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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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been h

arness

ing t

he p

ow

er o

f so

cia

l netw

ork

ing p

latf

orm

s.

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specia

l em

oti

cons

insp

ired b

y H

rit

hik

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an-s

tarrer s

ci-

fi m

ovie

K

rris

h 3

have b

een launched o

n F

acebook.

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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.

WP-Bloomberg

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

Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS

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

Orange Bourtouqaliy

Brown Bounniy

Brunet Asmar

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Light red A�mar fati�

Dark blue Azraq �amiq

Reddish brown Kastana'iee



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

14

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.

CINEMA / TV LISTINGS 15

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Charlie

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Love To A

Woman

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Hawking's

Grand Design

13:50 Sci-Fi Science

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Show

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15:10 Alien Mysteries

16:00 Finding Bigfoot

19:30 Scanning The

Skies

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22:00 Scanning The

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22:50 Sci-Trek

12:30 Coronation

Street

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Street

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20:00 Bones

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Paradise

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Band Of Misfits

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Candelabria-

PG15

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13:15 Nimbols: Part I

14:30 Nimbols: Part II

16:00 Elf

18:00 Beethoven

20:00 Puss In Boots

22:00 Princess

Sydney: Three

Gold Coins

QF RADIO 91.7 FM ENGLISH PROGRAMME BRIEF

LIVE SHOWS Airing Time Programme Briefs

SPIRITUAL HOUR

6:00 - 7:00 AM A time of reflection, a deeper understanding of the teachings of Islam.

RISE 7:00 – 9:00 AM A LIVE 2-hour morning show hosted by Scott Boyes and Laura Finnerty. It focuses on a wide array of topics from Weather, News, Health tips, Sports News and lots more.

INTERNATIO-NAL NEWS

1:00 PM The latest news and events from around the world.

DRIVE 3:00 – 4:00 PM A daily afternoon show broadcast at peak travel time. It is a lighthearted show, filled with news and information and in today’s episode, we focus on ‘Books and Reading’ with guest, book enthusiast Hind Francis.

LEGENDARY ARTISTS

6:00 – 7:00 PM The show tells the story of a celebrity artist that has reached unprecedented fame. Today’s episode features Musician, activist Paul David Hewson, better known as “Bono”, front man of Dublin based rock band U2!

Repeat Shows

INNOVATIONS 10:00 – 11:00 AM A LIVE weekly show hosted and produced by Scott Boyes. The show talks about all the newest and exciting advancements in the world of science and technology.

FASHION 7:00 – 8:00 PM A weekly show hosted and produced by Laura Finnerty. The show brings together the latest fashion trends along with exciting interviews with local and international designers.

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In Their Skin (2D/Horror) – 9.30pm

Aftershock (2D/Horror) – 11.30pm

2

Phata Poster Nikhla Hero (2D/Hindi) – 2.30pm

The Family (Malavita) (2D/Action) – 5.30 & 11.00pm

Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum (Malayalam) – 8.00pm

3

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Arena Of The Street Fighter (2D/Action) – 4.15pm



Prisoners (2D/Crime) – 10.30pm

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3






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The Family (Malavita) (2D/Action) – 11.15pm

3

The Family (Malavita) (2D/Action) – 2.30pm






PLUS | WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2013 POTPOURRI16

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

IN FOCUS

A blooming flower in a Doha garden.

by Krishna Dev

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

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.

If you want your events featured here, mail details to [email protected]

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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