production was

the 1980 film “Dostana” which fea-

tured megastar Amitabh Bachchan,

Shatrughan Sinha, and Zeenat Aman.

Rishi Kapoor scores hat-trick with Dharma Productions

A mix of bromance, drama and fun in Thozha


TECHNOLOGY

By Michael Laris The Washington Post

A brood of sidewalk drones could

be rolling around the nation’s

capital within a year, if a Dis-

trict of Columbia Council mem-

ber has her way.

Executives from Starship Technolo-

gies, with roots in Estonia and London,

say their goal is to unleash a platoon of

“smart, friendly robots” that will ply side-

walks along with pedestrians to make

local deliveries of groceries or small

packages “almost free.” The company

is led by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla

and Janus Friis, and launched the effort

in November.

Councilwoman Mary Cheh and

company officials sought to make a

splash by promising one of the squat

vehicles on Wednesday would deliv-

er legislation to the council authoris-

ing self-driving delivery robots. The lit-

tle white device, which looks like an

ice chest rolling on six wagon wheels,

did indeed scoot its way into Council

Secretary Nyasha Smith’s office with

the three-page bill in its compartment

and reporters on its tail.

But it was guided there by a young

Starship employee gripping a video

game controller behind his back and

trying to blend into the hubbub.

“Robotic delivery!” Cheh announced.

There were no chirpy little R2-D2

sounds, just the quiet churn of bureauc-

racy starting to roll as Smith stamped in

the legislation. “I want it to speak with

me. I want it to have a relationship with

me!” Cheh said.

As does Allan Martinson, Starship’s

chief operating officer, who saw some

6,000 firms as a venture capitalist be-

fore deciding to join the robotic deliv-

ery startup. This is no phantom product

that will have fizzled in a year, he said.

“It’s a real, tangible, solid thing,” Mar-

tinson said. “You can engineer yourself

out of any situation. That’s the philoso-

phy of this company.”

Martinson said the robots be-

gan rolling autonomously last month

through parts of London and Tallinn,

Estonia’s capital, using proprietary

digital maps and sophisticated soft-

ware. They can also be guided over

the web by an operator if they get

stumped on their way. To make de-

livery cheap—from $1 to $3 dollars a

trip, hopefully dropping to under $1,

company executives said — engineers

are trying to keep the hardware basic.

That means no laser-pulsing LIDAR, an

expensive surveying technology used

in many driverless car prototypes.

“It’s basically a mobile phone on

wheels,” Martinson said. Its low speed

and weight — 4 miles per hour and

40-pounds max — also short-circuit

safety concerns, he added. “It’s basical-

ly a rolling suitcase. If you go home and

try to kill yourself with a suitcase, you’d

have to be very inventive.”

Cheh, D-Ward 3, also authored the

city’s autonomous vehicle legislation,

which took effect in 2013 and allows

driverless cars on city roads as long

as a human is present and can take

the controls. But other than when

they cross the street, the delivery ro-

bots are designed to remain off the

road.

There would be many advantages,

Cheh said.

Foiling package pilferers is one. Us-

ing an app, “you can tell the little robot

to come deliver your package now. You

can ensure it’s not just sitting around on

your porch for thieves to take.”

Powered by electricity — the com-

pany says they “consume less energy

than most light bulbs” — there are also

environmental upsides, said Cheh, who

chairs the D.C. Council’s transportation

and environment committee. The ro-

bots would head out from distribution

centers and make deliveries within 30

minutes, executives said.

“It’s not trucks travelling into neigh-

borhoods,” Cheh said.

She wasn’t sure legislation was even

needed. But after Starship executives

approached her about having Wash-

ington centre-stage in a pilot, she de-

cided to draft a bill to be sure.

The bill caps the machines’ speed

at 10 miles per hour, and weight at 50

pounds, excluding cargo, and prevents

them from rolling in the central busi-

ness district, similar to how bike-riders

aren’t allowed on sidewalks in some

places, Cheh said.

In Washington in an age of terrorism,

additional restrictions could be add-

ed as the bill gets a hearing in coming

months, Cheh said.

One possibility would be banning

them from going in and around sen-

sitive sites, such as Capitol Hill or the

White House.

“That’s something to think about. But

why is that different if it’s a robot, rather

than someone walking down the street

with a backpack?” Cheh asked.

And to her, ground drones have few-

er security implications than flying ones,

which have been touted as a potential

delivery breakthrough. There are some

concerns an airborne delivery could

potentially “go over the White House

fence,” she said. But “this would stop at

the fence. It seems so much more be-

nign and easy to control.”

As for run-of-the-mill thieves and

vandals, Martinson said he’s not wor-

ried. A hitchhiking robot was destroyed

in Philadelphia last year, bumming out

the Canadian researchers who built it.

But Starship’s machines have 9 cameras,

stream live video back to their base, and

can easily call for police, or other, back-

up, Martinson said.

“We can send other robots in the ar-

ea. They would come to help the robot

in distress,” Martinson said.

So far, the instincts among the tens

of thousands of people who have en-

countered the robots have not tend-

ed toward the destructive, he said. One

person tried to feed it a banana.

Driverless delivery robots coming to Washington

Robots began rolling autonomously last month through parts of London and Tallinn, Estonia’s capital, using proprietary digital maps and sophisticated software.

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2D/Action)2:45, 5:30, 7:00, 8:15 & 11:00pmKung Fu Panda (2D/Animation) 2:00 & 5:15pmZootropolis: Zootopia (2D/Animation) 3:30pmKhanet El Yek (2D/Arabic) 5:45 & 9:45pmRocky Handsome(2D/Hindi) 7:30 & 11:30pmEvery Secret Thing (2D/Drama) 2:30, 9:45 & 11:30pmThe Invitation (2D/Horror) 4:00pm

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KAPOOR AND SONS

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A story revolving around a dysfunctional family of two brothers who visit their parents and grandfather in Coonoor, and end up falling for the same woman.

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CINEMA PLUS

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (Action) 3D 10:00am, 11:30am, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00pm & 12:55am 2D 10:30, 11:15, 11:30am, 12:00noon, 1:30, 2:15, 2:30, 3:00, 4:30, 5:15, 5:30, 6:00, 7:30, 8:15, 8:30, 9:00, 10:30, 11:15, 11:30 & 11:55pm & 01:00amEvery Secret Thing (2D/Drama) 10:00am, 2:00, 6:00 & 10:00pm The Invitation (2D/Horror) 12:00noon, 4:00, 8:00 & 11:55pmThe Wave (2D/Action) 11:00am, 3:15, 7:30 & 11:45pmThe Witch (2D/Horror) 1:15, 5:30 & 9:45pmZootropolis (2D/Animation) 10:30am, 12:10, 2:20, 4:30 & 6:40pmLondon Has Fallen (2D/Action) 8:40, 10:40pm & 12:40am Kung Fu Panda 3 (2D/Animation) 11:00am, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00pmBatman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (3D IMAX/Action) 11:00am, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 & 11:00pm

Maheshinte Prathikaram (Malayalam) 5:45, 6:45, 8:00, 9:00, 10:15 & 11:15pmPuthiya Niyamam (Malayalam) 6:45, 9:00 & 11:30pm Rocky Handsome (Hindi) 6:30, 9:00 & 11:30pm

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EASY SUDOKU

15TUESDAY 29 MARCH 2016

Yesterday’s answerEasy Sudoku Puzzles: Place a digit from 1

to 9 in each empty cell so every row, every

column and every 3x3 box contains all the

digits 1 to 9.

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.

HYPER SUDOKU

Yesterday’s answer

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.

KAKURO

ACROSS

1 Heart tests, for short

5 Los ___, N.M.

11 “Go team!”

14 Sci-fi princess who appears as a hologram

15 Nincompoops

16 Poem of praise

17 *TV installation not requiring an antenna

19 Singer Zadora

20 How warehouse stores buy

21 Dad, mom, bro and sis

22 ___ Xing(road sign)

23 Does a little housekeeping

24 *Crime involving a Nigerian prince, maybe

26 List-ending abbr.

28 Comment like “Come on, you know you

want to”

29 Nafta, for one

33 Intends (to)

35 Cry from a petulant child

38 Urges on

40 Rollerblader’s protection

42 Make fun of

43 Diggs of “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”

45 Yanks’ Civil War foe

46 “That ___ funny”

48 Product detail, briefly

50 *Electric Slide or Cotton-Eyed Joe

53 Completely puzzled

58 Vests don’t cover them

59 Three times, in a prescription

60 The “E” on a baseball scoreboard

61 Popeye’s Swee’___

62 *Tall, skinny sorts

64 Commercial prefix with vision

65 Hag

66 French girlfriend

67 Friend

68 Attacks from all sides

69 Binds … or a hint to the

starts of the answers to the six

starred clues

DOWN

1 Legendary Spanish hero

2 Reeves of “The Matrix”

3 Barry, Robin and Maurice of

the Bee Gees

4 “Here’s to you!,” in Toulouse

5 Running ___

6 “Skip to My ___”

7 Movie that’s not likely to be

shown in a multiplex

8 Bicuspid neighbor

9 Smallish computer storage

unit, for short

10 Concorde, e.g., for short

11 *Signature Muhammad Ali ploy

12 French goodbye

13 Listened to

18 “Nothing ___ will do”

22 Bureau compartment

24 What a belt encircles

25 Pâté de ___ gras

27 Parlor ink, for short

29 Responsibility of many a house sitter

30 Firefighter’s tool

31 *Protective medieval gear

32 Chucks out

34 Modern alternative to the telephone

36 Snatch

37 Scores in the end zone, for short

39 Pull apart 41 Born: Fr.

44 Attribute 47 Rat (on)

49 Nutrition unit in pasta, informally

50 Enjoy immensely

51 “The Faerie Queene” woman whose

name means “peace”

52 Poindexters

54 Halloween option

55 “Same goes for me”

56 Bert’s bud on “Sesame Street”

57 Nincompoops

60 “Sunny-side up” order

62 Weep aloud

63 Singer ___ King Cole

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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.

BRAIN TEASERS

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