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Eid holidays are here and long breaks are a good time to immerse yourself into one of those long novels.

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The GoldfinchDonna Tartt (2013)

Tartt doesn’t really do small; her two previous novels, The Secret History and The Little Friend, were both hefty affairs. The Goldfinch, nearly 800 pages, turns on the adventures of Theo Decker, a teenager cast adrift when his beloved mother is killed in a ter-rorist attack on an art gallery. Theo’s adaptability - he is batted between a wealthy New York family, his deadbeat father and a humane elderly furniture restorer - is spiced up by his secret possession of the portrait of a goldfinch, stolen from the bombed gallery.

The LuminariesEleanor Catton (2013)

At 28, Catton, a New Zealander, is the young-est novelist ever shortlisted for the Man Booker prize, the winner of which will be announced on Tuesday. Her debut, The Rehearsal, was an ambi-tious but relatively compact affair, with no hint that her next would be a historical novel of more than 800 pages. Set in 1866, it begins when Walter Moody, just arrived in New Zealand, chances upon a gathering of 12 men (each mirrors a sign of the zodiac), who have assembled to mull over a series of unsolved crimes.

A Suitable BoyVikram Seth (1993)

It has been a somewhat turbulent year for

Seth, 20 years after his 1,349-page saga of matchmaking

in post-partition India was published to mammoth acclaim. This autumn should have seen publication of its sequel, A Suitable Girl - except it wasn’t finished in time. It’s now back on track, but we’ll have to wait until 2016; just enough time to refresh our memories as to what exactly hap-pened to Lata, the young woman determined not to succumb too easily to her mother’s attempts to get her married off.

CedillaAdam Mars-Jones (2011)

This is the second (and by no means final) instal-ment of the adventures of John Cromer, one of recent fiction’s most unusual comic creations. Since his first outing in Pilcrow, John has become a teen-ager, determined to outsmart the severe physical

c o n -straints of the r h e u -m a t o i d

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he was s m a l l . Cedilla, at 752 pages,

sees him taking off in search of

enlightenment on an Indian mountain-side and swat- ting away all obstacles in the path that leads to Cambridge. We eagerly await more dispatches.

MiddlemarchGeorge Eliot (1871-2; published serially)

The interlocking fortunes of the Brooke sisters, Celia and Dorothea, idealistic young doctor Tertius Lydgate, the beautiful Rosamond and her heed-less brother, Fred, and the coldly cerebral Edward Casaubon may sound like the stuff of a plodding Victorian social panorama, but Eliot took novelistic conventions and animated them with a peerless intellectual intensity, weaving in philosophical and theological viewpoints and her first-hand under-standing of the educational barriers women faced.

10 best long readsAt nearly 800 pages, Donna Tartt’s new novel is a modern epic. But some literary doorstops really are worth the investment. Here is a list you should not miss.

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UnderworldDon DeLillo (1997)

Underworld, 832 pages, begins with what amounts to a short story, a description of the base-ball game that took place on 3 Oct 1951 between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, during which a Giants player hit the ball out of the ground - The Shot Heard Round the World. Crucially, it is also the day the US learns that the Soviet Union has exploded an atomic bomb. From that tightly focused opening comes an enormous beast of a novel, its narrative reach extending to create an epic vision of the cold war and its aftermath.

My StruggleKarl Ove Knausgaard (2009-2011)

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original Norwegian) is in fact six overtly au t o b i o g r a p h i -cal novels, currently appearing serially in English. Get started with A Death in the Family, in which Knausgaard relates his childhood and teenage years, and A Man in Love, in which he recounts his decision to leave his wife and relo-cate to Stockholm. It sounds like straightforward autobiography, but such is the power of its relent-less comprehensiveness that it acquires an almost otherworldly quality.

In Search of Lost TimeMarcel Proust (1913)

Perhaps the most oft-attempted of all long novels, Proust’s seven-volume series is arguably the most accomplished literary expression of the human desire to recapture and describe the past

- a theme memorably encap-sulated by the celebrated description of the evocative qualities of a madeleine bis-cuit. The first volume, Swann’s Way, begins with the narra-tor’s declaration that “for a long time, I went to bed early”, prompting a meditation on the nature of sleep... a lengthy spell lying down might be the best way to approach this roman-fleuve.

2666Roberto Bolano (2004)

Published after the Chilean novelist’s death in 2003, this vast novel - 912 pages - had critics sali-vating in anticipation. He envisaged that each of its five sections could be read separately - but they add up to something unclassifiably brilliant. The story begins with a literary puzzle - the whereabouts of German novelist Benno von Archimboldi. Four critics head to a Mexican border town on his trail, where-

upon the novel switches focus to become a fictional recreation of the unexplained mass murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez.

Infinite JestDavid Foster Wallace (1996)

It is the nearish future. The US, Canada and Mexico have combined to form the Organization of North American Nations (ONAN) and there is in existence a film, entitled Infinite Jest, so utterly mesmerising that anyone who watches it will be able to do nothing else and, consequently, die. To guide us through these baffling waters are 388 endnotes. The late Foster Wallace’s masterwork, at 1,100 pages, has enough narrative tricks, twists and turns to sustain less imaginative writers through a dozen novels - and don’t skip the notes.

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MES Indian School girls win football tournamentMES Indian School won the CBSE Qatar Cluster Girls’ Football Tournament, hosted by Shantiniketan Indian School and held at Al Khor International School recently. As many as five schools par-ticipated in the event. In the final, MES Indian School defeated Al Khor International School 3-0 to take the title. Nazanin S Nadaf, Teacher, Department of Physical Education, trained the MES Girls’ Football team.

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar kicked off its 10th anniversary celebrations with a cake day held this week for faculty and students. As the campus celebrates 10 years in Qatar, Carnegie Mellon will highlight its key accomplishments and commitment to the nation’s development throughout year-long festivities.

Injaz Qatar, Bedaya Center host graduation ceremony

Injaz Qatar, a non-profit organi-sation and member of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide, and

Bedaya Center for Entrepreneurship and Career Development held a grad-uation ceremony for their Youth Job Readiness Programme students at Katara recently.

The Youth Job Readiness Programme engaged 400 students in 2013 and aims to provide undergraduates practical work experience, business networking and potential employment opportuni-ties. Participating students received certificates of achievement for the pro-gramme, which is sponsored by Boeing.

In his opening speech at the gradua-tion ceremony, Saleh Al Khulaifi, Bedaya Center General Manager, highlighted the importance of job shadowing. “Through this experience, we tried to solve a very important issue among youth in Qatar;

job shadowing has never been recognised. Now students are made aware of the many different career options that are available to them, and how important it is to choose based on their particular

preferences, strengths and weaknesses in order to find the career path that suits them best,” said Al Khulaifi

Injaz Qatar’s Executive Director, Aysha Al Mudahka, commented: “It

is extremely fulfilling to see this new generation of students motivated to grow and develop into Qatar’s future business leaders.”

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The photography exhibition and 3rd Penny Black Memorial Exhibition was held at Bhavan’s Public School recently. Dr G Manulal, principal, welcomed the gathering. Rebecca, club convener, presented a report on the activities of the philately club. The exhibition was inaugurated by Khalid Fikri, Chief of Philatelic Bureau, Qatar Post, and Percy Siganporia. Singapora, an avid philatelist, gave a lecture on the genesis and chronology of numismatics. He donated some books on philately to the school library. UAE Exchange, Qatar exhibited its collection of rare coins and currency from 33 countries.

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Royal Circus with shows and acts by performers from more than nine countries will launch their acts on first

day of Eid at Hyatt Plaza Tent. “We are proud to announce the world

class international Royal circus in Doha. Organizing major events play a vital role in promoting Qatar as a preferred world tourist destination and Royal Circus is our contribution towards the nation’s efforts in creating world class events,” said Feroz Moideen, General Manager, Jungle zone Theme park and Hyatt Plaza Shopping Mall.

Planned to begin on October 15, Royal Circus is organized by Jungle zone Theme Park in partnership with Global Entertainments Group. Speaking at the press conference hosted in the Tropical Party Hall at Jungle Zone, Feroz Moideen said: “We are also glad to have Dr Hussein Akef, one of the pioneer and expert circus

performer, who will be leading the Royal Circus in Hyatt Plaza.”

“I am extremely delighted to have this opportunity to perform in Doha. We are confident that our shows and performances will be a unique offer-ing for the people in Qatar,” said Dr Hussein Akef.

The lions, tigers, leopards, snakes, dalmatian dogs and more are expected to mesmerise the circus lovers.

Speaking at the press conference, Mohammad Al Shorouqi, Global Entertainments Group, said: “I am proud, that we have succeeded in organising this huge event in Qatar. We believe this will be the first Qatari managed private event of this magni-tude in our country.”

The team will perform three shows during Eid holidays (4pm, 6.30pm and 9pm). After holidays, there will be two shows in the weekends (6.30pm and 9pm) and one show on the weekdays

(5.30pm). The tickets are sold at Hyatt Plaza shopping mall. Visitors can also purchase tickets from virgin megas-tore or buy them online at the virgin

website. Ticket prices are QR75 for upper gallery, QR100 for middle gallery, QR200 for VIP and QR500 for VVIP.

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Royal Circus comes to Doha

From left: Feroz Moideen, Dr Hussein Akef and Mohammad Al Shorouqi during the press conference at Hyatt plaza.

Qatargas organises blood donation campaign

Qatargas employees and contractors participated in the blood donation campaign organised by the

company’s medical department in cooperation with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) at the Qatargas Doha Head Office last week.

A mobile blood donation unit arrived from HMC along with a team of medical professionals. They were assisted by Qatargas Medical Center personnel.

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility ini-tiatives, Qatargas has been organising blood donation campaigns at its premises over the past 13 years, in cooperation with HMC.

The company organises four blood donation cam-paigns each year, two in Doha and two in Ras Laffan.

Qatargas was also the ‘Platinum’ sponsor of the ‘World Blood Donor Day’ celebration organised by Hamad Medical Corporation in June 2012.

Students at Hayat Universal School (HUBS) learn about Haj to get a better understanding of the ritual.

Haj Week at HUBSHaj Week at HUBSStenden appoints tourism professor

Stenden University Qatar has appointed in ternat i ona l ly -

renowned and award-winning tourism expert Dr John Ap (pictured) as Professor of Tourism Management.

Professor Ap joins Stenden Qatar from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) — whose School of Hotel and Tourism Management is ranked no. 2 globally in terms of academic scholarship and research in tourism.

Welcoming Prof Ap, Stenden University Qatar Executive Dean Prof Robert Coelen said: “We are delighted to have such a world expert as John join Stenden Qatar. His reputation is second-to-none and his research expertise will be a real asset to our academic offering. He is the first of a number of full professors that Stenden University Qatar will be attracting.”

Prof John Ap said: “It is a great opportunity to work at Stenden Qatar in a country where tourism is seeing dynamic growth.” The Peninsula

PLUS | SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER 20136 MARKETPLACE

International Bank of Qatar (ibq) has announced the second win-ner of the monthly prize draw of

the bank’s loyalty programme, thanq. Eric Mahe was the lucky winner this month, walking away with 100,000 thanq reward points.

Andrew Ball, Head of Retail Banking, said: “We are delighted to reward the second winner of our thanq programme lucky draw, and are happy to see an increasing number of our customers getting interested and registering in our exciting thanq programme. Our monthly lucky draw is just an additional way of thanking our customers and letting them know

that they are deeply appreciated.”Eric Mahe said: “At first I couldn’t

believe it! It is exciting to receive this award from ibq which I will redeem against a ticket to France to go and spend the festive holidays with my fam-ily in December.”

Thanq points can be redeemed with over 800 airlines and 160,000 hotels, car rental services worldwide with no restrictions or blackout dates. Thanq is complimentary to any airline or hotel rewards programme the customer may already be a member of. Members may also transfer or use their points to book a trip for a friend or a family member.

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IBQ picks second thanq points winner

ibq officials with the winner.

Hueb sparklesat Fifty One EastF

ifty One East and Hueb, the Brazilian jewel-lery brand, launched the new shop-in-shop concept for the jewellery brand. The event

was held at Fifty One East, Lagoona Mall under the patronage of Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Chairman of Al Faisal Holding, and in the pres-ence of Bader Al Darwish, Chairman and Managing Director of Al Darwish Holding.

“We are delighted to introduce Hueb in Doha. With a focus on design, quality and individuality we are confident that Hueb will be very well received by the Qatari audience,” said a representative from Darwish Retail.

Thiago Abdala, Brand Director, Hueb, said: “We take pride in creating jewellery for the lady who cherishes elegance and design as unique as herself. The brand experience at Hueb is designed to feel like a rewarding discovery of a hidden gem. We keenly look forward to bringing the Hueb experience to all the discerning ladies of Doha.” The Peninsula

Fifty One East and Hueb officials at the Fifty One East and Hueb officials at the opening ceremony.opening ceremony.

Love was Splash’s vision at the recently concluded AW’13 fash-ion show titled ‘Forever More’,

encompassing both new and classic modes of fashion.

The show opened in theatrical style with a model emerging from clouds on a swing amidst mist and fog, fol-lowed by a poem played on the piano. Simplicity was key as 45 models sashayed down the runway in strong silhouettes and sleek tailoring high-lighting the looks in dark shades of black, red, gold, royal blue, purple and emerald, bringing in much-needed warmth for the season. The set-up featured a sophisticated and poetic take on romance through the eyes of a high-street retailer with white noise elements inspired by nature adding to the more subtle and thought-heavy imagery with instrumental and cin-ematic music binding together the entire show.

Speaking on the unique design and concept of the show, Raza Beig, CEO, Splash and Iconic, said: “2013 is a very special year for us and we want to cel-ebrate turning 20 with every activity that we do. At Splash we have always strived to work on unique concepts and sets and this season we tie in the season’s trends with the theme of love, love for fashion. Presenting a collection of high street must haves from the brand, the show was one big display of affection as our commitment and vows to fashion were renewed with every walk down the runway.”

“With an aim to maximise the reach of our shows and celebrate fashion on a larger scale, we streamed live our three shows on all our social media platforms along with other leading online platforms across the region, where we hope that half a million or more fans and consumers watched the show.” Raza added. The Peninsula

Splash fashion show celebrates 20 years in ‘Love with Fashion’

Mövenpick Tower & Suites offers specialEid Al Adha packages

As part of its Eid Al Adha cel-ebrations, Mövenpick Tower &

Suites Doha is offering a package that includes special room rates, hotel discounts and a host of privileges to guests.

The package includes an overnight stay, international breakfast buffet for two guests at Animato restaurant, complimentary Wi-Fi access and 20 percent discount on spa treatments. Guests can also enjoy complimentary access to the gym, jacuzzi and indoor swimming pool, complimentary car parking and free accommodation for up to two children in the same room.

“Eid is all about seeing the joy and smiles on children’s faces, so we have created a few surprises and special sections especially for kids as they enjoy this time with their families and celebrate the holiday. Rates start from QR700 per night and are valid from October 14 to 21. The Peninsula

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By Miriam Stix

Soft cushioning in shoes has been marketed to runners as extra shock-absorption to pre-vent injuries, but in a new study the added padding made no difference in who got hurt.

Researchers tested identical-looking shoes with different levels of cushioning in a blind trial with nearly 250 regular runners and found factors like body weight and overall fitness made some difference to injury rates, but shoe-softness did not.

“The results do not support the common argu-ment from the running shoe industry that runners with higher body mass should be recommended shoes with greater shock-absorption characteristics,” said lead author Daniel Theisen of the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory of the Department of Public Health in Luxembourg.

Based on research showing that cushioning can relieve certain mechanical stresses on the body, Theisen, a physical therapist with a PhD in sports science and a runner himself, says he fully expected to see a difference.

But past tests of extra cushioning under real-world conditions, such as US Air Force recruits in basic training, have not shown a clear benefit, Theisen and his colleagues write in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

So Theisen’s team set up what it believes to be the first randomised, double-blind controlled trial of whether shoe sponginess affects running-related injuries in leisure runners.

The researchers recruited runners through news-paper advertisements and Internet sites and ran-domly divided the 247 participants into two groups. The men and women were all between the ages of 30 and 50 years old, had body mass indexes (a measure of weight relative to height) ranging from normal to slightly overweight and all ran a minimum of 10 miles a week.

Participants got shoes provided by “a renowned sports equipment manufacturer,” according to the report, which were customized versions of a model sold in stores. There were no identifying decorations on the shoes, and all appeared identical except that half of the pairs had a soft midsole - a spongy layer beneath the insole of the shoe’s interior. The differ-ence in shock absorbing qualities between the shoes with and without the extra cushioning was calculated to be about 15 percent.

According to Theisen, this was the greatest differ-ence possible while still producing a shoe that looked the same to users. Even the researchers did not know which participants received the softer shoes.

The runners were required to train at least once a week, to only use the shoes for running and to report their training data and any injuries. Participants used the shoes for five months, and posted informa-tion about how much they ran and what kinds of injuries they experienced on a dedicated Internet platform. The researchers defined an injury as pain from running experienced for the first time that stopped the user from running for at least one day.

Out of the 69 runners whose injuries were counted, 32 used the hard-soled sneakers, and 37 used the softer-soled shoes.

According to Theisen, the bulk of injuries were chronic overload injuries of tendons, joints and mus-cles. “We evaluated the severity of the injury by look-ing at how many days people were not able to do their normal running training and or whether they stopped running altogether,” he said.

Although the researchers found no significant dif-ference in injuries based on shoe cushioning, they did note some differences related to runners’ body mass and other individual traits and behaviour.

Heavier runners were about 13 percent more likely

to have injuries than those in the normal weight range - and shoe softness did not modify that extra risk for heavy runners who got the softer shoes. Having a previous injury added about 75 percent to runners’ injury risk and higher-intensity training added 39 percent to the risk.

In contrast, previous running experience more than halved a runner’s injury risk relative to those with no experience. And participants with the high-est levels of weekly participation in other types of sports had about 30 percent lower risk of running injuries.

Theisen says the results suggest that running style and other personal factors outweigh shoe qualities in determining injury risk. Individuals tend to adapt their running style based on the pattern of how their feet strike the surface, he said. Although the study did not analyse this factor, the authors think this adaptation cancels out the shock-absorbing charac-teristics of the soft-cushioned shoes.

The difference between the study shoe models may also have been too small to detect a difference, he notes. In general, however, Theisen thinks the study results “make good sense because our ancestors were great runners but they never wore running shoes.”

Several major athletic shoe manufacturers con-tacted by Reuters Health did not respond to requests for comment on the study.

Dr Mark P Kelly, an exercise physiologist with the

American Council on Exercise and a veteran runner himself, was not surprised by the findings. He agrees that biomechanics are more important than cushion-ing when it comes to injury prevention.

“When people run with the proper biomechan-ics, they are going to have fewer injuries,” he told Reuters Health.

If anything, cushioning “takes away from the tac-tile sensation that tends to protect a runner,” Kelly said. “In other words, if something hurts our feet when we are jogging, we will naturally change things up so it doesn’t hurt. If anything, a harder midsole offers more protection, because it may induce more stability on the plantar surface of the foot and thus spread the impact out more evenly.”

Kelly, who is currently investigating the effects of so-called minimal shoes on running injuries and running gait, added, “The more we learn about run-ning the more we are learning that more cushion and support is not only not better but may actually be worse.”

To follow up on its current report, Theisen’s group is working on another trial to see whether regularly switching among a variety of shoe types may help protect against running related injuries.

SOURCE: bit.ly/17jPWTH British Journal of Sports Medicine, online September 16, 2013.

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Extra-padded shoes may not blunt running injuries: Study

Nail biting, excessive smoking, obesity and overeating are some of the symptoms of stress, which can be overcome with a balanced diet and by drinking enough water in a day.

With high pressure schedules and long working hours, stress is becoming inevitable. It is impor-tant to beat it the right way.

“Eat regularly throughout the day in order to maintain healthy

blood sugar levels, choose who-legrain foods such as brown rice and wholemeal bread and avoid sugary snacks and drinks,” femalefirst.co.uk. quoted Robert Hobson, head of nutrition of British health brand Healthspan, as saying.

You can also manage stress by limiting caffeine intake.

There are natural ways to beat stress as well.

“There are a number of herbs that calm such as Rhodiola which is a registered herbal medicine that could help to reduce symp-toms of stress and anxiety as well as helping to combat fatigue and improve mental alertness,” Sarah Brewer, author of the book Cut Your Stress in 12 weeks, said.

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y m

en a

nd p

oliti

cia

ns

are s

how

n largely

as

bum

bling im

beciles,

if

not

outr

ight

jokers.

Dalip T

ahil’s

trip

le r

ole

as

the P

akis

tan

i presi

den

t, t

he

Chin

ese

prem

iere (

whose

nati

ve t

ongue is

transl

ate

d into

Punja

bi in

Navjo

t S

ingh S

idhu’s

voic

e)

and t

he A

meric

an P

resi

dent’s

yankee-a

ccente

d a

ide,

cease

s to

be f

unny b

eyond a

poin

t.N

ot

that

this

sort

of

standup c

om

edy m

ate

ria

l renders

itse

lf e

ffecti

vely

to

cin

em

ati

c laughte

r in t

he fi

rst

pla

ce. N

oneth

ele

ss, credit

must

go t

o t

he

writ

er-d

irecto

r for a

ttem

pti

ng t

o s

how

the u

tter futi

lity

and t

he u

nderl

in-

ing f

arce t

hat

define c

ross

-border a

ggress

ion.

Som

e e

pis

odes

in t

he fi

lm a

re n

eatl

y w

rit

ten. T

he a

cto

rs

add a

layer o

f convic

tion t

o t

he s

ati

re. T

he u

nderrate

d u

nderuse

d S

harm

an J

osh

i puts

up

a c

onvin

cin

g s

how

as

an I

ndia

n s

old

ier t

ryin

g t

o k

eep h

is a

nd h

is a

rm

y’s

sp

irit

s hig

h in t

he f

ace o

f vio

lence. W

hy d

on’t

we s

ee m

ore o

f him

? Ja

aved

Jaff

ery,

who w

as

eff

ecti

ve a

s a s

narl

ing v

illa

in in last

week’s

Besh

ara

m, puts

up a

noth

er b

ravura a

ct

as

Sharm

an’s

colleague f

rom

the o

ther s

ide o

f th

e

firin

g l

ine.

Soha A

li K

han a

s a t

ele

vis

ion j

ournalist

modelled o

n B

ark

ha

Dutt

a (

not

again

!) g

ets

into

the s

ati

ric

al sp

irit

wit

h e

ase

.T

he fi

lm h

as

a v

ast

cast

of

com

ic p

erfo

rm

ers.

But

I m

ust

make s

pecia

l m

enti

on o

f M

ukul

Dev a

s an A

fghani

infilt

rato

r, w

ho g

ets

it

wrong e

ach

tim

e. M

ukul’s

accent

and c

om

ic t

imin

g a

re f

odder f

or t

he f

unny b

ones.

Very r

arely

do w

e g

et

a c

hance t

o s

mile a

bout

the g

rim

reality

of

war.

T

his

film

giv

es

a n

imble

tw

inkle

-eyed s

ati

ric

al sl

ant

to t

he s

courge o

f w

ar.

W

arm

and w

ell-p

ackaged w

ith inte

llig

ent

perfo

rm

ances,

Wa

r C

hh

od

Na

Ya

ar

flounders

when it

abandons

the h

um

an a

spect

to g

et

into

the n

ucle

ar z

one.

IAN

S

PLU

S |

SU

ND

AY

13

OC

TO

BE

R 2

013

By

An

n H

orn

aday

Benedic

t C

um

berbatc

h s

weeps

into

an e

mpty

hote

l ballroom

, cutt

ing a n

att

y fi

gure in

a

bla

ck

-an

d-w

hit

e gle

n pla

id

jacket,

ch

ecked

sh

irt

an

d

strip

ed c

anvas

sneakers.

“I

see y

ou h

ave

your f

esti

val

bag,”

he s

ays c

on

fidin

gly

, ta

kin

g n

ote

of

the crum

ple

d T

oron

to

Inte

rn

ati

on

al

Film

Festi

val

tote

at

an

inte

rlo

cuto

r’s

feet.

It’s

a s

ubst

itute

for

the on

e th

at

broke at

custo

ms,

over-

stuff

ed w

ith a

lapto

p a

nd s

undry t

ravel

necess

itie

s.“T

hat’s

exactl

y w

hat

happens

to m

e,”

he o

ffers

en

thusi

ast

ically.

“Because

I’m

packin

g a

ll t

he t

ime.

I’m

alw

ays

killin

g

really p

erfe

ctl

y g

ood b

its

of

luggage b

y

shovin

g l

oads

of

stuff

in t

hem

, and t

hen

the s

eam

s break,

han

dle

s drop o

ff,

you

know

.”S

ure, w

e k

now

. B

ut,

let

it b

e s

tipula

ted,

no o

ne c

an r

eally k

now

what

it’s

lik

e t

o

be C

um

berbatc

h,

who has had a year

that

has b

een

, w

ell,

especia

lly p

acked.

The 3

7-y

ear-o

ld B

rit

, w

ho h

as b

een

a

cult

heartt

hrob a

mon

g t

he P

BS

-BB

C-

plu

mm

y-l

iterary-a

dapta

tion

set,

pla

yed

the N

ecrom

an

cer i

n l

ast

year’

s H

ob

bit

: A

n U

nex

pecte

d Jou

rney.

But

he tr

uly

burst

in

to m

ass

popula

r c

on

scio

usn

ess

th

is p

ast

sum

mer,

when

he t

horoughly

dom

inate

d t

he r

ole

of

Khan in S

tar

Tre

k

Into

Da

rkn

ess

. O

n O

cto

ber 1

8, he w

ill st

ar

as

Wik

iLeaks

founder J

ulian A

ssange in

Th

e F

ifth

Est

ate

and h

as

supporti

ng r

ole

s in

tw

o h

igh-p

rofile

film

s arriv

ing s

oon: 12

Y

ea

rs a

Sla

ve, dir

ecte

d b

y S

teve M

cQ

ueen,

and A

ugu

st:

Osa

ge C

ou

nty

, adapte

d f

rom

T

racy L

ett

s’s

Pulitz

er P

riz

e-w

innin

g p

lay.

“A p

acked y

ear,

exactl

y,”

Cum

berbatc

h

says w

ith

a refl

ecti

ve sig

h.

“It’s been

am

azi

ng. It

’s b

een a

mazi

ng. B

ut

two y

ears

really,

because

Tre

k w

e fi

lmed t

he b

egin

-nin

g o

f la

st y

ear,

and b

efo

re t

hat

— G

od, it

w

inds

back q

uit

e a

ways.

I m

ean, lite

rally,

ju

st s

ort

of th

e h

eig

ht

of w

hat

I could

ever

imagin

e m

yse

lf b

ein

g a

sked t

o d

o a

s an

acto

r h

as

been g

oin

g o

n p

rett

y m

uch n

ow

fo

r a

bout

four o

r fi

ve y

ears.

”C

um

berbatc

h s

peaks

at

a b

reath

less

clip,

his

words

spillin

g o

ut

in a

joyous,

on

com

ing r

ush

that

suggest

s he r

eally

is t

hrille

d t

o b

e h

ere, how

ever t

em

pti

ng

it w

ould

be t

o r

ead h

is g

ee-w

hiz

prote

s-ta

tion

s as

the p

racti

ced a

ct

of

a c

an

ny

ingenue.

He i

s, q

uit

e s

imply

— a

nd t

his

is f

or a

ll t

hose

who h

ave d

esi

gnate

d h

im

an u

nlikely

pin

-up idol —

just

as

chis

ele

d,

engagin

g, w

ell-m

annered a

nd d

isarm

ingly

m

odest

as

they i

magin

e i

n t

heir

win

try,

w

ind-t

oss

ed f

anta

sies.

He c

om

es

by it

honest

ly. C

um

berbatc

h

is t

he s

on o

f tw

o a

cto

rs —

Tim

oth

y C

arl

ton

and W

anda V

enth

am

— w

ho g

rew

up i

n

Lon

don

an

d i

s as

at

hom

e i

n t

he p

osh

precin

cts

of B

urk

e’s

Peerage (

an a

ncest

or

was

a c

onsu

l under Q

ueen V

icto

ria

) as

in

the k

lieg-l

ighte

d w

orld

of

Show

People

. (S

o h

ow

did

Cum

berbatc

h e

nd u

p w

ith h

is

last

nam

e?

It w

as

his

fath

er’s

surnam

e;

Carlt

on

a m

iddle

n

am

e tu

rn

ed sta

ge

nam

e. S

o B

enedic

t has

sim

ply

recla

imed

the fa

mily n

am

e.)

B

ut

his

career h

as

follow

ed c

onto

urs

that

even h

is p

arents

could

n’t

prepare h

im for.

He’s

done h

igh-

profile

work

in s

uch h

ighly

regarded fi

lms

as

Ato

nem

en

t, T

ink

er,

Ta

ilor,

Sold

ier,

Sp

y and W

ar

Hors

e, as

well a

s on t

ele

vis

ion, in

Ha

wk

ing, S

herl

ock

and P

ara

de’s

En

d. H

e’s

a c

ele

brate

d fi

gure o

f th

e L

ondon s

tage:

In 2

010

he e

arned k

udos

for h

is p

erfo

rm

-an

ce i

n a

reviv

al

of

Teren

ce R

att

igan

’s

Aft

er

the D

an

ce, and t

he follow

ing y

ear h

e

won a

n O

livie

r A

ward, alo

ng w

ith f

ellow

S

herl

ock J

onny L

ee M

ille

r, for h

is w

ork

in

an e

xperim

enta

l versi

on o

f F

ran

ken

stein

, adapte

d b

y D

anny B

oyle

. It

was

Aft

er

the

Da

nce

, he s

ays,

that

mark

ed t

he t

urnin

g

poin

t w

hen t

he p

hone s

tarte

d r

ingin

g. It

hasn

’t s

topped.

“I k

new

w

hen

I

sta

rte

d out

that

I w

an

ted s

om

eth

ing v

ery d

iffe

ren

t fr

om

w

hat

Mom

an

d D

ad h

ad a

nyw

ay,

but

I did

n’t

know

quit

e w

hat

— I

did

n’t

know

how

it

would

manif

est

— b

ut

even t

hey

look a

t it

and g

o, ‘W

hoa,’

“ C

um

berbatc

h

says.

“It

’s b

eyond e

veryone’s s

ort

of expec-

tati

on. B

ut

als

o t

he w

ork

load a

nd e

very-

thin

g, it

’s d

iffe

rent

to t

heir

gam

e.”

It’s

enough t

o t

urn a

boy’s

head.

But

Cum

berbatc

h,

alo

ng w

ith s

uch c

onte

m-

porarie

s as

Mic

hael F

ass

bender,

is

forgin

g

the k

ind o

f career t

hat

acto

rs

covet

these

days,

com

bin

ing r

ecurrin

g r

ole

s in

huge

franchis

es

like S

tar

Tre

k a

nd T

he H

ob

bit

w

ith a

rti

er i

ndie

fare.

His

role

model,

he s

ays,

is

Jam

es

McA

voy (

his

one-t

ime

co-s

tar in S

tart

er

for

10),

who a

long w

ith

Fass

bender a

ppears

in t

he X

-Men m

ovie

s.“I

know

Jam

es

really w

ell. I’ve s

ort

of

been w

ork

ing w

ith h

im f

or a

while, and

I ju

st l

ove w

hat

he d

id,”

Cum

berbatc

h

expla

ins.

“H

e l

et

the g

am

e c

om

e t

o h

im.

It’s

about

the q

uality

of

his

work

, and I

w

ante

d t

he s

am

e t

hin

g. I

did

n’t

want

to

go a

nd t

ry a

nd f

orce m

yse

lf o

n p

eople

. I

wante

d p

eople

to g

o, ‘O

h, th

at

guy c

ould

be q

uit

e i

nte

rest

ing,’

an

d t

hat’s

sort

of

what’s

happenin

g.”

“Quit

e i

nte

rest

ing”

is a

n u

nderst

ate

-m

en

t w

hen

it

com

es

to C

um

berbatc

h’s

w

ork

, w

hic

h h

as

found h

im s

lippin

g into

pers

onae a

nd p

hysi

cal ty

pes

wit

h t

he e

ase

of a p

racti

ced s

hape-s

hif

ter.

Now

here a

re

his

skills

in

fin

er f

orm

than

Th

e F

ifth

E

sta

te,

in w

hic

h h

e s

eam

less

ly m

ast

ers

Ass

an

ge’s

sig

natu

re A

ust

ralian

accen

t,

lisp

an

d f

ey,

look-a

t-m

e-d

on

’t-l

ook-a

t-m

e d

em

eanor (

adm

itte

dly

wit

h t

he h

elp

of

a b

lond w

ig).

Early

in t

he p

rocess

of

makin

g T

he F

ifth

Est

ate

, C

um

berbatc

h

em

ailed A

ssange h

opin

g t

hat

they c

ould

m

eet.

He g

ot

no r

esp

onse

unti

l th

e d

ay

befo

re s

hooti

ng b

egan, w

hen A

ssange s

ent

the a

cto

r a

n e

mail b

eggin

g h

im n

ot

to d

o

the fi

lm.

“I w

as

just

doin

g t

he last

fitt

ings

for t

he

wig

and m

akeup a

nd s

tuff

, and t

his

very

erudit

e, charm

ing a

nd l

ucid

and i

nte

lli-

gent

em

ail [

arriv

ed],

im

plo

rin

g m

y b

ett

er

natu

re t

o s

tep a

way from

the p

roje

ct

that

he t

hought

would

be a

bhorrent

and d

am

-agin

g t

o h

is c

ause

,” C

um

berbatc

h r

ecalls.

“I

t w

as

a v

ery p

ow

erfu

l th

ing t

o s

uddenly

land in y

our inbox.”

Cum

berbatc

h w

rote

A

ssan

ge back

. “A

nd m

y r

esp

onse

was

equally a

s consi

d-

ered a

nd I

hope a

s charm

ing. I

com

ple

tely

resp

ecte

d h

is p

oin

t of

vie

w,

but

I really

trie

d t

o illust

rate

for h

im t

wo t

hin

gs:

one

is t

hat

this

film

is

not

a d

ocum

en

tary,

it

’s n

ot

a p

iece o

f evid

ence a

dm

issi

ble

in

a c

ourt

of

law

, not

a f

actu

al

enti

ty t

hat

sh

ifts

percepti

on

s or poin

t of

vie

w of

bein

g t

he t

ruth

, it

is

a t

ruth

.“S

econ

dly

— w

ell,

actu

ally,

there a

re

three p

oin

ts.

Secon

dly

, it

is

just

a fi

lm.

It’s

not

goin

g t

o b

e a

ble

to s

hif

t percep-

tion. It

’s a

film

of

its

ow

n g

enre [

that’s]

not

goin

g t

o b

e T

he H

ob

bit

or S

tar

Tre

k.

It’s

not

goin

g t

o h

ave a

mass

ively

popula

r

tidal-

wave e

ffect.

I r

eally w

ant

people

to

see it,

but

his

fear o

f it

bein

g s

om

e m

ass

propaganda t

ool

that’s

goin

g t

o d

am

age

him

was

really o

verst

retc

hin

g t

he p

oin

t.

And t

hir

dly

and m

ost

im

porta

ntl

y, it

was

never g

oin

g t

o b

e a

nti

theti

cal to

his

poin

t of

vie

w o

r h

im o

r v

ilif

y h

im. N

o o

ne w

as

inte

rest

ed i

n p

ortr

ayin

g s

om

eth

ing t

hat

was

goin

g t

o t

ell t

he a

udie

nce w

hat

to

thin

k.”

On

e r

esu

lt o

f th

e e

xchan

ge w

as

that

Cum

berbatc

h

becom

e

som

eth

ing

of

Ass

ange’s

advocate

on t

he s

et,

dem

and-

ing t

hat

his

poin

t of

vie

w b

e a

ired w

hen

oth

ers h

ad h

ad th

eir

say.

(Th

e F

ifth

E

sta

te i

s base

d o

n t

he a

ccoun

ts o

f tw

o

dis

aff

ecte

d f

orm

er A

ssan

ge c

olleagues,

D

an

iel

Dom

scheit

-Berg a

nd G

uardia

n

invest

igati

ve journalist

David

Leig

h.)

“It

w

as

great,

because

it

was

sort

of like h

av-

ing J

ulian

there,”

says

Th

e F

ifth

Est

ate

dir

ecto

r B

ill

Condon. “T

his

was

a m

ovie

w

here t

here w

as

more c

onvers

ati

on a

bout

the c

on

text

of

scen

es

than

alm

ost

any

I’ve d

one,

whic

h w

as

really s

tim

ula

ting.

Because

it

forced y

ou t

o look for t

he 1

0th

, 11

th, 12

th t

ime a

t th

e v

alidit

y o

f w

hat

you

were d

ram

ati

sing.”

Cum

berbatc

h a

dm

its

now

that

he w

as

“really k

ind of

win

ded”

by A

ssan

ge’s

la

st-

min

ute

ple

a.

Con

don

recall

s h

is

frust

rati

on a

t not

bein

g a

ble

to s

top t

he

corresp

ondence,

whic

h w

as

cle

arly

rat-

tlin

g h

is leadin

g m

an. “I

realise

d w

hat

an

unfa

ir p

osi

tion it

put

him

in, in

a w

ay h

e

did

n’t

even

un

derst

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11CLIMATE PLUS | SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER 2013

By Seth Borenstein

Starting in about a decade, Kingston, Jamaica, will prob-ably be off-the-charts hot — permanently. Other places will

soon follow. Singapore in 2028. Mexico City in 2031. Cairo in 2036. Phoenix and Honolulu in 2043.

And eventually the whole world in 2047.

A new study on global warming pin-points the probable dates for when cit-ies and ecosystems around the world will regularly experience hotter envi-ronments the likes of which they have never seen before.

And for dozens of cities, mostly in the tropics, those dates are a genera-tion or less away.

“This paper is both innovative and sobering,” said Oregon State University professor Jane Lubchenco, former head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who was not involved in the study.

To arrive at their projections, the researchers used weather observa-tions, computer models and other data

to calculate the point at which every year from then on will be warmer than the hottest year ever recorded over the last 150 years.

For example, the world as a whole had its hottest year on record in 2005. The new study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, says that by the year 2047, every year that follows will probably be hotter than that record-setting scorcher.

Eventually, the coldest year in a particular city or region will be hotter than the hottest year in its past.

Study author Camilo Mora and his colleagues said they hope this new way of looking at climate change will spur governments to do something before it is too late.

“Now is the time to act,” said another study co-author, Ryan Longman.

Mora, a biological geographer at the University of Hawaii, and colleagues ran simulations from 39 different com-puter models and looked at hundreds of thousands of species, maps and data points to ask when places will have “an environment like we had never seen before.”

The 2047 date for the whole world is based on continually increasing emis-sions of greenhouse gases from the burning of coal, oil and natural gases. If the world manages to reduce its emis-sions of carbon dioxide and other gases, that would be pushed to as late as 2069, according to Mora.

But for now, Mora said, the world is rushing toward the 2047 date.

“One can think of this year as a kind of threshold into a hot new world from which one never goes back,” said Carnegie Institution climate scientist Chris Field, who was not part of the study. “This is really dramatic.”

Mora forecasts that the unprec-edented heat starts in 2020 with Manokwa, Indonesia. Then Kingston, Jamaica. Within the next two dec-ades, 59 cities will be living in what is essentially a new climate, including Singapore, Havana, Kuala Lumpur and

Mexico City.By 2043, 147 cities — more than half

of those studied — will have shifted to a hotter temperature regime that is beyond historical records.

The first US cities to feel that would be Honolulu and Phoenix, followed by San Diego and Orlando, Florida, in 2046. New York and Washington will get new climates around 2047, with Los Angeles, Detroit, Houston, Chicago, Seattle, Austin and Dallas a bit later.

Mora calculated that the last of the 265 cities to move into their new cli-mate will be Anchorage, Alaska — in 2071. There’s a five-year margin of error on the estimates.

Unlike previous research, the study highlights the tropics more than the polar regions. In the tropics, tem-peratures don’t vary much, so a small increase can have large effects on eco-systems, he said. A 3-degree change is not much to polar regions but is dra-matic in the tropics, which hold most of the Earth’s biodiversity, he said.

The Mora team found that by one measurement — ocean acidity — Earth has already crossed the threshold into an entirely new regime. That happened in about 2008, with every year since then more acidic than the old record, according to study co-author Abby Frazier.

Of the species studied, coral reefs will be the first stuck in a new climate — around 2030 — and are most vulner-able to climate change, Mora said.

Judith Curry, a Georgia Institute of Technology climate scientist who often clashes with mainstream scien-tists, said she found Mora’s approach to make more sense than the mas-sive report that came out of the UN-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change last month.

Pennsylvania State University cli-mate scientist Michael Mann said the research “may actually be present-ing an overly rosy scenario when it comes to how close we are to passing the threshold for dangerous climate impacts.”

“By some measures, we are already there,” he said. AP

Temperatures go off the charts

around 2047: Study

TECHNOLOGYPLUS | SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER 201312

By Keith Weir

Blatant foul or theatrical dive? Penalty kick or yellow card? The company that came up with the Hawk-Eye system to settle line calls in tennis is involved in a trial of video refereeing that could end

many of the disputes that give soccer a bad name, its founder says.

A two-year trial being carried out with little fan-fare in the top Dutch division is the latest project to involve Hawk-Eye, a company based in southern England whose ball-tracking tools have become a familiar visual aid to umpires and fans in tennis and cricket over the past decade.

The technology is designed to address an issue faced by many televised sports, where instant replays and social media allow armchair fans to spot errors seconds after they have been made by officials with only their own instant judgment and perhaps an impaired view to rely on.

The work of Hawk-Eye, bought by Japanese electronics giant Sony in 2011, and rivals such as Germany’s GoalControl enables sports to get more of those decisions right, creating a business opportunity and fuelling a debate about whether review technol-ogy slows down the game too much.

Paul Hawkins, who developed and gave his name to a system to complement television coverage of cricket in the 1990s and remains a director of the company, wants to end that debate.

“Sport at the top level is about fine margins,” he said.

“You can’t have something that only gets rid of the howler (blatant error) and doesn’t help with the close calls.”

Premier league debutHawk-Eye is now helping to resolve goal line dis-

putes in English soccer after the Premier League, the world’s richest, became the first major domestic competition to bring in such technology.

Fifa, world soccer’s governing body, has gone down a similar path after match officials failed to spot a goal by England’s Frank Lampard in his country’s defeat to Germany during the 2010 World Cup.

Fifa used a GoalControl system during the Confederations Cup in Brazil in June, leaving the Germans well placed to win the contract for next year’s World Cup.

Hawk-Eye is now working with Dutch soccer authorities to take technology in soccer a step fur-ther with a full-blown trial of video refereeing.

The concept has been used for several years in sports such as rugby union and American football; Hawk-Eye aims to reduce the reliance on TV broad-cast output to come up with quicker and clearer answers.

Its Officiating Replay System allows an extra ref-eree to quickly monitor multiple TV feeds from the

broadcaster before they are aired, to review conten-tious calls to, say, award a penalty kick or disallow a goal for offside.

The system fulfils the wish of many an armchair fan by offering the video referee a parallel feed run-ning two seconds behind the live feed, effectively allowing for an instant review of a contentious inci-dent that was only half-glimpsed.

For now, the Dutch trial is being used only to test the speed and reliability of the system, not to inter-vene in matches.

Hawkins said the trial aimed to answer a specific question: “On how many decisions could a video ref-eree assist the on-field referee without slowing the game down?”

Arguments rage onHawk-Eye, which makes core profit of £4.5m

($7.23m) on annual revenues of between 15 and 20 million, sees Major League Baseball (MLB) as one potential new market.

Baseball already uses instant replays to judge whether home runs have been scored, and is now looking at extending the system to judge whether runners make it safely to base or not.

Hawk-Eye, which employs 70 people at its base in the southern English town of Basingstoke, plans to set up an office in Boston as part of a push into American markets.

Despite the advances of technology, arguments over close calls are unlikely to disappear -- which may be good news for fans who like an argument, and the media who feed that appetite.

The cricket test series between England and Australia this summer, the oldest rivalry in the sport, was marked by arguments over the reliability of a system designed to make it easier for umpires to decide whether a batsman had hit the ball.

BBG, the Australian company that developed the Hotspot technology, eventually had to call for protec-tive coatings to be taken off bats to make the system work better. Reuters

Hawk-Eye’s Hawk-Eye’s vision extends vision extends

to soccerto soccerand beyondand beyond

By Samuel Gibbs

Microsoft has paid $100,000 (£62,600) to the British researcher James Forshaw

for finding a critical security flaw in the software firm’s upcoming Windows 8.1 operating system.

Forshaw, a researcher for the secu-rity firm Context, found a “mitigation bypass” - a hack that circumvented the protection systems built into Windows

8.1 which could have allowed hackers widespread access to the system.

“While we can’t go into the details of this new mitigation bypass tech-nique until we address it, when we strengthen platform-wide mitigations, we make it harder to exploit bugs in all software that runs on our platform, not just Microsoft applications,” said Microsoft’s senior security strategist, Katie Moussouris. Forshaw said it had taken three and a half weeks to find

the flaw, responding to “a very specific brief” from Microsoft.

“I think I originally came up with the winning idea sitting at home, pon-dering what I could do. When it comes to vulnerability testing, though, the eureka moment is more about the final working proof of concept. There are so many stumbling blocks that can trip you up along the way that you just can’t get too excited too quickly.”

He said using outside experts was “just part of the process because of the scale of the task involved. Microsoft has a fairly extensive security depart-ment that actively looks for software flaws in its products, but sometimes it’s a case of being too close to the

product – you simply can’t see the wood for the trees.

“You need to step back and look at the entire product and its interactions to find the higher-level vulnerabilities, like this mitigation bypass.”

Outsourcing was also necessary from a monetary point of view, he said: “You couldn’t dedicate enough resources to find everything – it’s cheaper to pay external researchers bounties. Ultimately there’s only a finite pool of talented people who can find vulner-abilities in these products.” Arguably, the bugs and vulnerabilities shouldn’t exist in the first place, but “humans are fallible and you can’t write perfect code,” he said. The Guardian

Microsoft pays $100,000 bounty to researcher who found Windows bug

COMICS & MORE 13

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All 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for 69 days after a cave-in at a copper and gold mine were winched to safety, watched on TV by over one billion people

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A VIEW TO A KILL, DIE ANOTHER DAY, DR NO, GEORGE LAZENBY,GOLDENEYE, GOLDFINGER, HONEY RYDER, JAMES BOND,JAWS, LIVE AND LET DIE, MAGDA, MONEYPENNY, MOONRAKER,NAOMI, NICKNACK, ODDJOB, PIERCE BROSNAN, ROGER MOORE, SEAN CONNERY, TEEHEE, THUNDERBALL, TIFFANY CASE, VARGAS, WHISPER.

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How far is it from here? Kam yabçoudou min houna?

Is it near? Hal houwa qareeb?

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Please, stop the car a little Min fa�lik awqifi ssayyara qaleelan

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HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORDS

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku

Puzzle is solved

by filling the

numbers from 1

to 9 into the blank

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unlike Sudoku

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nine standard

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only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is

solved like a normal Sudoku.

ACROSS 1 It’ll curl your hair

5 “Wanna hear something?!”

9 Lou who sang “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine”

14 Muslim leader

15 Sharpen

16 Force out

17 Small treat for a coffee break

19 Post-lecture session

20 Weapons-testing area

22 Govt.-issued ID

23 Monogram in ’50s politics

24 Holy communion, e.g.

27 Prefix with polar or cameral

28 Wood-shaping tool

30 Actress Zadora

31 Subject of a Euclidean treatise

34 Former home of the Mets

36 FedEx competitor

37 Deep-six

38 Cheap seating area in a theater

43 Lob’s path

44 Some coll. tests

45 France’s ___ de Ré

46 Hawaiian “thank you”

48 French article

49 “Very interesting …”

52 Bride in 1956 news

56 Idaho’s capital

58 “As requested …”

59 Lunchbox treats

60 Earth, to Brahms

61 From the top

62 “The Man Who ___ There”

63 U.S. 1, e.g.

64 U.S. 1 and others: Abbr.

DOWN 1 Gussies up, in modern

slang

2 Mideast moguls

3 Kept talking and talking

4 Year of Super Bowl XXXVIII

5 Call a radio host, say

6 Troubadour’s repertoire

7 “The children were nestled all ___ in their beds”

8 Four: Prefix

9 “Dies Irae,” e.g.

10 ___-garde

11 Clapping monkey or chattering teeth

12 TV screen choice, for short

13 Subway stop: Abbr.

18 William and Harry’s mother

21 Ricelike pasta

25 What hoity-toity people put on

26 Major chip maker

27 ___ Bator

28 Eastern leaders

29 Big name in computers

31 August bake sale inventory

32 Slight advantage

33 To be, to Bernadette

34 Target of a filter

35 Queen in Greek myth

39 Least pulchritudinous

40 1982 Jeff Bridges flick

41 Kind of oil

42 Somber song

47 Hot crime topic?

48 Nutritional datum, in brief

49 Visit in a ghostly way

50 “Me and Bobby ___”

51 Cat calls

53 “Burlesque” co-star, 2010

54 Architect Saarinen

55 Jet engine sound

56 Cellist’s purchase

57 ___ pro nobis

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

Z E S T J P E G F U G U EO L E O E U R O A S O N EO N E R S T A Y C E D A RM I N N E S O T A F A T SI N I Y E N A D O P T SN O T B E S P A R E E W E

R O C E R R B L O WC A L I F O R N I A R O L L SA L I T P E C H O TR E F M I X E D C H U C KA X E M A N A R K N O I

V I R G I N I A S L I M SQ U E S T S A N D U T E SU N S H Y A N T I M E T EI O T A S Y O Y O P R O D

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.

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3

Diana (2D/Drama) – 2.30 & 4.30pm

The Butler (2D/Drama) – 6.30pm

Escape Plan (2D/Action) – 9.00 & 11.15pm

LANDMARK

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Qalb El Asad (2D/Arabic) – 7.15 & 11.30pm

2


Machete Kills (2D/Action) – 6.00 & 7.45pm


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ROYAL

PLAZA

1

Machete Kills (2D/Action) – 2.30pm



Qalb El Asad (2D/Arabic) – 11.15pm

2




3


Machete Kills (2D/Action) – 7.15pm



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IN FOCUS

Parrots at Souq Waqif.

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

• There is talk about the decision by Qatar

Museums Authority to ban public display

of some works of art by the artist Adel

Abdessemed at the exhibition Golden Age,

at Arab Museum of Modern Arts, because

these works are against public taste.

• There is talk about the decision of the

Supreme Council of Health to ban health

professionals from practising outside

their premises (clinics and hospitals).

The decision covers medical and nursing

services.

• There is discussion on social media sites

about the announcement by Ashghal that

it will fully reopen Corniche Road on the

first day of Eid Al Adha.

• There is discussion about the move

by the municipality to remove infected

Al Watniya chicken products from the

market.

• There is talk about the implementation of

a new law by the Ministry of Municipality

and Urban Planning to publish the names

of eateries and commercial outlets that

violate rules.

• There are complaints against some bus

and truck drivers who drive in the middle

lane, thereby blocking the way for cars.

The authorities are being urged to force

such drivers to obey traffic rules and drive

in their lane, and not overtake or block the

road.

• There are demands that the Supreme

Education Council increase the value of

education vouchers because the value is

the same for students of all grades, which

does not serve the purpose as there are

huge differences in school fees across the

grades.

• There are demands for strict monitoring

of shops operating in residential areas to

stop them from hiking prices unjustifiably.

Chairman of Nasser Bin Khaled Holding Sheikh Nawaf bin Nasser Al Thani

He joined Nasser Bin Khaled in 1983 after completing his Business Studies in the UK.

The group founded in 1950 owns major companies in the fields of auto-motive, construction, industrial serv-ices, medical, agriculture, real estate, travel, fashion, hospitality, marine and IT. They represent some of the prestigious brands likes Mercedes, Mitsubishi, Bosch, Michelin and Elf. He is the founder and Chairman of Doha Insurance Company. He was awarded Chevalier De L’Ordre National Du Merit as a member of the Qatari-French Business Club. He is known worldwide for his pure bred Arabian horses.

Who’s who

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Korean Cultural Week When: Oct 8-Oct 19; 10am-10pm Where: Katara Opera House, Drama Theater and Building 19 What: On the occasion of celebrating the Korean National Day, Katara along with the Korean Embassy will put together a series of performances to showcase Korean culture to a broader audience in Doha. Free Entry

My Rock Stars: Volume 1When: Until Oct 24, 2013 Where: VCUQatar Gallery

What: Exhibition by artist/photographer Hassan Hajjaj pays homage to traditional African portraiture, while celebrating present-day pop stars, unsung artists and personal inspirations in Hajjaj’s life. Entry: Free, open to all

NODDY in Toyland When: Oct 24, 25, 26; 4pm & 7pm Where: Al Rayyan theater, Souq Waqif What: A live show of Noddy — sing-along, dance-along — featuring friends Tessie Bear and Bumpy Dog as well as the naughty goblins. Kid’s play.Tickets: QR-100-QR350, available at Virgin Megastores

Exhibition by Rhys HimsworthWhen: Until October 27 Artist Talk on October 22; 7pm Where: Katara Art Center, Building 5

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: Until 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.Entry: Free, open to all

Northern Legacy – Photographic Exhibition When: Until Nov 19, 2013; 10am-10pm Where: Katara Gallery 1 - Bldg 13 What: Photographic Exhibition by Harold Crompton Robinson. Free Entry

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

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